09 February 2006

THE FIRST SHOT ON-LINE MAGAZINE FEATURES

Two new articles are posted on The First Shot On-Line, the CMP’s electronic newsletter.  Check The First Shot front page at http://www.odcmp.org/0206/default.asp to see summaries of all recent articles with links to the full articles.  The First Shot On-Line front page also displays readers’ comments and a link to the popular CMP Forum.  The latest articles posted are described below.

NEWS FROM THE CMP

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The annual NGB Junior Air Rifle Tournament deadline to order targets is Friday, 10 February.  If you have not requested your targets, please download the program and Target Order Form at http://www.odcmp.com/3P/ngb.htm.  Target Order Forms may be faxed to CMP Competitions at 419-635-2573.  The NGB Junior Air Rifle Tournament gives sporter and precision class position air rifle shooters at all levels of ability a unique opportunity to test their marksmanship skills in competition with other junior shooters in their home states and throughout the nation.  The Tournament has two phases, a State Championship postal phase and a National Championship shoulder-to-shoulder phase. 

Regulations and Applications for the 2006-2007 CMP College Scholarships are posted on the CMP website.  Each year up to one-hundred $1000 scholarship are awarded to high school seniors and college underclassmen who excel in rifle marksmanship and who are enrolled in Army, Navy, or Marine Corps JROTC or ROTC programs.  For more information go to,  http://www.odcmp.com/Programs/Scholarship.htm.

2006 CMP 3-Position Summer Camp Counselors Needed.  CMP is looking for 9 qualified college rifle team members to work as junior camp counselors during the summer of 2006.  The position runs June 1 -        August 5, anyone seeking additional information or an application visit the CMP website at, http://www.odcmp.com/3P/camp_counselor.htm.

A First for North Carolina - Not only is Thurman Horner a Distinguished Rifleman, the North Carolina native holds the honor of being the first civilian to earn the Badge in the Tar Heel State. Born and raised in Oxford, North Carolina, Horner’s first exposure to shooting sports came at the age of 11 when he started shooting .22 cal rifles. In 1944 he joined the NRA as a junior, and the following year he enlisted in the Marine Corps. Once in the Marines, Horner earned an extra five dollars a month for his expert qualification with a service rifle, but that was the extent of his marksmanship career until he attended his first competition at Camp Perry, OH in 1964.

 

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CMP Rifle Instructor Guide Now Available - It was over three years in the works but the CMP Rifle Instruction Guide is finally completed. This instruction manual designed for rifle shooters and coaches is a collected series by the Director of the Civilian Marksmanship Program, Gary Anderson. The series originally appeared in the CMP’s Newsletter for Coaches and Junior Marksmen, On the Mark formerly JSCN News, in a series of columns titled Instructor’s Notebook, Teaching Rifle Marksmanship.

 

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The Eastern Region JROTC Air Rifle Championship will take place at Fort Benning, GA this week.  Results will be posted live on the CMP web site at http://clubs.odcmp.com/cgi-bin/

report_matchResult.cgi?matchID=1157  on 10-11 February 2006.  Teams and individuals from the Army, Marine Corps and Navy JROTC units will compete for a chance to attend the National JROTC Air Rifle Championship 23-25 March.

Selected Anschütz Rifles Now Available through CMP Affiliate Rifle Sales.  The CMP recently concluded a new agreement that will add selected Anschütz rifles to its Affiliate Rifle Sales Program. Now, target rifles made by the famed German arms maker that are especially suitable as club and team rifles and for new and intermediate level shooters can be purchased from the CMP at special club prices. For the first time, the CMP now offers a smallbore target rifle other than the government surplus target rifles that it sold previously. For more details on this program and ordering information, go to http://www.odcmp.com/Programs/JrRifles.htm.

 

JMIC and NRA Coach Certification Course.  MAJ Bill Barker will hold a JMIC beginning at 17:00 on Friday, 18 August and ending at 16:30 on Saturday, 19 August (class size of 30).  He will hold a NRA Coach Certification Course beginning at 17:00 on Friday, 15 September and ending at 13:00 on Sunday, 17 September (Class size of 30).  The courses will be held at LaCueva HS in Albuquerque, NM.  For more information or to register for the course, contact MAJ Barker at barkerusmc@aol.com or by phone at (505) 797-3714.