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Published on: September 14, 2022
[…] practice their skills in the field of over 100 steel targets, out to 625 yards, while the 20-lane life-size 3D target Archery Range provides even more marksmanship fun at the Park. The public is welcome daily, all year long, to test out their firearms or to simply take a tour of the grounds. Off the firing line, the Club House holds a fully stocked Pro Shop that includes an exclusive collection of rifles, ammunition, marksmanship accessories and CMP memorabilia that […]
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Published on: September 8, 2022
Registration for the American Legion’s 33rd Junior Three-Position Air Rifle Tournament, which provides sporter and precision competitors an opportunity to test their marksmanship ability in competition with other junior competitors throughout the nation, is now open! The event is designed for junior (high school seniors and younger) individuals and club teams affiliated with an American Legion Post and is conducted in two postal phases: a first round for State Championships and a second round for qualification to the National Championship. […]
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Published on: September 6, 2022
[…] National Three-Position Smallbore event. The ranges at Camp Perry, where the National Matches have been held since 1907, are famous for their erratic conditions. Located right along on the shore of Lake Erie, the fickle environment has been known to test even the most seasoned marksmanship athletes. Yet, the Wee Brothers are never nervous to take it all on. “Camp Perry is an unpredictable range because of the winds, heat and unexpected cease fires that could be called at any […]
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Published on: August 11, 2022
[…] the praiseworthy President’s Hundred, with the overall title regarded as an enormously honorable feat. “This has been a longtime coming – everybody thinks of the President’s Hundred Match,” Elsenboss said, looking back on her own career. She’s been a recognizable force on the firing line for years and, incidentally, a champion for female athletes. Having started in marksmanship at 13, Elsenboss had already made history in her career, as a junior, when she and Connecticut Palmer teammate Julie Coggshall became […]
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Published on: August 8, 2022
The 2022 National Smallbore Matches, held at Camp Perry and facilitated by the Civilian Marksmanship Program (CMP), commemorated its fourth year as part of the annual National Matches calendar by delivering fresh champions on the podium and introducing new opportunities for competitors on the firing line. The series began on July 19 and ran to July 27, highlighting a number of talented adult and junior athletes along the way in Three-Position and Prone competitions. A Small Arms Firing School, led […]
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Published on: August 4, 2022
[…] great getting together after the matches and have a good time. I shot well the first day as well as on that Saturday. I even shot my personal best National Match Course score. Then Sunday, May 1, was the real test – the EIC match… I struggled in standing and dropped a few more points than usual. Sitting was the same – rapid prone was good. Slow prone went well. The wind had some fairly big changes, but I worked […]
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Published on: July 14, 2022
[…] June 25-26, the Civilian Marksmanship Program (CMP), with the help of the Ohio Rifle and Pistol Association (ORPA), hosted a series of vintage and service rifle events on the grounds of Camp Perry – testing out the historic ranges be fore the annual National Matches are held in the same location in July. Competitors in each match fired upon CMP’s own lineup of outdoor electronic targets. Matches fired during the series included 800 Aggregate and Excellence-In-Competition (EIC) service rifle and […]
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Published on: June 21, 2022
[…] new to marksmanship or want to hone their skills, the CMP holds monthly educational courses – led by certified instructors on the range. The park also hosts monthly competitions, open to all experience levels! The public is welcome daily to test out their firearms or to simply take a tour of the grounds. Off the firing line, the Club House holds a fully stocked Pro Shop that includes a collection of rifles, ammunition, marksmanship accessories and memorabilia. Visit https://thecmp.org/ranges/talladega-marksmanship-park/ to see all […]
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Published on: May 31, 2022
[…] practice their skills in the field of over 100 steel targets, out to 625 yards, while the 20-lane life-size 3D target Archery Range provides even more marksmanship fun at the Park. The public is welcome daily, all year long, to test out their firearms or to simply take a tour of the grounds. Off of the firing line, the Club House holds a fully stocked Pro Shop that includes an exclusive collection of rifles, ammunition, marksmanship accessories and CMP memorabilia […]
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Published on: May 4, 2022
[…] Folsom was crowned the Ultimate Female Fitness National Champion at the JROTC Fitness Nationals. The JROTC Fitness Nationals attracted many of the best male, mixed and female JROTC fitness teams in the country. The single-day championship event was a strong test for Granbury’s Pirate Nation team, challenging each member’s conditioning, teamwork, strategy, strength, quickness, power and determination. The single-day championship challenged Granbury’s conditioning, teamwork, strength, quickness and determination. The Pirate Nation competed in the mixed division that consisted of 15 […]
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Published on: April 20, 2022
[…] standing score, then the highest kneeling score. Inner tens will not be used unless two competitors are tied in all three positions. Then inner tens could be used to determine the higher-ranking standing score. Smallbore prone competitors are not affected by these latest rule changes except that new rules for conducting 40-shot prone events on electronic targets have been added. Those rules will come into play during the 2023 National Matches when the CMP expects to have 100 electronic targets available at Camp […]
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Published on: April 4, 2022
[…] the future of marksmanship technology as well as to discuss existing trends – all while receiving a personal tour of the Talladega grounds. Those in attendance were not only open to viewing and holding products but were even able to test them out on the range. “There were plenty of things to see, touch and, most importantly, shoot,” remarked POMA member Jim Shepherd, who attended the event. Within his own article featured on The Outdoor Wire online newsletter, Shepherd expressed enthusiasm for […]