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/0405/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.
New Safety Indicator Adopted for Air Rifles – Representatives of the CMP, USA Shooting and the NRA have recently approved the use of a new type of empty chamber indicator (ECI) for use in air rifle safety training and competition. This new “Clear Barrel Indicator” (CBI) is easy to use and economical and is something most people may already have in their home.
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Postal Competition Results Are In! – The CMP and its volunteers have been busy scoring the hundreds of entries received as part of the Army and Navy JROTC Postal Qualifier Matches used to determine who will attend the JROTC Air Rifle National Championships later this month at Ft. Benning, Georgia as well as the National Guard Bureau Junior Postal Competition, a separate competition whose winner could earn a trip to Bisley, England to compete with the best young shooters in the world.
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2005 Georgia High School Rifle Championship. The Georgia High School Association completed its state rifle championship on April 9. Georgia, always a stronghold for youth marksmanship competition, boasts some of the best young shooters in the country. This year’s championships provided ample evidence of this excellence. Winning championship team honors was Northside High School in Columbus with a score of 1142 x 1200. Northside finished three points ahead of the second place finisher, Woodward Academy of College Park. Northside was making only its second appearance ever in the state championship; it finished fourth in 2004 and won its first rifle championship this year. Woodward Academy had won the state championship the last three years in a row. Individual championship honors went to Philip Huckaby of Spalding High School for his score of 394.1. Huckaby finished five points higher than second place finisher Dana Philen of Woodward Academy. Interestingly, this is a reverse of last year’s final standings where Philen earned the gold medal and Huckaby the silver. The CMP congratulates all the competitors who earned the chance to compete for Georgia state championship honors! To view a complete results bulletin of both the individual and team competitions, go to http://www.ghsa.net/index.php?url_chann ... well_id=2.
Champion Shooter Wins in School Dispute. High school student and California Scholastic Clay Target Program Champion Courtland Huish has come to an agreement with the school district that disciplined him for wearing an SCTP shirt to class just because it depicted a sport shooter with a shotgun. Huish's challenge resulted in a new dress code that changes the previous "zero tolerance" for depiction of firearms to one that prohibits depictions of the illegal use of guns. Read about it his win, with assistance from firearms attorney Chuck Michel, in The Sacramento Bee.
Virginia JROTC Marksmanship Instructor Course (JMIC) is Offered. SFC (Ret) Andrew J Babic JROTC Greensville County HS will host two JMIC (JROTC Marksmanship Instructor Courses) at the following locations:
May 28th 2005 The American Legion Post 176
6520 Amherst Ave
Springfield Virginia 22150
July 23rd 2005 The American Legion Post 48
221 E. Mellen Street
Phoebus Virginia 23663
Both classes will start at 8AM and end about 4PM. If you are interested in attending, please contact SFC (Ret) Andrew J Babic (804) 586-7309 or sargebab@telpage.net.
Watch Live Results from Upcoming Shooting Championships. Navy JROTC Air Rifle Championship, Fort Benning, Georgia, 18-19 April. Scores will be posted in the late afternoon on 18 April and throughout the day on 19 April. To check results, click on http://clubs.odcmp.com/cgi-bin/report_m ... atchID=805.
National JROTC Air Rifle Championship, Fort Benning, Georgia, 22-23 April. Scores will be posted throughout both days. Individual finals in sporter and precision classes will be fired each afternoon between 4:30 PM and 6:00 PM. You can watch shot-by-shot results for the finals. To see results, click on http://clubs.odcmp.com/cgi-bin/report_m ... atchID=806.
On-line Registration for these CMP Events is Now Open. Western CMP Games Garand, Springfield and Vintage Military Rifle Matches, Camp Pendleton, California. 14-15 May 2005. Enter on-line at http://clubs.odcmp.com/cgi-bin/matchInf ... atchID=785.
Pistol and Rifle Small Arms Firing Schools, Camp Perry, Ohio. The pistol school is on 11-12 July 2005; the rifle school is on 31 July – 1 August. Register on-line at http://clubs.odcmp.com/cgi-bin/matchInf ... atchID=696.
National Trophy Pistol Matches, Camp Perry, Ohio. 17 July 2005. Enter on-line at http://clubs.odcmp.com/cgi-bin/matchInf ... atchID=804.
National Rimfire Sporter Match, Camp Perry, Ohio. 24 July 2005. Enter on-line at http://clubs.odcmp.com/cgi-bin/matchInf ... atchID=828.
National Trophy Rifle Matches, including the President’s, National Trophy Individual, M16 EIC, Springfield and John C. Garand Rifle Matches. 2-6 August 2005. Enter on-line at http://clubs.odcmp.com/cgi-bin/matchInf ... atchID=827.
Detailed information and downloadable match programs for these events can be found through the registration or entry web pages. Entry spaces in all of these events continue to be available, but it is expected that some of these events will fill and require the establishment of waiting lists. For this reason, anyone who wants to attend any of these events is advised to enter them as soon as they know they will be able to attend. Anyone with questions about any of these events should call CMP Competitions at 419-635-2141, ext. 1132 or contact competitions@odcmp.com.
CMP Match and Event Programs Now On-Line. The CMP has now posted official programs for several major upcoming 2005 events on its web site. You can read and download those programs. By downloading the programs, you can make additional copies and distribute them to shooting friends and club members to encourage them to participate. Or, you can also contact CMP Competitions at competitions@odcmp.com to request additional printed copies of these programs. After you study the program and choose an event to enter, you are encouraged to submit your entry on-line (use the on-line entry information above). The 2005 Match and Event Programs that are currently available are:
Western CMP Games, Camp Pendleton CA, 14-15 May.
http://www.odcmp.com/Competitions/WesternGames.htm
Pistol and Rifle Small Arms Firing Schools, Camp Perry, OH.
http://www.odcmp.com/NM/SAFS.htm
National Rimfire Sporter Match, Camp Perry, OH.
http://www.odcmp.com/nm/rimfire.htm
National John C. Garand, Springfield, Vintage Military Rifle and M16 EIC Matches, Camp Perry, Ohio.
http://www.odcmp.com/NM/CMPGames.htm
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