The First Shot
Posted: Thu Oct 09, 2008 7:56 am
08 October 2008
Three 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/1008/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.
JROTC COMPETITION SEASON OPENS, JROTC Postal Targets Can Now Be Ordered - CAMP PERRY, OHIO - It's time for an estimated six to seven thousand Army, Marine Corps, Navy and Air Force JROTC Cadets to gather targets, get their gear bags zipped and head to their ranges to prepare for this year’s JROTC Air Rifle Postal Competitions that kick off this month, to mark the beginning of the 2008-2009 school year’s shooting season.
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New Jersey Junior is Awarded the John C. Garand Handicap Presentation Rifle - CAMP PERRY, OHIO – If you ever woke up as a child on your birthday, rubbed the sleep from your eyes and walked into your living room to find a new bike with a ribbon on it, then you can relate to how a New Jersey teen felt when a pristine presentation grade M1 Garand rifle arrived on his doorstep after winning the 2008 John C. Garand Match handicap award.
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My 1911 CMP Presentation Service Pistol - My .45-caliber automatic Service Pistol for EIC (Excellence-in-Competition) matches started life as a blued Colt MKIV/Series 70 Government Model that I bought new in 1982.
Unfired, I brought it to the legendary late Mr. Floyd Aikman, former New Jersey pistolsmith extraordinaire, for the gun to be ‘accurized’ and morphed into a CMP-approved .45-caliber match service pistol (CMP was called DCM back then). Floyd was not only a superb pistolsmith, but he was a champion shooter as well. His accomplishments included Open wins at Camp Perry, including the Citizens’ Service Pistol Trophy, the U.S. Military Police Corps Trophy and National Trophy Individual (twice). As a pistolsmith, he is credited with designing and building his own Free Pistol, whose design was arguably superior to the European Free Pistol designs of the mid 1980s.
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New Prime Minister of Japan--Former Olympic Skeet Shooter. Taro Aso, 68, who was recently chosen to be the new Prime Minister of Japan by the Japanese Parliament, is a former Olympic skeet shooter. Aso represented Japan in the 1976 Olympic Games in Montreal where he placed 41st out of 68 competitors with a score of 187 out of 200 targets.
2008 CMP Monthly Match - Air Rifle and Air Pistol Marksmanship Training Clinic and Competition. The Civilian Marksmanship Program (CMP) invites you and your club or school rifle team to participate in a new series of matches. The first match will take place on 24-25 October at the CMP’s brand new Competition Center North. The competition will feature a Junior Air Rifle 3x20, 60 Shots Air Rifle Standing and 60 Shots Air Pistol matches. The CMP will offer these matches on a monthly basis and will feature two days of competition. For more information, visit http://www.odcmp.com/3P/CMP_OctProgram.pdf or contact Vicki Donoho at vdonoho@odcmp.com or (419) 635-2141 ext. 1102.
The CMP and Camp Perry Training Site staff will have an Open House at the CMP Marksmanship Center at Camp Perry on Saturday, November 15 from 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM. Please come and enjoy the new facility! There will be a “turkey shoot” center shot competition on the 10 meter electronic targets. Shooters with the top 15 center shots will each win a turkey. There will be displays and information about all CMP programs, and a brief firearms safety class running continuously through the day. The CMP store will be open during the hours of the open house. Free hotdogs and beverages too! Details will be posted on the CMP website soon.
CMP Seeking Volunteer Range Officers for New CMP Competition Centers. The new 80-point indoor air gun ranges that the CMP built this year at Camp Perry, Ohio and Anniston, Alabama are already hosting air rifle and air pistol matches. The Camp Perry Center, which has electronic targets, hosted the 2008 National Matches Air Gun Events in July and August that attracted 425 individual participants. Ten different air rifle and air pistol matches for juniors and open competitors are now scheduled to take place at the Camp Perry Center in October, November, January, February, March and April. The Anniston Center hosted the 2008 National Junior Olympic Championship and is also developing a busy competition schedule for the coming month. It is slated to install electronic targets in the spring of 2009. Match schedules beyond the spring of 2009 have not yet been determined, but a full year-around calendar of competitions is certain at both locations. To conduct these matches for what is expected to be a growing group of competitors, the CMP is recruiting and will train a team of volunteer range officers and match officials who are available to serve during those matches. Volunteers at either site should live within commuting distance of either Camp Perry or Anniston. Prior experience as a range officer of match official is not necessary. Enough volunteers will be trained so that flexible scheduling is possible. The CMP staff will provide training, match official certification and mentoring. Serving as a competition official is a challenging, but also very rewarding experience. If you are interested in volunteering to serve as a match official at Camp Perry, contact Vicki Donoho at vdonoho@odcmp.com or 419-635-2141, ext. 1102. If you are interested in volunteering to serve as a match official at Anniston, contact James Hall at jhall@odcmp.com or 256-835-3527, ext. 1145.
Four upcoming CMP Master Instructor Courses to train and certify As-Issued Military Rifle (GSM/Garand-Springfield-Military Rifle) Master Instructors to teach rifle clinics at their home ranges and clubs are currently open for registration. Courses will be conducted on 10-11 October at the Ben Avery Shooting Facility north of Phoenix, AZ; on 8-9 November, at the new CMP Competition Center in Anniston, Alabama; on 24-25 January, at Camp Perry, Ohio and on 1-2 May at Camp Butner, NC. The primary objective of Master Instructor training and certification is to develop qualified instructors to conduct clinics at their local clubs and ranges that will bring more new shooters into the shooting sports. These workshops are open to all experienced rifle marksmanship instructors and shooters who want advanced training and certification to teach CMP-sanctioned Garand, Springfield and Vintage Military Rifle Clinics. Training covers clinic organization, teaching safety and range procedures, teaching fundamental shooting skills and conducting As-Issued Military Rifle Matches. Every CMP affiliated gun club is encouraged to have at least one club member who has his/her Master Instructor certification. If you are interested in enhancing your skills as a club rifle instructor or in getting started as a clinic instructor, go to the program at http://www.odcmp.com/Competitions/GSMClinic.htm and submit your application. For additional information contact Shannon Hand at shand@odcmp.com or 419-635-2141, ext. 1101.
New Daisy Air Rifle. The CMP announces new prices for Daisy sporter air rifles offered for sale through the CMP Junior Rifle Purchase Program. The CMP has had to increase its sales prices for the M853, M853CM, M887, M888 and the extra CO2 cylinders due to price increases at Daisy Outdoor Products. The prices shown on the CMP Affiliate Rifle Purchase Form include shipping for all air rifles and cylinders shipped directly from Daisy. These prices, including shipping, are still the best available for beginning and advanced sporter air rifle marksmanship. To order Daisy air rifles and accessories through the CMP, please review the CMP Affiliate Rifle Purchase Program brochure at www.odcmp.com/Programs/JrRifles.htm and download the order form located at the end of the web page. If you have any questions regarding the purchase of these air rifles through the CMP, please email CMP Club Rifle Sales at clubrifle@odcmp.com or contact Mike Conrad at 419-635-2141 ext 1116.
National Rankings for As-Issued Military Rifle Matches. Joseph Yaw of New Concord, Ohio currently ranks as the number one shooter in the country in CMP Games Garand, Springfield and Vintage Military Rifle Matches according to National Rankings released by the CMP this week. CMP National Rankings are weighted averages (national and regional CMP Games scores count more) of scores fired by shooters over the last two years in CMP-sanctioned Garand, Springfield and Vintage Military Rifle Matches. The new GSM National Rankings can be found by going to the CMP Competitor Tracker homepage at http://clubs.odcmp.com/cgi-bin/index.cgi. Then open the “National Ranking” dropdown bar at the top of the page. The rank list shows the current top 100. Click on the “+” to the left of each shooter’s name to see the matches and scores that are factored into their current ranking. Yaw, for example fired a 283-7X to place 3rd in the 2008 National Springfield Match, a 286-3X to place 4th in the 2008 National Garand Match and a 289-4X to finish 3rd in the 2007 Garand Match. Shooters who currently rank in the top five are Christopher Roberts, Charlotte NC: Richard Crawford, Kilgore TX; Sean Leighton, Mechanicsburg PA and John Friguglietti, Lincolnton NC. National Rankings are readjusted each time new scores from sanctioned matches are reported to CMP. If you made the top 100, congratulations! If you did not, shooting in more matches to get your average in Garand, Springfield and Vintage Military Rifle Matches up so you can make the top 100 is a worthy goal.
The Reading Rifles 1st Across the WEB Match is a NO TRAVEL, NO GAS Shoulder-to-Shoulder over the Web Postal Match. The WEB match is an open match with categories that include Open, Collegiate, Junior, and Intermediate Junior and Sub-Junior in both sporter and precision, air and .22. The match will run from October 9th to the 12th. Registration Deadline is October 10th. The web match will be preformed at each competitor’s home range or any range they choose to shoot at. Upon completion of the match, target scores can be faxed, emailed or phoned in to Reading Rifle Club to be recorded with all other match scores and posted at www.readinghighpower.com. Photos of the match can also be emailed and will be posted on a separate page of the site. If you would like additional information, please contact Maureen Trickett at 978-257-0406 or email at mrmttrcktt@aol.com or download the match bulletin and registration form at http://www.readinghighpower.com/.
JROTC Marksmanship Instructor Course (JMIC) to be held in Monroe, Michigan on October 11 at Jefferson High School, 5707 Williams Road. The class will begin at 0800. This JMIC course is open to any service JROTC Instructor who needs to take the JMIC course to conduct marksmanship training and competitions at their school. If you are interested in attending, please contact CDR Michael O Connor, JMIC Master Instructor, at 734.289.5699 or email oconnormp@training.navy.mil.
Indiana JROTC JMIC Course Scheduled. A JMIC will be conducted by MSG/R Alvin Pannell on 25 October, 2008 at Broad Ripple High School, 1115 Broad Ripple Ave, Indianapolis, IN 46220. Space for 30 students has been allocated. Participants must bring a current copy of JROTC Distance Learning Safety & Marksmanship Course Certificate to class. Civilian attire is authorized. Contact your individual Brigades for possible TDY Orders. Refer all other questions to MSG/R Alvin Pannell @ jrotc22d034@aol.com or call (317) 226-3915.
Virginia Area JROTC JMIC Course Scheduled. SFC Andrew Babic, Army JROTC JMIC Master Instructor, will host a JMIC Course (Junior Marksmanship Instructor Course) this November 2009. The JMIC Course will be hosted by the Hopewell American Legion Post 146 located at 217 E. City Point Road, Hopewell, VA 23860. The scheduled date is: 22 Nov 09. Class is scheduled from 9:00 A.M. until 4:00 P.M. Registration is required and there is no cost for the JMIC Course. POC is SFC Andrew Babic and he can be reached at (804) 586-7309 or via email at sargebab@telpage.net.
The 2008 United States Armed Services CISM Team is picture above at the awards ceremony for winning the “Best Nation” Trophy. The “Best Nation” Trophy is a pair of silver dueling pistols first presented by the King Paul of Greece in 1957. Front row (kneeling left to right) Mr. Ray Arredondo, USAMU; Captain Janine Mills, USMC; PO1 Sandra Uptagrafft, USNR; SPC Nicole Cooper USAMU; SSG Elizabeth Callahan, USAR; SSG Robert Park, USAMU; LTC Rhonda Bright, USAR; Second Row (left to right) SFC Jason Parker, USAMU; SSG Armando Ayala, USAMU; SFC Thomas Rose, USAMU; SFC Eric Uptagrafft, USAMU; SGT Michael Gasser, USAMU; LTC Frank Muggeo, CDR USAMU; Mr. Michael Behnke, USAMU; SGT Kelly Dove, USAMU; Mr. Glenn Sulser, USAMU; SSG John Ennis, USAMU; SFC Thomas Tamas, USAMU; SSG Shane Barnhart, USAMU. Congratulations to the USA Team!
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Civilian Marksmanship Program, Camp Perry Training Site, Bldg 3, Port Clinton, OH 43452
Three 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/1008/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.
JROTC COMPETITION SEASON OPENS, JROTC Postal Targets Can Now Be Ordered - CAMP PERRY, OHIO - It's time for an estimated six to seven thousand Army, Marine Corps, Navy and Air Force JROTC Cadets to gather targets, get their gear bags zipped and head to their ranges to prepare for this year’s JROTC Air Rifle Postal Competitions that kick off this month, to mark the beginning of the 2008-2009 school year’s shooting season.
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New Jersey Junior is Awarded the John C. Garand Handicap Presentation Rifle - CAMP PERRY, OHIO – If you ever woke up as a child on your birthday, rubbed the sleep from your eyes and walked into your living room to find a new bike with a ribbon on it, then you can relate to how a New Jersey teen felt when a pristine presentation grade M1 Garand rifle arrived on his doorstep after winning the 2008 John C. Garand Match handicap award.
More Details
My 1911 CMP Presentation Service Pistol - My .45-caliber automatic Service Pistol for EIC (Excellence-in-Competition) matches started life as a blued Colt MKIV/Series 70 Government Model that I bought new in 1982.
Unfired, I brought it to the legendary late Mr. Floyd Aikman, former New Jersey pistolsmith extraordinaire, for the gun to be ‘accurized’ and morphed into a CMP-approved .45-caliber match service pistol (CMP was called DCM back then). Floyd was not only a superb pistolsmith, but he was a champion shooter as well. His accomplishments included Open wins at Camp Perry, including the Citizens’ Service Pistol Trophy, the U.S. Military Police Corps Trophy and National Trophy Individual (twice). As a pistolsmith, he is credited with designing and building his own Free Pistol, whose design was arguably superior to the European Free Pistol designs of the mid 1980s.
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New Prime Minister of Japan--Former Olympic Skeet Shooter. Taro Aso, 68, who was recently chosen to be the new Prime Minister of Japan by the Japanese Parliament, is a former Olympic skeet shooter. Aso represented Japan in the 1976 Olympic Games in Montreal where he placed 41st out of 68 competitors with a score of 187 out of 200 targets.
2008 CMP Monthly Match - Air Rifle and Air Pistol Marksmanship Training Clinic and Competition. The Civilian Marksmanship Program (CMP) invites you and your club or school rifle team to participate in a new series of matches. The first match will take place on 24-25 October at the CMP’s brand new Competition Center North. The competition will feature a Junior Air Rifle 3x20, 60 Shots Air Rifle Standing and 60 Shots Air Pistol matches. The CMP will offer these matches on a monthly basis and will feature two days of competition. For more information, visit http://www.odcmp.com/3P/CMP_OctProgram.pdf or contact Vicki Donoho at vdonoho@odcmp.com or (419) 635-2141 ext. 1102.
The CMP and Camp Perry Training Site staff will have an Open House at the CMP Marksmanship Center at Camp Perry on Saturday, November 15 from 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM. Please come and enjoy the new facility! There will be a “turkey shoot” center shot competition on the 10 meter electronic targets. Shooters with the top 15 center shots will each win a turkey. There will be displays and information about all CMP programs, and a brief firearms safety class running continuously through the day. The CMP store will be open during the hours of the open house. Free hotdogs and beverages too! Details will be posted on the CMP website soon.
CMP Seeking Volunteer Range Officers for New CMP Competition Centers. The new 80-point indoor air gun ranges that the CMP built this year at Camp Perry, Ohio and Anniston, Alabama are already hosting air rifle and air pistol matches. The Camp Perry Center, which has electronic targets, hosted the 2008 National Matches Air Gun Events in July and August that attracted 425 individual participants. Ten different air rifle and air pistol matches for juniors and open competitors are now scheduled to take place at the Camp Perry Center in October, November, January, February, March and April. The Anniston Center hosted the 2008 National Junior Olympic Championship and is also developing a busy competition schedule for the coming month. It is slated to install electronic targets in the spring of 2009. Match schedules beyond the spring of 2009 have not yet been determined, but a full year-around calendar of competitions is certain at both locations. To conduct these matches for what is expected to be a growing group of competitors, the CMP is recruiting and will train a team of volunteer range officers and match officials who are available to serve during those matches. Volunteers at either site should live within commuting distance of either Camp Perry or Anniston. Prior experience as a range officer of match official is not necessary. Enough volunteers will be trained so that flexible scheduling is possible. The CMP staff will provide training, match official certification and mentoring. Serving as a competition official is a challenging, but also very rewarding experience. If you are interested in volunteering to serve as a match official at Camp Perry, contact Vicki Donoho at vdonoho@odcmp.com or 419-635-2141, ext. 1102. If you are interested in volunteering to serve as a match official at Anniston, contact James Hall at jhall@odcmp.com or 256-835-3527, ext. 1145.
Four upcoming CMP Master Instructor Courses to train and certify As-Issued Military Rifle (GSM/Garand-Springfield-Military Rifle) Master Instructors to teach rifle clinics at their home ranges and clubs are currently open for registration. Courses will be conducted on 10-11 October at the Ben Avery Shooting Facility north of Phoenix, AZ; on 8-9 November, at the new CMP Competition Center in Anniston, Alabama; on 24-25 January, at Camp Perry, Ohio and on 1-2 May at Camp Butner, NC. The primary objective of Master Instructor training and certification is to develop qualified instructors to conduct clinics at their local clubs and ranges that will bring more new shooters into the shooting sports. These workshops are open to all experienced rifle marksmanship instructors and shooters who want advanced training and certification to teach CMP-sanctioned Garand, Springfield and Vintage Military Rifle Clinics. Training covers clinic organization, teaching safety and range procedures, teaching fundamental shooting skills and conducting As-Issued Military Rifle Matches. Every CMP affiliated gun club is encouraged to have at least one club member who has his/her Master Instructor certification. If you are interested in enhancing your skills as a club rifle instructor or in getting started as a clinic instructor, go to the program at http://www.odcmp.com/Competitions/GSMClinic.htm and submit your application. For additional information contact Shannon Hand at shand@odcmp.com or 419-635-2141, ext. 1101.
New Daisy Air Rifle. The CMP announces new prices for Daisy sporter air rifles offered for sale through the CMP Junior Rifle Purchase Program. The CMP has had to increase its sales prices for the M853, M853CM, M887, M888 and the extra CO2 cylinders due to price increases at Daisy Outdoor Products. The prices shown on the CMP Affiliate Rifle Purchase Form include shipping for all air rifles and cylinders shipped directly from Daisy. These prices, including shipping, are still the best available for beginning and advanced sporter air rifle marksmanship. To order Daisy air rifles and accessories through the CMP, please review the CMP Affiliate Rifle Purchase Program brochure at www.odcmp.com/Programs/JrRifles.htm and download the order form located at the end of the web page. If you have any questions regarding the purchase of these air rifles through the CMP, please email CMP Club Rifle Sales at clubrifle@odcmp.com or contact Mike Conrad at 419-635-2141 ext 1116.
National Rankings for As-Issued Military Rifle Matches. Joseph Yaw of New Concord, Ohio currently ranks as the number one shooter in the country in CMP Games Garand, Springfield and Vintage Military Rifle Matches according to National Rankings released by the CMP this week. CMP National Rankings are weighted averages (national and regional CMP Games scores count more) of scores fired by shooters over the last two years in CMP-sanctioned Garand, Springfield and Vintage Military Rifle Matches. The new GSM National Rankings can be found by going to the CMP Competitor Tracker homepage at http://clubs.odcmp.com/cgi-bin/index.cgi. Then open the “National Ranking” dropdown bar at the top of the page. The rank list shows the current top 100. Click on the “+” to the left of each shooter’s name to see the matches and scores that are factored into their current ranking. Yaw, for example fired a 283-7X to place 3rd in the 2008 National Springfield Match, a 286-3X to place 4th in the 2008 National Garand Match and a 289-4X to finish 3rd in the 2007 Garand Match. Shooters who currently rank in the top five are Christopher Roberts, Charlotte NC: Richard Crawford, Kilgore TX; Sean Leighton, Mechanicsburg PA and John Friguglietti, Lincolnton NC. National Rankings are readjusted each time new scores from sanctioned matches are reported to CMP. If you made the top 100, congratulations! If you did not, shooting in more matches to get your average in Garand, Springfield and Vintage Military Rifle Matches up so you can make the top 100 is a worthy goal.
The Reading Rifles 1st Across the WEB Match is a NO TRAVEL, NO GAS Shoulder-to-Shoulder over the Web Postal Match. The WEB match is an open match with categories that include Open, Collegiate, Junior, and Intermediate Junior and Sub-Junior in both sporter and precision, air and .22. The match will run from October 9th to the 12th. Registration Deadline is October 10th. The web match will be preformed at each competitor’s home range or any range they choose to shoot at. Upon completion of the match, target scores can be faxed, emailed or phoned in to Reading Rifle Club to be recorded with all other match scores and posted at www.readinghighpower.com. Photos of the match can also be emailed and will be posted on a separate page of the site. If you would like additional information, please contact Maureen Trickett at 978-257-0406 or email at mrmttrcktt@aol.com or download the match bulletin and registration form at http://www.readinghighpower.com/.
JROTC Marksmanship Instructor Course (JMIC) to be held in Monroe, Michigan on October 11 at Jefferson High School, 5707 Williams Road. The class will begin at 0800. This JMIC course is open to any service JROTC Instructor who needs to take the JMIC course to conduct marksmanship training and competitions at their school. If you are interested in attending, please contact CDR Michael O Connor, JMIC Master Instructor, at 734.289.5699 or email oconnormp@training.navy.mil.
Indiana JROTC JMIC Course Scheduled. A JMIC will be conducted by MSG/R Alvin Pannell on 25 October, 2008 at Broad Ripple High School, 1115 Broad Ripple Ave, Indianapolis, IN 46220. Space for 30 students has been allocated. Participants must bring a current copy of JROTC Distance Learning Safety & Marksmanship Course Certificate to class. Civilian attire is authorized. Contact your individual Brigades for possible TDY Orders. Refer all other questions to MSG/R Alvin Pannell @ jrotc22d034@aol.com or call (317) 226-3915.
Virginia Area JROTC JMIC Course Scheduled. SFC Andrew Babic, Army JROTC JMIC Master Instructor, will host a JMIC Course (Junior Marksmanship Instructor Course) this November 2009. The JMIC Course will be hosted by the Hopewell American Legion Post 146 located at 217 E. City Point Road, Hopewell, VA 23860. The scheduled date is: 22 Nov 09. Class is scheduled from 9:00 A.M. until 4:00 P.M. Registration is required and there is no cost for the JMIC Course. POC is SFC Andrew Babic and he can be reached at (804) 586-7309 or via email at sargebab@telpage.net.
The 2008 United States Armed Services CISM Team is picture above at the awards ceremony for winning the “Best Nation” Trophy. The “Best Nation” Trophy is a pair of silver dueling pistols first presented by the King Paul of Greece in 1957. Front row (kneeling left to right) Mr. Ray Arredondo, USAMU; Captain Janine Mills, USMC; PO1 Sandra Uptagrafft, USNR; SPC Nicole Cooper USAMU; SSG Elizabeth Callahan, USAR; SSG Robert Park, USAMU; LTC Rhonda Bright, USAR; Second Row (left to right) SFC Jason Parker, USAMU; SSG Armando Ayala, USAMU; SFC Thomas Rose, USAMU; SFC Eric Uptagrafft, USAMU; SGT Michael Gasser, USAMU; LTC Frank Muggeo, CDR USAMU; Mr. Michael Behnke, USAMU; SGT Kelly Dove, USAMU; Mr. Glenn Sulser, USAMU; SSG John Ennis, USAMU; SFC Thomas Tamas, USAMU; SSG Shane Barnhart, USAMU. Congratulations to the USA Team!
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Civilian Marksmanship Program, Camp Perry Training Site, Bldg 3, Port Clinton, OH 43452