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First Shot

Posted: Wed Nov 03, 2010 7:03 pm
by CMP
03 Nov 2010


Five 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/1110/
default.asp to see summaries of all recent articles with links to the full articles. The First Shot On-Line front page also displays upcoming events and a link to the popular CMP Forum. The latest articles posted are described below.


Krupp Wins CMP Western Games John C. Garand Match as Rutherford Wins Spring­field and Vintage Matches - Maury Krupp, 57, of Tucson, Arizona, won the John C. Garand Match, firing an aggregate score of 293-6X. As a result of his first place finish, Krupp took home a CMP Match Winner engraved plaque and a Fancy Grade M1 rifle stock do­nated by Dupage Trading Company of Chandler, Arizona.



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Shooters Take to the Sun at 2010 CMP Western Games - The 2010 CMP Western Games event held 16-19, October was highlighted by four sunny days under a Sonoran Desert sky, made even better with a series of clinics and rifle matches attended by some of the nation’s best shooters and others who simply enjoyed firing their favorite rifles in a competitive format.



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Rutherford Wins Overall GSM 3-Gun Aggregate at 2010 CMP Western Games - Glendale “Don” Rutherford captured the Garand-Springfield-Vintage Military rifle three-gun aggregate championship at the 2010 Western CMP Games at Arizona’s Ben Avery Shooting Facility with an overall score of 865-27X.


The games concluded Tuesday, 19 October after four days of clinics and a variety of matches. The match was part of the seventh annual event held in conjunction with the Western Creedmoor Cup Matches.



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CMP North Customers Enjoy Appre­ciation Day and Open House - More than 150 M1Garand rifle collectors, shooters and enthusiasts enjoyed free hot dogs, giveaways and more at the CMP North Store Customer Ap­preciation Day and Open House on Saturday, 2 October. The Open House gave visitors an op­portunity to view products and ask questions of CMP staff and armorers while enjoying a little CMP hospitality.



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Flint River Council deter­mines Webelos Top Gun - The Boy Scouts of America’s Flint River Council held their first annual Webelos Top Gun Competition on Saturday, Au­gust 28th at the Ole Mill Range Complex in Griffin, GA. The 4th and 5th grade Webelos Scouts spent the morning ses­sion learning BB gun safety, marksman­ship techniques, competitive shooting positions, and practicing with the Daisy Avanti 499 Competition BB gun, the most accurate BB gun in the world.



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CMP Shooters’ News will post links to published or posted articles about the shooting sports that appear in the public or shooting sports media. If you see an article that you think would be of interest to Shooters’ News readers, send us a link to celder@odcmp.com.


Warrior target acquired, USAMU champion wins Army Soldier of the Year - By Brian Lepley and Michael Molinaro, Army Accessions Command PAO - WASHINGTON — A Soldier with 21 national rifle shooting records added one more trophy to the case Monday: the U.S. Army’s Soldier of the Year.


Sgt. Sherri Gallagher’s young life has been one of high achievement. Now the 26-year old rifle shooter/instructor for the Army Marksmanship Unit is the first female to win the Army’s Best Warrior competition. Read the com­plete article at http://www.usaac.army.mil/amu//
News/2010/2010Soldier.html.



Local sharpshooter nominated for national award - By Jayne Hanson, Today's News-Herald, Lake Havasu City, Arizona - A local gun-toting granny — and accomplished sharpshooter — has been nomi­nated for the National Rifle Association’s 2011 Sybil Ludington Award — the same award she lost in 2010 to Sarah Palin. Marlene Duncan, 75, also served as a CMP State Junior Director, alongside her husband, for the past several years. Read the complete article at http://www.odcmp.org/1110/
Sharpshooter.pdf.



US Finishes With Three Medals in ISSF Rifle and Pistol World Cup Final - COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (October 29, 2010) - At the 2010 International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) World Cup Final for rifle and pistol, the USA delegation put on a solid performance with three medals and six finals appearances. Starting off the red, white and blue suc­cess was Sgt. 1st Class Daryl Szarenski (Seale, Ala.) who won the Men's 50m Free Pistol competition, finishing five-and-a-half points above the silver medalist. In an interview with the ISSF's Marco Dalla Dea, Szarenski said, "This has definitively been my best season ever!" He qualified in first place with 565 match points and maintained his lead with a strong 97.5 point final for 662.5 total points. View the complete article at http://
www.usashooting.org/viewRelease.php?id=502.



M1 for Vets Fundraiser, The M1 Garand Floor Lamp - This M1 Garand floor lamp has been created using an original USGI WWII Springfield Armory receiver. The base is Alder wood, and contains the la­ser etched emblems of all five of our armed services as a tribute to current and former members of armed forces. The base has also been autographed by the star of movie and television R. Lee Ermey Gunnery Sgt USMC. The lamp is envisioned to be raffled off to raise needed funds for the M1 for Vets program, and ALL proceeds will be used for this effort. The winner will be drawn at Camp Perry Ohio at the conclusion of the 2011 Civilian Marks­manship Program National Games at Petrarca range. Tickets are $5.00 each. For more information, please visit http://andyz28.com/
supportm1forvets.html.



A series of Squad Designated Marksman articles are posted on Oklahoma City's examiner.com. Kent Stonecipher began helping to train these classes in 2004 as a civilian consultant working with the United States Army Reserve's Small Arms Readiness Group, SARG, and for the last few years have worked as a volunteer with the Civilian Marksmanship Program assisting the United States Army Marksmanship Unit's training. Kent has been involved with training well over a thousand soldiers to become SDM in that time period. Here's a summary and link to his recent articles:



Squad Designated Marksman Class at the Kansas National Guard Training After Action Report - The recently completed Squad Designated Marksman Class for the Kansas National Guard at Salina, Kansas was as productive as any I've ever been involved with. Read the complete article at http://www.examiner.com/firearms-in-okl ... esignated-
marksman-class-at-the-kansas-national-guard-training-after-action-report.



Ft. Hood Squad Designated Marksman training Prelude - Well, here we go again. Another Squad Designated Marksman class being conducted by the U. S. Army Marksmanship Training Unit and the Civilian Marksmanship Program is about to kick off and it's like old home week. We'll be training this week on Range 44 Delta at North Ft. Hood. This is the range where I first began SDM training for the U. S. Army Reserve Small Arms Readiness Group (SARG). This is a 500 yard Known Distance (KD) range, the type with which most civilian High Power Rifle shooters are familiar. Read the complete article at http://www.examiner.com/firearms-in-oklahoma-city/ft-
hood-squad-designated-marksman-training-prelude.



Ft. Hood Squad Designated Marksman training Day 1 - Day one of Squad Designated Marksman training at Ft. Hood began as expected. We're staying just off of North Fort and the classrooms are at South Fort. The first order of business for me was to drive around Ft. Hood to get a visi­tor's pass to enter the base. Ft. Hood's a big place. I drove 300 miles yes­terday from my home for the training. Today I added about 90 more miles to get the visitor's pass, attend the classroom training and make my way back to the range we'll be using this week. Read the complete article at http://www.examiner.com/firearms-in-okl ... ood-squad-
designated-marksman-training-day-1.



Ft. Hood Squad Designated Marksman training Day 2 - Day two of the Ft. Hood Squad Designated Marksman training began with the soldiers be­ing divided into two relays. One headed to the pits to pull targets and the other took up standing positions at the 100 yard line. Target shooting type standing positions were demonstrated before firing began and the students were encouraged to experiment with stances, holds and use of the hasty sling that had been covered in the classroom. Relay one began by firing single shots at the silhouette targets in the target carriers. After each shot the targets were pulled down and the hole in the target was marked with a spotting disc and raised back up for the location of the hit to be observed at the firing line and the next shot to be fired. Read the complete article at http://www.examiner.com/firearms-in-okl ... ood-squad-
designated-marksman-training-day-2.


New Manufacture M1 Gas Trap Kits Now Available - Newly-manufactured, fully-shootable gas trap front end kits for the M1 Ga­rand rifle are now available again after a 71 year of cessation of produc­tion, according to Rat Worx (Research and Testing Worx, Inc.) of Mt. Mor­ris, Illinois. According to their Web site (www.ratworxusa.com), these gas trap parts are manufactured from the original 1937-40 U.S. Government drawings. Each part is fully interchangeable with 1937-40 production com­ponents. The kit contains a gas cylinder, gas plug, front sight, front hand guard lipped ferrule, and new stacking swivel and gas plug screws. The gas cylinder, gas plug and front sights have an “R” stamped on them to discourage dishonest people from passing them off as originals. The bar­rels are marked with the manufacturer’s initials, the drawing number and date of manufacture. Rat Worx is a facility which makes prototypes and manufactures small runs of machined product, for the automotive and fire­arm industry. For more information, log onto their Web site or call them toll-free at (800) 675-6906.



2010-2011 JROTC Air Rifle Postal Competition Dead­line Approaching Soon. All JROTC units that offer rifle marksman­ship training for their cadets are encouraged to shoot in the 2010-2011 JROTC Air Rifle Postal Competition. Indeed, a major objective this year is to increase participation by JROTC units and individual cadets. All firers in the open postal competitions will fire a 3x10 air rifle course of fire. The deadline to enter the JROTC Postal Competition is 12 November. Visit http://www.odcmp.com/3P/JROTC.htm for additional information and on-line registration.



Registration open for the Dixie Double, Anniston, Ala­bama. The Civilian Marksmanship Program (CMP) invites you to partici­pate in its second annual Anniston Marksmanship Center Dixie Double. This match offers 60-shot international air rifle standing and 60-shot air pis­tol events for open men and women and junior men and women. USA Shooting is sanctioning this match as a PSA/PSI match sanctions; it is also sanctioned as a PTO. Members of the National Rifle and Pistol Teams will attend. National Rifle Coach David Johnson will present a coaching clinic for all interested persons on Saturday afternoon, 13 November. The match is a two-day event where competitors will fire one 60-shot event on each of two days, 13 & 14 November 2010. Visit http://www.odcmp.com/3P/
DixieDouble.htm for additional information.



Air Rifle and Air Pistol Marksmanship Competitions - Camp Perry, Ohio and Anniston, Alabama. The Civilian Marksmanship Program (CMP) invites you and your club rifle team to par­ticipate in the CMP’s Monthly Matches. The matches will take place on the above dates at the CMP’s Marksmanship Centers North and South. The competitions will feature a Junior Air Rifle 3x20, 60 Shots Air Rifle Stand­ing, 60 Shots Air Pistol, a 20 shot Novice Prone stage a National Match Air Rifle 20 Shot Standing, Garand Course and 3x20 events. The next Monthly Match will be held on 20 November. Visit http://www.odcmp.com/
MarksmanshipCenters.htm to view the CMP Monthly Match Program or to register for the Match.



2010 Gary Anderson Invitational - You and your shooters are cordially invited to participate in the 2010 Gary Anderson Invitational, to be hosted at both the CMP Competition Center South in Anniston, Alabama, and at the CMP Competition Center North at Camp Perry, Ohio. The match is a junior three-position air rifle match that is a sanctioned CMP Cup Match and an outstanding competition opportunity for every school or jun­ior club shooting team. This event is named after the former Director of the Civilian Marksmanship Gary Anderson, whose influence and guidance has significantly impacted the success of three-position air rifle shooting. We look forward to seeing you at the match! View the complete program at http://www.odcmp.com/3P/GAI2010.pdf or register online at http://
clubs.odcmp.com/cgi-bin/matchInfo.cgi?matchID=6011. We sincerely hope you and your team will join us in Anniston or at Camp Perry in December for a great competition.



2011 U. S. Army Junior Open Air Rifle Championship - The U. S. Army Junior Open Air Rifle Championship is open to all junior shooting organizations that have school-age juniors as members or enrol­lees (high school seniors or below). Participating organizations can be jun­ior clubs, school teams, 4-H clubs, JROTC units (Army, Air Force, Marine Corps or Navy) or other organizations with eligible junior members. The Championship features two separate air rifle events, a sporter class three-position event and a precision class standing event. Because these are different types of events, all competitors may fire the State Championship postal competition in either or both events. Teams may compete in the National Championship in only one class, however. Entries or requests for official targets may be submitted to the CMP anytime between 4 October 2010 and 10 December 2010. Entries must be made on-line at http://
clubs.odcmp.com/cgi-bin/matchTeamRegistration.cgi?
matchID=6224&prevPage=nothing&nextPage=teamEntry. Entry fees for the 2011 competition are $5.00 per competitor, with no additional charge for team entries. The low entry fee is intended to encourage more junior clubs and teams to enter more juniors in the postal phase of this competi­tion.



CMP iPhone App - CMP is the official app for keeping score at Civil­ian Marksmanship Program sponsored shooting events. It features an easy to use interface that allows for quick recording of your score after each string. The CMP app calculates your shooting percentages automatically to let you know how you are doing throughout the event. You can also enter notes and record conditions so that you have a permanent record of details of each event. This application is sponsored and endorsed by the Civilian Marksmanship Program and a portion of the proceeds from the sale of this software are donated to the CMP. The CMP app is designed for both the iPhone and iPad. This application is sponsored and endorsed by the Civil­ian Marksmanship Program and a portion of the proceeds from the sale of this software are donated to the CMP. Visit http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/
cmp/id379873392?mt=8# to view and purchase the CMP app.



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