First Stage of U.S. Olympic Team Trials for Air Pistol Sees Mowrer and Lagan Take Leads
Part One of Air Pistol Olympic Trials Gets Underway Sunday in Colorado Springs
CMP’s Monthly Match Air Gun League Final Results Now Viewable
By Ashley Brugnone, CMP Writer The Civilian Marksmanship Program (CMP) has wrapped up its series of Monthly Match League competitions for the 2019 season. The CMP Monthly Matches, where competitors have the opportunity to be ranked amongst other match participants from across the country, include a Junior 3×20, Junior 3×10, 60 Shot Air Rifle Standing and 60 Shot Air Pistol set of competitions. A Monthly Match League recognizes the averages of repeat participants from both of CMP’s air gun ranges in Alabama and Ohio. The first three highest participants in the Monthly Match League receive plaques, while places one through five collect monetary prizes based on the number of entries. Winning overall in the 3×20 Sporter event among 260 total entries was Samuel LeMaster, 18, of Montgomery, AL, with an average score of 532.5. For his win, LeMaster received $200. Following in second and earning a prize of $150 was Danielle Chapman, 14, of Piedmont, AL, with a score of 526.3. Devyn Chapman, 13, claimed the third place spot and $100, with a score of 509.3. Also recognized is the Most Improved competitor. In sporter, Austin DeMerchant, 10, of Heflin, AL, obtained the title. In 3×20 Precision, Gavin Perkowski, 17, of Bolivar, OH, topped the field of 352 entries – compiling an average score 589.8. Perkowski claimed $250 for the win. Landing in a close second place position was Natalie Perrin, 17, of Coopersville, MI, with a score of 588.5 to receive $200. Taking home a check for $125 in […]
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Texas Junior Feature: Charisma Owen
By Serena Juchnowski, CMP Feature Writer The answer was quick and simple. No, not until she’s Distinguished. Surprised, the inquiring junior looked at Charisma Owen and back at Charisma’s coach, Dan Ramsey. The question: whether or not Charisma was shooting the next day’s John C. Garand Match at the 2018 National Matches. A year later, Charisma had excelled enough in her Continue Reading
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Demerle Reclaims Overall Title at 2019 Gary Anderson Invitational Air Rifle Event
By Ashley Brugnone, CMP Writer CAMP PERRY, Ohio; ANNISTON, Ala. – For the second consecutive year, Katrina Demerle, 15, of Hamilton, OH, was the overall winner of the precision class during the 2019 Gary Anderson Invitational (GAI) air rifle event. Demerle claimed the win with an aggregate score of 689.6. The match was conducted by the Civilian Marksmanship Program (CMP) Continue Reading
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Your Hump Day Reading List for December 11, 2019
Welcome to your Hump Day Reading List!
This is your refuge from the impersonal Google and FaceBook algorithms that seem to run our lives these days. Instead of a machine deciding what you’ll see, I personally go out and look for great articles that actually have value in the quest for greater personal and family safety.
From all of the articles that I find, I weed out the “fake news” and those that don’t have direct application to some aspect of preparedness. Then, to fight the growing scourge of information overload, I distill everything down to what I believe to be the three most useful articles you can read right now, explain the context of those articles, and identify any bias so you can trust what you read.
It’s a more personal, more targeted, and more efficient way to get the information you need!
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QOTD on The Problem with Averages
From Hannah Fry’s essay in The New Yorker: on “What Statistics Can and Can’t Tell Us About Ourselves: “As the mathematician Ian Stewart points out in ‘Do Dice Play God?’ (Basic), the average person has one breast and…
04 – Gun Free Zones & Appealing to Values
In this episode, Sarah shows us how to frame values so they can be heard and understood by those who may disagree with you. And Jon’s Bad Argument of the Day tackles Gun Free Zones. Episode citations: “Accepting Threatening Information: Self-Affirmat…
Elsie Rides Again, Part 1…
Perusing the Shelves at Pinto’s Guns I came across an L.C. Smith 12-gauge double. It looked pretty bad; it had been liberally slathered with shellac at some point- metalwork, wood, everything, presumably to protect it as a wall-hanger. The bores were obviously somewhat pitted- hard to tell about the right-hand barrel; couldn’t see past the […]