Range Report, 25 May 2018
First up was testing the two .38 S&W conversion revolvers, and it was not a great success. Goldie, the brass-framed gun, fired a cylinder-full as nice as you please. It was her first-ever firing so I had no expectations. Despite two key-holed bullets I was pleased enough… …but on the second cylinder she locked up […]
CMP Wants to Conduct a Small Arms Firing School (SAFS) at Your Club!
By Steve Cooper, CMP North General Manager & CMP Marketing Manager Updated 05/30/18: CMP Receives Overwhelming Response to Small Arms Firing School Query The Civilian Marksmanship Program recently announced it was seeking interest from clubs and ranges across the U.S. about hosting a remote version of its Small Arms Firing School (SAFS). The CMP immediately received more than 100 inquiries Continue Reading
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Register Now for CMP’s June D-Day Rifle and Pistol Matches
By Ashley Brugnone, CMP Writer TALLADEGA, Ala. – The Annual John C. Garand D-Day Anniversary event will be held June 8-10, 2018, at the Civilian Marksmanship Program’s (CMP) Talladega Marksmanship Park in Alabama. The event will honor the Allied Forces landing at Normandy Beach in France back in 1944 through a series of vintage rifle and pistol competition. A Service Continue Reading
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Your Hump Day Reading List for May 23, 2018
I have no witty introduction this week, just a hand-curated assortment of articles that are worth your time to read. And a plug for my PDN show at the end (don’t miss it!)
A look at how to hold a revolver
I cover proper grasp in depth in my Threat-Centered Revolver course, because I believe it to be the single most important step to shooting a revolver well. The ideal revolver grasp is also different than the ideal …
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Grande Spettacolo! — USA’s Junior Shotgun Team Program Performs in Porpetto
Cheap Guns and Self Defense
According to statistics reported to the FBI annually there is about a 1/1,000,000 chance that a given person will need to use a firearm to shoot a criminal within a given year. Honestly that isn’t a very big chance. It is true that the odds that you may use a firearm for self-defense without shooting […]
CMP Awards 151 Scholarships to Student Athletes for 2018-2019 School Year
By Ashley Brugnone, CMP Writer CAMP PERRY, OH – The Civilian Marksmanship Program (CMP) has awarded $151,000 towards outstanding junior marksmen through its CMP Scholarship Program to be used for the 2018-2019 term. A total of 279 applications were received, with 151 awarded to both junior males and females. The $1,000 CMP Scholarships are available to graduating high school JROTC, Continue Reading
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A new way of looking at likelihood and plausbility
A couple of decades back I started to talk to my defensive shooting students about the likelihood of being attacked and needing to use their firearm to defend themselves. It seemed to me that some people, based on their lifestyle and habits, were more likely to need to use lethal force than others.
It also seemed to me that, even when the defensive firearm was actually needed, the mode of employment varied greatly; sometimes the sight of the gun …
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Munich Test Awaits USA Shooting Team
CMP, ORPA Host Highpower Rifle Matches at Camp Perry in June
By Ashley Brugnone, CMP Writer CAMP PERRY, Ohio – The Civilian Marksmanship Program (CMP), in collaboration with the Ohio Rifle and Pistol Association (ORPA), will be hosting a weekend of Highpower Rifle Matches in June. Competition will begin on Saturday, June 23, with a CMP Cup Series 800 Aggregate event, followed immediately by an EIC (Excellence-In-Competition) match. Firing will begin Continue Reading
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