Magruder Hospital and CMP Partner for a Unique Fundraiser

Magruder Hospital and the Civilian Marksmanship Program (CMP) have teamed up to put on the 1st Annual Charity Shoot on Saturday, November 12th at the CMP Marksmanship Center building 5042 at Camp Perry in Port Clinton, Ohio. All proceeds will benefit Magruder Hospital.

2011 Coaches College and Conference

USA Shooting will host the 2011 Coach College (November 12-17) and Coaches Conference (November 18-20) for continuing education of our coaches and program leaders at the U.S. Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs.

Young Eagle Joshua Lehn Excited to Represent the U.S. in 2011 World Rifle Championships in Australia

CAMP PERRY, OHIO - Joshua Lehn, 18, of Lemoore, California, like most people his age, can’t afford to travel everywhere in the world to shoot competitively, so this year he passed up an opportunity to shoot highpower matches at Camp Perry for the chance to shoot internationally with the USA Young Eagles at the World Rifle Championships in Brisbane, Australia in October.Lehn, who visited Camp Perry in June as a member of the Lemoore High School Navy JROTC sporter air rifle team, said he was looking forward to the privilege of representing the U.S. at the World Championships along with his Under 21 USA Young Eagle teammates.

CAMP PERRY, OHIO – Fredric Fadeley, 18, of Phoenix, Arizona capped the 2011 CMP-USMC Junior Highpower Clinic by leading all eligible competitors in the Excellence-In-Competition service rifle match. He ranked fifth out of all shooters which include Distinguished shooters and those who have already earned introductory points.
Fadeley fired a 472-7X aggregate score in the match on 31 July and earned four introductory “leg” points toward his Distinguished Rifle Badge. The match followed the annual junior clinic offered by the CMP and U.S. Marine Corps service rifle team.

Team Remington provides instruction for Advanced Highpower Clinic at Camp Perry

CAMP PERRY, OHIO – The Advanced Remington-Bushmaster Highpower Clinic, led by retired U.S. Marine Ken Roxburgh and his team of top shooters from Remington-Bushmaster, provided expert service rifle marksmanship instruction and competition techniques to more than 60 shooters during this year’s National Matches.

Juniors Get an Opportunity to Learn and Excel at 2011 Eastern Junior Highpower Clinic and Championship

CAMP BUTNER, N. CAROLINA - Each year, the Civilian Marksmanship Program partners with the U.S. Marine Corps Service Rifle Team and others to provide junior highpower rifle shooters opportunities to learn new marksmanship skills in challenging clinics and championships. In the waning days of June and first days of July, the Eastern Junior Highpower Clinic and Championship was conducted at Camp Butner National Guard Training Site near Durham, North Carolina. The event is designed to promote interest, education, and competition in the sport of highpower rifle shooting among junior shooters.

8th Western CMP Games and Creedmoor Cup Matches Ready for Entries

PHOENIX, ARIZONA –Registration is open for the 2011 Western CMP Games and Creedmoor Cup Matches at http://clubs.odcmp.com/cgi-bin/matchInfo.cgi?matchID=6478. The CMP and Creedmoor Sports of Oceanside, California, will host the matches and festivities at the Ben Avery Shooting Facility north of Phoenix, Arizona, on 15-23 October. Sign up today and plan to be a part of this exciting event!

Barranco and Miller Provide Insight on Winning Inaugural Vintage Sniper Rifle Team Match

CAMP PERRY, OHIO – As they left the 600-yard firing line on Viale Range, Mike Barranco and Mike Miller acknowledged they shot well in the National Matches debut of the Vintage Sniper Rifle Team Match here on Wednesday, 3 August, but neither was aware that it was good enough to win the match. When the scores were tallied, there were just two points separating first to third place.

Inaugural Vintage Sniper Rifle Team Match a Huge Success

CAMP PERRY, OHIO – Mike Barranco and Mike Miller were winners at the 2011 National Vintage Sniper Rifle Team Match, but if you ask around, so were the other 284 shooters that made up the remaining 142 two-person teams in the first match of its kind at Camp Perry.

John Butcher Wins 2011 M1 Carbine Match

CAMP PERRY, OHIO – While some consider it the M1 Garand’s little brother, it’s now one of the biggest rifles in John Butcher’s gun cabinet. Butcher, 46, of Grafton, Ohio, fired an aggregate score of 371-6X, winning the 2011 M1 Carbine Match by a five-point margin and came up two points shy of the match record set by David Chase (373-7X) in 2007.