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The Civilian Marksmanship Program (CMP) is a national organization dedicated to training and educating U.S. citizens in responsible uses of firearms and airguns through gun safety training, marksmanship training, and competitions. The CMP is a federally chartered 501(c)(3) corporation that places a priority on serving youth through gun safety ...
Camp Perry is a National Guard training facility located on the shore of Lake Erie in northern Ohio near Port Clinton.In addition to its regular mission as a military training base, Camp Perry also boasts the second largest outdoor rifle range in the world after the NRA Whittington Center in Raton, New Mexico.
The CMP's civilian EIC badges are awarded to adult civilian competitors who achieve sufficient points in a CMP authorized excellence category of rifle and/or pistol competition. The CMP's bronze EIC badges are awarded with six leg points have been earned and the CMP's silver EIC badges are awarded when 20 leg points have been achieved.
Governor's Twelve Ribbon with 3 bronze Hawthorn Clusters. Some State National Guard organizations also award marksmanship ribbons to their top shooters. In the Missouri National Guard, the top twelve guardsmen selected to represent their state at the Winston P. Wilson Rifle and Pistol Championships are awarded a Governor's Twelve Ribbon.
In March 2011, Utah adopted the M1911 pistol as its state firearm. This gun was designed by Ogden, Utah native John Browning.The adoption was supported by Republican Utah State Representative Carl Wimmer, who said, "It does capture a portion of Utah's history" and "even bigger than that, it captures a portion of American history."
In the 2016 revision of the Civilian Marksmanship Program's "Competition Rules for Service Rifle and Pistol", use of a magnification optic has been authorized, intended to represent the use of the Rifle Combat Optic (RCO) on today's M-16 and M-4 service rifles. Magnified optics are limited to a maximum 4.5x power, and can be of the fixed ...
Peter Reinhard (1827–?) was a gunsmith and marksman operating out of Loudonville, Ohio during the mid-19th century. He became famous for the quality of his muzzle-loading rifles and for his prowess in shooting competitions. His rifles remain popular with collectors today.
A Girl and A Gun Women's Shooting League (AG & AG) American Airgun Field Target Association, international member of WFTF; American Confederation of Tactical Shooters (ACTS) American Rimfire Association (ARA) 3-Gun Nation (3GN) Civilian Marksmanship Program (CMP) DIVA Women Outdoors Worldwide (DIVA-WOW) Global Benchrest Association (GBA) [43]