cmp qualifications

Are you LE or (ex-)military?


-T.

Affiliated Associations

I seem to recall that if you wander around on the ODCMP website, you can find "affiliated organizations" that have their sanctioned events, and you can get membership by signing up with them. You don't have to be in jrotc - if you look around, you might find somebody fairly close that doesn't have tight membership requirements (like having to compete in person in actual matches). You DO have to have legitimate membership - but in some places, that doesn't mean you have to show up like it was National Guard duty.

Good luck with the paperwork. It's worth the effort, but you do have to be patient. It is, after all, the government. :banghead:

1) Join state rifle association (check if it's on the list--most are).
2) Do a CMP clinic for live fire part.
(they also will take a type-3 FFL C/R in lieu of the live fire training for some odd reason).

So, you could fill out some forms and write some checks--NEVER ACTUALLY TOUCH A WEAPON--and qualify to purchase if you wanted---but the shooting clinics are a lot of fun.

paintballdude902 said:

...boy scout summer camp...

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That might be an angle. See if your old troop is affiliated.


-T.

What do you want to *DO* with the CMP?

The forms are here:
http://www.odcmp.com/Forms/Form_Index.htm

If you look at the Sales Order Form it lists all of the ways to meet the requirements. Would a BSA course qualify--maybe--but you'd likely need the form filled out and signed off unless you have some docs on it.

A stretch, and I don't know if they'd take it--but do the instructors still sign off on such things in your BSA Handbook?

The shooting clinincs are very informal and fun and fill the requirement. If you're looking at buying an M-1 rifle or carbine, you could probably shoot one or both and get the form filled out.

That's the hard part then.

It's too bad--they're fun and cheap.

When I was in High School I was in JROTC and was the captian of the Rifle team, my unit was affailited with the CMP but since I have graduated does that still count ?

Go to an Appleseed!

RWVA (the group behind Appleseed) is a CMP qualified club. It's inexpensive, simple, local for almost everyone, and gives you a good goal to work towards when you get that Garand

Heck, you're in North Carolina, right? You can't be far from an Appleseed!

The Boy Scout merit badge might count for marksmanship activity, but I doubt it. As for an affiliated club, you can join the Garand Collectors Assn, www.thegca.org. It'll cost you $25/yr

Garand Collectors Assoc is the easiest way.

Appleseed: http://www.appleseedinfo.org

Unofficial site: http://appleseedshoot.blogspot.com/

You can join RWVA for $20 annually to meet the "membership" requirement. Shooting at an Appleseed shoot meets the "shooting requirement".

Ramseur, NC is the "home range" of the Appleseed Project, 500 yard pop-ups, yum-yum

PaintBallDude,

BTW, you're under 21 so you shoot free at an Appleseed!
So you're only out the cost of ammo, what $15 for a brick of .22?

You're set!
hawkhavn

p.s. If you don't have a .22, ask ahead of the shoot and we might be able to find a loaner LTR for you.

do you have to be active duty or reserves ,or just be honorably discharged after your tour?

If you belong to the American Legion or Veteran's of Foreign War, your membership is the same as joining a cmp gun group. But you will still need a copy of you DD214.

Ok, for an "affilated club" join the Garand Collector's Association. It's only $25 or so a year. You'll get a nice newslettere and it counts as a club even though there is no physical range.

For "Proof of Marksmanship Activity" I'd submit your Boy Scout marksmanship badge *and* a signed statement from someone who has seen you shoot. Check with the CMP, but my understanding is that *should* cover it. They no longer require participation in a full blown match.

You will have to wait until you are 18 to send in the paperwork though. I can't think of a better way to celebrate legal adulthood though.

Since he's 18, he can join the CRPA for $5. (I PM'd you info).

If you took a hunter safety course that included live fire, that qualifies one for the marksmanship participation portion. If worst comes to worst, you take these in many areas for little or no cost.

Look for an IWLA close to you. then you will be good to go for CMP qualifications.

Easiest affiliated club: Garand Collector's Assn.

Easiest marksmanship activity: CMP's range report filled out by your local range officer.