CMP Rifles.....again

[Swampy]

Black Snowman,

Check out:

Pioneer Gun Club

and

Missouri Highpower.Com

Be sure to check the schedule pages for BOTH Missouri and Kansas. MO will show Bucksnort (among others) and KS will show Mill Creek.

Best of luck,
Swampy

Garands forever

 

[444]

"No one got around anything. We met the posted requirements."

Not to beat a dead horse, but you did miss my point. The statement was made in reference to posts being made on the subject that were bascially asking how they could get around having to compete in a CMP match. The answer to that question obviously was that you don't have to shoot a CMP match, there are other ways to qualify: but the question was how to avoid shooting the match.

 

[Trebor]

Here's a good resource for High Power shooting. They have links to the state associations as well.

www.nationalmatch.us

 

[Mad Man]

And I want to do a CMP match, but don't know how to go about it.

Go to one as an observer, first. And observe and ask questions.

My first high-power rifle match was a very frustrating experience.

I had no idea what was going on nor exactly what I was supposed to be doing.

When you're on the firing line is not a good time to be trying to figure things out.

 

[VG]

At the club in my little corner of the world, matches are open to the public, but you need to be a member to get a loaner M1+ammo, for youths and women (if they choose) they also load out M1 carbines and ammo. If you are not a member of the club and show up to shoot, don't own a service rifle, or don't have a friend with such equipment lined up ahead of time, you are S-O-L. Joining the club isn't very expensive, but there's a fairly long waiting list, along with work hours requirements. I'm not sure if this is how CMP matches are handled in other areas, but this is what my limited experience has shown me.

That's not typical here in MA - you know, that Liberal, Anti-Gun state. I belong to two clubs, Braintree Rifle & Pistol and Reading Rifle & Revolver.

Braintree has a monthly 100 yard "CMP" match, which is not listed on the CMP website despite havin been held on the 3rd Saturday of the month March - November for about 25 years. It's $15 if you use the club rifles and ammo (your choice of AR15 or M1) or $5 if you bring your own. You don't have to be a member. Inexperienced shooters shoot in the first heats and more experienced shooters are expected to spot and coach the newer shooters.

Reading Rifle has clinics early in the season, two JC Garand matches a season, and 80-100 round High Power or other similar matches out to 600 yards. They also charge a nominal fee for rifle and ammo, don't require membership, and I believe youth shooters compete for free.

www.bmp.org
www.readingrifle.com

There are a number of other clubs in the Boston area that are similarly active, as well as a number in NH.

 

[S_O_Laban]

Blacksnowman, I am pretty sure that at Mill creek they have a 300 yard range. I'm not a member of Mill creek but one of the guys I work with is and I have been out there to shoot several times. Very nice place. If I lived on the KS side I would definetly buy a membership. Actually the Pioneer range is much closer to my home but I've never shot there.

 

[Swampy]

Laban wrote:

Blacksnowman, I am pretty sure that at Mill creek they have a 300 yard range. I'm not a member of Mill creek but one of the guys I work with is and I have been out there to shoot several times. Very nice place. If I lived on the KS side I would definetly buy a membership. Actually the Pioneer range is much closer to my home but I've never shot there.

Mill Creek Range has a Higpower field out to 500 yds.

Currently the 500 yd firing line is only open when they have a scheduled "Across the Course" match. When shooting beyond the 300 yd firing points the rest of the range has to be shut down due to the possibility (extreme, but real) of stray rounds coming into other shooting areas. During normal club conditions you can't shoot beyond the 300 yard line.

I'm not a member of Mill Creek but have been there a couple times for Highpower matches (Just came back last night from the Kansas State Service Rifle Champs). You might contact Sandy Sandgren, who is the Highpower Match Director there, and ask him if there is ever a time when the 500 points can be used for practice, assuming of course that noone else is on the range in any of the exposed areas........ Does not hurt to ask.

Best of luck in finding a range,
Swampy

Garands forever