CMP’s Air Rifle Championship Travels to Sandy in April

By AmmoLand Editor Duncan Johnson

SANDY, Utah –-(Ammoland.com)- The Civilian Marksmanship Program (CMP) invites bystanders and curious guests to explore the remarkable world of air rifle competition April 5-7, 2018, as hundreds of coaches, competitors and spectators arrive in the Sandy area for the 2018 CMP 3P Regional Air Rifle Championships, held at the Mountain America Expo Center – previously known as the South Towne Exposition Center.

The event is designed for school-aged junior athletes from 4-H, Scouts, American Legion, club or JROTC programs who use precision air rifles (mirrored from Olympic-style competitions) as well as classically-designed sporter air rifles to fire upon state-of-the-art electronic targets at three positions: prone, standing and kneeling. Athletes firing in the Regional Championships are composed of the top scoring teams and individuals who first competed in the CMP Air Rifle Postal Championships.

The targets appearing in Sandy will be constructed from CMP’s electronic Mobile Range – featuring innovative Kongsberg Target System (KTS) targets. The range has been updated to resemble CMP’s reconstructed stationary air gun ranges in Anniston, Ala., and Camp Perry, Ohio, which both include the same target technology.