Getting Started in CMP Competition Shooting – Part 1

By Josh Wayner

The Civilian Marksmanship Program has long been a governing body in the arena of shooting competitions around the country. For some, the National Matches at Camp Perry seem like a mythical fantasy land where famous marksmen made history, surely not the territory for a lowly pleb like you. Well that, dear reader, is where you’re wrong . . .

This series of articles will cover everything you will need to know about competing in CMP games and events using what are arguably the most interesting guns available today: historical military rifles.

It was a dream of mine to go to Camp Perry ever since I first pulled a trigger. I grew up watching Nazis and Russians battle it out and simply had to have a part of that history in my hands. Lucky for me, a Mosin-Nagant and a case of 440 rounds was only $100 away. I put so many rounds through my first Mosin that I broke the firing pin from use. Even my meager job at Subway was enough to buy me literally tens of thousands of rounds. I shot the crap out of that gun and built up a serious tolerance for recoil.

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