Posted on 12/08/2006 1:43:45 PM PST by Domandred
</sarc>
Hey, we now have "An Army of One"...why not
"A Militia of One!"
works for me!
NRA high Power rifle matches to learn how to shoot a rifle.
International Defensive Pistol Association matches to learn how to shoot a handgun.
Buy a Dillon 550 reloading press so you can afford to shoot.
Thanks for the tips, I'll look into them. Local solutions for me seem to be somewhat lacking. I know they have to be available, just don't seem easy to find.
Look up WWW.fredsm14stocks.com and read about the "appleseed" program. click on latest, then appleseed,
or read the "rifleman" articles.
they are currently traveling the country putting on these courses.
Tet.
You don't say where you're located but the IDPA has a website which lists the matches across the country. The NRA has a newspaper called Shooting Sports USA which lists the High Power rifle matches.
Shooting the NRA match qualifies you with the CMP so you can buy ammo and rifles such as garands and 1903 Springfields.
http://www.nrapublications.org/sh.%20sports/highpowerrifle.asp
I didn't know Shooting Sports had a website with the monthly schedules. If you're not interested in High Power Rifle, there's all kinds of fun you can have with matches.
IDPA has a branch, chapter, not sure the correct word is in Parma, at the Parma Rod & Gun Club bout a 45 minute drive for me. Much better then Post Falls or Coeur d'Alene which is the other locations I had found that were making me frustrated, all day drive to both places.
Membership is reasonable and from the website looks like just the type of range I was looking for, long range, short range, tactical, etc etc, instead of just the 100 yard max ranged stationary stand up target ranges that I have in my immediate area. Ouch run on sentence.
They also have CMP and an automatic weapons owners club that meet there.
Don't think I would have found them quickly without the heads up on IDPA and CMP.
Thanks guys, I'll be having to check them out soon.
How about something akin to the Boer commando's of the second Anglo-Boer war
Bump that. The DCM/CMP program is apparently the only US-supplied training for the "unorganized militia". While relatively lame, it's at least the minimum and everyone should consider taking the class as their civic duty.
The scope is limited. But as far as rifle instruction goes they do a pretty good job. If you're looking for a 'Blackwater' type experience in terms of training you won't get it at a CMP shoot.
It's a miracle that it is still around, and it stays below the radar of most liberal politicos because it doesn't look like it is doing what it is doing. It also is quietly ensuring a future for the goverment's remaining stockpile of M-1 Garands that would otherwise be cut up for scrap.
The scope is limited. But as far as rifle instruction goes they do a pretty good job. If you're looking for a 'Blackwater' type experience in terms of training you won't get it at a CMP shoot.
It's a miracle that it is still around, and it stays below the radar of most liberal politicos because it doesn't look like it is doing what it is doing. It also is quietly ensuring a future for the goverment's remaining stockpile of M-1 Garands that would otherwise be cut up for scrap.
The scope is limited. But as far as rifle instruction goes they do a pretty good job. If you're looking for a 'Blackwater' type experience in terms of training you won't get it at a CMP shoot.
It's a miracle that it is still around, and it stays below the radar of most liberal politicos because it doesn't look like it is doing what it is doing. It also is quietly ensuring a future for the goverment's remaining stockpile of M-1 Garands that would otherwise be cut up for scrap.
One soldier with a rifle won't get it done. The regiment will have to do some training so they can act together and possibly survive their first encounter with the enemy. Marksmanship is just for starters.
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