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The Civilian Marksmanship Program (CMP) is a national organization dedicated to training and educating U.S. citizens in responsible uses of firearms and airguns through gun safety training, marksmanship training, and competitions. The CMP is a federally chartered 501(c)(3) corporation that places a priority on serving youth through gun safety ...
A 22 mm grenade is launched on the spigot principle, like a spigot mortar; a tube slightly under 22 mm is attached to the end of a rifle barrel to serve as the spigot, and left open on the muzzle end so bullets can be fired through it. The grenade consists of a heavy warhead section of 30–75 mm (1.2–3.0 in) in diameter for the nose, and a ...
The M1 Garand or M1 rifle [nb 1] is a semi-automatic rifle that was the service rifle of the U.S. Army during World War II and the Korean War. The rifle is chambered for the .30-06 Springfield cartridge and is named after its Canadian-American designer, John Garand .
The M7 grenade launcher, formally rifle grenade launcher, M7, was a 22 mm rifle grenade launcher attachment for the M1 Garand rifle that saw widespread use throughout World War II and the Korean War. The M7 was a tube-shaped device, with one end slotting over the muzzle of the rifle and attaching to the bayonet mount, and the other end holding ...
The CMP's civilian EIC badges are awarded to adult civilian competitors who achieve sufficient points in a CMP authorized excellence category of rifle and/or pistol competition. The CMP's bronze EIC badges are awarded with six leg points have been earned and the CMP's silver EIC badges are awarded when 20 leg points have been achieved.
Civilian Marksmanship Program Cartouche, M1 Garand Source I (Surv1v4l1st ╠Talk║Contribs╣) created this work entirely by myself. Date 15:51, 20 March 2023 (UTC) Author Surv1v4l1st ╠Talk║Contribs╣ Permission (Reusing this file) See below.
A rifle is a firearm designed to be fired from the shoulder, with a barrel that has a helical groove or pattern of grooves ("rifling") cut into the barrel walls.The raised areas of the rifling are called "lands," which make contact with the projectile (for small arms usage, called a bullet), imparting spin around an axis corresponding to the orientation of the weapon.
A U.S. M1 Garand, a Soviet PPsh-41 and a German Sturmgewehr 44. Another style of popular matches is called CMP games. Such matches permit both US service rifles as well as foreign military rifles (e.g., Lee–Enfield, M1 Garand, Arisaka, etc.). These matches are governed by rules and scoring methods that are very similar to U.S. service rifle ...