Resources for the American Legion Junior Shooting Sports Program (2018)

Lawrence L. Behling, 220 County Route 6, Phoenix, New York 13135, 315-695-7133 or email @ [email protected]. New York State Department Chairman Junior Shooting Sports Program.

Thomas Willard, 362 Lake Vue Drive, Montgomery, New York 12549 @ 845-800-8067; email [email protected] . NYS Vice Chairman Junior Shooting Sports Program.

American Legion Junior Shooting Sports Program, P.O. Box 1055 Indianapolis, In. 46206. Phone 317-630-1255, Fax 317-630-1369. National HQ for shooting sports program. Coordinator Bruce M. Drake. 317-630-1255. Downloaded Instructor manuals come from National with order forms & contacts listed below.

NRA Grant forms & Applications can be downloaded directly from the NYS NRA web page. Grant applications need to be in by Sept. 1st 2018. Grants are awarded in Jan. 2018. For CNY region contact Jay Rusnock, P.O. Box 943, Wappingers Fall, NY 12590. Phone 845-298-7233. You can apply for up to $4000.00 in a grant. If you need help in filling out the grant the NRA will assist you. Your program can become a NRA club, NRA #’s for your shooters , Insights for your team to read.

Civilian Marksmanship Program (CMP), P.O. Box 576, Camp Perry, Port Clinton, 43452 @ [email protected]. Phone 419-635-2141 (ext. 112). CMP 3 Position Rulebook 2018-2019 can be downloaded for free from the CMP Web page or ordered for $2.00 per copy via mail. Rifles & pellets can be ordered from CMP. Also this is where you apply for CMP #’s for your shooters (Free). Also apply for CMP Club while on the CMP web page, allows for discounts on equipment listed above.

Targets Orion Rifle targets, 12841 Braemar Village Plaza Suites 55 , Bristow, VA 20136, Phone 703-335-7760. email: [email protected]. Speedwell targets 410 Clemnont Terrace Suite D, Union, NJ 07083: phone 800-243-8274 (Let them know your a Jr shooting program) , P.O. Box 220, Rogers Ark, 72757, phone 800-713-2479; email [email protected]. This is a source for Daisy air rifles 887, 853, 888 rifles for pellet rifle. BB League rifles ordered are Daisy 499B or 499 rifles for NYS BB Gun Championship & International BB Gun Championship at Daisy, Rogers Ark. Pellets, traps also available. Crosman Products (Rifles) @ 1-800-724-7486 Pre-charged air rifles.

USA Shooting Sports , 1 Olympic Plaza , Colorado Springs, CO. 80909, phone 719-866-4670. Competition dates & results in the US.

Training: To become a coach, Rifle instructor contact NRA Training Diversion , Fairfax, Va. for information on class’s. JROTC Instructor training contact Thomas Willard Vice Chairman Junior Shooting Sports Program. USA offers coaches classes on line. Youth protection training is offered thru the Boy Scouts. Must be a trained instructor & youth protection is mandated for Junior air rifle teams.

Programs can be American Legion, JROTC, 4-H, CMP, USA, Local Sports Club, Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts, your program can be one or all the programs listed.

Insurance American Legion Program, Post insurance covers , also available NRA insurance, Insurance thru CMP & Scouts also.

Match’s available to shoot (short list), many more. American Legion National Match, Contact National web page for match information in Nov 2018-2019, US Army match Nov. 2018 Binghamton, CMP match Oct. 2018 postal found on CMP web page. NRA sectionals March 2019 various sites in NYS. JROTC Match’s. NYS BB match Binghamton 2019, & Nationals June, July 2019. Other matches can be found on the CMP & USA web pages.

Junior Olympic is held each year and try outs for Olympics team at Co. are held for the nations top shooters.

Any questions about starting a program or improving your current program, feel free to contact myself or Tom for more information.