Resources for American Legion Junior Shooting Sports Program (2016-2017)

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 317-630-1249 or fax 317-630-1369. National HQ for shooting sports program. Coordinator Shayne Abrahams Sr., 317-630-1204. 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. Grants are awarded in January. 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 an 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: [email protected]. Phone 419-635-2141 (ext. 112). CMP 3 Position Rulebook 2014-2016 can be downloaded for free from the CMP Web page or ordered for $2.00 per copy via mail. & pellets can be ordered from CMP. Also this 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 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 you are 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 classes. JROTC Instructor training, contact Thomas Willard, Vice Chairman Junior Shooting Sports Program. Youth protection training is offered through 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.

Matches available to shoot (short list), many more. American Legion National Match, Contact National web page for match information in Nov 2016, US Army match Nov. Binghamton, CMP match Oct. 2016 postal found on CMP web page. NRA sectionals March various sites in NYS. JROTC Matches. NYS BB match Binghamton, & Nationals June, July. Other matches can be found on the CMP & USA web pages.

Junior Olympic is held each year and tryouts for Olympics team at Colorado are held for the nation’s top shooters.

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