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Civilian Marksmanship Program Welcomes New Affiliates Clubs

Civilian Marksmanship Program

CAMP PERRY, OHIO - -(Ammoland.com)- The CMP would like to welcome 22 newly affiliated clubs.

If you would like more information on affiliating with the CMP, please visit www.odcmp.com/Clubs/Affiliate.htm.

• · Exeter Sportsman’s Club, Exeter, NH
• · Enfield Outing Club Youth Shooting Team, Enfield, NH
• · New Jersey Firearms Academy, Jersey City, NJ
• · Inwood Fire Department Rod & Gun Club, Harbor Isle, NY
• · Daisytown Sportsman Club, Johnstown, PA
• · 4th Armored Historical Preservation Group, Glenside, PA
• · Tri State Gun and Archery, Counsel, TN
• · Oil Capital Rod & Gun Club, Broken Arrow, OK
• · Estes Park Gun & Archery Club Inc., Drake, CO
• · Floyd County Conservation Club, Georgetown, IN
• · Plummer Area Sportsman’s Club, Plummer, MN
• · Missouri University of Science & Technology Army ROTC, Rolla, MO
• · Caribou County Shooting Club, Montpelier, ID
• · Fighting Eagles Club, Cheney, WA
• · 4-H Patriot Shooting Club, Hampton, VA
• · Crawford County 4-H Shooting Sports, Vail, IA
• · Ridge Community High School, Davenport, FL
• · Boone County 4-H Shooting Sports Club, Albion, NE
• · Elite Equestrians 4-H Club, Alliance, OH
• · Bucks County Council BSA, Pipersville, PA
• · Box Butte Co. 4-H Shooting Sports, Alliance, NE
• · Osceola County 4-H Shooting Sports, Kissimmee, FL

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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 its highest priority on serving youth through gun safety and marksmanship activities that encourage personal growth and build life skills. Visit: www.odcmp.com

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Mike Gingher CMP Armorer Passes at Age 67
By Steve Cooper, CMP Writer

Civilian Marksmanship Program

CAMP PERRY, OHIO - -(Ammoland.com)- Former Civilian Marksmanship Program armorer, Michael D. Gingher, 67, of Thorncreek Township, Indiana, died 3 December, 2010 at Glencrest Nursing and Rehab Center in Chicago where he was admitted after an extended illness.

Gingher was a CMP armorer, specializing in the service of M1 Garand and AR15 rifles shortly after the privatization of the CMP program in the mid to late 1990s.

Civilian Marksmanship Program armorer, Michael D. Gingher

He was considered an diligent armorer and was instrumental in assessing the quality of Danish M1 rifles and their eventual acquisition by CMP, having traveled to Denmark, according to former fellow workers.

“Mike was a good man and a hard worker,” said Mark Kovach, owner of Mid-County Firearms, Inc. in Oak Harbor, Ohio. Kovach, who worked as a CMP armorer at the time, said Gingher was always willing to put in extra time to make sure CMP customers were satisfied with rifles received through the sales program.

He was born in 1943 in Fort Wayne, Indiana and was the son of a U.S. Marine. Gingher himself served in the U.S. Marine Corps for 31 years, retiring in 1991. He also was employed by General Electric.

Gingher was a member of Ducks Unlimited, Whitley County Leatherneck Club, a was a life member of the NRA and National Muzzle Loading Rifle Association. He was also a member of Midwest Gun Traders and Whitely County Korean War Veterans Honor Guard.

He will be sadly missed.

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