Finishing the Pistol Class with
the open book examination
OWU members show their
enthusiastic smiles in the
classroom.
and the Civilian Marksmanship Program (CMP), kept basic
rifle and shotgun shooting sports available to their members
and these groups became the replacement trainers for some
of the grandpas, fathers, uncles, and other men in the former
extended families. Through the rest of the 20th century and
during the beginning of the 21st century you found these
organizations still doing their training as well as mainly in
the rural areas in the South, West, and Mid-west families still
participated in hunting as a family activity.
In November, 2011, three men who were involved with the
Tukabatchee Area Council of the Boy Scouts of America, saw
a need to help improve the shooting sports program and interest level for the young boys and girls that were participating
in Boy Scout Troops and Venture Scout Crews and decided
to start a small business, Small Arms Training Consultants,
LLC (SAT-C), to be a leader in bringing back a strong training program to provide responsible and safe shooting sports
activities.
High Adventure opportunity in Scouting for these young
men and women. And, expanding the training available to
OWU members beyond basic rifle and shotgun shooting to
include b