Military and by the citizens of the United States as a whole. The impetus for this creation was the abysmal state of weapons handling and marksmanship in the U.S. In 1905, President Theodore Roosevelt signed Public Law 149 authorizing the sale, at cost, of surplus military rifles, ammunition, and related equipment to rifle clubs approved by the board. The CMP had as its genesis a 1903 War Department Appropriations that authorized the establishment of the National Board for the Promotion of Rifle Practice and the National Rifle and Pistol Trophy Matches.
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