The First Shot

[CMP]

18 August 2005




National Matches Play Host to Australian High Power Team -­ So you think you traveled a long way to get to Camp Perry this year, well try traveling half way across the world. That’s exactly what the Australian High Power Team, Aussie Roos, did for a chance to experience the U.S. Na­tional Matches.


The team consisted of David Cornick, George Grivas, Aubrey Sonnen­berg, David Vivian Jones, David Waters, and John Webber. All six shoot­ers are ex-service men from Australia who were looking for the opportu­nity to shoot semi-automatic rifles, which have been banned in Australia since the government enforced strict gun bans in 1996.



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History Comes Alive at the 2005 National Matches - Each year at the Springfield and John C. Garand Matches the prestigious military histories of these rifles are bought to life as some of the competi­tors in attendance dress in period uniforms. This adds a colorful and rich flare to the National Matches that is unique to the Springfield and the Ga­rand. So who are these walking history lessons?



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The Lawless Three: Three Generations at Camp Perry - When Barney Lawless of Fairfax, Virginia first competed at Camp Perry in 1960 he probably never imagined that one day he would be competing with both his son and grandson. That is exactly what he did this year at the 2005 National Matches.



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The Camp Perry Retired Marines Make Great Strides to Help Juniors - For the seventh year in a row, Jim Owens and the Camp Perry Retired Marines made great efforts to help junior programs at the National Matches. Owens, who retired from the Marines in 1986 after 23 years of service, formed the Camp Perry Retired Marines Association in 1999. At that time he and his wife decided the purpose of the organiza­tion should be the advancement of junior high power shooting, and at the first dinner they raised over $1600 for juniors.



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Distinguished Pistol Story - David Bridges - You might say that I am a late bloomer. I am currently 55 years old and did not purchase my first pistol until I was 50. My first pistol was a Springfield Armory full size 1911A 45 caliber. Once I started shooting I just loved it and I would practice shooting any chance I could, sometimes 5 to 6 times a week. I had a good friend, Barry Hunn, that taught me the fundamentals like stance, sight alignment and one real basic – dominant eye. Turns out I am right handed and left eye dominant. This early shooting was all two hand shooting and focused on just hitting the target, anywhere.



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Enter Now—Western CMP Games and Creedmoor Cup. The CMP and Creedmoor Sports of Oceanside, California announce that their two major west coast competitions, the Western CMP Games and the Creedmoor Cup Matches, have now joined forces. On 5-13 November 2005, they will offer highpower rifle competitors of all skill levels nine full days of clinics and match shooting at Camp Pendleton, California. The Western CMP Games Garand, Springfield and Vintage Military Rifle Matches that took place for the first time this past May at Camp Pendleton will lead the week with a clinic on Saturday, 5 November. That will be fol­lowed by two days where competitors can shoot John C. Garand, Spring­field or Vintage Military Rifle Matches. On 8 November, competitors can fire in an experimental “as-issued” EIC match. The Creedmoor matches begin with a highpower NMC clinic on 9 November. That is followed by a Creedmoor Practice Match on Thursday, Creedmoor Long-Range Matches on Friday, the Creedmoor Cup Match on Saturday and a team match on Sunday. Many top military and civilian shooters already plan to attend. An impressive list of valuable awards and door prizes will be pre­­sented. The CMP will be on hand with several hundred surplus U. S. mili­­tary rifles to be inspected and tagged for purchase. It promises to be a great week of shooting on one of the country’s great shooting ranges. Check out the combined match program at http://www.odcmp.com/Competitions/WesternGames.htm. Then go to the CMP web site at http://clubs.odcmp.com/cgi-bin/matchInf ... atchID=958 and register on-line.



USA Shooting Team Wins Three More World Cup Medals. 16-year old Vincent Hancock of Eatonton, Georgia made his first year in in­­ternational skeet shooting one of the most memorable in the history of the game. He won a gold medal and shot a new world record in the first World Cup he ever fired, in April in Korea. He followed that with a World Cup silver medal in Rome and a World Skeet Championship in Lonato. This past week, he won the final World Cup skeet gold medal of the sea­son in Americana, Brazil where he tied his own world record at 149x150. Two USA shooters, SPC Matt Wallace of the Army Marksman­ship Unit and Maj. Dominic Grazioli, USAFR, won silver and bronze med­als in the American World Cup trap event.



7th Annual Palmyra Invitational. The 2006 Palmyra Invitational is currently the largest indoor match of it's kind (smallbore and air rifle). Hosted by the Palmyra Junior Rifle Team, the club is located about 30 minutes east of Harrisburg, PA. The course of fire for the event, now in it's 7th year, has been changed as suggested by the shooters to reflect the collegiate course of fire, 60-shot smallbore 3-position event and a 60-shot international air rifle event. Match sponsors are expecting between 250-300 shooters, both adults and juniors, from throughout the northeast and beyond. Colleges already attending this year include NCAA Champi­ons Army, Nebraska, Alaska, Kentucky, West Virginia, Navy, and U of Akron. The match will be held on January 14-16, 21-22, 28-29, 2006. For more information, please see the program listed at http://www.odcmp.com/3P/Palmyra.pdf or email Erin Gestl at eeg103@psu.edu.



2005 National Match Raffle Rifle Winners. Congratulations to the winners of the 2005 NM Raffle Rifles: M1D - Francis Guthier of Troy, NY, Carbine - Michael Zampini of Concord, OH, Remington 40x - David Jarrett of Newton, MA and the Kimber 82 - Steve Hoffman of Howell, MI. A total of $7,740.00 was raised for the CMP Youth Legacy Fund.



2005 National Match Springfield & Garand Match Presentation Rifle Winners. The winners of the 2005 National Match Springfield & Garand Match Presentation Rifle Winners are John Risley of Bonduel, WI (Springfield 1903) and Aaron Crist of Sweetser, IN (M1 Garand). The CMP extends its thanks to Eric Pierce of the National Match Armory in Rendon, TX for the splendid work he does each year on the Presentation Rifles.