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2008
Service Rifle Match Schedule
(Noted
Range will be closed to other shooting during the match)
Division I – Unaltered general issue service rifle
from any country used up to and including the Korean War.
Division II – Unaltered general issue (or civilian
version) from any country used after the Korean War.
Saturday, February 16,
starting at 10 AM, registration starting at 9 AM – Three Position 100 yard
match fired on the “B” Range. Ten rounds each; prone, kneeling or sitting and offhand,
timed fire on SR-1 target. Open to Division I and II rifles.
Saturday, March 29,
starting at 10 AM, registration starting at 9 AM – 200 yard prone match, timed
fire shot in two relays of twenty rounds each fired on the “C” Range, SRC
target. Open to Division I and II
rifles.
Saturday, May 17,
starting at 10 AM, registration starting at 9 AM – A Rattle Battle three
position match, ten shots each rapid fire, prone 250 yards, kneeling or sitting
200 yards and 150 yards offhand all fired on the “C” Range, B27 target.
Open to Division I and II rifles. Special side match – “The
Sniper” details soon!
Saturday, July 12,
starting at 10 AM, registration starting at 9 AM – An Urban Rifle Match, fifty
rapid fire shots from three different barriers shot 20, 10 and 20 rounds.
A shoot and move match where accuracy and speed are scored. Two classes;
open sights and optical sights, all firing on the “B” Range using the B27
target. (Championship points awarded based on type of rifle used)
Saturday, August 30, starting at 10 AM, registration
starting at 9 AM – A modified John C. Garand match. 250 yards prone in two relays, one relay 10 rounds timed slow
fire and one relay 10 rounds rapid fire. 200 yards sitting in two relays, one
relay 10 rounds timed slow fire and one relay 10 rounds rapid fire.
200 yards offhand two relays, one relay 10 rounds timed slow fire and one
relay 10 rounds rapid fire. Open to
Division I and II rifles, fired on the “C” Range using the SRC target
center. Special side match – “The Deer Hunter” details soon!
Saturday, November 15, starting at 10 AM,
registration starting at 9 AM. Three
gun Urban Rifle Match. Rifles shot
left and right hand from barriers including prone and all under the pressure of
being timed. Moving to short range
to shoot a handgun (right and left hand) and finally a shotgun to stop the
clock! Two classes; open sights and optical
sights, all firing on the “B” Range using the B27 target. (Championship
points awarded based on type of rifle used)
2008 Club Service Rifle Championship will be based on
points earned during the year with a Champion declared for Overall Service Rifle
Champion, Div. I Service Rifle Champion and Div. II Service Rifle Champion.
All Service Rifle Matches
are open to PCSC members and quests. All
general club safety rules will apply. All rifles will have ‘open bolt flags’ installed when not
in use. Only competitors and Range
Officer allowed on the firing line during the match relays, spectators must stay
behind the firing line. Competitors may enter more than one rifle in different
divisions or classes (pay two entry fees) and each will be treated a separate
entry.
Watch this bulletin board, PCSC newsletter and the PCSC
website for more details.
Urban Three Gun
Match
Saturday, November 15, 2008, starting at 10 AM,
registration starting at 9 AM. Three
gun Urban Rifle Match. Rifles shot
left and right hand from barriers including prone and all under the pressure of
being timed. Moving to short range
to shoot a handgun (right and left hand) and finally a shotgun to stop the
clock! (Championship points awarded based on type of rifle used).
Two competition classes will include; Open Sights and Optical Sights.
Secret Stage at start position: Everything for this
stage is provided for the shooter, maximum score five (5) points. Time starts.
This stage will be fully explained the day of the match.
Barrier one: From the start position with empty
rifle; move to barrier load up to 20 rounds and fire 5 shots from each of four
shooting locations (20 total) in correct order, 100 yards, weak hand then
move forward (with empty rifle) to;
Barrier two: 75 yard line and load up to 10 rounds
and fire all 10 rounds prone, right or left hand, then move forward and
laterally (with empty rifle) to;
Barrier three: 50 yard line four shooting locations,
load up to 20 rounds and fire 5 shots each location, in correct order (20
total), strong hand, and then move forward (with empty rifle) to;
A table at 15 yards, sling or table your rifle, draw your
pistol load and fire 5 shots right handed, reload, fire 5 shots left
handed (any order), re-holster your pistol, pick up a shotgun and
shell that will be pre-positioned on the table, load and fire the shot at the
berm to stop the clock (strong hand)! Failing to re-holster you pistol will be one penalty point.
Targets/Scoring
Rifle target will be the NRA B-27 silhouette; pistol will
be a second B-27. Shooting score
from rifle target, pistol target and secret stage will be added together but,
every second over the max time limit will subtract 1 point from your shooting
score. Every second under the max
time limit will add 1 point to your shooting score! Any and each safety
infraction will add penalty seconds to total time. Additionally, errors in the shooting format will add one
second to total time with a maximum of ten shooting error penalty seconds per
stage. Example: shoot 4 shots at one position that should be 5 shots would be
one penalty point. If that means
you shoot six at another position that should be 5 would also be one penalty
point. If this means you only shoot
19 shots in a 20 shot stage no extra penalty, failing to have a scoring shot is
penalty enough!
Special Safety
Rules
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No running with loaded firearms (pistols may have loaded magazine
installed, empty chamber; revolvers must be unloaded while running).
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Firearms must be pointed at the berm when and during the
loading/reloading process.
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Bolts must be open prior to moving from barrier to next barrier.
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If a safety violation occurs the Referee will stop time, advise
shooter of safety violation to prevent continuing the unsafe act or a repeat of
the infraction, he will note the violation on the scoring sheet then restart the
clock and proceed with match relay.
Ø
Gun malfunctions shall not be ruled as safety violations but clock
will continue to run. If a rifle
actually breaks, the shooter may call time out, the clock will stop. The rifle may be repaired if possible and the shooter
may then continue from the point of ‘time out.’ Other shooters may start and
finish match while a repair time out is in place.
Time Limit
Goals
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Division I rifles – Five minutes
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Division II rifles – Four minutes
From
the desk of Joel Powell
I am setting Saturday,
December 06, 2008 at 10 AM as a meeting date to accomplish two tasks; 1) set the
service rifle match schedule for the 2009 season and 2) be a workday after the
meeting to fix the rifle range stools as needed and to prepare new stools I have
already purchased. The meeting will of course be at the club with this
dual purpose meeting. If you have any ideas for a match or would like to
see changes in the matches we have been running thus far, this is your chance.
I am open to any new ideas as long as the goal is to have safe fun with these
matches.
This same information will be included in the October
club newsletter. I know it's deer season but maybe you'll have all your
tags filled by then!
Service
Rifle Match August 30, 2008
John
C. Garand Match
Other
than being a little on the warm side, make that “hot” side, it was a great
day for our rifle match! There was
little wind but a lot of enthusiasm for competing with these great rifles both
old and new. We had a good turn out
and we saw the same rifles that we usually see for the matches. David Router, who shot the Type 99 Arisaka in the match prior
to this one, brought out his K98 Mauser and a Mosin Nagant 91/30 this time.
Dave thanks for bringing these rifles out for us to enjoy.
We had a couple of 1903 Springfields and the usual M1 Garands, M1A’s
and AR-15’s.
We
also had a Deer Hunter match and had a few entries for this event.
The “Hunter” had 2 minutes to shoot five rounds at a Deer that
included a small (really small) scoring target attached to it all from a blind!
This proved to be a difficult event but, most all the shots would have
harvested the deer even if the shot didn’t score well on the small scoring
target.
The
next match is slated for November 15, 2008, with registration beginning at 9 AM
and the shooting starting at 10 AM. This will be the Three Gun Urban Rifle
event. This match includes rapid
fire rifle shots from different barriers, plus pistol shooting and a shotgun to
load and shoot in order to stop the clock.
Yep, this is a timed event plus the rifle and pistol shooting requires
both right and left hand shooting. There
will be two classes; open (iron) sights and optical sights.
Championship points will be awarded based on rifle entered.
I have a secret stage planned for the match, come out and see what that
secret might be!
Winners
of the August Match
John
C. Garand Match Division I Vintage Rifles:
1st
place – Frank Bliss scoring 429 X 600 – M1 Garand
2nd
place – John Zuback scoring 397 X 600 – M1 Garand
3rd
place – Ron Woods scoring 392 X 600 – British .303 Enfield
John
C. Garand Match Division II Modern Rifles:
1st
place – Larry Neff scoring 483 X 600 – AR-15
2nd
place – Frank Bliss scoring 456 X 600 – M1A
3rd
place – John Zuback scoring 441 X 600 – AR-15
The
Deer Hunter Match:
1st
place – Robert Worsham scoring 13 points using a scoped Remington 700 in .300
Win. Mag. (First time to enter our matches)
2nd
place – all tied at 6 points were: Stewart Alexander shooting a scoped Savage
99 in .22-250, Rusty Perrin shooting a scoped Remington M40 in .308 Win. and Ron
Fears shooting a scoped Remington 700 in .308 Win.
Good
shooting to all and come on out to the next Service Rifle Match and learn to
love the smell of gun smoke in the mornings!
Championship
Points Race
Frank
Bliss surged back into the lead for the Overall title.
I guess he did a little practicing the past month.
Stewart Alexander is on top for the Division I Vintage class rifles and
Rusty Perrin is looking good for the Division II Modern class rifles.
This thing is going down to the wire.
Results July '08 Service Rifle Match
Urban Rifle
Hot, dusty, swirling winds a perfect day for a rifle match at PCSC. Lots of interest in this fun, rapid fire, shoot and move service rifle event. We even had spectators that came out for this match. Most of the riflemen used open sights even though we had an optics sight class for this match. I tried both and discovered a couple of things; it was just as hard to shoot with optics as it was with open iron sights and my old knee wasn't as strong as I thought it was some five weeks after my knee surgery!
This match had a time limit to complete the shooting stage. Division I (vintage) rifle had 3 minutes and Division II (modern) rifle had only 1 minute 45 seconds. Only one entry actually completed the stage in the allotted time, Stewart Alexander (eventual winner) made it by one second. I guess we'll have to add a little time next go round.
Here's how it went: the shooter starts with an empty rifle and fifty rounds of ammo. At the command "commence,' the shooter runs to the first barrier where he shoots five shots from four different points on the barrier none of which offered a good shooting stance, oh yea this barrier is shot with the "weak" hand! Then the shooter runs with his now empty rifle to the second barrier and shoots ten shots prone 'strong' hand. Jumping up (more like stagger up for me) he runs to a third barrier and fires another twenty shots 'strong' hand. After the last shot the shooter then runs to the starting point to stop the clock. This was a young man's event as far as my old bones were concerned!
Several different and really 'cool' rifles were used in the match. There were AR's, M1 Garands, M1 Carbines, M1A's, a Daewoo and a T99 Arisaka! There was even a Remington 700 in the optics class. Yes it qualified; the military issued these rifles to snipers in a little conflict called the Viet Nam war. I used an Eotech with my 'home built' AR carbine in the optics class. There was one ACOG and two typical scopes as well.
I was really impressed with David Rueter and his WW II Japanese Type 99 Arisaka rifle. David shot the event with a respectable score and time, dispelling the notion these rifle were of poor quality but, he was working hard loading five rounds at a time. That's ten loading events during the stage! Let's see more of these old rifles, somebody has a Mosin Nagant, or an Italian Cacano, or something else just as interesting to bring and shoot.
The winners were:
Open Sight Class:
1st Stewart Alexander shooting and AR-15 scoring 375 - 2x
2nd Stewart Alexander shooting an M1 Garand scoring 363 - 2x (one may enter more than one rifle)
3rd Rusty Perrin shooting and AR-15 scoring 344 - 1 x
4th Joel Powell shooting an AR-15 scoring 322 - 2x
Optic Sight Class:
1st Stewart Alexander shooting a scoped AR-15 scoring 348 - 1x
2nd Rusty Perrin shooting an ACOG equipped AR-15 scoring 322 - 4x
3rd Joel Powell shooting an AR-15 with an Eotech scoring 288 - 1x
The scores look low but these scores reflect our net score after subtracting points for each second over the allotted time limit!
Next Match:
Saturday, August 30, starting at 10 AM, registration starting at 9 AM - A modified John C. Garand match. 250 yards prone in two relays, one relay 10 rounds timed slow fire (5 minute limit) and one relay 10 rounds rapid fire (90 second limit). 200 yards sitting in two relays, one relay 10 rounds timed slow fire and one relay 10 rounds rapid fire. 200 yards offhand two relays, one relay 10 rounds timed slow fire and one relay 10 rounds rapid fire. Open to Division I and II rifles, fired on the "C" Range using the SRC target center. Entry fee $10 per gun.
Special Side Match "The Deer Hunter"
After the John C. Garand Match is over we'll have a side match called "The Deer Hunter." This match is open to any rifle and any sight. You will be shooting from a deer stand (ground) and the only rest allowed till be a shooting stick (provided) or 'cross sticks" if you have them. The deer target will be 250 yards out and will have a small detachable scoring target. After the "hunter" is in the stand and calls ready, he will have two minutes to five shots at his deer! Now, two minutes may seem short to some but remember a deer in the wild would not stop and stand still that long in most cases. Entry fee is $5 per gun and if you didn't like your score, try again for another $5! This match as with all PCSC Service Rifle matches are open to all members and their guest (guest badge required).
2008 Service Rifle Championship
Stewart Alexander has surged to the front for the Overall Championship, Frank Bliss is in the lead for the Division I Vintage Rifle Class and Rusty Perrin looks good for the Division II Modern Rifle Class. There are two matches left before determining the champions and almost anything can happen.
Come on out and join in on the fun and learn to love the smell of gun smoke in the mornings!
Service
Rifle Match Results – May 2008
Plus
the “Sniper” Results
Well,
I’m writing this after returning home from having my knee surgery (scoped) to
repair a torn meniscus. I’m not
looking for sympathy, just explaining why I didn’t shoot in this match. I
just could not get into the prone or kneeling positions due to the knee.
Seeing how the rest of the guys shot I may have been lucky after all!
It was fun to just run the match and watch the shooting take place but, I
plan on being back in the next match giving all a run for the trophy!
Partly
cloudy, mild temperatures and no wind, what a great day for any kind of shooting
match especially true for a multi distance, rapid fire service rifle match
called the “Rattle Battle” one of my favorites. In mid May the weather could have been about anything except
snow! It was a nice day.
To
recap the match format: we started at 250 yards, and on command, we drop to
prone and fire 10 rounds in 90 seconds or less. Then moving forward to the 200
yard line and repeat the process from the kneeling or sitting position.
Finally, we move to the 150 yard line and fire 10 rounds rapid fire from
the offhand (standing) position. All
with open sights at a standard B-27 silhouette target.
As
always we had two divisions; the vintage class - Division I, rifles from the
Korean War and earlier and Division II, rifles from the post Korean War era.
Again, we had the usual mix of rifles in the event; M1 Garands, AR-15s,
M1As and a German K98.
Frank
Bliss took aim at the 1st place trophies and pulled the trigger
winning both Divisions! Frank shot
his M1 Garand and M1A shooting 136x300 – 2x with the Garand and 183x300 – 2x
with the M1A. Well done Frank.
Second
place trophies went to Stewart Alexander in Division I and John Zuback in
Division II. Stewart shot 103x300
– 0x with his M1 Garand while John scored 123x300 – 0x for his second place
using an AR-15.
Third
place in Division I was taken by David Rueter with the K98, he shot 69x300 –
0x. Rusty Perrin took Division II
third with his AR- 15, his score 55x300 – 0x.
These
scores seem low compared to other matches but in reality they are not.
The target is a difficult one to hit at these distances and at rapid
fire! Additionally any shot outside
the 7 ring is scored a miss. Good
shooting and well done to all!
Now
the long awaited “Sniper” match. Shooters,
make that “Snipers” had to shoot 10 rounds from the prone position on the
250 yard line from under a sniper’s hide in 2 minutes.
The gun was any rifle and any sight.
The target was the US Coast Guard pistol target.
A target that has a hostage in front of the “bad guy” and any shot
hitting the hostage cost points being deducted from the total score.
This was the simply the most difficult match to date.
I tried the shot when designing the match, before hurting my knee, trust
me it was tough. Well, I am sorry
to report not a hostage made it through the match unscathed.
In fact more than one simply didn’t make it at all while a couple of
“bad Guys” did!
Top
sniper was Larry Carnes. Larry used
an AR-10 and scored 38x100 -0x shooting an AR-10.
Second
Sniper was John Zuback scoring 24x100 – 0x with a Remington 700 in .223
Remington caliber.
Third
Sniper went to Rusty Perrin shooting his M40 in .308 Winchester and had a score
of 23x100 – 0x.
All
winners used rifles equipped with scopes. Heck
I couldn’t see the bad guy otherwise.
I
bet we get another good turnout for this match the next time it’s scheduled.
Some suggested changes may be forthcoming that will make the match even
more fun.
2008
Championship run is a follows:
Frank
Bliss in the lead for Overall Champion with 114 points.
Stewart
Alexander is leading the Vintage Class with 50 points.
Rusty
Perrin is atop Division II with 44 points.
The
Championship race is still wide open and anything can happen, participation is
key not just shooting well. Come
out to the next match “The Urban Rifle” set for Saturday, July 12, 2008 at
10 AM, registration begins at 9 AM. Learn
to love the smell of gun smoke in the morning by shooting with the Parker County
Riflemen!
Service Rifle Match
March 29th, 2008
Saturday, March 29,
starting at 10 AM, registration starting at 9 AM – 200 yard prone match, timed
fire shot in two relays of twenty rounds each fired on the “C” Range, SRC
target. Open to Division I and II
rifles.
February 06, 2008
Things to do when it is 34 degrees and it’s been raining
for two days prior;
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Go goose or duck hunting, its great weather.
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Use the weather as an excuse, can’t wash the car ‘Honey’, it’s raining.
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Sleep in!
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Watch hunting shows on the tube.
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Read all those gun magazines piled up that your wife keeps reminding you of!
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Clean up your gun room.
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Shoot in a Service Rifle Match.
Yep, if you’re a PCSC Rifleman you go to the gun club and
shoot in a Service Rifle Match.
What’s a little cold, rain and mud to a true rifleman, anyway? That’s exactly
what 12 PCSC Riflemen did on this particular cold, muddy, rained the whole time
Saturday. We had 20 total entries
due to most of these guys entering two different rifles!
Our best turn out yet!
While the scoring was down a bit from past matches, I must
admit the weather made it tough, we had great fun and something to talk about
for a long time. The only thing
that was a plus weather wise was no wind.
No wind at PCSC, can you believe it?
Another good mix of rifles again, the usual AR’s, M1A’s, a
.30 carbine, a K98 Mauser, several Garands and a 1927A1 Thompson (semi-auto)
caliber .45 ACP! Yep, Russ Whitworth showed up (at the last minute) with a new
Auto Ordnance Thompson ‘Tommygun,’ which qualifies for the Division I Vintage
Rifle class. His score has been
better (much better) but, it was the first time he had shot the gun at 100yards
and he had no idea where to hold for the yardage.
These PCSC rifle shooters are a bunch of ‘game’ guys I must say.
Two visitors shot with us; J.C. Riggle, he shot an AR and
the .30 carbine and Durant Beauchamp. Durant also shot the AR and the .30
carbine. Thanks for coming guys,
New Member orientation is the first Saturday of every month and you get
two chances at the next swap meet May 03!
Hint, hint!
Our winners were:
Division I
1st – Frank Bliss 227x300
2nd – Stewart Alexander 210x300 3x
3rd – J.C. Riggle 207x300 1x
4th – David Rueter 205x300 2x
Division II
1st – Frank Bliss 252x300 1x
2nd – Rusty Perrin 233x300
3rd – Stewart Alexander 228x300
4th – Russ Whitworth 209x300 1x
OK, two things here, I took a bath in this match and it
wasn’t from the rain. I must get
out and burn more powder! And two,
one of us needs to beat Frank Bliss!
It’s for his own good; we don’t want him to get bored do we?
Good shoot’n Frank and in almost impossible conditions.
Thank you to everyone that supported the PCSC Service Rifle Match, next
match Saturday, March 29, 2008.
Registration starts at 9 AM,
shooting starts at 10 AM.
See you there!
Learn to love the smell of gun smoke in
the mornings.
a good group ready
to brave the weather
Excellent
facilities and a great time had by all
And the winners
Thanks guys !
You should have been there
OK, since you missed this one; have a look at the new schedule
for 2008...
Read
on or download the MS Word doc click here
2008
Service Rifle Match Schedule
(Noted
Range will be closed to other shooting during the match)
Division I – Unaltered general issue service rifle
from any country used up to and including the Korean War.
Division II – Unaltered general issue (or civilian
version) from any country used after the Korean War.
Saturday, February 16,
starting at 10 AM, registration starting at 9 AM – Three Position 100 yard
match fired on the “B” Range. Ten rounds each; prone, kneeling or sitting and offhand,
timed fire on SR-1 target. Open to Division I and II rifles.
Saturday, March 29,
starting at 10 AM, registration starting at 9 AM – 200 yard prone match, timed
fire shot in two relays of twenty rounds each fired on the “C” Range, SRC
target. Open to Division I and II
rifles.
Saturday, May 17,
starting at 10 AM, registration starting at 9 AM – A Rattle Battle three
position match, ten shots each rapid fire, prone 250 yards, kneeling or sitting
200 yards and 150 yards offhand all fired on the “C” Range, B27 target.
Open to Division I and II rifles. Special side match – “The
Sniper” details soon!
Saturday, July 12,
starting at 10 AM, registration starting at 9 AM – An Urban Rifle Match, fifty
rapid fire shots from three different barriers shot 20, 10 and 20 rounds.
A shoot and move match where accuracy and speed are scored. Two classes;
open sights and optical sights, all firing on the “B” Range using the B27
target. (Championship points awarded based on type of rifle used)
Saturday, August 30, starting at 10 AM, registration
starting at 9 AM – A modified John C. Garand match. 250 yards prone in two relays, one relay 10 rounds timed slow
fire and one relay 10 rounds rapid fire. 200 yards sitting in two relays, one
relay 10 rounds timed slow fire and one relay 10 rounds rapid fire.
200 yards offhand two relays, one relay 10 rounds timed slow fire and one
relay 10 rounds rapid fire. Open to
Division I and II rifles, fired on the “C” Range using the SRC target
center. Special side match – “The Deer Hunter” details soon!
Saturday, November 15, starting at 10 AM,
registration starting at 9 AM. Three
gun Urban Rifle Match. Rifles shot
left and right hand from barriers including prone and all under the pressure of
being timed. Moving to short range
to shoot a handgun (right and left hand) and finally a shotgun to stop the
clock! Two classes; open sights and optical
sights, all firing on the “B” Range using the B27 target. (Championship
points awarded based on type of rifle used)
2008 Club Service Rifle Championship will be based on
points earned during the year with a Champion declared for Overall Service Rifle
Champion, Div. I Service Rifle Champion and Div. II Service Rifle Champion.
All Service Rifle Matches
are open to PCSC members and quests. All
general club safety rules will apply. All rifles will have ‘open bolt flags’ installed when not
in use. Only competitors and Range
Officer allowed on the firing line during the match relays, spectators must stay
behind the firing line. Competitors may enter more than one rifle in different
divisions or classes (pay two entry fees) and each will be treated a separate
entry.
Watch this bulletin board, PCSC newsletter and the PCSC
website for more details.
Results from:
Service
Rifle Match December 8, 2007
“Urban
Rifle Three Gun”
Results
Open Sight Class
1st Place – Stewart Alexander, shooting an
AR-15 with a score of 578 x 600 – 6X
2nd Place – Rusty Perrin, shooting an AR-15
with a score of 517 x 600 – 7X
3rd Place – Frank Bliss, shooting an AR-15
with a score of 514 x 600 – 6x
4th Place – Stewart Alexander,* shooting an M1
Garand with a score of 513 x 600 – 2X
*Contestants entering two
different rifles are treated as separate entries.
Optical Sight
Class
1st Place – Rusty Perrin, shooting an AR-15/ACOG
sight with a score of 541 x 600 – 7x
2nd Place – Joel Powell, shooting an AR-15/HOLO
sight with a score of 518 x 600 – 2x
3rd Place – None
4th Place – None
2007
Service Rifle Champions
Based on points
race
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Overall Service Rifle Champion – Frank Bliss with combined Division I and II
total of 184 points
Division I, Vintage Rifle Champion – Stewart Alexander with 78 points
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Division II, Modern Rifle Champion – Joel Powell with 90 points
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