Report from Camp Perry

[Guest FroggyOne2]

Hey there.. spent a wonderful two weeks at Camp Perry shooting the four days of NRA week and the Long Range matches.. man the wind was really testing this year! Being that I have only been back to shooting this year after a 2 year layoff from competitive shooting and starting this year with a bolt gun.. it was as predicted that my best scores would be at 600 yards. Here is the first day I was there.. during CMP week.. the Whistler Boy match was being conducted and I was there in time to watch some shooting at 600 yards.

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It was a beautiful day with the temp around 80. As you can see from the wind flags that the wind was running at about 830 and about 8-10 miles an hour. Here is another pic from the same match.

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These pics were taken on the RODRIGUEZ Range

This is why it earned that name:

CLETO RODRIGUEZ

Rank and organization: Technical Sergeant (then Private), U.S. Army, Company B, 148th Infantry, 37th Infantry Division. Place and date: Paco Railroad Station, Manila, Philippine Islands, 9 February 1945. Entered service at: San Antonio, Tex. Birth: San Marcos, Tex. G.O. No.: 97, 1 November 1945. Citation: He was an automatic rifleman when his unit attacked the strongly defended Paco Railroad Station during the battle for Manila, Philippine Islands. While making a frontal assault across an open field, his platoon was halted 100 yards from the station by intense enemy fire. On his own initiative, he left the platoon, accompanied by a comrade, and continued forward to a house 60 yards from the objective. Although under constant enemy observation, the 2 men remained in this position for an hour, firing at targets of opportunity, killing more than 35 hostile soldiers and wounding many more. Moving closer to the station and discovering a group of Japanese replacements attempting to reach pillboxes, they opened heavy fire, killed more than 40 and stopped all subsequent attempts to man the emplacements. Enemy fire became more intense as they advanced to within 20 yards of the station. Then, covered by his companion, Pvt. Rodriguez boldly moved up to the building and threw 5 grenades through a doorway killing 7 Japanese, destroying a 20-mm. gun and wrecking a heavy machinegun. With their ammunition running low, the 2 men started to return to the American lines, alternately providing covering fire for each other's withdrawal. During this movement, Pvt. Rodriguez' companion was killed. In 2 l/2 hours of fierce fighting the intrepid team killed more than 82 Japanese, completely disorganized their defense, and paved the way for the subsequent overwhelming defeat of the enemy at this strongpoint. Two days later, Pvt. Rodriguez again enabled his comrades to advance when he single-handedly killed 6 Japanese and destroyed a well-placed 20-mm. gun by his outstanding skill with his weapons, gallant determination to destroy the enemy, and heroic courage in the face of tremendous odds, Pvt. Rodriguez, on 2 occasions, materially aided the advance of our troops in Manila.

In the second picture.. you will see to the right.. is the PETRARCA range, which is used for small bore and for dry fire practice, also on the PETRARCA range is the "function firing" range. Here is how it earned its name:

FRANK J. PETRARCA

Rank and organization: Private First Class, U.S. Army, Medical Detachment, 145th Infantry, 37th Infantry Division. Place and date: At Horseshoe Hill, New Georgia, Solomon Islands, 27 July 1943. Entered service at: Cleveland, Ohio. Birth: Cleveland, Ohio. G.O. No.: 86, 23 December 1943. Citation: For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity in action above and beyond the call of duty. Pfc. Petrarca advanced with the leading troop element to within 100 yards of the enemy fortifications where mortar and small-arms fire caused a number of casualties. Singling out the most seriously wounded, he worked his way to the aid of Pfc. Scott, Iying within 75 yards of the enemy, whose wounds were so serious that he could not even be moved out of the direct line of fire Pfc Petrarca fearlessly administered first aid to Pfc. Scott and 2 other soldiers and shielded the former until his death. On 29 July 1943, Pfc. Petrarca. during an intense mortar barrage, went to the aid of his sergeant who had been partly buried in a foxhole under the debris of a shell explosion, dug him out, restored him to consciousness and caused his evacuation. On 31 July 1943 and against the warning of a fellow soldier, he went to the aid of a mortar fragment casualty where his path over the crest of a hill exposed him to enemy observation from only 20 yards distance. A target for intense knee mortar and automatic fire, he resolutely worked his way to within 2 yards of his objective where he was mortally wounded by hostile mortar fire. Even on the threshold of death he continued to display valor and contempt for the foe, raising himself to his knees, this intrepid soldier shouted defiance at the enemy, made a last attempt to reach his wounded comrade and fell in glorious death.

Later that day I went to the display area and took a few pics of the "Forty & Eights" train car:

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The name implies: The "Forty & Eights" rail car could carry forty soldiers and their equipment or 8 horses and equipment around the country side of France. It was used to carry Kakki clad doughboys from the ports to taining or staging areas during WWI and again were used to move US GI's to assembly areas after the invasion on June 6th 1944.

[Magiccarpetrides]

Thats pretty cool...thanks for the history lesson...those names definitely deserve a place in history.

[Guest FroggyOne2]

Day two was a day in the pits.. electronic devices are not allowed in the pits at Camp Perry so I left the camera in the locker back at the barracks.

I had arrived on the 30th of July so that I would be there in time for match on the 31st. This was the day for the National Team Trophy. It is a 50 shot national match course of fire without siters.. all service rifle matches are shot without siters, you must know your zeros and wind values to be on top. Course of fire is, 50 shots which consist of 10 standing (offhand) at 200 yards, 10 sitting rapid fire at 200 yards (from standing to sitting and 60 seconds to fired 10 shots), then 300 yard prone rapid (from standing to prone and 70 seconds for 10 rounds fired). Remember folks.. they may say that they are shooting for tens! In truth, they are shooting for X's and the X ring at 200 and 300 yards is just under 3" in Diameter! Then to top it off, final stage is 20 rounds slowfire at 600 yards.. Max score 500-50X.. never been done..

The Oak Ridge Team placed 17th out of 58 teams.. not bad for a bunch of hackers!

Oak Ridge Sportsman Assn

555 - 11

584 - 16

581 - 14

1100 - 23

2820 - 64

Team Captain: Scott, Alvin Sr.

Team Coach: Smart, Charles

Kelly, Michael

91 - 1

99 - 5

98 - 4

194 - 3

482 - 13

Chubb, John

96 - 3

99 - 5

97 - 2

189 - 5

481 - 15

Baldwin, Cecil

89 - 2

94 - 0

97 - 2

189 - 5

469 - 9

Baldwin, Ben

93 - 2

95 - 1

97 - 3

182 - 4

467 - 10

Spickard, John

95 - 2

97 - 3

94 - 0

180 - 4

466 - 9

Morris, Ronald

91 - 1

100 - 2

98 - 3

166 - 2

455 - 8

I have to congradulate all the shooters for their fine effort!

[Guest FroggyOne2]

My third day there was to help with the brass collection during the National Infantry Trophy.. other wise known as "Rattle Battle", which is a course of fire beginning at the 600 yard line. Each member of the 6 man team is allotted a total of 80 rounds to be fired prone at 600 and 500 yards, sitting at 300 yards and standing at 200 yards (that is if you have any ammo left!) Each stage has a total time of 50 seconds to fire once the targets are up. The US Army Marksmenship Unit won it again.. getting all the rounds fired at the 600 and 500 yard lines.

As said, each team is allotted 6 firing members and must at least square all the targets to get bonus points. There are 8 targets to be fired upon, so the outter shooters must be "swing shooters", to which they fire upon the outer targets and swing to the next target to get it squared. or to help get other targets squared. This is done at each firing line.

It was a real treat to watch the "Garand Collectors Association" with their teams shooting Rattle Battle with the M1.

Here is the Tennessee Team members.. to which they placed 12th out of 43 teams that fired.

Oak Ridge Sportsman Assn

512

430

110

3

1055

Team Captain: Scott, Alvin Sr.

Team Coach: Smart, Charles

Baldwin, Ben

Baldwin, Cecil

Chubb, John

Kelly, Michael

Morris, Ronald

Spickard, John

[Guest FroggyOne2]

This was the day for the Garand Match.. Our own Knoxvillian Cecil Baldwin place 9th overall in the 11th Annual Garand Match! Great shooting!

Here are some pics from the match:

Everything was shot at the 200 yard line.

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Who is this guy!!!!

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[Guest Phantom6]

Looks like you had a great time.

Glad the weather cooperated for the event.

[Guest FroggyOne2]

Yes, The weather was great.. accually it got a little cool.. glad that I had my sweatshirt with me!.. more tomorrow..

[Guest FroggyOne2]

Well this day I went to the Wailling Wall to check the results.

It turned out to be a BIG National Trophy week for Tennessee shooters.

In addition to Gabe Hendricks of Memphis winning the M16 EIC match, a

big congratulations go to Terri Chubb - she pulled off 14 leg points in three days, and she only started shooting across the course last fall.

We had a lot of people medal in the NTI. In no particular order, Terri Chubb, Cecil Baldwin, Russel Theurer, Joe Lamanna, Nicolson Perkins Jr, Mike Kelly, Tom Lancaster and John Spickard.

Hard holder of the week probably goes to Cecil Baldwin - President's 100, Silver NTI, and 9th in the Garand match. ORSA finished above their average in both the team matches.

Ben Baldwin (no relation to Cecil) also had a great finish of 18th in the Garand match.

Gary Miller and David Prince of Knoxville had several top 100 finishes in the Carbine / Springfield / Vintage matches.

Here is a pic of John " Tennessee" Spickard:

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This was during the Springfield M1A match, which was a truly tuff match, shot at 300 yards and using a 300 yard F-Class target. The scoring rings on a F-Class target are half the size of a standard highpower target.

After the match I took some more pics around the base.

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Here is a pic of a M42 Duster, there were only 370 made, this one in 1957.

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Next stop.. The Trophy Room

First photo is of the "Billy C. Atkins" Trophy

The Billy C. Atkins Trophy is a wooden pentagon with the

emblem of each of the five U.S. Services (Army, Navy,

Coast Guard, Marine Corps, Air Force) on the points. Inside

the pentagon is a relief scene of a service rifle shooter at

Camp Perry. The trophy is named after its donor and

constructed by Richard Greeves of Fort Washakie, WY.

It is Awarded to the high service rifle shooter in the Long Range Matches.

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The Colt Trophy was presented to the NRA in 1927 by

the Colt Patent Firearms Manufacturing Company. This

trophy was given permanently to the high individual police

officer in the 1947 National Open Revolver Team Match. No

Colt Trophy was offered in competition for the years 1948-

50. In 1952 a new Colt Trophy was donated to the NRA by

the Colt Company. This second Colt Trophy was awarded

permanently to the U.S. Border Patrol in 1958. The third

Colt Trophy, the one shown, was donated to the NRA in

1959.

Police pistol team match, four firing members and

team captain. All firing at 25 yards, twice over a

Course consisting of five shots, slow fire, one

minute per shot; five shots, 20 seconds; five shots,

10 seconds with the official pistol or revolver of

city, county or state represented.

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The Smith & Wesson Trophy and The High Standard Trophy

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The Smith and Wesson Trophy was donated to the NRA

in 1952 by the Smith and Wesson Company.

Match Conditions:

The NRA National Center Fire Pistol Team

Championship - four firing members over the

National Match Course with any center fire pistol or

revolver.

The High Standard Trophy (to the right of the S&W Trophy)

The High Standard Trophy was donated to the NRA in

1952 by the High Standard Manufacturing Company.

Match Conditions:

The NRA National .22 Caliber Pistol Team

Championship - four firing members over the

National Match Course with .22 caliber pistol or

revolver.

ILLINOIS TROPHY

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The Illinois Trophy was donated to the NRA by the

Illinois State Rifle Association in 2007. The trophy is a large

bronze statue, “Timberlineâ€, crafted by artist L.E. “Gusâ€

Shafer. It has a walnut base and engraving plates all

around, for the names of future winners. The Illinois Trophy

will be awarded annually to the High Civilian Competitor

using a Service Rifle in the Centenary Trophy Aggregate at

the NRA National High Power Rifle Championships.

Match Conditions:

High Civilian Competitor using the Service Rifle

in the Centenary Trophy Aggregate.

[Guest FroggyOne2]

This is the beginning of the NRA Matches. Starting with the team matches Rumbold, RNDC (Rochester National Defense Contingent Trophy) and the Enlisted Men's Trophy.

Our Team: Southern Grits

John Chubb (coach), me, James Wells of Charleston SC, Bob Wills of Charleston SC and Terri Chubb of Knoxville.

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The Rumbold Trophy is a unique four-footed punch

bowl. The bowl, hand-hammered of solid silver from silver

dollars, is surmounted on opposite sides of its rim by two

crouching figures of American Indians, one an early eastern

tribesman and the other an early western. The trophy was

donated to the NRA in 1910 by Brigadier General Frank M.

Rumbold, Adjutant General of Missouri, for presentation to

the winning team in the Championship Regimental Team

Match fired in the National Matches. In 1937, the match for

this trophy was first called the "Rumbold Trophy Match" and

opened to teams from any NRA-affiliated organization.

Match Conditions:

Competition in the Championship Regimental

Team Match between teams of six firing members,

Team Captain and Coach. 10 shots per firing

member, 200 yards, standing, and 600 yards

prone with the Service Rifle. Teams to represent

regimental units of the U.S. Services and the

National Guard.

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We didn't fare to well comming in last in the Open Club Catagory Rumbold Team Match,

SOUTHERN GRITS

COACH: John Chubb

CAPTAIN: HERRMANN, ROBERT R.

5017 ROBERT WILLS, P 417 — 004x

3190 ROBERT HERRMANN, R 453 — 003x

3423 THRESA CHUBB, W 459- 008x

6498 JAMES WELLS, T 473 — 011x

Team Score 1802-26X

but we had a great time and some good practice for the NRA week. This day was my best at Awfullhand.

Conditions were partly cloudy, with the wind comming from the southwest at about 5-8 mph, mirage was hard to read with the cloud cover and the letoffs were killing us at the 600 yard line. There were funky elevation results due to at times opposeing winds.

[Guest FroggyOne2]

This was the first day of the NRA Nationals.

First match: MEMBERS TROPHY MATCH

http://www.nrahq.org/compete/nat-trophy/tro-083.pdf

200 Yard Slow Fire Standing

The wind was comming from the southwest at about 5-6 mph, I had not gotten a lot of practice in for this stage.. Heck I had not had much of a chance to practice much really at any of it.. but I was going to do my best at all stages.

My score was a 159-0X finishing 40th of 46 shooters in the MASTER — CIVILIAN MATCH RIFLE class

Second Match:

SCOTT TROPHY MATCH

200 yds, rapid fire, sit/kneel SR target, 20 shots

http://www.nrahq.org/compete/nat-trophy/tro-096.pdf

Here the wind was comming out of the southwest still but it had picked up some, running at about 8mph with gust to 10mph.

My score was a 187-2x comming in 35th of 46 shooters in the MASTER — CIVILIAN MATCH RIFLE class.

Third match of the day was the:

COAST ARTILLERY TROPHY MATCH

300 yds, rapid fire, prone, SR-3 target, 20 shots

http://www.nrahq.org/compete/nat-trophy/tro-064.pdf

Here the wind was switching and swirlling.. I could actually see the wind swirlling in the spotting scope, it truly gave me a fit!

My score was a 183-0x comming in 39th of 46 shooters in the Master- Civilian Match Rifle Class.

It was a tuff day for me, but it was a great day for shooting none the less.

[Guest FroggyOne2]

This is the second day of the NRA Nationals, there was a threat of rain, but it didn't appear, to which I was truly glad of!

First match of the day was:

NAVY CUP MATCH

200 yds, slow fire, standing, SR target

http://www.nrahq.org/compete/nat-trophy/tro-086.pdf

This was my best day for awfulhand shooting, I am not very good at offhand shooting, but it was the worst during this week..

My score 165-2x, finishing 43 out of 46 shooters in the Master - Civilian Match Rifle Class, the wind was comming out of the northwest and it was pushing me a little and made hard for me to stay on the target, more practice is truly needed.

The Second match of the day:

COAST GUARD TROPHY MATCH

200 yds, rapid fire, sit / kneel , 20 shots

http://www.nrahq.org/compete/nat-trophy/tro-066.pdf

Still learning to shoot a boltgun in rapids.. of course it didn't help none either that I have a pulled tendon in my left arm (the sling arm). The wind was still comming out of the northwest at about 6mph. Partly cloudy, good thing it wasn't raining, they were calling for 55% chance of rain. Temps were still cool, at about 80 degrees.

My score was a 180-3x comming in at 37th of 46 shooters in the Master - Civilian Match Rifle Class.

Third Match of the day was:

ARMY CUP MATCH

600 yds, slow fire, prone, MR-1 target, 20 shots

http://www.nrahq.org/compete/nat-trophy/tro-055.pdf

The wind was still comming now out of the northeast, running about 8mph, partly cloudy, the rain still holding off.. good news!

I was feeling pretty good now, with better conditions and more confidence untill I looked into the spotting scope, the wind was swirling over the berm at the targets, I felt that I was going to do well at 600 yards. Again the wind gave me a fit!

My score was a 187-5x comming in 31st of 46 shooters in the Master - Civilian Match Rifle class.

Up to this point, I felt that with only having my 6BR bolt gun, which is a Eliseo R5 Tube Gun, that I was doing fairly well considering the short time that I have had it and learning to shoot a bolt gun.. I felt that inside, better scores were comming!

[Guest FroggyOne2]

This is the Third day of the NRA Nationals. Up to this point, Carl Bernosky of Ashland, PA was only down 2 points overall for the championship. Man, that is some hard holding!

The first match of the day was:

APPRECIATION CUP MATCH

200 yds, rapid fire, sit / kneel, 20 shots

http://www.nrahq.org/compete/nat-trophy/tro-054.pdf

The wind was comming out from the northeast about 8mph.. it was a beautiful day.. and I was now on the Viale Range, Here is the reason the range is named so!

ROBERT M. VIALE

Rank and organization: Second Lieutenant, U.S. Army, Company K, 148th Infantry, 37th Infantry Division. Place and date: Manila, Luzon, Philippine Islands, 5 February 1945. Entered service at: Ukiah, Calif. Birth: Bayside, Calif. G.O. No.: 92, 25 October 1945. Citation: He displayed conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity above and beyond the call of duty. Forced by the enemy's detonation of prepared demolitions to shift the course of his advance through the city, he led the 1st platoon toward a small bridge, where heavy fire from 3 enemy pillboxes halted the unit. With 2 men he crossed the bridge behind screening grenade smoke to attack the pillboxes. The first he knocked out himself while covered by his men's protecting fire; the other 2 were silenced by 1 of his companions and a bazooka team which he had called up. He suffered a painful wound in the right arm during the action. After his entire platoon had joined him, he pushed ahead through mortar fire and encircling flames. Blocked from the only escape route by an enemy machinegun placed at a street corner, he entered a nearby building with his men to explore possible means of reducing the emplacement. In 1 room he found civilians huddled together, in another, a small window placed high in the wall and reached by a ladder. Because of the relative positions of the window, ladder, and enemy emplacement, he decided that he, being left-handed, could better hurl a grenade than 1 of his men who had made an unsuccessful attempt. Grasping an armed grenade, he started up the ladder. His wounded right arm weakened, and, as he tried to steady himself, the grenade fell to the floor. In the 5 seconds before the grenade would explode, he dropped down, recovered the grenade and looked for a place to dispose of it safely. Finding no way to get rid of the grenade without exposing his own men or the civilians to injury or death, he turned to the wall, held it close to his body and bent over it as it exploded. 2d Lt. Viale died in a few minutes, but his heroic act saved the lives of others.

Between the RODRIGUEZ range and the VIALE range is the YOUNG range, which is now used for 300 meter pop-up quals for the National Guard in Ohio. Here is the reason it is named so.

RODGER W. YOUNG

Rank and organization: Private, U.S. Army, 148th Infantry, 37th Infantry Division. Place and date: On New Georgia, Solomon Islands, 31 July 1943. Entered service at: Clyde, Ohio. Birth: Tiffin, Ohio. G.O. No.: 3, 6 January 1944. Citation: On 31 July 1943, the infantry company of which Pvt. Young was a member, was ordered to make a limited withdrawal from the battle line in order to adjust the battalion's position for the night. At this time, Pvt. Young's platoon was engaged with the enemy in a dense jungle where observation was very limited. The platoon suddenly was pinned down by intense fire from a Japanese machinegun concealed on higher ground only 75 yards away. The initial burst wounded Pvt. Young. As the platoon started to obey the order to withdraw, Pvt. Young called out that he could see the enemy emplacement, whereupon he started creeping toward it. Another burst from the machinegun wounded him the second time. Despite the wounds, he continued his heroic advance, attracting enemy fire and answering with rifle fire. When he was close enough to his objective, he began throwing handgrenades, and while doing so was hit again and killed. Pvt. Young's bold action in closing with this Japanese pillbox and thus diverting its fire, permitted his platoon to disengage itself, without loss, and was responsible for several enemy casualties.

My score for this match was a 190-3x comming in at 30th of 46 shooters in the Master - Civilian Match Rifle Class.

So sitting was getting a little better.. I was beginning to feel a little more comphy with the rifle in sitting.. That lifted my spirits up some!!!

The Second Match of the day was:

MARINE CORPS CUP MATCH

300 yds, rapid fire, prone, SR-3 target, 20 shots

http://www.nrahq.org/compete/nat-trophy/tro-081.pdf

Having been a Corpsman in the Navy, I felt I needed to redeem myself having not done well in the Navy Cup!.. GySgt Bosch was shooting next to me, he is with the USMC Marksmenship Unit and one hell of a nice guy!!!

Winds were comming out of the northeast at 8mph.. I had told Gunny Bosch that I would do my best for the Corps.. first string was a 90-0x.. that wasn't going to get it done.. came back on the second string and shot a 99-5x.. I was truly proud of myself and the great string in prone rapid..

Third match of the day was the:

AIR FORCE CUP MATCH

600 yds, slow fire, prone, 20 shots

http://www.nrahq.org/compete/nat-trophy/tro-053.pdf

This is the third time I have shot NRA week, all the times before, shooting a AR based match rifle, this was the first time with a boltgun.. in the previous times, I had medaled in the Air Force Cup Match. This day was going to be no different! With the winds comming out of the northeast still at about 8mph.. and being on the Viale Range and after having shot a great last string in the Marine Corps Cup.. my spirits were pretty high!

My score for this match was a 196-9x comming in tied for fourth place out of 46 shooters in the Master - Civilian Match Rifle Class.. It was a good way to finish the day!

[Guest FroggyOne2]

This is the last day of the Nationals for NRA week.. I was going to hate to see it over! I just love shooting so much.. and I will miss it.

The winds were comming out of the northwest again, being consistant but switchy at times.. but it was running hard at about 15mph, a storm had blown through the night before and brought the winds with it from out of Canada. It was going to be another beautiful day on the range with old friends and new ones as well!

The first match of the day was the:

CRESCENT CUP MATCH

200 yds, slow fire, standing, 20 shots

http://www.nrahq.org/compete/nat-trophy/tro-067.pdf

With the winds running hard at 15mph out of the northwest.. it was going to be a difficult day again with the awfullhand.. I had been practicing and had improved my hold, but it was not going to be enough.. to shoot in high winds.. one has to practice in it.. I hadn't done any of that!

My score for this match was a 156-2x comming in at 40th in the Master - Civilian Match Rifle Class. As a note.. no one cleaned this stage this day.. the wind as playing havic.. even Carl didn't fare out well! Shooting a 191-3x!

The Second match of the day was the:

CAVALRY CUP MATCH

300 yds, rapid fire, prone, SR-3 target, 20 shots

http://www.nrahq.org/compete/nat-trophy/tro-060.pdf

This match was going to be trying.. with the wind still comming out of the northwest at 15 mph. My first sighter was a 10 at 2 o'clock and my second was a 9 at 8 o'clock, I should have believed my second sighter,,, both groups went to 8 o'clock, ending up with a score of 181-0x.. I guess I just wasn't aggressive enough with the rear sight on the second string.. even though I had come right a minute and up a minute.. it wasn't enough to get me centered on the second string!

The last match of the NRA championships! :

CROWELL TROPHY MATCH

600 yds, slow fire, prone, 20 shots

http://www.nrahq.org/compete/nat-trophy/tro-069.pdf

This was going to be the last match of the NRA championships! And what a finish to boot! Winds were comming out of the northwest.. running still at about 15 mph..

My score for this last match was a 199-9x, just almost cleaned it, got caught by a pickup in the wind while in the sights and gave me a 9 at 3 o'clock. This score was good enough to place First in the Master - Civilian Match Rifle Class and 5th overall! It was a good note to finish on!