Monthly Archives: November 2009

Last Day to Shoot

Today is the last day to shoot the November pronematch.com postal! Make sure you get your scores in ny December 5th. Email your scores to hap@pronematch.com http://pronematch.com/new-indoor-prone-league/

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His Parting Shot Was His Best Shot

by Hap Rocketto There is pleasure in being a necromancer. I recently resurrected Harry Seeburger. You will remember that Harry was the character that vainly chased Distinguished designation for more than four decades. Some years ago he went on to … Continue reading

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Happy Thanksgiving from pronematch.com

We at pronematch.com are very thankful for all of our loyal readers and contributors that help to make pronematch.com an interesting and useful destination for competitive rifle shooters. Happy Thanksgiving!

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GA: RBGC Smallbore Prone Conventional 1600 Results

from Tommy Steadman Dear Friends, Attached to this message is a PDF file containing the official Summary Match Results Bulletin for Saturdays RBGC season finale conventional 1600 and a digital photo of the competitor group.  I had a great time … Continue reading

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Shooter Spotlight: Erik Hoskins

The purpose of the “Shooter Spotlight” is to help shooters get to know their fellow competitors a little bit better. We cover a wide range of shooters from “Marksman to Master.” This is the 14th interview in the series. Where … Continue reading

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CT: 2010 JORC

Here is the info on the 2010 Connecticut State USA Shooting Junior Olympic Air Rifle and Smallbore Rifle Championship: ct_jorc_2010

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11 days left to shoot this month’s postal [UPDATE]

A reminder to turn in scores in six target format, i.e. 98+99+99+97+99+99=591. 60 shots prone indoors, USA50 target, individual, team, irons, or scope. Mix and match, collect all 4! pronematch.com is sponsoring this new match prone series and we want … Continue reading

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Camp Perry Cannon

I came across this cool HDR image on Flickr of the cannon at Camp Perry. In 2008, myself and Erik Hoskins were squadded right in front cannon during smallbore prone. Each morning before our National Anthem, we were treated to … Continue reading

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Right Between the Running Lights

by Hap Rocketto When I was a young unmarried pup I usually went to Camp Perry for the both phases of the smallbore matches, The DCM Board Matches, NRA High power, and rounded out the stay with attendance at the … Continue reading

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Shooter Spotlight: Dean Herron

The purpose of the “Shooter Spotlight” is to help shooters get to know their fellow competitors a little bit better. We cover a wide range of shooters from “Marksman to Master.” This is the 13th interview in the series. Where … Continue reading

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CT: David Thompson Shoreline Classic Junior Rifle Tournament

The David Thompson Shoreline Classic Junior Rifle Tournament is coming up December 3-6. There will be lots of awards including Tenex ammo, a savage rifle, Eley team jackets, hats, shirts, stickers, pins, USAShooting gear, and more. You can download the … Continue reading

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pronematch.com Stats

Some interesting statistics about pronematch.com: 18,498 actual visits from 66 countries to pronematch.com since August of 2008. 237 people visited pronematch.com on October 5th, 2009 (the day after this year’s Foliage Match) 48,952 pronematch.com pages have been viewed since August … Continue reading

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Moe and Sir Isaac Knew

by Hap Rocketto It may be a small footnote in shooting history, but it is my footnote. I took Art Jackson to his Camp Perry finale. After several years of cajoling I finally convinced Art that he should shoot the … Continue reading

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Team Brooks Brothers

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Did we mention indoor prone?

60 shots prone indoors, USA50 target, individual, team, irons, or scope. Mix and match, collect all 4! pronematch.com is sponsoring this new match prone series and we want you to be a part of it. Learn more at http://pronematch.com/new-indoor-prone-league/

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2010 Smallbore Metric Championships

UPDATE: A flyer is now available for download. 3/8/10 from the NRA 2010 Smallbore Metric Championship Causing Excitement Excitement is building as the NRA Staff readies for the first 2010 National Metric Position and Prone Championships. The National Metric Championship … Continue reading

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Shooter Spotlight: Justin Tracy

The purpose of the “Shooter Spotlight” is to help shooters get to know their fellow competitors a little bit better. We cover a wide range of shooters from “Marksman to Master.” This is the 12th interview in the series. Where … Continue reading

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USA Shooting News

There’s a new issue of USA Shooting News available for download here. There’s an especially interesting article by By SFC Eric Uptagraf called “Part-Time Shooter” on page 18.

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RI: Upcoming Matches

A LOT of upcoming indoor matches in Rhode Island : November 21, 3×20 air rifle December 19, 3×20 air rifle January 3 & 23, RI Junior Olympic Rifle Championships January 9 & 10, International 3P Sectional January 30 & 31, … Continue reading

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Shooting, A Great Fortune

by Hap Rocketto I am fortunate in that I have known some of the great smallbore shooters of both the modern era and what might be called the “Golden Era” of shooting of the 1940s to 1960s. One of the … Continue reading

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Noted Historian and Rifleman George C. Stephens Passes Away

by Hap Rocketto Noted shooting historian and rifleman George C. Stephens suffered a stroke on October 24th, seemingly on the road to recovery he passed away on November 2, 2009 after a second occurrence. George was the department chair of … Continue reading

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