Photo of the Week

Arthur C. Jackson, winner of the 1951 Presidents Hundred, is a veteran of a half century of shooting that encompasses three Olympics, several Pan American Games and World Championships, three Palma Teams, and numerous Dewar Teams. He, along with Art Cook, and Richard Hanson, formed the first United States Air Force Rifle Team. Art was is an important transitional figure in United States international shooting development as he bridged the gap between the great teams of the 1930s and those of the modern era. He is a member of USA Shooting’s International Shooters Hall of fame.

About Hap Rocketto

Hap Rocketto is a Distinguished Rifleman with service and smallbore rifle, member of The Presidents Hundred, and the National Guard’s Chief’s 50. He is a National Smallbore Record holder, a member of the 1600 Club and the Connecticut Shooters’ Hall Of Fame. He was the 2002 Intermediate Senior Three Position National Smallbore Rifle Champion, the 2012 Senior Three Position National Smallbore Rifle Champion a member of the 2007 and 2012 National Four Position Indoor Championship team, coach and captain of the US Drew Cup Team, and adjutant of the United States 2009 Roberts and 2013 Pershing Teams. Rocketto is very active in coaching juniors. He is, along with his brother Steve, a cofounder of the Corporal Digby Hand Schützenverein. A historian of the shooting sports, his work appears in Shooting Sports USA, the late Precision Shooting Magazine, The Outdoor Message, the American Rifleman, the Civilian Marksmanship Program’s website, and most recently, the apogee of his literary career, pronematch.com.
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