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About H

Dan started shooting competitive smallbore in 1986. During his Junior career, he earned two national junior team titles as well as local and regional wins. After a 10 year year hiatus to attend college and start a family, Dan returned to the sport and has added local, sectional and regional wins to his shooting resume. Dan is a Distinguished Rifleman, National Record Holder, U.S Dewar Team Member, Black Hawk Rifle Club Member, Digby Hand Schützenverein member, and is the founder of pronematch.com. He lives in Massachusetts with his wife and 2 children.

2010 Camp Perry Open

Posted on December 21, 2009 by H

2010 Camp Perry Open, Camp Perry, Port Clinton, OH. The Civilian Marksmanship Program invites you to participate in the fourth annual Camp Perry Open. This year’s match will include a three-position air rifle competition, an international air rifle (all standing) … Continue reading →

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RI Sectionals are Filling up Fast

Posted on December 18, 2009 by H

The 2010 RI Sectionals are filling up fast. Below is what is available for relay times: 3P International: Saturday 1/9 at 9; Sunday at 1:30 3P Open: Sunday 1/31 at 9 and 1:30 Junior 3P: All day Saturday To register, contact … Continue reading →

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West Virginia Rifle Team Returns to NCAA Prominence

Posted on December 17, 2009 by H

There was an excellent article in The Washington Post on Tuesday about the return of West Virginia’s rifle team after being dropped as a sport by the school. You can read the article here.

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Shooter Spotlight: Brad Driscoll

Posted on December 15, 2009 by H

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 17th interview in the series. Where … Continue reading →

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2009 River Bend Gun Club Smallbore Rifle Prone Champions Crowned

Posted on December 14, 2009 by H

by Tommy Steadman This year’s high points championship “chase” consisted of sixteen championship match dates including seven NRA-sanctioned smallbore rifle prone Conventional tournaments, five NRA-sanctioned smallbore rifle prone Metric tournaments and four non-sanctioned 200 yard smallbore rifle prone matches. During the … Continue reading →

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Get your postal results in early

Posted on December 11, 2009 by H

Don’t forget to get your Pickering Postal scores in early this month! Schedules are going to get pretty busy by month end… http://pronematch.com/pickering-postal/

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Some news from the NRA

Posted on December 10, 2009 by H

Here are a few interesting snippets from the NRA’s latest newsletter: NRA Intercollegiate Rifle Club Championship We are extremely excited to announce that our brand new championship has been locked in for 2010! The NRA Intercollegiate Rifle Club Championship will be … Continue reading →

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Shooter Spotlight: Hap Rocketto

Posted on December 8, 2009 by H

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 16th interview in the series. Where … Continue reading →

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Day 3 Results from the 3xAir

Posted on December 7, 2009 by H

2009 Winter Airgun Championships Conclude with Emmons, Turner, Beard & Uptagrafft Claiming Day Three Titles 2009 3xAir Colorado Day 3

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Day 2 Results from the 3xAir

Posted on December 6, 2009 by H

Emmons, Szarenski, Scherer and Uptagrafft Claim Top Spots on Day Two of Winter Airgun Championships 2009 3xAir Colorado Day 2

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Day 1 Results from the 3xAir

Posted on December 5, 2009 by H

Emmons, Scherer Shoot Perfect Scores; Capture Day One Winter Airgun Championship Rifle Titles. You can read view the complete results below. 2009 3xAir Colorado Day 1

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10 Rules for How to Win

Posted on December 4, 2009 by H

I stumbled accross this article by Bob Rotella (a sports psychologist) on how to win at golf. The similarities between golf and shooting are so similar that I thought I’d share the article with our pronematch.com readers here. The orginal … Continue reading →

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New Issue of Shooting Sports USA

Posted on December 3, 2009 by H

The latest issue of Shooting Sports USA is available here.

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Shooter Spotlight: Bill Reynolds

Posted on December 1, 2009 by H

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 15th interview in the series. Where … Continue reading →

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Last Day to Shoot

Posted on November 30, 2009 by H

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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Happy Thanksgiving from pronematch.com

Posted on November 26, 2009 by H

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

Posted on November 25, 2009 by H

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

Posted on November 24, 2009 by H

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

Posted on November 23, 2009 by H

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]

Posted on November 21, 2009 by H

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

Posted on November 20, 2009 by H

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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