Author Archives: Hap Rocketto

by Hap Rocketto Jay Sonneborn has an impressive resume in the art and science of the hard hold and easy squeeze. He has been three times a member of the US Dewar Team, including a stint as captain. As fitting … Continue reading →

by Hap Rocketto The last prone match that most folks in the New England area shoot before departing for Perry is the Bell City Rifle Club Metric Prone Regional. The match precedes the National Championships by a week or so … Continue reading →

by Hap Rocketto Simply not athletic enough to play baseball, my childhood passion, I was fortunate enough to come upon rifle shooting. Shooting played upon my athletic skill set, that of being able to stay still for long hours and … Continue reading →

 by Hap Rocketto I live in the pastoral seaside village of Westerly, Rhode Island. But for an odd meander in the bed of the Pawcatuck River the town, which is the westerly most community in the Ocean State and thereby … Continue reading →

by Hap Rocketto I have been, not unfairly, accused of being a bit single minded when it comes to shooting. It is one of my consuming passions. I shoot a lot and when I am not I am either thinking, … Continue reading →

 by  Hap Rocketto With the 2012 National Smallbore Position Outdoor Championship coming to its end I had come to a fork in the road of my shooting career. I had just won the geezer Three Position Championship the first time … Continue reading →

by Hap Rocketto Getting time off from work to participate in an active shooting schedule is a problem most folks face. It is tough to find a happy balance of limited vacation time between the requirements of shooting and what … Continue reading →

 by Hap Rocketto Hockey fever was sweeping New England in the late spring of 2011 as the Boston Bruins battled it out for the National Hockey League Championship and the honor of hoisting the Stanley Cup. It was mentioned that … Continue reading →

by Hap Rocketto While not quite at the level of Galahad’s quest for the Holy Grail, Jason’s search for the Golden Fleece, Rama’s mission to recover his wife Sita, or Dr. Henry Walton Jones, Junior’s hunt for the Lost Ark … Continue reading →

by Hap Rocketto Each Friday morning a group of we gray bearded rifle shooters meet at the club to shoot a postal match. Ernie Mellor, Charlie Adams, Dave Vinkler, Steve Rocketto, and I spend the morning blasting away at the … Continue reading →

by Hap Rocketto  Quite often seemingly harmless individual events occur in just the right order and place in time and geography to create catastrophe. This condition serves well for the definition of an accident-a string of incidents when taken individually … Continue reading →

by Hap Rocketto  There is a fundamental difference between shooting disciplines. It is not in the equipment or the course of fire but rather the way the shooters look at nature. This major division splits the pistol and rifle people … Continue reading →

by Hap Rocketto I was trying to tidy up my smallbore shooting kit and came across some really interesting artifacts. A shooter’s carrying bag is a midden heap and an archeologist delight. So, besides the mat and jacket, I came … Continue reading →

by Hap Rocketto  We were swapping jokes between relays at the Rhode Island Prone Championship and one that got a big laugh was about a golfing fanatic priest who had called his monsignor to tell him that he was ill … Continue reading →