Author Archives: Hap Rocketto

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.

I Don’t Want to be Strung Along about Ammo

Posted on September 8, 2010 by Hap Rocketto

Some times shooting advice comes from odd places and at odd times… Continue reading →

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A Short History of the Dewar International Postal Match

Posted on September 6, 2010 by Hap Rocketto

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He Ain’t Heavy

Posted on September 1, 2010 by Hap Rocketto

by Hap Rocketto, pmdc staff This article is available for download in a printable PDF format by clicking here. If you find this downloadable PDF useful, leave us a comment. We are evaluating whether or not to continue this service. … Continue reading →

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2010 Dewar Team Results (British and US)

Posted on September 1, 2010 by Hap Rocketto

Recent shooter spotlight Dennis Lindenbaum stumbled across what appears to be the 2010 British Dewar Team Results on an internet forum. If the results are official, it looks like the British beat us by nearly 50 points this year. Congratulations to … Continue reading →

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Charlie McCarthy Isn’t The Only Dummy

Posted on August 25, 2010 by Hap Rocketto

In general I would say that shooters are a very ethical group of people… Continue reading →

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Chalk It Up to Knowing the Rules

Posted on August 18, 2010 by Hap Rocketto

by Hap Rocketto For some years the NRA has been including a rulebook in the competitor’s packet for high power. This year smallbore shooters began receiving one. This was as a result of the actions of the Smallbore Rifle Committee’s … Continue reading →

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The Royal Touch

Posted on August 11, 2010 by Hap Rocketto

by Hap Rocketto In an earlier era sovereigns ruled with absolute power through a principle known as the Divine Right of Kings. Essentially this meant that the power of the king was derived directly from the throne of God, no … Continue reading →

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Diving for National Records

Posted on August 4, 2010 by Hap Rocketto

by Hap Rocketto The first cold snap of autumn had come, and with it a new television season. As is our practice I stoked up the woodstove, the bride popped a bowl of popcorn, and we cuddled up on the … Continue reading →

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Bristol Update, 8/20/10

Posted on July 20, 2010 by Hap Rocketto

The first US National Metric Metallic Sight National Championship is in the book and the Great Scorer in the Sky has inscribed Kevin Nevius in the champion’s spot. Kevin shot an 1170 using Lapua Xact, a Walter action, his own … Continue reading →

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Bristol Update, 8/19/10

Posted on July 20, 2010 by Hap Rocketto

It was a quiet day at the Wa-Ka’Da Range today… Continue reading →

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Bristol Update, 6/18/10

Posted on July 19, 2010 by Hap Rocketto

after 12 hours and 40 minutes of total travel time we have arrived… Continue reading →

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PMDC Sunday Morning Post

Posted on July 18, 2010 by Hap Rocketto

The clock had barely finished striking four… Continue reading →

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NH: Conventional 3P Regional/State Champ Results

Posted on July 15, 2010 by Hap Rocketto

submitted by Keith Jylkka We dodged the rain showers and thunder storms and somehow got the NRA Conventional 3P match complete without interruption. Nineteen shooters from NH and MA made the trip to Hudson on Saturday, 7/10 for the NH … Continue reading →

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Cousin Stan would be Proud

Posted on July 14, 2010 by Hap Rocketto

At the end of the iron sight phase of Camp Perry in 2006 I threw together a trip… Continue reading →

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Photo of the Week

Posted on July 9, 2010 by Hap Rocketto

With Camp Perry only a few weeks away, we’re focusing our Photos-of-the-Week on Camp Perry images… Continue reading →

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Malthus, Carlyle, the NRA, and Me

Posted on July 7, 2010 by Hap Rocketto

by Hap Rocketto The recent national economic distress has brought to mind my carefree days as an undergraduate. College was an orchard with many delights ripe for the picking. Much to the distress of my parents my delights in the … Continue reading →

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