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Author Archives: Hap Rocketto
An Article of the Highest Caliber
by Hap Rocketto I am sure that you are like many people who notice when little technical things in stories, or movies, are not quite right. If you are a SCUBA diver you might notice that the character is wearing … Continue reading
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CT: The 2010 Middlebury Junior Rifle Match Results
The 2010 Middlebury Junior Rifle Match by Digby Hand One of Connecticut’s classic junior matches is contested on a four point range in the basement of a church in Middlebury the first weekend of each January. The 31st Middlebury Junior Rifle … Continue reading
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pronematch.com Welcomes German Salazar
Pronematch.com is happy to announce that German Salazar has accepted an offer he couldn’t refuse. After a meeting with our staff recruiter he demurred, in his humble way, stating that he was not made of the stern stuff the site … Continue reading
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On the Shoulders of Giants
by Hap Rocketto Each year, at the National Smallbore Rifle Championships, with a gaggle of unenthusiastic juniors in tow, I make for the NRA Trophy Room to insure that the kids see these magnificent works of art and begin to … Continue reading
Law is a Bottomless Pit
by Hap Rocketto I shot my first long-range match in 1972 at the Colonie Club outside of Albany, New York. I was working in a small private school in New Jersey and was going to meet my fellow shooters from … Continue reading
To Loyal Joblillies, and Garyulies
To all of my loyal Joblillies, and Garyulies who shall see these presents greeting, Know Ye, that We, the Grand Panjandrum of the Pickering Match himself, has observed the steadily growing height of the snow piling outside of our castle. It … Continue reading
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Thank You for Calling Microsoft
by Hap Rocketto Decision making and problem solving are two very important skills a shooter must have to be successful. Each time a shooter prepares to release a shot though the process of the integrated act of shooting a great … Continue reading
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2009 NH Junior Invitational Rifle Championship
by Digby Hand Eight New Hampshire juniors were invited to participate in the 2009 New Hampshire Junior Invitational Rifle Championship which was, for all intents and purposes, a shooting triathlon. Each competitor fired an English Match and a full course … Continue reading
The Real Trophies are in Here
by Hap Rocketto Some years ago, when I was a young pup, my National Guard Rifle Team won the US Army Combat Rifle Championships. Each shooter was given a small Blackington medal and a handshake by the general. Back in … Continue reading
You can’t buy them, they must be earned
by Hap Rocketto There are a few of Lee Marvin movies that I very much enjoy, in part because he was an excellent actor and in part because of the story line. The Professionals, Heck in the Pacific, Cat Ballou, … Continue reading
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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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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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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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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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Lenny, Karl Marx, and the Eley Brothers…
by Hap Rocketto The world is full many unusual coincidences, perhaps chief among them is the occasional shot loosed from my rifle that strikes the X ring as it meanders into the bullet’s path. Another is the way that a … Continue reading
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Rising to the Challenge
by Hap Rocketto In smallbore prone shooting there seems to be an underlying current of thought that if you can’t win the match on the firing line you might stand a chance in the stat shack. This belief seems to … Continue reading
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Colonels are Methodist, Married or Mad
by Hap Rocketto A lull in the firing, as I sat behind the line as a scorer during the 2005 Pershing Match, allowed my mind to part its moorings from the job at hand and drift into distant waters. Idle … Continue reading
An Introduction to United States Smallbore Rifle Shooting
by Hap Rocketto Smallbore shooting, as we know it in the United States, dates from 1919. It was then that Savage and Winchester introduced specialized 22 caliber target rifles, the Model 19 NRA Match Rifle and the celebrated Model 52 respectively, … Continue reading
CT: 2009 David Thompson Shoreline Classic Junior Rifle Tournament
An upcoming Junior match in CT on Decemebr 5th and 6th. As Fall arrives and we return to our indoor ranges and start our Junior programs again, the Niantic Sportsmen’s Club wants to open our doors to all of you … Continue reading
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Broken Record, T.S. Eliot, and Me…
by Hap Rocketto Three weeks before my 18th birthday, in January of 1965, the poet Thomas Sterns Eliot died. Oddly enough his wife Vivian died in January of 1947 within a few days of my birthday. Regardless of these curious … Continue reading
