Category Archives: Hap’s Corner

He Ain’t Heavy

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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Charlie McCarthy Isn’t The Only Dummy

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

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

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

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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Cousin Stan would be Proud

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

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Malthus, Carlyle, the NRA, and Me

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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Bill and I Set the Record Straight

During the course of my shooting career I have managed to bag a couple of National Records… Continue reading

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And you thought Rattle Battle was Exciting

Personally, I think that I am a collector of rare and historically important shooting ephemera… Continue reading

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Shooting’s Village Green

During the summer months shooting and baseball absorbs the bulk of my sports budget… Continue reading

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Prisoners in Paradise

I live in a town with a heavy leavening of Italo-Americans… Continue reading

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A Shooting Theory that won’t Bohr You

In another life I was a high school science teacher and my favorite subject was physics… Continue reading

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What was Good for the Canucks was Good for Us

Twenty days before Christmas of 1956 the rifleman who had survived the qualifying round… Continue reading

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What We Learn from the Past

My two favorite sports are shooting and baseball… Continue reading

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“Four-Gun” Hap Rocketto

by Hap Rocketto Each year I never miss shooting the Abe Rocketto Memorial Service Pistol Match. Run by Steve Schady, the match requires the use of a fixed sight service pistol of any era. My brother and I always shoot … Continue reading

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I Was A Farr Way From Being Accurate

It is always a great pleasure to see one of your juniors develop and do well… Continue reading

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Three Generations

by Hap Rocketto I am getting a little long in the tooth but I work to stay in competitive shape for position shooting. I shoot two winter position leagues and specialize in prone during the summer months, with a little … Continue reading

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A Shooting Character Straight out of Shakespeare

A couple of weeks ago I was idly leafing through some Shakespeare when a line from King Henry IV Part I leapt from the page and stirred my memory… Continue reading

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An Embarrassment of Riches

Hap Rocketto remarks about NRA National Records and how some are “good” and others are…well…not so good Continue reading

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In Second Place, I am Second to None

by Hap Rocketto [Editor’s Note] This is a Gallery Match primer! I have just arrived home after shooting the Connecticut Gallery Championship, a match I first shot as a high school freshman in 1962. Way back then The Gallery Match … Continue reading

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Dizzy Paul, Jeff, and Me

by Hap Rocketto Those who are familiar with Yankee Stadium know about Monument Park, a collection of monuments, plaques, and retired numbers honoring distinguished members of the New York Yankees. It was built during a renovation of “The House That … Continue reading

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