RI 4P Sectional

Posted on February 16, 2009 by H

Don’t forget that there are a few slots left for the RI 4P Sectional this Sunday. The sitting stage is only 20 shots on the A-17…c’mon!

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New Match Calendar

Posted on February 16, 2009 by H

The other day Rick Johnson sent me an email suggesting that pronematch.com should have a calendar that has upcoming matches and events on it.  It’s a great idea but I was struggling with the best way to implement it on the website–I think I’ve found the answer. I’m using Google Calendar which allows other people (match directors that are added to the list) to add matches to the calendar. I’ve added the matches that I have on hand to the calendar, but I would prefer to give permission to whoever wants to add events to the calendar. So…if you’d like to be able to add matches to the pronematch.com calendar, drop me a line and I will add you to the list.

pronematch.com gets approximately 1000 unique visitors per month so it’s pretty good advertising for your match or event.

The only problem with a calendar like this is deciding how granular it should be. I think the best thing to do is limit the entries to actual events that the “general public” are able to participate in….

Match Calendar

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Honor was the Mead of Victory…

Posted on February 13, 2009 by Hap Rocketto

Honor was the Mead of Victory…
By Hap Rocketto

Every year, like clockwork, it seems that about the time of the various National Championships, be they the Civilian Marksmanship Program, the National Rifle Association, or USA Shooting, the various shooting websites ‘hits’ spike on the subject of awards. The general gist of the argument is that what ever organization, or organizations, one is affiliated with they are just not handing out enough or large enough awards in proportion to the entry fees paid.

The old timers drag out the tales of the days when the NRA gave away sterling silver flatware and platters, when there were target boys to change your targets in smallbore or the military pulled targets in highpower, and a case of 22 ammo had 10,000 rounds packed in a real well built wooden crate, not the effete 5,000 round cardboard boxes of today. Service rifle shooters complain that Distinguished Badges are now base metal coated only with a thin veneer of 1/10 karat gold, forgetting the real meaning of the award. Others bemoan the fact that if they shot shotgun instead and went to the Grand American, where there are “big money” awards they would do better, but they don’t seem to swapping their rifled firearms for smoothbore money guns. Continue reading →

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New Shooter Coming Out…

Posted on February 11, 2009 by Hap Rocketto

New Shooter Coming Out…
By Hap Rocketto

The Old Man was a great many things besides being an amazingly tolerant and understanding father. Most of all he was a raconteur, whose tales could sometimes reach Munchhausen proportions, yet were always just believable enough to make them seem realistic. His ongoing battle with the seemingly balky mechanism of his High Standard Model 102 , and the resultant convoluted reasoning and attendant tales that accompanied the malfunctions, gave him a great deal of opportunity to exercise his skill at suspending belief. His many tales of woe gave cause for his team mates on the Nutmeg Pistol Club to nickname him “Alibi Abe.” As he liked to put it, “They are my memories, not yours, and therefore I will not try to clear away the cloud of confusion that surrounds your inaccurate recollections with the truth as I see it.” Continue reading →

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2009 Hopkinton Prone Match Season

Posted on February 5, 2009 by H

The dates for this year’s Hopkinton Prone Matches have been finalized. The format will remain the same; 40 shots at 100 yards followed by a gourmet dinner, all for $5. This year we will be shooting every Thursday April through August (rather than every other Thursday like we did last year). Shooting starts around 6pm (a little later in the summer months) and dinner follows. Complete match information can be found here.

The dates are 4/23, 4/30, 5/7, 5/14, 5/21, 5/28, 6/4, 6/11, 6/18, 6/25, 7/2, 7/9, 7/16. 8/6, 8/13, 8/20, and 8/27. There will be no matches during the weeks the National 3P and Prone Championships are running at Camp Perry. Below are a few pictures from last year to wet your appetite.

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2009 CT Indoor 3-P State Championships

Posted on February 1, 2009 by H

Lisette Grunwell just sent out the match bulletin for the CT Indoor 3-P State Championship on April 4th at Niantic Sportsmen’s Club. You can download it here.

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Lou Dobbs Report

Posted on February 1, 2009 by H

An interesting segment about gun-owner concerns about the Obama administration on the Lou Dobbs Report.

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Jim Scoutten Interviews

Posted on January 26, 2009 by H

There are some interesting video interviews with Jim Scoutten (host of the Shooting USA TV show) posted on the Outdoor Television website. There are 6 videos, and he discusses everything from the Obama factor, increased gun sales, to increased NRA memberships. 

You can view them here.

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New Year Dewar Match

Posted on January 17, 2009 by H

Well today was the scheduled day for the annual New Year Dewar Match at Hopkinton. However, all of the snow and ice over the last few weeks has made the target frame holders inaccessible–too bad because it was a mild 17º in Hopkinton today. When/if we get a thaw in February I will try and re-schedule.

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“The-Backup”

Posted on January 16, 2009 by H

I just had to share this one! Apparently “many customers are ordering one for each side of the bed.” 

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2009 Smallbore Rule Changes

Posted on January 16, 2009 by H

The NRA has posted the smallbore rifle rule changes for 2009. You can view them here.

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What’s in a name?

Posted on January 13, 2009 by H

I’m considering a domain name change for pronematch.com. Seeing as this website encompasses more that just smallbore prone, I thought I’d open it up to suggestions for new domain names from the readership. So…leave a comment below with your suggestion….

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For Sale: AHG Swing Sling

Posted on January 13, 2009 by H

SOLD

Paid $109.50 from Neal Johnson’s. Used for 3 months and it has some normal wear marks and scratches, otherwise good condition. Price: $60, free shipping. Email me or use the contact page if you’re interested.

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Firearms Insurance

Posted on January 11, 2009 by H

Following up on a post about firearms insurance I made this past summer, I notice that USA Shooting is now offering insurance to members. I haven’t compared this insurance to a typical homeowner’s rider, but I thought I would pass the info along. 

The rider I have on my equipment (through my homeowner’s insurance) is about $75 per year and covers most of my equipment whether it is stolen, lost, or damaged…and there is NO DEDUCTIBLE.

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Not all shooting need be down range…

Posted on January 3, 2009 by Hap Rocketto

Not all shooting need be down range…
By Hap Rocketto
Editor-in-Chief, pronematch.com
(a subsidiary of CPL Digby Hand Schützenverein International)

One of the biggest moments in, what is laughingly known as, my shooting career is the day I got to stand on the stage at Perry and receive the Rheinische-Westfalischen-Sprengstoff Challenge Trophy from the hands of Edie Reynolds, Chair of the NRA Smallbore Committee and fellow member of the Black Hawk Rifle Club. The RWS Trophy was originally awarded to the winner of an international postal match among the teams from the United States, Great Britain and Germany from 1933 to 1938. It takes its name from the donor, the noted German munitions manufacturer. Continue reading →

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pronematch.com software update

Posted on January 2, 2009 by H

Over the weekend (I think), I will be upgrading the software that runs pronematch.com. So don’t freakout if the site looks a little different or the site doesn’t load for a bit.

UPDATE: The software has been updated. I am still making some tweaks but please report any bugs/problems to me using the contact page. Thanks!

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A Short History of the the Sling

Posted on December 30, 2008 by Hap Rocketto

Hap Rocketto has generously offered to provide some of his writings and articles to pronematch.com. Here is the first. Thanks, Hap!
-Dan Holmes
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A Short History of the the Sling
By Hap Rocketto
Editor-in-Chief, pronematch.com
(a subsidiary of CPL Digby Hand Schützenverein International)  

“Rifle training was serious business, and we worked at it for several months each year. The positions were standing, or offhand as we called it, sitting, kneeling, and prone, all using the rifle sling for support. The sling, a leather strap attached to the rifle for carrying the piece, was a necessary aid for accurate shooting.” So remembers Victor Vogel, in his elegantly simple memoirs of life as an enlisted infantryman in the United States Army between the World Wars, Continue reading →

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Upcoming matches in Rhode Island

Posted on December 26, 2008 by H
Nicole Panko is once again hosting some sectionals at Massasoit in RI this year.
Jan 24 & 25: 3P International Sectional
Feb 14 & 15: 3P Open Sectional
Feb 21 & 22: 4P Open Sectional
Mar 14 & 15: Governor’s Cup – Junior Only (3P, 60 shots)
Mar 28 & 29: 3P Junior Sectional
Just a reminder to all smallbore match directors, you can send me bulletins and results from your matches and I will post them.
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Camp Perry Results

Posted on December 25, 2008 by H

Below is an archive of Camp Perry results from past years.

Camp Perry 2007 Results

Camp Perry 2008 Results

Camp Perry 2009 Results (links to NRA site until all results are final)

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22nd Annual Quaker Hill Junior Rifle Match RESULTS

Posted on December 10, 2008 by H

From Lisette Grunwell-Lacey, Match Director:

Congratulation to all the shooters and our Match Winners and top teams: Mike Burzynski (Junior/3-P match winner), Erin Lee (SJ match winner), and Anne Marie Blake (Tyro match winner).  Team “Blue Trail Range Gold” took top honors in both the Sub-junior and 3-Postion matches.

Hope to see you at the next junior match being held by Middlebury Junior Rifle Club January 9-11, 2009:  For information on that match please contact Barbara Fecteau, bfecteau@sbcglobal.net

Other matches coming up that our juniors may want to attend, that I am aware of, are as follows:

Bridgeport Rifle Club is also hosting the State JORC Championships and Nation Qualification Matches January 16-18, 2009:  For further information please contact Bill Kemp at: 1-800-243-0151 or via email:bill@kempsecurity.com

Blue Trail’s Air Rifle and 3 position Match December 13-14 and the upcoming Junior Rifle & Air Rifle Sectionals….check out their website at: http://www.bluetrailrange.com/

You can download the results here.

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22nd Annual Quaker Hill Junior Rifle Tournament

Posted on November 8, 2008 by H

The indoor range at Quaker Hill is still under renovation so the Niantic Sportsman Club has offered to host the 22nd Annual Quaker Hill Junior Rifle Tournament this year. The clubhouse at Niantic has a ten point heated range and lots of preparation and waiting area. You can download the match program here.

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