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Director,NRA CompetitiveShooting Division

Online Registration:Despite the availability of online registration,

Camp Perry on-site registrations have been on the rise. Although sometimes

unavoidable, last minute registration makes it difficult for squadding, com-

petitor packet preparation, and estimating team entries. Over 100 people

registered on-site last year, and it took about a day and a half to catch up.Because most of these occurred during the pistol phase, the Pistol Department

is trying something new in 2014. Those registering online in February and

March will get a $50.00 discount ($200). Registration will be the same $250

during April and May. Registrations after May will be $350.

National Match Programs:The printed program expense for 2013 was

more than $22,500.00. This is your money and I need to ensure that I spend it

wisely. Mailing a program before the National Matches and handing out

another at the matches doesnt make financial sense. As a result, no pro-

grams will be mailed early, but they will be available online for free. We willcontinue to include a program in the competitor packets distributed at the

National Matches. Pistol, Smallbore and Rifle will have separate programs

and the printed version will continue to be in the pocket-sized format.

F-Class: F-Class contestants will compete again this year alongside the

Long Range matches, but in their own, newly created, Great Lakes F-Class

Championship. We are also improving awards and medals.

Fullbore:The 2014 Fullbore National Championships have changed from

what was published previously. The High Power Committee voted to change

the course-of-fire as necessary, including the use of the International 5V

target, and that the rules of the International Confederation of Fullbore Rifle

Associations (of which we are a member) could be used. One international

team per country will now consist of 12 firing members, rather than 8. Unlim-

ited entries for Open Teams will consist of 4 firing members, and individual

competitors are welcome (up to range capacity). F-Class shooters are also

welcome. Firing will be done at 300, 600, 800, 900, 1000 yards, with awards

available for every yard line. More will be posted about the approved course

of fire and some important differences between NRA and ICFRA rules. An

entry fee of $400.00 will include a paid target puller. On that note, weare still interested in locating experienced target pullers, who will be paid

a flat rate of $75.00 per day with housing in either a hut or barracks room.

Please contact [email protected].

Bianchi Cup:The MidwayUSA & NRA Action Pistol Championship is

upgrading to a total of three new, tracked, moving targets. General grading

and improvements are also being done to all ranges, walls, and parking.

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Shooters take aim during day one of

the 2013 Northeast Regional Field TargetChampionship hosted by Crosman.

Over 90 shooters in six divisions and

classes provided opportunities for

every skill level and type of air gun.

Cover Photo: Chip Hunnicutt

ON THE COVER

CONTENTS//FEATURESA Publication of the

National Rifle Association of America

Wayne R. LaPierre

Executive Vice President

The NRA, the foremost guardian of the traditional American right to keep and bear arms,

believes every law-abiding citizen is entitled to the ownership and legal use of firearms,

and that every reputable gun owner should be an NRA member.

20New NRA NationalFirearms Museum

Adding to the collection at

the headquarters location in

Fairfax, VA, the new museum inSpringfield, MO, allows 1,000

more firearms to be appreciated

by the public.

By NRA Staff


222013 NortheastRegional Field TargetChampionships

In its fourth year, the NortheastChampionships, sponsored

by Crosman Corporation in

Bloomfield, NY, has already

earned international prestige.

By Jock Elliott

28New NRA 3-Gun Matches

Lars interviews NRA Sports

(formerly Clubs and Associations)

Program Specialist Samantha

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4 Competitors CornerUpdates from the desk of Dennis Willing,

Director, Competitive Shooting Division.

10Shooters News

Highlights from the world of competitive

shooting sports.

11Bag Check

A mini-series by Barbara Baird, Womens

Outdoor News, on tips from the pros on

what they take to the firing line in their

range bags.

12Product FocusAfter nearly a year with the Bullseye

Camera System, we think its one of the

best and most affordable training tools

on the market.

36A Page From History

Reprints from American Rifleman

magazine on competitive shooting

in the early years.

37Coming Events

Coming Eventslists national matches

and provides a download link to the

monthly list of 15,000 local matches

each year.

38Member Info

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SUGGESTION BOX:E-MAIL US [email protected]

30Malcolm CooperPart 1

Having won two Olympic gold medals

in smallbore, the only person to do so,

Malcolm Cooper dominated the sport

in the 1980s. Here is an introduction

to the man and the first of a three-part

series on his shooting philosophy.

Reprinted from InSights Magazine

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As Team USA begins its qualifying run towards

the next Olympics in Rio, we will track the shoot-

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months Bag Check article by Barbara Baird.

Watch for this logo to signal the latest updates

here and at: www.usashooting.org.


SHOOTERS NEWS

Whittington U Training Calendar Now Online

NRA Sells One MillionthBasic Pistol Handbook

The National Rifle Association recently sold

its one millionth copy of the NRA Guide to the

Basics of Pistol Shooting. The guide is a com-prehensive resource on

responsible pistol use.

This milestone reflects

the growing national

interest in firearms

and the National Rifle

Associations place as

the United States top

provider of firearms

training, said Bill Poole,

Managing Director of

NRAs Education and

Training Division.

The 2014 NRA Whittington Center

Training calendar is now open for

registration. Located in Raton, NM,Whittington U is the training

division for the NRA Whittington

Center. Whittington U utilizes a

University-style model, with two

academies carrying the bulk of the

instructional lineup. In addition

to the Defensive Academy, the

Precision Academy uses 2-4 MOA

reactive steel targets on the

2000-yard Known Distance Range,2800-yard High Angle Range

and the 3650-yard Unknown

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Since joining the U.S. National Paralympic

team last June, John Joss has already won sev-

eral medals, including a gold in August during

the 10m Air Rifle Prone event at the International

Paralympic World Cup in Bangkok, Thailand,

as well as a gold at the USA Shooting National

Championships in June.

Prior to selection for the Olympic team, Joss

earned a spot on the U.S. Army Marksmanship

Units Paralympic Section, an expansion of theteam created last year that includes wounded

warriors who continue to serve their nation by

competing in shooting sports. According to the

Army, The Paralympic Section displays the

best of Army Soldier skills through national and

international Paralympic competition that enable

these select U.S. Army Soldiers to demonstrate

the notion of ability, rather than disability.

As for myself, Im just a regular guy from

Texas with two kids and my wife. I enjoyhunting, gun collecting, shooting sports,

mechanic work and reloading, said Joss.

In Smallbore competition, Joss shoots an

Anschtz model 1913 made in 1987. As far as

the rifles go, I believe the older, round-action

Anschtz rifles were made to a better standard.

With a stock barrel, and if Im doing everything

right, it can shoot a 106.5 average, which is more

than can be asked of anySmallbore rifle.

For air rifle competition, he shoots a FeinwerkbaP800. On my ISSF rifles, I prefer the Anschtz

70/20 rear sight with multi-filter iris, and Centra or

MEC Feinwerkba rail large-globe front sights.

Whats in Josss range bag?

Joss carries a Brownells bag that he won at a

Firecracker 4800 match. I use this bag because

its durable, and it has plenty of pockets for all my

shooting related equipment, he said. I pack a:

Bloop tube

Anschtz butt hook

Oil, grease and assorted wrenches A torque wrench The torque wrench is the

most important piece, as it allows me to have

a consistent way to tighten the gun to attain

accuracy, noted Joss.

Kurt Thune shooting sweater

I dont carry anything for luck, as I believe luck

has no place in the type of shooting we do. There

is no luck inside the X-ring, said Joss.

Whats in Your Range Bag, John Joss?By Barbara Baird, www.womensoutdoornews.com

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The weather gods delivered to our traditional

Labor Day Smallbore Prone Regional the kind

of summer weather for which Washington, D.C.,

is famous: hot, humid and sticky. There wasenough wind to keep the thirty two shooters

alert, but not so much that it

cooled things off much.

We were honored by the

presence of two family groups

at the match: the Beal family

from Ohio and the Parker

Clan from New Hampshire

and Maryland (pictured; the

Beal family got away beforewe could take their picture).

We were glad they all came

and also glad they went home

with awards.

U. S. Air Force shooter

Mark Gould (Grasonville, MD)

won the Grand aggregate

with a fine 3191-249X (x 3200) including the only

perfect score on Any Sight Daya 1600-140X. In

second place was Larry Parker, Sr. (Swanzey, NH)

with a 3190-241X. In third place, with a 3190-238X,

was Expert Class shooter Billy Azzinaro

(East Brunswick, NJ). Billy has attended our

match for several years, advancing each yearinto a higher class. This year was no exception

as his score just might

secure his entry into the

Master Class. Larry Parker, Jr.

(Swanzey, NH) was High

Master with a 3186-294X.

Fairfax Rod & Gun Club

member Tom Carroll

was high Sharpshooter

with a 3185-179X. A higherclassification may be in

the offing for him, too.

Wynn Lekhavanija

(Ellicott City, MD) led the

Marksman Class with a

fine 3168-152X. He, too,

should be alert for a higher

classification. Mark Gould, Larry Parker, Sr.

and Billy Azzinaro all received legs toward

Smallbore Prone Distinguished.


SCORE SHEETS

Conventional Smallbore Prone RegionalFairfax Rod and Gun Club

Manassas, VA

Aug. 31-Sep. 1

Submitted by Paul Nordquist

32 competitors

Three generations of Parkers. (l. to r.) Blake,

Larry Sr., Vicki, Perry, Amie, Paul and Larry Jr.

Match Director, George Harris was,

among many things, also Chief Scorer.

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The Great Pumpkin MatchBell City Rifle Club

Southington, CT

Oct. 12-13

Submitted by Nicole Panko

29 competitors

October 13 was

the last day of prone

shooting in our

region. After two

days of confounding

wind, the conditions

simply died as the

line began sighting-in

for the final 20 shots at 50 meters. Eight minutes

after Line Officer Mark Sloan called Commencefire, Hap Rocketto racked back his bolt, inserted

his Empty Chamber Indicator, and looked through

his spotting scope. A short time later Bill Neff did

the same. All the groups were tight but not quite

centered on the A-51 target so both riflemen had

some anxiety until scorer Tony Panko applied

overlays to confirm the good news. Shooting side

by side, Neff and Rocketto had posted only the

fifth and sixth perfect scores shot in our tourna-

ment. The two newest winners of the 200 Pot

were congratulated by Greg Tomsen and Ron

Wigger, the third and fourth to accomplish the

feat. None of this took the shine from Lisette

Grunwell-Laceys grand aggregate winning perfor-

mance of 2285-69X. Shawn Carpenter earned

Distinguished with both the service and prone

rifles. In a 50 meter iron sight team match, Andrew

Solomonides and Tobin Sanctuary combined for

a 765-22X for the victory.

Assisting Panko in running the match, in addi-

tion to her father and Sloan, were Paul Fecteau

who helped Tony on Saturday, Mr. Davenport and

Mr. Dassler who collected targets.


SCORE SHEETS

Winner Brian Scott Chilson 66

2nd Robert Boyer 60

3rd John Whitcomb 60

1st M Dave Heeter 32

1st EX Richard McKinnis 39

1st SS Larry Kiehl 50

BPCR Silhouette Eastern Regional ChampionshipsRidgway Rifle Club

Ridgway, PA

Sep. 22-23

Submitted by John ODonnell

28 competitors

High

WomanDebra Lee Hovatter 48

High

SeniorRobert Boyer 60

Scope

WinnerBrian Scott Chilson 69

(Hometowns not reported.)

WinnerLisette Grunwell-Lacey

Old Lyme, CT2285-69X

2ndShawn Carpenter

Norwich, CT2285-59X

3rdJeff Henry

Middletown, CT2276-72X

High

Woman

Elizabeth Dutton

Derry, NH2245-51X

High

Senior

Hap Rocketto

Westerly, RI2275-69X

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FEATURE// MUSEUM

EXPANDING FIREARM

HISTORYThe new NRA National

Sporting Arms Museum is

now open at Bass Pro Shops

in Springfield, MO, and it

offers visitors a chance to see

nearly 1,000 historical firearms

from not only the National Firearms

Museum collection, but also fromRemington and the Trapshooting Hall

of Fame, among others.

Photo

by

Philip

Schreier

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O

n August 2, 2013,

the NRA National

Sporting Arms

Museum at Bass

Pro Shops in

Springfield, MO, opened tothe general public, adding yet

another world-class educa-

tional institution to the grow-

ing list of NRA museums. This

7,500-square-foot museum is

located in southwest Missouri at

the flagship store of the Bass Pro

retail network, and it was spe-

cifically designed to reflect the

themes of hunting, conservation

and freedom.

There are nearly 1,000 spec-

tacular firearms on exhibit,

many from the NRA National

Firearms Museum collection

in Fairfax, VA, but many are on

loan specifically for the new-

est museum in the heart of the

Ozarks. Among the special loans

are items from the Remington

Arms Co. Museum of Ilion, N.Y.;

the collection of the Trapshoot-

ing Hall of Fame of the Amateur

Trapshooting Association cus-

tom classics from the personal

collection of the late Frank

Pachmayr and many, many more.

With nearly 40 exhibit

cases housing some of the

Approximately 1,000 firearms are on

display in nearly 40 exhibit cases.

most valuable and histori-

cally significant firearms in

public or private hands, vis-

otors will be able to see fire-

arms once owned and

used by such historicalluminaries as Annie Oakley,

Buffalo Bill Cody, Col. Theodore

Roosevelt and his son

Gen. Theodore Roosevelt, Jr.,

Gen. Dwight David Eisenhower,

President Grover Cleveland,

Napoleon Bonaparte, Englands

King James II and a host

of others.

Five of the largest exhibit

cases portray the development

of hunting arms in America,

from Colonial times to present.

It includes dioramas of an

Indian hunting in the Eastern

woodlands, Lewis & Clark with

their air rifle, an 1880s buffalo

hunter, a 1950s hunting cabin,

and a contemporary father

and daughter enjoying a duck

hunt together.

A full-size mannequin repre-

sents Col. Theodore Roosevelt

during his African safari of 1909.

As well, Guns of Old West

Outlaws and Lawmen, con-

tains arms from such historical

notables as Frank Hamer, John

Wesley Hardin, Jesse James

and Black Jack Ketchum,

rounding out the exhibits

and special collections on

display in this remarkable

location. So if you are travel-

ling on historic Route 66,headed to Branson or stop-

ping by Wilsons Creek

Civil War battlefield, be sure

to drop in and visit this

gem of a museum and

reconnect with some of our

American history.

The NRA National Sporting

Arms Museum is located at the

Springfield, MO, Bass Pro retail

store (1935 S. Campbell St.,

Springfield, MO 65807). It is

open every day from 10 a.m.

to 7 p.m., with extended hours

during the Bass Pro Fall Hunting

Classic. Museum-goers can take

advantage of free admission

and parking. For more informa-

tion about the NRA National

Sporting Arms Museum, visit

basspro.com/nramuseum.

Additional details on the

National Firearms Museum

in Fairfax, VA., can be found at

nramuseum.org.

Philip Schreier

Senior Curator,

NRA National Firearms Museum

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FEATURE//REGIONAL FIELD TARGET

NORTHEAST REGIONAL FIELD TARGET

BY JOCK ELLIOTT

Photos courtesy of Crosman Corporation

CHAMPIONSHIP

Harold Rushton posted the

match high score at the

2013 Northeast RegionalField Target Championship.

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position, and the shooter gets

no point. The shooter with the

most points wins. What makes

field target particularly chal-

lenging is that the target may

be placed anywhere from 10 to55 yards from the shooter; the

shooter does not know the range

to the target; and all of the air

rifles and air pistols involved

launch pellets at subsonic

speeds. As a result, the shooter

must figure out the range to

the target and then compensate

for the trajectory and the

wind deflection of the pellet

at that range.

At NRFTC, the air rifle event

took place over two days with

competitors firing 60 shots each

day. There were two courses.

Shooters who competed on

course A on the first day shot

course B on the second day, and

shooters who started on course

B the first day finished on course

A the second day. Most lanes

were shot from a sitting position,

but a few lanes were forced

to be shot from kneeling or

standing positions.

In addition, there are differ-

ences in air rifle power plants

and power. World Field Target

Federation (WFTF) classes are

limited to 12 foot-pounds of

energy at the muzzle, whereas

in the other classes, air rifles

can generate up to 20 foot-

pounds at the muzzle, which

makes them flatter shooting and

less susceptible to wind deflec-

tion. Spring-piston air rifles,

because of the whiplash recoil

generated by the power plant,are inherently more difficult


During July, 2013,

more than 100 shoot-

ers from 14 states

and three countries

gathered to compete

in the Northeast Regional FieldTarget Championship (NRFTC)

hosted by Crosman Corporation

at its Bloomfield, NY, headquar-

ters. Shooters from as far away

as Canada and Venezuela com-

peted with entrants from across

the lower 48 states in the two-

day air gun match, single-day

air pistol match, and Quigley

Bucket Challenge.

According to Mark DeBoard,

Crosman Shooting Services

Manager, What began as a

helping hand to a local field

target club has grown into the

largest regional competition

sanctioned by the American

Field Target Association.

Crosman first hosted the event

in 2010 when the original com-

petition site became unavailable.

The event has grown year after

year, and is now widely regarded

as one of the premier field target

events in the U.S.

Field target is arguably one

of the most challenging disci-

plines in all of shooting sports.

It involves shooting with air guns

at metallic silhouettes of birds

and small game. Each silhouette

has a hole, or kill zone, behind

which is a paddle. If the shooter

puts a pellet cleanly through the

hole and hits the paddle, the tar-

get falls down, and the shooter

gets a point. If the pellet hits the

faceplate of the target or splits

on the edge of the kill zone,the target locks in the upright

to shoot accurately than pre-

charged pneumatic (PCP)

air rifles.

This years NRFTC took on a

distinctly international flavor.

Team USA was using the eventas preparation for the World Field

Target Federation Champion-

ship in Germany in August. Nine

members of the 15-member team

were on hand, including past

NRFTC champions Hector

Medina of New Canaan, CT,

Greg Sauve of Green Bay, WI,

and Harold Rushton from

Tuscumbia, AL. They were

joined by five shooters of Team

Venezuela and, when a few

Canadian participants formed

Team Canada, an international

side match was on. Scores were

based on the team aggregate

and, after day one, it was Team

USA (41.33) leading Team

Canada (38.83) and Team

Venezuela (36.80). Anchored by

Rushton, Sauve and Ray Apelles

of Somers, NY, Team USA took

the weekend match with an aver-

age score of 88.66. Team Canada

finished with 78.66 and Team

Venezuela posted a 72.60.

Individual shooters could com-

pete in a number of different

classes at NRFTC, as follows:

WFTF Piston2013 winner Hector Medina

won his first NRFTC WFTF Piston

title in 2011 and successfully

defended it the following year.

After day one, he was in a dead

heat with fellow Team USA

member Keith Knoblauch of

Leonardtown, MD, and just threepoints ahead of Art Deuel from

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WFTF PCPWinner Harold Rushton drove

14 hours from Alabama to make

this years Northeast Regional.

He led by just one point after

the difficult front side of Lanes

16-30, ahead of Dan Brown of

Chagnon Lake, NH, who scored

a 53. Rushton finished the match

five points ahead of last years

winnerGreg Sauve. I shoot

100-150 shots a day for practice,

Rushton said, and I try to

practice at a level of difficulty

that is higher than what I thinkthe actual competition will be.

He added; Crosman did a first-

class job with the match. The

courses were excellent. It was

a really big challenge and a lot

of fun.

Hunter PCPField targets Hunter class is

the fastest growing segment of

the sport. Class rules allow a

shooter to closely replicate an

actual hunting setup, from gun

choice to seating position, includ-

ing the use of bipods. John Tyler

from Yardley, PA, posted a 52

to take a one-point lead over

Chris Helm of Ewing, NJ, and

a logjam of other shooters. But it

was Bill Day of Hollis Center, ME,

who rose to the occasion on

Sunday to surge forward and

finish in a tie with Jerry LaRocca

of Liverpool, NY. Mr. Day won the

shoot-off, while Greg Shirhall of

Richford, NY, tied for third with

Helm and won the shoot-off by

default after Helm left the event

early. Day also won in 2010 andplaced third in 2012.

Hunter PistonThere was never any doubt

about the winner, after Paul

Manktelow of Walworth, NY,

posted a score of 40 on day one.

He added a 41 on day two to

finish well in front. Nicolas

Gregoris from Binghamton, NY,

had a handle on second place

before his optic gave way, leaving

him in fourth place. Jeff Hanson,

a Crosman design engineer from

West Henrietta, NY, finished strong

using a pre-production Benjamin

UL77 underlever rifle.

Open PCPTyler Patner of Mundelein, IL,

posted the only 50+ score on day

one and remained consistent on

day two to take the class. Dennis

Eden of Port Colborne, Ontario,

struggled on the open day, but

a 53 moved him from fourth to

second by the end of the event.

Open PistonA single point separated

Tony Narracci of Massapequa,

NY, and David Fontaine from

Westbrook, CT, after day two. A

second 40+ outing, and Narracci

was able to pull away and seal

the win.

PistolThe Pistol competition took

place Saturday afternoon on

lanes 1-15. Of a possible score

of 30, Craig Evans posted the

top score for all pistol classes

with a 24. Dan Brown won the

Hands-Supported class. Evans

won Hunter, just a point ahead

of winner Day. LaRocca won theOpen class with a 19.

Greg Sauve displays

his form on one of

the kneeling lanes.

Williamsport, PA. Sunday was

a broiler in terms of both the

heat index and competitive

pressure. Medina shot a 47 to

finish with a score of 86, six

shots better than Knoblauch.The course on both days was

very interesting, Medina said.

There were a fair number of

targets of low to medium dif-

ficulty that would allow begin-

ning and intermediate shooters

to enjoy some success. But at

the other end of the spectrum,

there were a group of targets of

astonishing difficulty, shot from

kneeling and standing positions,

that were designed to separate

the top-end shooters from the

rest of the pack, he said. Im

fortunate that much of my prac-

tice involves shooting from the

offhand position, and also that

I shoot a lot from the kneeling

and sitting positions. Its my

belief that the matches are

won or lost on the kneeling

and standing lanes.

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SELECTED RESULTS

RIFLE(SCORE OF A POSSIBLE 120)

WFTFPCP Winner Harold Rushton 112

2nd Greg Sauve 107

3rd Paul Cray 106

WFTFPISTON

Winner Hector Medina

86 (3rd year in a

row he has won)

2nd Keith Knoblauch 80

HUNTERPCP Winner Bill Day 99 (shoot off)

2nd Jerry LaRocca 99

3rd Greg Shirhall 98 (shoot off)

HUNTERPISTON Winner Paul Manktelow 81

2nd Dean Buczek 45

3rd Jeff Hanson 41

A full-race, pre-charged

pneumatic, field target

rifle ready to go.

QuigleyBucketChallenge

Always a favorite pre-event

competition, the Quigley BucketChallenge is a re-creation of

the dramatic scene in the film

Quigley Down Under starring

Tom Selleck, in which Sellecks

character (Matthew Quigley)

must shoot a 17.5 inch bucket

at an estimated 550 yards.

(See the videoclip on YouTube.)

Scaled for air guns, this equates

to a 1.75 inch target placed at

55 yards. Shooters must use a

6.5 ft.-lbs. rifle using only open,

iron, non-magnified sights.

The Quigley Bucket Challenge

had 45 shooters try five shots

apiece. Just eight shooters hit

the bucket in the first round

and after two overtimes, Sauve

was the only competitor to

repeat the feat, besting Rushton,

Gregoris, Dean Buczek of

Canandaigua, NY, Day, Larry

Bowne of Levittown, PA,

Fontaine and Richard Basset

from Feasterville, PA. Sauve

said, With the low-powered

gun, I figured you had to be

really worried about the wind,

but it was coming straight atus, so I held dead on. The first

time I hit the bucket, I felt it was

luck, but the second time, I felt

my sights settle on it, and when

I broke the shot, I felt good

about it. Its tough; that bucket

is just a speck in the middle of

the front sight, but its also a

lot of fun.


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FEATURE// REC SHOOTING

NRAS 3-GUNFOCUS FOR LOCAL CLUBS AND RANGES

Lets say youre thinking

about 3-gun, but a few

YouTube clips werent

enough. Youre inter-

ested to learn more, but

how? NRA has the answer. We

have been road testing a new

version of 3-gun for .22s and

AirSoft guns, said NRA Sports

Program Specialist Samantha

Olsen. Given the ever-rising

popularity of the competitions,

providing an AirSoft or .22 ver-

sion of the sport for the young or

inexperienced shooter seemed

like the next logical step.

How did they road test? First,

they invited NRA employees to

the Headquarters Range to give

it a spin. Then they took the

3-gun course on the road.Hosted by Olsen and her fel-

low Program Specialist Nathan

Judd, the new course was

tested last December by staff

from most of the NRA Divisions.

Though a few were old hands

at the sport, a number of us

fell directly into the first time

3-gunner category. It was a

great first step, Olsen said. Westill need to tweak a few things

success. Look at it this way:

There are millions of people out

there who have never seen a

3-gun competition, competed

in one or even thought about

it. Or if they did think about it,

they may have thought it was

too much for them to handle. By

using .22s and AirSoft guns, we

remove that fear and open up

the wonderful world of 3-gun to

all of those people. And by mak-

ing it compact and mobile, we

make is so you can set it up just

about anywhere.

If your competitive juices are

flowing, then youll be happy to

learn that Olsen is putting the

final touches on a guidebook

for clubs interested in hosting a

3-gun event of their own. Withstep-by-step instructions that

break down the basics of event

planning, volunteer recruitment,

marketing, target selection and

just about everything else, youll

be able to bring an NRA 3-gun

event to your hometown range.

For more about the NRA 3-gun

program, contact Samantha

Olsen at 703-267-1472 or emailher at [email protected].

when it comes to equipment

and targets. The AirSoft shotgun

had a heavy spring. Thats fine

for experienced shooters, but

well probably try an electric

or gas-powered version for the

next run. And most of the steel

targets for the .22 course didnt

fall, so were examining alterna-

tives for that too.

With only a few shooters

trickling in at first, word spread,

excitement grew and the scores

improved during the spirit of

friendly competition. I hit more

than I had a right to, joked

National Firearms Museum

Director Jim Supica. But they

better look out next time.

Since then, Olsen has been

busy researching self-reactiveand electronic targets, and

gun choices for both the .22

and AirSoft matches. Research

also includes traveling to test

the new 3-gun course at local

clubs. At the ATA/AIM Shooting

Showdown in Sparta, IL, more

than 1,000 participants tried out

the 3-gun .22 match. The kids

couldnt get enough of it,Olsen exclaimed. It was a huge

By Lars Dalseide

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FEATURE// MALCOLM COOPER

Known to shooters as

Cooperman for his

super performances,

Great Britains

Malcolm Cooper

dominated international free

rifle shooting for several years.

In addition to his Olympic goldmedals, he won several

European and world champion-

ships and held four world

records in 300 meters:

Prone599, Standing387,

3x401174 and Standard

rifle586. InSightsmagazine

talked with Cooper at the 1989

SHOT Show in Dallas, TX, where

he was representing his comp-any, Accuracy International.

REPRINTED FROM INSIGHTS MAGAZINE, OCTOBER 1989.

Editors Note:Great Britains Malcolm Cooper won gold medals in the 1984 anever to win this Olympic event twice, and only the twelfth shooter since 1896 to300 meters. Mr. Cooper passed away in the U.K. on June 9, 2001. This series will

You started shootingposition when you

were 18?I didnt even know there wassuch a thing. I read an article

about the 1968 Olympics in

Riflemanmagazine about three-

position shooting. Discovering

something besides prone was a

revelation. I borrowed a club rifle

and started standing up during

lunch hours to try it out.

Did you just teachyourself how toshoot standing?

I started with a Martini Mark II

and found I wobbled all over the

place. Coming from a prone-only

background and not having any

tuition [instruction], I simply

tried to hold the rifle still. The

business of keeping it still issomething I tried to achieve

from day one. Some coaches

say that you must accept some

movement but thats bull. You

simply cant accept movement.

My prone background made me

believe I could hold the rifle still.

I dredged through old maga-

zines and found a series of

articles in Guns Review thatincluded photographs of famous

shooters of the day. They were

from the late 50smostly

of Russians.

I adopted positions as de-

scribed in the magazines.

I trained every day and swam

and ran as the articles sug-

gested. I set my goal to make the

1972 Olympics. I started to fire

40 shots every day at lunchtime,

standing with my Martini Mark II.

I would go again in the evening.

In 1969 I found a group, theBritish Free Rifle Club, that

specifically promoted three-

position shooting. Before I could

join I had to shoot a standard,

168 x 200 on one standing and

one kneeling card at 25 yards. I

made the club and that summer

went to my first 50-meter three-

position shoot. I shot a 991, or

so, of 1200. The next shoot I hada 1050 and it was the end of

the season.

What was next?In 1971, I raised my averages

and knew I would make the

Olympic Team. So I changed my

goal to achieve something in

the Olympics, not just to be up

there somewhere. In 1971-1972,I trained every day and I was the

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PART I

88 Olympics in the smallbore three-position event. He is the only competitortwo Olympic gold medals. He held or shared five world records atpresented in three parts, leading up to the National Matches this summer.

mind to train for 1976. I came

to the United States to train

for five weeks and went

directly to Montreal for the

Olympics. I was so knackered

[tired] from training that I had

nothing left to give. Ive never

approached a match that

way since.

After the 1976 Olympics I was

going to quit shooting, buy a

boat, and go to the Pacific.

Then in 1977 the U.S. ArmyMarksmanship Unit gave a clinic

in England. Lones Wigger and

Bill Krilling, the Army coach,

and Bob Alyward were there.

Everyone on the American side

really inspired me by openly

encouraging us. In the evenings,

the subject of shooting always

came up. Wigger described the

way he thought and prepared formatches. It wasnt anything new

to me. In fact, it confirmed what

I had worked out on my own.

What I had thought for years

was proved to be right. This

was a breakthrough for me. My

confidence went up in leaps and

bounds. I went on to win two

golds at the 1977 European

Championships in .22 freerifle and in 300-meter free rifle.

My 300-meter standing score

equaled the world record.

The 1980 boycott was a big

disappointment. I had won most

of the matches in Europe that

year. It made me angry, which

is probably why I did so well

in 1984. I also felt 1984 would

be my last Olympics, so I really

gave it my all.

What adjustments

have you madesince 1977?Training breaks form an impor-

tant part of my regime. I have

found that if I dont train for two

weeks, my form doesnt disap-

pear. On the contrary, I am often

better off when I restart. As soon

as I feel my performance start-

ing to slip, I immediately take

a break and restart one or twoweeks later at top level. In the

past, if scores were going down,

I aggravated the problem with

more training. I would be in a

slump, trying to get out of it, and

not be able to. By taking a break

at the start of a decline, or when

I am having difficulty focusing

attention on what it should be

on, the dip in scores that used toinevitably follow didnt occur.

fittest Ive been in my life.

At lunch I used the track and,

under the guidance of a top

British decathlete, I did

circuit training.

How did you do inyour first Olympics?

I finished 12th in 300 meters

with an 1139, one point below

my British national record,

which was really not too bad. I

had only had my own rifle oneyear. I finished 14th in smallbore,

a little disappointing because I

had peaked at the right time, but

it was to be some years before I

was psychologically ready.

What happenedbetween 1972 and1984, when you

won your firstOlympic gold medal?I took 1973 off and really

had post-competition depres-

sion. I went to the European

Championships that year, but

didnt care and didnt really do

very well. I trained for the 1974

Worlds but had a disappointing

performance overall, although

I shot my best standing andlearned from it. I made up my

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This only works if you are

motivated and train a lot. If

you are lazy and use this as an

excuse, it wont work. I also

caution juniors about using this

technique since there are fewshooters with enough years of

intensive training under their

belts to benefit from this. It takes

some time before one can spot

dips due to bad technique, as

opposed to overtraining in the

above sense.

How much did you

train while gettingready for the1988 Olympics?

As Ive gotten older, I dont

have the same energy. Also my

business was more demanding

through 1988. I generally would

run three times a week, 2-1/2 to

3-1/2 miles in the morning and

exercise for 15 minutes. I would

go to work from 8:00 to 6:00.

Then I would go to the range

in the summer and put three

to 3-1/2 hours in. Or I would

shoot 25 meters at home. I

did this regime the 12 months

before the Olympics and shot

40,000 rounds. I generally shot

20 hours a week in training and

I would shoot three weeks on

and one week off. I also went to

Australia for five weeks of train-

ing and spent about four weeks

travelling and competing in

major matches. This was much

less than I did in 1984. I have

never had full-time training.

My training has never been

perfect. I have always believed I

could be a world beater with12-18 months full-time training.

Why do you thinkyouve succeededwith nothing, whenthe Russians andother Eastern bloccountries have hadevery advantage?

We always thought the U.S.

did quite well, too! Ive had to

fight for all I have. I call it the

alley cat syndrome. We had

no coaches and had to earn

money for ammo and petrol.

Now I am grant-aided, which is a

result of a charity for athletes in

Britain, formed by businessmen.

I dont believe any system is

totally conducive to develop-

ment. It is up to the individual. A

shooter has to ask himself, Am

I willing to make the commit-

ment? When I saw that article

on the Olympic shooting events

in 1968, I decided I wanted to

achieve something. I set my

sights on the 1972 Olympic

team. At the beginning of 72

I saw I would easily make the

team, so I raised my goal and

the result was coming close to

world class scores.

A lot of shootersbecome world classbut never make thebreak to winning.

Youve done what

no one else hasdone. Whats been

your secret?The secret is, there is no

secret. After 1976, when

shooting wasnt my whole

life, I started to do better.

This was a significant realiza-

tion. Secondly, I realized

that all my emphasis on the

psychological training had

been correct. As soon as

I knew this, it was like a

weight being lifted off

my shoulders. I could stop

trying and not getting there.

A lot fell into place that year.

Since then I have been refining

technical things and the way

I think. I also pay a lot more

attention to tactical things and

preparing for matches many

months ahead. I thought about

the Olympics in L.A. for years

beforehand. I thought about

the heat and the effect it was

likely to have on my perform-

ance, on the accuracy of the

ammo, etc. I actually went to

Adelaide, Australia, in Januarythat year because I knew

it would be almost identical to

L.A. I practiced my diet, fluid

intake, everything.

A shooter has to ask himself,

Am I willing to make the commitment?

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