| Arrival and
Day 1 Event: |
M1 Carbine National Match |
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| Steve, upon arrival
in our trailer at River retreat Campground just outside
of Camp Perry. |
Steve, pointing to
our first beer opened... |
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| Unpacking our rifles
and gear at 05:45 on Thursday morning. |
Kristof with his
fabulously practical golf bag and golf cart that hauls
his rifle and equipment. |
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| Assembly on Rodriguez
Range for the M1 Carbine Match. |
This weather delayed
us for over two hours. Nobody wants to be holding
a rifle here... |
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| Tony and Steve firing
our M1 Carbines |
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| The M1 Carbine was
obviously designed for a 10-year-old boy or smaller
in stature... |
Tony trying to figure
out where his prone shots are going with his spotting
scope. The scope didn't help, by the way.... |
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| Rock Star Central,
also known as the United States Army Marksmanship
Unit... |
This was adjoining
the National Team Trophy Match on Viale Range after
our Carbine Match. |
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| These are the Rock
Stars! This is the United States Army Marksmanship
Unit cleaning their weapons after the NTT Match. |
You are looking
at several of the top ten shooters in the world right
here. |
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| The Australian National
Rifle Team was represented at the NTT Match. They
can't even use their rifles in Australia anymore... |
A Mick grinning
at me as he furls his team's Australian flag after
the NTT Match |
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| The last shooters
in the NTT Match. This gives you an idea of what a
600-yard target looks like. Those targets are a LONG
ways away... |
Our crew after Day
1 of shooting, drying out all of our gear after shooting
through the rain all morning. |
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