2012 National Matches - Camp Perry, OH

[owen502]

Match details are here: http://www.odcmp.com/NM/12NMProgram.pdf

Scores can be followed here : (Rifle matches are not listed yet)
http://clubs.odcmp.com/cgi-bin/matchResultSearch.cgi?designation=NATIONAL

A few of us from Louisiana are going to Camp Perry, OH for the Civilian Marksmanship Program (CMP) week of the National Matches.

We will be competing alongside the best service rifle shooters in the world including the Army Marksmanship Unit and the USMC Team. I believe we have 4 Jr. shooters going with us this year. If you didn’t know the LSA has a great Jr. High Power shooting program. Having these kids up there shooting with us is a great thing for shooting sports. I wish we had more.

I will be going this year as a member of the US Navy team which, unlike the Army who has full time shooting members, is made up of active duty and reserve sailors who shoot on their own time. Looking forward to representing the US Navy.

Monday – President’s 100 Match (P100)

President’s Rifle Match Course of Fire (Table 7
First 200 yds. Slow Standing 10 Shots in10 min.
Second 300 yds. Rapid Prone from Standing 10 Shots in 70 sec.
Third 600 yds. Slow Prone 10 Shots in10 min.
Final Stage (for top 20 competitors in Stages 1-3)
Final 600 yds. Slow, each shot timed separately Prone 10 Shots 50 sec. for each shot.

Max is 300 with the final 20 being decided with the shoot-off.

Tuesday – National Trophy Individual Match (NTI)

No sighters
Course of Fire-
First 200 yds. Slow Fire Standing 10 rounds 10 min.
Second 200 yds. Rapid Fire Sitting or Kneeling from Standing 10 rounds 60 sec.
Third 300 yds. Rapid Fire Prone from Standing 10 rounds 70 sec.
Fourth 600 yds.* Slow Fire Prone 20 rounds 20 min

Max is 500.

Wednesday – Hearst Doubles

Same course as P100 except you fire as a two man team.

Thursday – National Trophy Team Match (NTT)

Same as Tuesday but each of 6 team members fire a national match course and you add the scores up. Louisiana will not have a team this year, but I may be shooting with the Navy Reserve team.

Thursday – M1 Carbine Match

Friday – Springfield 1903 and Vintage Military Rifle Matches

Saturday – M1 Garand National Match

CAMP PERRY--THE HOME OF THE
NATIONAL MATCHES
In the years following the first National Matches at Sea Girt
in 1903, shooting leaders struggled to find suitable sites for
the Matches. The Matches were at Fort Riley, Kansas in
1904 and returned to Sea Girt in 1905 and 1906. Neither facility,
however, was adequate to support growing participation
in the matches. A permanent home was needed. General
Ammon Critchfield, who became the Adjutant General
of Ohio in 1903, selected the present Camp Perry site as a
potential home for the matches, obtained an appropriation
from the Ohio Legislature to start construction in 1905 and
established Camp Perry in 1906. In January 1907, a proposal
from the Ohio Rifle Association to make Camp Perry
the home of the National Matches was accepted by the
NBPRP Executive Committee, which asked the Department
of War to transfer the matches to the new Ohio State Rifle
Range. The ranges were named “Camp Perry” in honor of
Commodore Oliver Perry, whose 1813 sea victory over the
British took place in Lake Erie just offshore from the new
site. The 2007 National Matches celebrated 100 years of
National Matches at Camp Perry.

 

[owen502]

The worst part of the trip has begun. The drive up there.


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[owen502]

Results Link

http://clubs.odcmp.com/cgi-bin/report_matchResult.cgi?matchID=7982

 

[owen502]

We returned from Camp Perry today. My score summary is below.
1. President’s Match – I had a typical disappointing Camp Perry start with a score of 266 – 2x
2. National Trophy Match – I finished 223rd out of 1124 competitors with a score of 469-11x. I was 66th out of 839 non-distinguished competitors. That puts me in the top 10% and earns me a bronze EIC metal and six points towards getting my distinguished marksman badge. I now have a total of 10 points out of the 30 needed.
3. Hearst Doubles Two Man Team Match – My partner(MA1 Emory Brown) and I finished at 127th out of 289 teams. I had an individual score of 283-3x. This is one of the most fun matches to shoot.
4. National Trophy Team Match – I shot with the US Navy Reserve Team. We finished 27th out of 50 teams and only 4 points behind the active duty Navy team. I shot a 467-12x score.
5. Vintage Military Rifle Match – I shot my K31 rifle with some surplus GP11 Swiss ammo. I ended up 37th out of 421 competitors with a score of 276-4x. Offhand killed me but I still ended up with a silver metal score.
6. National M1 Garand Match – I ended up being 233rd out of 1110 competitors with a score of 271-3x and a bronze metal. Even though it was an improvement from last year, I still had some trouble with the rapid fire and offhand. Fun match to shoot though.
7. National Match Air Gun Event – They have a very nice indoor air gun range with electronic targets. I shot the 20 shot standing match and ended up being 14th with a score of 195-9x. The top 20 competitors were invited to the shoot-off of another 20 shots. I did not do well at the shoot-off but it is exciting to be shooting next to a couple of National Champions.

 

[BrandonLSU]

You should post some pictures.

 

[owen502]

In the morning.

Three two man teams for pictures.

Team Match Day

US Navy Reserve Team

Vintage Military Rifle - K31 Swiss

Working the Pits.

M1 Garand

 

[RStewart]

Great job, Nick!

 

[owen502]

Thanks Rick.