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Screenshot from last night's Modern Pentathlon:
Unfortunately, when I was watching the US competitors were:
Sam Sacksen 23rd in the shooting segment
Eli Bremer 34th in the shooting segment
'I didn't fire' doesn't mean you were safe
Townie 76 writes about Stupid People at the range.
Michigan Crowns Youth Sporting Clays State Champions
Press Release:
Teams Qualify for Upcoming National Championships
WALLED LAKE, Mich.--Young sporting clays shooters from across Michigan earned state titles--with many qualifying to represent Michigan at upcoming national championships--at last weekend's Scholastic Clay Target Program (SCTP) Michigan Sporting Clays State Championship.
The competition, held June 14 at Detroit Gun Club in Walled Lake, featured some of Michigan's top young shooters in four divisions: varsity, junior varsity, intermediate advanced and rookie.
SCTP, for youths in grades 12 and under, is a program of the National Shooting Sports Foundation managed in partnership with the national governing bodies for shooting sports: USA Shooting, Amateur Trapshooting Association, National Skeet Shooting Association and National Sporting Clays Association.
With remarkable growth over the past eight years, the program is considered "the Little League of shooting sports." Some 8,000 to 9,000 students from over 45 states are expected to compete this year.
Michigan teams participating in the state title shoot qualified for the SCTP National Championships July 31-Aug. 5 at the World Shooting and Recreational Complex in Sparta, Ill.
The best of these young shooters could be selected to attend an Olympic development camp in Colorado Springs, and some will go on to compete at the collegiate level.
For more information, visit www.nssf.org/sctp.
RESULTSSCTP Michigan Sporting Clays State Championship
(held June 14, Detroit Gun Club, Walled Lake, Mich.)Varsity Division (grades 9-12)
1st Place--Michigan Clay Straight Shooters, 249 out of 300 targets (Glenn Carl of Marcellus, Scott Felbaum of Tecumseh, Garrett Walters of Burr Oak).
2nd Place--Kent County Conservation League, 242 (Weston Brander of Ada, Nicholas Sage of Saranac, Colin Brander of Ada).
3rd Place--Multi-Lakes Jr. Shotgunners, 234 (Ronald Dubois Jr. of Commerce Township, Sean Sabo of Northville, Matthew Topor of Commerce Township).
Junior Varsity Division (grades 9-12)
1st Place--Crunch Bunch, 208 out of 300 targets (Chase Cabble of Livonia, Tyler Jedinak of South Lyon, Andrew Marino of South Lyon).
2nd Place--St. Joe County Kazoo Clay Crushers, 196 (Mitch Evarts of Galesburg, Tyler Hatfield of Kalamazoo, Zachary Sonnevil of Decatur).
3rd Place--Chain O' Lakes, 188 (Kyle Frimodig of Bellaire, Frank Israel of Williamsburg, Alexander Ott of Bellaire).
Intermediate Advanced Division (grades 6-8)
1st Place--St. Joe County Clay Crushers, 151 out of 300 targets (Joseph Sonnevil of Decatur, Andrew Sonnevil of Decatur, Salim Idriss of Sturgis
2nd Place--Not awarded.
3rd Place--Not awarded.
Rookie Division (grades 5 and under)
1st Place--Crunch Bunch, 152 out of 300 targets (Michael Matney of Taylor, Trent Olson of New Boston, Jeffrey Rimer of Woodhaven).
2nd Place--The 3 Little Rascals, 131 (Cody Hutton of Rapid City, Tanner Scott of Rapid City, Travis Scott of Rapid City).
3rd Place--Not awarded.
Just back from a quick trip to a local indoor range with some co-workers and consultants. Many of them had never shot before, and the consulting team decided a team-building trip to the range was just the thing.
I mentioned I'd bring down my AR and my AK if they wanted (particularly with the offer of ammo on their tab) and they gladly accepted. I was looking forward to taking some cracks on someone else's dime, but it didn't quite turn out how I planned.
What happened was that, as I began showing some of the novices how to handle the weapons and how to shoot, I couldn't help but notice how much they were ENJOYING it. So I spent almost all of my time working with the newbies.
I think I had more fun doing that than I would have shooting all hour.
Interestingly, most of them had two things in common: they were Indian and they wanted their picture taken holding the AK.
Seriously, showing the guys (and a couple girls) how to shoot was a load of fun. They all sure seemed to enjoy it, and one told me it was more or less the opportunity of a lifetime. You don't get comments like that too often.
Oh, and we shot all the rifle ammo. Over on the other side, the pistol guys had some left over. Makes you shake your head.
Left over free ammo?
Obviously newbies...
Murdoc is in the running for an invitation to be one of ten gun bloggers who get shoot a special Para pistol and learn the secrets of a World Champion from Todd Jarrett at Blackwater USA in North Carolina.
Your mission is to go vote for GunPundit.
There are a lot of great gun bloggers in the running. Murdoc is basically begging you.
When voting, you can enter yourself to be the 11th winner. Hope to see you there!
John Snow at the Gun Shots on How Not To Shoot A Shotgun:
A less obvious, but equally effective, technique to lowering your score is to do a bunch of rifle shooting right before stepping up to the line for some trap, skeet or 5-stand. There’s nothing that throws off the mechanics of a graceful shotgun swing as quickly. Get the concept of “aiming” buried into your body’s sub-conscious and have fun watching those targets sail toward the horizon unscathed.
I'm a shotgun neophyte, having taken my first blasts at clay pigeons last fall. But I quickly realized that the whole concept of "aiming" hurt my accuracy badly. I wasn't exactly going for Luke Skywalker relying on the Force, but I definitely had most of my success shooting on instinct.
I wasn't great by any means, but considering my lack of experience with shotguns and clay shooting I didn't do half badly. At least once I "let go my conscious self and acted on instinct."
Remember this when the grabbers say that whatever ban they're pushing on any given day won't affect many people.
Their goal is to ban everything. It's what they succeeded at in Britain, and now look at what happens next. Well, this and the sword bans.
In the inbox:
40th Annual Intercollegiate Clay Target Championships
Lindenwood University of St. Charles, Mo., has claimed its fifth straight national title, topping Texas A&M, Kansas State and 30-plus other colleges at the 2008 Intercollegiate Clay Target Championships.
Five straight at anything in college sports is a true dynasty. It means that no one player or group of players participated in all of the championships and it's the program that is dominant, not one star or a few individuals.
Video of the competition will air on ESPNU in June and July.
Thoughts on Pin Shooting from Mr. Completely.
Murdoc's never tried pin shooting.
Mississippi Shooting Ranges Protected
Governor Barbour Signs Shooting Range Protection Bill
NRA-ILA:
On Monday, April 1, 2008, Governor Haley Barbour (R) signed House Bill 346. Sponsored by State Representative Warner McBride (D-10) and State Senator Walter Michel (R-25), this measure will ensure that Mississippi's shooting ranges will be protected from local noise and zoning ordinances aimed at shutting them down. It will also guard against lawsuits filed by newcomers who acquire property near an existing range, as long as there has not been a substantial change in the nature of activities at the range (i.e., hours of operation, number of people using the range, or the types of firearms shot at the facility.)
It's like the folks who buy cheap land next to a thirty-year-old airport, build a house, and then sue because planes keep flying real low near their property.
James Rummell looks at US Olympic Team results and observes: Something is Seriously Wrong Here
