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I use these articles in our high power clinics and have found them very helpful for both new shooters and reinforcement of the basics for the more experienced.
Thanks, Gary M.
Thanks for the great articles on the Carbine, Springfield, Garand matches. All the articles are interesting, but the Carbine, Springfield & Garand are my favorites.
Jim H.
The September-07 on line shooting tips by SSG Tobie Tomlinson, USAMU Service Rifle Team Member, is a great article. I have reproduced 15 copies of it to hand out and discuss to our “newbie” first year air rifle shooters on our high school JROTC Air Rifle Team. Come to think about it believe I’ll hand out a copy to my advance shooters as well. His explanations are simple to understand but rich in detail. Coupled with the sight pictures this article will go a long way towards helping all our JROTC shooters obtain better sight patterns. Keep up the great work. AND…..keep the articles like this coming.
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CW2 (R), US Army
It seemed good to read the article on Infantry Trophy Match. As a shooter on the Marine Corp Team way back in 1967 I participated in the Match. We were the second team for the Marines but placed second overall. One of our shooters forgot to put the windage on his rifle. I enjoyed shooting the M-1 and M-14 at Camp Perry and always wanted to go back but never seemed to find the time. The top over all shooter at that time was my team mate Lt. Bowen. I remember some of the team members carrying him from the 600 yd line back to the rest of us. It was a great time in my life and will never forget it. Thanks again for the article.
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Boxford, MA
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CMP,
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Marine Corps Shooter Wins National Matches Daniel Boone Trophy
By Gary Anderson, DCM
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Marine Corps Staff Sergeant Jason Benedict set a new National Matches Record of 497-22X
enroute to winning the National Trophy Individual Rifle Match and the Daniel Boone and Coast Artillery Trophies.
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Marine Corps Staff Sergeant Jason Benedict was in CMP Headquarters a few days before the National Trophy Rifle Matches to plan a clinic the Marine Corps Rifle Team was to conduct during the Matches. While he was there, he wrote a prophetic message on a large whiteboard the CMP staff uses to list important tasks to be accomplished. Benedict’s message stated, “prepare M1 Garand for SSgt Benedict.” It referred to the special presentation M1 Garand that the CMP and the National Match Armory of Rendon, Texas would award to the winner of the National Trophy Individual Match that took place at Camp Perry on 31 July.
Benedict’s prophetic message came true when he fired a 497-22X score in the 2007 National Trophy Individual Rifle Match that not only won the prestigious Daniel Boone Trophy, but also set a new National Matches record. The old National Matches record was set by SFC Grant Singley, U. S. Army, who fired a 497-21X score in 2000.
Even though his score was a new record, Benedict did not win an easy victory. Civilian shooter Robert Modica from Peekskill, New York, also fired a 497, but with 14Xs. Just behind Modica in third place was the former record holder, SFC Singley. He also totaled 22Xs, but had one less point with a 496.
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Rifle NTI competitors begin the match by firing 10 shots slow fire standing at 200 yards at a target with a seven inch ten-ring.
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The outstanding scores could be attributed not only to great shooting by many of the top shooters in this year’s National Matches, but also to ideal weather. Temperatures were in the mid to high 80s, with light, steady winds. Altogether, over 1,200 competitors fired in the 2007 National Trophy Rifle Individual Match.
The National Trophy Individual Rifle Match is not only a contest to see which shooters win one of several important national trophies, but it is also a national Excellence-in-Competition match where the top ten percent of the Non-Distinguished shooters receive EIC points that count towards earning the Distinguished Rifleman Badge. The top Non-Distinguished competitor was the winner of the President’s Rifle Match that took place on the preceding day. SGT Kristopher Friend, USAR, had a 493-22X score in this match that not only made him the high Non-Distinguished shooter and the 13th place shooter overall, but the EIC points he earned gave him the 30 points he needed to earn his Distinguished Rifleman Badge.
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Rifle NTI competitors conclude their match by firing 20 shots slow fire at 600 yards at a target with a 12 inch ten ring. No sighters are permitted in National Trophy Match competitions.
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A total of 90 Non-Distinguished shooters earned EIC points in this match. 14 of them including two junior shooters “legged out.” That means the points they earned in the National Trophy Individual Match plus the EIC points they previously earned totaled the 30 or more points needed to now receive their Distinguished Rifleman Badges. Twelve of those badges were presented at the National Trophy Award Ceremony on Friday evening, 3 August.
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Kevin Trickett, of Woburn, MA, was the high junior in the NTI. He is posed here with the Golden Eagle Trophy.
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A total of 13 different national trophies were awarded to the high competitors in different categories in this match during the 3 August Award Ceremony. In addition to the Daniel Boone Trophy won by SSgt. Benedict, other trophy winners were:
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Citizen Soldier Trophy (Reserve), 1SG Jack Pardy, USAR; 496-19X
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NG Association Trophy (National Guard), SGT Richard Zolnosky, ARNG; 495-21X
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Police Rifle Trophy (Law Enforcement), Joseph Julian; 482-14X
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Nathan Hale Trophy (Civilian), Robert Modica; 497-14X
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Golden Eagle Trophy (Junior), Kevin Trickett; 491-16X
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Association of the US Army (Army), SFC Grant Singley USA; 496-22X
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Coast Artillery Trophy (Marines), SSgt Jason Benedict USMC; 497-22X
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Lt. Paul Roberts Trophy (Air Force), MSgt Gregory Blackstock ANG; 484-13X
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25th Infantry Div. Trophy (Infantry), SFC Grant Singley USA; 496-22X
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Capt. Joe Earle Wyatt Trophy (Navy), LCDE Michael Salach, USNR; 487-14X
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CMP Senior Trophy (Age 60 & over), Jim O’Connell; 490-15X
Complete results for the match and each of these special trophy contests are posted on the CMP web site http://clubs.odcmp.com/cgi-bin/report_matchResult.cgi?matchID=2113. To view a complete collection of photos of the National Trophy Individual Match winner as well as of dozens of other competitors in the match, go to http://www.odcmp.com/Photos/07/NTI/index.htm. These impressive photos were taken by Web Wright, a professional photographer who is also a Triple Distinguished Shooter.
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