CAMP PERRY, OHIO – Travis Burian, 18, of Surprise, Arizona earned four introductory “leg” points toward a Distinguished service rifle badge as the 2010 CMP-USMC Junior Highpower Clinic came to a close on Sunday morning, 1 August. Burian earned his first points of the 30 required to become Distinguished in service rifle.
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Sgt David Hunter talks about weather and its mental and physical effects on competitive shooters during the classroom portion of the 2010 CMP USMC Junior Highpower Clinic.
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The EIC match, fired at 200, 300 and 600 yards, followed a Friday afternoon classroom instruction period and a “snap-in” shooting position and practice and zeroing session Saturday morning. The 200 and 300-yard portions of the EIC match were fired in the afternoon and camp attendees fired the remaining 600-yard portion of the match Sunday morning on Rodriguez Range.
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Junior highpower clinic participants benefitted from personal instruction from the Marine Corps Shooting Team while on the firing line.
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Burian fired a 482-13X on the National Match Course event, comprised of a 95-1X standing slow-fire at 200, a 97-2X sitting slow-fire at 200, a 99-6X prone rapid-fire at 300 and a 191-4X prone slow-fire at 600 yards
Christian Cartier, 18, of Holly Springs, North Carolina (476-13X) and David Higgins, Jr., 16, of Mandeville, Louisiana (475-10X) followed Burian in the field of non-distinguished shooters. The cut-off score to earn introductory leg points was 464-6X, or 10 percent of all eligible shooters in the match. A total of 12 shooters made the cut, earning EIC points.
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Sgt Emily Windmassinger coaches a highpower clinic shooter on the firing line during position practice on Saturday, 31 July.
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The overall results, which includes shooters who have already accumulated EIC points, showed Rachel Jones, 20, of Raleigh, North Carolina, in first (483-14X), Burian second and Chad Kurgan, 19, of Twain Harte, California, third with a score of 480-12X.
The CMP-USMC Junior Highpower Rifle Clinic offers advanced instruction in service rifle competition techniques. Members of the U.S. Marine Corps Rifle Team instruct the clinic and CMP provides administrative support. It is open to junior highpower rifle shooters who have previous service rifle competition experience. Those who are new to highpower rifle shooting are required to attend a Rifle SAFS first before registering for the USMC Clinic.
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GySgt James Otto prepares to snap into position as he adjusts his sling during a tabletop demonstration of positions and gear set-up.
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“I would have liked to have more snap-in time with the students on the range, but overall I was pretty pleased with this session,” said lead USMC instructor GySgt James Otto, 38, of Fredericksburg, Virginia.
“Next year we might try to get started on Friday morning and that would give us more of an opportunity to work on positions,” he said.
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Several members of the 2010 USMC Shooting Team provided leadership, motivation and marksmanship skills to clinic participants.
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During the in-class session, Sgt Victor Armenta discussed range safety and weapons handling. Cpl Sean Morris discussed the fundamentals of marksmanship. Sgt Emily Windmassinger covered use of the data book. Sgt David Hunter explained environmental, physical and mental challenges of shooting. SSG Michael Bennett discussed proper firearms care and cleaning and Sgt Brent Payne, with assistance from GySgt Otto, demonstrated proper shooting positions and gear set-up.
Upon conclusion of Sunday’s EIC match, clinic participants received a CMP-USMC Highpower Clinic T-shirt, a certificate of attendance and a pizza party compliments of Bushmaster Firearms.
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Bushmaster Firearms sponsored a pizza party at the conclusion of the CMP USMC Junior Highpower Clinic on Sunday, 1 August.
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For complete results of the EIC match, log onto
http://clubs.odcmp.com/cgi-bin/report_matchResult.cgi?matchID=5690. NEXT ARTICLE
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