There were 10 High Power competitors shooting the November 15, Fun Match at the CTSA Range. This match was a standard 50 round National Match course of fire. The winds were gusty winds and there was no mirage due to the overcast day. This made for some tough wind calls. Winner of the match was Jon Ussery with a 475-5X. Shawn Taylor was second with a 470-7X, and Wayne Nunn was third with a 469-9X.
The next match is the Pearl Harbor Remembrance M1 Garand Match at CTSA Range on Sunday, December 6. We’ll start the day shooting a standard 35 round J.C. Garand Match. We have “loaner” Garands available for competitors to use. (Springfields, Enfields, and Carbines are legal too.) Match fee is $25 for adults and $15 for juniors, and includes 35 rounds of M2 Ball 30-06 in the entry fee.
The fun will continue with our annual M-1 Carbine Rattle-Battle Match. The course of fire will start at 200 yards prone, then at 150 yards sitting, and finally 100 yards standing, with a time limit of 50 seconds at each range. A total of 50 total rounds of ammo may be fired. Match fee will be $5.00. For ammunition you have two options, bring-your-own-bullets (BYOB) or purchase (very limited) carbine ammo (50 rounds) for sale at $15.00 per box. The organization has loaner carbines available for use at the match. The lovely and rare Ken Slade M-1 Carbine Rattle-Battle trophy will be awarded to the match winner.
Finally, if we have enough interested shooters, we’ll conduct our Bayonet Challenge Match which consists of 5 rounds in 5 minutes, standing slow fire, using any service rifle (any country) with a bayonet mounted. Highest score on the 200 yard SR target wins a turkey! All this shooting fun begins at 0800 for set up and first rounds down range at 0900.