{"id":1515,"date":"2021-06-19T11:57:16","date_gmt":"2021-06-19T11:57:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fwrrclub.org\/?p=1515"},"modified":"2021-06-21T12:53:25","modified_gmt":"2021-06-21T12:53:25","slug":"mid-summer-madness-june-11-12-and-13th","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fwrrclub.org\/index.php\/2021\/06\/19\/mid-summer-madness-june-11-12-and-13th\/","title":{"rendered":"Mid-Summer Madness; June 11, 12 and 13th"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

      If I ever again suggest that we shoot four matches on three\nconsecutive days \u2013 somebody call the head doctor and have me checked for mental\nstability.  Well, maybe not \u2013 by next\nsummer I may decide to try it again. \nShooting Mid-Summer Madness on three consecutive days gives me a whole\nnew appreciation of what it takes to shoot every day for a month at Camp Perry\nor Camp Atterbury.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I would call the three-day tournament a success.  There was a great response, a lot of people\nregistered and until the hottest weather we had seen in a long time complicated\nthings we were looking at a really big match. \nOver the three days a number of shooters wisely recognized their\nphysical limits and decided to stay out of the hot and oppressively humid\nconditions.  I think it was a good call \u2013\nI don\u2019t want to have to call EMS and use my first aids skills (such as they\nare) treating heat stroke or something worse.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Friday Afternoon \u2013\nJune 11  50-Round NRA National Match Course<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

We started out of Friday afternoon with a 50-round match.  I had two full relays (16 people) signed up and we ended up with 13 shooters coming to the line in two relays. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

As generous as I might want to try to be \u2013 Friday afternoon was probably the most brutal set of conditions I have experienced at the FWRR range.  There was no wind at all, direct afternoon sun, and along with a temperature of at least 88-degrees, the humidity had to be in the 90% range as well.  After the Offhand stage, one shooter wisely called it quits and went to sit in an air conditioned truck.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But, the good news was that we had all three of our active\nJunior shooters on hand and all three of them soldiered through the oppressive\nheat and humidity.  I assured them that\nit wasn\u2019t always this miserable and that things would be better most days.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The top three shooters in this match were:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mike King        491-12X<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mark Richard  465-11X<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kris Hartwig    463-  6X<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Congratulations to Kris \u2013 this was his first top-three\nfinish up there with the heavy hitters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Saturday, June 12 \u2013\nCMP\/NRA 50-80 Match<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Saturday match was sanctioned by both the CMP and NRA.  The NRA match could be shot as either a 50 or\n80-round match, the CMP match was an 80-round match.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We started promptly at 8:03; it was about 70-degrees with no\nwind when the first two relays went to the line.  As the morning went on, it got warmer – but\nit never got back to the conditions of Friday afternoon.  We had 19 shooters, enough for two, two relay\nsessions- a very good turnout.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Colton and Marshall, two of our Junior Shooters, about halfway through the Offhand Stage<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The match was routine \u2013 but we did have some unusual spectators\nduring the first relay\u2019s 300-yard slow fire stage.  About halfway through the stage, two speckled\nfawns pranced out from behind the 200-yard practice berm and frolicked around the\nlow end of the range while we shot over their heads.  The SNAP<\/em><\/strong> of supersonic bullets going\nover their heads didn\u2019t seem to bother them in the least and after a while they\nmoved back behind the practice berm, none the worse for their experience. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

As for weather again; we finished up at 86-degrees and about 83% humidity with a light wind (about 4 MPH) that made things almost bearable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Two of our Junior shooters came back for this match and Colton\nEads shot enough rounds over the two matches to get his initial NRA\nClassification as a Sharpshooter.  Congratulations\nColton, good work!<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The top three shooters in this match were:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mike King                    784-27X<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mark Richard              774-21X<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mark Walters             768-24X<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sunday Morning, June\n13  Mid-Range Tournament<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sunday dawned clear and cooler, 73-degrees but still with humidity in the high 80% range.  The Sunday morning session was, technically, a Tournament since it consisted of three, 60-round matches.  We shot all three matches as \u201cany-sight\u201d matches and all competitors, except Norbert Norden, used scoped rifles.  Again we had a good turnout, eleven shooters across two relays.  There was some shooter attrition from Saturday \u2013 enough was enough.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We shot the match as a block time match.  Each relay had three hours to complete their\nmatch; shooters were allowed to figure out for themselves what order and how\nmany shots to take between breaks.  Some shooters\nshot 20-rounds at a time; others shot 40 rounds and then took a shade break.  It worked well \u2013 we finished the first relay\nin about two-hours and about the same for the second relay.  It helped move things right along! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The top three shooters Mid-Range shooters were:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mike King                    598-35X<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mark Richard              594-31X<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ron Dague\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 594-24X<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sunday Afternoon; Mike\nGingher M1A Memorial Match<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

By the time we came to the final match of the Mid-Summer Madness Weekend, the weather had taken its toll.  We had 10 shooters originally sign up for the match, but by shooting time we were down to four hardy souls who wanted to shoot just one more match to have a shot at the Aggregate score for the four match weekend.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is a match we have named for Mike Gingher, a long time\nFWRR member and a very prominent figure in the High Power shooting sport.  He was a long time armorer for the USMC\nReserve National Team and a fixture at Camp Perry National Matches as a Coach and\narmorer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It was only fitting that two of the four shooters in the Mike Gingher Memorial Match were shooting Gingher Guns.  Mike King shot a National Match M1 that Mike built for Larry Beardsley about 1999 and Mark Walters shot a Gingher double-lugged M1A for the match.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Mike King with the Gingher M1 Garand<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Mark Walters with the Mike Gingher double-lugged M1A<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The Mike Gingher M1A Memorial Match results were:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mark Richard              437-6X<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mark Walters             435-3X<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mike King                    432-4X<\/p>\n\n\n\n

All three of these shooters were shooting \u201cwooden guns\u201d, a\nmatch requirement.  Gary Mabis shot an \u201cother\ngun\u201d (an AR service rifle) as an out-of-competition competitor and fired a\n451-9X match.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

By the time we finished the M1A Match, the weather had finally broken; the temperature was only about 82-degrees and the humidity had dropped to 47%.  A breeze had sprung up and Gary Mabis commented; \u201cIt almost feels cold right now!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Mid-Summer Match scores\nturned out as follows:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Four Match Aggregate First:              Mike King                    2305-78X<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Four Match Aggregate Second:         Mark\nRichard              2270-69X<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Four Match Aggregate Third:            Mark\nWalters             2251-72X<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Match Fourth:                                     Kris Hartwig                1761-28X<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Match Fifth:                                        Mike\nHabel                 1700-28X<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Match Sixth:                                       Gary\nMabis                 1654-29X<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Match Seventh:                                  Ron\nDague                  1301-35X<\/p>\n\n\n\n

First Junior:                                         Colton\nEads                1106-13X<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Again \u2013 I must thank Mike and Glenna Grannis for their\nhelp as my Statistical Office and Finance Office.   There is absolutely NO WAY I could run a\nmatch this size without their help to keep scores and money straight.  XXX and OOO to Mike and Glenna!!!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Our next Match will be the Indiana Junior State\nChampionship on July 10.  Keep an eye out\nfor sign-up details.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

      If I ever again suggest that we shoot four matches on three consecutive days \u2013 somebody call the head doctor and have me checked for mental stability.  Well, maybe not \u2013 by next summer I may decide to try it again.  Shooting Mid-Summer Madness on three consecutive days gives me a whole new appreciation of…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1515","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fwrrclub.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1515","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fwrrclub.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fwrrclub.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fwrrclub.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fwrrclub.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1515"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/fwrrclub.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1515\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1523,"href":"https:\/\/fwrrclub.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1515\/revisions\/1523"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fwrrclub.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1515"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fwrrclub.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1515"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fwrrclub.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1515"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}