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| John in the early morning, next to his
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John getting ready to
score Relay 1.
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| John on the scope for Relay 1 of the Springfield
1903 National Match. |
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| Army Reservists meeting before the match. |
The Reservists were range safety officers
to supplement the CMP volunteers. |
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The range safety tower with radar to help
spot boats entering the impact area on Lake Erie. |
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Looking down the firing
line.
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The Davis-Besse Nuclear
Reactor is seen in the background.
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Tony (left) on the firing
line, prepping for the prone slow fire stage.
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Scoring me in the flag
bandana was a guy named Dean, who gave me two great fundamental
shooting pointers.
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One of the pointers was
turning my head to the left, or tipping the rifle to the
right, to run the bolt each time without leaving my prone
position.
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Tony shooting standing
slow fire.
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John and Tony.
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John prepping for the
slow fire prone stage.
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Our tidy collection of rifle, magazines
and ammunition. |
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John manning our target
in the pits.
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Tony after the pit release, with Lake Erie
in the background. It smelled like Lake Erie, too. |
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| John after the pit release, with Lake Erie
in the background. |
Steve preparing to fire relay 4 and 5 with
Kristof. |
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Steve Beuning watching the action. He wasn't
able to get into the Springfield Match. |
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| One of the Army Reserve range safety observers,
kicking back but very much staying alert. |
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| Our final GCA meeting before the following
morning Rattle Battle. |
Steve Beuning and Mike
"Montana" Bennett.
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took along the GCA captain, Pete Jensen, on our rogue "out
of competition" team as well. |
Steve and Kristof.
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| Kristof cooking our steaks for steak sandwiches. |
Loading Garand clips
for the Rattle Battle.
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4 - The Rattle Battle and The John C. Garand National Match
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