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| Shooting
the shit on Friday night, waiting for our GCA
teammates to bring over more Garand clips to load. |
Same
stuff. |
Same
stuff. Note, the 3/4 moon rising above the huts. |
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| Dave
and his friend came over around 11:00 pm with the
extra Garand 8-round clips to get our rounds ready
for the morning. |
It
is a lot of ammo when you load it all at once! 384
rounds of match-grade 30.06 in 48 clips. |
Steve
was always pessimistic and hated every minute of the
match, as you can see. What a downer he was all the
time! |
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| John
sporting his Garand rifle at the range, early. It
was O-Dark hundred (6am) when we arrived. |
Our
GCA leader giving our coaches last-minute
advice. |
John
coveting a cup of strong Java before the sun rose. |
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| Our
GCA Team. Our team captain, Don Kemps' daughter Amy
is pictured. She was our team Scorer. |
Lounging
at the Assembly Line. You can see what 600 yards
looks like on the targets in the background. |
A
neighboring team on a relay before us getting ready
to run to the line. |
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| The
Viales Range when the sun was trying to poke over
the horizon. |
Team
GCA #5 huddle, talking about ammunition distribution
strategy. |
Team
GCA #5 huddle. |
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GCA
Team #5 Group Photo
John is on the far right; Steve is
front and center; Montana is left of Steve; Tony is the tall guy rear and
center; and Kristof is just left of me next to Amy,
the fabulous Team Scorer. |
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| The
U.S. Navy Marksmanship Team. This photo is at 2x
which makes the 600-yard targets seem like they are
at a reasonable distance... |
A
veteran advising one of the military coaches. We
listened in on these conversations every chance we got. |
The
U.S. Navy Marksmanship Unit, watching the 600 yard initial fire
from their first team. |
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| The
U.S. Navy Marksmanship Unit, firing all their
AR-15's at once at 600 yards. This photo is at 3x,
so it looks way closer than it is. |
The
guy in camo facing the camera is none other than
Derrick Martin, who wrote the book "The
Complete Guide To AR-15 Accuracy." |
The
Marine Corps Shooting Team truck. |
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| We
walked over early to get our ammo for the afternoon Garand National
Match. |
The
GCA team before us right before we were called to
the line. |
Don
(Team Kenips) Kemps going over team strategy with
John. |
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| Don
(Team Kenips) Kemps going over team strategy with
John. |
Looking
down the NTIT line. |
Our
GCA Team #5 relaxing before being mustered to the
line. It went quick when we had to go. |
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| Don't
get near the Ready Line until you are called! |
Don
and John evaluating Team #4 from our group. |
Team
GCA #4 on the 600 line. |
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| Kristof
and John all geared-up and ready to run our
equipment up to the line. |
Kristof
and John waiting to assemble at the firing line. |
A
close look at some of the state team high-power
scopes that went up and down the line. |
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| John,
Steve and Mike in the Pits. There are no shots of us
firing the match, because there were no extras to do
so. |
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John C. Garand Match |
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