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The New Jersey Gold team finished 3rd. The Rumbold Team Match
is shot over the National Match Course at 200 yards to 600 yards and is a
coached event. The high shooter on the team was Gary Bissett with
an outstanding score of 481-15x out of a possible 500. Carl Leisinger
was close behind Gary with his 481-5x!
The New Jersey Silver team finished 12th in the Rumbold Team
Match. The high shooter was Angel Rodriquez with a 480-17X. Phil
Blacher as close behind Angel with his 476-10x.
The New Jersey Gold team finished 31st of 43 teams in the
National Infantry Trophy Team match with a total score of 613. This event
begins at 600 yards with 6 shooters firing at 8 silhouettes with as many
rounds you can fire for a period of 50 seconds. Six shooters, eight
targets, someone has to shoot at two targets; he is called the swing man.
You then advance to the 500 yard line and fire another rapid fire session
in the prone position for another 50 seconds. Then if you still have
rounds left from the original 384 rounds, you will advance to the 300 yard
line and fire from the sitting position at a half silhouette for another
50 seconds. If you are unlucky enough to have any rounds left over then
it’s to the 200 yard line to shoot the remainder in the standing position.
The Gold team had expended all their rounds at the 300 yd line and did not
have to shoot the 200 yard. line.
The New Jersey Gold team finished 44th of 59 teams in the
National Trophy Team match which is a six shooter event fired over the NMC
without the benefit of sighters but with a coach.
The Roumanian Trophy
Team Match is fired at a aiming black that is 48" in diameter
at 1,000 yards. Putting a bullet anywhere on the 6' X 6' target on the
first shot is always a challenge. Make sure your elevation is correct and
judge the wind correctly, you may get lucky and land that bullet on the
target. Then you make the proper adjustment to get into the center. This
year New Jersey Gold Team finished 2nd in its class.
The Herrick Trophy Team Match is also fired at 1,000 yards and
the shooter has the option of using a scoped rifle. Nothing like a nice
piece of glass to see your target the wind mirage that tends to move your
bullet from it’s intended point of aim. This year the New Jersey Gold Team
finished 4th.
Some individuals once they
stepped away from the team events and entered into the individual events
captured even more accolades. The next individual match and into the next
era of rifles is the Garand Match also fired at 200 yards Those finishing
high out of 1,258 shooters are Carl Leisinger 7th place with a
287-6x out of a 300. Walter Radomsky finished 79th with a score of
279-9x. This is fired with a “as-issued M1 Garand” and many shooters show
up dressed in authentic uniforms of WWII. I choose to dress in my own
uniform of the day, shorts, sandals and t-shirt. This match may be fired
with any rifle used in WWII. The guy next to me was firing an M1 Carbine.
He told me that a 10 MPH wind blows his 110 grain .30 Cal. Carbine bullet
out of the aiming black at 200 yards; and you thought you had it bad with
wind problems
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