All hail to the King..!!
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All hail to the King..!!
You may remember that last year JSC (John Chambers) and I went to the US NRA World Shooting Championships, held at the Peacemaker National Training Center in Glengary, West Virginia.
We went again this year, along with 4 other Brits...(I won't name them, as i havent asked their permission... if you're on this forum, shout out..!).
Over 3 days and 12 varied stages, including Clays, long range (ish) rifle, small bore steel challenge, Practical and precision pistol, and 2-gun and 3-gun, we all had a blast and shot all manner of things that are a distant memory in this country...
One of the 4 Brits was leading the amateurs on the 5 Stand clays after 2 days, but was pipped down to 2nd place on the last day.
I was getting excited after 2 1/2 days when I was 34th on the USPSA... but during the last afternoon of shooting I think everyone did better than I, dropping me down to 90th.
However, one of us led many of the stages from the start with the end result that......
John Chambers is the new Amateur World Shooting Champion....!!!!
Us other Brits were 104th, 119th (me), 129th, 142nd and 145th... out of 215 amateurs (there were originally 230+, but several no-shows)... so it goes to show that while the Yanks have the toys to play with, and places to shoot them, it doesn't neccesarily make them good shots!
(Actually they wern't all Yanks... there was a French couple (who live in the US), 2 Aussies and some South Africans, not sure how many...)
All of us have said we'll return next year, (SWMBO's allowing) and John will have his title to defend.. anyone else fancy joining us..?
Full report and pics/videos to follow.
Daryll.
We went again this year, along with 4 other Brits...(I won't name them, as i havent asked their permission... if you're on this forum, shout out..!).
Over 3 days and 12 varied stages, including Clays, long range (ish) rifle, small bore steel challenge, Practical and precision pistol, and 2-gun and 3-gun, we all had a blast and shot all manner of things that are a distant memory in this country...
One of the 4 Brits was leading the amateurs on the 5 Stand clays after 2 days, but was pipped down to 2nd place on the last day.
I was getting excited after 2 1/2 days when I was 34th on the USPSA... but during the last afternoon of shooting I think everyone did better than I, dropping me down to 90th.
However, one of us led many of the stages from the start with the end result that......
John Chambers is the new Amateur World Shooting Champion....!!!!
Us other Brits were 104th, 119th (me), 129th, 142nd and 145th... out of 215 amateurs (there were originally 230+, but several no-shows)... so it goes to show that while the Yanks have the toys to play with, and places to shoot them, it doesn't neccesarily make them good shots!
(Actually they wern't all Yanks... there was a French couple (who live in the US), 2 Aussies and some South Africans, not sure how many...)
All of us have said we'll return next year, (SWMBO's allowing) and John will have his title to defend.. anyone else fancy joining us..?
Full report and pics/videos to follow.
Daryll.
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Re: All hail to the King..!!
Awesome result for John and well done the rest of you guys for going over there and taking on the challenge.
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Re: All hail to the King..!!
As I had the first pick of the rather large and impressive prize table, I went for one of the Surgeon .308 rifles we shot on the PRS stage. One of the few guns I can actually take back to the UK!
This is such a great match, but we need more Brits to enter. It'll be on the same dates next year so get planning!
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I think one of our club members was there, but I don't think he is on this forum..
Re: All hail to the King..!!
Bravo to you all and especially John, that is a superb result
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Well shot John!
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Re: All hail to the King..!!
Well done to everyone and a huge hurraa to John
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Re: All hail to the King..!!
Well done John, you sure can shoot.
Re: All hail to the King..!!
Awesome!
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