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I do see a very feint "Hathcock" to the right of the score.
Would have loved to have met the man.
And a very faint Cherry Point on the target... can't see it on phone. It's visible on laptop, though.
Cheers,
Sirhr
They should have kids dropping water balloons on them while doing that to simulate all the drone attacks killing last years graduates!
On the subject of Marine Marksman... No, it's not Daniel Craig.
Believe this is his Olympic 300 yard target in 1920.
Lost his son, a Marine officer, on Okinawa, 1945.
Sirhr
Believe this is his Olympic 300 yard target in 1920.
Sports Heroes Who Served: Marine Discovers Hidden Talent as an Expert Marksman
Morris "Bud" Fisher enlisted in the Marine Corps in 1911 at the age of 21 and was encouraged by his command to join the elite shooting team which led to a gold medal in the Olympics.
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Lost his son, a Marine officer, on Okinawa, 1945.
Sirhr
It could be Michael Pietroforte.
The text below is from:
A Short History Of The National Trophy Individual Rifle Match
As a “China Marine” Technical Sergeant Michael Pietroforte, had begun shooting eleven years earlier under the guidance of Claude Harris, the winner of the 1935 NTI. Along with 1800 others he drew his ammunition and began shooting. Many riflemen were clean after slow fire standing but only three remained after the rapid fire sitting stage. When he policed up his brass after 300 rapid Pietroforte’s score card’s total read 150, the only perfect score left on the line.
In the late afternoon he took his place at 600 yards with a score of 248X250 already on the board. Pietroforte had to shoot a 99 to win. A 98 would throw him into a tie which he might well lose on V count. After studying the mirage, wind flags, and adjacent targets for some time he went for record; his first shot a five at seven. Pietroforte adjusted his sights and danced in and around the V ring with his next eight shots and then ran 11 straight Vs for a 250-23V, the first clean ever shot in the NTI.16 The 250 barrier had been broken.
Army Master Sergeant Maxie W. Fields was the next to go clean in 1963. Staff Sergeant Bobbie E. Smith, the first Air Force rifleman to win the NTI, followed in 1964 and Marine Sergeant Gilmer Murdock set the V Target record with a 250-33V in 1965.
The M1 Garand National Match Rifle
Hi Ichi: See the attached article. It's Morris "Bud" Fisher.
But Pietroforte is another great shooter!
Another Wyeth illustration. Sharpshooters.
Beautiful!
Sirhr
It must have scanned all my Kwanzaa snapshots and the video from my Juneteenth Chicken BBQ.
SIrhr
I thought folks here had to under-estimate things in order not to scare off the babes...
Sirhr
Apparently 400 years ago sucked, too.
Cooper, how come you can't keep it straight what forum you are on? C'mon man!
