Seven New Nat’l Records Set at Quantico High Power Weekend
by Lorne Cooper
This past weekend at Quantico MCB Range 4, the Quantico Shooting Club hosted its 3rd NRA Registered Tournament for 2010. This was a match for the ages, with a total of seven (7) pending National Records set in Individual and Team Competition. The 34 competitors in this 2-day match had to cope with hot, 95° weather, but otherwise conditions were generally mild — helping the marksmen record some spectacular scores.
300-Yard F-TR and Service Rifle Records Broken
Match One consisted of the 300-yard, 15-shot Individual Prone Course. In the F-TR Class, Brian Santucci fired a 150-7X to break the 149-8X record set by Joseph Sturtevant and GySgt Daniel Borowiecki fired a 141-5X to set a new record for the Service category. In the F-Open Class (Senior), David Dye fired a 150-10X to tie the record set by Jim Murphy. On the High Power side, Nathaniel Guernsey placed 1st with a 149-8X.
New National F-TR Team Record: 1744-61X
Match 2 was a 4-man team fire of the Mid Range Prone Course (45 shots per member), 15 shots each at 300, 500 and 600 yards. In F-TR, the winning Camp Butner FâTroop team set a new National Agg Record of 1744-61X. The team consisted of Joseph Conley (436-15X), James Croft (438-11X), Phil Kelley (426-13X), and Jeff Rorer (444-22X).
New Iron Sights Team Records
For High Power Metallic Sight, Team VFEMI set a new record with an aggregate score of 1767-82X. Team members were Carl Lindezweig (432-20X), John Badger (444-18X), Nathaniel Guernsey (447-28X) and Jack McKinney (444-16X). The USMC Gold team also set a new National Record in the Service Category with a score of 1765-76X. The team members are: Sgt Sean Morris (442-16X), GySgt James Otto (440-14X), and Sgt Joshua Peterson (435-17X), and Sgt Emily Windmassinger (448-39X). The Long Range Palma Course of Fire (Match 3) was shot on Sunday. GySgt Daniel Borowiechi broke the record he set back in June in the F-TR Service category with a 399-5X.
Special thanks go to GySgt Chris Stephens for running a smooth and efficient Line! Our next match will be a Fullbore match to be held on September 25th & 26th. Come out to Quantico for what is expected to be another fantastic weekend!
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We ran mid-range matches in Sacramento in August — 27 pending national records. I also shot a 150 7X at 300 yards in F-T/R.
Your Daily Bulletin list the New FTR National Record being won by team Camp Butner F-TRoop, ie: James Crofts, Phil Kelly, Joe Conley, and Jeff Rorer. The picture in the article looks like Dave Conrath and Nic Taylor. That is kinda like potting a Ford in a Chevrolet advertisment.
EDITOR: Nat… sometimes we have to place photos simply where they fit best in the layout. Also the images supplied were not captioned so yours truly had no idea who was who.
It’s good that matches containing these courses of fire are being run, as it gives people a chance to set records.
The team records, for example, were set because nobody had ever shot some of the courses of fire-particularly the “Service” category.
Now I have to run a match at Benning to re-set all the records
It drives people to support the discipline.
Jerry, that’s great! Looks like we had the same idea…
Nathanial, If we had a pic of Jim and his crew, we woulda put it in there…
Emil, there’s no doubt in my mind that you will make that happen!
Lorne,
We are going to do it again Sept 11 NRA mid-range and Sept 12 Fullbore mid-range.
I heard that all of the “new” records will be held until year end and the highest will be recorded…..
Sounds good Jerry! Were looking to run the Fullbore Regional Course on Sept 25 & 26 and have our last match of the year Nov 6 & 7…
Like Emil said, this is a great chance for people to set some records and it creates great motivation to help support the discipline!
That’s probably the best way to handle it, waiting till the end of the year…
Captions for the photos:
Photo 1 – View from the 1000 Yard Line
Photo 2 – Sgt Emily Windmassinger and Sgt Sean Morris of the USMC Rifle Team
Photo 3 – David Conrath and Nik Taylor of Team QSC BNX
Stop carping about the photos, captions, etc. I know the guy who took them, he’s a real amateur with a Nikon Coolpix… but I hear he’s buying a NightForce scope for it and will increase the load to maximum resolution next match.