Comments on: Jared Perry Wins President’s Rifle Match with Record Score

By: Dan Z

Dan Z — Sat, 04 Aug 2012 21:11:22 +0000

Although the disqualified shooters were all military, they were not all AMU. There were also reserve and national guard shooters in that number.

I agree with Ross. There is nothing in the rules requiring someone to shoot. In 2007 a shooter refused to shoot the shoot off and he became #20. He was not DQed. Because of the cmp’s action, 7 shooters who did not make the P100, received P100 medals.

The president’ match course of fire is 30 shots. Ty Cooper shot the highest score in history over that course. What happens to it? No recognition.?

Count me as a dedicated service rifle shooter who does not like the shoot off and would like to see it done away with.

Dan

By: Ross

Ross — Fri, 03 Aug 2012 17:26:49 +0000

It appears that the shooters who declined to shoot the shoot off were disqualified, and their President’s Match scores removed. If CMP DQ’d them because of their failure to shoot the shoot off, then CMP is a small minded organization that doesn’t follow its own rules. Nothing in the rules says a shooter must fire during the shoot off, and the determination of the P100, by the rule, does not use the shoot off scores. Nor do the aggregates. We need some clarity on this now.

By: Bill B.

Bill B. — Thu, 02 Aug 2012 15:34:36 +0000

The non-participants in the shoot-off were USAMU shooters that declined to participate because they believed the shoot-off should only take place between the two competitors that cleaned the match and to honor their teammate SSG Tyrel Cooper who went into the shoot-off with the lead based on X count.

I support having the shoot-off because matches at Camp Perry are often decided by competitors’ ability to navigate the wind conditions at 600 yds. The shoot-off allows the top twenty competitors to face-off under the same wind conditions. Plus, it is a hell of a lot of fun to watch the top service rifle shooters in the world square-off against each other shoulder-to-shoulder on the firing line at Camp Perry. Eat your heart out Top Shot.

By: Mike Harpster

Mike Harpster — Wed, 01 Aug 2012 12:35:30 +0000

There is no logic. Someone at the CMP decided about 5 years ago that there would be a shootoff. My guess is they thought it would increase media coverage and draw spectators which hasn’t happened. The vast majority of shooters would like it to go away. This year seven of the twenty shooters who qualified for the shootoff refused to participate. Maybe the CMP will finally get the message and get rid of it.

By: Robert Whitley

Robert Whitley — Wed, 01 Aug 2012 04:25:09 +0000

Why exactly do they have the shoot off in that anyway? It seems like they hold the match – o.k. – but then a shoot off and no matter who won the initial match, all bets are off again. Not that it’s wrong, I just don’t understand the logic there.