Team USA Wins America Match with Great Britain Second
SGT Emil Praslick of the USAMU just provided this report from Camp Perry: “The America International Rifle Match is complete. In the end, after shooting virtually level with the powerhouse that is the Great Britain Rifle Team, we held off a late charge by GB at the 1000-yard line to win by 3 points. Both sides fired four hundred and eighty bullets each… and it came down to three points on a ten-point target. Unbelievable.” The final scores (4800-480X possible) are: USA 4784-308X; GBRT 4781-305X; Canada 4743-260X; Australia 4729-233X; Japan 4377-109X.
Praslick commented: “I continue to be impressed not only by the quality of GB shooting and coaching, but by their sportsmanship as well. We could all learn some lessons from their team. You cannot possibly find better sportsmen — within seconds of the final shot they were over here shaking hands. They are the best sportsmen I have ever seen.”
Shot over the course of a day, eight-man teams from each country took faced off at Camp Perry’s Viale Range, with stages at 300, 800, 900 and 1000 yards. Though the Americans leaped ahead in round three, Team Great Britain’s hot shooting in the fourth and final relay was almost enough to make the difference. “If we every have another one like this it’ll be enough to kill me,” joked one U.S. coach.
Established in 2002, the America Match is open any country with an eight-man rifle team. This is a biennial match for .308 Win caliber Palma-type match rifles. The teams gather every two years to test their mettle in one of the toughest shooting competitions in the world. Held every four years in the United States, this is the first time it the match was conducted at Camp Perry. The NRA Whittington Center in Raton, NM, previously served as the USA host venue. With its 2012 victory, Team USA is now tied with Team Great Britain with three America Match wins each.
Story based in part on Report by Lars Dalseide in NRABlog.
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Wasn’t there a F-Class America Match also?
EDITOR: There was a 4-man squad F-Class team match held concurrently with the America Match, as part of the normal Camp Perry events. The America Match was a coached, 8-man team match conducted under International Fullbore Rules, i.e. .308 Winchester caliber with 156gr or lighter bullets.
I see no expense was spared making the official scoreboard.
Looks like Great Britain lost it at the 900yd line.
Japan dropped 64 points at 300yds? Yikes
I know things are tough over in the US but I think I have a piece of 5 ply in the shed I can send you over for a score board!!! :¬)
Well done to everyone for a well fought competition and the good sportsmanship displayed.
The sport of FBR shooting is just taking off in Japan – they’re starting from practically nothing, and there are very few shooters. The very fact that they’ve come to Perry at all and produced a Team of 8 speaks volumes, and is an achievement in itself. I think they are going to try their hardest to come to the 2015 Palma.
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1gmPQNiCWWHGfv7c2is1M51DSEOX9b7j6fFSY_EOKMNE/edit#gid=2086837234
yay Team GB!
Great Britain wins America Match 2015!
Yay!
AND wins the under 25’s!
Imagine what they could do with funding like the NRA gets in the US?