Lauren Smith.
Yes, this is a brag post. For those of you who are or have been members at the Capital City Rifle Club you know what the ID4 match is. For those who don't, it's the way our club celebrates Independence Day every year, by shooting a match with rifles that have some significance in the different wars the United States has fought in. You can bring a flintlock if you want to! Don't know how well those round balls will do at 200 yards, and rapid fire is out of the question, but it's still kind of cool to think about it. One of my bucket list items is to build up one of the 2 U.S. Krag-Jorgensen receivers I have into a shootable rifle and have a go at it with that.
Mostly people use Garands, or Springfield 03A3's. One of my friends shot it this year with a 1917 Eddystone Enfield. A couple years ago they allowed AR's in, but they are not eligible for prizes, as it really is no contest against all those antiques. Lauren shot her AR (since we don't have any of those other rifles) so she got no prizes, but she did get the admiration of other shooters on the line, which is no small thing.
So congratulations to Lauren. A nice lead-in to the National Matches coming up soon.
2 comments:
Very cool. Congrats to Lauren, and sorry i missed it, perhaps I'll attend next year.
There's always "Frozen Chosin" in December (16th) :D Lauren will probably borrow a Garand and shoot that.
Not as pleasant weather-wise, but they don't allow AR's at that match so everyone's shooting the antiques. Bring your Garand or Carbine, whichever shoots best.
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