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| Arrival
at Cleveland airport. Waiting to figure out how to
stuff all of our gear into our Blazer. We didn't do
it. |
Same
thing...we eventually went through three rental
vehicle companies to come up with a Buick Silhouette
which fit all of our gear. |
Lunch
in Sandusky, Ohio, at an Irish Pub. Good burgers and
good beers in a scary little part of a dead and/or
dying town. |
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| Sandusky's
little claim to fame part of the harbor and the
docks. |
I
ate my wildly good lunch first and took photos
like this when the Marden's were still inhaling
theirs. |
A
rare reflection photo of the "team photo
man." |
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| At
the CMP HQ inside Camp Perry, doing preliminary
checks on weapons and leasing weapons that we ended
up buying. |
John
in line at the leasing desk. The armorer at the
right tricked out cherry-picked rifles for our crew later
on in the weekend. |
Our
first group meeting with the Garand Collectors
Association. |
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| John,
Mike and Kristof looking as serious as they needed
to be at the first GCA meeting. |
Serious
advice being dished out for the following morning's
match. He said, "Shoot at your target, even
before it appears!" I think Steve is saluting
by default because of sunshine... |
A
nice sunset during our GCA meeting. "Shoot
before your target appears was the mantra that we
heard." |
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| A
massively magical sunset over the entire view of the
ranges. |
A
better view of the sunset. It was like God saying,
"Hi!" |
We
found Mike "Montana" Bennett later that
night, right next door. |
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| Mike
had a nice flag that we strung between our huts. |
Morning
at the Springfield Match range. |
Kristof
and Steve after they registered and picked up their
issued ammunition. |
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| Kristof
and Steve after they registered and picked up their
issued ammunition. |
Looking down the line. Checking to see
if anyone else shoots before targets appear. |
John watching a relay before ours. |
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| More
equipment assembly. |
Tony
standing on the ready line, looking relaxed. |
Tony
getting rigged up for the first stage "prone
slow fire" on the Springfield Match. |
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| John
having fun manning my Nikon spotting scope for
scoring. |
A
view down the line of competitors. |
Kristof,
Steve and John double checking systems for the relay
change. |
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| John
and Steve checking score from the previous match. |
Tony
practicing the Standing Off-Hand Slow Fire
Stage. |
Tony
and Steve taking breaks between practice rifle
mounts and dry-fires. |
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| Tony
and Steve practicing again before the "load and
fire" call. Note how Tony is leaning into his
coat for support. |
Tony
and Steve practicing again before the "load and
fire" call. |
John,
hamming it for the camera, and Kristof doing
proscribed stretches. |
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| John
firing slow fire. |
John
firing slow fire. It is called "slow
fire," but it isn't really done that slow... |
John
firing slow fire. Kristof is visible at right. |
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| Kristof
firing slow fire standing. |
Looking
down the line as they are loading. |
John
firing slow fire standing. |
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John firing slow fire standing. |
John
hamming it up for the camera... |
A
look down the line... |
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| John
firing slow fire standing. |
Kristof
and Steve pasting targets in the pits. |
John
working really hard as Private Mabry looks at him
and says, "What a frickin' slacker, man!" |
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| Steve
in a moment of pure joy in the Pits. |
A
look down Pit Row. |
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