“Tag: camp Perry”

At Camp Perry in 2001, David Tubb secured his ninth High Power Rifle national championship victory.

The return of the National Matches in 1918 also marked the debut of the Small Arms Firing School, which still exists to this day.

Although the build-up for WWI forced the cancellation of the 1917 National Matches, the NRA remained involved in the war effort.

Harry Reeves took to pistol shooting as the proverbial duck to water.

You could probably put a sight micrometer in the middle of a table at a modern gun show and not one person out of a dozen would know what it is.

The year 1913 marked the 100th anniversary of Commodore Perry's victory at the Battle of Lake Erie, making Camp Perry the place to be that summer.

In 1912, government neglect temporarily altered the course of the National Matches. Thankfully, the NRA was there to pick up the pieces and moving the NRA Championships back to Sea Girt, N.J.

After 1910, Camp Perry was taking shape as a premier shooting facility, but in 1911 its future as the National Match site faced a daunting new challenge. Nevertheless, the NRA added to the tournament program.

In 1910, the National Matches rules specified for rifles to be used as issued by the Ordnance Department without alteration or modification of any kind. An effort was made to form the regulations so that teams could have sufficient latitude to develop their own particular style of marksmanship and at the same time not disfigure the gun.