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AMERICAN RIFLEMAN

CIAL JOURNAL OF THE NATIONAL RIFLE ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA

MAJOR ARTICLES

Wanted: The Real Facts On Gun Fatalities

1967 National Matches

Blankenship Takes 6th National Title

Pistol Winners

Capt. Meredith Sets Record; Inez Sargent Wins Again....

Smallbore Rifle Winners

Bowen Captures Service Rifle Title;

Tompkins Wins Bolt Rifle Championship...

High Power Rifle Winners

The Air Rifle Comes of Age...

A Moving Target For Air Gun Practice

State Protection For Gun Owners?

Hardly A Good Time

Hunting In North Dakota

The "Finest Shotgun Money Can Buy"

"Oh, But We Will Have Guns ..

Trapshooting In Grand Style...

Choking The Muzzle-Loading Shotgun.

The Revival Of The Palma Match ...

Cost of N.Y.C. Gun Registration Put At $15,425,950

Steyr Model 1912 Pistol ...

Recommend Your Directors

Dope Bag

Now The National Guard .......

A Court Case Of Consequence

Effort To Scuttle Perry

Thwarted In Congress

... Jac Weller

John Persakis

U. S. Wins Pan American Matches

... John A. Harper, Jr.

Firearms Of The American Revolution (Part 4 of 4) George C. Neumann

Allen F. Ruffin, Jr.

.O. S. Cecil, Jr.

E. H. Harrison

Shooting Champions

Score Sheet ...

Obituaries

Changes Promise End

To M16 Controversy

An Editorial 20

Paul Pierpoint 21

Ashley Halsey, Jr.

Ivan B. Anthony

Ashley Halsey, Jr.

Bill R. Davidson

..

...

. E. J. Hoffschmidt 70

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NRA News And Events .... 11

Instructor-Junior School

2

Camp Perry Shooters

Try Moving Target Events

Civilians At Small Arms School

Discuss Firing The M16 Rifle

Game Management News ..

The Armed Citizen ..

New Lifetime Memberships ..

.....

Index Of Display Advertisers ...

NRA Assists Blinded Veterans

By PAUL PIERPOINT,

NRA Staff

If

F you were asked what is the first

fundamental of marksmanship, would

you answer: (a) trigger control, (b)

positions, (c) aiming, or (d) effects of

weather? Competitors attending the

Small Arms Firing School at the high

power rifle phase of the 1967 National

Matches were confronted with that ques-

tion and 49 others in the Service Rifle

Marksmanship Examination conducted

by the U. S. Army Marksmanship Train-

ing Unit (USAMTU). Incidentally, the

correct answer to the question is (c).

Some of the 4,158 students at the

schools completed their formal educa-

tion 40 years ago; some have not yet

graduated from high school. The class-

room consisted of grandstands in shady

areas one city block behind the world's

longest rifle range, Camp Perry, Ohio.

In addition to the thousands who took

part in the 2 small arms firing schools

(for Pistol and Rifle), a total of 539

Juniors, students 12 through 18 years of

age, participated in the NRA-sponsored

Instructor-Junior School.

Activities such as the schools were

merely a part of the intensive training

and instruction incorporated into the

civilian marksmanship program at the

annual National Matches. The matches

OCTOBER 1967

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Res

LTC BURNHALTER

M/Sgt. Muniz of the U.S. Army Marks-

manship Training Unit (USAMTU) served

as the moderator of a blue-ribbon panel

of shooting champions and coaches at

a discussion ending the 1967 Small

Arms Firing School-Rifle at Camp Perry.

Mary Parris, the University of North

Carolina sophomore who won the National

Prone Collegiate Championship at this

year's National Matches, is congratulated

by NRA Executive Director & Treasurer

Louis F. Lucas.

50344

MISSOSHPE

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National Collegiate Champion

Ralph A. Heruig, Jr.

National Woman Champion

Maj. Sallie L. E. Carroll, USA 2537-73X

PRESIDENT'S MATCH

Aggregate of cal. .22, center-fire,

and .45 National Match Courses.

John H. Johnson

Silver Medal Winners

SFC Robert D. Whitacre, USA

M/Sgt. William B. Blankenship,

USA

2547-78X

Elwyn M. Burnett

SFC Emil W. Heugatter, USA

M/Sgt. Charles E. Wheeler,

USAR

Richard E. Brantner, Sr.

Sgt. Michael R. Hardaway,

USMC

PO1 Donald L. Hamilton, USN

CPO H. B. Bowlin, USN

NATIONAL TROPHY

INDIVIDUAL PISTOL

874-42X

873-34X

872-38X

871-34X

871-33X

Jr.,

870-36X

870-31X

869-30X

868-38X

868-36X

U. S. Cal. .45 M1911 or M1911A1; 10 shots,

50 yds.; 10 shots, 25 yds.; 10 shots, 25 yds.

Match Winner

(General Custer Trophy & Colt Cal.

.45 National Match pistol)

and

High Regular Service

(Colt Cal. .45 National Match pistol)

S/Sgt. Edwin L. Teague, USAF 293-13X

High Reservist

(Colt Cal. .45 National Match pistol)

SFC Maurice G. Baum, USAR 289-7X

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WH

ITH the erection of the smallbore

rifle targets a few hours after the

last pistol matches were fired, Camp

Perry was ready for the second phase

of the 1967 National Matches-the Na-

tional Smallbore Rifle Prone and Posi-

tion Championships.

The Smallbore Rifle Prone Cham-

pionship was the first title up for grabs,

and 559 of the 648 competitors were

Civilian or Junior shooters.

Capt. Bruce A. Meredith, USA, shat-

tered the old National record, scoring a

blazing 6396 out of a possible 6400

points. Meredith outshot Army Reserve

Capt. David Ross, who scored 6394-

538X for second place. John Garrison

fired 6392 for third place and the Na-

tional Smallbore Rifle Prone Civilian

Championship.

Mrs. Inez Sargent of Sugar Land,

Tex., successfully defended her National

Smallbore Rifle Prone Woman Cham-

pionship, scoring 6388, 3 points better

than her 1966 performance. This year,

Mrs. Sargent was pressed by Mary Par-

ris, a 19-year-old University of North

Carolina sophomore, who missed shoot-

ing a perfect score by only 15 points

after 640 shots and won the National

Collegiate Prone Championship, with

a score of 6385. Miss Parris' perform-

ance was remarkable because she is a

relative newcomer to shooting, with only

5 years of competition behind her. She

was the only woman named to this

year's 20-member Dewar team which

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Gary L. Anderson, NGUS

50-YD. ANY-SIGHT

40 shots, 50 yds.

Douglas A. Knoop

ANY-SIGHT

PRONE CHAMPIONSHIP

Aggregate of above 5 matches.

Any-Sight Prone Champion

(U.S. Cartridge Co. Trophy & Remington

Model 40X rifle)

Capt. Bruce A. Meredith, USA 3200-281X

Any-Sight Woman Prone Champion

(Western Cartridge Co. Trophy)

Inez Sargent

NATIONAL SMALLBORE RIFLE

PRONE CHAMPIONSHIP

Aggregate of Metallic-Sight Prone and Any-

Sight Prone Championships.

National Prone Champion

(Critchfield Trophy, engraved Winchester Model

52D rifle, Lyman Super-Targetspot telescope

sight & National Champion brassard)

Capt. Bruce A. Meredith, USA 6396-539X

National Service Champion

Capt. Bruce A. Meredith, USA 6396-539X

National Civilian Champion

John M. Garrison

400-39X

3198-257X

Herb Hollister

National Senior Champion

Mary Parris

6392-527X

Inez Sargent

National Collegiate Champion

Winchester Model 66 Rifle

6392-523X

National Woman Champion

(Remington Trophy)

6385-497X

6388-487X

BEN

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50-YD. METALLIC-SIGHT

40 shots, 50 yds.

Kim L. Rickert

Capt. Bruce A. Meredith, US

50-METER METALLIC-SIGHT

40 shots, 50 meters.

CWO David I. Boyd, II, USMC

DEWAR COURSE

Karl B. Kenyon

METALLIC-SIGHT

20 shots, 50 yds.; 20 shots, 100 yds.

Kenneth E. Leasure

PRONE TEAM

FUND AGGREGATE

100-YD. METALLIC-SIGHT

40 shots, 100 yds.

Douglas A. Knoop

400-39X

Kim L. Rickert

400-37X

Aggregate of above 4 fired matches.

(Austin Trophy)

Robert H. Wempe

400-34X

100-YD. METALLIC-SIGHT

40 shots, 100 yds.

Lt. Ray H. Green, USMC

400-31X

OCTOBER 1967

1600-123X

DEWAR COURSE

METALLIC-SIGHT

20 shots, 50 yds.; 20 shots, 100 yds.

400-36X

50-METER METALLIC-SIGHT

40 shots, 50 meters.

400-37X

50-YD. METALLIC-SIGHT

40 shots, 50 yds.

Capt. John R. Foster, USA

400-35X

400-38X

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CKED

U. S. Dewar Trophy Int'l Smallbore Rifle Team (I. to r. standing): Mary Parris, Capt. Bruce A. Meredith, Capt. John Foster,

A/2C Thomas Whitaker, Maj. Donald Lockstrom, Kenneth E. Leasure, William E. Summers, Lt. Wallace E. Lyman, Frank R.

Boyd, Mr. Powell (official witness), Henry W. Benson (team captain), Kurt J. Degerlund, Charles Ralston. (Kneeling): John Gar-

rison, Lt. John Writer, Kim Rickert, Ransford D. Triggs, Capt. David Ross, III, Lt. Ray H. Green, Douglas A. Knoop, Herb

Hollister, Capt. Lones W. Wigger, Jr., A/1C Robert L. Randle, Capt. Rhody L. Nornberg.

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An outstanding National Match Staff, headed up by Lt. Col. C. J. Shaffer, USA, is to

be congratulated for the smooth operation of the 1967 National Matches. Members

of the Staff were (1.-r.) NRA National Match Coordinator Clifford W. Morrow; Statistics

Director Maj. Richard B. Moore, USA; Support Battalion Commander Lt. Col. J.

Kociel, USA; Deputy National Match Director Lt. Col. Fred Thomas, USA; Logistics

Director Lt. Col. James Sturniolo, USA; Lt. Col. Shaffer; Range Director Lt. Col. Carl

Groome, USMC; Press Information Officer Lt. Col. John Ailes, USAR; Ordnance

Officer Maj. Francis B. Conway, USA; and Camp Director Ross C. Brown.

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By BILL R. DAVIDSON

F an outlander asks a North Dakota

hunter what might be his State's

prime inducement to hunters, the an-

swer may well be goose-shooting.

"We like to think we have some of

the nation's best goose-shooting," water-

fowl supervisor Chuck Schroeder sums

up. But there is considerably more-for

example, red foxes and sharptail grouse.

Pershing Carlson, information chief

for the department, says:

"Our sharptails are really our prime

upland game bird. We may get the more

spectacular first-weekend participation

on pheasants. But our sharptail hunting

holds up better, year in and year out.

And our waterfowl hunters are all-

season people. They are out at every

opportunity, and so are many sharptail

hunters. A good many pheasant hunters

go out the first weekend more for the

occasion of it, then let up."

North Dakota was once a hunting

Valhalla. Theodore Roosevelt was just

one of many prominent sportsmen and

men of action to cut a swath through

it-hunting, gathering material for later

writings, and leaving behind a folklore

of his own creation. Buffalo, elk, the

Audubon wild sheep, grizzly bear, black

bear, woodland caribou, the wolverine,

otter, marten, kit fox, fisher, the giant

Canada goose, passenger pigeon, whoop-

ing crane, trumpeter swan, prairie

chicken-all were once plentiful. All are

now extinct in the State or nearly so.

Wilbur Boldt; deputy to Commis-

sioner R. W. Stuart, said in North Da-

kota Outdoors magazine a few years ago,

"The wilderness . . . has yielded to the

plow, big dams and whitefaced cattle."

Gunning was more the last touch than

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M

ANY heroic poses in 18th century

illustrations include one or more

pistols thrust into the waist belt or

saddle holsters. In reality, however,

these short weapons-being almost en-

tirely smoothbores of limited accuracy

-were seldom fired except at extremely

close range. Nevertheless, they were

standard armament for mounted and

naval personnel, and many foot soldiers

also appear to have carried them.

Most specimens of the American

Revolutionary period can be considered

in 4 general groupings: horseman or

dragoon pistols, holster or officer types,

sea service, and civilian patterns.

The usual British and German dra-

goon handgun prior to the U. S. War

for Independence had a smoothbore

barrel of at least 12" fastened to the

stock by pins (like the Brown Bess

musket) and fitted with brass mount-

ings. When England's reverses at the

hands of the French and Indians in

the 1750's led to creation of light in-

fantry companies, some light dragoon

units were also introduced. Included in

the warrants for these new mounted

troops were specifications for shorter

pistols. A 10" barrel was ordered in

1756, and a 9" length in 1759. This

9" version prevailed as the standard

British light dragoon weapon during

the American Revolution. It was gen-

erally carried in pairs in leather holsters

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Horseman Pistols: (top) c.1730-1760 typical British dragoon

pistol with a 12" round barrel and brass 1st Model Brown Bess

fittings. The lock is marked "Jordan 1744." pistol weighs

2.9 lbs.; full length is 191/2"; (second) English 10" barreied

(cal. .65) light dragoon pistol, Model 1756. Note the flat

lockplate and cock; (third) Britain's light dragoon pistol au-

thorized in 1759 and used throughout the American Revolu-

tion. Barrel is 9" (cal. .65). The butt cap's side straps have

been eliminated. A new flat "S"-shaped side plate appears.

The rounded lockplate is marked "Grice 1760"; (bottom)

American horseman pistol c. 1760-1780 mounts a salvaged

British barrel (12") on a stock which has no rammer channel.

Its brass furniture copies the English dragoon pattern.

Horseman Pistol Furniture: (top) c.1759-1780 British light

dragoon pistol (9" barrel) has a brass butt cap without side

straps, a flat "S" type side plate, and a pointed trigger guard;

(bottom) c. 1766 French cavalry model includes a side plate

and trigger guard like the contemporary musket, plus a simple

birds-head butt cap.

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The Revival of

the Palma Match

The Canadians win a 91-year-old

international competition

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By E. H. HARRISON,

NRA Staff

IN THE NAME OF THE UNITED

STATES OF AMERICA TO THE

RIFLEMEN OF THE WORLD

HIS is the inscription on the most

famous of international rifle tro-

phies, the Palma.

TH

The Palma Trophy Match has been

fired intermittently for 91 years, always

between teams representing their na-

tions. This year the competition was

held on the Connaught Ranges at Ot-

tawa, Canada, in connection with the

annual service rifle matches of the Do-

minion of Canada Rifle Association

and the celebration of the Canadian

Confederation Centennial.

The Palma Trophy was purchased by

American popular subscription in 1876,

at the time of the United States Centen-

nial, and put up for international com-

petition. The first match was held during

the Centennial celebration that year. To

the accompaniment of intense public in-

terest it was won by the United States

against teams representing Scotland,

Ireland, Canada, and Australia. U. S.

riflemen took the trophy again in 1877.

After a long interval, competition was

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HE of all

types of firearms in New York City

would cost an estimated $15,425,950

and would "accomplish nothing con-

structive," NRA Vice President Wood-

son Scott, a Manhattan attorney, testi-

fied at New York City Council hearings

on the subject recently.

The high and useless cost of gun

registration was brought out by Scott

after he estimated that there are at

least 1,000,000 guns among New York's

8,000,000 people. Pistols are already

subject to registration under the Sulli-

van Law. Scott said the total registra-

tion plan would cost every New Yorker,

large and small, $1.93 and would serve

"no useful purpose" as criminals

would not register their guns. Taxes

are high enough as it is, he added.

A subcommittee of New York City

Council heard discussion from both

sides on proposed city laws Nos. 303 and

304 to impose general registration and

to require a $5 police permit to pur-

chase any type of firearm hereafter. On

the permit plan, Scott commented:

"Criminals would find plenty of fire-

arms available through illegal chan-

nels."

The hearings began with some anti-

gun spokesmen performing at the level

of Broadway or off-Broadway drama.

H. B. Glaser, acting for a civic

group, walked into the hearing with a

.22 target rifle and 6 long-stemmed red

roses packaged in a neat box. Denied

an opportunity to open the box at the

hearing, he did so outside for newsmen

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STEYR

MODEL 1912

PISTOL

By E. J. HOFFSCHMIDT