Frozen Chosin Garand Match is coming in two weeks

On Sunday, the 5th of December (just two weeks away), the Los Alamos 
Sportsmen's Club will hold its Third Annual Frozen Chosin Garand Match. And 
5th of December is two days before Pearl Harbor Day.

Honor our nation's veterans  by coming out and shooting a 60 year-old 
battle rifle, the infantry weapon that carried our soldiers through the 
Second World War and Korea. Registration will close at 9:00 and setup will 
start then. A clinic for new comers will begin immediately after setup. 
(Note the later than usual start time.)

We will fire the 30 shot Match A format which is 5 sighters and 10 shots, 
prone slowfire in 15 minutes, 10 shots prone rapid fire in 70 seconds, and 
then 10 shots standing in ten minutes.  The fee is $13 which includes 40 
rounds of 30-06 ammo. (If you bring your own ammo, the fee is $5.) We will 
have ten M1's to loan, so not having a rifle is no excuse.

This match will take place regardless of the weather and of what the 
weatherman says.  Period dress is encouraged.

We want participation, so we have been relaxing the Garand Match rules 
somewhat this year. While we have several M1's to loan, any service rifle 
from any country will be allowed as well as match rifles. We currently have 
M2 ball ammo for the M1's, M80 ball for 7.62 rifles such  as the M1A,  and 
5.56 ball for the AR15's. An open bolt indicator is required if the rifle 
is going to remain on the line while we score. If you don't have a suitable 
open bolt indicator (yellow flag), and the M1 indicator won't work for your 
rifle, you'll need to put your rifle on the rack between relays and while 
targets are being scored. Shooters will have their choice of the SR-5 
target we usually use in the Garand Matches or of using the 200-300-600 
targets we use in 200 yard reduced course high power matches.

We encourage participation by Juniors.  The fee for Juniors including ammo 
is $5.

Another twist this year is that we will permit shooters to fire all rounds 
from the prone position.  Shooters who fire all 30 rounds prone will be 
scored in a separate category.

If you eyes aren't what they used to be, feel free to bring a scoped M1 or 
Springfield or even an AR15. Come out and shoot. If your rifle doesn't meet 
the Garand match rules, don't worry about it--we'll put you in the "Other" 
class, and everybody will have a good time.

Marv Alme



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