New Mexico Military Surplus Rifles Pistols Shooters
NRA Club # B82119
‘Sgt. Alvin C. York’ Shooting Match
Date: June 23, 2013
Location: Albuquerque Shooting Range Park
50 – 500 Meter / 300 – 1,000 Yard Range
Weather: Sunny; 95 degrees; 5 to 15 MPH winds (West to East)
Ranges / Positions at which the Match was shot at:
Rifle Portion:
500 Meters: Shooters Discretion / 300 Meters: Shooters Discretion
Handgun Portion:
7 to 20 Yards: Standing and Walking
Note:
The positions the shooter wished to shoot the rifle portion of the match was left to their discretion which could be prone supported or un-supported, kneeling, sitting or offhand.
Sand Bags stacked two or three high and / or a basic three point front rifle rest were used for those who shot in the prone supported position on which only the forearm of the firearm could be laid upon. No back rest or bags were allowed to be used to support the buttstock at firing position.
The position the shooter shot the handgun portion of the match was standing at a walking pace.
Targets Used:
The targets used for the rifle portion of the match were the following:
The target used at 500 meters was a simulated humanoid form in which the main body was 25 ½” wide, with a head of 12 ½” wide and an overall height of 49” made of ½” thick steel that was half-hidden by layers of stacked sandbags. This target approximately simulates the NRA B-27, Police Pistol Silhouette, 7 to 50 Yards (24” wide by 45” high).
The target used at 300 meters was a round 29”, made of ½” thick steel that was half-hidden by layers of stacked sandbags. This target approximately simulates the NRA High Power
SR – Military, “Target, Rifle, Competition Short-Range” minus the 5 Ring.
The targets used for the handgun portion of the match were the following:
One regular cardboard NRA B-27, Police Pistol Silhouette, 7 to 50 Yards and eight 8” round NRA Action Pistol Falling Plate made of 3/8” steel.
Note:
Both rifle targets were painted black with 10” white circle painted in the center of each one, which were used a reference as to where the hits on the target accrued.
The eight 8” handgun targets were painted a multiple different number of colors (2 orange, 2 white, 1 red, 1 blue, 1 yellow and 1 green)
Scoring / Rounds per Course of Fire
20 rounds were fired during the rifle portion of the match starting with 5 rounds at 500 meters then switching to 5 rounds at 300 meters, then back to 5 rounds at 500 meters and final 5 at 300 meters.
Note:
What this simulated was an enemy machine gunner moving down the field of battle, retreating back then advancing again at your position. It also taught the shooters to remember to move their rear sights to adjust for such occasions on the battlefield.
3 sighting-in rounds were allowed to be fired at the shooters discretion at the 500 meter target at the beginning of the match only, these rounds were not scored.
A direct hit on the targets was scored as one point; a miss or ‘Alibi’ (unused) rounds that were not fired during each course of fire were scored as a zero.
All scores were confirmed by the use of a spotter and scorer.
12 rounds were fired during each relay of the handgun portion of the match, in which the shooter was to fire 4 rounds into the NRA B-27 Target as he was walking towards him from anywhere 15 to 7 yards away. The shooter then continued walking to the 50 meter target rail where they were to engage the eight 8” targets walking back and forth along the 50 meter rail at the targets set-up at varying distances from 15 to 7 yards away having to shoot the furthest one first then at the next furthest and so on down to the closest to the shooter.
Note:
What this simulated was Cpl., later promoted to Sgt., Alvin C. York’s heroics on October 8, 1918 at Hill 223 during the Meuse-Argonne Offensive when he used his United States Automatic Pistol, Caliber .45, Model 1911 handgun to do the same as posted above.
A hit on anywhere in the black portion of the NRA B-27 Target was scored as one point; a miss was scored as a zero. A hit on the 8” round NRA Action Pistol Falling Plate was scored as one point, a miss or ‘Alibi’ (unused) rounds that were not fired during each course of fire were scored as a zero. It was not required that the plate fall down to be scored as a hit.
Note:
Each shooter was required to a reload of his handgun during the course of fire, this was the only time that shooter was allowed to stop walking during the course of fire.
Firearms Used:
The firearms that were used in this match were all unmodified, originally configured WWI service military rifles and handguns that were issued in the world’s standing armies at that time period that were issued to the ‘ordinary soldier’. The sights on the firearms are all as-issued ‘iron sights’ that were standard to the firearms being used which does not include in any aftermarket, target, match adjustable or micrometer sights as these were not issued to the ordinary soldier.
No Scoped military ‘Sniper’ rifles were allowed to be used in this match.
This report was written by
Patrick Hernandez
Secretary of NM MILSURPS
Chris Clinton … Rifle Score: 17 (United States of America … U.S. Magazine Rifle, Caliber .30, Model 1903 (.30-06)) ; Handgun Score: 16 (German Empire (Deutsches Kaiserreich); Pistole Modell 1908 (9×19 mm))
Rob Summerhill … Rifle Score: 16 (United States of America … Rifle, Caliber .30 Model 1917 (.30-06)); Handgun Score: 14 (
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland … Webley Break-Top Revolver Mk. V (.45 ACP))
Debbie Roy … Rifle Score: 16 … (Republic of the United States of Brazil (República dos Estados Unidos do Brazil) … Espingarda Modello 1908 (7×57 mm)); Handgun Score: 11 (United States of America … United States Automatic Pistol, Caliber .45, Model 1911 (.45 ACP))
Jörg Wehrenpfennig … Rifle Score: 16 (German Empire (Deutsches Kaiserreich) … Karabiner Modell 1898 (7,92×57 mm)); Handgun Score: 11 (United States of America … United States Revolver, Caliber .45, S&W Model 1917 (.45 ACP))
Bryan Stotts … Rifle Score: 14 (United States of America … Rifle, Caliber .30 Model 1917 (.30-06)); Handgun Score: 13 (German Empire (Deutsches Kaiserreich) … Pistole Modell 1908 (9×19 mm) and United States of America … United States Automatic Pistol, Caliber .45, Model 1911 (.45 ACP))
John Bustamante … Rifle Score: 10 (United States of America … U.S. Magazine Rifle, Caliber .30, Model 1903 (.30-06); Handgun Score: 14 (United States of America … United States Revolver, Caliber .45, S&W Model 1917 (.45 ACP))
Ted Feeser … Rifle Score: 10 (United States of America … Rifle, Caliber .30 Model 1917 (.30-06)); Handgun Score: 14 (United States of America … United States Automatic Pistol, Caliber .45, Model 1911 (.45 ACP))
Patrick Hernandez … Rifle Score: 10 (French Republic (République Française) … Fusil de Infanterie Modèle 1886 Modifié 1893 dit ‘Lebel’ (8x50R mm)); Handgun Score: 12 (French Republic (République Française) … Pistolet Automatique de 7 millimètre 65 genre ‘Ruby’ (7,65×17 SR mm))
Steve Lara … Rifle Score: 8 (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland … No.1 Mk III (.303 Inch British)); Handgun Score: 12 (United States Automatic Pistol, Caliber .45, Model 1911 (.45 ACP))
Dawson Schmidt … Rifle Score: 8 (United States of America … Rifle, Caliber .30 Model 1917 (.30-06)); Handgun Score: 12 (United States Automatic Pistol, Caliber .45, Model 1911 (.45 ACP))
Adam Wagner … Rifle Score: 8 (United States of America … Rifle, Caliber .30 Model 1917 (.30-06)); Handgun Score: 13 (United States of America … Colt Model 1903)
Dale Scott … Rifle Score: 4 (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland … Rifle, .303 Pattern 1914 (.303 Inch British)); Handgun Score: 4 (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland … Webley Break-Top Revolver Mk. V (.45 ACP))
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