SCORE BOOK - SMALL ARMS FIRING SCHOOL 1913 NATIONAL MATCHES ARMY USMC

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Booklet - SCORE BOOK - PREPARED FOR THE USE OF THE SMALL ARMS FIRING SCHOOL - UNITED STATES ARMY by Lieutenant Colonel Townsend Whelen, General Staff, U. S. A. Published through the courtesy of E. I. Du Pont de Nemours & Company, Wilmington, Delaware. - 1918 NATIONAL MATCHES.  20 pages of text and approx 100 pages of scoring. Many filed in by the owner. Written on the cover is MARINE CORPS VETERANS OAKLAND ! Inside is written RALPH JOHN KELLY - 2314 Webster Street, Oakland - MARINE RIFLE SQUAD. Contains Essentials of Good Marksmanship, Aiming, Sight Adjustment, Windage Correction Table, Wind Allowances, Weather Conditions, How to Use the Score Book.  Measures 4.5" x 6" and very good condition. I am liquidating my 40 plus year collection of U. S. Marine Corps books, posters, ephemera etc. Some of the items are the only one I came across in over 40 years of collecting. Great opportunity to acquire some scarce and RARE ITEMS. Insured USPS Priority mail delivery in the Continental US is $ 9.00. Will ship Worldwide and will combine shipping when practical.
ABOUT SMALL ARMS FIRING SCHOOLS
Small Arms Firing Schools (SAFS) provide classroom instruction and range firing for shooters of all levels. In fact, SAFS instruction and hands-on coaching – provided by Army Pistol and Rifle Teams – has long been regarded as some of the best available anywhere. The Pistol and Rifle schools are also supported by coaching from Army, Marine Corps, Navy, Air Force and Coast Guard team members.
Shooting team members teach basic marksmanship techniques geared to meet the needs of new and less experienced shooters as well as shooters who want to learn new ways to improve their scores.
The National Matches, considered America’s “World Series of the Shooting Sports”…
…have been a tradition at Camp Perry, Ohio since 1907. Each summer, the nation’s finest civilian and military marksmen and women square off for five weeks of rifle and handgun competition in a variety of formats and events.
The National Matches, considered America’s “World Series of the Shooting Sports”, have been a tradition at Camp Perry, Ohio since 1907. Each summer, the nation’s finest civilian and military marksmen and women square off for five weeks of rifle and handgun competition in a variety of formats and events.
Camp Perry is a National Guard training facility located on the shore of Lake Erie in northern Ohio near Port Clinton. In addition to its regular mission as a military training base, Camp Perry also boasts the second largest outdoor rifle range in the world after the NRA Whittington Center in Raton, NM. The firing is done in the direction of the open water of the lake, that lies just beyond an earthen berm and the targets.[1]
Contents
1
History
2
Present use
3
Civilian Marksmanship Program
4
See also
5
References
6
External links
History
The original land for Camp Perry was purchased in 1906, and the reservation was named after Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry, the American naval commander who won the Battle of Put-in-Bay during the War of 1812.[2][3] Rudimentary structures were constructed for use by competitors in the National Matches, and for transient military personnel. During World War I, Camp Perry served as a training center for Army officers and marksmanship instructors. Around 1918 an additional area immediately adjacent to the existing Camp Perry grounds was used to construct the Erie Army Depot for artillery ordnance storage.[1]
During the Second World War, Camp Perry served as a POW camp for German and Italian prisoners.[1] The Italian prisoners were very lightly guarded and worked alongside the civilians at the camp. They were also used as workers at various local industries and returned to the camp each night. The camp was used to test the longevity of artillery weapons. The gun barrels were measured with a very precise gauge. The guns were then fired into Lake Erie and retested to determine the amount of wear the rounds of firing caused. This enabled the Army to estimate the effective life of the weapon.[4]
After the war prisoner quarters were converted back to use by transient personnel who were at Perry for training. In 1946 the Governor of Ohio, Frank Lausche considered turning the camp into a college temporarily.[5] The camp was used extensively for several years after World War II, but use slowed somewhat during the 1960s. The Erie Army Depot closed in the mid-1960s and was eventually converted to industrial use. However, many of Camp Perry's original structures are still in use in one form or another. On June 24, 1998 a tornado damaged several buildings on the grounds.[2]
Present use
Currently, Camp Perry is home to the 213th Ordnance Company (Missile Support, Corps), the 372d Missile Maintenance Company (DS) Detachment 1, the 200th RED HORSE Civil Engineering Squadron (Ohio Air National Guard), U.S. Coast Guard Port Security Unit 309, the Ohio Naval Militia (the naval arm of Ohio's State Defense Forces), and the Ohio Military Reserve (the militia arm of Ohio's State Defense Forces).[2]
Civilian Marksmanship Program
Spc. Joseph Hein, U.S. Army Marksmanship Unit, instructs a student on the intricacies of the M-16A2 rifle during the Small Arms Firing School, Aug. 1, 2009 at Camp Perry, Ohio.
Camp Perry has been the host of the Civilian Marksmanship Program (CMP)[6] and the NRA-sponsored National Rifle Matches since 1907.[7] The National Matches, considered America's "World Series of the Shooting Sports," attracts shooting sports competitors from all across the world to compete in matches of all multitudes.[6][7] Competition event shooters range from beginners to the world’s best.[6] The National Matches include Small Arms Firing Schools, a series of CMP National Trophy Rifle and Pistol Matches, CMP Games Events and NRA national championships. The National Matches are conducted through a partnership with the CMP, the Ohio National Guard and the NRA.[6][7]
The camp is home to the Small Arms Firing School, which provides shooters with expert training and facilities for improving their shooting ability.[8] The Small Arms Firing School was first conducted by The Department of Defense as part of the National Matches at the camp in 1918.[8] Now there are over one thousand pistol and rifle shooters a year that take part in firearms safety and fundamental marksmanship skills.[8] The Pistol and Rifle Schools are conducted by the U. S. Army Marksmanship Unit (USAMU). The Schools are open to all United States citizens who are over the minimum age. USAMU instructors, assisted by Army, Air Force, Coast Guard, Marine Corps and Navy Active, National Guard and Reserve shooting team members teach basic marksmanship techniques to the new and less experienced, and experienced shooters who want to learn new ways to improve their scores. Camp Perry is also home to the Civilian Marksmanship Program's north office.[8][2]
A marksman is a person who is skilled in precision shooting[1] using projectile weapons (in modern days most commonly an accurized scoped long gun such as designated marksman rifle or a sniper rifle) to shoot at high-value targets at longer-than-usual ranges.
The proficiency in precision shooting is known as a shooter's marksmanship, which can be used to describe both gunnery and archery.
Contents
1
Description
2
Middle Ages
3
Marksmen in different countries
3.1
Australia
3.2
United Kingdom
3.3
United States
3.4
Canada
3.5
India
4
Civilian marksman
4.1
United States
5
Longest recorded competition rifle shot
6
See also
7
References
Description
In popular and historical usage, "sharpshooter" and "marksman" are considered synonyms.[2][3] Within the shooting sports and military usages today, however, sharpshooter and marksman refer to distinctly different levels of skill, which are never conflated. Specifically, in the US Army, "marksman" is a rating below "sharpshooter" and "expert".[1] Four levels of skill are generally recognized today in American military and civilian shooting circles: unqualified, marksman, sharpshooter, and expert. Marksmanship badges for the three qualified levels are commonly awarded to both civilian and military shooters who attain proficiency in shooting higher than "unqualified".
The main difference between military marksmen and snipers is that marksmen are usually considered an organic part of a fireteam of soldiers and are never expected to operate independently away from the main force, whereas snipers are special ops troops who usually work alone or in very small teams with independent mission objectives. Snipers are also often tasked with responsibilities other than delivering long-range fire — specifically, conducting reconnaissance, battle damage assessment and spotting for coordinates/corrections for artillery fire or air strikes. Within the military, marksmen are sometimes attached to an infantry fireteam or squad (where they are known as designated marksmen) where they support the squad by providing accurate long-range shots at valuable targets as needed, thus extending the effective tactical reach of the fireteam or squad.