D-Day Rifle match at Leominster Sportsmen's

[Arto]

NOTE This Year it's Sunday June 9 2013 starts @ 9am


fyi guys -

Leominster Sportsmen's Club is holding a "D-Day Vintage Service Rifle Match" on June 6th. It'll be any WWII battle rifle with "sustained" fire, 40 shots in 5 minutes @ 100 yards. Shoot from any standard position you like best- Prone, sitting, kneeling, or offhand. Cost $5. First relay starts at 10 am. Bring your rifle & 40 rounds in clips/mags. (Garand, Carbine, '03, SMLE, Mauser, etc., slings OK, no scopes, no sighters.)

Though it's a fun shoot, we'd like to Remember the Brave Men who carried these rifles while Fighting for Freedom. Instead of prizes, we would like to donate the proceeds to the Leominster WWII/Korean War Memorial Fund for the new monument in Carter Park
(100yds south of Jct Rtes 12 &13)

For further info:
on the memorial: http://www.leominster-ma.gov/veterans_department_index.htm
on the shoot: www.lsa-ma.org

 

[upStomp]

Saw that in the LSA monthly newsletter today. Open to spectators?

 

[Arto]

Sure! but more fun with the appropriate ordnance

 

[upStomp]

Oh, of course! Unfortunately, the closest thing I have to a D-Day rifle is my Mossberg 12 Gauge .

 

[atmay]

Oh, of course! Unfortunately, the closest thing I have to a D-Day rifle is my Mossberg 12 Gauge .

Close enough. You might wanna ask if they can bring the targets a little closer, though.

 

[Arto]

June 9th this year - bring any rifle that you have 40 rounds for
http://www.leovets.org/images/DDay_match2013.pdf

"D-Day" Rifle Match at Leominster Sportsmen's Club
1455 Elm St. Leominster MA 01453 Leominster Sportsmen's Association

We're doing a Rapid Fire Rifle Match on June 9th. It'll be any repeating rifle with "sustained" fire, 40 shots in 5 minutes @ 100 yards on SR-1 targets. (like 4 rapid fires in a row) Shoot from any standard position you like best- Prone, sitting, kneeling, or offhand. Cost $10. First relay starts at 9 am.

You'll need your rifle & 40 rounds in clips/mags. Any repeating rifle you have enough ammo for is fine – 22’s, AR’s, Garand, Carbine, '03, SMLE, Mauser, Nagant, etc., slings & scopes OK, no sighters. Bayonets & accoutrements optional.

Though it's a fun shoot, we'd like to Remember the Brave Men who carried these rifles while Fighting for Freedom. Instead of prizes, we would like to donate the proceeds to the Johnny Ro Veterans Memorial on Mechanic St. Johnny Ro Veterans Memorial Park

 

[Lcstyle]

Hopefully I'll be there with an M1 Garand.
Can't wait : big smile on my face when I shoot 06 :

 

[Maninblue1861]

ill show up in my wwii dud's and my BAR

 

[Lcstyle]

WWII MOH WINNER Walt Ehlers and his M1 Garand


WWII MOH WINNER Walt Ehlers and his M1 Garand
Walt Ehlers is the only living Medal of Honor recipient from the Normandy invasion. In his dreams he still sees his brother Roland, killed that day.
“The beach was 10 times worse than shown in “Saving Private Ryan,” he says. “They couldn’t possibly show (the reality) in a movie.”

 

[EddieCoyle]

Are bipods OK?

 

[Sweeney]

Are bipods OK?

Can you throw it that far?

 

[Lcstyle]

June 9th this year - bring any rifle that you have 40 rounds for
http://www.leovets.org/images/DDay_match2013.pdf

OK Your post says JUNE 9TH but the flyer says June 6th (and the name of the flyer is titled "DDAY MATCH 2013"). So I am going to assume that this year it is on the 9th and that your flyer was simply not updated.

GOAL Email from 5/31/2013

"D-Day" Rifle Match - Leominster Sportsmen's Club Rapid Fire Rifle Match - June 9th - 40 shots in 5 minutes @ 100 yards on SR-1 targets. (like 4 rapid fires in a row) - Shoot from Prone, sitting, kneeling, or offhand. Cost $10. First relay starts at 9 am. You'll need your rifle & 40 rounds in clips/mags. Any repeating rifle you have enough ammo for is fine - 22's, AR's, Garand, Carbine, '03, SMLE, Mauser, Nagant, etc., slings & scopes OK, no sighters. Bayonets & accoutrements optional. Though it's a fun shoot, we'd like to Remember the Brave Men who carried these rifles while Fighting for Freedom. Instead of prizes, we would like to donate the proceeds to the Johnny Ro Veterans Memorial on Mechanic St. http://johnnyroveteransmemorialpark.org/

 

[Arto]

Yup anything you got - I suppose that'd be "F-class" in the real world
Note date June 9th 2013 Sunday @ 9am

 

[Arto]

From the cousin's up North:
History - D-Day And The Battle Of Normandy - Anniversaries And Features - Veterans Affairs Canada

 

[minininjer]

Full set: LSA - D-Day Commemorative Rifle shoot - 6/9/2013 - a set on Flickr


It was a beautiful Sunday morning in Leominster!


Sweeney... ping!


me ... as I'm shooting, guy behind me laughs and says "The rifle is bigger than she is!"