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Buckeye Vintage Skeet Championships: A Step Back In Time
by Larry S. Moore
Vintage is used to describe many things including wine, art, automobiles and firearms. For the Buckeye Vintage Skeet Championship, vintage is a step back in time for skeet shooters. Vintage skeet pays tribute to the heritage of skeet shooting and the fine shotguns of an earlier period. Vintage may define the best and most typical of an age. I like that definition for the sport of vintage skeet shooting because of the fine shotguns and the warm gentlemanly nature of the shooters I met at the championships.
Skeet is a shooting sport that was invented in the U.S. in the 1920’s in New England as a way to keep shotgun skills sharp during the off season for the upland game hunters. The original shoots were held in a 360-degree circle but the shot falling all around was certainly a problem for spectators. It was soon changed to the semi-circle arc used today. The shooting sports in the 1920’s and 1930’s drew large spectator crowds. Many movie stars and celebrities participated in major shooting events. Ohio has long been a center of the shooting sports. The word skeet comes from the Scandinavian meaning shoot.
Hal Hare, who led the organizational efforts for vintage skeet, is President of Buckeye Vintagers. Hare is heavily involved with the National Skeet Shooting Association (NSSA) serving as Chairman of the International Committee and the Vintage Skeet Committee. He explained, “Skeet is shot on a field from eight different shooting positions. Targets from the left are thrown from the high house and targets from the right are thrown from the low house. American skeet started using the low gun position which is off the shoulder and held the way a hunter would approach game when hunting over a bird dog. Sometime in the 1950’s American skeet migrated to a precision sport with the gun mounted at the shoulder like trap shooting. International skeet is shot from the low gun position.”
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The National Matches are here!
by Larry S. Moore
The annual NRA and Civilian Marksmanship Program (CMP) National Matches are underway. The First Shot Ceremony was July 9 and was attended by dignitaries from across the state. Buckeye Firearms leaders Larry Moore, Sean Maloney and Linda Walker, who is also on the Board of Directors of the NRA, attended the event. Ohio House Representative Ron Maag was among the invited special guests. Maag is well known as a strong supporter of the shooting sports and our Second Amendment freedoms.
Speakers for the First Shot Ceremony included Miss Judy Legerski, who is a Civilian Aide Emeritus to the Secretary of the Army and on the Board of Directors for the CMP. Legerski had the pleasure of introducing the keynote speaker Lieutenant General William E. Ingram Jr. who also fired the ceremonial first shot. Legerski noted, “We are indeed fortunate to have Lt. General Ingram here for the First Shot. He is a ‘soldier’s soldier’ having served his country for more than forty years. He is the son of the North Carolina’s thirty-seventh Adjutant General and served nine years as the North Carolina Adjutant General. He is a shooter and enjoys collecting weapons.”
Lt. General Ingram noted, “I am honored to be a special guest and have the opportunity to fire the first shot. Each year the National Matches attract the finest shooters in our country. I am privileged to be in their presence. I can’t imagine how many shots I’ve fired going back to my youth in recreational shooting and my Army career. I can tell you that no shot I’ve fired is more important than this one today. Growing up in North Carolina, I was taught to shoot by my Grandfather when I was probably six or seven years old. I learned firearms safety at that same time.”
Lt. General Ingram noted the history of the matches, “The National Guard involvement with the CMP is strong. What is now the Office of Civilian Marksmanship was originally part of the Militia Bureau, which is now known as the National Guard Bureau. Ohio Adjutant General Ammon B. Critchfield saw the need for an improved firing area. He found the current site of Camp Perry while duck hunting in the marshes. His vision was an area where all the shots could be fired from a common line and directed toward the shoreline to maximize the light conditions. He oversaw the construction of the training and shooting facility. Camp Perry held the first events in 1907.”
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