NRA F-Class Championship: Walt's Day 1 Write-up

NRA Board Member Howard "Walt" Walter, who I had the honor of meeting during Camp Perry, was kind enough to contact NRAblog.com with a report from the frontlines of the NRA's F-class National Championships, held at the Winnaquah Gun Club range in Lodi, Wisconsin.

Read Walt's Write-up below:

"I left Flat Rock, North Carolina, and after two long days of travel arrived at the Best Western Motel in Lodi which will be our base of operations for the next 7 days. Yesterday and today were devoted to practice with competitors firing both 600 and 1000-yard distances with an added bonus of an exotic 15 rounds at 1200 yards.

We kicked off the activities on Monday evening at a local restaurant with a “meet and greet” where the United States Team hosted Team Europe and various VIPs, including our own NRA president John Sigler.

Tomorrow will be the team matches. 4-man teams will vie for honors in both open class as well as TR class. In conjunction with these teams there will be an International team match with the USA matched against the European team in both Open and TR categories. The Open teams will be 8-man while the TR teams will be 4-man teams. Distances fired will be 600 and 1000 yards.

The European contingent consists of 10 Republic of Ireland and 9 British shooters. They are all seasoned F-class shooters and will present team USA with a formidable challenge.

Awards were presented for the three stage aggregate match with two members of the North State Shooting Club placing first and second respectively. Nick Taylor, current president of the out of Butner, North Carolina, took high honors at 1200 Yards after firing a range record of 146-7xs."

Check back tomorrow for additional updates and photos.

*Photo courtesy of Mr. Walters.