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motorcycle, took the Grand Aggregate
with a mighty fine score of 1490-86 Xs.
Pride was second with 1489-110 Xs; strong
on Xs, but short one point on lOs.
The two-man team match was won by
Frank Glenn and Charles Crawford of the
Arizona Department ofPublic Safety, with
a score of 1185-83 Xs. The four-man team
match was won by the strong Los Angeles
Police team of Pride, Romero, Salseda and
Kafer. Their score was 2374-156 Xs, and
the' LAPD second team was only four
points behind, for second place.
Shooters came from Canada, Northern
California, Utah, Nevada, Texas, Mexico
and Arizona.
I enjoyed the camaraderie which existed
among them. It was like an old bullseye
match in Florida before World War II, and
gratifying to learn that the NRA has done
considerable promoting of this type shooting.
The event is tied in with the NRAs
Police Training Program, and there is no
reason to believe it won't get bigger and
better as time goes by.
Jeff Fell, an old dead-eye shooter from
the Border Patrol, was the NRA referee at
the match. He told me that this type of
shooting has almost completely taken over
other types in Arizona. Along with the fun
and fraternization of the big matches, the
officers are preparing themselves for those
chips-down situations, which seem to show
up more often these days. Now, they will
be able to better handle themselves in an
increasingly professional manner when
called upon to do so.
My trip tq the Yuma match pointed up
at least one important factor: Today's
shooter-be he bullseye or combat-is just
as dedicated as we were 40 years ago; but
he is far superior when it comes to racking
up consistently higher scores.
Then, we didn't have the guns and
ammo he has today.
Any old-timers of 40 years ago who
don't like this kind of progress should reflect
on the shooters 40 years before us,
who couldn't hit that chorus line of
Gibson Girls-or even "Big ~
Jim" Brady. -,
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