FINAL RESULTS 2013 NATIONAL TROPHY RIFLE MATCHES 2013 CMP National Trophy Matches Open with a Bang By Steve Cooper, CMP Marketing Manager CAMP PERRY, OH – As soon as the smoke cleared from the firing of Bob Gillmor’s replica War of 1812 cannon, marking the close of the First Shot Ceremony, the doors to the 2013 CMP National Trophy Matches were thrown open. LTG John Crosby, U.S. Army (ret.) fired the ceremonial first shot of the matches using a .30 caliber WWII M1 Carbine rifle after addressing a crowd of more than 400 as this year’s featured speaker. Upon Crosby’s shot, a sizable hole and smoke ring appeared on LTG Crosby’s target 600 yards away beyond the Rodriguez Range berm, compliments of Dave Rohrbacher and the Ohio National Guard. The cannon firing capped this year’s First Shot Ceremony which featured multiple appearances by Georgie’s Gal, an award-winning, fully restored WWII B-25 Mitchell bomber from Port Clinton’s Liberty Aviation Museum; a color guard provided by the WWII Re- enactment Society of Port Clinton and four vintage military vehicles and personnel in uniform by the Firelands Military Vehicle Group of Sandusky. In addition to the cannon, Gillmor Ordnance of Old Fort, Ohio provided ground-based pyrotechnics. Judy Legerski, CMP Board Chairman, served as master of ceremonies for this year’s First Shot program which was attended by special guests Ohio Adjutant General, MG Deborah Ashenhurst, Na- tional Rifle Association President, James W. Porter, II, LTG Joe Inge, U.S. Army (ret.) and Ohio Lt. Governor, Mary Taylor. The audience also included distinguished guests including community and govern- LTG John Crosby prepares to fire the ceremonial first shot of the 2013 ment leaders from Ottawa County and the State of Ohio. National Matches with a WWII M1 Carbine rifle. CMP Board Chairman Judith Legerski later presented the rifle to him as a token of appreciation for his First Shot participation and service to his country. Members of the Firelands Military Vehicle Group of Sandusky, Ohio, es- Robert Gillmor of Gillmor Ordnance, Old Fort, Ohio, fires a cannon salute in trib- cort the American Flag to the parade ground. ute to the bicentennial of Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry’s victory over the Brit- ish in the War of 1812 as part of the 2013 First Shot Ceremony. Pilot Paul Stojkov, of the Liberty Aviation Museum, of Port Clinton guides a B-25 Mitchell WWII bomber over the parade ground in one of four passes made during LTG John Crosby, featured speaker of the 2013 First Shot Ceremony and the First Shot Ceremony. “Georgie’s Gal” is an award-winning restored aircraft past CMP Board Member, makes a few remarks about growing up as an which can be seen in the museum hangar when not performing at air shows and outdoorsman and lifelong supporter of the shooting sports. special events. National Trophy Rifle Matches A Message from the COO: Table of Contents The CMP is pleased to provide this souvenir printed edition of the Final Results 2013 CMP National Trophy Matches Open with a Bang ........... Inside Cover of the 2013 National Trophy Rifle Matches. We hope this publication with its special Message from COO .......................................................................................1 information and photos will be a memento of a fantastic National Matches experience 2013 Rifle Awards Presenters ........................................................................1 for you. The National Matches & National Match Staff .............................................2 Acknowledgements & Thanks .......................................................................3 The 2013 National Matches rifle events began on 21 July with a soggy National Troy Lawton Wins President’s Rifle Trophy Match Rimfire Sporter Match. They continued on 26 July when the Marine Corps Junior in Civilian-Heavy Final .................................................................................4 Clinic, the Rifle Small Arms Firing School and an Advanced Service Rifle Clinic kicked President’s Rifle Match ..................................................................................5 off. When the matches concluded on 3 August, 6,338 individual shooters had partici- Swearingen and Others Fire Record Scores During pated in the 2013 CMP National Matches rifle events and schools. 2013 National Trophy Individual Match .....................................................12 As always, the matches featured lots of great shooting by talented heroes that National Trophy Individual Rifle Match ......................................................14 included: National Trophy Individual Rifle Match Awards .........................................20 Team Cooper-Dunfey Sets New Record in Hearst Doubles Competition ...22 • Troy Lawton of Columbus, GA, who won the President’s Rifle Trophy with his Hearst Doubles Match ..................................................................................23 score of 395-18X. Lawton beat out last year’s winner and record breaker, Jared Shooter Donates Organ to Save Hearst Doubles Partner .............................27 Perry, in the final stage of the President’s Match. National Trophy Junior Team Match ..........................................................29 • SSgt Eric Swearingen, USMCR, who won the overall Daniel Boone Trophy in the USAMU Narrowly Wins National Trophy Team Match, National Trophy Individual Rifle Match. SSgt Swearingen also set a new Citizen ‘Heidi’s Dream’ Comes True at Junior Team Match ...................................32 Soldier Trophy record and a new Coast Artillery Trophy record with his score of National Trophy Rifle Team Match ............................................................33 497-23X. National Trophy Rifle Matches Awards .......................................................38 USAMU Wins “Rattle Battle” for Fourth Consecutive Year .......................40 • The USAMU team that again won the National Trophy Team Match and the Infan- National Trophy Infantry Team Match ........................................................41 try Trophy Team Match. McClain Wins M16 Match Despite Wet Conditions • 19-year-old Isaac Dow of Grand Junction, CO, who was the overall junior in the at 2013 Small Arms Firing School ...............................................................46 2013 National Trophy Rifle Matches. Dow fired an aggregate score of 1273-41X. M16 EIC Match ...........................................................................................47 He was also the High Junior in the President’s Rifle Match for the second year in a CMP-USMC Junior Highpower Rifle Clinic Teaches Fundamentals of Shooting and Life to Junior Shooters ...............................51 row. CMP-USMC Junior Highpower Clinic EIC Match .....................................53 • CMP Games Matches winners Mark Looney, M1 Carbine; Daniel McSorley, Talented Live Bugler Brings New Sound to Opening Morning Springfield Rifle; Christopher Beal, Vintage Military Rifle; Ryan Vander Poppen, Rituals at National Matches .........................................................................56 John C. Garand Match; and SSG Jonathan O’Neal (ARNG), Unlimited Garand Hornady Gang, Ghillie Suits Cover Vintage Sniper Match Shooters ..........58 Match. In Rimfire Sporter, Ben Cleland, 20, of Swanton, OH, won overall in the Vintage Sniper Rifle Team Match ................................................................60 O-Class, while Ron Villanueva of Parma Heights, OH, claimed first in the T-Class CMP Games Matches Continue to Stir Fun as well as the Tactical Class. at National Matches .....................................................................................64 M1 Carbine Match .......................................................................................67 • 15-year-old Robert McClain of Walkersville, WV, who was the overall winner in Springfield Rifle Match ................................................................................70 the M16 EIC Match. Vintage Military Rifle Match .......................................................................74 • 18-year-old Morgan Fadeley of Phoenix, AZ, who won the CMP-USMC Jr High- John C. Garand Match .................................................................................77 power Clinic EIC Match. GSM Top 3-Gun Aggregate .........................................................................84 National CMP Games Closing Festival .......................................................85 • The Hornady Over the Hill Gang, consisting of Robert Schanen and Jerome Van Shooters Leave Distinct Marks with Scores and Muddy Shoes Treeck, who won the Vintage Rifle Sniper Team Match with a score of 394-13X. During National Match Rimfire Sporter Competition .................................86 • SSG Tyrel Cooper and SGT Augustus Dunfey, USA, who won the Hearst Doubles National Rimfire Sporter Rifle Match Awards .............................................88 Match and set a new National Match Record of 594-22X. This is the second con- National Rimfire Sporter Rifle Match ..........................................................89 secutive year SSG Cooper has won the match, having fired a record-breaking score National Matches Air Gun Events Return Despite Renovations at last year with CPL Matthew Rawlings. CMP Marksmanship Center .........................................................................93 National Trophy Junior Rifle Shooter Photos ..............................................95 • California Grizzly Team Heidi’s