Okay, I don’t know how I can say no…. I am in! Maybe I will have a Krag rifle completed by then too. The two rifles have been rebarreled, and hand guard and bluing remain. I also have several 1903 Springsfield rifles and a few M1 Garand rifles to pick from — may take the Garrand with the VAR barrel.If you want to register, I would suggest you do so soon so you can get the same relays as my group. You can register now and pay when you get there so if you wind up not going, you won't lose any money. Just go to the CMP site and click on Competition Tracker. Then you'll have to register with the CMP to get a competition number to compete. Then you can register for the National Matches. I can definitely help you with this. The matches we are registered for are:
Modern Military (with an AR) - Thursday, July 27th AM on Viale Range
Vintage Rifle (shooting my Krag) - Friday, July 28th AM on Viale Range
John C Garand Rifle - Saturday, July 29th AM on Viale Range
Springfield Rifle (1903/1903A3) - Sunday, July 30th AM on Viale Range
We always try to shoot on Viale because it's the better range!
If you do plan on coming, please send me a message and I'll give you some info on where we're staying, and where we'll meet up. We usually do everything together, including dinners! You don't have to stay where we do... just some suggestions is all.
Here is a photo of the handguards — the two on the left are reproductions being inlet for the sight, the one on the far right is an original. The barrel clips are almost done and pretty much match the original as well — I am going to use brass rivets and brass black to color them.