I made the news

[JConley]

This just got published. Its an article about my last Sniper competition. I dont remember saying anything they quote me on, and neither does Phil. Oh well... .



http://www.ngb.army.mil/onguard/32/03/pg2.asp

 

[kiwi bird]

Congratulations to you and Phil, well done.



What is your weapon of choice and what's the makeup of the events?

 

[Shovelhead]

Congrats JC.



But you forgot to mention the TDR. :-laf

 

[merryman]

Congratulations!!

Wish I had that skill!



Don't worry about the "quotes", after a few years on the bench, I quit giving interviews; I would agree to a taped interview (only happened when there would be a high profile case), then watch it on the evening news and be completely amazed at the way they had cut and pasted the questions and answers to make it sound like I had said something quite different from what I really had said.

The media people want to say what THEY want to say, never mind what YOU said.



Vaughn

 

[The patriot]

Originally posted by kiwi bird

Congratulations to you and Phil, well done.



What is your weapon of choice and what's the makeup of the events?

I could be wrong, but I think John said he checked out a brand new M-24 for that.

Drool... . drool...

Congrats John!!

Eric

 

[JConley]

For that match, Dolbow was shooting an M-24 (yup, it was new) and I was shooting my Springfield M-25. Since this was a civilian match, I could use my M-25.



Course of fire, were the standard things such as sitting, kneeling, and standing. We also shot at hostage targets, which simulated a person with only a small part of the face showing. Most of this was done at anywhere from 25 to 75 yards. The reason we wanted to attend this match was due to the short range firing. In the military match, we shoot at moving targets starting at 400 yards, and out as far as 600 to 1000 yards. What the police called long range in this match was 300 yards. Phil and I had to spend a day at the range just to figure out how much to adjust the scopes for anything less than 100 yards. At 25 yards, I had to dial in 8 minutes of elevation The police matches are more precision at short range, and the military matches are more long range. For police, 300 yards really is long range!





The final event of the police match was a blast! We had to start in the standing position, then drop to a prone and shoot 4 small steel plates off a rail road tie as fast as we could. A miss meant a 10 second penalty. Fastest time wins the event, and is used as the tie breaker. We won this event because of my Semi-auto M25. The guys with bolt guns were getting times in the 14 to 18 second range. Phil shot the targets in about 7 seconds, and I was in the 8 second range. (They let Phil shoot my 25)

 

[Fireman Dave]

Originally posted by JConley

I dont remember saying anything they quote me on

That's just part of hitting 40, JC. :-laf



Seriously, congrats on getting some recognition!

 

[Mike Ellis]

Way to go John!



Hope you and your bud win many more when you are back to the states long term. In the meantime, keep your powder dry and stay safe bud...

 

[lschultz]

Atta boy JConley.

 

[Deezul1]

Hey John

Great shooting, nice to see ya get some good press too. When ya coming home to a TDR meet?

 

[MDW]

Cool

I haven't been keeping up, where are you now??

 

[Boomer II]

WTG JC, sounds like a lot of fun.

 

[TPCDrafting]

congrats JC.



I sure am glad guys like you are on our side!

 

[JConley]

TPC... The cops said the same thing after the match.

 

[John]

Congratulations John! What an awesome achievement!



You should be very proud, "stressfire" shooting is extremely hard on the mind, making concentration on the objective all the more difficult.







I remember in my training with John Farnum in one of the live stages... I couldn't seem to hit anything that was moving! Really! It was extremely embarrassing to me, so much so I almost didn't come back the next day to complete the training. After much sole searching, I elected to finish the course... besides, it was tactical shotgun day, and I knew I was pretty good there. It turned out that I absolutely wiped up the competition in that segment... and I was shooting 3" Magnums from my Benelli! Everyone else was shooting the lightest loads possible out of shotguns that were gas operated (i. e. , less recoil... for everyone else's benefit)!



I guess the moral of my story is, I had built up quite a bit of confidence taking numerous firearms training classes from the very best, Masaad Ayoob, John Farnum, Jim Cirillo etc. And even though I aced quite a few of the classes, I knew I was not all that great of a shot... just a good shot, fast. And that was good enough for me. After waxing the FTO of a local police department in my Jim Cirillo class, I gained a false sense of "superiority. " The John Farnum class just knocked me back into reality.



Anyway, congratulations! I've always looked up to precision shooters such as yourself!