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Firearms >> Other Firearms >> Maj Bill Brophy at Camp Perry 1957 http://www.kragcollectorsassociation.org/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1455835021 Message started by Cat Man on Feb 18^th, 2016 at 10:37pm

Title: Maj Bill Brophy at Camp Perry 1957
Post by Cat Man on Feb 18^th, 2016 at 10:37pm

I received some old 35 MM slides from another military collector. They include some images of target shooting in the 1950s.

Interesting picture of Col Jim Crossman and Maj Bill Brophy on the line at Camp Perry Ohio in 1957. Looks like they were demonstrating the then new M-14 service rifle. Notice the rifles are early models with the walnut handguard.

Before he was an author, Bill Brophy was a combat veteran and earned his CIB in Korea along with a bronze star. He was an experienced marksman and fired in High Power competition for many years.

Cat Man

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Title: Re: Maj Bill Brophy at Camp Perry 1957
Post by butlersrangers on Feb 19^th, 2016 at 12:42am

Thanks for sharing the photo and information.

Title: Re: Maj Bill Brophy at Camp Perry 1957
Post by reincarnated on Feb 19^th, 2016 at 6:13pm

Col Jim Crossman's Mom & her 1922 Springfield.

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Title: Re: Maj Bill Brophy at Camp Perry 1957
Post by reincarnated on Feb 20^th, 2016 at 8:24am

Col. Crossman's Mom (Blanche Crossman) was the first woman to ever represent the US in international rifle competition. The 1919 Dewar Team. She beat out 75 men & won her place based on scores in qualifying matches.

Do any of us have a prone position that low to the ground?

Title: Re: Maj Bill Brophy at Camp Perry 1957
Post by butlersrangers on Feb 20^th, 2016 at 4:12pm

Now that is a truly "Liberated Woman". Great story!

Title: Re: Maj Bill Brophy at Camp Perry 1957
Post by reincarnated on Feb 22^nd, 2016 at 7:28pm

Blanche Crossman's offhand with her 1922 Springfield. Is that a Fecker scope?

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Title: Re: Maj Bill Brophy at Camp Perry 1957
Post by Dick Hosmer on Feb 23^rd, 2016 at 4:14pm

Great pics! My, how shooting positions have changed! Since she shot very good scores thusly (unless they are just poses) imagine how well she could do with a better stance, especially offhand.

Title: Re: Maj Bill Brophy at Camp Perry 1957
Post by reincarnated on Feb 23^rd, 2016 at 5:03pm

Pictures are scans of photos in her husband Ned Crossman's 1928 (?) book on smallbore rifle shooting.

Title: Re: Maj Bill Brophy at Camp Perry 1957
Post by Dick Hosmer on Feb 24^th, 2016 at 2:49am

I wonder what the range being fired at was? 75yds., perhaps 100? At first I was thinking that the long spotting scope was a bit of overkill - then I considered the optics of the day, and the fact that .22 holes can be hard to see in the black, so it all makes sense. Great pics.

Title: Re: Maj Bill Brophy at Camp Perry 1957
Post by reincarnated on Feb 24^th, 2016 at 8:32am

They shot at 50, 100, 200 & 300 yards. I think that at ranges greater than 100 yards, they had targets mounted over trenches & men in the trenches to pull and mark targets.

Title: Re: Maj Bill Brophy at Camp Perry 1957
Post by gnoahhh on Mar 3^rd, 2016 at 3:06pm

[quote author=6E7975727F7D6E727D6879781C0 link=1455835021/5#5 date=1456169282 Is that a Fecker scope?[/quote]

Yes, I do believe it is. You can just make out the parallax adjusting slide in the middle of the tube.