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Cat Man KCA Forum Member Offline Krag Enthusiast! Posts: 102 Joined: Jan 20^th, 2015 Gender:	Maj Bill Brophy at Camp Perry 1957 Feb 18^th, 2016 at 10:37pm	Print Post
	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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butlersrangers KCA Forum Member Offline Krag Enthusiast! Posts: 6330 Location: Michigan Bi-Peninsular&Proud Joined: Oct 7^th, 2009	Re: Maj Bill Brophy at Camp Perry 1957 Reply #1 - Feb 19^th, 2016 at 12:42am	Print Post
	Thanks for sharing the photo and information.


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reincarnated KCA Forum Member Offline Krag Enthusiast! Posts: 562 Joined: Mar 11^th, 2012	Re: Maj Bill Brophy at Camp Perry 1957 Reply #2 - Feb 19^th, 2016 at 6:13pm	Print Post
	Col Jim Crossman's Mom & her 1922 Springfield.


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reincarnated KCA Forum Member Offline Krag Enthusiast! Posts: 562 Joined: Mar 11^th, 2012	Re: Maj Bill Brophy at Camp Perry 1957 Reply #3 - Feb 20^th, 2016 at 8:24am	Print Post
	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?


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butlersrangers KCA Forum Member Offline Krag Enthusiast! Posts: 6330 Location: Michigan Bi-Peninsular&Proud Joined: Oct 7^th, 2009	Re: Maj Bill Brophy at Camp Perry 1957 Reply #4 - Feb 20^th, 2016 at 4:12pm	Print Post
	Now that is a truly "Liberated Woman". Great story!


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reincarnated KCA Forum Member Offline Krag Enthusiast! Posts: 562 Joined: Mar 11^th, 2012	Re: Maj Bill Brophy at Camp Perry 1957 Reply #5 - Feb 22^nd, 2016 at 7:28pm	Print Post
	Blanche Crossman's offhand with her 1922 Springfield. Is that a Fecker scope?


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Dick Hosmer KCA Official Member Offline Collector of Springfield Arms, 1865-1915 Posts: 1862 Location: Northern California Joined: Nov 20^th, 2005 Gender:	Re: Maj Bill Brophy at Camp Perry 1957 Reply #6 - Feb 23^rd, 2016 at 4:14pm	Print Post
	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.


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reincarnated KCA Forum Member Offline Krag Enthusiast! Posts: 562 Joined: Mar 11^th, 2012	Re: Maj Bill Brophy at Camp Perry 1957 Reply #7 - Feb 23^rd, 2016 at 5:03pm	Print Post
	Pictures are scans of photos in her husband Ned Crossman's 1928 (?) book on smallbore rifle shooting.


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Dick Hosmer KCA Official Member Offline Collector of Springfield Arms, 1865-1915 Posts: 1862 Location: Northern California Joined: Nov 20^th, 2005 Gender:	Re: Maj Bill Brophy at Camp Perry 1957 Reply #8 - Feb 24^th, 2016 at 2:49am	Print Post
	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.


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reincarnated KCA Forum Member Offline Krag Enthusiast! Posts: 562 Joined: Mar 11^th, 2012	Re: Maj Bill Brophy at Camp Perry 1957 Reply #9 - Feb 24^th, 2016 at 8:32am	Print Post
	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.


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gnoahhh KCA Forum Member Offline Krag Enthusiast! Posts: 147 Location: Annapolis, MD Joined: Feb 1^st, 2012 Gender:	Re: Maj Bill Brophy at Camp Perry 1957 Reply #10 - Mar 3^rd, 2016 at 3:06pm	Print Post
	[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.


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