Victory in Europe 2013 Results

VICTORY IN EUROPE MATCH

Shooters celebrated our V-E Day by competing with the firearms that that were used in the European Theatre of Operations in WW-II.
Rifles from both Axis and Allied Forces were used.

The match was held on

Saturday, April 27, 2013

At The
Shongum Sportsmen's Mansfield
100 Yard Outdoor Range & 50' Pistol Range

10:00am - 3:00pm

LUNCH WAS INCLUDED WITH ALL PAID ENTRIES

The Shoot

We could not have ordered better weather for the shoot. It was a cool, bright sunny day without a cloud in the sky. Eighteen shooters participated in the rifle matches and ten or so stayed after lunch for the pistol matches.

Joe Lutz prepared his great hotdog and beans lunch including kraut and chili. We actually sent Tom Plante to the store for more dogs, but because several shooters went home early, we had too much food, so everyone was invited to have thirds.

Stan Gurski ran the line, Tom Plante handled registration and scoring. Although we had several regulars missing, we still had a great turnout and a fine match.

Here is a summary of the shoot:

Polish Campaign- We had a new shooter this year, Polish Born Weislaw P. won the match with his Polish Mauser. Other matches were very close.

John M won a the BAR match shooting a 97-3X. Steve S h was hissing mad that his 96-5X got beat, however Steve won other matches, including the Tommygun Match. He shot an excellent xxx with his Thompson.

Handgun events Larry L with a P-08, Steve S won Allied Auto with his 1911. Steve also took Allied revolver with a 38 Victory and the OSS trophy also went to Steve Smith - he shot a great 99-3x and just missed shooting a 100. Please contact us for the correction. Sniper went to Andy G with his Mosin 91/30 sniper that was made for the Soviet Union, captured and modified by the Finns and recaptured by the Soviets. John M did some great semi auto BAR work to win a prize.

If any of the participants see any errors or misspellings please respond so I can correct for publication and posting on the internet.

V-E Day Match
CONTEST / Guns of the Era	Winner / Rifle	Score
SPECIAL TROPHY WINNER
ROSIE THE RIVETER Best Score by a Female Shooter - Any Match	No Entries	N/A
RIFLE RIFLE CONTESTS REQUIRE 10 SHOTS IN 2 MINUTES @ 100 YARDS - FIRING POSITION OPTIONAL
1) Polish Campaign Polish Mauser , 91/98/25,French Lebel or Bertier, Mannlicher 95, GEW 98, KAR 98	Weislaw P Polish Mauser	84-2X
2) Blitzkreig Any French, Belgian, Norwegian, Danish, or Dutch combat rifle/carbine from WWII	John M French Mas 44	97-3X
3) Continuation War Finnish or Russian Mosins, 7.35 Carcano, Swedish Mauser, Tokarev Rifle	Paul M M-N 91/30	97-5X
4) North Africa 03 Springfield, 1917 Enfield, 6.5 Carcano, Enfield MK-III, 98K	Rich T US Enfield 1917 (2-groove bbl)	95-2X
5) Stalingrad	Paul M Russian Mosin 91/30	96-2X
6) Sicily M1 Garand,Springfield 03A3, Enfield MK IV, 6.5 Carcano	Larry M - '03A3 Paul Murphy - '03A3	96-2X 95-5X
7) Normandy M1 Garand, G-41,43	Jack S M1 Garand	90-3X
8) Partizan Yugo M24,M48,Czech 98(8MM only)Manlicher 95, Hungarian 98/40,German 33/40,Carcano, 98K	Paul M G33/40	96-3X
HANDGUNS HANDGUN CONTESTS REQUIRED 10 SHOTS IN 2 MINUTES @ 50 feet - STANDING ONE-HAND
9) AXIS AUTO 9mm Axis Service Pistol, P-O8, P-38, Radom, Belgian HP, Astra 400/600, Steyr M12, Star Mod B	Larry L P-08 Artilery	76
10) ALLIED AUTO Any WWII Allied Service Pistol, 1911, 1911A1, Tokarev, Browning HP, Nor 1914	Jack S 1911	93-3X
11) ALLIED REVOLVER Colt, S&W, Enfield, Webley in.38, Nagant, French Ordinance	Steve S .38 Victory	81-1X
12) OSS Any 380, 32 pocket pistol made before 1946 Colt, Beretta, Browning, Walter, Mauser, Sauer, Femaru, MAB etc	Steve S Colt 1903	99-3X
EXOTICS
13) SNIPER 1903A4 (Remington or Gibbs),Enfield#4(T),Mauser 98 (Mitchel or original) Mosin or Tokarev ( rebuild OK)	Andy G Mosin 91/30 (Finnish)	5
14) TOMMYGUN Jersey Legal with limited mag Thompson, Sten, M3, PPSH 41(50 yards)	Steve S Thompson .45 Semi	91-4X
15)FINAL PROTECTIVE FIRE Jersey legal semi auto BAR, MG42, BREN, Browning 1919. Limited mag/belt (100 yards)	John M BAR	97-3X
	Steve S BAR	96-5X

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In celebration of the 68th Anniversary of the Defeat of the Axis Forces

Invited one and all to compete in our

VICTORY IN EUROPE MATCH

The Shoot