End of the “Season”
A lot of bullseye shooters consider the end of Camp Perry as the end of their season. For many others, it’s simply the beginning of the next…such is the case for me. I have finally been reinstated to shoot by my doctor (following an entire season down due to neck surgery) a few days after I got back from Perry. Yep – I couldn’t shoot, but I went to Perry anyway and to Interservice at Ft. Benning the month before that. Hey, I gotta support the AF Team even if I don’t pull a trigger, y’know? So I’ll get back on the line ASAP…as soon as I get my bench cleared of my projects, LOL.
At Interservice and Perry I had the pleasure of mingling with the Marine Corps gunsmiths and the guys on the AMU truck. Mad kudos to SSgt Sunday and Sgt Poston of the Marine Corps and SPC Travallian, SFC Grieve and Mr. Brad Throllson (sp?) of the AMU. I’ve been at the USAF Gunsmith shop for almost 6 years and have NEVER seen the skill that those folks possess. It was a great learning experience – but also made me jealous because the AF gave up on marksmanship eons ago and all the trade skills which go with it. I did get to have my hands on a few guns…simple tasks due to workload (Perry can be insane on the trucks). At one point I was in USAF uniform, fixing an Army MSG’s model 41 on the Marine truck – I picked up on the humor in that, but don’t know if anyone else did.
My thanks to both services will be service specific grips for their service pistols, the M9 (Beretta 92). The Army one will have the star and “US Army” on both sides while the Marine versions will have the EGA on one side and their bulldog mascot on the other. They’ll all be rendered in plastic and I’ll get some pics up when the prototypes are done.
Anyway – I can’t wait till next “season”.