View Full Version : At last - one down, one to go!
mtnman31
03-21-2010, 03:58 PM
Very happy to have picked this up last week. Still need a few more points to "go out" with the rifle. Earned with a rack grade M-9 Beretta. Gotta love the Marine run matches. Everyone uses the same quality of equipment; lets everyone start on an even field. Forces you to rely on plain old, good shooting. Means you won't be shooting an old beater next to a guy who has a $6,000 race gun.
How many other military distinguished shooters frequent the board?
http://www.hunt101.com/data/500/Dist_Pistol.JPG
Village Idiot
03-21-2010, 04:01 PM
Congrats, now thats something to be proud of!
V.I.
CONGRATULATIONS !
Well Done !
Jerry
44fanatic
03-21-2010, 06:14 PM
Congrats.
home in oz
03-21-2010, 06:27 PM
Very Hoo-ah!
garandsrus
03-21-2010, 06:28 PM
Congratulations! I'm half way there with a rile...
John
timkelley
03-21-2010, 07:26 PM
Super!
Cherokee
03-21-2010, 08:14 PM
That is great !!! Good confidence for a serious social encounter...
danski26
03-21-2010, 08:21 PM
Way to go Marine!
I tried to get into the match shooting when I was in. Consider yourself lucky that you have a unit that allows you to shoot.
1Shirt
03-22-2010, 08:17 PM
Congrats!
Semper Fi!
1Shirt!:coffee:
AZ-Stew
03-22-2010, 08:33 PM
How many other military distinguished shooters frequent the board?
The Navy doesn't have an equivalent award, but they do have Expert ribbons/medals for rifle and pistol. It's an annual award. Anyone scoring Expert three years in a row may wear the ribbon/medal permanently. Miss a year and you start over. The hardest part is finding a place to shoot and the firearms to do it with. Certainly, there are no ranges aboard ship. Most bases have a pistol range, but few have rifle ranges. Then there's the difficulty of getting ahold of firearms and Uncle Sam's precious ammo. It's a real feat to pull of Permanent Expert in both disciplines for almost any sailor except SEABEES and SEALs, due to this logistical obstacle course. I hold both awards. I don't remember how I did it, but I think I got the Pistol award while on active duty. I think I had to wait until I got in the Reserves as a small arms instructor for the SEABEES before I got the Rifle award.
Anyway, congratulations on the award for your skills! Your medal is purdy-er than mine.
Regards,
Stew
P.S. I did mine with a .45.
square butte
03-22-2010, 08:50 PM
Awsome. Nice shootin. Montana should be Proud.
Congradulations Sir, and I dont use that word lightly, only for the deserving and you Sir are deserving..............steg
Congratulations. Making Distinguished is a proud moment. I have a similar medal - except mine says 'US Air Force' across the top, and I got it 40 years ago.
nicholst55
03-23-2010, 06:54 AM
Congratulations! I know you've worked long and hard to earn that one!
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