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<blockquote data-quote="Bart B" data-source="post: 508295" data-attributes="member: 5302"><p>Yes, many times; knew him well. Commander R. J. Thomas was the USN rifle team's OIC when my son shot on the team. I shot many a match with RJ when he was an enlisted man. And he was awarded the Navy Cross for marksmanship and valor in 'Nam when the other services didn't like the fact that he was up for the Medal of Honor shooting more accurately in a stressful combat situation than they did.</p><p></p><p>RJ scored me in a 1000-yard match when I shot my 7.62 NATO Garand at Vandenberg AFB around 1970. The Navy unit's loading room guy didn't put powder in all the ammo so I had to shoot some unintentional "ball and dummy" firing. Had to go through 43 rounds to shoot 2 sighters and 20 record shots at that old LR target. Ended up with a 98-17V loosing 2 points to wind gusts. RJ said that was pretty decent considering half the ammo didn't have powder. Those Sierra 190's did well with 44 grains of IMR4320 in the case between them and the primers. The "clickers" ejected normally when I pulled back on the op rod; bullet didn't seem to have moved much at all and none stuck in the throat.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Bart B, post: 508295, member: 5302"] Yes, many times; knew him well. Commander R. J. Thomas was the USN rifle team's OIC when my son shot on the team. I shot many a match with RJ when he was an enlisted man. And he was awarded the Navy Cross for marksmanship and valor in 'Nam when the other services didn't like the fact that he was up for the Medal of Honor shooting more accurately in a stressful combat situation than they did. RJ scored me in a 1000-yard match when I shot my 7.62 NATO Garand at Vandenberg AFB around 1970. The Navy unit's loading room guy didn't put powder in all the ammo so I had to shoot some unintentional "ball and dummy" firing. Had to go through 43 rounds to shoot 2 sighters and 20 record shots at that old LR target. Ended up with a 98-17V loosing 2 points to wind gusts. RJ said that was pretty decent considering half the ammo didn't have powder. Those Sierra 190's did well with 44 grains of IMR4320 in the case between them and the primers. The "clickers" ejected normally when I pulled back on the op rod; bullet didn't seem to have moved much at all and none stuck in the throat. [/QUOTE]
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