Hap's Corner

Hap's Corner October 2017

Published 11/09/2017

TAKE THE KING'S SCHILLING; DO THE KING'S BIDDING In a time long ago the center of my shooting universe was a large concrete and granite example of Classical Revival architecture located at 360 Broad Street in Hartford, Connecticut; the Connecticut State Armory and Arsenal, headquarters of the Connecticut State Military Department. For twenty years I was...

Hap's Corner September 2017

Published 09/04/2017

QUIET BIRDMEN AND DISTINGUISHED INTERSECT… As a pilot, who is a member of the Quiet Birdmen, and a Distinguished Rifleman I am aware that Camp Perry was once used as an Army Airfield during the interwar years. What I only recently discovered was that it was also the site of an unusual shooting contest that paired...

Hap's Corner July 2017

Published 08/27/2017

'peace to the gentle shade'… One of the lessons I try to teach young shooters is to expect the unexpected. In a rifle match things can, in the words of Robbie Burns, “Gang aft agley.” You have to be prepared for events that are outside of your control and respond to them with a measured...

Hap's Corner June 2017

Published 08/27/2017

Edgar Martinez, Ron Blomberg, Ed Jensen, And Me. While leafing through an old Sports Illustrated magazine, as I waited for Dr. Ron Serra, my optometrist, to call me in for my annual pre-outdoor shooting season checkup. my eye caught an article celebrating the fortieth anniversary of the Designated Hitter by Steve Rushin. The minutia and out...

Hap's Corner May 2017

Published 05/24/2017

MORTON MUMMA, MR. BRYSON, AND ME… While researching an article on the Herrick Trophy I ran across an old photo taken at the National Matches featuring ‘Kernel Mumm’s Amateurs.’ LTC Morton C. Mumma, the National Match Executive Officer, had organized a pick-up team of some of the most prominent shooters of the day, the likes of...