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Box MS419.03

 Container

Contains 179 Results:

Letter. From: NRA of America. To: Maj. Foster. Congratulations., Oct. 5, 1973

 File — Box: MS419.03, Folder: MS419.03.431
Identifier: MS419.03.431
Scope and Contents

Firing a perfect score of 800 over the 4-position indoor smallbore rifle course of fire is a real distinction. The NRA believes that this landmark in your shooting career deserves a special recognition. To this end, a special desk pen set with the "800 Club" identification piece embedded in a lucite base and your name engraved on an attached panel will be mailed to you within the next few days. Your are one of a select few who are members of the NRA "800 Club".

Dates: Other: Oct. 5, 1973
Found in: McCracken Research Library / MS 419, MS 419 - John R. Foster Olympic Sharpshooter

Bulletin. Complete and final Results from XVth Shooting Championship, CISM., Aug. 28-31, 1973

 File — Box: MS419.03, Box: MS419.03.431
Identifier: MS419.03.429
Scope and Contents

Individual Matches contained in folder. Results by nation total score: #1 USA 6798. #2 Finland 6648. #3 Switzerland 6647. #4 Norway 6636. #5 Sweden 6621. #6 Italy 6516. #7 France 6487. #8 Denmark 6381. #9 Portugal 6227. #10 Belgium 6217.

Dates: Aug. 28-31, 1973
Found in: McCracken Research Library / MS 419, MS 419 - John R. Foster Olympic Sharpshooter

Newspaper clipping. Tennessee - Georgia Smallbore Rifle Championships., Jan. 27-28, 1973

 File — Box: MS419.03, Folder: MS419.03.432
Identifier: MS419.03.432
Scope and Contents *The USAMTU made a victorious swing through TN and north GA and opened the Smallbore Rifle competition for the coming season. In the Tennessee State Gallery Championships at Nashville on Saturday ,Maj.Lones Wigger walked off with the four-postion smallbore rifle grand aggregate championship while his teammate, Maj.John Foster, did the honors in an encounter at the Mid-Winter International Rifle Championships at Norcross, GA, on Sunday. At Nashville, Wigger, national position champion six of...
Dates: Jan. 27-28, 1973
Found in: McCracken Research Library / MS 419, MS 419 - John R. Foster Olympic Sharpshooter

Patch. Swedish Air Rifle Team Match., 1973 (specifics unknown)

 File — Box: MS419.03, Folder: MS419.03.434
Identifier: MS419.03.434
Scope and Contents

Senior category. Unknown location. Red felt patch with white stitched letters and trim

Dates: 1973 (specifics unknown)
Found in: McCracken Research Library / MS 419, MS 419 - John R. Foster Olympic Sharpshooter

Patches. NRA Int'l 3-Postion Team Smallbore Rifle Postal, 1973 (specifics unknown)

 File — Box: MS419.03, Folder: MS419.03.435
Identifier: MS419.03.435
Dates: 1973 (specifics unknown)
Found in: McCracken Research Library / MS 419, MS 419 - John R. Foster Olympic Sharpshooter

Bulletin. Headquarters, USAMTU, Fort Benning, GA., Feb.6, 1974

 File — Box: MS419.03, Folder: MS419.03.436
Identifier: MS419.03.436
Scope and Contents

TC 450. The undersigned assumes command. Authority: Para 3-1a, AR 600-20: Period: 6 February 1974 - 26 February 1974 Orgn/Unit: United States Army Marksmanship Unit, Fort Benning, Georgia. Signed: John R.Foster -Maj. IN -Acting Commander Distribution: 11 copies: 5-Maj. Foster, 6 to other locations.

Dates: Feb.6, 1974
Found in: McCracken Research Library / MS 419, MS 419 - John R. Foster Olympic Sharpshooter

Bulletin. Program schedule - III "Benito Juarez" International Shooting Competition., Apr. 8-14, 1974

 File — Box: MS419.03, Folder: MS419.03.437
Identifier: MS419.03.437
Scope and Contents Program written in Spanish. The Mexican Federation of Olympic and Int'l Shooting A.C. and the Organizing Committee - Has the honor to invite you to the 3rd Int'l Shooting Competition "Benito Juarez" that will take place at the "Vicente Suarez" shooting range - of this capital from April 8-14, 1974. Inside: list of names; Patron, CEO, Honorary Managers and Organizing Committee. Pg.3- The schedule of events, listed by date and time. Beginning Apr. 8, 10:00 Opening Ceremony. Apr.9,10,11,12,and...
Dates: Apr. 8-14, 1974
Found in: McCracken Research Library / MS 419, MS 419 - John R. Foster Olympic Sharpshooter

Targets. Champion of Champions., Apr. 28, 1974

 File — Box: MS419.03, Folder: MS419.03.438
Identifier: MS419.03.438
Scope and Contents

24 targets. Scores: 397-383-391. Total score 1171 out of a possible 1200.

Dates: Apr. 28, 1974
Found in: McCracken Research Library / MS 419, MS 419 - John R. Foster Olympic Sharpshooter

Newspaper clipping. Champion of Champions., "1974" ?

 File — Box: MS419.03, Folder: MS419.03.439
Identifier: MS419.03.439
Scope and Contents This clipping was in a folder marked "1974" but the article makes no mention of Foster's "1171" score found in folder #438. This clipping headline: "Marks Set by Army, Reserve Shooters". Fort Benning, GA - More than a dozen national shooting records were broken by Army and Army Reserve teams during the Indoor Rifle Sectional Championships here. Heading the list of winners were Maj.Lones Wigger and Capt.Lanny Bassham. Wigger swept the Champion of Champions Conventional with 3199 of a possible...
Dates: "1974" ?
Found in: McCracken Research Library / MS 419, MS 419 - John R. Foster Olympic Sharpshooter

Newspaper clipping. 14th Annual Int'l. Interservice Shooting Championships, Ft. Benning, GA, June ?, 1974

 File — Box: MS419.03, Folder: MS419.03.440
Identifier: MS419.03.440
Scope and Contents Army and Army Reserve marksmen win 13 of 14 events in the 14th Int'l. Interservice Shooting Championships. In the rifle phase, Capt.John Writer won the Standard Rifle w/a 574 after breaking a tie w/Capt.Lanny Bassham. Maj.Lones Wigger added the 3-position Smallbore Rifle w/1163 and the Army Rifle w/578. Wigger's 578 was a new interservice and national mark. Bassham captured the English (Prone) Match w/a 598 and the Air Rifle w/385. MTU Maj.John Foster posted a winning 1149 in the 300 meter...
Dates: June ?, 1974
Found in: McCracken Research Library / MS 419, MS 419 - John R. Foster Olympic Sharpshooter

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