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Michael McPhail Wins NRA National Smallbore Rifle Prone Championship at Camp Perry

National Rifle Association

FAIRFAX, Va. --(Ammoland.com)- Staff Sergeant Michael McPhail of Phenix City, Alabama, and member of the United States Army Marksmanship Unit (USAMU) has won the 2011 NRA National Smallbore Rifle Prone Championship with a final aggregate of 4796-401x.

Held July 24-29, the NRA National Smallbore Rifle Prone Championships are a part of the NRA National Rifle and Pistol Championships held at Camp Perry, Ohio each year. Comprised of a Metallic Sight and Any Sight championship, competitors take 480 total shots over the course of 12 matches from distances of 50 meters and 100 yards to determine who will take home the Critchfield Trophy.

Coming in second place overall was Mark Delcotto from Lexington, Kentucky, with a 4796-380x and McPhail’s USAMU teammate CPT Christopher Abalo from Ft. Mitchell, Alabama, came in third with a 4795-388x.

“I’d like to thank the commander of the AMU, all the solders and support staff at AMU – coaches, other shooters, my teammates – and also the NRA and the volunteers.” said SSG MacPhail. “Without the volunteers this match would never even happen.”

Renowned shooter Nancy Tompkins of Prescott, Arizona, won the High Woman award with a 4794-375x as well as the Any Sight Championship with a 2400-200x. Reya Kempley from Carson City, Nevada, shot second with a 4794-352x and Sarah Beard of Danville, Indiana took third with a 4790-351x. Kempley also won the Metallic Sight Championship with her aggregate of 2400-182x.

The National Rifle Association and the Civilian Marksmanship Program conduct the National Matches at Camp Perry each summer. Participants range in experience levels from novices to Olympic-level shooters, and include civilians, military personnel, and law enforcement officers. The NRA National Rifle and Pistol Championships are open to everyone; NRA membership is not required.

For more information about the National Rifle and Pistol Championships at Camp Perry or other competitive shooting events or programs, visit www.nrahq.org/compete or call (703) 267-1450.

Complete list of winners follows:

• National Champion: SSG Michael Mcphail, USA – 4796-401x
• 2nd: Mark Delcotto – 4796-380x
• 3rd: CPT Christopher Abalo, USA – 4795-388x
• Civilian Champion: Mark Delcotto – 4796-380x
• Woman Champion: Nancy Tompkins – 4794-375x
• Senior Champion: Peter Church – 4791-352x
• Intermediate Senior Champion: Larry Parker Sr. – 4788-349x
• Colegiate Champion: Sarah Beard – 4790-351x
• Junior Champion: Sarah Beard – 4790-351x
• Intermediate Junior Champion: Katie Bridges – 4784-340x
• Sub-Junior Champion: Sammy Richardson – 4751-270x
• Service Champion: SSG Michael McPhail, USA – 4796-401x
• Any Sight Only Champion: Paul Nordquist – 4796-371x
• High Visitor: Keigh Ridgeway – 4785-340x

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RFID ‘Chip’ In Chiappa Firearms – What’s Up With That?
This announcement is direct from MKS Supply, Inc., the US marketer for Chiappa Firearms, and is to clarify concerns over the future use of RFID tags. – AmmoLand

Proposed RFID shown on a Chiappa Revolver grip frame.

Chiappa Firearms

Dayton, OH --(Ammoland.com)-  Recently there has been some blogger activity (credibility always guaranteed??) concerning Chiappa Firearms putting a RFID (radio frequency identification) in Chiappa Firearms.

Yes, but Chiappa will not be using the RFID system for at least a year.

RUMOR: (known as blogosphere food): The erroneous information about some sort of “chip” was put out by a blogger who translated Chiappa (Italian) technical information incorrectly.

The incorrect translation and his interpretation came out as some sort of a GPS type tracking “chip” -which RFID isn’t as it cannot transmit anything-it has NO power source (unlike cell phones).

THE FACTS: Recently several Italian gun makers (not just Chiappa) decided to utilize RFID technology to improve manufacturing and provide more accurate inventory control. We guarantee this technology will proliferate to other gun makers world wide as it is so efficient for everything from production QC control to export/import varification. Other industries already use passive RFID technology such as on DVDs, sunglasses, clothes and even some food products for example.

Basically Chiappa RFID (again it is radio frequency identification) assists the manufacturing process, inventory control and shipping. The type of information on the RFID ties in the firearm and proof house verification; the latter is required by the Italian Government for all firearms made in Italy. Passive RFID is also a final check that verifies that what is inside the sealed box is the same thing as shown on the box exterior bar code during shipping. Now, it will no longer be necessary to open/inspect hundreds of boxes by hand prior to packing in export containers.

BOTTOM LINE: The Chiappa PASSIVE RFID can be read ONLY when passed within (2-3 inches) of an active (and powered) reader that is dialed in for the particular long antenna radio frequency of the RFID-this is not random. And it will NOT go into operation for a year or more.

SUMMARIZING: RFIDs have NO power source or GPS locator. Rest assured they are NOT transmitting your identification and location information to a Chiappa Firearm tasked CIA satellite.

RFID Removal: For those still concerned you can simply remove the grip cover and remove the hot glued RFID from the frame in the grip area when (over a year from now) these begin to appear.

Others may prefer to wrap the revolver and their head in aluminum foil, curl in a ball and watch reruns of Mel Gibson’s 1997 film, Conspiracy Theory. Well, that’s a plan too!

About:
MKS Supply, Inc.
8611-A North Dixie Drive
Dayton, OH, 45414
937-901-0363

For more info visit -  www.mkschiappa.com

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