{"id":17455,"date":"2012-09-24T15:47:00","date_gmt":"2012-09-24T10:47:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/?p=17455"},"modified":"2012-09-24T13:23:43","modified_gmt":"2012-09-24T18:23:43","slug":"meet-the-high-junior-from-this-years-m1a-match-at-camp-perry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/meet-the-high-junior-from-this-years-m1a-match-at-camp-perry\/17455\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet the High Junior from this year’s M1A Match at Camp Perry"},"content":{"rendered":"

Florida teenager is the top youth at this year’s NRA\/Springfield M1A Match<\/h1>\n

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James Kinley III was this year’s High Junior at the NRA\/Springfield M1A match at Camp Perry<\/p><\/div>\n

Port Clinton, Ohio – Six years ago the NRA\/Springfield M1A match was started at our National Rifle and Pistol Championships to breathe fresh life into a storied competition rifle and that’s exactly what it’s done.<\/p>\n

Despite the rising popularity of AR-style rifles in competition, the match has done very well for itself and picks up new shooters each year.<\/p>\n

Most importantly, the match is drawing in young shooters like James Kinley III, who shot his way to the High Junior award with a 439-2x out of a possible 500.<\/p>\n

Kinley, who is 14 and lives in Parrish, Florida, not only picked up shooting four years ago, but began<\/em> with the M1A. His choice of firearm was of course helped by his father, who has been a Garand collector since the 1990s and attending Camp Perry since the turn of the century.<\/p>\n

Once James caught the shooting bug, he joined his father at the National Matches and has shot in the M1A Match the past two years.<\/p>\n

“Over the last few months I’ve been working on reading mirage and wind in different lighting conditions so I can call corrections,” James said.<\/p>\n

And the practice appears to have paid off. His score this year improved considerably over his first time out – a 439-2x compared to a 374-7x.<\/p>\n

M1A’s aren’t the only thing James shoots, though. He recently bought a British .303 Lee-Enfield and has branched out into ARs, where he’s currently working to get distinguished.<\/p>\n

James was even planning to shoot his AR at Camp Perry this year, but had an unfortunate malfunction that he wasn’t able to fix in time for the matches.<\/p>\n

On the morning of the M1A match a bad thunderstorm rolled through, as Camp Perry is wont to do, and a lengthy delay was called.<\/p>\n

“It was pouring for about an hour and a half, but I did not want to give up,” James said. “I’d had a long week and I was really tired, but I told myself I was going to get through this and try to make High Junior. I was going to put all my effort into this.”<\/p>\n

After the storm passed the match started back up and James was determined to finish it.<\/p>\n

“The weather got really nice after it stopped raining. It was perfect shooting conditions,” James continued. “And once we got back out on that range I kept shooting towards my goal.”<\/p>\n

So how does it feel to not only make such an improvement over last year, but to take High Junior?<\/p>\n

“It feels really really good,” James said. “I love the M1A.”<\/p>\n

You can expect to see James at Camp Perry for years to come, zeroing in on that overall championship.<\/p>\n

“I’ll be there every year I can,” James finished. “I think it’s the best place on earth.”<\/p>\n

About the author:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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PUBLISHING:<\/span>Deputy Executive Director Andrea Cerwinske<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

CONTRIBUTORS: <\/span>
\n<\/span> <\/span> Kerrin Brinkman<\/span><\/strong>. E-mail her at KBrinkman (AT) nrahq.org.
\n<\/span>Lars Dalseide<\/span><\/strong>. E-mail him at LDalseide (AT) nrahq.org.
\n<\/span>Kyle Jillson<\/span><\/strong>. E-mail him at KJillson (AT) nrahq.org.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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