NRA National Firearms Museum
To Display Exhibit at Camp Perry
Guns Represent Century of Competitive Shooting
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The National Firearms Museum will celebrate the 100th anniversary of the National Matches at Camp Perry through a temporary exhibit entitled, “Bugs, Bullets, and Bullseyes,” to be displayed at the Camp Perry Lodge through August 14.
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FAIRFAX, Va. – In cooperation with the Ohio National Guard, the Civilian Marksmanship Program, the Camp Perry Lodge, and the National Board for the Promotion of Rifle Practice, the NRA’s National Firearms Museum (NFM) is honored to present one of the finest displays of competitive arms and shooting accoutrements ever assembled.
Thousands of visitors to the National Matches in Camp Perry, Ohio, will be able to look over a special traveling museum exhibit entitled: “Bugs, Bullets, and Bullseyes,” featuring 45 firearms used over the last century in National Match competition, as well as more than 100 shooting awards and other memorabilia associated with the National Matches.
This exhibit is featured in the lobby of the Camp Perry Lodge and will be open daily until 10 p.m. during the National Matches. It will close on August 14, 2007.
For the last century, shooters have come to the shores of Lake Erie to attend the National Matches, many competing in highpower, pistol, or smallbore courses of fire. From the early blackpowder days, when shooters competed with the venerable “trapdoor” Springfield rifles, up to the present, this exhibit features the rifles and pistols that have been used in national match competition.
Guns of famous shooters include Marine Captain Bill McMillan’s semi-automatic Colt, presented after his 1963 National Championship win, and the High Standard .22 pistol of Trudy Schlernitzauer, who held the national woman’s championship in 1965, 1968, and 1969. Shooting awards, including the prestigious Distinguished badge, which is the highest civilian and military recognition of marksmanship ability, will be on display. Also included are rare images from the NRA Archives of shooting venues of the past, and even views of the tents and hutments competitors utilized as their housing in days gone by.
From the M1 to M14, .22 to .45, single-shot to selective-fire, six-gun to space gun, this special temporary exhibit captures a century of the National Matches and honors the one hundred years of competitive shooting at Camp Perry. To learn more about the National Firearms Museum, go to: www.nationalfirearmsmuseum.org.
