Outdoorsmen to hold modern military match

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The Van Wert County Outdoorsmen Association will host a modern military match on Saturday, March 30, at the Van Wert County Outdoorsmen Club, 9093 Ringwald Road. The safety briefing will be held at 9:15 a.m. and the match will start at 9:45 a.m.  

Any modern military rifle may be used such as an M-1 Garand, AR 15, and other such rifles.  You may use iron sights or scoped rifles.  Once you shoot in the match, you will be eligible to purchase an M-1 Garand from the CMP.  If you do not have a rifle, the club has M-1 rifles to loan out to the public to use in this match.  The club also has a national match AR 15 for participants that might wish to try it out.  However, any military rifle may be used.  

The cost to participate is $5, which is a target fee.  If you need to purchase ammo, the club has 30.06 ammo at $30 for 35 rounds and for the AR-15 the ammo is $18 for 40 rounds which includes the target fee.

For more information, check the association’s website at www.vwoutdoorsmen.info  or call 419.203.8662.