Will Sisson Memorial Military Match October 5

Second Annual Will Sisson Garand and Modern Military rifle match

Join us this Sunday for this growing competition

This Sunday, October 5, is our big CMP As-Issued rifle match at Mill Creek. It combines the Will Sisson Memorial Garand Match and the CMP Kansas State Championship for Springfield, John C Garand, Vintage Military and Modern Military matches.

Top score with an M1 Garand will win both the Will Sisson match as well as the Kansas State Championship for the John C. Garand match. The winner's name will go on the plaque in the club trophy case for the former and a CMP gold medal for the latter.

Winners of the Springfield, Vintage and Modern Military matches will be awarded respective CMP gold medals.

There will be no Unlimited Garands or Unlimited Modern Military in competition this Sunday. Keep your scopes at home. Participants may compete in more than one match. However, re-entry scores will be out of competition for the Will Sisson or State Championships. Only the first score with each rifle counts.

In addition, through the generosity of Sandy Sandgren, 30-06 ammunition and 8-round Garand clips will be available at no cost to any participant who would like to use them for the match.

Full program is here with additional details. Note the later start times. We will always shoot as many individual matches as we can squeeze in. If there are any questions, feel free to reach out

About Will Sisson

This match is held in honor of Will Sesson. Known to his family and friends as Sonny, he was a member of Mill Creek Rifle Club since 2006. Born in St. Louis, Missouri, he joined the Marine Corps following high school, where he served for 20 years and retired with the rank of Captain. Following his retirement, he worked at Brinks; starting as an armed guard and working his way up to manager. After his retirement from Brinks, he worked for the Red Cross where he also did volunteer work.

While in the Marine Corps he was Rifle Marksman and on the competition team. He carried on his love of shooting throughout his life. He had a passion for teaching gun safety, including hunter and women's safety courses. He shared his love of shooting with his children and grandchildren, often taking them to the gun range. Also, while he was stationed in Okinawa, he picked up Karate and achieved the rank of black belt. Sisson was a well known and long-time highpower shooter.