Unanticipated Crowd Fires at the Inaugural GLOCK Match at Camp Perry

By AmmoLand Editor Duncan Johnson

By Ashley Brugnone, CMP Writer

CAMP PERRY, Ohio –-(Ammoland.com)- The Inaugural GLOCK Sport Shooting Foundation (GSSF) Camp Perry National Challenge enormously exceeded all expectations. The match, fired July 1 at the Civilian Marksmanship Program’s (CMP) National Trophy Pistol Matches, saw a total of 244 entries throughout the day – an unprecedented number for the GLOCK team members.

“I mean, we ran out of targets!” said Joseph “Willie” Parent, the director of GSSF training at GLOCK who was ecstatic about the turnout for the event. “We honestly didn’t know what to expect bringing GLOCK to Camp Perry and not having any sort of fingerprint here. It blew everyone’s expectations away.”

Before GLOCK arrived to the shores of Lake Erie in July, they kept a close eye on the number of entries in order to be able to appropriately prepare for the event. Though only about 50 people had entered the match by the time they took off on their journey, the crew of sales, marketing and GSSF team members came prepared with targets for around 200 competitors – just in case.