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old-fool Ex Member	recycle medals? Apr 17^th, 2009 at 9:49pm	Print Post
	I am cleaning out my shop and have quite a few medals won in ASSRA, Coors, and local midwest matches... what does one do with them 20 years after they had any significance? I have no one in my family that has any interest in them... is there any market for these things? Or can they be donated to some organization that will make good use of them? What do you do with them- I'd like some suggestions.


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irish66 Oldtimer Offline Posts: 546 Location: newbraunfels Joined: Apr 7^th, 2007	Re: recycle medals? Reply #1 - Apr 18^th, 2009 at 7:11am	Print Post
	display them for your grand kids, or donate them to your local club for prizes at the matches! irish


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QuestionableMaynard8130 Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 4144 Location: Benton Harbor MI Joined: Apr 17^th, 2004	Re: recycle medals? Reply #2 - Apr 18^th, 2009 at 9:30am	Print Post
	They might help make an interesting display in the EG clubhouse. Particularly if labeled with a simple who/what/when/where. I think the Coors ones would be of real interest since it was pretty much a true national match--of so I've been told. I know I'd love to see a display that included some of the more unique ones from past years, especially if we could find ones from the "golden age".

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HOGGHEAD Ex Member	Re: recycle medals? Reply #3 - Apr 18^th, 2009 at 3:14pm	Print Post
	I remember in a movie where a fellow shot a hole through the center of a shooting gold medal. That would be a lot of fun at your range. have a "shoot a hole through the middle of the medal" shoot?? Tom.


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QuestionableMaynard8130 Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 4144 Location: Benton Harbor MI Joined: Apr 17^th, 2004	Re: recycle medals? Reply #4 - Apr 18^th, 2009 at 4:23pm	Print Post
	maybe we can use the nomination and vote for who wears it while we shoot at it as a fundraiser

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old-fool Ex Member	Re: recycle medals? Reply #5 - Apr 18^th, 2009 at 6:33pm	Print Post
	Hmm... those are all interesting ideas- would the designated "target bearer" have to remain stationary, or could he/she move around (dodge!) during the relay? Most of the ASSRA medals are the little Blackington ones on a pin ribbon, but there are a few of the big 3" red enameled ones as well. All the Coors and NMLRA medals hang around your neck on a ribbon. What are winners at Beeson's getting these days? There is a picture in an old Rifleman- around 1935 if I remember correctly, of the well known pistol shooter Askins, wearing all the medals he had won... it made him look ridiculous, like Idi Amin or some other tinhorn dictator showing off. -George McC.


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QuestionableMaynard8130 Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 4144 Location: Benton Harbor MI Joined: Apr 17^th, 2004	Re: recycle medals? Reply #6 - Apr 18^th, 2009 at 7:08pm	Print Post
	some pics I've seen of the c.1890 medal winners had'em made into chains that looped around'em several times. some put'em onto vests and jackets--looked like armored cuirasses. And they were all probably solid gold and silver. regarding the "moving target" I think tying one ankle to a stake with a 6 or 8 foot leash might be reasonable, don't you?

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