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ResearchPress Full Member Offline Posts: 110 Location: UK Joined: Aug 18^th, 2004	The Long Range Riflemen’s Reunion, 1901 Jan 1^st, 2014 at 4:12pm	Print Post
	Col. Leslie C. Bruce, a member of the USA Rifle Team that beat Great Britain in 1877, gathered many of the long range veterans together for a (You need to *Login* or *Register* to view media files and links). David

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QuestionableMaynard8130 Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 4144 Location: Benton Harbor MI Joined: Apr 17^th, 2004	Re: The Long Range Riflemen’s Reunion, 1901 Reply #1 - Jan 1^st, 2014 at 4:35pm	Print Post
	thank you David, fascinating to read

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rustyrelx Senior Forum Member Offline Posts: 474 Location: Wallace Idaho Joined: Oct 9^th, 2007	Re: The Long Range Riflemen’s Reunion, 1901 Reply #2 - Jan 3^rd, 2014 at 1:10am	Print Post
	Thank you Sir I enjoyed that also....Don


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Redsetter Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 3468 Location: New York Joined: Aug 6^th, 2013	Re: The Long Range Riflemen’s Reunion, 1901 Reply #3 - Jan 3^rd, 2014 at 9:31am	Print Post
	And the Palma Trophy itself remains missing. Incredible that such an impressive & expensive artwork could simply disappear.


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Kurt_701 Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 1013 Location: Missouri Joined: May 20^th, 2004	Re: The Long Range Riflemen’s Reunion, 1901 Reply #4 - Jan 3^rd, 2014 at 12:49pm	Print Post
	The Palma Trophy didn't disappear. It is in storage. It has been since the advent of WWII. And as soon a Congress gets the budget figured out. They will find the Trophy. Kurt

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Redsetter Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 3468 Location: New York Joined: Aug 6^th, 2013	Re: The Long Range Riflemen’s Reunion, 1901 Reply #5 - Jan 3^rd, 2014 at 1:11pm	Print Post
	Kurt_701 wrote on Jan 3^rd, 2014 at 12:49pm: The Palma Trophy didn't disappear. It is in storage. It has been since the advent of WWII. And as soon a Congress gets the budget figured out. They will find the Trophy. Kurt Seriously? Had always read about its disappearance as an unexplained mystery. The fate of countless silver trophies has been the melting pot, but this one is so extraordinary that even a precious metals dealer should have brains enough to realize it was worth more intact. This consideration wouldn't apply if had been stolen, & the thief wished to dispose of the incriminating evidence as quickly as possible.


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rkaires Frequent Elocutionist Offline No Stronger Bond Posts: 1630 Location: Dingmans Ferry, PA Joined: Oct 26^th, 2012	Re: The Long Range Riflemen’s Reunion, 1901 Reply #6 - Jan 3^rd, 2014 at 1:18pm	Print Post
	Great read. Thanks for posting. According to these references the original was lost and what remains is a recreation of the original. (You need to *Login* or *Register* to view media files and links) There is some additional mystery surrounding these matches as they were the last at which the original Palma Trophy was seen. The massive trophy, as tall as the center on a National Basketball Association team, was known to be hanging outside of the office of the Secretary of War during the 1930s. At this point in history it vanishes as completely as gun smoke on a windy day. Extensive searches conducted by the National Rifle Association, in cooperation with the old War Department, its successor agency, the Department of Defense, and the Smithsonian Institution, have failed to turn up any clue as to its location or even its existence. There is some speculation, put forth by fans of the Indiana Jones movie trilogy, that it was crated up and lies stored, and uninventoried, next to the Ark Of The Covenant in a huge and dusty secret government warehouse in the Catoctin Mountains of Maryland, perhaps on the fringes of the presidential retreat at Camp David. Considering that the time frame of the movie and the last known date of the location of the trophy coincide, this romantic theory is as plausible as any. The trophy's disappearance closed the early epoch of the Palma Match. (You need to *Login* or *Register* to view media files and links)
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rkaires Frequent Elocutionist Offline No Stronger Bond Posts: 1630 Location: Dingmans Ferry, PA Joined: Oct 26^th, 2012	Re: The Long Range Riflemen’s Reunion, 1901 Reply #7 - Jan 3^rd, 2014 at 1:25pm	Print Post
	The trophy was at first named The Grand Centennial Trophy in honour of the Centennial celebration of the Independence of the United States of America. It was commissioned from Tiffany’s for about $1500. It stood 7 1/2 feet tall made of bronze, silver and gold inlay. On the banner was engraved “In The Name of The United States of America To The Riflemen Of The World.” Above the banner was the word “PALMA” which in Latin means palm tree and to the Romans signified victory or the ultimate in excellence. Unfortunately the original trophy has not been seen since 1954. Who took it I wonder?? I can only imagine how much it is worth now. A new one was made again by Tiffany’s from the old blue prints for a bit more. $32,500. It is worth several times that now.

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Redsetter Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 3468 Location: New York Joined: Aug 6^th, 2013	Re: The Long Range Riflemen’s Reunion, 1901 Reply #8 - Jan 3^rd, 2014 at 2:37pm	Print Post
	rkaires wrote on Jan 3^rd, 2014 at 1:25pm: Unfortunately the original trophy has not been seen since 1954. As recently as '54? That makes its disappearance all the more incredible. With NRA headquarters right there in the District of Corruption, what sense did it make to hand it over to the War Dept., where it would have been inaccessible for public viewing? Seems to be a case of stupidities piled upon stupidities.


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