{"id":7924,"date":"2023-07-26T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-07-26T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/MassadAyoob\/?p=7924"},"modified":"2023-07-27T10:42:24","modified_gmt":"2023-07-27T14:42:24","slug":"remembering-ken-tapp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/MassadAyoob\/remembering-ken-tapp\/","title":{"rendered":"REMEMBERING KEN TAPP"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I am saddened to report that last month, we lost Ken Tapp, one of the great shooters of his era. Ken made it into his early nineties, and deserved every minute of it.  He was the kind of person we were proud to have as a champion of our chosen sport.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cFrom \u2018Massad Ayoob Combat Shooting,\u2019 published by Gun Digest Books.\u201d<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Ken competed successfully across the gamut of handgun sports. He was one of the men to beat in everything from conventional bullseye shooting at the National Championships at Camp Perry, Ohio to the Bianchi Cup in Columbia, Missouri and points in between.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Brother Tapp was many times the top shot at my all-time favorite match, the old Second Chance event now known as The Pin Shoot (www.pinshoot.com<\/a>).  I remember some 30 years ago watching him set the all-time record at that match: five tables of five pins each shot clean in something like sixteen seconds total with his .45 automatic. Ken was sponsored by Springfield Armory for guns and by Cor-Bon for ammunition, and was an ambassador for both companies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Indeed, he was an ambassador for sport shooting.  Ken was a down-to-earth American with no ego, always happy to pose for pictures with fans and dispense advice to eager shooters who wanted to advance in the sport. I\u2019ll never forget how gracious he was when he met my late first wife and our daughters at Second Chance one year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Brother Tapp\u2019s secret was diligent practice and commitment to excellence. He would arrive at the match venue a few days ahead of the event with his lovely wife, who would help him reload ammo at night in their camper so he could shoot it up on the practice range the next day in preparation for the tournament itself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I\u2019m proud to say he read this blog and commented occasionally.  He will be greatly missed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Too many of the shooting greats have passed recently. I hate it when my blog starts to look like an obituary page.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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