20th Annual Arizona State
Pistol Championship

BILL McMILLAN
Holds 2 world titles.

30 Master Fire In Tourney Today

By ED GALLARDO

One of the rarest spectacles in pistol competition anywhere but at the National Championships at Camp Perry, Ohio will be available to Tucsonans at the Pima Club range on West Anklam Road this morning when 30 master shooters take the firing line at once.

They will be part of over 35 masters expected to participate in the 20th Annual Arizona Pistol Championships which start at 8 o'clock and run through tomorrow.

Another big treat is in store for local fans with the entry of Lt. Bill McMillan of the U. S. Marine Corps. Last month, McMillan established a new world record in pistol competition by firing a 2645 score out of a possible 3,000. The old mark was set by M. Sgt. Hewlett Benner, a West Point instructor, in July, 1950, the first year McMillan entered pistol competition. Benner's mark was 2644.

At the National Championships, McMillan picked up another world mark when he won the National Individual Trophy Match with the .45, scoring 291 points out of 300 possible. In addition he holds the national record for the International Rapid Fire with .22 caliber pistol. His record is 588 out of 900. He also holds the Marine Corps' Laucheimer record of 1123 out of 1200 possible.

McMillan and Fred Filkins are the only two 2600 shooters among the 8 Marine masters competing here. Both won individual aggregate victories at the Mid-Winter Tournament in Miami, Fla., earlier this year. McMillan won the .22 aggregate title while Filkin captured the central fire aggregate crown.

Another of the Mid-Winter winners, Billy Joyner of the Border Patrol, will be competing along with teammates Bill Toney, Jr., and Presley O'Gren. Joyner won the .45 aggregate at Miami.

McMillan, a veteran of 11 years in the Marine Corps, looks for the Border Patrol squad to provide the stiffest competition. "They've got some of the world's top shooters," he remarked.

Other local entries include, T. Sgt. William H. Hino, son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank E. Rumpf of 614 E. Lester, George Irwin, Tony Lerua and Melton R. Rogers.

Arizona Daily Star, Tucson, Arizona, Saturday, April 27, 1957, Page B3

Final Rounds Set In Pistol Meet

The final rounds of the 20th annual Arizona Pistol Championships open at 8 o'clock this morning on the Pima Club range on West Anklam road after getting through eight matches yesterday in what almost turned into a "blow away."

A desert dust devil, Arizona's little brother of the Texas Tornados, blew across the range and swept way targets, score sheets, frames of carriers and slammed the trailer door into the statistician. As a result, the officials were unable to get in match nine and only results of the first five matches could be salvaged for press time last night.

Individual, the Border Patrolmen captured two of four individual first places. Bill Joyner won the Individual national match title with a 293 score while his teammate Presley O'Gren shot a 199 to win the 20 shots rapid fire event.

World record holder Bill McMillan of the Marines won the individual 20 shots timed fire event with a 200 score while Col. T. C. Kelly of Holloman AFB took first in the individual 20 shots slow fire with a 192 card.

The Marine training unit team led by McMillan Fred Filkins won the national match, 4-man crown with a 1,165 score.

Arizona Daily Star, Tucson, Arizona, Sunday, April 28, 1957, Page C2

3 Records Broken In Gun Shoot

McMillan Captures Pistol Championship

All three Pima Club range records were broken in this weekend's Arizona Pistol Championship action as Marine Lt. William W. McMillan broke two in winning the championship with a brilliant 2421x2700.

Runner-up in the shoot was Harry Aitken of the Border Patrol with a 2596x2700 card.

McMillan, world record holder of the 20 shots timed fire event, won that event with a perfect 200x200 card and shot a 297x300 in the .38 caliber event for his two record-breaking performances.

The third record broken was due a 294x300 card shot by W. C. Joyner of the Border Patrol in the .22 caliber centerfire event.

Arizona Daily Star, Tucson, Arizona, Monday, April 29, 1957, Page B2

MTU Shooters In Tucson Meet

In competition at the Arizona State Pistol Championships held April 27-28 in Tucson, Marksmanship Training Unit Shooters, led by 1stLt. W. W. McMillan, Jr., more than held their own.

Lt. McMillan set a new service record over the center fire national match course with a score of 297 with 14 X's. He then copped the .22 aggregate with 880, the center fire aggregate with 878, placed second in the .45 aggregate with 863, and fired an 874 aggregate over the national match course.

The MTU Blue Team won the .22 team match with a score of 1165. The same team placed second in .38 and .45 team competition.

Over the .22 timed fire and the center fire timed fire, courses, Lt. McMillan scored a "possible" of 200.

The Chevron, Friday, May 3, 1957