On 2/7/2011 9:12 PM, Doug White wrote:

I convinced the first woman member of the team to take the PE pistol
course in ~ 1973. She was actually anti-gun, but had never fired one. I
told her she should learn about it before she bad mouthed it, and the
following spring she won the women's state indoor pistol championship.

I think the team is close to 2/3rds women now. I'd guess that the
majority of the team is asian, but many of them are US born, with names
like Alex, Eddie, Ruby, etc.

I actually spend more of my time gunsmithing than actively coaching. The
tryouts for the national championship are this weekend, so we really want
to make sure nobody has pistol problems. The team had a match against
Navy last weekend, and they had a variety of malfuctions. Navy beat us,
but not by very much. The gun problems could have made the difference.

MIT has a wide range of pistol types& models, and I've had to learn how
to diagnose& repair some I've never played with before. I fixed a
couple of Hammerli international free pistols today. Hopefully the other
coaches will be able to sort out any remaining issues before the match.

Doug White

Doug, can you either post or send me a note telling the best way to make
a donation that will directly benefit the team.

Thanks.

Stuart