I am sorry to have to report that Amos Frombach passed away Wednesday at the age of 94. A spring time memorial service is being planned and I will forward the details when they are available.
Amos Frombach was a long time promoter of Benchrest shooting with a history of involvement dating back to the early days of the precision shooting movement in the Northwest. Over the years many a shooter in this area got hooked on Benchrest when Amos invited them to sit down at his bench and shoot a group with his gun. (me included) He was very involved in the Kenmore club and was one of a few guys who took it upon themselves to design and build the 18 concrete benches we get to shoot from today. Our biggest shoot of the year at Kenmore, “the Frombach” is named in honor of Amos and his brother Ed.
Amos was a friend to me and many others. He was always glad to help, and many an hour was spent in his loading room working and talking shooting. As was the case with a lot of the early Benchrest shooters, Amos was quite an experimenter and it was always interesting to hear about the things he had tried over the years to improve rifle accuracy. Amos was a heck of a shooter! He still holds the Kenmore record for the smallest 10 shot 300 yd group while shooting a bag gun. It measured .489! (and I might add, he did this at the young age of 85!)
Due to his health, Amos hadn’t been able to shoot much for the last couple of years, but up until then I used to get to go shooting with him quite a bit. Amos loved to be at the range! I can still see him finishing a group on his favorite bench #2 and turning to me with a big grin and declaring “Isn’t this is the life!”
Rick Graham
Amos Frombach was a long time promoter of Benchrest shooting with a history of involvement dating back to the early days of the precision shooting movement in the Northwest. Over the years many a shooter in this area got hooked on Benchrest when Amos invited them to sit down at his bench and shoot a group with his gun. (me included) He was very involved in the Kenmore club and was one of a few guys who took it upon themselves to design and build the 18 concrete benches we get to shoot from today. Our biggest shoot of the year at Kenmore, “the Frombach” is named in honor of Amos and his brother Ed.
Amos was a friend to me and many others. He was always glad to help, and many an hour was spent in his loading room working and talking shooting. As was the case with a lot of the early Benchrest shooters, Amos was quite an experimenter and it was always interesting to hear about the things he had tried over the years to improve rifle accuracy. Amos was a heck of a shooter! He still holds the Kenmore record for the smallest 10 shot 300 yd group while shooting a bag gun. It measured .489! (and I might add, he did this at the young age of 85!)
Due to his health, Amos hadn’t been able to shoot much for the last couple of years, but up until then I used to get to go shooting with him quite a bit. Amos loved to be at the range! I can still see him finishing a group on his favorite bench #2 and turning to me with a big grin and declaring “Isn’t this is the life!”
Rick Graham
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