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Prayers for the family of James Phillips of Tennessee (aka here as JamesnTN)

SHall said:
I just got word that James Phillips from Tennessee recently passed. He was an avid shooter, reloader and contributor to our sport! He was one of the first guys to earn a name at IBS 600 yard shooting in the early 2000’s. He was a great guy and always eager to help new shooters. Prayers to his family, loved ones, and his best friend, Otis, that traveled with James everywhere. Samuel Hall
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Sad news. James was eager to help me with a number of wildcats, and I appreciated his experience and his williness to share what he knew.

RIP James

MQ1
 
Sad news, prayers and condolences to his friends and family. I read many of his posts over the years, seemed like a nice guy!
 
I met James at the first competition match I ever shot back in 2001. Hunted and shot with him several times. A wealth of information and always treated me well.. RIP partner. WD
 
LarryDScott said:
Sorry to hear this. It must have been unexpected
because he bought a trigger from me the first of Sept.
LDS
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Yea, I was looking this morning for the name James went by on AccurateShooter so people would recognize who he was (JamesnTN). When I looked him up here, it showed he was online on AS this Thursday. James had a traumatic back injury a few months ago, had back surgery and a hospital stay, but had recovered pretty well. I hear this latest health bout was covid. I am thinking James is about my age, 55. I hope I am not stepping outside my boundries but this is what I have been hearing.
James was one of the first members that joined AccurateShooter in Nov 2004. He has beeen a frequent poster and knowledgeable helper. He sold reloading suppys for a long while under the name “The Reloaders Nest”, I believe it was. I remember James was one of the very first to start shooting the IBS 600 yard disciple when it started in 2003-4. Rodney Wagner said James took him to his first 600 yard match in St Louis in 2004. Back then there was only 3 600 yard ranges in the country. SD, NC, St Loius. James was big into the 22 Dasher and set some records early in the 600 yard years. He was a great shooter and person. I saw James at Piedmont this past year when he shot there. He has called or messaged me several times a year over the years. We have exchanged loading info. He was one of the MOST KNOWLEDGBLE reloader I have ever talked to. Bar none. I will miss him! Samuel Hall
 
My first 600 yard match was around 2004 at Oak Ridge. That's when I met James. He was running the matches at that time. I was really green and was not even close to being on target and, of course the pits couldn't tell what I needed to do. James gave me the bad news that I wasn't even on paper and when I asked if he had any ideas he answered "you're low and left". I dialed up (a lot) and right a bit and the next shot was on the sighter target. I asked him a few years ago if he remembered and how he would have known. You guessed; just a WAG!
 
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