Amanda furrer biography
Triggered memories: Spokane shooter Amanda (Furrer) Banta’s ...!
Amanda furrer biography
Triggered memories: Spokane shooter Amanda (Furrer) Banta’s Olympic experience was on target, even without a medal
The Furrer family forked out $4,000 for a blue Anschutz .22-cal. competition rifle some 20 years ago.
Pampered like a Stradivarius, it assisted their youngest daughter in covering a wall – no exaggeration – with awards and medals before accompanying her to London for the 2012 Summer Olympic Games.
“I will always keep it,” said Amanda (Furrer) Banta, 33, from her Spokane home recently.
“Every piece of the rifle and the accessories have been fit to my body.
“I’ve made slashes on the stock so I could tell where my hand-stop and palm rest needed to go for each shooting position.
“I dug into the cheek piece so I could feel where my cheek needed to rest for every shot.
“I cut off and filed down the hand grip so I could bring the rifle closer to my chest in standing (position).
“It has been broken in two and pieced back together again.
That rifle grew and adapted with