July, 2016
The Voice of the National Bench Rest Shooters Association
In this issue: 28th Annual Hog Roast Recap Nightforce Competition Scope Review & Much More!
2016 Long Range Nationals at Rogue Valley: Bill Johnston Is the New Grand Champion!
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Nightforce 42x44 Fixed-Power Scope: A First Look, by Rodney Brown....................................4 Jeff Gaidos Wins Western Wayne County’s Spring Tune Up, by Bill Gammon............................6 Oak Hill Gun Club’s Light Varmint Competition, by Jim Schmidt..........................................9 North Texas Shooters Association: John Horn Wins Texas Four-Gun Showdown, by Mike Stinnett...10 Lewis-Clark Wildlife Club’s Hunter Match, by Glenn Sampson.............................................11 Mill Creek Rifle Club’s Hunter & Varmint-For-Score Match, by Ron Shultz..............................12 Tri-Cities Metallic Silhouette Association’s Hunter Match, by Rick DeGroat............................13 Desert Sportsman Rifle & Pistol Club’s Hunter-VFS Match, by Howard Bloom...........................14 Ouachita Sportsman’s Club April Sporter-Unlimited Match, by Ray Porter..............................15 Council Bluff’s Mid-States Shootout, Leg 1, by Jon Leu....................................................16 April at Sahuaro, “They Call The Wind Mariah”, by Dale Arenson........................................18 Sloughhouse Benchrest Shooters April Group Match, by Dan Lutke......................................19 2016 NBRSA Registered Match Schedule........................................................................20 Southwest Louisiana Rifle & Pistol Club’s VFS Match, by Jackie Schmidt................................21 2016 Long Range Nationals: Bill Johnston is Grand Champion, by Phil Grammatica...................23 28th Annual Hog Roast & WBC Qualifier #2: Larry Costa Wins The Two Gun, by Jack Neary..........27 Bench Rest Rifle Club of St Louis May VFS & Hunter Match, by Wayne Corley..........................30 Charles Huckeba Wins Hill Country’s Bluebonnet, by Cody Engel.........................................31 Richard Brensing Sweeps Up at Okie Shooter’s Club, by Mike Bryant....................................33 Mill Creek’s Mid-Continent Three Gun Championship, by Don Creach...................................33 Advertising Index.................................................................................................35 Ranges, Clubs & Contacts........................................................................................36 NBRSA News, A Letter from the Master: Tony Boyer & US Benchrest Hall of Fame Standings.......38 Officer, Regional Director & Business Contact Information................................................39 On the cover: RVSSA, host of the 2016 NBRSA Long Range Nationals. Photos by Bill Bonser
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NightForce 42x44 Fixed-Power Scope:
A First Look by Rodney Brown
Optics for benchrest shooting have a tough role to fill. We really have just a few basic requirements: granite-stable aiming and crystal clarity in a high-magnification, weightless package…and it should look good. Nightforce has a legendary reputation for granite-stable aiming and crystal clarity. Their older 8x32 and 12x42 Benchrest scopes and the new 15x55 Competition scope have firmly proven that. Now they have brought that reputation to bear on the weight issue. The new 42X fixed power scope is purpose built for the varmint class benchrest community where weight limits dictate accessories. I’ve had this new scope on my Light Varmint gun for a couple weekends of competition now and it’s time for a first look review. Using this scope I was able to still make weight with a 5# 5oz Heavy Varmint barrel. The specification says 20.7 ounces; my postal scale flashed 20.9 ounces and virtually identical to both my Leupold 45X and my Marsh 50X. There are two reticules available: a fine crosshair and a crosshair with a 3/32 dot. My scope has the dot
which to my eyes appears to cover about a ¼ of a 6mm bullet hole at 100 yards and ½ a hole at 200 yards. While I’ve shot a fine crosshair most of the last 10 years, I’m finding the small dot a bit quicker to place back on my aim point. One point of concern compared to my other scopes was the 44mm front objective lens. The role of the large front lens is to gather light and being the smallest of my 3 fixed competition scopes, I was impressed to see that it is possibly the brightest of the three. The technology of ED (Extralow Dispersion) glass has come to us from the world of high-end photography and definitely enhances our ability to see. Shooting on a rainy, dark gray, overcast day presented no issues at all and the consensus of all the competitors who looked through it was that it had the brightest sight picture of all the scopes on the line. The most important quality in benchrest optics is the ability to hold a consistent aim point. A .01 MOA reticule drift issue can cause shot dispersion that is the difference between a .22 agg that wins and a .23 agg that finishes just out of the wood. This is
also the hardest aspect of our optic packages to evaluate. Conditions and gun tuning have a substantially larger impact on our bullet placement and I’m not going to pretend that I can shoot well enough in a couple of matches to discern any problems in this area. I’m just going to trust the Nightforce reputation for rugged reliability here. Good looks are rounded out with nicely engraved turrets that feature large, easy to read, white lettering. The side parallax turret has hash marks but is not marked with any distance information. That has never been particularly necessary or accurate so no loss there. I found the parallax adjustment to be extremely stable in the matches I’ve shot so far. Once set, the parallax stability has been rock-solid throughout the day of competition. All in all, I’m very impressed with this scope as have been the other shooters that have looked through it. I sincerely applaud Nightforce for both their support of NBRSA competitions and their decision to build a top quality product specifically for our short-range game.
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WWCCA’s Spring Tune Up
By Bill Gammon April 16-17, 2016 Weather was 32F at night and 65 in the daytime. The grounds crew really did their job and the place looked immaculate. Over the winter, the moving backers were replaced with new painted replacement boards which were then, with new pipe, assembled and ready to hang. This has to be one of the premiere clubs in the USA, with over a 1,000 members, a 25yd, 50yd, 100yd, 200yd, moving plate 25yd, airgun, trap fields, skeet fields, archery and 2 black powder fields along with camping. All of this located in the middle of Plymouth
Michigan and all of the fields able to work at the same time. The Saturday supper was cook-your-own streaks for $12.00 and they supply all of the fixings. The next match is a pig roast, do not know how much, and a TEXAS BBQ on the third match, again do not know much. The club is open on Friday nights for happy hour, which lasts from 6pm until whenever. But enough of the range. For the first match in the Eastern Region, it was sunny, warm and perfect. All of the usual shooters were here, plus some more new people. Jeff Gaidos started off in the LV with a .1804 agg with Joe Krupa at a .1886 and Don Rosette with a .2032. Small
group was a .113 by, guess who? Jeff Gaidos. In the HV, again it was Jeff with a .1668 agg and Joe with .2064 agg and Don with a .2208, is this getting repetitious ? And in the HV Victor Potts with an even nicer .075. Now we move out into no man’s land, the 200yd, on Sunday. You are not going to believe who came in first at HV. Jeff Gaidos, (me thinks that I will put that name on my WORD speed thingy), with a .2238, second, was Dale Dillingham, from Indiana, at least I can spell the State, with a very respectable.2328, and Joey Krupa with a .2342.. That gave the HV grand as follows, Jeff Gaidos (it is obvious I have not figured out the WORD thingy yet), a .1953 grand agg, Joe Krupa with .2203 and third Dale Dillingham, .2327. Small group, a .266 shot by Stan Buchtel. On to the LV stage of the 200yd, Jack Neary won with a .1984, Jerry Jarrett a .2169 and Joe Krupa with a .2171, which gave the LV grand like this: Joey Krupa .2029, second was what’s his name again? Jeff Gaidos with a .2159 and third, Jack Neary .2315. Small group was a .254 shot by one of our Canadian friends, Rob MacLennan. The Two Gun read: Jeff Gaidos in first with a .2056, fol-
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...says Lou Murdica of Palm Springs, California. His granddaughter, Angelina Gonzalez, recently shot at Arizona Benchrest Shooters' Unl5-Unl5 Arizona State Invitational and earned 4th place out of 37 shooters in the 2nd 100 yard agg. Her 0.1612" agg was smaller than 2 benchrest hall of famers!
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lowed by Joe Krupa .2116 and Don Rosette third with a .2446. Comments, according to all of the competitors there the weather could not have been more perfect. The match, under the direction of Dana Raven, could not have been held better. Everything was good. Just as a matter of interest, Dana has a 3 ½ hour trip and when he found out that he was going to be short one target crew, he called his wife and she traveled the 3 ½ hours to be on the target crew. The shooters at WWCCA are very grateful for their efforts. In the Photo p.6 from left: Dale Dillingham, Stan Buchtel, Joe Krupa, Jeff Gaidos, Don Rosette & Victor Potts. Above: Joe Krupa, Jeff Gaidos & Don Rosette. Two Gun Jeff Gaidos.................. 0.2056 Joe Krupa.................... 0.2116 Donald Rosette.............. 0.2446 Melvyn Newransky.......... 0.2494 Dale Dillingham............. 0.2494 Jack Neary................... 0.2589 Stan Buchtel................. 0.2708 Ted Heindselman............ 0.2720 Jerry Jarrett................. 0.2735 Peter Smith.................. 0.2826 Steve Theye.................. 0.3005 Larry Feusse................. 0.3074 Dave Bruno................... 0.3094 Rob MacLennan.............. 0.3100 Victor Potts.................. 0.3112 Lee Hachigian............... 0.3126 DeWayne Wood.............. 0.3154 Ron Robovitsky.............. 0.3167
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Jeff Gaidos................... 0.2159 Jack Neary................... 0.2315 Ted Heindselman............ 0.2474 Melvyn Newransky.......... 0.2505 Don Rosette.................. 0.2533 Jerry Jarrett................. 0.2540 Steve Theye.................. 0.2605 Dale Dillingham............. 0.2662 Stan Buchtel................. 0.2826 DeWayne Wood.............. 0.2874 Rob MacLennan.............. 0.2881 Butch Lipscomb............. 0.2912 Ron Robovitsky.............. 0.2915 Peter Smith.................. 0.2919 Heavy Varmint 100-Yards Jeff Gaidos.................. 0.1668 Joe Krupa.................... 0.2064 Don Rosette.................. 0.2208 Dale Dillingham............. 0.2326 Jerry Jarrett................. 0.2402 Melvyn Newransky.......... 0.2472 Peter Smith.................. 0.2582 Mario Sanchez............... 0.2713 Ted Heindselman............ 0.2742 Stan Buchtel................. 0.2746 Small Group Victor Potts................... 0.075 Heavy Varmint 200-Yards Jeff Gaidos.................. 0.2238 Dale Dillingham............. 0.2328 Joe Krupa.................... 0.2342 Stan Buchtel................. 0.2433 Melvyn Newransky.......... 0.2493 Don Rosette.................. 0.2512 Lee Hachigian............... 0.2586 Larry Feusse................. 0.2720 Competitor Jeff Gaidos Joe Krupa Don Rosette Don Rosette (HV) Melvyn Newransky Dale Dillingham Dale Dillingham (HV) Jack Neary Stan Buchtel Ted Heindselman Ted Heindselman (HV) Jerry Jarrett Jerry Jarrett (HV) Peter Smith Peter Smith (HV)
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Jack Neary....................0.2826 Peter Smith...................0.2883 Small Group Stan Buchtel.................. 0.266 Heavy Varmint Grand Jeff Gaidos.................. 0.1953 Joe Krupa.....................0.2203 Dale Dillingham..............0.2327 Don Rosette...................0.2360 Melvyn Newransky...........0.2483
Stan Buchtel................. Peter Smith.................. Jack Neary................... Jerry Jarrett................. Ted Heindselman............ Chuck Green................. Dave Bruno................... Victor Potts.................. Larry Feusse................. Mario Sanchez...............
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Oak Hill Gun Club Light Varmint Competition
April 17, 2016 The Oak Hill Gun Club in Blue Grass, Iowa, hosted a light varmint group match on Sunday April 17. The match drew 12 shooters. The temperature got up to 84 degrees and the wind was switchy around 11 mph. Dave Coots won the LV100 competition with a .2180 aggregate followed very closely by Jerry Wick with a .2190 Aggregate. J.J. Coe had the small group with a very fine .089. Dean Ekstrom won the LV200 competition with a .2583 aggregate follow by Dave Coots with a .2672 aggregate. Jerry Wick had the small group at 200 yards with a .331. The Grand aggregate was also very close with Dean Ekstrom winning with .2413 aggregate and Dave Coots coming in second with a .2426 aggregate. --Jim Schmidt Pictured left to right is Jerry Wick, Dean Ekstrom, J.J. Coe and Dave Coots Light Varmint 100-Yards Dave Coots.................. 0.2180 Jerry Wick.................... 0.2190 Dean Ekstrom................ 0.2242 Joe Morgan................... 0.2404 JJ Coe......................... 0.2422
Jerry King.................... 0.2914 Mike Godman................ 0.3166 Louis Kerhlikar............... 0.3198 Wes Johnson................. 0.3226 Frank Taucher............... 0.4126 Jim Schmidt.................. 0.4368 Dustin Godman.............. 0.4462 Light Varmint 200-Yards Dave Coots.................. 0.2583
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Jerry Wick.................... 0.2672 Dean Ekstrom................ 0.3065 Joe Morgan................... 0.3106 Louis Kerhlikar............... 0.3728 JJ Coe......................... 0.4052 Wes Johnson................. 0.4150 Jerry King.................... 0.4240 Jim Schmidt.................. 0.4626 Mike Godman................ 0.5201 Frank Taucher............... 0.5484 Dustin Godman.............. 0.5887 Light Varmint Grand Dave Coots.................. 0.2413 Jerry Wick.................... 0.2426 Dean Ekstrom................ 0.2627 Joe Morgan................... 0.2764 Louis Kerhlikar............... 0.3228 JJ Coe......................... 0.3719 Wes Johnson................. 0.4057 Jerry King.................... 0.4095 Jim Schmidt.................. 0.4138 Mike Godman................ 0.4355 Frank Taucher............... 0.4497 Dustin Godman.............. 0.4527
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Texas NBRSA matches are notorious for dry heat and high wind. For the fourth year in a row “Climate Change” strikes and we have low temps and record rain! Saturday we escaped the rains but wind was the dominant factor after the first two targets were pulled. But by this time, Charles Huckeba had already established a lead in the Unlimited with triple threes and could not be tracked down by John Horn or Gary Bristow who managed .2 and .3 on the last two matches. With a change of gun, John pulled out a new Heavy Varmint and destroyed the competition with a barrage of .2 and .3’s at 200 yards. He was untouchable. Sunday started off with a BANG. Multiple match delays due to lighting just sitting on top of the field and a string of storms across Texas which lead to record rain fall in Houston and 5 inches in Denton. The benches remained dry but boots were required if you were on bench 13 through 20 due to the small river which formed and pushed out into the flags. Gary pulled a solid win on the Light Varmint and several small groups, but John Horn dominated the four gun with two wins and two second place finishes. Four Gun John Horn................... 0.2747 Gary Bristow................. 0.3021 Ron Sewell................... 0.3489 Charles Huckeba............ 0.3715 Darryl Whitman............. 0.3847 Scott Hunter................. 0.4279 Tim Oltersdorf............... 0.4812 Heavy Varmint 200-Yards John Horn................... 0.2102 Gary Bristow................. 0.3425 Ron Sewell................... 0.3514 Tim Oltersdorf............... 0.3570 Charles Huckeba............ 0.3903 Ryan Wingate................ 0.3940 Darryl Whitman............. 0.4189 Michael Suissi................ 0.5059 Scott Hunter................. 0.5261 Small Group Gary Bristow.................. 0.269
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Unlimited 200-Yards Charles Huckeba........... 0.2088 John Horn.................... 0.2260 Gary Bristow................. 0.2295 Ron Sewell................... 0.2368 Scott Hunter................. 0.2410 Darryl Whitman............. 0.3490 Michael Suissi................ 0.3540 Joe Moore.................... 0.3827 Tim Oltersdorf............... 0.8991 Small Group Ron Sewell.................... 0.215 Light Varmint 200-Yards Gary Bristow................ 0.2456 John Horn.................... 0.3591 Tim Oltersdorf............... 0.3605 Ron Sewell................... 0.4027 Scott Hunter................. 0.4324 Darryl Whitman............. 0.4538 Ryan Wingate................ 0.5093 Charles Huckeba............ 0.5482 Small Group Gary Bristow.................. 0.365 Sporter 200-Yards John Horn................... 0.3037 Tim Oltersdorf............... 0.3083 Darryl Whitman............. 0.3171 Charles Huckeba............ 0.3385 Ryan Wingate................ 0.3781 Gary Bristow................. 0.3908 Ron Sewell................... 0.4045 Scott Hunter................. 0.5120 Small Group Michael Suissi................. 0.312
Lewis Clark Wildlife Club’s Hunter Match
April 24, 2016 by Glenn Sampson We had our first hunter match of the year with a very respectable turn out. We had one first-time shooter who shot VFS and turned in a respectable score. Sixteen year old Hannah Cripe also took a liking to match director Paul Gylling and dubbed him FOREST GUMP. The two bantered back and forth all day entertaining all of us. When the dust finally settled after 200 yards the scores were as follows. Thanks to everyone who participated. In the photo from left: Larry Tucker, Jeff Jetter, Glenn Sampson Dick Mayer, Sam Small.
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Hunter 100-Yards Sam Small................... 250-16X Dick Mayer...................250-14X Jeff Jetter...................249-14X Mike Wesche.................249-12X Jack Foster...................249-06X Glenn Sampson..............248-15X Larry Tucker.................248-12X Harvey Uttinger.............248-10X Hannah Cripe................248-09X John Germann...............246-09X Tim Tucker...................241-11X Paul Gylling................. 250-20X* Hunter 200-Yards Larry Tucker............... 247-05X Sam Small....................245-03X Glenn Sampson..............245-02X Paul Gylling..................244-04X Harvey Uttinger.............243-06X Dick Mayer...................241-02X Jack Foster...................240-03X Mike Wesche.................239-02X Tim Tucker...................238-03X John Germann...............238-01X Jeff Jetter...................237-02X Hannah Cripe................229-00X Hunter Grand Sam Small................... 495-19X Larry Tucker.................495-17X Glenn Sampson..............493-17X Dick Mayer...................491-16X Harvey Uttinger.............491-16X Jack Foster...................489-09X Mike Wesche.................488-14X Jeff Jetter...................486-16X John Germann...............484-10X Tim Tucker...................479-14X Hannah Cripe................477-09X Paul Gylling................. 494-24X* *Out of class
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Mill Creek Rifle Club Hunter & VFS Match April 2-3, 2016
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the VFS 300 with an outstanding 243-2X. --Ron Shultz VFS 100-Yards Sam Langhofer............ 250-14X Dave Brooks.................249-10X Terry Tholen................248-10X Jeff Shultz..................247-10X Howard Cowher............ 246-6X Dan Williams................ 246-5X Chet Whitebread........... 246-3X Paul Williams............... 244-7X Eric Burns................... 241-3X Jim Franzen................. 237-5X Doug Brooks................. 237-4X VFS 200-Yards Chet Whitebread.......... 245-6X Terry Tholen................ 242-2X Dave Brooks................. 240-0X Sam Langhofer.............. 239-3X Howard Cowher............ 239-1X Dan Williams................ 237-4X Eric Burns................... 237-2X Jeff Shultz.................. 236-5X Jim Franzen................. 232-1X Paul Whitmore.............. 231-0X Doug Brooks................. 222-2X
VFS 300-Yards Terry Tholen............... 243-2X Jeff Shultz.................. 234-3X Dan Williams................ 234-2X Howard Cowher............ 231-0X Paul Whitmore.............. 227-1X Sam Langhofer.............. 222-1X Jim Franzen................. 220-0X Eric Burns................... 214-1X Doug Brooks................. 211-2X Dave Brooks................. 140-2X VFS 100 & 200 Yards Chet Whitebread.......... 491-9X Terry Tholen................490-12X Sam Langhofer..............489-17X Dave Brooks.................489-10X Howard Cowher............ 485-7X Jeff Shultz..................483-15X Dan Williams................ 483-9X Eric Burns................... 478-5X Paul Whitmore.............. 474-7X Jim Franzen................. 469-6X Doug Brooks................. 459-6X VFS 200 & 300 Yards Terry Tholen............... 485-4X Dan Williams................ 471-6X
Frosty and cool to start off Saturday, but as it warmed up, so did the wind. The fast, switchy conditions really held the scores down. Ron Shultz in Hunter and Sam Langhofer in VFS were the only ones that managed to stay clean at 100 yards. At 200 yards, it got even spookier. The mirage joined in with the wind. Jason Stanley held his own winning the yardage in Hunter Class and Chet Whitebread grabbed the VFS 200. Sunday morning was somewhat warmer with no frost. The winds had changed overnight from the northwest to the south and were much stronger and fast-switching. Ron Shultz won the Hunter yardage and Terry Tholen really outclassed the whole lot of us winning Mill Creek Rifle Club April 2-3, 2016 Hunter & VFS Match Equipment List Hunter Class: Cartridge Action Barrel Gunsmith Stock Scope Case Powder Ron Shultz 30x47 Rattler Lilja Shultz McMillan Lyman Lapua N135 Jason Stanley 30x47 BAT Krieger Bigelow Kelbly Burris Lapua N135 Mike Bigelow 30x47 BAT Leadder Bigelow McMillan Burris Lapua N135 TK Nollan 30-284 MYR BAT Krieger Self BAT Sightron Norma N135 Mike McFarland 30x47 Farley Shilen Shultz n/a Burris Lapua N135 Randy Robinett 6.5x47 Remington Krieger Self Lee Six Burris Lapua H4350 Tim Henderson 30BR Rattler Shilen Shultz McMillan Sightron Lapua H4198 Ron Berg 30BR Rattler Leadder Bigelow McMillan Burris Lapua H4198 Don Crunk 30xx44 Grizzly Rock Davis Kelbly Burris Lapua N135 VFS: Terry Tholen 30BR Stolle Bartlein Kuse n/a NightForce Lapua H4198 Jeff Shultz 30BR Panda Krieger Kelbly Kelbly Leupold/45 Lapua H4198 Dan Williams 30BR Shilen Krieger Bonnett McMillan Weaver Lapua H4198 Howard Cowher 30BR Stiller Krieger Kuse Lawson Leupold/45 Lapua LT32 Sam Langhofer 30BR RFD Bartlein Brensing Lee Six March/50 Lapua H4198 Paul Whitmore 6PPC Stiller Shilen Bigelow McMillan Leupold/36 Lapua N133 Eric Burns 6PPC Wichita Krieger Bigelow McMillan Leupold/36 Norma N133 Jim Franzen 6MM Defiance Krieger Bonnett Shehane Leupold/40 Lapua N133 Chet Whitebread 6PPC Panda Leadder Self Kelbly Leupold/45 Lapua N133 Doug Brooks 220 Biggs Panda Shilen Miller Lee Six Weaver Lapua LT32 Dave Brooks 6PPC BAT Bartlein n/a Schofield Leupold/45 Lapua LT32
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Jeff Shultz.................. 470-8X Howard Cowher............ 470-1X Sam Langhofer.............. 459-4X Paul Whitmore.............. 458-1X Jim Franzen................. 452-1X Eric Burns................... 451-3X Doug Brooks................. 433-4X Dave Brooks................. 380-2X VFS 100-200-300 Yards Terry Tholen.............. 733-14X Jeff Shultz..................717-18X Dan Williams................717-11X Howard Cowher............ 716-7X Sam Langhofer..............709-18X Paul Whitmore.............. 702-8X Eric Burns................... 692-6X Jim Franzen................. 689-6X Doug Brooks................. 670-8X Dave Brooks.................629-12X Hunter 100-Yards Ron Shultz................. 250-13X Jason Stanley............... 248-7X Mike Bigelow................247-12X TK Nollan.................... 247-9X Tim Henderson............. 244-7X Mike McFarland............. 244-7X Don Crunk................... 241-3X Randy Robinett............. 239-4X Ron Berg..................... 176-5X Hunter 200-Yards Jason Stanley.............. 241-4X Randy Robinett............. 240-4X Tim Henderson............. 240-3X Ron Berg..................... 235-4X Mike Bigelow................ 235-1X Mike McFarland............. 234-4X Don Crunk................... 234-1X Ron Shultz................... 234-0X TK Nollan.................... 133-3X Hunter 300-Yards Ron Shultz.................. 238-2X TK Nollan.................... 237-2X Mike Bigelow................ 235-4X Mike McFarland............. 235-1X Randy Robinett............. 235-1X Jason Stanley............... 229-2X Ron Berg..................... 223-4X Tim Henderson............. 223-4X Hunter 100 & 200 Yards Jason Stanley............. 489-11X Ron Shultz...................484-13X Tim Henderson.............484-10X Mike Bigelow................482-13X
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TK Nollan....................480-12X Randy Robinett............. 479-8X Mike McFarland.............478-11X Don Crunk................... 478-6X Ron Berg..................... 411-9X Hunter 200 & 300 Yards Randy Robinett............ 474-5X Ron Shultz................... 472-2X Jason Stanley............... 470-5X TK Nollan.................... 470-5X Mike Bigelow................ 470-5X Mike McFarland............. 469-5X Tim Henderson............. 463-7X Ron Berg..................... 459-5X Hunter 100-200-300 Yards Ron Shultz................. 722-13X Jason Stanley...............718-13X Mike Bigelow................717-17X TK Nollan....................717-14X Mike McFarland.............713-12X Randy Robinett............. 713-9X Tim Henderson.............707-14X Ron Berg.....................635-10X
Tri-Cities MSA Hunter Match
by Rick DeGroat Eight shooters showed up for our first registered match of the year on March 26, 2016. It was a beautiful spring day with warm temperatures and of course, the switching winds, mirage as well as the bullet swating troll that lives in the creek bed between the 100 and 200 yard lines. We lovingly call it the troll in the hole. As usual in the South East desert of Washington state, we worked hard for our low scores...
Hunter 100-Yards Glenn Sampson...........247-11X Paul Gylling................ 246-13X Dick Mayer.................. 243-9X Rick DeGroat................ 243-4X Frank Taggart............... 241-7X Rick Ekwortzel.............. 239-5X Pinney Bed.................. 228-1X Hunter 200-Yards Glenn Sampson........... 241-1X
Paul Gylling................. 238-3X Dick Mayer.................. 235-2X Mike Fowler................. 234-1X Frank Taggart............... 228-2X Rick Ekwortzel.............. 224-0X Rick DeGroat................ 220-0X Pinney Bed.................. 184-1X Hunter Grand Glenn Sampson...........488-11X Paul Gylling................ 484-16X Dick Mayer.................. 479-9X Frank Taggart............... 469-7X Rick Ekwortzel.............. 463-5X
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Desert Sportsman Rifle & Pistol Club
VFS 4/23/16 Hunter 4/24/16 By Howard Bloom Swishing winds make for a tough two days for the shooters, but it didn't stop Keith Myers from taking everything. On Sunday Dave shot a 250-14X. Nice shooting Dave and Keith. This was not a good turnout; we’re trying to keep the VFS & Hunter matches going and we need more shooters. If you shot the matches before try and come back out. If you know some other shooters tell them about our matches. Thank you. --Howie Bloom VFS DSRPC Club Championship VFS 100-Yards Keith Myers................. 250-15X Ron Carter.................... 248-9X Tom DeBacco................245-10X Tony DeBacco................ 231-5X
VFS 200-Yards Keith Myers.................. 246-3X Ron Carter.................... 245-5X Tony DeBacco................ 224-2X Tom DeBacco................ 220-1X Grand Aggregate Keith Myers................. 496-18X Ron Carter....................493-13X Tom DeBacco................465-11X Tony DeBacco................ 455-7X Hunter DSRPC Club Championship Hunter 100-Yards Dave Raymore............. 250-14X Howard Bloom............... 242-6X Ron Carter.................... 238-7X Tom DeBacco................ 238-5X Tony DeBacco................ 235-4X Hunter 200-Yards Dave Raymore.............. 239-3X Ron Carter.................... 233-4X Howard Bloom............... 231-1X Tony DeBacco................ 227-0X Tom DeBacco................ 225-0X Grand Aggregate Dave Raymore............. 489-17X
Howard Bloom............... 473-7X Ron Carter....................471-11X Tom DeBacco................ 463-5X Tony DeBacco................ 462-4X Two Gun Grand Ron Carter.................. 964-25X Tom DeBacco................928-16X Tony DeBacco................917-11X Keith Myers..................496-18X Dave Raymore...............489-17X Howard Bloom............... 473-7X
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Ouachita Sportsman’s April SP-UNL Match
By Ray Porter It was a beautiful weekend with very mild winds‌that switched violently every 10 seconds. We fought for last place. In the Sporter 200 after four targets, seven of us were separated by .050 of an inch. I shot nearly an inch group and everyone else shot far bigger than I (to hand me a win in SP200.) Richard Watson placed first at SP100 and the Grand, while Matt Owens won the UNL100. Joe Hargadine then took over and won the UNL200, UNL Grand and ultimately the Two Gun. Congratulations to Joe and thank you for joining us. Sporter 100-Yards Richard Watson............. 0.2438 Ray Porter..................... 0.2814 Glenn Chism.................. 0.2950 Tim Henderson............... 0.2962 Joe Hargadine................ 0.3280 Matt Owens................... 0.3488 Joe McNeill.................... 0.3540 Jimmy Carpenter............. 0.3650 Jimmy Knox................... 0.4816 Travis Cannon................. 0.5216 Sporter 200-Yards Ray Porter................... 0.2961 Matt Owens................... 0.3158 Richard Watson............... 0.3303 Joe Hargadine................ 0.3354 Jimmy Carpenter............. 0.3446 Glenn Chism.................. 0.3591 Tim Henderson............... 0.3814 Joe McNeill.................... 0.4890 Jimmy Knox................... 0.5455 Travis Cannon................. 0.6794 Sporter Grand Richard Watson............. 0.2871 Ray Porter..................... 0.2888 Glenn Chism.................. 0.3271 Joe Hargadine................ 0.3317 Matt Owens................... 0.3323 Tim Henderson............... 0.3388 Jimmy Carpenter............. 0.3548 Joe McNeill.................... 0.4215 Jimmy Knox................... 0.5136 Travis Cannon................. 0.6005 Unlimited 100-Yards Matt Owens.................. 0.2458 Joe Hargadine................ 0.2902
Glenn Chism.................. 0.2916 Tim Henderson............... 0.3006 Ray Porter..................... 0.3102 Jimmy Knox................... 0.3146 Richard Watson............... 0.3150 Joe McNeill.................... 0.3180 Jimmy Carpenter............. 0.4008 Travis Cannon................. 0.5494 Unlimited 200-Yards Joe Hargadine.............. 0.2769 Matt Owens................... 0.3503 Ray Porter..................... 0.4120 Richard Watson............... 0.4136 Jimmy Carpenter............. 0.4148 Glenn Chism.................. 0.4171 Tim Henderson............... 0.4395 Joe McNeill.................... 0.5818 Jimmy Knox................... 0.6087 Travis Cannon................. 0.9131 Unlimited Grand Joe Hargadine.............. 0.2836
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Matt Owens................... 0.2981 Glenn Chism.................. 0.3544 Ray Porter..................... 0.3611 Richard Watson............... 0.3643 Tim Henderson............... 0.3701 Jimmy Carpenter............. 0.4078 Joe McNeill.................... 0.4499 Jimmy Knox................... 0.4617 Travis Cannon................. 0.7313 Two Gun Joe Hargadine.............. 0.3076 Matt Owens................... 0.3152 Ray Porter..................... 0.3249 Richard Watson............... 0.3257 Glenn Chism.................. 0.3407 Tim Henderson............... 0.3544 Jimmy Carpenter............. 0.3813 Joe McNeill.................... 0.4357 Jimmy Knox................... 0.4876 Travis Cannon................ 0.4876
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Council Bluffs Mid-States Shootout Leg 1,
The first leg of the Mid-States Shootout was contested on April 23-34 at the Council Bluffs, Iowa, Rifle and Pistol Club. A record turnout of 32 shooters was on hand April 23 for the 100- and 200-yard Heavy Varmint group match. Always a tricky range, the forecast for Saturday called for sunny skies and brisk south wind with gusts up to 30 mph. For a change, the forecast was pretty much on the money. At 100 yards, Ron Miller walked away from the competition with a fine .2270 aggregate shooting a new Lederer barrel. Chet Whitebread, also campaigning a Lederer barrel, was second with a flat .2500 agg. in tricky wind conditions. Third was Richard Brensing with a .2696 agg. followed by Sam Langhofer with a .2828 agg. Mike Bigelow was fifth with a .2878 agg. Rounding out the top ten at 100 yards were Kurtis Brown, .2984; Don Crunk, .3180; Jeff Shultz, .3234; Zach Miller, .3356; and Paul Whitmore,.3486. Mike Bigelow had the small group with a fine .109 in some tough conditions. When the targets were moved out to 200 yards, groups reflected the strong, switchy winds. Dee Myers showed his command of the conditions with a .4051 winning agg. Second was Don Crunk at .4094, and third place went
to Howard Cowher with a .4484. Jon Leu was in fourth place with a .4593, and Chet Whitebread was fifth with a .4625. Rounding out the top 10 at 200 yards were Mike Shapoval, .4738; Mark Thompson, .4848; Kurtis Brown, .4862; Dave Brooks, .4995; and Richard Brensing, .5012. David Halblom Sr. shot the small group at 200 yards with a .439. At the end of the day, the grand aggregate winner was Chet Whitebread with a .3562. Second place in the grand went to Don Crunk with a .3637, and Ron Miller was third with a .3759. Richard Brensing was fourth with a .3854, and Dee Myers was fifth with a .3864. Rounding out the top ten were Kurtis Brown, .3923; Mike Bigelow, .4105; Sam Langhofer, .4131; Jeff Shultz, .4357; and Paul Whitmore, .4503. The 31 competitors who contested Sunday's Varmint For Score match were plagued by thunderstorms early and strong, gusty winds all day. At 100 yards, Richard Brensing shot a fine 250-19X to capture first place. Second was Bill Vanosdel with a 250-17X. Third place went to Sam Langhofer with a 250-16X. Kurt Van Wyk's 25016X took fourth-place honors, and Jeff Shultz had a 250-15X for fifth place. Rounding out the top ten were Howard Cowher, 250-15X; David Halblom Sr., 250-14X; Dee
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Myers, 250-13X; Dave Brooks, 2509X; and Mike Shapoval, 249-14X. When the targets were moved up the hill to 200 yards, Jason Stanley led the pack with a 247-5X in tough conditions. Ronnie Berg was close on Stanley's heels with a 246-4X. Third place went to Jim Franzen with a 246-3X, Sam Langhofer was fourth with a 245-5X, and Jeff Shultz was fifth with a 245-2X. Rounding out the top ten at 200 yards were Howard Cowher, 244-4X; Mike Bigelow, 2441X; Dee Myers, 243-4X; Kurt Van Wyk, 243-3X; and Bill Vanosdel, 243-1X. Sam Langhofer parlayed a 25016X at 100 yards and a 245-5X at 200 yards for a 495-21X and the VFS win. Jeff Shultz was second with a495-17X, and Ronnie Berg was third with a 495-12X. Fourth place went to Jim Franzen with a 495-12X, with Howard Cowher fifth with a 494-19X. Rounding out the top ten in the VFS Grand were Jason Stanley, 494-12X; Kurt Van Wyk, 493-19X; Bill Vanosdel, 493-18X; Dee Myers, 493-17X and Mike Bigelow, 493-15X. In the photo from Left: Mike Bigelow, Ron Miller, Dee Myers, Sam Langhofer, Jason Stanley, Richard Brensing, Chet Whitebread, Jeff Shultz and Ronnie Berg. Not pictured, Don Crunk and David Halblom.
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Heavy Varmint 100-Yards Ron Miller.................... 0.2270 Chet Whitebread............ 0.2500 Richard Brensing............ 0.2696 Sam Langhofer............... 0.2828 Mike Bigelow................. 0.2878 Kurtis Brown................. 0.2984 Don Crunk.................... 0.3180 Jeff Shultz................... 0.3234 Zach Miller................... 0.3356 Paul Whitmore............... 0.3486 Michael Durbin.............. 0.3556 Dee Myers.................... 0.3676 Ron Berg...................... 0.3728 Doug Brooks.................. 0.3922 Kevin Mielke................. 0.3922 Small Group Mike Bigelow.................. 0.109 Heavy Varmint 200-Yards Dee Myers................... 0.4051 Don Crunk.................... 0.4094 Howard Cowher............. 0.4484 Jon Leu....................... 0.4593 Chet Whitebread............ 0.4625 Mike Shapoval............... 0.4738 Mark Thompson.............. 0.4848 Kurtis Brown................. 0.4862 Dave Brooks.................. 0.4995 Richard Brensing............ 0.5012 David Halblom............... 0.5086 Jason Stanley................ 0.5089 Ron Miller.................... 0.5248 Robert Jacobs............... 0.5321 Mike Bigelow................. 0.5331 Small Group Dave Halblom................. 0.439 Heavy Varmint Grand Chet Whitebread........... 0.3562 Don Crunk.................... 0.3637 Ron Miller.................... 0.3759
Richard Brensing............ 0.3854 Dee Myers.................... 0.3864 Kurtis Brown................. 0.3923 Mike Bigelow................. 0.4105 Sam Langhofer............... 0.4131 Jeff Shultz................... 0.4357 Paul Whitmore............... 0.4503 Dave Brooks.................. 0.4541 Jason Stanley................ 0.4608 Jon Leu....................... 0.4678 Michael Durbin.............. 0.4722 Howard Cowher............. 0.4752 Ron Berg...................... 0.4757 Bill VanOsdel................. 0.4760 Doug Brooks.................. 0.4809 Robert Jacobs............... 0.4832 David Halblom............... 0.4835 Mike Shapoval............... 0.4962 Don Westover................ 0.5024 Mark Thompson.............. 0.5095 Randy Robinett.............. 0.5171 Zach Miller................... 0.5328 Kevin Mielke................. 0.5380 Jim Franzen.................. 0.5398 Steve Grosvenor............. 0.5555 Neil Bickley.................. 0.5867 Wes Johnson................. 0.5994 Rodney Dewey............... 0.6345 Jim Grytdahl................. 2.7450 VFS 100-Yards Richard Brensing.......... 250-19X Bill VanOsdel.................250-17X Sam Langhofer...............250-16X Kurt VanWyk.................250-16X Jeff Shultz...................250-15X Howard Cowher.............250-15X David Halblom Sr............250-14X Dee Myers....................250-13X Dave Brooks.................. 250-9X Mike Shapoval...............249-14X
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Mike Bigelow.................249-14X Robert Hansen...............249-12X Chet Whitebread............249-11X Randy Robinett.............. 249-9X Jim Franzen.................. 249-9X VFS 200-Yards Jason Stanley............... 247-5X Ronnie Berg.................. 246-4X Jim Franzen.................. 246-3X Sam Langhofer............... 245-5X Jeff Shultz................... 245-2X Howard Cowher............. 244-4X Mike Bigelow................. 244-1X Dee Myers.................... 243-4X Kurt VanWyk................. 243-3X Bill VanOsdel................. 243-1X Chet Whitebread............ 243-1X Paul Whitmore............... 242-7X Kurtis Brown................. 242-2X David Halblom............... 241-4X Randy Robinett.............. 241-2X VFS Grand Sam Langhofer............. 495-21X Jeff Shultz...................495-17X Ronnie Berg..................495-12X Jim Franzen..................495-12X Howard Cowher.............494-19X Jason Stanley................494-12X Kurt VanWyk.................493-19X Bill VanOsdel.................493-18X Dee Myers....................493-17X Mike Bigelow.................493-15X Chet Whitebread............492-12X David Halblom...............491-18X Kurtis Brown.................490-12X Randy Robinett..............490-11X Paul Whitmore...............489-16X Robert Hansen...............489-13X Mike Shapoval...............488-14X Ron Miller....................488-12X Dave Brooks..................487-14X Richard Brensing............486-23X Kevin Mielke.................486-20X Doug Brooks..................486-11X Neil Bickley..................485-15X Dan Williams.................482-10X Mark Thompson.............. 482-8X Eric Burns.................... 480-8X Zach Miller................... 478-8X Steve Grosvenor............. 475-6X Michael Durbin.............. 470-7X Glenn Archer................. 458-2X Rodney Dewey............... 452-8X
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April at Sahuaro: They Call the Wind Mariah by Dale Arenson
Remember that song from the sixties, "They Call the Wind Mariah"? That is what was going through my head when we were shooting in April at the Three Points Range in Southern Arizona; except, I was re-wording it to use the word “Pariah�. Okay, well maybe not quite a pariah, but certainly a nuisance. Yeah, I know, Tony Boyer says ''The wind is my friend'' and there again, I kept thinking, 'with friends like this'.. Part of the problem is the ravine that drops down about 80 yards from the shooting line, which precludes the possibility of wind flags for the first 500 yards. So, to speak graciously, shooting at the Sahuaro range can be ''challenging''. The weather channel app on my phone predicted 6 mph winds until about 2:00 PM, but we knew better than to rely on that. Sure enough, by the time we starting pulling triggers at 8:00 AM, it was not bad at 8 to 12 mph and although twitchy, the morning crew did a good job. Light Gun turned out to be the Mike Billotte show, with Steve Everson as his co-host. In spite of the wind, light gun shooters put in 13 sub-MOA groups, just
over half. The three top light gun shooters, Mike, Steve and John Benz, shot all sub-MOA groups. Interestingly both Mike and Steve shot six, seven and eight inch groups, but Mike's winning aggregate of 7.17'' was just a half inch smaller than Steve's. Light Gun Score was almost a photo finish between Mike and Steve. They both dropped only 10 points, with each shooting 140's, but Mike was able to stick his nose across the wire with his two X's, winning for Score also. Both small individual group and high score in light gun, again went to Mike with a 6.375'' and a 49-X. Steve was right behind him with a 6.93'' and a 49, no X. The wind continued its assault, in the second relay, increasing in velocity and rapid direction changes, and it just got worse for relays three and four. There were only four sub-MOA groups shot in Heavy and John Benz had two of them, handily winning for Heavy Aggregate with a 10.3125'' Shooting in the afternoon hurricane, Jeff Billotte was second with a 12.60''. Jeff was the only one shooting in relay four that did not have some shots off target. Steve Everson prevailed in Heavy Gun Score with a very nice 274-
2X, (in those conditions), He also turned in the highest single target of 93-3X. Group winner, John Benz was right behind him with a 270-1X. In between the occasional dust devils, Dale Arenson shot the smallest group in Heavy with a 6.75'', or maybe it was during the calmer, eye of the hurricane. If you check the equipment list, the star of the day seemed to be the 7mm Short Action Ultra Mag, since that is what Mike was shooting in Light Gun and John in Heavy. Also they were both using BAT actions and Krieger barrels. And the Berger 180 did a good job for both of them, plus for Steve Everson in Heavy Gun with another Krieger barrel there too. I suppose I am going to have to build another gun now. Another match in the bag, I was able to shoot it with my arm in a brace due to a little recent surgery, I was amazed at how the other shooters on the line, especially top shooter Ross Herrick, pitched in to help me carry my heavy gear up the hill to the shooting line, and back down again. I kept thinking; what a great bunch of guys...even if I wasn't shooting, I'd still want to come by every month just to hang
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out with them. But hoping for a trophy once in a while is just too good an excuse. There is always room for more if you want to come and join us on the second Saturday of every month. Put your loads together and put the date on your calendar. I was thinking of writing a book about shooting in the wind, but it turns out that the simple advice of ''Don't do it'', is not enough to get it published. In the photo from left: Dale Arenson, John Benz, Mike Billotte & Steve Everson. Light Gun Group Mike Billotte..................7.17 Steve Everson.................. 7.65 John Benz...................... 8.79 Jeff Billotte................... 10.54 Wayne McDonald............. 12.10 Ross Herrick................... 15.63 Lon Persun.................... 15.69 Dale Arenson.................. 20.67 Small Group Mike Billotte.................. 6.375 Light Gun Score Mike Billotte................ 140-2X Steve Everson................ 140-0X John Benz.................... 136-1X Lon Persun................... 127-1X Ross Herrick................... 89-0X Jeff Billotte................... 80-1X Wayne McDonald............. 78-0X Dale Arenson.................. 70-0X High Score Mike Billotte.................. 49-2X Heavy Gun Group John Benz.................... 10.31 Jeff Billotte................... 12.60 Steve Everson................. 13.13 Dale Arenson.................. 15.79 Ross Herrick................... 32.90 Small Group Dale Arenson.................. 6.75� Heavy Gun Score Steve Everson............... 274-2X John Benz.................... 270-1X Dale Arenson................. 171-0X Jeff Billotte.................. 148-0X Ross Herrick.................. 134-0X High Score Steve Everson................. 93-2X
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Sloughhouse Benchrest Shooters
The weather was nice with a high of 80F for this April 2-3 match. On Saturday we had a nice lunch with Stu Harvey, as he is retiring from over 50 years of benchrest shooting. Throughout his shooting career, he also was a gunsmith and world record holder and participated in both long and short range benchrest as well as black powder silhouette. We hope Stu comes by to visit often. We will miss him at the matches. By Dan Lutke In the photo above from left: Pete Kitrinos, Dan Lutke, Greg Wilson, Ron Pepper, Bob Dorton & Robert Wademan. Photo below is retiring shooter Stu Harvey. Light Varmint 100-Yards Ron Pepper................ 0.2100 Robert Wademan........... 0.2754 Bob Dorton.................. 0.2926 Small Group Ron Pepper...................0.106 Light Varmint 200-Yards Dan Lutke.................. 0.2789 Bob Dorton.................. 0.3680 Ron Pepper.................. 0.3689 Small Group Henry Pinkney...............0.214 Light Varmint Grand Dan Lutke.................. 0.2867 Ron Pepper.................. 0.2900 Bob Dorton.................. 0.3303
Heavy Varmint 100-Yards Greg Wilson............... 0.2048 Bob Dorton.................. 0.2408 Pete Kitrinos................ 0.2438 Small Group Dan Lutke....................0.153 Heavy Varmint 200-Yards Ron Pepper................ 0.3000 Greg Wilson................. 0.3253 Art Kawai.................... 0.3461 Small Group Ron Pepper...................0.317 Heavy Varmint Grand Greg Wilson............... 0.2650 Ron Pepper.................. 0.3235 Art Kawai.................... 0.3284 Two Gun Agg Ron Pepper................ 0.3067 Dan Lutke................... 0.3085 Greg Wilson................. 0.3284 Steve Epstein.............0.3475 Bob Dorton................0.3487
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2016 NBRSA Registered Matches SOUTHWEST REGION
July 23
VFS
100/200
Tri Cities MSA, Pasco, WA
July 2-3
SP/LV HV/UNL
200
Sloughhouse Short Range Benchrest California State Championship #2
July 23-24
LV/HV
100/200
Yellowstone Rifle Club, MT Montana State Championship
July 9
LG/HG
1000
Sahuaro Long Range Benchrest
Aug 6-7
SP/LV
100/200
July 17
LG/HG
600
Ojai Valley Gun Club, CA
Tacoma Rifle & Revolver Club, WA Northwest SP & LV Regionals
July 24
HTR
100/200
Desert Sportsman Hunter Match
Aug 13-14
LV/HV
100/200
North Cascades Sportsman Club
July 24
LG/HG
600
Sloughhouse Long Range Benchrest
Aug 20-21
HBR/VFS
100/200
LaGrande’s NW Regional
Aug 6-7
LV/HV
100/200
Sloughhouse Short Range Benchrest
Aug 21
LG/HG
600
Rogue Valley Sport Shooting Assn
Aug 6-7
LV/HV
100/200
Central Utah Benchrest Shooters Utah State Championship Leg 2
Aug 27
HTR
100/200
Tri Cities MSA, Pasco, WA
Aug 27-28
LV/HV
100/200
Yellowstone Rifle Club, MT
Aug 13
LG/HG
1000
Sahuaro Long Range Benchrest
Sept 3-5
SP/LV/HV
100/200
Aug 28
HTR
100/200
Desert Sportsman Hunter Match
Tacoma Rifle & Revolver Club, WA WA State 3Gun & Ed Frombach
Aug 28
LG/HG
1,000
Sloughhouse Long Range Benchrest
HBR/VFS
Sept 3-5
SP/LV/HV
100/200
Visalia Sportsman Assn SW Regional Championship
Sept 10-11
100/200 & 300
North Cascades Sportsman Club Money $hoot
Sept 18
LG/HG
600
Rogue Valley Sport Shooting Assn
Sept 3-4
4Gun
200
Palomino Valley Gun Club, NV NV State Long Range 1st Half
Sept 24
VFS
100/200
Tri Cities MSA, Pasco, WA Washington State Championship
Sept 10
LG/HG
1000
Sahuaro Long Range Benchrest
Oct 16
LG/HG
600
Rogue Valley Sport Shooting Assn
Sept 18
LG/HG
600
Ojai Valley Gun Club, CA
Nov 8-12
LG/HG
600/1000
Sept 24-25
HTR/VFS
100/200
Desert Sportsman Hunter & VFS Two Gun NV State Championship
Rogue Valley Sport Shooting Assn Northwest Regional
EUROPEAN REGION
Sept 24-25
LV/HV
300/200
Palomino Valley Gun Club, NV Long Range Varmint Nationals
Oct 8-9
100/200
Club de Tir du Castellas, France
Sept 25
LG/HG
600
Sloughhouse Long Range Benchrest
July 2-3
LV/HV
100/200
Midland Shooters Assn
Oct 1-2
LV/HV
100/200
Sloughhouse Short Range Benchrest
July 16-17
UNL/HV
100/200
Oct 8
LG/HG
1000
Sahuaro Long Range Benchrest
Seymour Stool Shooters Gulf Coast Regional Leg 2
Oct 10-15
4-Gun
100/200
Arizona Benchrest Shooters 2016 Group Nationals
July 17
VFS
100/200
Southwest Louisiana Rifle & Pistol
Aug 28
VFS
100/200
Walker County Benchrest, TX
LV/HV
GULF COAST REGION
Oct 22-23
HTR/VFS
100/200
Desert Sportsman Two Gun Southwest Regional Championship
Sept 10-11
LV/HV
100/200
Midland Shooters Association The Buffalo
Oct 22-23
4Gun
300
Palomino Valley Gun Club, NV NV State Long Range 2nd Half
Sept 18
VFS
100/200
Southwest Louisiana Rifle & Pistol
Sept 25
VFS
100/200
Walker County Benchrest, TX
Oct 16
VFS
100/200
Southwest Louisiana Rifle & Pistol
Oct 23
LG/HG
1,000
Sloughhouse Long Range Benchrest
Oct 29-30
UNL5/UNL5
100/200
Visalia Sportsman Assn Visalia Invitational
Nov 5-6
LV/HV
100/200
Sloughhouse Short Range Benchrest
Nov 5-6
LV/HV
100/200
Arizona Benchrest Shooters Group match
July 9-10
UNL10/ UNL5
100/200
Northern Colorado Benchrest Unlimited Leg of NorCo 4-Gun
Nov 12
LG/HG
1000
Sahuaro Long Range Benchrest
July 9-10
100/200
Mill Creek Rifle Club
Nov 20
LG/HG
600
Ojai Valley Gun Club, CA
UNL5/LV/ HV
Nov 26-27
HTR/VFS
200/300
Desert Sportsman Score Match
July 16-17
LV/HV
100/200
Whittington Center, Raton, NM Muchas Gracias
Nov 27
LG/HG
600
Sloughhouse Long Range Benchrest
July 23-24
UNL10/SP
100/200
Dec 3-4
UNL5/UNL5
100/200
Arizona Benchrest Shooters Unlimited Invitational
Land’s End Benchrest Shooters Legs 2 & 3 of Land’s End 4-Gun
Aug 6-7
HTR/VFS
100/200
Northern Colorado Benchrest
Dec 10
LG/HG
1000
Sahuaro Long Range Benchrest
Aug 6-7
LV/HV
100/200
Ouachita Sportsman AR State
Aug 2021
LV/HV
100/200
Whittington Center, Raton, NM Rattlesnake *WBC Qualifier*
Sept 3-4
LV/HV
100/200
Mill Creek Rifle Club KS State
LV/HV
100/200
Northern Colorado Benchrest Firewalker & Final Legs of 4-Gun
NORTHWEST REGION July 2-4
UNL/UNL
100/200
Tacoma Rifle & Revolver Club, WA WA State, Sniper King & Sam Wilson
MID-CONTINENT REGION
July 2-3
VFS/HBR
200/300
Whittecar Rifle Range, MT MT Long Range State Championship
Sept 10-11
July 9-10
VFS/HBR
200/300
North Cascades Sportsman Club
HTR/VFS
100/200
Mill Creek Rifle Club
July 1617
HTR/VFS
200/300
2016 Long Range Score Nationals LaGrande Rifle & Pistol Club
Sept 17-18 Oct 1-2
LV/HV
100/200
Land’s End Benchrest Shooters Purple Haze & Final Leg of 4-Gun
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2016 NBRSA Registered Matches MISSISSIPPI VALLEY REGION
SOUTHEAST REGION
July 9-10
HTR
100/200
Holmen Rod & Gun Club, WI Wisconsin State Championship
July 10
LG/HG
600
Columbus Sportsman Assn, WI
July 16-17
HTR/VFS
100/200
Bench Rest Rifle Club of St Louis Chuck Hearn Mem, MO State, MVR
July 23-24
4-Gun
200
Bench Rest Rifle Club of St Louis Missouri State 4-Gun, Part 2
Aug 6-7
LG/HG
600
Columbus Sportsman Assn, WI
Aug 6-7
HTR/VFS
100/200
Holmen Rod & Gun Club, WI Roy Oines Memorial Match
Sept 17-18
LG/HG
600
Columbus Sportsman Assn, WI
Oct 2
HTR/VFS
100/200
Bench Rest Rifle Club of St Louis
Nov 5-6
LV/HV
100/200
Sept 8-11
4Gun
100/200
River Bend Gun Club Southeast Region Championship
Sept 24-25
LV/HV
100/200
Roanoke Rifle & Revolver Club Two Gun *New Club*
NORTH CENTRAL REGION July 2-3
HV/LV
100/200 & 300 (HV)
Prairie Dog Target Club, SD South Dakota State & Prairie Dog
July 10
HBR
100/200
Buffalo Outdoor Rifle Club, WY
July 17
HV
100/200
Oak Hill Gun Club, Blue Grass, IA
July 24
VFS
100/200
Buffalo Outdoor Rifle Club, WY
July 30-31
LV/HV
100/200
Boone Valley Ikes, Webster City, IA Iowa State Group Championship
Benchrest Rifle Club of St Louis Mississippi Valley Regional
Aug 14
HBR
100/200
Buffalo Outdoor Rifle Club, WY
Aug 20-21
HV/VFS
100/200
Council Bluffs, IA Mid-State Shootout Leg 2
EASTERN REGION July 2-3
LV/SP/HV
100/200
Holton Gun Club, MI Michigan State Three Gun
Aug 21
LV
100/200
Oak Hill Gun Club, Blue Grass, IA
July 9-10
UNL5/LV
100/200
Fairchance Gun Club, PA Roye Leckemby Challenge
Aug 27-28
HBR/VFS
100/200
Lincoln Izaak Walton League, NE
July 16-17
LV/HV
100/200
Kane Fish & Game Club, PA Pennsylvania State Championship
Aug 28
VFS
100/200
Buffalo Outdoor Rifle Club, WY
Sept 3-5
LV/HV/UNL
100/200
Holton Gun Club, MI Eastern Region Championship
Sept 3-4
LV/HV
100/200
Prairie Dog Target Club, SD NC Region #2 & Butch Kimmell
Sept 17-18
LV/HV
100/200
Western Wayne CCA, Detroit, MI Fall Classic
Sept 11
VFS
100/200
Buffalo Outdoor Rifle Club, WY
Oct 22-23
LV/HV
100/200
Shelby County Deer Hunters, OH Fall Finale
Sept 10-11
HBR/VFS
100/200
Boone Valley Ikes, Webster City, IA Two Gun Score Championship
Sept 18
HV/UNL
100/200
Oak Hill Gun Club, Blue Grass, IA
Southwest Louisiana Rifle & Pistol Club’s April VFS Match Results
Eleven of us Texans ventured over east of the Sabine River and did battle with the "ragin Cajuns" at the South West Louisianna Rifle
and Pistol Club for their Registered NBRSA VFS 100-200 Yard Match. The conditions were brutal. By the first match at 9:00 am, the winds were already coming in at 15+ mph and only got worse as the day progressed. This was one of those
days that had you fearing to look through the scope after each shot. Here are the results. Thanks to Mike and Francis as Match Director and Range Officer for getting it all done. At least it didn't rain. by Jackie Schmidt 100-Yards Jackie Schmidt............ 250-18X Dwayne Pullum..............250-18X Clayton Grey.................250-14X Lou Rathoe...................250-12X Bobby Ayo....................250-12X High Score Jackie Schmidt................ 18X 200-Yards Jackie Schmidt............. 250-7X Larry Tilley................... 244-5X Gardner Rose................ 243-5X Richard Pullum.............. 242-1X Renard Alexander........... 241-5X High Score Bobby Ayo....................... 8X
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2016 NBRSA Long Range Nationals Rogue Valley Shooting Sports Association (RVSSA) by Phil Grammatica
NBRSA 600 Yard Nationals The 600-yard national competition began Sunday, April 17 and lasted until Tuesday, April 19. As the 46 Competitors from all over the country entered the Historic Camp White Rifle Range, all were greeted by mostly clear weather with temperatures ranging from 44F in the morning to a high of 90F. This was truly appreciated by the competitors traveling from the snow covered States. Not so appreciative were those who had loaded for much colder weather. The event consisted of 2 Light Gun and 2 Heavy Gun match targets with 4 relays each day. On average, over the first two days, the wind was variable between 3 to 5 mph. The wind on the third day was not so kind running between 6 to 12 mph gusting to 16 mph. As the event unfolded, Richard Sulffridge won the Light Gun score with 276-1X after 6 targets and 30 shots fired. (Light Gun competition involves 5 shots fired per target for From Top: Bill Hubina Bill Johnston Robert Hoppe
a total of 30 per discipline, while Heavy Gun includes 10 shots fired per target for a total of 60 shots.) Onward to the Light Gun Group competition and Curt Mendenhall bested the 46 and won with an aggregate of 2.1283. Moving forward to the Heavy Guns, Richard Duncan stepped up to win the Heavy Gun Score with a 561-9X and Bill Johnston took his turn for the win with the Heavy Gun Group aggregate of 3.5807. The 600 Yard competition ended with a potential World Record in Heavy Gun 6 Target Score shot by Richard Duncan. Richard continued his winning by placing first in Two Gun Score with 832-11X while Bill Johnston won the Two Gun Group aggregate with 2.9705�. At the conclusion of the 600 yard competition, the cream rose to the top and Curt Mendenhall surfaced as the 2016 600 Yard Long Range Nationals Champion with 19 points. Congratulations Curt!
600-Yard Results
Light Gun Score Richard Sulffridge.......... 276-1X Curt Mendenhall............. 275-3X Bill Bonser.................... 275-1X Steve Simons................. 273-4X Larry Bryant................. 272-4X Richard Duncan.............. 271-2X Chris Evanov................. 269-2X Bob Dorton................... 265-4X
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Tanner Furniss............... 265-3X Chris Warren................. 264-2X High Score Richard Jette 50-3X Light Gun Group Curt Mendenhall............ 2.1283 Larry Bryant................. 2.1768 Bill Johnston................. 2.3603 Steve Simons................. 2.5783 Richard Schatz............... 2.6000 Richard Duncan.............. 2.6702 Tanner Furniss............... 2.9980 Richard Sulffridge........... 3.0415 Robert Hoppe................ 3.0603 William Hubina.............. 3.1687 Small Group Bill Johnston................. 0.8900 Heavy Gun Score Richard Duncan............. 561-9X Richard Schatz............... 550-8X Richard Jette................ 541-5X Dennis Yows.................. 540-4X Curt Mendenhall............. 536-7X Bill Johnston................. 536-5X Louie Tamagni............... 536-4X Chris Sheehan............... 536-4X Kevin Watson................ 531-8X Tanner Furniss............... 528-3X High Score Richard Duncan............... 99-2X Heavy Gun Group Bill Johnston................ 3.5807 Chris Sheehan............... 3.6532 Jeffery Whitt................ 3.7155 Richard Jette................ 3.7250 Richard Sulffridge........... 3.7420 Richard Schatz............... 3.9080 Richard Duncan.............. 4.0040 Bob Dorton................... 4.0477 Sandra Sheehan............. 4.2747 Steve Simons................. 4.3452 Small Group Bill Johnston................. 1.7780 Two Gun Score (12 Targets) Richard Duncan............ 832-11X Curt Mendenhall.............811-10X Richard Schatz............... 810-9X Bill Johnston................. 796-5X Tanner Furniss............... 793-6X Richard Jette................ 791-9X Chris Sheehan............... 789-8X Dennis Yows.................. 789-5X Larry Bryant................. 788-9X Louie Tamagni............... 787-4X
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Richard Porter............... 783-4X Richard Sulffridge........... 780-3X Bob Dorton................... 772-6X Helen Porter................. 772-4X Jeffery Whitt................ 766-3X Keith Faller.................. 766-1X Terry Nunemaker............759-10X Steve Simons................. 758-5X Bill Bonser.................... 754-6X Robert Hoppe............... 746-9X Two Gun Group Bill Johnston................ 2.9705 Richard Schatz............... 3.2540 Curt Mendenhall............. 3.2760 Richard Duncan.............. 3.3371 Richard Sulffridge........... 3.3918 Steve Simons................. 3.4618 Larry Bryant................. 3.4643 Richard Jette................ 3.4765 Jeffery Whitt................ 3.5713 Chris Sheehan............... 3.6253 Bob Dorton................... 3.6873 Wayne Courand............. 3.8477 Louie Tamagni............... 3.8949 Sandra Sheehan............. 3.9426 Billy Copelin................. 4.0194 Tanner Furniss............... 4.1788 Richard Porter............... 4.2057 Dennis Yows.................. 4.2207 Terry Balding ................ 4.3562 Fred Thruman............... 4.5710 600-Yard Points & Position Curt Mendenhall............... 19 Richard Duncan................. 20 Bill Johnston.................... 24 Richard Schatz.................. 26 Richard Sulffridge.............. 31 Larry Bryant.................... 36
Steve Simons.................... 42 Richard Jette................... 44 Bob Dorton...................... 47 Chris Sheehan.................. 49 Tanner Furniss.................. 50 Jeffery Whitt................... 53 Louie W.Tamagni............... 57 Richard Porter.................. 63 Dennis Yows..................... 71 Wayne Courand................. 74 Bill Bonser....................... 76 Terry Nunemaker............... 79 Helen Porter.................... 86 Robert Hoppe................... 91
NBRSA 1000 Yard Nationals
The 1000 Yard Competition was held April 20-21 and 33 contenders from all over the country were again greeted by mostly clear weather with temperatures ranging from 56⁰ in the morning to a high of 78⁰. The 1000 Yard Nationals, conducted over 2 days consisted of 3 Light Gun and 3 Heavy Gun match targets with 3 relays of 11 competitors each day. The first day’s wind was variable between 5 to 12 mph gusting to 16 mph with one gust lifting canopies off the ground at the firing-line and over the shooters heads. The third relay was also delayed due to a small herd of cows occupying the 900 yard berm one of whose posterior became partially visible in one competitors scope picture. This required Blinky (William Hubina) and Phil G to play cowboy to per-
suade said small herd of cows off of the 900 yard berm—YAHOO! The first day also included local Ch 12 TV coverage which brought spectators to the second day event (see photo). The second day brought winds constant 5 -6 mph with east to west or west to east direction and variable gusts of 14 mph. Bill Johnston busted through with the Light Gun Score first place with a 288-6X while Richard Sulffridge took his turn winning the Light Gun Group with 4.1915”. Along came Jeffery Whitt to win the Heavy Gun Score with 568-5X and back in action was Bill Johnston with the Heavy Gun Group win with a 6.0650” aggregate. The Two Guns were dominated by Bill Johnston who won both with a 847-9X for Two Gun Score and 5.4875” for Two Gun Group. Ultimately, Bill Johnston took the Championship as both the 1000-Yard Champion and Grand Champion. Congratulations Bill! The competition ended with 2 potential World Records in Light Gun Group and Two Gun Group. 1000-Yard Results Light Gun Score Bill Johnston................ 288-6X Richard Duncan.............. 273-1X Robert Hoppe............... 272-2X Fred Thruman............... 271-1X Richard Jette................ 267-1X Jeffery Whitt................ 266-2X Richard Sulffridge........... 266-0X William Hubina.............. 263-1X Raymond Garric............. 263-0X Curt Mendenhall............. 261-3X High Score Robert Hoppe................. 50-2X Light Gun Group Richard Sulffridge.......... 4.1915 Bill Johnston................. 4.9100 Robert Hoppe............... 5.7033 Richard Jette................ 6.3138 Katlin Sulffridge............. 6.4218 Curt Mendenhall............. 6.6963 William Hubina.............. 6.8500 Terry Balding ................ 7.2413 Richard Schatz............... 7.3393 Jeffery Whitt................ 7.3758
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Small Group Richard Schatz............... 3.1970 Heavy Gun Score Jeffery Whitt............... 568-5X Bill Johnston................. 559-3X Terry Balding ................ 555-7X Robert Hoppe............... 548-9X Louie Tamagni............... 547-4X Richard Jette................ 544-9X Terry Nunemaker............ 544-4X Thomas Esser................ 542-3X Bill Bonser.................... 541-4X Raymond Garric............. 541-4X High Score Terry Balding................. 100-3X Heavy Gun Group Bill Johnston................ 6.0650 Richard Jette................ 6.6355 Jeffery Whitt................ 6.9282 Terry Nunemaker............ 7.8658 Richard Duncan.............. 8.2398 Bruce Bangeman............ 8.4383 Robert Hoppe................ 8.4942 Richard Schatz............... 8.4993 Billy Copelin................. 8.9327 Katlin Sulffridge............. 9.2413 Small Group Terry Balding................. 4.9540 Two Gun Score Bill Johnston................ 847-9X Jeffery Whitt................ 834-7X Robert Hoppe................820-11X Terry Balding ................ 816-9X Richard Jette................811-10X Terry Nunemaker............ 805-4X Raymond Garric............. 804-4X William Hubina..............803-11X Regina Hoffman............. 795-6X Bill Bonser.................... 795-4X Richard Sulffridge........... 795-3X Fred Thruman............... 793-2X Louie Tamagni............... 790-5X Bob Dorton................... 788-4X Thomas Esser................ 787-3X Richard Duncan.............. 779-4X Richard Schatz............... 777-7X Wallace Laursen............. 772-8X Larry Kahle................... 771-6X Curt Mendenhall.............769-10X Two Gun Group Bill Johnston................ 5.4875 Richard Jette................ 6.4747 Robert D. Hoppe............ 7.0988 Jeffery Whitt................ 7.1520
Richard Sulffridge........... 7.2543 Katlin Sulffridge............. 7.8316 Richard Duncan.............. 7.8499 Richard Schatz............... 7.9193 Bruce Bangeman............ 8.0827 William Hubina.............. 8.4088 Terry Nunemaker............ 8.5161 Terry Balding ................ 8.7311 Curt Mendenhall............. 8.7762 Larry Bryant................. 8.8253 Wallace R. Laursen......... 9.3266 Louie W.Tamagni............ 9.9373 Fred Thruman...............10.0958 Dennis Yows..................10.2186 Bob Dorton...................10.2993 Thomas Esser................10.4312 1000-Yard Positions Bill Johnston....................1 Richard Jette.................... 2 Robert Hoppe.................... 3 Jeffery Whitt.................... 4 Terry Balding .................... 5 William Hubina.................. 6 Richard Sulffridge............... 7 Terry Nunemaker................ 8 Richard Duncan.................. 9 Richard Schatz.................. 10 Curt Mendenhall................ 11 Katlin Sulffridge................ 12 Fred Thruman.................. 13 Bruce Bangeman............... 14 Louie Tamagni.................. 15 Bob Dorton...................... 16 Wallace Laursen................ 17 Regina Hoffman................ 18 Larry Bryant.................... 19 Thomas Esser................... 30 Grand Champion Positions Bill Johnston....................1 Richard Jette.................... 2 Richard Duncan.................. 3 Curt Mendenhall................. 4 Richard Sulffridge............... 5 Richard Schatz................... 6 Jeffery Whitt.................... 7 Robert Hoppe.................... 8 Bob Dorton....................... 9 Larry Bryant.................... 10 Terry Nunemaker............... 11 Louie Tamagni.................. 12 Terry Balding ................... 13 Fred Thruman.................. 14 Chris Sheehan.................. 15 William Hubina................. 16
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Dennis Yows..................... 17 Bill Bonser....................... 18 Sandra Sheehan................ 19 Thomas Esser................... 20 The Award and Trophy Ceremony was followed by Gusty winds and Rain. Phew; timing is everything! All of the competitors excitedly shared in product and giveaways provided by our 50 Event Sponsors. Kudos to Canada Cummins for her major effort in attracting these sponsors: 21st Century All American Armory Bartlein Barrels - BAT Machine Co. Bell & Carlson - Berger Bullets Big Sky Racks Inc. Blade-Tech Industries Inc. Boyds Gunstock Industries Inc. Broughton Barrels Brownells, Inc./Sinclair Bruno Shooters Supply Brux Barrels - Bulz Eye Pro Cabelas - Coastal Columbia River Knife & Tool Decot Hy-Wyd Sport Glasses Defiance - Don Nielson Edge Tacticle Eyewear Edgewood Bags Gary and Lew Whipple Greg Grissom - GrovTec US, Inc. Harris Engineering Hodgdon Powder Company Hornady Manufacturing Company Kelbly"s Inc. - Krieger Barrels Inc. Leupold - Nightforce Pierce Mfg - PMA Tool Possum Hollow Products, Inc Redding Reloading Equipment Scope Us Out - SKB Corp. Scopecoat - Sightron Sharp Shoot R Precision Products Shilen Rifle Inc Sims Vibration Laboratories Spicer’s Restaurant Sportsman’s Warehouse STI International Stiller's Precision Firearm, LLC Super Brush LLC/Tetra - Vortex Warner Scope Mounts A special THANK YOU to the many RVSSA volunteers that made this event possible and successful.
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Precision Rifleman 600-Yard Nationals Two Gun Score & Group Equipment List
Light Gun: Bill Johnston Richard Schatz Curt Mendenhall Richard Duncan Richard Sulffridge Steve Simons Larry Bryant Richard Jette Jeffery Whitt Chris Sheehan Tanner Furniss Larry Bryant Louie W.Tamagni Heavy Gun: Bill Johnston Richard Schatz Curt Mendenhall Richard Duncan Richard Sulffridge Steve Simons Larry Bryant Richard Jette Jeffery Whitt Chris Sheehan Tanner Furniss Larry Bryant Louie W.Tamagni
Caliber 6 Dasher 6 Dasher 6 Dasher 6 Dasher 0.243 6x47 Lapua 6MM 6 Dasher 6 Dasher 6 Dasher 6 Dasher 6MM 6M BR.Cust.
Action Bat Nesika Definance Barnard Remington Definance Stolle Bat Bat DS Borden Bat 3-lug Stolle Hart
Mfr/Twist
Trigger Krieger 1/8 Jewell Douglas 8 twist Jewell Brux Jewell Bartlein 8 Barnard Bartlein 1-8.5 Jewell Barlein 1-7.5 Jewell McMillan Jewell Krieger 8 Jewell Brux 8 Jewell Krieger 1/8 Jewell Barlein 1-8 Jewell McMillan Jewell Bactlew Hart
Gunsmith Jerry Wright Shawn Williams Mendenhall Jay Cutright C.Mendenhall Wayne Malmstrom Spencer Kostanich Steve Kostanich C.Mendenhall SureShot Spencer Self
Mfr
Stocker Jerry Wright Nesika Mendenhall Stockade n/a Tom Meredith Spencer Kotanich Rick Beginski n/a Russa Spencer n/a
Scope/Pwr
Bullet/Wt
Powder/Wt
Shehane Shehane Self Stockade n/a Kel Bly 1-M McMillan McMillan St 1000F Bruce Baer Bernosky McMillan Richards
N/F 105 NF8x32 NXS Leupold 8.5x25 Sightron 10x 50 18-40 NF NxS 12X42 Leupold 408 NF 15-55 NF 15x55 March 10/60 Leupold 8.5x25 Leupold 408 Leupold 8.5x25
Berger 105 Eps 106 Leupold Burger 108 105 Berger 115 VLD Spencer 103 Berger 105 105 Berger Hyb Berger 105 Berger 105 Spencer 103 105 Berger Vid
Re 15/33 32.0gr H4895 n/a Varget 33.3 n/a H4350 38gr N 530 Varget 33.0gn n/a 4895 32 RL-15 33.2 N 530 Rl15 33.2
Primer CCI CCI 400 n/a CCI 450 BR4 CCI 450 CCI 450 CCI 450 CCI 1 CCI 450 CCI 450
6 Dasher 6 Dasher 6 Dasher 6 Dasher 0.243 6 6.5 6 Dasher 6 Dasher 6 Dasher 6 Dasher 6.5 6MBR Cust
Bat Nesika Remington Nesika Bay Remington Remington Bat Bat Bat Borden Bat 3-Lug Bat Panda
Kreiger 1/8 Douglas 8 twist Benchmark Unknown 8 Bartlein Broughton 1-8 McMillian Krieger 8 Kreiger 7.75 Krieger 1/8 Broughton 1-8 McMillian Bactlew
Jewell Jewell Jewell Jewell Jewell Jewell Jewell Jewell Jewell Jewell Jewell Jewell Kelly
Jerry Wright Shawn Williams Mendenhall Jay Cutright C.Mendenhall Don Walker Spenser Kostanich Steve Kostanich C.Mendenhall SureShot Spenser Terry
Shehane Shehane McMillan McMillan n/a Bell&Carlson McMillan Shehane ST1000L Bruce Baer Robertson McMillan Kellby
Jerry Wright Nesika Mendenhall Carl Critz n/a Self BDR self Speedy n/a Tom Meridith BDR n/a
N/F 42 NF 8x32 NXS Leupold NF 12-42 18-40 Sightron8x32 March 10-60 NF 15-55 NF 12x42 March 10/60 Sightron 8-32 March 10-60 KF12-42
Berger 105 EPS 106 n/a Berger 108 105 Berger 105 HB 140 JLK's Berg 105 105 Gerger Hyb Berger 105 Berger 105 140 JLK's 105 Berger Hyb.
Re/15/33 32.gr H4895 n/a Varget 33.3 n/a RL15-32.2gr IMR H4895 31.8gn RL 15 32.5 4895 32 RL-15-33.2 IMR Rl15 32.8
CCI CCI 400 n/a CCI 450 BR4 CCI 450 210M 450 CCI 450 CCI CCI 450 210M 450
Light Gun: Bill Johnston Jeffery Whitt Robert D. Hoppe Terry Balding Richard Jette Terry Nunemaker Raymond Garric William Hubina Regina Hoffman Bill Bonser Richard Sulffridge Katlin Sulffridge Richard Duncan Richard Schatz Bruce Bangeman William Hubina Heavy Gun: Bill Johnston Jeffery Whitt Terry Balding Richard Jette Terry Nunemaker Raymond Garric William Hubina Bill Bonser Richard Sulffridge Katlin Sulffridge Richard Duncan Richard Schatz Bruce Bangeman William Hubina
Caliber 6 Dasher 6 Dasher 6Dasher 6 Dasher 6 Dasher .260 Rem 6BR 6MM Dasher 6MM Dasher 6MM Dasher 0.243 0.243 6 Dasher 6 Dasher 6 Dasher 6MM Dasher
Action Bat Bat DS Panda Bat Bat Bat Borden Bat Nesika Teddy Remington Savage Barnard Nesika Lawton Bat
Mfr/Twist Kreiger 1/8 Brux 8 Krieger 1x8 Brux 1:8 Krieger8 Bartlein 8.5 Barlein Barlein 1-8 Bench Mark 7.5 Bartlein 8 Bartlein Benchmark1-8 Barttein 8 Douglas 8 twist Krieger Barlein 1-8
Trigger Jewell Jewell Jewell Jewell Jewell Jewell Jewell Jewell Jewell Jewell Jewell Savage Barnard Jewell Billy D Jewell
Gunsmith Jerry Wright Steve Kostanich Myers Whalstrom katamich Bilgue Borden Mendenhall Curt Mendenhall Sosenko Curt Mendenhall Curt Mendenhall Jay Cutright Northridge Rifles Mendenhall Mendenhall
300 WSM 6 Dasher 6 Dasher 6 Dasher .260 Rem 6BR 7MM 6.5 MM SOS 0.243 0.243 284 Shehane 6 Dasher 6 Dasher 7MM
Bat Bat M Bat Bat Bat Borden Bernard Rem. 40X Rem Savage Bat Nesika Shehane Bernard
Kreiger Kreiger 7.75 Brax 1:8 Krieger 8 Kreiger 8.0 Barlein Berlein 1-9 krieger 8.5 Bartlien Benchmark 1-8 Krieger 8.5 Douglas 8 twist Krieger Berlein 1-9
Jewell Jewell Jewell Jewell Jewell Jewell Berlein Jewell Jewell Savage Jewell Jewell Billy D Berlein
Eric Springman Steve Kostanich Walstrom Kostanich Bilgeu Borden Chese Sosenko C. Mendenhall C. Mendenhall Gary O'Cock Northridge Rifles Mendenhall Chese
1000-Yard Nationals Two Gun Score & Group Equipment List Scope/Pwr
Bullet Weight
Powder/Wt
Shehane ST1000F Dierks Larson McMillan McMillan Borden McMillan McMillan McMillan n/a n/a Stockade Shehane n/a McMillan
Stocker Jerry Wright Rick Beginski Dierks Larson Kostanich Bilgeu Borden Mendenhall Curt Mendenhall n/a n/a n/a Stockade Nesika Mendenhall Mendenhall
42 N/F NF 15x55 15x55 NF NF NF 15-55 March 8-80 NF Comp 55 NF 12-55 March 8-80 NF 15-50 18-40 36 Sightron 10x50 NF8x32 NXS March NF 12-55
Burger 105 Berger 105 Hyb 108 EPS 106 Berger 105 Lapua 136gr MK 107 105 Berger Berger 105 Hyb 108 Berger 105 105 Berger 108 EPS 106 105 105 Berger
Rl - 15 33 n/a Varget Varget 32.5 Varger 33.0gr H4350 R15-30g Varget 32-4 Rl 15 Varget n/a n/a Varget 33.3 32.0gr H4895 n/a Varget 32-4
Primer CCI CCI 450 CCI 450 450 450 Fed 205 CCI BR4 CCI 450 CCI BR4 CCI 450 BR4 BR4 CCI 450 CCI 400 CCI CCI 450
Eric Springman ST1000L Larson Shelane ARS Borden Master Richards n/a n/a McMillan Shehane Shehane Master
Eric Springman Speedy Larson Self Bilgeu Borden Chese Self n/a n/a Gary O'Cock Nesika Mendenhall Chese
42 N/F NF 12x42 NF 8x32 NXS NF 15-55 NF 15-55 NF Comp 55 NF 12-55 NF 15-50 18-40 36 NF 15x55 NF 8x32 NXS March NF 12-55
Burger 215g Berger 105 Hyb ERS 106 Berg 105 Lapua 136gr MK 107 180 Berger 130 Berger 105 105 Berger 180 EPS 106 105 180 Berger
4831 60gr. RL 32.5 Varget 32.5 H4895 31.8gr H4350 R15-30g HU 831 53.4 H4831 SC n/a n/a H4831 SC 56.5 32.0gr H4895 n/a HU 831 53.4
CCI CCI 450 450 450 Fed 205 CCI BR4 BR4 CCI BR2 BR4 BR4 Tula LRM CCI 400 CCI BR4
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2016 Hog Roast hosted by Fairchance Gun Club
April 30-May 1, 2016 Ninety shooters arrived in Fairchance, PA, on April 30 to compete at one of the NBRSA’s largest matches in the Eastern Region; the annual Hog Roast. Back in January, the Eastern Region and the entire benchrest shooting community lost a great family man, true gentlemen, top competitor and renown bullet maker; Lowell Hottenstein. Bill Reahard, the Hog Roast Match Director and trusty long-time assistant/Rangemaster, Jerry Van Sickle, both sought fitting to honor Lowell’s memory by dedicating this year’s Hog Roast to Lowell and his family. We were very fortunate to have Lowell’s wife, Barb and his son, Ken join the Hog Roast festivities this past weekend! It was great to see them both again and I know they both had a great time visiting with all their dear benchrest friends. This year’s Hog Roast was also the second US World Team qualifying match of the year, which brought many WBC hopefuls to
the Fairchance Rod and Gun Club to gain the points necessary to earn a coveted place on the US World Team. On to our match…Saturday morning we began with the HV100. Spring rains were with us on Saturday and most of the weekend along with tricky switching winds. The Master, Tony Boyer took first place with a very fine .1660 .agg, followed by Wayne Cambell in a close second with a great .1692 .agg. It was good to have Allen Arnette back shooting with us and was right up to par with a .1972 for third place, Andy Shifflet (Little Trump) came out of his winter hibernation with a fourth place finish with a solid .2108 .agg. Always a top shooter, Dale Boop finished fifth in the HV100 .agg with a fine .2152 .agg. Well done, guys! After a great lunch of pulledpork, burgers and dogs, we were met with ripening winds for the start of the LV100 agg. Wayne Campbell continued to roll with his winning ways, as he took
first place in the LV100 with another very fine .1612 .agg! Consistent top performer, Don Powell finished second with a great .1688 .agg. Top shooting Bill McIntyre finished third with a .1838 agg. All the way from Kansas City, former U.S. WBC team member, Don Creech submitted a nice .1896 .agg for fourth and future HOF member, Kevin Donaldson, Jr. took fifth place with another .1964 teen agg. Well done, Kevin! Each of the shooters were treated to a fine pork dinner with all the fixin’s, put on by the Fairchance Rod and Gun Club on Saturday evening. It was great to visit and catch-up with everyone again. Tim Humpheys and Carl Thompson came up from Hill Country (southern Ohio). All our very good Canadian benchrest friends, George and Vera Carter, Dave and Vicky Holmes, Dave Abbott, Rob MacLennan, Andy Laidlaw and Hugh Williamson (all the way from Calgary) were there with their smiles and many laughs!
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The top-shooting, dynamic duo of Gary Sullivan and Don Hardeman made the trek from Florida. My good friends Dave Coots, Dean Ekstrom and Greg King made the trip all the way from Iowa and Southern Illinois. Our good friend, Rodney Brown made the very long journey from Sheridan, WY. We really appreciate everyone’s efforts to attend this year’s Hog Roast match! On to the 200yd stage on Sunday morning. We began with the LV200. Sunday morning greeted us with intermittent rain and challenging winds. Larry Costa, one of our best shooters, continued his winning ways with a very impressive .1709 agg in some very challenging conditions and claimed first place. Don Hardeman, having a great year, took second with a .2033. Gary Sullivan showed his vast skills with a third place finish with a .2278. Little Joel Nader, all the way from Vegas, had a good agg. and finished fourth with a .2369. Kevin Donalds, Jr. off to another great year with
a fine fifth place finish with a .2378 agg. On to the final aggregate; the HV200…Larry Costa took first place by handling some switching wind conditions with a .2232 agg. Hal Drake, who always handles windy conditions well finished second place with a very good .2328 .agg. Top performer, Greg King was third with a good .2374 .agg. Local top shooter, Charlie Gough, finished fourth place with a .2414 .agg. and continuing to roll, Kevin Donalds, Jr. finished in fifth place with a close .2419 agg. Well done, guys and congratulations to all the winners! A very special thanks to Bill Reahard as Match Director and to Jerry Van Sickle as Rangemaster, who kept us all safe and also to the kitchen staff for all the great food for the weekend. Last but certainly not least, the outstanding target crew, who worked so hard enduring constant rainy conditions! I would also like to personally thank all the shooters for attending this
year’s Hog Roast. I really appreciate everyone's support of this great annual benchrest match. I would ask that everyone please keep Lowell Hottenstein's family in all your daily prayers. by Jack Neary, Eastern Region Director Light Varmint 100-Yards Wayne Campbell........... 0.1612 Don Powell................... 0.1688 William McIntyre............ 0.1848 Don Creach................... 0.1896 Kevin Donalds................ 0.1964 Brian Lemley................. 0.1974 Greg King..................... 0.1980 Dave Coots................... 0.2000 Smiley Hensley.............. 0.2010 Allen Arnette................ 0.2036 Mark Buettgen............... 0.2042 Roy Hunter................... 0.2090 Don Rosetti................... 0.2110 Bob Hamister................ 0.2134 Charlie Gough............... 0.2144 Rob MacLennan.............. 0.2178 Floyd Cline................... 0.2180 Tim Humphreys.............. 0.2184 Guy Grabiec.................. 0.2210 John Hurst................... 0.2222 Small Group Vera Carter.................... 0.067
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Light Varmint 200-Yards Larry Costa.................. 0.1709 Don Hardeman............... 0.2033 Gary Sullivan................. 0.2278 Joel Nader................... 0.2369 Kevin Donalds, Jr........... 0.2378 Roy Hunter................... 0.2385 Billy Stevens................. 0.2492 Dominic Grunas............. 0.2579 Wayne Campbell............ 0.2612 Greg Walley.................. 0.2754 Greg King..................... 0.2768 Eric Brown................... 0.2781 Hal Drake..................... 0.2783 William McIntyre............ 0.2825 Jeff Peinhardt............... 0.2836 Jack Neary................... 0.2852 Vera Carter................... 0.2859 John Mangus................. 0.2936 Jim Miller.................... 0.2951 Chris Harris.................. 0.2978 Small Group Al Auman, Sr.................. 0.190 Light Varmint Grand Larry Costa.................. 0.1977 Wayne Campbell............ 0.2112 Don Hardeman............... 0.2151 Kevin Donalds, Jr............ 0.2171 Roy Hunter................... 0.2237 Bill McIntyre................. 0.2336 Greg King..................... 0.2374 Gary Sullivan................. 0.2405 Dominic Grunas............. 0.2484 Smiley Hensley.............. 0.2497 Joel Nader................... 0.2525 Jeff Peinhardt............... 0.2544 Allen Arnette................ 0.2579 Mark Engle................... 0.2620 Hal Drake..................... 0.2637 Greg Walley.................. 0.2656 Rob MacLennan.............. 0.2670 Kevin Donalds, Sr........... 0.2673 Vera Carter................... 0.2690 Billy Stevens................. 0.2692 Heavy Varmint 100-Yards Tony Boyer.................. 0.1660 Wayne Campbell............ 0.1692 Allen Arnette................ 0.1972 Andy Shifflett................ 0.2108 Dale Boop.................... 0.2152 Mark Engle................... 0.2166 Craig Rowe................... 0.2192 Billy Stevens................. 0.2198 Jim Miller.................... 0.2238
Don Powell................... 0.2264 Steve Turner................. 0.2318 Don Hardeman............... 0.2340 Floyd Cline................... 0.2368 Paul Mitchell................. 0.2418 Kenneth Pritt................ 0.2426 Joel Nader................... 0.2428 James Morris................. 0.2434 Hugh Williamson............ 0.2454 Larry Costa................... 0.2454 Bob Scarbrough, Jr......... 0.2466 Small Group Dale Boop..................... 0.088 Heavy Varmint 200-Yards Larry Costa.................. 0.2232 Hal Drake..................... 0.2328 Greg King..................... 0.2374 Charlie Gough............... 0.2414 Kevin Donalds, Jr........... 0.2419 Dale Boop.................... 0.2426 Chris Harris.................. 0.2508 Guy Grabiec.................. 0.2523 Brian Lemley................. 0.2573 John Mangus................. 0.2591 Andy Laidlaw................ 0.2592 Mark Buettgen............... 0.2637 Don Hardeman............... 0.2654 Tony Boyer................... 0.2656 James Morris................. 0.2689 Mark Engle................... 0.2719 Bob Scarbrough, Jr......... 0.2721 Bob White.................... 0.2728 Jeff Peinhardt............... 0.2777 Billy Stevens................. 0.2779 Small Group Paul Whitt..................... 0.201 Heavy Varmint Grand Tony Boyer.................. 0.2158 Wayne Campbell............ 0.2259 Dale Boop.................... 0.2289 Larry Costa................... 0.2343 Greg King..................... 0.2433 Mark Engle................... 0.2442 Billy Stevens................. 0.2489 Don Hardeman............... 0.2497 Brian Lemley................. 0.2544 Jim Morris.................... 0.2562 Bob Scarbrough, Jr.......... 0.2594 Charlie Gough............... 0.2594 Kevin Donalds, Jr........... 0.2606 Allen Arnette................ 0.2632 Bob Hamister................ 0.2646 Kenneth Pritt................ 0.2664 John Mangus................. 0.2699
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Mark Buettgen............... 0.2713 Guy Grabiec.................. 0.2722 Jeff Peinhardt............... 0.2756 Two Gun Larry Costa.................. 0.2160 Wayne Campbell............ 0.2186 Don Hardeman............... 0.2324 Kevin Donalds, Jr............ 0.2388 Greg King .................... 0.2404 Roy Hunter .................. 0.2508 Dale Boop ................... 0.2521 Mark Engle .................. 0.2531 Bill McIntyre ................ 0.2550 Billy Stevens ................ 0.2590 Allen Arnette . .............. 0.2605 Brian Lemley ................ 0.2637 Jeff Peinhardt............... 0.2650 Charlie Gough............... 0.2684 Tony Boyer................... 0.2711 Guy Grebiec................. 0.2718 Greg Walley.................. 0.2722 Bob Scarbrough, Jr.......... 0.2731 Joel Nader................... 0.2733 Danny Pritt................... 0.2757 Dominic Grunas............. 0.2761 Bob Hamister................ 0.2764 Mark Buettgen............... 0.2776 Rob MacLennan.............. 0.2778 Al Auman, Sr................. 0.2782 Kevin Donalds, Sr........... 0.2800 Bob White.................... 0.2862 Donald Rosetti............... 0.2862 Vera Carter................... 0.2889 John Mangus................. 0.2895 Steve Turner................. 0.2904 Don Creach................... 0.2909 Dave Coots................... 0.2961 Hugh Williamson............ 0.2976 Don Powell................... 0.2978 Smiley Hensley.............. 0.2999 Paul Mitchell................. 0.3009 Tony Alexander.............. 0.3012 Jim Miller.................... 0.3013 DeWayne Wood.............. 0.3047 Floyd Cline................... 0.3053 Gary Sullivan................. 0.3068 Blase Brunner................ 0.3071 Andy Laidlaw................ 0.3074 John Hurst................... 0.3079 Tim Humphreys.............. 0.3082 Chris Harris.................. 0.3101 James Morris................. 0.3112 Bill Brawand................. 0.3142 Paul Whitt.................... 0.3150
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Benchrest Rifle Club of St Louis VFS & Hunter Benchrest Match by Wayne Corley
Mike Schneidman wins VFS Joe Hemkens wins Hunter
Our May 1, 2016 match was held on a really nice day with great temperatures and some manageable switching crosswinds. Those that missed this match missed a good one. We had light turnout but do appreciate those that were here. At 100 yard VFS class the winner was Mike Schneidman with 250-24X. Second was Dennis Boyet 250-18X and third was Stanley Clark with 25017X. Stanley beat Bud Mundy by way of the tie-breaker on target #1. At 200 yards Mike Schneidman was again the winner with 249-7X, second was Bud Mundy with 248-7X and third was Wayne Corley with 248-6X. In the grand agg the winner was Mike Schneidman with 499-31X, second was Bud Mundy with 498-24X and third was Wayne Corley with 498-21X. In the Hunter class the 100 yard the winner was Joe Hemkens with 25014X. Second was Clark Greene with 248-11X and third was Leon Domijan with 247-13X. At 200 yards the winHunter Class: Joe Hemkens Clark Greene Leon Domijan Matthew Hon Varmint for Score: Jason Cohen Bud Mundy Wayne Corley Mike Schneidman Dennis Boyet Stanley Clark Albert Clark Jeff Conover
ner was Joe Hemkens with 246-2X, second was Clark Greene with 2451X and third was Leon Domijan with 242-2X. In the grand agg the winner was Joe Hemkens with 496-16X, second was Clark Greene with 493-12X and third was Leon Domijan with 48915X. Thanks to everyone for coming. --Wayne Corley In the photo from left: Mike Schneidman, Bud Mundy, Clark Greene, Joe Hemkens, Leon Domijan & Wayne Corley. Varmint For Score 100-Yards Mike Schneidman........... 250-24X Dennis Boyet.................. 250-18X Stanley Clark................. 250-17X Bud Mundy.................... 250-17X Wayne Corley................. 250-15X Albert Clark................... 250-14X Jeff Conover.................. 250-14X Jason Cohen.................. 243-10X 200-Yards Mike Schneidman............ 249-7X Bud Mundy..................... 248-7X Wayne Corley.................. 248-6X Albert Clark.................... 247-9X
Dennis Boyet................... 245-7X Jeff Conover................... 244-7X Stanley Clark.................. 243-7X Jason Cohen................... 239-5X Grand Aggregate Mike Schneidman........... 499-31X Bud Mundy.................... 498-24X Wayne Corley................. 498-21X Albert Clark................... 497-23X Dennis Boyet.................. 496-25X Jeff Conover.................. 494-18X Stanley Clark................. 493-24X Jason Cohen.................. 482-15X Hunter Class 100-Yards Joe Hemkens................. 250-14X Clark Greene.................. 248-11X Leon Domijan................. 247-13X Matthew Hon.................. 247-9X 200-Yards Joe Hemkens.................. 246-2X Clark Greene................... 245-1X Leon Domijan.................. 242-2X Matthew Hon.................. 238-2X Grand Aggregate Joe Hemkens................. 496-16X Clark Greene.................. 493-12X Leon Domijan................. 489-15X Matthew Hon................. 485-11X
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Benchrest Rifle Club of St Louis May Score Equipment List Action Barrel Gunsmith Stocker Scope Case Kodiak Krieger Smart Smart Leu-Pre Lapua RemingtonBartlein Smart Self Leupold WW RemingtonBartlein Hoehn Corley Weaver Remington RemingtonRock Creek Smart Smart Leupold n/a
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308 30 BR 30 BR 30 BR 30 BR 6PPC 6mm 30 BR
Stiller Stolle BAT BAT Panda BAT BAT Stiller
Varget H-4198 H-4198 H-4198 H-4198 N-133 Varget H-4198
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Charles Huckeba Wins the Hill Country Bluebonnet Two Gun
By Cody Engel The first leg of the 2016 Texas State Championship (The Bluebonnet) was hosted by the Hill Country Shooters Association at the Dietz Rifle range in New Braunfels on April 30th and May 1st. We welcomed 30 shooters. Most were familiar faces and we greeted a few new ones. Those camping at the range had quite the lightening show including some strong winds and heavy rains Saturday morning around 3am. By daylight the weather had cleared and the winds were calm and the temperature in the upper 50’s. We started Saturday off with the Sporter 100. Gary Grove won the aggregate with a 0.2374. Tim Oltersdorf came in second with a 0.2426 followed by Mike Conry in third with a 0.2462. Small group went to Dickie Pustejovsky with a fantastic 0.077. A BBQ lunch was served by the Boy Scouts and the LV 100 started soon after. The winds were starting to pick up and got a little switchy but the experienced lot of shooters posted some good groups. Charles Huckeba came out on top with a 0.2012 aggregate, Gary Bristow shot a 0.2142 agg. for second place and John Horn came in third with a 0.2368 agg.. The small group was 0.110 and was shot by Charles Huckeba.
Sunday morning temperatures were in the low 50’s with a light southeast breeze. The LV 200 was on the agenda first. Mike Conry had a stellar performance and made a run at the LV 200 record. Mike ended up with a 0.1575 agg. for first place, Gary Bristow in second with a 0.2377 agg. followed by John Horn in third with a 0.2406 agg.. The small group was shot by Mike Conry, and was a 0.193 The Sporter 200 commenced and the winds started picking up a bit. Charles Huckeba ended up on top with a 0.2584, Scott Hunter shot a 0.3123 for second, and Larry Baggett in third with a 0.3169. The small group of 0.307 was turned in by Mike Bryant. LV Grand Agg placings were, Gary
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Bristow in first with a 0.2260, Charles Huckeba second with 0.2308, and John Horn in third with 0.2387. Sporter Grand Agg placings were Charles Huckeba in first with a 0.2859, Tim Oltersdorf in second with a 0.3115, and in third was Gary Grove with a 0.3156. Winner of the two gun was Charles Huckeba with a 0.2584. Gary Bristow came in second with a 0.2833. In third place was Tim Oltersdorf with a 0.2992. In fourth place was Dickie Pustejovsky with a 0.3012, and Mike Bryant took fifth place with a 0.3118. I would like to thank everyone for coming and hope to see you all again next year. I would also like to thank all of the good folks that chipped in and helped make this a smooth running match. I really appreciate your help. And a special thanks to the Dietz family for allowing us to use the range. Following is a breakdown of the results. Sporter 100-Yards Gary Grove.................. 0.2374 Tim Oltersdorf............... 0.2426 Mike Conry................... 0.2462 Dickie Pustejovsky.......... 0.2496 Gary Bristow................. 0.2698
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BG Lott....................... 0.2728 Mike Bryant.................. 0.2790 Scott Haywood.............. 0.2826 Darryl Whitman............. 0.2914 Cody Engel................... 0.3124 Charles Huckeba............ 0.3134 Joe Boudreaux............... 0.3176 Larry Saavedra.............. 0.3218 Kelly Mormon................ 0.3258 Joe Duke..................... 0.3318 Small Group Dickie Pustejovsky........... 0.077 Sporter 200-Yards Charles Huckeba........... 0.2584 Scott Hunter................. 0.3123 Larry Baggett................ 0.3169 John Horn.................... 0.3285 Tommy Long................. 0.3437 Tim Oltersdorf............... 0.3804 Mike Bryant.................. 0.3828 Gary Grove................... 0.3938 Dickie Pustejovsky.......... 0.3998 Kris Whitman................ 0.4034 Gary Bristow................. 0.4116 Darryl Whitman............. 0.4133 Cody Engel................... 0.4152 Renard Alexander........... 0.4192 Kelly Mormon................ 0.4370 Small Group Mike Bryant................... 0.307 Sporter Grand Charles Huckeba........... 0.2859 Tim Oltersdorf............... 0.3115 Gary Grove................... 0.3156 Dickie Pustejovsky.......... 0.3247 Mike Bryant.................. 0.3309 Larry Baggett................0.33349 Gary Bristow................. 0.3407 Darryl Whitman............. 0.3523 Scott Hunter................. 0.3535 Cody Engel................... 0.3638 Tommy Long................. 0.3645 Scott Haywood.............. 0.3697 Sporter Grand: Charles Huckeba Tim Oltersdorf Gary Grove Dickie Pustejovsky Light Varmint Grand: Gary Bristow Charles Huckeba John Horn Mike Conry
BG Lott....................... 0.3776 Renard Alexander........... 0.3813 Kelly Mormon................ 0.3814 Light Varmint 100-Yards Charles Huckeba........... 0.2012 Gary Bristow................. 0.2142 John Horn.................... 0.2368 Scott Hunter................. 0.2498 Kelly Mormon................ 0.2564 Gary Grove................... 0.2600 Mike Bryant.................. 0.2608 Larry Baggett................ 0.2760 Dickie Pustejovsky.......... 0.2760 Dale Metzger................. 0.2872 Ron Sewell................... 0.2882 Tommy Long................. 0.2908 Joe Duke..................... 0.2988 GB Lott....................... 0.3074 Joe Boudreaux............... 0.3080 Small Group Charles Huckeba............. 0.110 Light Varmint 200-Yards Mike Conry.................. 0.1575 Gary Bristow................. 0.2377 John Horn.................... 0.2406 Tim Oltersdorf............... 0.2493 Kris Whitman................ 0.2534 Charles Huckeba............ 0.2604 Dickie Pustejovsky.......... 0.2795 Renard Alexander........... 0.2911 Scott Haywood.............. 0.2940 Jacob Gottfredson.......... 0.3017 Dale Metzger................. 0.3194 Mike Bryant.................. 0.3245 Ron Sewell................... 0.3406 Larry Saavedra.............. 0.3441 Joe Duke..................... 0.3461 Small Group Mike Conry.................... 0.193 Light Varmint Grand Gary Bristow................ 0.2260 Charles Huckeba............ 0.2308 John Horn.................... 0.2387
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Barrel Bartlein Krieger Bartlein Krieger
Bluebonnet Equipment List Stocker Gunsmith Caliber Bullet/Wt Scarbrough n/a 6PPC Self/68 Burns Self 6PPC Miller/66BT Scoville Kelbly 6PPC n/a Self Horn 6PPC Generlc/66
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Mike Conry................... 0.2421 Dickie Pustejovsky.......... 0.2777 Tim Oltersdorf............... 0.2869 Mike Bryant.................. 0.2927 Dale Metzger................. 0.3033 Kris Whitman................ 0.3077 Renard Alexander........... 0.3108 Kelly Mormon................ 0.3108 Scott Haywood.............. 0.3125 Jacob Gottfredson.......... 0.3126 Ron Sewell................... 0.3144 Larry Baggett................ 0.3147 Two Gun Charles Huckeba........... 0.2584 Gary Bristow................. 0.2833 Tim Oltersdorf............... 0.2992 Dickie Pustejovsky.......... 0.3012 Mike Bryant.................. 0.3118 Larry Baggett................ 0.3248 Gary Grove................... 0.3344 Scott Hunter................. 0.3378 Scott Haywood.............. 0.3411 Tommy Long................. 0.3435 Renard Alexander........... 0.3460 Kelly Mormon................ 0.3461 GB Lott....................... 0.3616 Joe Duke..................... 0.3624 Kris Whitman................ 0.3671 Ron Sewell................... 0.3681 Jacob Gottfredson.......... 0.3776 Cody Engel................... 0.3778 Darryl Whitman............. 0.3792 Larry Saavedra.............. 0.3862 Dale Metzger................. 0.3957 Joe Boudreaux............... 0.4232 James Braddy................ 0.4240 Randy Pumphrey............ 0.4304 Frank Wilson................. 0.4850 Larry Deese.................. 0.4929 John Horn.................... 0.4942 Larry Welch.................. 0.5009 Lou Bostic.................... 0.7779 Mike Conry................... 1.4326 Powder/Wt 133/29 133/28 133 8208/28
Primer 205 205m Federal n/a
Case Lapua Lapua Lapua n/a
Scope/Pwr March/40 Leupold/40 Leupold/45 Leupold/36
133/29 133/29 133/29 133/29
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Richard Brensing sweeps up at Okie Shooters
Congratulations to Richard Brensing for showing us how it’s done at the Oklahoma State HV and SP match at Okie Shooter’s range at Luther, OK. Richard won the SP100, HV100, SP Grand and the HV Grand. No two gun agg was figured, but he would have won it as well. Also, congratulations to DeWayne Stafford for winning the HV200 yard. Also, congratulations go to Darrel Loker who edged out Richard by about a .001” for the Oklahoma State Three Gun, which included the LV shot in April. In spite of the reputation that the Okie Shooter’s range at Luther has garnered over the years, there have been some pretty good aggs shot there this year. It is a difficult range to shoot, but well worth visiting. The air does get pretty heavy and will move a bullet father than you’d expect. If you attend next year, don’t forget to bring your tall flag poles. I’m not sure exactly what height flag poles you need, but 10 to 15 foot maximum height will work. Thanks to Rex Reneau, Tom Ross and others who have been putting on matches here. The volunteers who put on matches at various venues put in a lot of work with very little to show for it except their love for shooting benchrest. By Mike Bryant Heavy Varmint 100-Yards Richard Brensing........... 0.2442 Darrel Loker................. 0.2466 John Dumas.................. 0.2526 Heavy Varmint 200-Yards DeWayne Stafford.......... 0.2069 Richard Brensing............ 0.2093 John Dumas.................. 0.2837 Heavy Varmint Grand Richard Brensing........... 0.2268 DeWayne Stafford........... 0.2305 John Dumas.................. 0.2682 Sporter 100-Yards Richard Brensing........... 0.2254 Mark Harpenau.............. 0.2262
Mike Bryant.................. 0.2498 Sporter 200-Yards Mike Bryant................. 0.3384 Richard Brensing............ 0.3568 Cale Roby..................... 0.3665 Sporter Grand Richard Brensing........... 0.2911 Mike Bryant.................. 0.3052 Mark Harpenau.............. 0.3268
Mill Creek Rifle Club Mid-Continent Three-Gun Championship
May 14-15, 2016 We held our first match of the season with a cold north wind and temps with a high of 53F on Saturday. There were 27 competitors for our Sporter & Heavy Varmint legs of the Mid-Continent Regional Championship. The Light Varmint leg was contested at Okie Shooters Club in Luther, Oklahoma earlier this year and is the continuation of the Mid-Continent Three Gun Championship. Sunday morning here at Mill Creek, the wind was calm with 43F and sunshine to start the day. It became cloudy and windy as the day progressed. There were a lot of groups over one inch on the last match with 25 competitors that day.
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Don Creach won the Sporter 100 yardage and Mark Harpenau fired the small group of .174. In the Heavy Varmint 100, TK Nollan took first place with Tim Turnbull shooting the small group of .126. Mark Harpenau came back to win the HV 200 yardage with Bud Mundy taking small group honors this time with .276 and the Sporter 200 yardage was won by Howard Cowher and Greg King took the small group with .126. Moving on to the Grands, TK won the Heavy Varmint Grand while Darrel Loker took Sporter Grand. With all the points tallied, Bud Mundy won the Two Gun. When these two scores are added to the Light Varmint scores from April, the Three Gun Champion emerged as Richard Brensing. Darrel Loker placed a tidy second and in third was TK Nollan. Thanks to the guys who helped move and pick up target frames and to Ron for training two more of his grandsons for target crew duty. Thanks also to Ron for his Range Officer duties and to all the competitors who came. By Don Creach In the photo on page 34 from left: Darrel Loker, Greg King, Howard Cower, TK Nollan, Richard Brens-
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ing, Mark Harpenau, Mel Klasi & Bud Mundy. Congratulations to the winners. Sporter 100-Yards Don Creach.................. 0.2560 Bud Mundy................... 0.2638 Darrel Loker................. 0.2790 Daniel Kinder................ 0.2930 Mark Harpenau.............. 0.2986 Ron Miller.................... 0.3116 Richard Brensing............ 0.3138 Chet Whitebread............ 0.3252 TK Nollan..................... 0.3262 Rand Conrad................. 0.3268 Kurtis Brown................. 0.3326 Terry Hettich................ 0.3334 Howard Cowher............. 0.3372 Merlin Hubbard.............. 0.3510 Mel Klasi...................... 0.3520 Greg King..................... 0.3602 William Tholen.............. 0.3606 Tim Turnbull................. 0.3616 Dee Myers.................... 0.3656 Dwayne Edelman............ 0.3668 Edward Collins............... 0.3714 Lelan Kirk.................... 0.3724 Dewayne Stafford........... 0.3770 Sam Langhofer............... 0.3840 Jim Shipley................... 0.3840 Doug Brooks.................. 0.4692 Fred Martin.................. 0.4762 Small Group Mark Harpenau............... 0.174 Sporter 200-Yards Howard Cowher............ 0.2732 Fred Martin.................. 0.2844
TK Nollan..................... 0.3035 Darrel Loker................. 0.3066 Richard Brensing............ 0.3069 Mark Harpenau.............. 0.3095 Dee Myers.................... 0.3259 Bud Mundy................... 0.3282 Tim Turnbull................. 0.3401 Ron Miller.................... 0.3403 Terry Hettich................ 0.3534 Greg King..................... 0.3708 Don Creach................... 0.3733 Rand Conrad................. 0.4013 Mel Klasi...................... 0.4104 Kurtis Brown................. 0.4147 William Tholen.............. 0.4178 Dwayne Edelman............ 0.4201 Chet Whitebread............ 0.4266 Jim Shipley................... 0.4442 Dewayne Stafford........... 0.4504 Merlin Hubbard.............. 0.4716 Edward Collins............... 0.4872 Sam Langhofer............... 0.5638 Lelan Kirk.................... 0.5934 Small Group Greg King...................... 0.126 Sporter Grand Darrel Loker................. 0.2928 Bud Mundy................... 0.2960 Mark Harpenau.............. 0.3040 Howard Cowher............. 0.3052 Richard Brensing............ 0.3104 Don Creach................... 0.3146 TK Nollan..................... 0.3149 Ron Miller.................... 0.3259 Terry Hettich................ 0.3434 Dee Myers.................... 0.3458
Tim Turnbull................. 0.3508 Rand Conrad................. 0.3638 Greg King..................... 0.3655 Kurtis Brown................. 0.3737 Chet Whitebread............ 0.3759 Fred Martin.................. 0.3803 Melvin Klasi.................. 0.3812 William Tholen.............. 0.3892 Dwayne Edelman............ 0.3934 Merlin Hubbard.............. 0.4113 Dewayne Stafford........... 0.4137 Jim Shipley................... 0.4141 Edward Collins............... 0.4293 Sam Langhofer............... 0.4739 Lelan Kirk.................... 0.4829 Heavy Varmint 100-Yards Don Creach.................. 0.2560 Bud Mundy................... 0.2638 Darrel Loker................. 0.2790 Daniel Kinder................ 0.2930 Mark Harpenau.............. 0.2986 Ron Miller.................... 0.3116 Richard Brensing............ 0.3138 Chet Whitebread............ 0.3252 TK Nollan..................... 0.3262 Rand Conrad................. 0.3264 Kurtis Brown................. 0.3326 Terry Hettich................ 0.3334 Howard Cowher............. 0.3372 Merlin Hubbard.............. 0.3510 Mel Klasi...................... 0.3520 Greg King..................... 0.3602 William Tholen.............. 0.3606 Tim Turnbull................. 0.3616 Dee Myers.................... 0.3656 Dwayne Edelman............ 0.3668
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Edward Collins............... 0.3714 Lelan Kirk.................... 0.3724 Dewayne Stafford........... 0.3770 Sam Langhofer............... 0.3840 Jim Shipley................... 0.3840 Doug Brooks.................. 0.4692 Fred Martin.................. 0.4762 Small Group Mark Harpenau............... 0.174 Heavy Varmint 200-Yards Mark Harpenau............. 0.2166 Bud Mundy................... 0.2308 Richard Brensing............ 0.2343 Mel Klasi...................... 0.2404 TK Nollan..................... 0.2490 Greg King..................... 0.2495 Darrel Loker................. 0.2525 Sam Langhofer............... 0.2565 Terry Hettich................ 0.2571 Edward Collins............... 0.2718 Ron Miller.................... 0.2730 Don Creach................... 0.2755 Fred Martin.................. 0.2824 Dewayne Stafford........... 0.2895 Tim Turnbull................. 0.2921 William Tholen.............. 0.2955 Howard Cowher............. 0.2999 Merlin Hubbard.............. 0.3059 Chet Whitebread............ 0.3123 Kurtis Brown................. 0.3245 Rand Conrad................. 0.3501 Dee Myers.................... 0.3501 Dwayne Edelman............ 0.3856 Lelan Kirk.................... 0.4576 Jim Shipley................... 0.5012 Small Group Bud Mundy.................... 0.271
Heavy Varmint Grand TK Nollan.................... 0.2261 Bud Mundy................... 0.2300 Mel Klasi...................... 0.2464 Richard Brensing............ 0.2474 Mark Harpenau.............. 0.2627 Darrel Loker................. 0.2822 Dewayne Stafford........... 0.2842 Don Creach................... 0.2873 Tim Turnbull................. 0.2941 Terry Hettich................ 0.2962 Ron Miller.................... 0.3010 Merlin Hubbard.............. 0.3147 Sam Langhofer............... 0.3167 Chet Whitebread............ 0.3173 William Tholen.............. 0.3178 Kurtis Brown................. 0.3207 Edward Collins............... 0.3220 Greg King..................... 0.3361 Howard Cowher............. 0.3453 Rand Conrad................. 0.3486 Fred Martin.................. 0.3495 Dee Myers.................... 0.3566 Dwayne Edelman............ 0.3591 Lelan Kirk.................... 0.3917 Jim Shipley................... 0.4147 Two Gun Bud Mundy................... 0.2630 TK Nollan..................... 0.2705 Richard Brensing............ 0.2788 Mark Harpenau.............. 0.2834 Darrel Loker................. 0.2875 Don Creach................... 0.3009 Ron Miller.................... 0.3135 Melvin Klasi.................. 0.3138 Terry Hettich................ 0.3198 Tim Turnbull................. 0.3225
Howard Cowher............. Chet Whitebread............ Kurtis Brown................. Dewayne Stafford........... Greg King..................... Dee Myers.................... William Tholen.............. Rand Conrad................. Merlin Hubbard.............. Fred Martin.................. Edward Collins............... Dwayne Edelman............ Sam Langhofer............... Jim Shipley................... Lelan Kirk....................
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Mill Creek Rifle Club's Mid-Continent Three Gun Equipment List from May 14-15, 2016 Sporter Grand: Action Barrel Stock Mfr Stocker Gunsmith Cartridge Bullet/Wt Powder/Wt Primer Darrel Loker BAT Lederer SGY Self Self 6PPC C-Bar/65 133/28 205 Bud Mundy BAT Krieger BAT Self Self 6PPC Miller/65BT 133/29 205 Mark Harpenau Borden Krieger Leonard Woolum Woolum 6PPC Self/68BT 133/29 Federal Howard Cowher Panda Krieger Leonard Leonard Whitebread 6PPC Barts/68Ultra 133/29 Federal Richard Brensing Viper Bartlein Edge Brensing Brensing 6PPC C-Bar/65 133/28 205M Heavy Varmint Grand: TK Nollan BAT Krieger BAT BAT TK 6PPC n/a 133 205 Bud Mundy BAT Krieger BAT BAT Self 6PPC Miller/65BT 133/29 205 Mel Klasi BAT Bartlein Larson Larson Pond 6PPC Berger/64 133 205 Richard Brensing Viper Bartlein Rimrock Brensing Brensing 6PPC C-Bar/65 133/26 205M Mark Harpenau Borden Krieger Leonard Woolum Woolum 6PPC Self/68BT 133/29 Federal
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Ranges, Clubs, and Contacts ER—Eastern Region Chippewa Rifle Club
www.chippewarifleclub.com GPS: N40 56.820 W81 44.583 Contact: Bob Denk 440 596-7238 7728 E Linden Ln, Parma, OH 44130 robertsdenk66@gmail.com Contact: Pat Metcalf 419 886-3467 528 Alexander Rd, Bellville, OH 44813 plmohio@aol.com
Fairchance Rod & Gun Club
GPS: N39 48.704 W79 47.179 Contact: Bill Reahard 724 323-5044 PO Box 156, McClellandtown, PA 15458 reahard@verizon.net Contact: Jerry Van Sickle 724 569-2216 181 Guthrie Rd, Smithfield, PA 15478
Holton Gun & Bow Club
6201 Crystal Lake Rd, Holton, MI 49425 PO Box 128, Holton, MI 49425 www.holtongunandbowclub.com 231 821-9608 GPS: N43 23.742 W86 05.2566 Contact: Connie Wyant 231 821-2994 Email: sissy620@comcast.net
Kane Fish & Game
Dwight Rd, 1 mile N of Kane on SR 321 www.kanefishandgameclub.org Steve Timpano – Group 814 837-9644 stimpano@verizon.net
Kelbly’s Rifle Range
7222 Dalton Fox Lake Rd N Lawrence, OH 44666 www.kelbly.com GPS: N40 52.9836 W81 40.6218 Contact: Jim Kelbly 330 683-4674 jim@kelbly.com
Shelby County Deer Hunter Assn
7988 Johnston-Slagle Rd, Sidney, OH 45365 937 492-2972 Contact: John Petteruti 937 654-7950 jpetteruti@woh.rr.com
WWCCA
6700 Napier Rd, Plymouth, MI 48170 734 453-9843 http://wwcca.com Contact: Dana Raven 734 748-5394 10930 Old 27N, Frederic, MI 49733-9734 dana_raven@yahoo.com Contact: Bill Gammon 519 453-6734 387 Speight Blvd, London, ONT N5V 3J8 Canada Bill.gammon@rogers.com
GC—Gulf Coast Region Austin Rifle Club
www.austinrifleclub.org PO Box 141399, Austin, TX 78714 Contact: Virgil Howarth 512 447-8968 2704 Inridge Dr, Austin, TX 78745 vhowarth@sbcglobal.net
Hill Country Shooters Assn
GPS: N29 44.695 W098 14.141 421 Range Rd, New Braunfels, TX 78132 Contact: Cody Engel 210 535 2170
PO Box 1423, Blanco, TX 78606 codyvp@satx.rr.com
Midland Shooters Association
4108 East County Rd 160, Midland, TX 79706 432 682-2332 www.midlandshooters.com Contact: Mike Conry 3212 E County Rd 136, Midland, TX 79706 432 528-8718 or 432 683-1332 MEConry@suddenlink.net
North Texas Shooters Association
www.shootntsa.com GPS: N33 19.351 W97 08.938 Contact: Michael Stinnett 214 794-8006 6651 Blackjack Oaks Rd, Aubrey, TX 76227 mkstinnett@gmail.com
Seymour Stool Shooters
448 Hwy 283 South, Seymour, TX 76380 Contact: John Horn 940 636-9984 924 Peterson Rd S, Iowa Park, TX 76367 John.Horn44@gmail.com
SW Louisiana Rifle & Pistol Club
www.swla-rifleandpistol.org Contact: Mike Guillot 337 249-3712 1600 Cappy Dr, Lake Charles, LA 70605 Guillot4555@suddenlink.net
Tomball Gun Club
Contact: Dwayne Pullum: 281 684-9004 Richard Pullum by email: richardpullum@embarqmail.com
Walker County Benchrest Club
www.walkercobr.comGPS:30°45.662N; 95°46.136W Contact: Larry Deese, 713 410-5233 FM 1696 & Scales Ranch Rd, Texas 77320 larry@walkercobr.com
NC—North Central Region Boone Valley Ikes
Contact: Ronnie Berg 515 210-7772 104 S Dalander St, Madrid, IA 50156 mrberg@iowatelecom.net
Buffalo Outdoor Rifle Club
462 N Burritt, Buffalo, WY 82834 Contact Pete Eisele 307 217- 1155
Casper Score Shooters
2330 N Station Rd, Casper, WY 82601 307 265-2535 www.stuckenhoffshooterscomplex.net Contact: Tim Naugle 307 237-7185 1926 S Walnut St, Casper WY 82601 tnaugle@bresnan.net
Council Bluffs Rifle & Pistol Club
www.cbr-pc.org GPS: N41.39083 W95.37891 Contact: Ron Miller 402 393-4536 PO Box 1042, Council Bluffs, IA 50502 8081 Dupont St. Omaha NE 68124 ncnbrsa@cox.net
Lincoln Izaak Walton League
10801 S 134th St, Bennet, NE 68317 Contact: Mike Shapoval 402 420-5763 mike10shapoval@windstream.net
Minnetonka Benchrest Assn
8310 Hill n Dale Dr, St Francis, MN 55330 www.mgfc.org GPS: N45 23.42 W93 29.29 Contact: Scott Moser 612 961-6761 10412 Abbott Dr, Brooklyn Park MN 55443 samoser@comcast.net
Oak Hill Gun Club
12364 Coon Hunters Rd, Blue Grass, IA 52726 563 381-2677 Contact: Jim Schmidt 563 340-4789 5627 Oakbrook Rd, Davenport IA 52806 jjwonderland325@gmail.com
Prairie Dog Target Club
Contact: Don Deckert 605 288-1919 HC 54, Box 3, Porcupine SD 57772 pdtc57772@yahoo.com
MV—Mississippi Valley
Bench Rest Rifle Club Of St Louis
2280 Kohn Rd, Wright City, MO 63390 www.shootingstl.com GPS: N38 53.353 W091 04.763 Joe Fesi - Group 314 283-4085 206 Colonial Xing, Wentzville, MO 63390 jfesi@americanaircharter.comWayne Corley - HTR/VFS 636 928-0882 2 Sheffield Ct, St Charles, MO 63304 waynecorley@sbcglobal.net
Columbus Sportsman’s Assn
W10924 Bryer Road, Columbus, WI 53925 www.csa12.com tabalding@gmail.com Contact Terry Balding 608 577-5193 1777 W Main St #203, Sun Prairie, WI 53590
Holmen Rod & Gun Club
W7503 County Road T, Holmen, WI 54636 www.holmenrodandgunclub.com Contact Craig Nagel 608 783-5522
Van Dyne Sportsmen’s Club
www.vdsc.org or info@vdsc.org Contact: Steve Owen 920 688-2433 PO Box 8, Van Dyne WI 54979
NW—Northwest Region Wenatchee Benchrest Club
2800 #2 Canyon Rd, Wenatchee, WA www.wenrrc.org, zaccs@televar.com Contact: Dan Zaccanti 509 733-1003
Rogue Valley Shooting Sports Assn 6900 Kershaw Blvd, White City, OR 97502 Contact: Phil Grammatica 714 749-7216 philgrammatica@yahoo.com
Lewis-Clark Wildlife Club
27007 South Tom Beall Rd, Lapwai, ID 83540 280 843-2987 www.lcwildlife.org Contact: Paul Gylling - HTR/VFS 40102 State Route 195, Colfax WA 99111 PGylling@gmail.com 509 553-1118 Denny Andrews - Group andrewslaw1@gmail.com
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PO Box 1721, Chelan, WA 98816 http://www.chelangunclub.com Contact Dan Zaccanti 509 733-1003
Tacoma Rifle & Revolver Club
8503 Chambers Creek Rd W University Place, WA 98467 www.tacomarifle.org Contact: Jeff Lewis 206 407-8299 32310 6th Ave SW, Federal Way, WA 98023 varminthunter1@comcast.net
Tri-Cities Metallic Silhouette Assn Hwy 12 to Pasco-Kahlotus Rd www.tcmsa.org Contact: Rick DeGroat 509 308-7213 or 509 396-3166 rem10x308@aol.com
Whitecar Rifle & Pistol Range
578 Blodgett View Dr, Hamilton, MT 59840 www.whittecarrange.com 406 363-7078 Contact: Jeff Jetter 406 777-5326 4168 Foxy Ridge Rd, Stevensville, MT 59870 JLJ4HBR@msn.com
Yellowstone Rifle Club
7212 Molt Rd, Billings, MT 406 656-2775 www.yrc.org Contact: Ryan Lienemann 406 245-4056 1124 Horn St, Billings, MT 59101 lienemannbr@gmail.com
La Grande Rifle & Pistol Club www.lgrpc.com Contact Gary Vanlier 208 965-1992 or 208 461-0315 gwvjake1@msn.com
SE—Southeast Region
Middle Georgia Gun Owners Assn www.mggoa.com GPS: N32 24.3732 W82 53.0574 PO Box 4096, Dublin, GA 31040 Contact: Matt Walker 478 304-2749 mggoa1@gmail.com
River Bend Gun Club
588 River Bend Gun Club Road Dawsonville, GA 30534 770 893-3502 www.rbgc.org GPS: N34 20.198 W84 14.819 Contact: Jim Andress Group/Score PO Box 7, Marble Hill, GA 30148 benchrest@rbgc.org, jim@precisionrifles.co 770 876-2351 or 770 893-3319
Rockingham County Gun Club
572 Long Branch Road, Reidsville, NC 27320 www.rockinghamcountygunclub.com GPS: N36 25.536 W79 31.864 Contact: Roy Darnell 336 595-9110 4811 Camp Betty Hastings Rd Walkertown, NC 27051 DarnellRM@embarqmail.com
Roanoke Rifle & Revolver Club 1305 Gun Club Dr, Hardy, VA 24101 www.roanokerifle.com Contact: Gil Gross 540 721-3015 gilgrosscms@embarqmail.com
Unaka Rod & Gun Club
90 Furnace Rd, Johnson City, TN 37601 423 926-0221 www.unakarodandgun.com Contact: Matthew Keller 423 202-6932 Limestone, TN 37681 mk6ppc4@yahoo.com
MC—Mid-Continent Region Colorado Rifle Club
76099 E 96th Ave, Byers, CO 80103 303 238-5696 http://crci.org Contact: Nick Hoier 719 499-0246 or Nate Miller 719 648-5334 524 E McCullough Blvd, Pueblo West, CO 81007 namiller1979@gmail.com
Land’s End Benchrest Shooters
4 mi East of Hwy 50 on Reeder Mesa Rd Contact: Tom Stiner 970 257-9160 1521 Divide Rd, Whitewater CO 81527 TSTooling@hotmail.com
Mill Creek Rifle Club
7215 Gardner Rd, DeSoto, KS 66018 www.millcreekrc.org Contact: Don Creach - Group 816 586-9475 dcjcreach@aol.com Contact:Ronald Shultz - Hunter/VFS 913 557-9879
Northern CO Benchrest Shooters 38967 CR 51, Eaton, CO 80615 www.wcfw.org Contact: Bud Schalles 970 224-3740 PO Box 83, La Porte CO 80535 budschalles@aol.com
Okie Shooters Range
Contact: Rex Reneau 405 787-8529 7409 NW 28th Terrace, Bethany OK 73008 405 623-6019 or rreneau1@cox.net
Ouachita Sportsmen’s Assn
Contact: Joe McNeill 870 877-0688 or Ray Porter at 870 633-8984 278 Maquire Ln, Pencil Bluff AR 71965
Whittington Center
34025 US 64, Raton, NM 87740 575 445-3615 www.nrawc.org Contact: Ed Adams 505 401-5071 7923 Victoria Dr NW, Albuquerque NM 87120 trished5@comcast.net
SW—Southwest Region Arizona Benchrest Shooters
4044 W Black Canyon Blvd, Phoenix, AZ 85086 GPS: N33 27 12.22 W112 37 12.20 http://azbrs.com Contact: Melesia Cisneros 714-441-7220 4275 N Palm St, Fullerton, CA 92835 melesia.cisneros@bergerbullets.com
Central Utah Benchrest
Contact: Dave Tunbridge 801 571-6755 966 Stacie Ave, Sandy UT 84094 drtunbridge@gmail.com
Desert Sportsman Rifle Club
12201 W Charleston Blvd, Las Vegas, NV 89135 702 642-9928 www.dsrpc.net GPS: N36.1498 W115.3653 Contact: Howard Bloom - HTR 1964.usmc@att.net or 702 368-0568
Ojai Valley Gun Club
www.dock.net/ovgc Contact: Barry Bluhm 805 798-2473 608 E Oak St, Ojai CA 93023 TwiLiteZ585@hotmail.com
Palomino Valley Gun Club
Washoe County Shooting Facility 21555 Pyramid Lake Hwy, Reno NV 80502 palominovalleygunclub.homestead.com GPS: N39 51.374 W119 40.046 Contact: Robert Hoppe - Long Range PO BOX 4251, Sparks NV 89432 RobH@saturnnet.com 775 827-8679 or 775 397-3358 Contact: Steve Archibald - Varmint 5017 Pleasant View Dr, Sparks, NV 89434 775 356-5850 (h) or 775 742-1153 (c) nevadaswa@aol.com
Sahuaro 1000-Yard Benchrest
www.tucsonrifleclub.org Contact: Karl Hunstiger 602 971-4400 2901 E Cortez St, Phoenix AZ 85028 wfo13@aol.com
Sloughhouse Benchrest Shooters www.sacvalley.org Contact: Craig St Claire - Long Range galtshtr@gmx.com or 209 744-2274 Contact: Dan Lutke - Short Range 408 241-9759 lutke5@sbcglobal.net Contact: Bill Mellor - Short Range 916 354-1782 rollem11@att.net
Visalia Sportsman Association
7398 Avenue 328, Visalia, CA 93291 599 651-3063 www.visaliasportsmans.com Contact: Dennis Thornbury 559 432-4401 PO Box 105, Visalia, CA 93279 559 280-6243 gunhandler@gmail.com
EU-European Region Club de Tir du Castellas
Route de Vautubiere, La Fare les Oliviers, France 13580 bench-rest@ctcastellas.com Contact Jean-Marie Deletang at redneckbr@neuf.fr or Andre Feraud at nagemar@vanadoo.fr
Benchrest Dolomiti
Dobiacco Range, Italy Contact: Americo Angaran Email: americo.angaran@gmail.com
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Suite 706 San Antonio, TX 78216. Http://www.luxfhcares.com/ obituary/Malford-Lamar-Jost/ New-Braunfels-TX.
A Note from the Master: Tony Boyer
Malford Jost
January 27, 1950 - May 3, 2016 Malford L. Jost, a resident of New Braunfels, passed away on Tuesday, May 3, 2016 at St. Luke's Baptist Hospital in San Antonio at the age of 66. Malford was born on January 27, 1950 in San Antonio to Joseph John Jost and Avinell Hensarling Jost. Mr. Jost served his country proudly in the United States Air Force during the Vietnam War, attaining the rank of Sergeant. He later married Penny Ryan Jost on May 17, 1975. Malford retired as an engineer from GVTC after 31-years of faithful service. He was preceded in death by his parents and by his granddaughter, Rachel Ann Jost. Survivors include his loving wife, Penny Jost; son, Michael R. Jost and wife, Amy; daughter, Becky Garcia and husband, Sony; grandchildren, Emily Jost, Allison Jost, Madeleine Jost and Caitlyn Garcia. In addition, Mr. Jost is also survived by his brother, Mike Jost and wife, Pat. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be given to the Children's Hospital of San Antonio Foundation, 100 NE Loop 410
The following letter was received in the mail to the Editor from a world renowned benchrest master. Why is the benchrest game dying? Some say the cost to build a rifle and get equipment needed to compete with has gotten out of hand. This may be part of the problem, but not all of it. One of the BIGGEST problems is people cannot get a rifle built in any reasonable time. They are told a time like 6 months. Then a year or so later they still don’t have their rifle. If a rifle maker can’t do what is promised, it would be better to not take the work. It is important to be honest with people. I have received calls from individuals asking me to see if I have any influence on someone that is building a rifle for them to see if I can get their rifle finished for them. I know people that shot rim-fire competition that wanted to get into our game. They spent the money to get everything they needed to shoot benchrest but still did not have their rifles after 15 months. At that point, if they ever did get their rifle, they would sell them because they have already got into some other shooting sport. This is a BIG problem. What can be done about this? First thing we will hear is to buy a used rifle. If you know the history of the used rifle, that is one thing; but just buying any used rifle I do not advise. Maybe the people who are building our benchrest rifles will accommodate the new shooter and get their work completed in a more timely manner. I hope they do this. We need more people in our sport.
US Benchrest Hall of Fame
March 14, 2016 US Benchrest HOF began in 1972 by Rifle Magazine and is operated today by member Rex Reneau. Tony Boyer..................... 169 Lester Bruno.................... 48 Alan Euber...................... 47 Gary Ocock...................... 34 Gene Bukys...................... 33 Wayne Campbell............... 30 Ed Watson (D).................. 28 Don Geraci...................... 26 Ron Hoehn....................... 26 Tom Gillman (D)................ 25 Lowell Frei...................... 25 Perry Morton (D)............... 22 Don Powell...................... 21 Charles Huckeba............... 21 Larry Costa...................... 21 Walt Berger..................... 19 Jack Neary...................... 19 Jef Fowler (D).................. 18 Lee Euber....................... 17 Russell Boop.................... 17 Bob Scarbrough, Jr............ 17 Jack Deming.................... 16 Jim Stekl........................ 16 Paul Gotschall (D).............. 16 Joe Krupa....................... 16 Harley Baker.................... 15 Bart Sauter...................... 15 L.E.(Red) Cornelison (D) ����� 15 Smiley Hensley................. 15 Bill Forrester.................... 15 Richard Maretzo................ 14 Ferris Pindell (D)............... 14 Warren Page (D)................ 14 P.J. Hart......................... 14 Jim Borden...................... 14 Allen Arnette................... 14 Myles Hollister (D)............. 13 Ed Shilen........................ 13 Dave Hall........................ 13 Tom “Speedy” Gonzalez ����� 13 Fred Hasecuster................ 13 Rex Reneau...................... 12 Pat Byrne........................ 12 Faye Boyer...................... 12 Gerald Masker.................. 11 Richard Baker................... 10 John Brown Jr................... 10 Dwight Scott.................... 10 Mike Ratigan.................... 10
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Regional Directors Eastern Region
Staff Exp 2016
Jack Neary 6204 Wild Oak Dr, North Olmstead, OH 44070 H: 440 716-0600 C: 336 542-8711 jrneary@hotmail.com
Officers Dennis Thornbury, President 1114 S McAuliff St Visalia, CA 93292 H: 559 732-4401 C: 559 280 6243 gunhandler@gmail.com Term Expires 2016 Don Nielson, Vice President 20456 Hart St, Winnetka, CA 91306 H: 818 883-5866 pkin@sbcglobal.net Term Expires 2016 John Horn, Financial Officer 924 Peterson Rd South Iowa Park, TX 76367-7237 C: 940 636-9984 Term Exp 2016 John.Horn44@gmail.com
Committees World Records Committee: Group Gene Bukys, Chairman 591 FM 2402, Eden, TX 76837 281 324-2605 egb243@msn.com Kent Harshman, Committee Member Ron Hoehn, Committee Member Lowell Frei, Committee Member World Records Committee: Long Range Bill Johnston, Chairman 7425 SE Madison Ave, Prineville, OR 503 568-5199 billhonda65@gmail.com Karl Hunstiger, Committee Member Bruce Bangeman, Committee Member Richard Schatz, Committee Member Gary Childs, Alternate Member World Records Committee: Score Rich Carpenter, Chairman 307 265-8667 60 2nd St, Evansville, WY 82636 box425@bresnannet Wayne Corley, Committee Member Mike Guillot, Committee Member Dan Zaccanti, Committee Member Ron Powell, Committee Member International Representative Wayne Campbell 264 Benchrest Ln, Concord, VA 24538 H: 434 993-9201 C: 434 665-2066 wcppc@icloud.com Varmint For Score Rep (SW Region) Keith Myers 702 217-3591 keithmyers@yahoo.com
Gulf Coast Region
Mississippi Valley Region Exp 2016
Bud Mundy 5956 Old Hickory Trail Hillsboro, MO 63050 C: 314 805-1313 bcmundy@earthlink.net
Exp 2017
Terry Meyer PO Box 52, Thornton, IA 50479 H: 641 998-2860 C: 641 425-3397 tdmeyer6ppc@gmail.com North Central Alternate Rodney Brown PO Box 7218, Sheridan, WY 82801 C: 303 378-6085 rbrown@vanaire.net
Mid-Continent Region
Exp 2017
Butch Fjoser 7 Summerfield St, Woodward, OK 73801 C: 580 334-2643 W: 580 254-9764 butchsguns@yahoo.com
North West Region
Business Manager, NBRSA Editor, Precision Rifleman Magazine Advertising Sales Contact Audrey Brown PO Box 6770, Sheridan, WY 82801 W: 307 655-7415 C: 307 217-1966 nbrsa.manager@gmail.com
Exp 2017
Scott Hunter 1612 Buchanan St, Wichita Falls, TX 76309 H: 940 723-5147 C: 940 631-4545 Shunter@NTS-online.net Gulf Coast Alternate Mike Bryant 7761 FM 592, Wheeler, TX 79096 806 826-5958, bryantcustom@gmail.com
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Dan Zaccanti 1542 Tacoma Ave, Bridgeport, WA 98813 C: 509 733-1003 zaccs@televar.com North West Alternate Paul Holland PO Box 1498, Big Fork, MT 59911 406 837-5583 plumbing@centurytel.net
South East Region
Exp 2016
South West Region
Exp 2016
European Region
Exp 2016
Wayne Campbell 264 Benchrest Ln, Concord, VA 24538 H: 434 993-9201 C: 434 665-2066 wcppc@icloud.com
Tom Libby 74056 Aster Dr, Palm Desert, CA 92260 760 774-5256 tomnbrsa@outlook.com South West Alternate David Woodward 34 W Dessert Knoll Pl, Oro Valley, AZ C: 307 455-2296 or 520 219-0189 dwoodward@dteworld.com Jean-Marie Deletang 15 Rue des Martyrs, Beausoleil, 06240 France redneckbr@neuf.fr
Legal Representation
Elliot Law Office Al Elliott, 325 387-3529 albertelliott@mail.com
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