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On the Cover: Wisconsin State Champion Tom Hencken photo by Dick Baier This Page: Waiting for Scores at Ojai Gun Club photo by John Crawford
Table of Contents East-West Show-Me Shootout Brock’s Gap 4-Gun Mill Creek’s Mid-Continent HV Van Dyne Sportsmen’s Club Raton’s NM State 2-Gun Texas Shootout at Midland Kansas State Hunter/VFS Southwest Louisiana St Louis Score Land’s End Western Colorado Oak Hill Gun Club WWCCA Wolverine Challenge Logan’s Doctor & Professor
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2012 NBRSA Registered Match Schedule Gulf Coast Regionals Ojai 600-Yard Benchrest South Dakota State Championship Dear Uncle Timmy Ouachita Sportsmen’s Association Northern Colorado’s Muy Grande Visalia’s Southwest Regionals Sahuaro 1000-Yard Benchrest Minnetonka Benchrest Sloughhouse 200-Yard Ranges, Clubs & Contacts NBRSA News
SPECIAL THIS ISSUE: 2012 NBRSA Annual Board Meeting Agenda Items
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Precision Rifleman
9th Annual East-West Show-Me Shootout Results
June 23-24, 2012
Typical summertime in St Louis--HOT and HUMID. The practice days were mild to start and the temperatures and humidity just kept climbing. Saturday started off in the high seventies and got to the low nineties by noon. We had a break from the sun in the afternoon with clouds but the humidity could be cut with a knife. Sunday brought clear skies and direct sun and by 10AM we were in the high eighties and early afternoon the high nineties. the loading barn went into the low hundreds even iwth all the fans running. Saturday started with the LV 100. Gene Bukys took the honors with a .1632 with Richard Milton following up with a .1964 and Larry Costa for the second year in a row got third with a .2012. Don Nielson got the small group with a .102. After a fine lunch we changed over to HV 100 and Gene Bukys was on a roll to take first with a .1996, Mike Ratigan was second with a .2008 and Larry Costa pulled off another third with a .2174. Kevin Hovis go the small group with a .088. Sunday we started with the HV 200 and Tony Boyer spanked them all to show he was still in it with a .1948. Gene Bukys held on for second with a .2169 and Larry Scharnhorst got third with a .2180. Small group honors went to Lowell Hottenstein shooting a .213. After filling everyone’s bellies we fired up the light guns and it was Don Creach taking first with a .2203, Jack “The Streakier” Neary in second with a .2547 and Tony Boyer third with a .2605. Small group was Lee Gardner shooting a .262. In the light combined aggregates, Gene Bukys was first with a .2145,
Tony Boyer second with a .2421, Larry Costa third with a .2455, Ken Hottenstein fourth with a .2484 and fifth was Charles Huckeba with a .2507. In the heavy gun combined aggregate, it was Gene Bukys first with a .2083, Tony Boyer second with a .2200, Larry Costa third with a .2201, Larry Scharnhorst fourth with a .2279 and Charles Huckeba fifth with a .2483. Two-gun and overall winner that took home the heavy crystal goblet -- Gene Bukys with a grand aggregate of .2113, second was Tony Boyer with .2310, third Larry Costa with .2327, fourth was Larry Scharnhorst with .2446 and fifth Charles Huckeba with .2495. Rounding out the top twenty in order of ranking, receiving the commemorative patch were Mike Ratigan, Don Creach, Pat Canning, Jerry Kloeppel, Lee Hachigan, John Horn, Bud Mundy, Wayne Campbell, Ken Hottenstein, Bart Sauter, Rodney Brown, Don Nielson, Bob Scarbrough, Dean Ekstrom and Jack Neary. Thanks to all who attended and all who helped make this another successful Shootout. It was great getting to see old friends and making a few new ones. A special note of thanks to Nancy Scarbrough. She was a life saver and made it all run as smooth as a swiss watch. With any luck, I hope to have her run the match (matches) next year here at BRRC. Lets all help benchrest grow. Bring a friend to your next shoot. Hope to see you all here in St Louis. Scott Pieper Light Varmint 100 Gene Bukys.......................0.1632 Ralph Milton.......................0.1964 Larry Costa.........................0.2012
Dave Coots.........................0.2016 Charles Huckeba..................0.2066 Light Varmint 200 Don Creach.......................0.2203 Jack Neary.........................0.2547 Tony Boyer..........................0.2605 Mark Harpenau....................0.2622 Ken Hottenstein...................0.2622 Light Varmint Grand Gene Bukys.......................0.2145 Tony Boyer..........................0.2421 Larry Costa.........................0.2455 Ken Hottenstein...................0.2484 Charles Huckeba..................0.2507 Heavy Varmint 100 Gene Bukys.......................0.1996 Mike Ratigan.......................0.2008 Larry Costa.........................0.2174 Tony Alexander....................0.2198 Cecil Peterson.....................0.2206 Heavy Varmint 200 Tony Boyer........................0.1948 Gene Bukys........................0.2169 Larry Scharnhorst.................0.2180 Larry Costa.........................0.2227 Bud Mundy..........................0.2332 Heavy Varmint Grand Gene Bukys.......................0.2083 Tony Boyer..........................0.2200 Larry Costa.........................0.2201 Larry Scharnhorst.................0.2279 Charles Huckeba..................0.2483 Two-Gun Gene Bukys.......................0.2113 Tony Boyer..........................0.2310 Larry Costa.........................0.2327 Larry Scharnhorst.................0.2446 Charles Huckeba..................0.2495 East West Top Ten Shooters L-R: Gene Bukys, Tony Boyer, Don Nielson, Larry Scharnhorst, Charles Huckeba, Don Creach, Larry Costa, Richard Milton, Lee Gardner & Jack Neary
September, 2012 Precision Rifleman
Wayne Campbell Wins the 1st 4-Gun at Brock’s Gap June 9-10, 2012 Our first shoot at Brock’s Gap Training Center in Birmingham was a great success with 25 shooters in attendance. Saturday morning Wayne’s incredible rail gun hummed right along (we need to get up a pool to buy and retire that gun) shooting a .1794 agg to run away with the Unlimited. Saturday afternoon Scotty Grimes was very consistent finishing first place in Heavy Varmint with a .2366 aggregate. Sunday morning Bart Sauter started out on a world record pace but let Billy Stevens pass him on the last two groups giving the Light Varmint win to Billy with a .1960 aggregate. Brady Knight was hot Sunday afternoon until a single bullet dropped him to second place in Sporter giving the agg win to Wayne Campbell.
Congratulations to Scotty Grimes, Billy Stevens and Wayne Campbell for their aggregate wins and to Wayne for winning the four gun.
Bart Sauter.........................0.2114 Danny Morgan......................0.2184 Eddie Bowman.....................0.2260 Dwight St Romain.................0.2418
Everyone had a great time. We are planning to have at least one and possibly two shoots next year, so hope to see everyone there. Steve Lee
Sporter 100-Yards Wayne Campbell.................0.2122 Brady Knight.......................0.2228 Gary Morgan.......................0.2262 Dwight St Romain.................0.2416 Dale Rose...........................0.2416
Unlimited 100-Yards Wayne Campbell.................0.1794 Dale Rose...........................0.2296 Dwight St Romain.................0.2340 Mark Roper.........................0.2426 Jeff Graves........................0.2448 Heavy Varmint 100-Yards Scotty Grimes....................0.2366 Bart Sauter.........................0.2426 Mark Roper.........................0.2548 Dwight St Romain.................0.2592 Randy Mitchell.....................0.2818 Light Varmint 100-Yards Billy Stevens......................0.1960
Four-Gun Wayne Campbell.................0.2363 Bart Sauter.........................0.2405 Dwight St Romain.................0.2442 Billy Stevens.......................0.2532 Eddie Bowman.....................0.2735 Wayne Campbell, Four-Gun Winner at Brock’s Gap 1st NBRSA Event
Precision Rifleman
Mid-Continent Region’s Heavy Varmint at Mill Creek
Bruce Hodgdon Range July 7-8
We held the Mid-Continent Regional Heavy Varmint match on Saturday. There were 31 dedicated bench rest shooters present to start the match. The temperature was over 100-degrees and peaked out at 107 around 4M; light and variable winds with heavy mirage topped the day off. Needless to say, it was very uncomfortable to be outside. Dean Ekstrom was the 100-yard winner. Dave Coots second, Jim Gardner third, Ron Hoehn fourth and Richard Brensing was fifth. Small group honors went to Ron Hoehn with a .103. We moved the frames to 200-yards and Larry Scharnhorst was the winner. Dean Ekstrom second, Bud Mundy third, John Leu fourth and Keith Christensen was fifth. Small group went to Dean Ekstrom this time with .319. Dean Ekstrom is Mid-Continent’s Heavy Varmint Regional Grand winner. Dave Coots second, Bud Mundy third, Richard Brensing fourth and Dee Myers was fifth. This was the final match for the
Mid Continent Regionnal 3-Gun trophy. Ray Barnes is the winner for this year. Light Varmint was fired at Raton. Sporter was shot at Okie Shooters.
Sunday we fired Unlimited 5-Shot and Light Varmint. The temperature was around 80 degrees and peaked out at 93 by the end of the match. Ron Hoehn was the Unlimited-200 winner. Don Creach second, Don Crunk third, Richard Brensing fourth and Dave Coots
fifth. Small group of .272 is owned by Ron Hoehn. Light Varmint-200 winner was Dean Ekstrom, DeWayne Stafford second, Ray Barnes third, Joel Gard fourth and Chet Whitebread fifth. Small Group was Fred Martin’s with .283. We moved the frames to 100 and the Unlimited winner this time was Ron Hoehn again. Keith Christensen second,Don Crunk third, Richard Brensing fourth and Dave Coots fifth. Small group of .096 was Keith Christensen. Light Varmint winner was Dean Ekstrom. Daniel Kinder took second, Jim Gardner third, Chet Whitebread fourth and Donald Hansen fifth. Small Group of .136 was claimed by Larry Scharnhorst. Unlimited Grand Aggregate winner was Ron Hoehn. Don Crunk second, Keith Christensen third, Richard Brensing fourth and Dave Coots fifth. Light Varmint Grand Aggregate winner was Dean Ekstrom. Jim Gardner took second, Chet Whitebread third, Ray Barnes fourth and Donald Hansen fifth. Thanks to all for attending!
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Heavy Varmint 100 Dean Ekstrom....................0.2360 Dave Coots.........................0.2454 Jim Gardner........................0.2606 Ron Hoehn.........................0.2644 Richard Brensing..................0.2706 Small Group Ron Hoehn...........................0.103 Light Varmint 100 Dean Ekstrom....................0.2154 Daniel Kinder.......................0.2820 Jim Gardner........................0.2856 Chet Whitebread..................0.3108 Donald Hansen.....................0.3298 Small Group Larry Scharnhorst...................0.136 Heavy Varmint 200 Larry Scharnhorst...............0.2299 Dean Ekstrom......................0.2555 Bud Mundy..........................0.2689 Jon Leu.............................0.2879 Keith Christensen.................0.3008 Small Group Dean Ekstrom.......................0.319 Light Varmint 200 Dean Ekstrom....................0.2539 Dewayne Stafford.................0.2841
September, 2012 Precision Rifleman Name Dean Ekstrom Dave Coots Bud Mundy Richard Brensing Dee Myers Dean Ekstrom Jim Gardner Chet Whitebread Ray Barnes Donald Hansen Ron Hoehn Don Crunk Keith Christensen Richard Brensing Dave Coots
Mill Creek Equipment List Stocker Gunsmith Bullet/Wt HEAVY VARMINT BAT Krieger Leonard Leonard Scott Hottenstein/68 BAT Krieger Leonard TM Ocock Genric/65 Stolle Bartlein BAT Mundy Mundy Miller/68 Viper Krieger Rim Rock Brensing Brensing Gass/66 Borden Krieger Robertson Kuse Kuse Barts/68 LIGHT VARMINT BAT Krieger Leonard Leonard Scott Hottenstein/68 Viper Shilen Speedy Kuse Kuse Barts/68 Panda Shilen Hall TM Whitebread Euber/68 Nesika Krieger Borden Borden Brensing N/A Viper Shilen Kelbly Hansen Hansen Barts/52 UNLIMITED BAT Bartlein Young Young Hoehn Hottenstein/68 Panda Hart Dodd Dodd Scott FFB/63 BAT Krieger N/A N/A Christensen Christensen/65 Panda Krieger N/A Kensler Brensing Gass/66 BAT Krieger N/A Larson Ocock Hottenstein/68 Action
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Ray Barnes.........................0.2999 Joel Gard...........................0.3080 Chet Whitebread..................0.3107 Small Group Fred Martin..........................0.283 Light Varmint Grand Dean Ekstrom....................0.2347 Jim Gardner........................0.3013 Chet Whitebread..................0.3108 Ray Barnes.........................0.3291 Donald Hansen.....................0.3302 Heavy Varmint Grand Dean Ekstrom....................0.2457 Dave Coots.........................0.2745 Bud Mundy..........................0.2788 Richard Brensing..................0.2917 Dee Myers..........................0.2936 Unlimited 100 Ron Hoehn........................0.2000 Keith Christensen.................0.2124 Don Crunk..........................0.2440 Richard Brensing..................0.2610 Dave Coots.........................0.2708 Small Group Keith Christensen...................0.096 Unlimited 200 Ron Hoehn........................0.2179 Don Creach........................0.2411 Don Crunk..........................0.2695 Richard Brensing..................0.2752 Dave Coots.........................0.2813 Small Group Ron Hoehn...........................0.272 Unlimited Grand Ron Hoehn........................0.2089 Don Crunk..........................0.2567 Keith Christensen.................0.2679 Richard Brensing..................0.2681 Dave Coots.........................0.2761
Page 6: Ray Barnes, MidContinent 3-Gun Champion Right L-R: Keith Christensen, Dave Coots Don Crunk, Ron Hoehn, Chet Whitebread Fred Martin, Ray Barnes & Dean Ekstrom
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Precision Rifleman
Tom Hencken Wins the Wisconsin State Hunter Championship at Van Dyne July 14 & 15, 2012 Twenty-one years and still going strong. The Wisconsin state hunter championship has been a premier event since it started long ago. This year we had 48 of the best hunter class shooters in the country attend and again, many past National Champions and past Wisconsin winners were in attendance along with some new faces that were here for the first time all with hopes of winning the Wisconsin title. Friday was practice and it didn’t help to pay too much attention to conditions as by Saturday morning they would be all new again. Most time was spent on loads and testing. So on to Saturday at 100 yards. Conditions were what most would call normal for the range but there were some of course that dropped the first shot of the match and wondered if they could recover enough to still win. The 100 yards yielded 14 250’s which is not an unusual amount considering conditions. When all was said and done at the end of the 100 yards we had a tie with two shooters with 250-18X; Al Nyhus from South Dakota and a first-time attendee, Ron Shultz from Kansas. Al has won a yardage in the past and the tie breaker went to him with a 50-5X on the first target. Ron was very pleased with his performance for his first time shooting on our range. The rest of the top five at 100 went as follows: Dean Walther from Iowa with a very fine 250-17X in third place. Fourth went to Richard Hunnewell from Minnesota
with a 250-16X and fifth was Tom Shilka with a 250-14X. With Tom placing fifth at least there was one shooter from Wisconsin in the top five.
Wisconsin State Hunter Champions L-R: Front: Al Nyhus, Tom Hencken Back: Ron Shultz, Wade Hunnewell, Mark Taylor & Randy Perkowski On to 200-yards on Sunday. In all my years of shooting on this range I have never seen conditions like I saw on Sunday at 200 yards. Our normal winds are from the west but on this day they started out north west and then went to the north east and then due east--a condition that is considered the worst we can ever have on this range because we have trees along our entire east side on this range. The surprise was that the wind never moved the tails on the flags. I was told most of the shooters were just watching mirage all day. It must have worked as two shooters posted 250’s at 200 yards. Tom Hencken from Missouri shot a possible new world record with a 250-14X to take first place. Tom has been a life member of the Van Dyne club ever since we started to hold hunter matches here. As if one 250 and 200 wasn’t enough,
Wade Hunnewell, a second year shooter shot another 250-10X to place second. Excellent shooting for a new shooter. The top five was rounded out by Brian Miller in third with a 249-11X, Al Nyhus in fourth with a 249-9X and fifth was Craig Nagel with a 249-7X. The grand aggregate was won by Tom Hencken with a 499-34X; an excellent score along with the possible World Record at 200-yards. Second in the aggregate was Al Nyhus with 499-27X. The 499’s seemed to be the number of choice in the aggregate, as everyone in the top five had that score. In third place was Wade Hunnewell with a 49923X and rounding out the top five was Mark Taylor in fourth with 499-14X and fifth Randy Perkowski with 499-11x. The traveling team trophy that is contested every year for bragging rights was won by a team called the Wannabes, which consisted of Tom Hencken, Richard Hunnewell, Clark Greene, Craig Nagel and Al Nyhus. Their team totals for the two days were 1246-81X at 100-yards, 1234-37 at 200-yards and their aggregate score was 2480-118X. Excellent shooting gentlemen. Thanks to all the shooters that make this match what it is year after year. Without all the people that always help with all the extra work, this would not be possible. Thanks also to all the manufacturers that have supported this and many others shoots throughout the years. Your support and donations are greatly appreciated.
Dick Baier The Whole Gang at Van Dyne’s Wisconsin State Hunter Championships for 2012. Good Shooting, Gentlemen!
Name Tom Hencken Al Nyhus Wade Hunnewell Mark Taylor Randy Perkowski
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Van Dyne Results
Huckeba Claims Two Gun at Raton
Wisconsin State Hunter Championship Hunter 100-Yards Al Nyhus.........................250-18X Ronald Shultz....................250-18X Dean Walther.....................250-17X Richard Hunnewell..............250-16X Tom Shilka........................250-14X Mark Taylor.......................250-13X David Halblom...................250-13X LaVerne Nelson..................250-12X TK Nollan.........................250-11X Chad Schmidt....................250-11X Hunter 200-Yards Tom Hencken...................250-14X Wade Hunnewell................250-10X Brian Miller.......................249-11X Al Nyhus............................249-9X Craig Nagel........................249-7X Alan Forbes........................249-6X Randy Perkowski..................249-3X Mark Taylor.........................249-1X Kevin Meise........................248-9X RG Robinett........................248-8X Hunter Grand Aggregate Tom Hencken...................499-34X Al Nyhus..........................499-27X Wade Hunnewell................499-23X Mark Taylor.......................499-14X Randy Perkowski.................499-11X Craig Nagel.......................498-24X Brian Miller.......................498-24X Alan Forbes.......................498-18X Chad Schmidt....................498-17X RG Robinett......................497-24X
Name Charles Huckeba Ed Adams Todd Tyler Sam Arnett Fran Ito
Action Hart BAT BAT 3L BAT BAT
Speedy Gonzalez Larry Baggett Jim Hemmert Keith Cottrell Bud Mundy
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Charles Huckeba, Winner NM State Two-Gun
New Mexico State Championship June 16-17, 2012 Charles Huckeba won the Two-Gun at this first leg of the New Mexico State Championship. Perhaps being from Texas gives him a leg up on reading the wind at Raton. Whatever the reason, he sure seemed to know what he was doing! Congratulations Charlie. UNL 10-Shot 100-Yards Ed Adams..........................0.2360 Charles Huckeba..................0.2466 Todd Tyler..........................0.2720 Sam Arnett.........................0.2976 Fran Ito.............................0.3752 Larry Leser.........................0.3850 Small Group Ed Adams............................0.128 UNL 10-Shot 200-Yards Charles Huckeba................0.2959 Todd Tyler..........................0.3230 Ed Adams...........................0.3268
Roger Tillery........................0.5526 Fran Ito.............................0.5897 Small Group Charles Huckeba....................0.385 UNL Grand Aggregate Charles Huckeba................0.2713 Ed Adams...........................0.2814 Todd Tyler..........................0.2975 Sam Arnett.........................0.4471 Fran Ito.............................0.4825 Sporter 5-Shot 100-Yards Charles Huckeba................0.2422 Larry Baggett......................0.2508 Sam Arnett.........................0.2552 Speedy Gonzalez..................0.2614 Jim Hemmert......................0.2658 Small Group Charles Huckeba....................0.141 Sporter 5-Shot 200-Yards Bud Mundy........................0.2090 Speedy Gonzalez..................0.2280 Keith Cottrell......................0.2313 Jim Hemmert......................0.2414 Larry Baggett......................0.2521 Small Group Larry Baggett.......................0.222 Sporter Grand Aggregate Speedy Gonzalez................0.2447 Larry Baggett......................0.2515 Jim Hemmert......................0.2536 Keith Cottrell......................0.2598 Bud Mundy..........................0.2617 Two-Gun Charles Huckeba................0.2731 Ed Adams...........................0.2930 Todd Tyler..........................0.2971 Sam Arnett.........................0.3801 Bud Mundy..........................0.4075
Whittington Center, Raton, NM Equipment List Unlimited Grand Top Five Caliber Barrel Gunsmith Stock Bullett/Wt 6PPC Bartlein Self Hall 68 6PPC Krieger Adams Dodd Miller BT 6PPC Bartlein Baggett RFD CM/65 6PPC Krieger Leonard Dott RFD Baggett/67 6PPC Bartlein Dickson Dickson Cheek/68 Sporter Grand Top Five 6PPC Shilen Speedy Scoville 6mm/68 6PPC Bartlein Baggett Scoville Baggett/BT 6PPC Bartlein Bryant Kelbly Tucker/68 6PPC Bartlein Dickson Dickson Rubright 6PPC Bartlein Self BAT Miller/68
Pdr/Chge 29.1 V133 133 30.3/8208 V133
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29LT/32 28T/32 28.5/133 N133 Blend
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T.O. Makes a T.K.O. at Midland’s Texas Shootout June 30 & July 1, 2012 Hot temperatures and moderate but switchy winds were what the 27 shooters faced both days at this midsummer shoot out here in West Texas. Starting Saturday morning with the Light Varmint 100, Ken Terrell won with a .2394 aggregate. Second was Steve Murphy, .2614 and dan Batko came in third, .2692. Mike McWhorter shot the small group with a nice .103. After lunch, complete with Brenda’s outstanding desserts, the Heavy Varmint 100 was contested. Tim Oltersdorf easily won the yardage shooting a nice .2188 aggregate. Gary Bristow (.2836) and Steve Murphy (.2882) were second and third, with Steve Murphy shooting the small group, an even 100. Sunday morning brought with it the same switchy conditions everyone had to deal with the day before, however a few shooters were starting to get a handle on them. Brad Calhoun was one of them, winning the Heavy Varmint 200 with a .2494 aggregate. John Horn was second with .2556 and Tim Oltersdorf was third with a .2578. Larry Baggett shot the small group for the yardage, a nice .238.
In the Two-Gun, Todd Tyler took fifth with .3243, Ken Terrell was fourth, .3218, Mike Conry was third with .3122, John Horn was runner-up with .2851 and getting the win was Tim Oltersdorf with a .2777 aggregate. Special thanks go to all the great folks that made this match go so smoothly. Without you , these matches would not be the good time they always are! We hope to see you all back here in September for the Buffalo.
Mike Conry
Light Varmint 100-Yards Ken Terrell........................0.2394 Steve Murphy.......................0.2614 Dan Batko..........................0.2692 John Horn..........................0.2770 Larry Baggett......................0.2780 Small Group Mike McWhorter.....................0.103 Light Varmint 200-Yards Todd Tyler.........................0.2747 Leon Gass..........................0.3074 John Horn..........................0.3088 Tim Oltersdorf.....................0.3186 Britt Robinson.....................0.3444
Small Group Steve Murphy........................0.100 Heavy Varmint 200-Yards Brad Calhoun.....................0.2493 John Horn..........................0.2556 Tim Oltersdorf.....................0.2568 Kelly Morman......................0.2578 Larry Baggett......................0.2757 Small Group Larry Baggett.......................0.238 Heavy Varmint Grand Tim Oltersdorf...................0.2378 John Horn..........................0.2772 Mike Conry..........................0.2993 Brad Calhoun......................0.3112 Larry Baggett......................0.3205 Two-Gun Tim Oltersdorf...................0.2777 John Horn..........................0.2851 Mike Conry..........................0.3122 Ken Terrell.........................0.3218 Todd Tyler..........................0.3243
Small Group John Horn...........................0.300
That afternoon in the Light Varmint 200, Todd Tyler garnered the win with a .2747. Leon Gass was second, .3074 and John Horn was third, .3088. John Horn also shot the small group with .300.
Light Varmint Grand John Horn........................0.2929 Todd Tyler..........................0.2995 Tim Oltersdorf.....................0.3177 Ken Terrell.........................0.3225 Mike Conry..........................0.3251
John Horn won the Light Varmint grand with a .2929 aggregate with Todd Tyler second, .2772, Mike Conry third with .2993, Brad Calhoun fourth with .3112 and Larry Baggett fifith with .3205.
Heavy Varmint 100-Yards Tim Oltersdorf...................0.2188 Gary Bristow.......................0.2836 Steve Murphy.......................0.2882 John Horn..........................0.2988 Mike McWhorter...................0.3020
SHOOTER
CARTRIGE ACTION SCOPE
JOHN HORN TODD TYLER TIM OLTERSDORF KEN TERRELL MIKE CONRY
6PPC 6PPC 6PPC 6PPC 6PPC
VIPER BAT STOLLE BAT CONRY
LEUPOLD LEUPOLD LEUPOLD MARCH MARCH
TIM OLTERSDORF JOHN HORN MIKE CONRY BRAD CALHOUN LARRY BAGGETT
6PPC 6PPC 6PPC 6PPC 6PPC
POLAR VIPER BAT POLAR BAT
LEUPOLD LEUPOLD MARCH LEUPOLD LEUPOLD
BARREL
GUN SMITH STOCK LIGHT VARMINT KRIEGER SELF HUNTER BARTLEIN BAGGETT SCOVILLE KRIEGER SELF SCOVILLE KRIEGER HUCKEBA SCOVILLE KRIEGER SELF SCARBROUGH HEAVY VARMINT KRIEGER SELF ADAMOVICH KRIEGER SELF HUNTER KRIEGER SELF SCARBROUGH KRIEGER TUCKER BRYANT BARTLEIN SELF LEONARD
Raising the flag at Midland Range CASE
POWDER BULLET
PRIMER
LAPUA LAPUA LAPUA NORMA LAPUA
133 133 8208 133 133
CHEEK TUCKER HOTTENSTEIN CHEEK 66 SELF
205M 205M 205 FED 205
LAPUA LAPUA LAPUA LAPUA SAKO
8208 133 133 2015 N201
HOTTENSTEIN CHEEK SELF CHEEK 66 BAGGETT BT
205M 205M FED 205 205M
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Kansas State Hunter/VFS at Mill Creek DeSoto, Kansas June 30-July 1, 2012 TK Nollan wins Kansas State Hunter and the state 2-Gun; Ron Shultz wins Kansas state Varmint for Score. Not much I can say about this match. Disappointing hunter crowd; only seven of us appeared. By far the smallest hunter match in some years. The weather conditions left alot to be desired. Pushed 100 degrees on Saturday with some of the strangest switchy wind and mirage that we have seen. The scores reflect the conditions. Even the VFS guys had their troubles. Tim Henderson won the Hunter 100-Yard aggregate, but from then on it was all TK Nollan and his 200-Yard win really separated him from the crowd. Sunday’s Kansas State VFS started out with some pretty good conditions and since we started at 200-Yards, there were some good scores. Everybody was close along ways down the list. Ron Shultz won the yardage with a 249-8X. The 100-Yard got a little tougher because the heat started increasing alon with the wind. Terry Tholen won the 100 with a nice 250-11X. TK Nollan’s good performance in the hunter and hanging close to the top in VFS earned him the first Kansas State Hunter and VFS Two-Gun Championship. Kansas State Two-Gun Top Five TK Nollan........................989-25X Mike McFarland..................984-30X Ron Shultz........................983-23X Mike Bigelow.....................981-32X Tim Henderson...................980-32X Kansas State Hunter 100-Yards Tim Henderson..................249-9X TK Nollan..........................249-8X Mike McFarland...................246-9X Ron Shultz.........................246-3X Jeff Shultz.........................244-5X Kansas State Hunter 200-Yards TK Nollan.........................246-2X Mike Bogelow......................242-4X Mike McFarland...................241-1X Ron Shultz.........................239-3X Tim Henderson....................237-2X Hunter Grand Aggregate TK Nollan........................493-10X Mike McFarland..................487-10X
Tim Henderson...................486-11X Mike Bigelow.....................485-10X Ron Shultz.........................485-6X Kansas State VFS 100-Yards Terry Tholen....................250-11X Howard Cowher..................250-10X Larry Scharnhorst...............249-13X Mike McFarland..................249-12X Tim Henderson...................249-12X Kansas State VFS 200-Yards Ron Shultz........................249-8X Mike McFarland...................248-8X Mike Bigelow.......................248-6X Terry Tholen.......................248-2X Donald Crunk......................247-7X Kansas State VFS Grand Aggregate Ron Shultz......................498-17X Terry Tholen......................498-13X Mike McFarland..................497-20X Mike Bigelow.....................496-22X Larry Scharnhorst...............496-16X On Saturday, the Varmint for Score shooters participated in a regular match held concurrently with the Hunter State. The results of this match are as follows: Saturday VFS 100-Yards Chet Whitebread................250-7X Larry Scharnhorst...............249-15X Tim Turnbull......................249-13X Mike Toby.........................249-13X Joel Gard.........................249-12X Saturday VFS 200-Yards Larry Scharnhorst...............247-7X Chet Whitebread......................246 Terry Tholen.......................245-5X Tim Turnbull.......................241-3X Merlin Hubbard....................237-1X Saturday VFS Grand Aggregate Larry Scharnhorst.............496-22X Chet Whitebread..................496-7X Terry Tholen......................492-17X Tim Turnbull......................490-15X Merlin Hubbard..................483-10X
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Southwest Louisiana On July 29 we held our 2012 Louisiana State VFS Championships. Nick Marino continued his winning streak with honorable mention for Richard Milton, winner of the 100 and Michael Louwien the 200. In addition to wood, participants who shot an “X” received a homemade cookie. Yum. Thanks to Mrs. Tilly for the cookies, Frances Broussard, Mike Guillot and Larry Tilly for their hard work and making this match happen. 100-Yards Richard Milton.................250-19X Nick Marino.......................250-19X Kenny Kupperman...............250-18X Mike Guillot......................250-16X Larry Tilly.........................250-12X 200-Yards Michael Louwien...............250-12X Mike Guillot........................250-8X Nick Marino........................250-6X Kenny Kupperman................249-4X Richard Milton...................248-12X Grand Aggregate Nick Marino.....................500-25X Mike Guillot......................250-24X Kenny Kupperman...............499-22X Richard Milton...................498-31X Michael Louwien.................498-25X On June 24, the Southwest Louisiana Rifle & Pistol Club held their score shoot. Results are as follows: 100-Yards Nick Marino.....................250-23X Larry Tilley.......................250-14X Rocky Legrande..................250-12X Clayton Gray.....................250-12X Bobby Ayo........................250-10X 200-Yards Nick Marino.....................250-10X Larry Tilley.......................249-10X Gardner Rose.....................249-10X Rocky Legrande...................249-8X Bobby Ayo..........................249-7X Grand Aggregate Nick Marino.....................500-33X Larry Tilley.......................499-24X Rocky Legrande..................499-20X Bobby Ayo........................499-17X Gardner Rose.....................498-26X L-R: LA State Champion, Nick Marino Michael Louwien, Richard Milton Mike Guillot, Kenny Kupperman & Larry Tilley
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Benchrest Rifle Club of St Louis’ June Score Shoot June 17, 2012 We had a pretty decent day to shoot for this match; the winds were light to medium and were switching from left and right just occasionally -- what most of us considered shootable. We had 12 hunter shooters, 2 factory class and 11 varmint for score for a total of 25 shooters. In the VFS class at 100-yards, we had three 250’s; the winner was Ron Hoehn with 250-17X. At 200-yards he did it again with 248-6X. It comes as no surprise now that Ron Hoehn won the VFS Grand with 498-23X. In the Hunter class at 100-yards, Joe Hemkens won with 250-12X. Moving on to 200-yards Jerry Kloeppel won with 247-5X and he also won the Hunter Grand Aggregate with a score of 49618X. This was our third postal Hunter class TCL 5-person team match for the year at 100-yards and our top 5 shooters are Jerry Kloeppel, Joe Hemkens, Tom Hencken, Chuck Hearn and Wayne Corley for a total TCL score of 1245-63X. In our club factory class the winner was Neill Greenwell with 235-5X. Thanks to all for coming out. Coming soon will be the results from our twoday memorial match honoring two of our score shooters of the past; Guy Chism and Danny Jarvis. Wayne Corley
SHOOTER Ron Hoehn Michael Hagerty Bill Haynes Robert Hammack Keith Metzler
CARTRIDGE 30 BR 30 BR 30 BR/6BR 6ppc 6 BR
ACTION Polar Panda Stolle Farley Stolle
Jerry Kloeppel Joe Hemkens Tom Hencken Chuck Hearn Wayne Corley
30x47 30x47 HBR 30x47 HBR 30x47 30x48
Stolle Kodiak Stolle Stolle Stolle
St Louis Score Shootin’ Gang’s Top-Three in Hunter & VFS: Michael Hagerty Ron Hoehn, Bill Haynes, Tom Hencken, Jerry Kloeppel and Joe Hemkens VFS 100-Yards Ron Hoehn........................250.17 Bill Haynes.........................250.16 Michael Hagerty...................250.16 Jeff Conover.......................249.15 Bill Downey........................248.08
Hunter 100-Yards Joe Hemkens.....................250.12 Jerry Kleoppel.....................249.13 Tom Hencken......................249.13 Clark Greene......................249.12 Mark Frost..........................248.13
VFS 200-Yards Ron Hoehn........................248.06 Michael Hagerty...................246.08 Keith Metzler.......................246.05 Robert Hammack..................246.04 Bill Haynes.........................245.04
Hunter 200-Yards Jerry Kloeppel...................247.05 Joe Hemkens.......................246.03 Tom Hencken......................245.03 Chuck Hearn.......................244.05 Wayne Corley......................243.06
VFS Grand Aggregate Ron Hoehn........................498.23 Michael Hagerty...................496.24 Bill Haynes.........................495.20 Robert Hammack..................493.14 Keith Metzler.......................493.13
Hunter Grand Aggregate Jerry Kloeppel...................496.18 Joe Hemkens.......................496.15 Tom Hencken......................494.16 Chuck Hearn.......................492.14 Wayne Corley......................491.18
VARMINT FOR SCORE GRAND AGGREGATE TOP-FIVE BARREL GUNSMITH STOCKER SCOPE CASE Shilen Hoehn TM March Lapua Kriger Griffin Weaver Lapua Shilen Self Self Weaver36 Lapua Shilen Self Self March Lapula Krieger McMillan NightForce Lapua CUSTOM HUNTER GRAND AGGREGATE TOP-FIVE Lilja Self TM Leupold Win Accumax II Smart Smart Leu-Pre Lapua Hart Smart Smart Weaver KT-6 Win Shilen Hoehn Meredith Weaver Win Rock Creek Hoehn Self Sightron Win
POWDER H-4198 H-4198 H-4198 v-133 RL-115
LOAD 34.2 34.2 29 31
PRIMER 205 M CCI 205 205 CCI450
BULLET Fowler 10X Cheeks 118 Miller Berger
V-135 SRB-118 SRB-118 N-135 v-135
41.4 44 44.5 42.9 42
Fed F210M Fed Fed Fed
10X 150 Chism 150 150 Chism 150 10-X 10-X 120
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California Boy Marty Childers Wins at Western Colorado July 14-15, 2012 California Boy, Marty Childers took the 2nd Leg of the Western Colorado FourGun championship by winning both yardages in the Unlimited with sufficiently high scores that he held the Two-Gun win through a 5th place in the Sporter 200 and a dead last placement in the Sporter 100. That’s some shootin’, Marty! We’ll be waiting to see what rabbit you pull out of your hat at the Purple Haze in September! Unlimited 100-Yards Marty Childers...................0.3012 Bob Prather.........................0.3040 Lowell Frei.........................0.3112 Dave Tunbridge....................0.3402 Tom Stiner..........................0.3554 Small Group Bob Prather.........................0.1930 Unlimited 200-Yards Marty Childers...................0.4400 Lowell Frei.........................0.5331 Roy Damron........................0.5778 Bud Schalles.......................0.6070 Truman Wilson.....................0.6232 Small Group Marty Childers.....................0.4530 Unlimited Grand Marty Childers...................0.3706 Lowell Frei.........................0.4222 Roy Damron........................0.4705 Truman Wilson.....................0.4984 Bud Schalles.......................0.5086 Sporter 100-Yards Lowell Frei.......................0.2502 Roy Damron........................0.2650 Tom Stiner..........................0.2660 Dan Dowling........................0.3036 Cliff McNairy.......................0.3054
Small Group Lowell Frei..........................0.098 Sporter 200-Yards Dave Tunbridge..................0.2927 Rodney Brown.....................0.3458 Dan Dowling........................0.3559 Dave Gibson........................0.3662 Marty Childers.....................0.3666 Small Group Cliff McNairy.......................0.3820 Sporter Grand Roy Damron......................0.3296 Dan Dowling........................0.3298 Cliff McNairy.......................0.3469 Bob Prather.........................0.3599 Dave Tunbridge....................0.3690 Two Gun Marty Childers...................0.3943 Roy Damron.......................0.40000 Dan Dowling........................0.4400 Bob Prather.........................0.4428 Bud Schalles.......................0.4581
Marty Childers, Two-Gun Winner Land’s End Benchrest
Land’s End Benchrest’s Western Colorado Two-Gun Group Shoot L-R: Rodney Brown, Cliff McNairy with Brandon McNairy seated forward, Western Colorado Two-Gun winner Marty Childers, Dan Dowling, Lowell Frei, Bob Prather Dave Gibson, Roy Damron & Truman Wilson
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Oak Hill Gun Clubâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Light Varmint Winning 200 Winning at any yardage is great but winning at 200 has special rewards it seems. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s hard to win a match without winning some yardage but winning the match seems easier if you win the 200 yard event. Is it because the measurement is divided by 2 for the real measurement of record? Is it because everyone seems to shoot much larger groups at 200? Do people just give up and shoot 5 down range hoping for a good group? OR Is it more difficult to watch more flags/more conditions therefore if you score good you are rewarded with a lower aggregate? Just the good shooters can shoot well at 200 yards? Whatever the thinking or logic, Jim Carstensen won the 200 yard event at Oak Hill Gun Club on June 16, 2012 and squeaked the Light Varmint Grand Aggregate from Dean Ekstrom by 0.0004. This is not winning by a mile but it is a win. However, he won the 200 yard handily to cement his win by 0.02 over his nearest competitor Jerry King. Jim won the small group at 200 yards; a dandy 0.278 (real group size).
Dean Ekstrom won the 100 yard aggregate with 0.2174. This lead at 100 yards plus claiming the small group of 0.133 almost carried him through for LV Grand but was not meant to be. Next up is our Heavy Varmint/Unlimited match. See you then!
Cecil Peterson
Light Varmint 100 Dean Ekstrom....................0.2174 Cecil Peterson.....................0.2288 Riley Rowold.......................0.2560 Dave Coots.........................0.2582 Jim Carstensen....................0.2652 Small Group Dean Ekstrom.......................0.133 Light Varmint 200 Jim Carstensen..................0.2412 Jerry King..........................0.2607 Dean Ekstrom......................0.2898 Keith Christensen.................0.2998 Brian Volkers.......................0.3107 Small Group Jim Carstensen.....................0.278 Light Varmint Grand Jim Carstensen..................0.2532 Dean Ekstrom......................0.2536 Jerry King..........................0.2636 Keith Christensen.................0.2870 Cecil Peterson.....................0.2959
Oak Hill Gun Club shooters L-R: Keith Christensen Jerry King, Jim Carstensen Dean Ekstrom & Tyler Rowold
Name Jim Carstensen Dean Ekstrom Jerry King Keith Christensen Cecil Peterson John Hutchins Carl Dillon Dave Coots Jim Schmidt Jerry Wick
Oak Hill Gun Club Equipment List Action Barrel Stock Stocker Gunsmith Cartridge Panda Bartlein Adamovic JLC JLC PPC BAT Krieger Leonard Leonard Scott PPC BAT Krieger Larson N/A JLC PPC BAT Bartlein Leonard Self Self WD BAT Krieger Scoville Scoville Scott PPC Wichita Hart McMillan Masker Borden PPC Panda Krieger Larson Morris Scott PPC BAT Krieger Leonard Leonard O'Cock PPC BAT Hart Larson Larson Self PPC Viper Krieger TM TM Wick PPC
Bullet Neimi Hottenstein Gentner Self Self Fowler Rubright JD N/A Rossing
Powder N/A V133 V133 V133 2015 8208 V133 V133 V133 XBR
Primer F205 F205 F205 F205 F205 F205 F205 F205 N/A F205
Scope/Power Leupold/45 March/50 Leupold/45 Leupold/45 March/50 Sightron/36 Weaver/36 March/50 Leupold/45 Sightron/36
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WWCCA: Krupa Wins the Wolverine Challenge Plymouth, Michigan Twenty three brave souls came out June 16 & 17 for the Wolverine Challenge. The weather was not too bad; hot and humid on Saturday and over 90 degrees. Like Holton Gun Club, the mirage was very heavy. Sundayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s weather was the opposite; cooler with some rain and mild downpours. Jack Neary hosted a Vihta Vouri rifle tuning session the Friday prior to the match. Subjects covered included proper neck turning and prepping cases, die set up and maintenance, rufle tining, interpreting group formations, bag construction and set up, match strategies and was concluded with an open question and answer session.
Dominic Grunas....................0.2717 Peter Smith........................0.2758 Light Varmint 200 Yards Joe Krupa.........................0.2058 Jeff Gaidos.........................0.2300 Jack Neary.........................0.2330 Steve Theye.......................0.2447 Pat Metcalf.........................0.2567 Small Group Peter Smith.........................0.260 L-R: Stan Buchtel, Peter Smith, Dominic Grunas, Tim Bassham, Jack Neary, Joe Krupa
Light Varmint Grand Joe Krupa.........................0.1973 Jeff Gaidos.........................0.2159 Jack Neary.........................0.2522 Ted Heindselman..................0.2560 Tom Majewski......................0.2606 Two-Gun Joe Krupa.........................0.2160 Jack Neary.........................0.2407 Jeff Gaidos.........................0.2468 Stan Buchtel.......................0.2682 Steve Theye.......................0.2689
The competition remained HOT both days with a tug-of-war between Joe Krupa and Jack Neary. In the end it was Joe Krupa who won the two gun this year. Congratulations to Joe and thank you to all those who participated.
Tim Bassham
Light Varmint 100 Yards Joe Krupa.........................0.1888 Jeff Gaidos.........................0.2018 Ted Heindselman..................0.2282 Dominic Grunas....................0.2294 Lee Hachigian.....................0.2372 Small Group Joe Krupa............................0.120 Heavy Varmint 100 Yards Jack Neary........................0.1844 Dominic Grunas...................0.2202 Lee Hachigian.....................0.2512 Joe Krupa..........................0.2596 Steve Theye.......................0.2652 Small Group Jack Neary..........................0.088 Heavy Varmint 200 Yards Joe Krupa.........................0.2098 Tim Bassham......................0.2306 Rob MacLennan...................0.2569 Peter Smith........................0.2572 Tom Majewski.....................0.2635 Small Group Peter Smith.........................0.224 Heavy Varmint Grand Jack Neary.......................0.2292 Joe Krupa..........................0.2347 Stan Buchtel.......................0.2702
Name Joe Krupa Jeff Gaidos Jack Neary Ted Heindselman Tom Majewski
Action BAT BAT BAT Stolle Stolle
Jack Neary Joe Krupa Stan Buchtel Dominoc Grunas Peter Smith
BAT BAT Stolle BAT BAT
Wolverine Challenge Equipment List Light Varmint Top Five Barrel Gunsmith Scope Load Krieger Scott Leupold 8208 Krieger Bruno Leupold V133 Bartlein Bruno Leupold N133 Bartlein Self Leupold N133 Hart Kelbly Weaver N133 Heavy Varmint Top Five Bartlein Bruno Leupold N133 Krieger Scott Leupold 8208 Shilen Bruno Leupold H322 Krieger Scott Leupold N133 MacLennan Johansen Leupold V133
Bullet Hottenstein Self Conaway Woodman Hottenstein
Primer Fed Fed Wham-o Fed Fed
Conaway Hottenstein Self Hottenstein Mitchell
Wham-o Fed Fed Fed Fed
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The 2nd Annual Doctor & Professor Shoot at Logan Utah Dave Tunbridge Wins the Unlimited Grand & Two-Gun; Joe Olas Wins the Sporter Well, winds were forecasted and winds did blow. This was somewhat unusual for this range which normally has light switchy, conditions. However, the temps were very moderate, 60’s in the mornings and mid 70’s in the afternoons. By mid June we are usually experiencing 90-degrees and heavy mirage, so this was a welcome change. No matter the conditions,it is always nice to spend a weekend in this picturesque mountain valley in Northern Utah. Our host for the tournament, Keith Kirkman, started Saturday morning’s Sporter 100 with three consecutive .1’s, a .138, .149 and .156 on his way to winning the Keith Kirkman 100 stage with a .2094 agg. Joe Olas was second with a .2260 aggregate and Gil Graser was third with a .2436. Jim Bawden had the small group for the yardage, a screaming .092. Just coming for lunch is worth the trip, fresh veggies and dip for appetizers followed by thick grilled pork chops, pasta and potato salads, chips, cookies and drinks. I think lunch put some of us to sleep for the afternoon 10-shot Unlimited 100. Lou Murdica started the afternoon with the small group for the yardage, a very nice .267 in match one. Lou also shot the small group in match four, a .292. Dave Tunbridge had the small group in match two, a .315, on his way to edging out Lou for the win with a .3514 aggregate with Lou coming in second with a .3562, and Keith Kirkman taking third place with a .4052. Sunday morning Dave Tunbridge continued his winning ways in the Unlimited
by winning the 200-yard stage with an almost identical .3515 aggregate as his 100 yard winning agg. of .3514. Randy Higgs was second in the Unlimited 200 with a .3575, and Keith Kirkman was third with a .4052 agg. Dave took all the suspense out of who the Unlimited Grand winner was as Dave’s .3514 Grand Aggregate easily put him in first with Lou Murdica’s .3963 in second place and Sandbag Bob Sedgwick .3980 in third place. After another sumptuous lunch of burgers, brats and all the fixins’, the Sporter-200 commenced. Jim Bawden found a tune his Sporter liked and won the Sporter-200 with a .2529 aggregate with Lou Murdica .2659 in second and Rudy Carnesecca’s .2729 in third place. Rudy also shot the small group for the yardage, a very nice .230. Joe Olas won the Sporter Grand Aggregate with a .2515 agg, second was Jim Bawden with a .2528 and third was Keith Kirkman with a .2580. Dave Tunbridge won the Unlimited/ Sporter two gun with a .3567 aggregate. Lou Murdica was second with a .3685 followed by Dean Parker’s .3738 for third place. Thanks to everyone for coming and hope to see you all back for our LV/HV tournament September 15-16th. A BIG thanks to Keith and Lori Kirkman and Randy Higgs for hosting us this weekend. Also a BIG thanks to the target and scoring crew for a job well done.
Jim Erickson
Dave Tunbridge, Winner of the 2nd Annual Doctor & Professor Shoot
L-R: Jim Erickson & Joe Olas Sporter Grand Winner Sporter 100-Yards Kieth Kirkman....................0.2094 Joe Olas............................0.2260 Gil Graser...........................0.2436 Jim Bawden........................0.2526 Scott Smith........................0.2598 Sporter 200-Yards Jim Bawden......................0.2529 Lou Murdica........................0.2659 Rudy Carnesecca..................0.2729 Joe Olas............................0.2771 Keith Kirkman......................0.3066 Sporter Grand Joe Olas...........................0.2515 Jim Bawden........................0.2528 Keith Kirkman......................0.2580 Gil Graser...........................0.2814 Rudy Carnesecca..................0.2831 Unlimited 100-Yards Dave Tunbridge..................0.3514 Lou Murdica........................0.3562 Bob Sedgwick......................0.3866 Dave Woodward...................0.3960 Randy Higgs........................0.4442 Unlimited 200-Yards Dave Tunbridge..................0.3515 Randy Higgs........................0.3575 Keith Kirkman......................0.4052 Norm Cox...........................0.4070 Bob Sedgwick......................0.4094 Unlimited Grand Dave Tunbridge..................0.3514 Lou Murdica........................0.3963 Bob Sedgwick......................0.3980 Randy Higgs........................0.4008 Dave Woodward...................0.4064 Two Gun Dave Tunbridge..................0.3567 Lou Murdica........................0.3685 Dean Parker........................0.3738 Randy Higgs........................0.3758 Dave Woodward...................0.3789
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2012 NBRSA Registered Match Schedule SEPTEMBER 1-2
MC
LV/HV
100/200
Rio Grande BR Shooters, NM Roadrunner - Cash Prizes
21
MV
HTR/VFS
100/200
BR Rifle Club of St Louis, MO
27-28
ER
LV/HV
100/200
1-3
ER
LV/HV
100/200
Holton Gun Club, Holton, MI Eastern Regionals
Shelby Cty Deer Hunters Assn, Sidney, OH - Fall Finale
28
SW
LG/HG
1000
Sloughhouse Benchrest, CA
28
GC
VFS
100/200
SW Louisiana Rifle Club, LA
27-28
MV
LV/HV
100/200
BR Rifle Club of St Louis, MO Mississippi Valley Regionals
1
MC
LV/HV
100/100
Mill Creek Rifle Club, 12noon Kansas State 2-Gun
2
MC
LV/HV
200/200
Mill Creek Rifle Club, 8:00AM Kansas State 2-Gun
1-2
NC
HV/LV
100/200
Prairie Dog Target Club, SD NC Region Championship
3-4
SW
VFS
100/200
Desert Sportsman, Las Vegas VFS NATIONALS
1-3
NW
SP/LV/ HV
100/200
Tacoma Rifle & Revolver, WA Ed Frombach Memorial & WA State 3-Gun Championship
3-4
SW
LV/HV
100/200
Sloughhouse Benchrest, CA
3-4
SW
UNL/HV
100/200
Arizona State Championship Ben Avery Range, Phoenix, AZ
10
SW
LG/HG
1000
Sahuaro 1000-Yd Benchrest, AZ
10-11
SE
LV/HV
100/200
River Bend Gun Club, GA
25
SW
LG/HG
600
Sloughhouse Benchrest, CA
1-3
SW
HV/ UNL5
100/200
Visalia Sportsmens Assn, CA Shooters Choice UNL/HV
8-9
MC
LV/HV
100/200
Northern Colorado Benchrest Firewalker, 3rd & 4th Legs of NCBS 4 -Gun
8
SW
LG/HG
1000
Sahuaro 1000-Yd Benchrest, AZ
8-9
GC
LV/HV
100/200
Midland Shooters Assn, TX The Buffalo
8-9
SW
LV/HV
100/200
Sloughhouse Benchrest, CA
14-16
SW
LV/HV
100/200
Logan Rifle & Pistol Club, UT 3rd Annual Tomato King Shoot
NOVEMBER
DECEMBER 1-2
SW
UNL-5 SHOT
100/200
Ben Avery Range, Phoenix, AZ CA-AZ 5-Shot Invitational
1
SW
VFS
100/200
Desert Sportsman, NV Club Championship
8
SW
LG/HG
1000
Sahuaro 1000-Yd Benchrest, AZ
14
SW
LG/HG
1000
Sahuaro 1000-Yd Benchrest, AZ
15
GC
VFS
100/200
San Angelo Gun Club, TX
22
SW
LG/HG
1000
Sahuaro 1000-Yd Benchrest, AZ
29
GC
HTR/VFS
100/200
Austin Rifle Club, Austin, TX
15
MV
VFS
100/200
Van Dyne Sportsmens Club, WI
15-16
NC
LV/HV
100/200
Minnetonka Game & Fish, MN
15-16
NC
HV/HV
100/200
Council Bluffs Rifle & Pistol 10AM IA State 15th-Group 16th-VFS
15-16
ER
LV/HV
100/200
WWCCA, Plymouth, MI Fall Classic
15-16
SE
4Gun Unl10
200
Rachelâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Glen, Ft Deposit, AL SE Regional Champ. 2nd Leg
16
NC
HV/UNL
100/200
Oak Hill Gun Club, Bluegrass IA
22-23
GC
4Gun
200
North TX Shooters, Denton, TX Texas Showdown
23
SW
LG/HG
600
Sloughhouse Benchrest, CA
22-23
MC
HTR/VFS
100/200 300
Mill Creek Rifle Club Sat 12:00 100/200, Sun 9AM 300yds
22-23
ER
LV/HV
100/200
Holton Gun Club, Holton, MI Great Lakes Invitational
27-28
MV
LV/HV
100/200
BR Rifle Club of St Louis, MO Mississippi Valley Regionals
29-30
MC
LV/HV
100/200
Lands End BR Shooters, CO Purple Haze & LV Leg of 4-Gun
29-30
SW
SP/UNL
200/100
Palomino Valley Gun Club, NV Nevada State Championship
30
GC
VFS
100/200
SW Louisiana Rifle Club, LA
8-13
SW
UNL/SP/ LV/HV
100/200
Ben Avery Range, Phoenix, AZ 2012 GROUP NATIONALS
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SW
LG/HG
1000
Sahuaro 1000-Yd Benchrest, AZ
OCTOBER
World Team 2012 US Team Point Standings Rank Name Total (Best 3 of 5) 1 Tony Boyer 279 2 Gene Bukys 260 3 Bob Scarbrough, Jr 259 4 Lee Hachigian 258 5 Don Creach 256 6 Charles Huckeba 253 7 Pat Canning 251 8 Jack Neary 244 9 Jeff Thompson 243 10 Wayne Campbell 2233 11 Mike Ratigan 230 12 Mark Harpenau 221 13 John Horn 218 14 Michael Stinnett 213 15 Don Nielson 202 16 Bart Sauter 199 17 Andy Shifflett 198 18 Mike Bryant 195 19 Rodney Brown 192 20 Chris Harris 191
Boldface Matches are World Team Qualifying Events or 2012 National Matches
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Leg 1 Gulf Coast Regionals at North Texas Shooters Assn
Light Varmint 100 Yards Ryan Harrison....................0.2168 Wade Hull..........................0.2268 Michael Stinnett..................0.2318 Ron Parker..........................0.2470 Turk Takano........................0.2654
Light Varmint Grand Ryan Harrison....................0.2514 Tim Oltersdorf.....................0.2834 Scott Hunter.......................0.2835 Michael Stinnett..................0.2949 Ron Parker..........................0.3024
Sporter 200 Yards Kenneth Terrell..................0.2377 Ralph Stewart.....................0.3286 Daryl Whitman.....................0.3314 Wade Hull..........................0.3340 Ryan Harrison......................0.3404
Light Varmint 200 Yards Scott Hunter......................0.2333 Tim Oltersdorf.....................0.2796 Ryan Harrison......................0.2859 John Horn..........................0.3107 Russell Matthews..................0.3284
Sporter 100 Yards Michael Stinnett.................0.2298 Ryan Harrison......................0.2496 David Robinson....................0.2644 Tim Oltersdorf.....................0.2720 Ralph Stewart.....................0.2726
Sporter Grand Ryan Harrison....................0.2950 Ralph Stewart.....................0.3006 Wade Hull..........................0.3036 Kenneth Terrell....................0.3036 Michael Stinnett..................0.3110
Ojai Valley Gun Club 600-Yard Match for June June 17, 2012 Ojai Valley Gun Club hosted another nice 600-yard match with 13 shooters in attendance in Beautiful Rose Valley up in the high desert. Most of the regular shooters attended with others at a short range match. We had two new shooters attend the match as well; Al Lemmon brought his grandson Chandler Lemmon who had a great time and we hope to see them come out and shoot more matches in the future.
There was no X’s shot on the second relay only a few on the first with Gene Hooper having the high X count with 7 –X’s. In Light Gun Score, Bill Hubina took first with 142-3X, followed by Mike Leonard in second with 142-1X and Gene Hooper took third place with 137-6X. Light Gun Group was won by Bill Hubina with a 2.9417” agg, second was Mike Leonard with a 3.5477” and third place was John Crawford with a 3.7807” agg. Heavy Gun Score was won by Lynn Dragoman, SR with a 260-2X, second was won by Leroy Johnson with a score of 248 and third place was Bill Hubina with 241-1X. Heavy Gun Group was won by John Crawford with a 4.0110” agg, second was Lynn Dragoman, SR with a 5.0707” agg and third place was Leroy Johnson with a 5.1030” agg.
The day started off with typical Ojai conditions which are calm and great for shooting small groups. By the time the first relay shot their third heavy gun target the winds had picked up 9-12 mph and were quickly changing providing interesting conditions on their third heavy gun. The conditions continued to get worse for the second relay. Wind speed was a constant 1112 mph with gusts up to 20 mph and 180 degree reversals and an occasional tail wind thrown in to make the second relay interesting and challenging.
Two Gun Score was won by Lynn Dragoman, SR with a score of 392-3X, second was Bill Hubina with 383-4X and third was Mike Leonard with a score of 377-2X. Two Gun Group was won by John Crawford with a 3.8958 agg, second was Bill Hubina with a 4.0440 agg and third was Leroy Johnson with a 4.8652 agg. As always it was a fun match in Ojai and many thanks to Barry Bluhm for putting on a great 600-yard match.
John Crawford
Light Gun Score Bill Hubina........................142-3X Mike Leonard......................142-1X Gene Hooper.......................137-6X Lynn Dragoman, Sr....................132 Cindy Duran.......................130-2X Light Gun Group Bill Hubina........................2.9417 Mike Leonard......................3.5477 John Crawford.....................3.7807 Cindy Duran........................3.8133 Leroy Johnson.....................4.6277 Heavy Gun Score Lynn Dragoman, Sr..............260-2X Leroy Johnson.........................248 Bill Hubina.........................241-1X Kelly Mason........................239-1X Mike Leonard......................235-1X Heavy Gun Group John Crawford...................4.0110 Lynn Dragoman, Sr................5.0707 Leroy Johnson.....................5.1030 Bill Hubina.........................5.1463 Barry Bluhm.......................5.7407 Two-Gun Score Lynn Dragoman, Sr..............392-3X Bill Hubina.........................383-4X Mike Leonard......................377-2X Leroy Johnson.........................371 Cindy Duran.......................355-2X Two-Gun Group John Crawford...................3.8958 Bill Hubina.........................4.0440 Leroy Johnson.....................4.8653 Mike Leonard......................5.0880 Cindy Duran........................5.1104
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Dave Tunbridge Wins the South Dakota State Championship June 30, 2012 LV 100-Yards Bill Pond..........................0.2566 Keith Hakeman....................0.2590 Dan Dowling........................0.2594 Dean Parker........................0.2762 Cliff McNairy.......................0.2806 Small Group Dean Parker..........................0.078 LV 200-Yards Dan Dowling......................0.3113 Mike Beard.........................0.3139 Rodney Brown.....................0.3303 Dave Tunbridge....................0.3435 Dean Parker........................0.3584 Small Group Keith Hakeman......................0.303 LV 100-200 Aggregate Dan Dowling......................0.2854 Dave Tunbridge....................0.3138 Dean Parker........................0.3173 Rodney Brown.....................0.3290 Keith Hakeman....................0.3350
HV 100-Yards Bill Pond..........................0.1884 Dave Tunbridge....................0.2114 Dean Parker........................0.2114 Dan Dowling........................0.2188 Terry Hettich.......................0.2250 Small Group Dave Tunbridge.....................0.068 HV 200-Yards Mike Beard.......................0.2989 Keith Hakeman....................0.3407 Dean Parker........................0.3459 Mel Klasi............................0.3500 Heath Ferguson....................0.3533 Small Group Mike Beard..........................0.241 HV 300-Yards Dave Tunbridge..................0.3285 Rodney Brown.....................0.3345 Dean Parker........................0.3490 Mark Schwab.......................0.3571 Cliff McNairy.......................0.3612 Small Group Dean Parker..........................0.581
HV 100-200-300 Aggregate Dave Tunbridge..................0.2981 Dean Parker........................0.3021 Mike Beard.........................0.3206 Bill Pond............................0.3527 Rodney Brown.....................0.3616 Mel Klasi............................0.3650 Tom Conger.........................0.3674 Cliff McNairy.......................0.3712 Heath Ferguson....................0.3785 Dan Dowling........................0.3802 Two-Gun Dave Tunbridge..................0.3059 Dean Parker........................0.3097 Dan Dowling........................0.3328 Mike Beard.........................0.3345 Rodney Brown.....................0.3453 Cliff McNairy.......................0.3534 Keith Hakeman....................0.3654 Bill Pond............................0.3662 Mel Klasi............................0.3673 Terry Hettich.......................0.4005
SOUTH DAKOTA STATE CHAMPIONSHIP TWO-GUN TOP-TEN EQUIPMENT LIST Name Caliber Action Scope Powder Barrel Gunsmith Stocker Primer Load Dave Tunbridge 22PPC Panda March 40 Lilja Brackney Kimmell 205 133 Dean Parker 6PPC Stolle Leupold 45 Bartlein Self Self 205M N133/28.4 Dan Dowling 6PPC Panda Leupold 35 Hart Self Self 205M T Mike Beard 6PPC Stolle Leupold 36 Hart Dowling Self 205M 29.5 Rodney Brown 6PPC BAT Leupold 45X Bartlein Leider Dickson 205 N133/28.3 Cliff McNairy 6PPC BAT Leupold 36 N/A N/A N/A Fed 2015 Keith Hakeman 6PPC Stolle Leupold 36 Lilja Pond N/A 205 2015 Bill Pond 22 Mongrel Panda Ly/Sei 30 H-S Self Self 205 2015/24 Mel Klasi 22 Waldog Stolle Leupold 36 Krieger Pond Mulhall 205 2015 Terry Hettich 22 Waldog Grizzly B & L 36 H-S Pond Delaseandro 205 2015/24.5 *All participants listed used Lapua brass.
Above: View of the firing line at Ojai Valley Gun Club in California. Page 18: A view of the pits that were built late 1930â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s at Ojai.
Bullet Kimmell 52 N/A Meyer 6 RC Brown 68 Barts RC 66 Remington 52 Remington 52 Kimmel 52
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Ask Uncle Timmy...
A Monthly Column of Shootin’ Shenanigans
Dear Uncle Timmy: I am starting to worry that our emergency medical supplies at the range may be inadequate for our upcoming major benchrest match. Given the average age of our shooters and their uncivilized lifestyles, it is a wonder that they are not dropping like moths at a bug zapper. What can we do to beef up our preparedness? Dear EMT: You are in luck. Uncle Timmy Enterprises, LLC, INC, BMF. is introducing the Medical Benchrest Shooter Recovery System. It comes in various performance packages depending on the need of the benchrest community. The basic recovery module includes Thorazine 500mg. Ten preloaded syringes with large bore, fast delivery needles,
five electroshock therapy headsets with conscious sedation kits, two padded interior port-a-potties as isolation wards, aerosol spraying of prozac twice a day over the loading area, a certified witch doctor to cast and remove spells, a team of board certified Democratic People’s Republic of North Korea cardiovascular surgical team (recently rocket scientists but now cardiovascular surgeons), and three Amazonian headhunters who comprise the acute stroke interventional team. In the deluxe package the editorial team of MSNBC is included as guidance counselors and Rosie O’Donnell will sing the national anthem of Iran at the start of the match. In the superdeluxe package, the editorial cartoonist of the Washington post will draw a caricature of the winners instead of a group picture. The trophy winners will be shown as wearing bib overalls with no shirt, bare footed, having fangs dripping blood and proudly holding their plaques.
Dear Uncle Timmy: Where can I as a benchrest shooter go to see the latest Batman movie without being attacked by loonies? Dear Nervous: Why at the Uncle Timmy Metroplex Theatre near you, of course. Every adult patron who is a member of the NBRSA or IBS will be issued a firearm of their choosing; machete, hatchet, blow gun, crossbow, midieval battle mace or gasoline powered ice auger at the entrance. Any copycat killer who shows up will be sent home in small zip lock baggies, so have some popcorn and enjoy the show, whatever it may be. Dear Uncle Timmy: Why do I have to wear safety glasses and hearing protection during the match? Dear Huh? Because if you don’t you could go blind and deaf. Then you would have to become a liberal politician.
Ouachita Sportsman’s Association Group & Score Action The first half of the Arkansas state 4Gun and Sam Eifling memorial match was held May 12-13, 2012 with 9 shooters contending. This match included Sporter and Unlimited classes only. Sporter 100-Yards Richard Watson..................0.2402 Dusty Stevens......................0.2582 Doc Sorge..........................0.2808 Jimmy Stevens....................0.2956 Jim Carpenter......................0.2992 Sporter 200-Yards Jay Gore..........................0.3094 Richard Watson....................0.3889 Doc Sorge..........................0.4015 Dusty Stevens......................0.4204 Ray Porter..........................0.4360 Sporter Aggregate Richard Watson..................0.3146 Dusty Stevens......................0.3393 Doc Sorge..........................0.3411 Jay Gore............................0.3422 Jim Carpenter......................0.3720 Unlimited 100-Yards Jay Gore..........................0.2250 Richard Watson....................0.2268 Jim Carpenter......................0.2414 Dusty Stevens......................0.2480 Doc Sorge..........................0.2718
Unlimited 200-Yards Jay Gore..........................0.2315 Dusty Stevens......................0.2729 Richard Watson....................0.3638 Ray Porter..........................0.4301 Earl Rogers.........................0.4423 Unlimited Aggregate Jay Gore..........................0.2282 Dusty Stevens......................0.2605 Richard Watson....................0.2953 Jim Carpenter......................0.3456 Doc Sorge..........................0.3624 Two-Gun Grand Aggregate Jay Gore..........................0.2852 Dusty Stevens......................0.2999 Richard Watson....................0.3049 Doc Sorge..........................0.3518 Jim Carpenter......................0.3588
Ouachita River near Pencil Bluff
On June 23, we held our first and only Varmint For Score match for 2012 with 8 contestants participating. Results are as follows: 100-Yards Joe Hargadine..................250-21X Jimmy Knox......................250-17X Doc Sorge.........................249-15X Dusty Stevens....................249-13X Jim Carpenter.....................249-8X Jimmy Stevens...................248-15X John Henry.........................245-6X Earl Rodgers.......................245-4X 200-Yards Joe Hargadine...................249-2X Jimmy Knox........................248-3X Jim Carpenter.....................248-1X Doc Sorge..........................247-1X Dusty Stevens.....................238-4X Earl Rodgers.......................235-1X Jimmy Stevens....................235-4X John Henry.............................230 Grand Aggregate Joe Hargadine..................499-23X Jimmy Knox....................498-20X Jim Carpenter...................497-9X Doc Sorge.........................496-16X Dusty Stevens....................487-17X
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Shootin’ In The Rain: Northern Colorado Benchrest Luck Be A Lady...and what a lady she is! Our friend and competitor Betty Sheldon demonstrated in Muy Grande style as to how one should put ten “Little Old Shots” into a single hole. Betty won the hundred yardage and small group on Saturday morning and won the two-hundred yardage as well. On Sunday, Betty’s shooting remained steady and on target earning her the two-gun trophy for the weekend. Betty, in her usual modest style, commented that she shot her first hole-inone in golf a couple of weeks ago and it seems her luck stayed with her during this weekend too. This shoot was her first big win in ten years of benchrest shooting; however, I believe that we were all lucky shooters to witness her proud escapade. Mike McQuiston shot Bill Wilkerson’s old rail gun. Mike said that due to its “rustic” condition, it needed a bit of modification (which his dad accomplished) somewhat with hopes of shooting it well. And shooting well he did taking the second place trophy and small group on Sunday’s two-hundred, five shot yardage. Rustic sure did describe Old Bill, so why not his old rail gun? Super shooting Mike!
Richard McQuisten
Unlimited 10-Shot 100Yds Betty Sheldon....................0.2998 Loren Lieder........................0.3020 Dean Thomas......................0.3130 JD Goulette........................0.3136 Michael Beard.....................0.3140 Small Group Betty Sheldon.......................0.192 Unlimited 10-Shot 200Yds Betty Sheldon....................0.3580 Roger Tillery........................0.3956 Dean Thomas......................0.4165 Bob Prather.........................0.4274 Darrel Phillips......................0.4309 Name Betty Sheldon Loren Lieder Roger Tillery Bob Prather Michael Beard Michael McQuisten Dean Thomas
Caliber 6PPC 6PPC 6PPC 22 6PPC 6PPC 6PPC
Action Sheldon Hart BAT Stolle Nesika Stolle Panda
Small Group Bob Prather..........................0.466
UNL 10-Shot Aggregate Betty Sheldon....................0.3289 Roger Tillery........................0.3554 Dean Thomas......................0.3658 Bob Prather.........................0.3751 Michael Beard.....................0.3815 Unlimited 5-Shot 100Yds Loren Lieder......................0.2084 Bob Prather.........................0.2204 Roger Tillery........................0.2460 Michael McQuisten................0.2580 JD Goulette........................0.2762 Small Group Loren Lieder.........................0.076 Unlimited 5-Shot 200Yds Loren Liedder....................0.2099 Michael McQuisten................0.2153 Betty Sheldon......................0.2236 Jason Mayhew......................0.2261 Michael Beard.....................0.2460 Small Group Michael McQuisten.................0.177 UNL 5-Shot Aggregate Loren Lieder......................0.2092 Michael McQuisten................0.2367 Bob Prather.........................0.2427 Roger Tillery........................0.2507 Michael Beard.....................0.2625 UNL 5 & 10-Shot Grand Aggregate Betty Sheldon....................0.2962 Loren Lieder........................0.2998 Roger Tillery........................0.3030 Bob Prather.........................0.3089 Michael Beard.....................0.3220
Muy Grande Equipment List Scope/Pwr Barrel Gunsmith Leupold/36 Krieger Sheldon Lyman/40 Bartlein BIBS Leupold/36 Krieger Tillery Leupold/45 Bartlein self Nightforce/56 Hart Dowling Weaver/36 Krieger R.McQuisten Weaver/36 Krieger BIBS
June 9-10 Sporter Results Sporter 100-Yards Michael Beard....................0.1564 Don Jensen.........................0.2194 LuAnn Dill..........................0.2424 Roger Tillery........................0.2432 Michael Kiess......................0.2790 Small Group Michael Beard.......................0.099 Sporter 200-Yards Roger Tillery......................0.2847 Loren Lieder........................0.3742 Dean Thomas......................0.3911 Josh Kiess..........................0.3917 Don Jensen.........................0.3998 Small Group Dean Thomas........................0.384 Sporter Grand Aggregate Roger Tillery......................0.2640 Michael Beard.....................0.2859 Don Jensen.........................0.3096 Dean Thomas......................0.3369 Michael Kiess......................0.3447 Above: Betty Sheldon, winner of the Northern Colorado Muy Grande Unlimited Left: Shooters seek cover under the loading shed from a downpour during the Muy Grande match.
Stocker Sheldon Hascuster John Galt Otto Dowling R. McQuisten Thomas
Primer N/A Fed205 Fed 205 Fed 205 205M Fed Fed
Case N/A Lapua Lapua Lapua Lapua Lapua Lapua
Powder N/A N133 N133 V133 N133 N/A N133
Bullet N/A Bart Bart Kimmell RC Council RC
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June 16-17, 2012
Visalia Southwest Regionals Conclusion
The weather was just a tad bit on the warm side for the conclusion of the Southwest Regionals. The temperature varied between 102 and 104 for both days. The loading area looked like a wind farm with all the fans blowing on the twenty-three competitors trying to keep cool. Saturday was the Heavy Varmint class and Gary Sinclair started the day with a .093 screamer which took the small group award. Gary Sinclair then shot all one’s and two’s to win the 100-yard match with a nice .1634 aggregate. Dennis Thornbury took over the 200yard match, winning the first place trophy with a .2176 aggregate. Dennis also won the small group trophy with a .242 screamer. There was some great shooting done all day and the first thirteen places in the grand were all aggregates in the two’s. Don Nielson won the Heavy Varmint Grand aggregate first place trophy with a .2083 aggregate. Gary Sinclair won the second place trophy shooting with a .2091 aggregate. The Unlimited class was shot on Sunday and as expected the aggregates got smaller. Dennis Thornbury won the 100-yard match with four ones and a small two for a .1602 aggregate to take the first place trophy. Don Nielson won the small group trophy with a .088 screamer. Gary Ocock shot very well and won the 200-yard Unlimited first place trophy shooting a great .1308 aggregate. William Marsh shot a .147 to win the small group trophy.
Having won the Two-Gun first place trophy in May, Don Nielson continued his streak and won the Three-Gun with a .2377 aggregate. Norm Jeffery won second shooting a .2768 aggregate. Don Nielson kept his winning streak alive and won the Four-Gun with a nice .2238 aggregate. Dennis Thornbury took home the second place trophy with a .2548. Congratulations to the winners and everyone who attended the match. Heavy Varmint 100 Gary Sinclair......................0.1634 Don Nielson........................0.1868 Bill Mellor...........................0.2070 Norm Jeffery.......................0.2170 Joe Stanovich......................0.2224 Small Group Gary Sinclair.........................0.093 Heavy Varmint 200 Dennis Thornbury...............0.2176 Don Nielson........................0.2298 Gary Sinclair.......................0.2548 Jim O’Brien........................0.2727 Marty Childers.....................0.2755 Small Group Dennis Thornbury...................0.242 Heavy Varmint Grand Don Nielson.......................0.2083 Gary Sinclair.......................0.2091 Dennis Thornbury..................0.2361 Bill Mellor...........................0.2479 Norm Jeffery.......................0.2686 Unlimited 100 Dennis Thornbury...............0.1602 Don Nielson........................0.1622 Gary Sinclair.......................0.1876 Ed Maxwell.........................0.2066 Gary Ocock........................0.2090 Small Group Don Nielson..........................0.103
The first six places in the Unlimited Grand were in the ones. Gary Ocock shot the smallest aggregate to win the first place trophy with a .1699. The second place trophy went to Dennis Thornbury with a .1751. Southwest Regionals Winners L-R: Joe Stanovich, Bob McGraw, Norm Jeffery Don Nielson, Dennis Thornbury, Gary Sinclair & Marty Childers
Unlimited 200 Gary Ocock.......................0.1308 Bob McGraw........................0.1816 Marty Childers.....................0.1816 Paul Garin..........................0.1841 Ed Maxwell.........................0.1888 Small Group William Marsh.......................0.147 Unlimited Grand Gary Ocock.......................0.1699 Dennis Thornbury..................0.1751 Don Nielson........................0.1823 Gary Sinclair.......................0.1961 Ed Maxwell.........................0.1977 Three Gun Don Nielson.......................0.2377 Norm Jeffery.........................2768 Dennis Thornbury..................0.2813 Joe Stanovich......................0.2903 Bill Mellor...........................0.2918 Four Gun Don Nielson.......................0.2238 Dennis Thornbury..................0.2548 Gary Sinclair.......................0.2728 Bill Mellor...........................0.2737 Norm Jeffery.......................0.2790
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Name Don Nielson Gary Sinclair Dennis Thornbury Bill Mellor Norm Jeffery Gary Ocock Dennis Thornbury Don Nielson Gary Sinclair Ed Maxwell
Southwest Regionals Conclusion at Visalia, California Caliber Action Scope/Power Barrel Gunsmith Stocker Case HEAVY VARMINT CLASS EQUPMENT LIST FOR TOP-FIVE 6PPC P-V March/50 Bartlein Nielson Six Lapua 6PPC Grizzly March/50 Krieger Spencer Ocock Lapua 6PPC Polar Leu-Brack Krieger Nielson Six Lapua 6PPC Panda Leupold/36 Krieger Iwatsubo Six Lapua 6PPC BAT Leu-Tuck Krieger Sakai Six Lapua LIGHT VARMINT CLASS TOP FIVE 6PPC Marsh Leupold/45 Krieger Ocock Young Lapua 6PPC BAT March/50 Krieger Nielson Young Lapua 6PPC BAT March/40 Bartlein Nielson Kinsler Lapua 6PPC Panda March/50 Krieger Nielson Young Lapua 6PPC Saquaro Weaver/36 Krieger Ocock Powell Lapua
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Load Primer Bullet T 2015 8208 8208 T-32
205M Fed 205M 205M 205M
Berger Sinclair Berger Bishop Bishop
8208 8208 T 2015 8208
205M 205M 205M Fed 205M
Ocock Berger Berger Sinclair Miller
Sahuaro 1000-Yard Benchrest Results from July 14, 2012 Light Gun Aggregate Bill Warner..........................5.35” Ross Herrick.........................6.48” Dan Redford.........................8.96” Lon Persun...........................9.63” Ryan Mayo.........................12.00” Small Group Bill Warner........................3.785” Heavy Gun Aggregate Dan Redford........................8.96” Ross Herrick.........................9.98” Mark Sundell.......................27.79” Dave Wilson........................37.04” Bill Warner.........................38.81” Small Group Dan Redford....................7.0625” Name McDonald Herrick Mayo Sundell Persun Warner Wilson Redford (L) Redford (H)
Caliber 260 30Patriot 6BR 6.5/06AI 300wsm 6.5/284 6.5/Gernd 300wsm 300AI
Action Remington Nesika Remington Remington McMillan BAT AR-15 Remington BAT
Light Gun Total Score Bill Warner......................141/150 Ross Herrick......................134/150 Lon Persun........................130/150 Wayne McDonald................126/150 Dan Redford......................122/150 High Score Bill Warner...........................50XX Heavy Gun Total Score Dan Redford....................287/300 Ross Herrick......................260/300 Bill Warner........................171/300 Mark Sundell.....................151/300 Sahuaro cacti can live to 200 years old Dave Wilson......................103/300 & are found in the Sonoran desert, High Score which includes the Tucson area; home Ross Herrick........................99XXX to Sahuaro Benchrest. Sahuaro Equipment List Barrel Gunsmith Stock Scope Case Powder Bullet/Wt Krieger Harold Manners Leupold Win H4350 Sierra/142 Krieger Wells Shehane Niteforce Lazz H4831 JLK/210 Broughton Bryant Shehane Niteforce Lapua Varget Sierra/107 Broughton Self Elisco Niteforce Win H4831 Berger/130 Classic Wells McMillan Niteforce Norma H4831 Berger/210 krieger Bruno mcMillan Niteforce Lapua H4350 Sierra/140 Schneider N/A Magplus US Optics Hornady Factory Hornady/123 Krieger Springman custom Niteforce Norma H4831 Berger/210 Krieger Artis custom Niteforce RWS R22 Berger/210 Left: Jerry Brandon at Sahuaro Benchrest at Three Points Range in Tucson, Arizona. Photo from annealingmachines. com. Right: 1000 yard rifle. Picture from www.6mmbr.com.
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The Moserâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Make Good at Minnetonka
We held the Minnesota State LV/HV match this weekend. It was a Moser weekend, if it wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t Scott it was his 15 year old son Josh beating up on us. Saturday, Scott won at LV 100 with a fine .1950 agg. In the morning and after lunch we shot HV 100 and he started were he left off with a .090 in match 1. We new it was going to be a long day for the rest of us. Scott won with a 2044 agg. but not without a fight from Josh who was 2nd with a .2062 agg.
We shot HV 200 on Sunday morning with Josh Moser again winning with a fine .2289 agg. I was 2nd with a .3037 agg. Now that is a whooping. We shot LV 200 in the afternoon with Bill Storbeck winning with a .2639 agg. This was the only yardage not won by a Moser. Scott won the 2gun with a .2549 and Josh hot on his heals with a .2556. That was a real battle between dad and son. Next match we will be honoring a past Benchrest icon in Minnesota,
Don Judd. Don got a lot of us started in benchrest. He started shooting in the early 70s so he had lots of stories to tell. We will also be shooting the Battle of the States, where each state has a 4 man team with the best agg winning. Everyone has lots of fun with this match, so get you team together.
Jerry Lahr
LV 100-Yards Scott Moser.......................0.1950 Jerry Lahr..........................0.2360 Nick Moser..........................0.2428 Small Group Jerry Lahr............................0.137 LV 200-Yards Bill Storbeck......................0.2639 Jerry Lahr..........................0.2734 Scott Moser.........................0.3045 Small Group Jerry Lahr............................0.264 Light Varmint Grand Scott Moser.......................0.2498 Jerry Lahr..........................0.2547
Bill Storbeck.......................0.2670
HV 100-Yards Scott Moser.......................0.2044 Josh Moser..........................0.2062 Jerry Lahr..........................0.2496 Small Group Scott Moser..........................0.090 HV 200-Yards Josh Moser........................0.2289 Jerry Lahr..........................0.3037 Scott Moser.........................0.3157 Small Group Josh Moser...........................0.223 Heavy Varmint Grand Josh Moser........................0.2176 Scott Moser.........................0.2601 Jerry Lahr..........................0.2767 Two Gun Scott Moser.......................0.2549 Josh Moser..........................0.2556 Jerry Lahr..........................0.2657 Bill Storbeck.......................0.2866 Nick Moser..........................0.3341
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4th Annual Sloughhouse 200 at Folsom Shooting Club We shot our annual fun match this weekend, the Sloughhouse 200. All four classes at 200 yards. The weather was a hot 98 degrees but the wind made it seem tolerable. We had 13 shooters attend and began the morning on Saturday with the Sporter. With the wind came alot of mirage. Every competitor but one (Marty Childers)
Sunday afternoon we shot the unlimited with Michael Taner winning the class with .2785. Dan Lutke shot a rare Sac screamer at .243 and won himself the Four-Gun with a .3582 aggregate. As you can see from the scores, I really enjoyed the weekend! Dan Lutke Bob Dorton enjoying a mouthful of his 75th birthday cake. Yum!
had a one-inch group! Bill Mellor won the sporter with a .3444. We broke for a club sponsored pizza lunch and also had a birthday cake for Bob Dortonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 75th. We shot Light Varmint in the afternoon and the mirage came very heavy. Every competitor had a one-inch group but Dave Tack took the win with .4297 and the TwoGun aggregate with .4265. Sunday morning was Heavy Varmint and conditions were twitchy but readable. Dan Lutke took the agg with .2530 and the Three-Gun with .3799.
Sporter 5-Shot Bill Mellor.........................0.3444 Marty Childers.....................0.3584 Dan Lutke..........................0.3866 Francis Lee........................0.4014 Henry Pinkney.....................0.4052 Small Group Henry Pinkney.......................0.441 Light Varmint 5-Shot Dave Tack.........................0.4297 Bob Dorton.........................0.4309 Henry Pinkney.....................0.4536 Michael Taner......................0.4717 Greg Wilson........................0.4793 Small Group Dan Lutke............................0.456
Two-Gun Aggregate Dave Tack.........................0.4265 Bill Mellor...........................0.4277 Henry Pinkney.....................0.4294 Bob Dorton.........................0.4308 Marty Childers.....................0.4344 Heavy Varmint 5-Shot Dan Lutke.........................0.2530 Bill Mellor...........................0.2945 Henry Pinkney.....................0.3120 Dave Tack..........................0.3159 Ronald Chisick.....................0.3218 Small Group Dan Lutke............................0.361 3-Gun Aggregate Dan Lutke.........................0.3799 Bill Mellor...........................0.3833 Dave Tack..........................0.3896 Henry Pinkney.....................0.3903 Bob Dorton.........................0.4027 Unlimited 5-Shot Michael Taner....................0.2785 Dan Lutke..........................0.2932 Greg Wilson........................0.2957 Bob Dorton.........................0.3224 Marty Childers.....................0.3318 Small Group Dan Lutke............................0.243 4-Gun Aggregate Dan Lutke.........................0.3582 Bob Dorton.........................0.3826 Greg Wilson........................0.3843 Bill Mellor...........................0.3885 Dave Tack..........................0.3908
Saturday winners L-R: Dan Lutke Bill Mellor, Bob Dorton, Dave Tack Henry Pinkney & Marty Childers
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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: Gerry Jajowka 330 603-5236 1290 Meadowbrook Blvd Stow, OH 44224 gjajowka@neo.rr.com chippewarifleclub@gmail.com Contact: Randy Perkowski 330 472-0856 1259 Curtis Ave Cuyahoga Falls, OH 44221 perkosrk@sbcglobal.net
Fairfield Sportsmen’s Assn
6501 River Rd, Harrison, OH 45030 www.fairfieldsportsmen.com Contact: Rick Browning 513 738-0004 3943 Timberidge Ln, Okeana, OH 45053
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 181 Guthrie Rd, Smithfield, PA 15478
Holton Gun & Bow Club
6201 Crystal Lake Rd, Holton, MI 49425 231 821-9608 GPS: N 43 23.742 W 86 05.2566 Contact: Greg Reed 517 604-0974 5861 Brunswick Rd, Holton, MI 49425 Gareed48@yahoo.com
Kane Fish & Game
Dwight Rd, 1 me N of Kane on SR 321 www.kanefishandgameclub.org Steve Timpano – Group 814 837-9644 stimpano@verizon.net Ed Hanes - Group 814 837-9868 hanes329@comcast.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
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
Southwest Louisiana Rifle & Pistol
www.swla-rifleandpistol.org Contact: Mike Guillot 337 249-3712 1600 Cappy Dr, Lake Charles, LA 70605 Guillot4555@suddenlink.net
Central Texas Benchrest
Tomball Gun Club
Emert Ranch Range
MC—Mid-Continent Region
GPS: N29 44.695 W098 14.141 Contact:Sammye Dietz 830 885-4662 421 Range Rd, New Braunfels, TX 78132 Contact: Kris Whitman 830 660-0313 611 Viewcrest, New Braunfels, TX 78130 kwhitman@gvtc.com GPS: N31 48.344 W100 38.540 Private Rd 0901, Robert Lee, TX Contact: Tad Emert 325 453-2471 6120 FM 2034, Robert Lee, TX 76945 t.emert@wildblue.net
Hub City Rifle & Pistol Club Renamed Fusilier Complex
www.hcrpc.com Contact: Francis Broussard 320 Wilson St, Lafayette, LA 70501 307 406-5685 or 318 235-3479
Midland Shooters Assn
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 TX Shooters Assn, Denton, TX 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
Pine Valley Benchrest Shooters Assn Huntsville, TX Contact: Mike Cockcroft 936 661-1636 74-A FM 2550, Huntsville, TX 77320 mcockcroft@sbcglobal.net
San Angelo Gun Club
2231 West Beauregard Ave San Angelo, TX 76901 325 942-8991 www.sanangelogunclub.org Contact: Dan Batko 325 374-3015 PO Box 3992, San Angelo, TX 76902 Labs1@zipnet.us
PO Box 317, Tomball, TX 77377 www.TGCwebsite.com Contact: Russell Matthews 713 562-7658 2527 N Spring St, Spring TX 77373 AR15rslm24@comcast.net kb5fzs@juno.com or 281 355-1570
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:Larry Kuse Group 913 649-7344 8112 W 89th St, Overland Park KS 66212 LRKuse@juno.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: John Henry 870 326-5509 278 Maquire Ln, Pencil Bluff AR 71965 osa@tedfelton.com
Rio Grande Benchrest Shooters
GPS: N 35.084129 W 106.648628 16001 Shooting Range Access Rd NW Albuquerque, NM 87120 Contact: Todd Tyler 505 450-6029 4559 Platinum Dr, Rio Rancho NM 84124 TylerT74@aol.com
Whittington Center
34025 US 64, Raton, NM 87740 575 445-3615 www.nrawc.org
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Ranges, Clubs, and Contacts 575 445-3615 www.nrawc.org Contact: Jack Snyder 505 440-7488 PO Box 276, Edgewood NM 87015 snyderjack1@gmail.com or 505 281-8994
MV—Mississippi Valley Aurora Sportsmen’s Club
www.aurorasc.org GPS: N 41.75038 W 88.79677 Contact: Vince Volpe 630 897-0185 PO Box 414, Aurora, IL 60507 630 466-9711 Vince_Volpe@yahoo.com
Bench Rest Rifle Club Of St Louis
2280 Kohn Rd, Wright City, MO 63390 www.shootingstl.com GPS: N38 53.353 W091 04.763 Scott Pieper - GROUP 636 745-2454 2280 Kohn Rd, Wright City MO 63390 pieper@shootingstl.com Wayne Corley - HTR/VFS 636 928-0882 2 Sheffield Ct, St Charles, MO 63304 waynecorley@sbcglobal.net
Van Dyne Sportsmen’s Club
www.vdsc.org Contact: Dick Baier 920 688-2433 PO Box 8, Van Dyne WI 54979 info@vdsc.org
NC—North-Central Region Casper Benchrest Shooters Assn
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 W 9537891 Contact: Gary Flury 712 328-0301 PO Box 1042, Council Bluffs, IA 50502 garysflury@gmail.com Contact: Ron Lee Miller 402 393-4536 8081 Dupont St. Omaha NE 68124 ncnbrsa@cox.net
Minnetonka Benchrest Association
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: Cecil Peterson 563 359-1988 2260 Cromwell Cir, Davenport IA 52807 peterson1@mchsi.com
Prairie Dog Target Club
Contact: Don Deckert 605 288-1919 HC 54, Box 3, Porcupine SD 57772 pdtc57772@yahoo.com
NW—Northwest Region 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 13263 Snake River Rd, Asotin WA 99402 denny@andrewslaw.info 509 243-7039
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
Hwy 12 to Pasco-Kahlotus Rd www.tcmsa.org Contact: Wallace Ruff 509 967-5087 PO Box 4587,Pasco WA 99302 WGRuff@charter.net
Wenatchee Benchrest Club
2800 #2 Canyon Rd, Wenatchee, WA www.wenrrc.org Contact: Jim McConnell 509 884-8486 2526 NE 8th St, E Wenatchee WA 98802 macpat@cpucafe.com
Whittecar 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: Russell Cree 406 252-2230 405 South 35th St, Billings MT 59101 RACreeMT@aol.com Contact: Justin Young 406 698-4451 mjyoung97@yahoo.com
SE—Southeast Region
Brock’s Gap Training Center *NEW* www.scssa.org GPS: N33 20 19.25 W86 52 28.00 3721 South Shades Crest Rd Birmingham, AL 35244
Contact: Steve Lee 205 428-2191 Lee.Steven@att.net
Manatee Gun & Archery Club
1805 Logue Rd, Myakka City, FL 34251 775 358-5014 www.manateegunclub.com GPS: N27 29.3610 W82 09.2448 Contact: Buddy Ross 407 448-8393 1845 Coronado Rd, Ft Myers, FL 33901 bross6mm@hotmail.com
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
Rachel’s Glen Benchrest Club
Contact: Mickey Coleman 334 382-6898 778 Jasmine Hill Rd Greenville AL 36037 mickey@colemanrifles.com
River Bend Gun Club
988 River Bend Gun Club Road Dawsonville, GA 30534 770 893-3502 www.rbgc.org GPS: N34 20.198 W 084 14.819 Contact: Jim Andress Group/Score 3605 Blackwell Run, Marietta, GA 30066 jim@precisionrifles.co jim@benchrestsupply.com benchrest@rbgc.org 770 876-2351 or 770 971-5269
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 Unaka Rod & Gun Club
90 Furnace Rd, Johnson City, TN 37601 423 926-0221 www.unakarodandgun.com Contact: Matthew Keller 423 202-6932 1013 Washington College Station Rd Limestone, TN 37681 mk6ppc4@yahoo.com
SW—Southwest Region Arizona Benchrest Shooters
Ben Avery Shooting Facility 4044 W Black Canyon Blvd Phoenix, AZ 85086 GPS: N33 27 12.22 W112 37 12.20 Contact: Gary Ocock 623 398-8337 15231 W Gelding Dr, Surprise AZ 85379 onehole149@aol.com
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Ranges, Clubs, and Contacts Central Utah Benchrest
Contact: Dave Tunbridge 801 571-6755 966 Stacie Ave, Sandy UT 84094 drtunbridge@gmail.com
If you want to shoot like a champion, choose Lilja!
Desert Sportsman Rifle Club
12201 W Charleston Blvd Las Vegas, NV 89135 702 642-9928 www.dsrpc.net GPS: N36.1498 W115.3653 HTR Contact: Dave Reymore dr30x47@msn.com or 702 378-3635 VFS Contact: Keith Myers keithmyers@yahoo.com or 702 217-3591
Logan Rifle & Pistol Club
Cache Valley Shooting Range 2851 West 200 North, Logan, UT 84321 Contact: Keith Kirkman 801 927-7800 1189 W 1290 S, Syracuse UT 84075 gunner001@Q.com
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: N 39 51.374 W 119 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 H: 775 356-5860 C: 775 742-1153
Sahuaro 1000-Yard Benchrest
www.tucsonrifleclub.org Contact: Karl Hunstiger 602 971-4400 2901 E Cortez St, Phoenix AZ 85028 wfo13@aol.com
2010 IBS Hunter Benchrest Nationals • 100-200 National Champion • 200 L-R National Champion • 100-200-300 National Champion • 200-300 Long Range National Champion • 4 Gun Top Gun National Champion
www.riflebarrels.com
Lilja Precision Rifle Barrels, Inc. P.O. Box 372, Plains, MT 59859 Tel: 406-826-3084 • Fax: 406-826-3083
Greg Swezey
NBRSA News...
Meet Philippe Riboulette!
With the 2012 Elections completed, we have a new European Region Director. I’ve recently contacted him to thank him for his service to NBRSA and asked him to share a bit about himself with the membership...
Sloughhouse Benchrest Shooters www.sloughhousebenchrest.com Contact: Craig St Claire - Long Range 10607 Sacramento Rd, Galt CA 95632 bluto63@cwo.com 209 744-2274 or 916 812-3711 Contact: Greg Wilson - Short Range 415 342-4867 wfcustom@comcast.net Contact: Dan Ludke - Short Range 415 364-9665 lutke5@sbcglobal.net
Visalia Sportsman Assn
7398 Avenue 328, Visalia, CA 559 651-3063 www.visaliasportsmans.com Contact: Dennis Thornbury 559 732-4401 PO Box 105, Visalia CA 93279
gunhandler@gmail.com or 559 280-6243
“I’m born in Limoges in the center of the France in 1965. I joined the navy when I was seventeen years old and spent 22 years there. Now I work in
security service of the Marseille harbor. I’ve been involved with benchrest since 2006 and fell in love with the extreme accuracy. Because Benchrest is not very known and practiced in France, in 2010 I created “Association Bench Rest France” to develop and encourage this discipline. In 2007 and 2011 I was in the national team for the Word Benchrest Championship and I participated in European Championships twice. This year, I won the National Championship. Now I work for the WBC12 French selection. The NBRSA European region hasn’t had a Regional Director for a while and I’m very happy to represent NBRSA on this continent. I’ll do the best I can.” Mr. Riboulette will not be able to attend the 2012 Varmint Nationals as he has already committed to manage the 4th Grape Harvests Tournament in la Fare Des Oliviers in France.
Audrey Brown Board Secretary
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2012 NBRSA BOARD MEETING AGENDA ITEMS NBRSA Group Nationals will be held October 8-13 in Phoenix this year. In preparation of the Annual Board Meeting, the following are agenda items submitted by the regions upon which decisions shall be rendered. There may be additional agenda items forthcoming. Please check with your Regional Director for a complete list of agenda items for your area or if you have an item to add or to register your opinion. Thank you for your active participation in NBRSA.
Southwest Region 1. Re-Evaluate Long-Range Varmint Nationals Event: If there is a LR 200/300 yard National event for Sporter and Unlimited, what impact does this have on the Long-Range Varmint Nationals? 2. Record Target Submission ChainOf-Custody: Targets submitted for world record consideration need to be tracked from one person to the next. How best to accomplish this needs to be determined. Priority mail submission may be an option to provide tracking needed. 3. Change or re-write to By-Laws. The proposed long range rule book should be regarded as tentative according to 2011 NBRSA board minutes page 3, Don Nielson, Long- Range Measuring Committee Chairman Report. Per this, the rule book is to be voted on at Long Range Nationals in April 2012. Many of the items proposed at the 2011 BOD meeting for Long Range are covered in the proposed rules as Addendum No 1, Addendum No 2 and 600 and 1000 Rule Items; copies of which can be located by contacting Robert Hoppe, LR Rules Representative, Lou Murdica or the Business Manager. At the 2011 BOD Meeting, the Gulf Coast Region, Item 2 proposed a Heavy Gun or Light Gun Format (6 targets per day) that was accepted. This format is not in the proposed rules. 4. Oversight at Registered Matches & Bench Selection: We need to strengthen our match operations to make sure they are run as compliant as possible.
Especially world qualifiers should be managed carefully by the regional director or the World Team Executive. At the East West world qualifier benches were not drawn, nor supervised by a referee. Benches were assigned and some were reserved by the administrator for later assignment to late folks. This had a negative result and caused those who saw the impact to feel like some better informed competitors could have been able to select benches. When the bench rotation was made, this left several benches in the middle of the range unused and therefore caused a hole in the center of the flags in the middle of the range, which made the situation obvious if one looked carefully. The selection of the operational elements of the rules and have them reviewed between the Regional Directors or World Team Executive and the Match Directors to ensure compliance needs to be considered by the Board. In no case should it be up to the range. Proposed Rule: At all world qualifying shoots if the range does not follow the rules set by the board of directors, that shoot will not count that year. 5. Restructure regions to better represent the shooters. NBRSA was originally set up as a short range, group shooting organization that had a uniformity of interest and participation. The Board could pass or deny rule changes because the board members were also familiar with what was being considered. With the inclusion of other disciplines (long range, hunter, VFS) this isn’t the case any longer. Each discipline should have a rules chairman/committee and there should be a Board member that also is a touch point for each discipline. Rules should be rewritten similar to what occurred with long range. Future rules that are proposed from various regions should be routed to the appropriate rule chairman/committee for action. The new rules should be voted on at that disciplines’ National
Event. After the vote, a recommendation from the chairman should be forwarded to the discipline representative on the Board and the originating Director. The Board can accept, modify or deny the rule at their meeting but at this stage, it should be a rubber stamp. This type of set up is how most corporations, cities and counties are set up. The Board (city council, county commissioners, and corporations) rely on staff to make the recommendations on technical issues and the Board is for administration and coordination. 6. Rule change for tuner adjustments at the bench. The rules should be equal for all movement at the bench. There appears to be disparity between a shooter adjusting a tuner at the bench (possible disqualification), vs someone who gets up to change a load or someone who gets a rod to release a jammed bullet or changes guns for a misfire. The rules should be equal for all movement at the bench. 7. Consolidate and redistribute regions for better representation as follows: Combine the North Central and Mississippi Valley regions. Move Wyoming to North West region and add Missouri to the Mid-Continent region. The proposed North Central region would then encompass the states of North & South Dakota, Minnesota, Nebraska, Iowa, Illinois and Wisconsin. (Proposed redistribution maps with membership count changes are available by email from the business office.) 8. Board to evaluate whether it is permissible to place rounds in a manual cartridge feeder prior to “commence fire” call. 9. Flag placement: Request for the Board to address whether the use of adjacent unoccupied flag lanes is permissible when a shooter is not at the end positions. 10. Eliminate sporter class from Nationals and change format to either LV/HV/UNL and keep the existing records or new class formats called 10.5 and 13.5 and apply new national re-
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2012 NBRSA BOAD MEETING AGENDA ITEMS cords. Experimental class to be shot only at regional matches until the new gun is established by the Board at a later date. 11. Establish a semiautomatic rifle class nicknamed black gun class to be shot in Varmint for Score or Group based on Board’s decision. 12. Clarify rules pertaining to clamping a block to the bench to keep your front rest from moving. The current rule book indicates that blocks are not appropriate for the rails. Page 15, “Neither the unlimited rifle nor the unlimited rests may contact anything that is affixed or clamped to the bench.” Many people do this so this item needs revisiting.
North Central Region 1. Proposed rule to ban cell phone, notebook and laptop usage on the firing line. 2. Board to reconsider banning the use of “smart flags” at registered matches. 3. Re-evaluate sporter class as a discipline for new shooters to enter the sport.
nation option on NBRSA membership application forms. 6. Moratorium of 3 years for any rule changes in order to get the current rulebook up to date or to redesign it.
Eastern Region 1. Crossfires: Address specifically on page 30 of the Official Rule Book and By-Laws under Section 15, Item b, Crossfires, the occurrence and penalty that occurs when a competitor shoots a target on his assigned bench but not his assigned relay. A search of the Rule Book showed nothing that covers this situation presently. In the past, it was determined that the only rule applicable was a crossfire rule and the appropriate MOA penalty was applied. 2. Propose that dry targets be hung to replace the wet targets when a match is stopped due to rain and no shots have been fired for that particular relay. The dry targets should be hung before the relay commences firing. This should become the standard at all matches, especially National events.
4. Establish brand-new Rule Book with all applicable laws or modify current one to reflect actual practice.
3. At the start of all Group National and World Team qualifying match events, the hosting club must apply new rubber-membrane material on each target frame holder prior to commencement.
5. Board to consider World Team Do-
4. Eliminate the annual (1) Money-
Match per region restriction. 5. In the event of a competitor protesting another competitor’s target, make public the name of the protester by printing the protestors name on the protested target. 6. Increase the fee from $5 dollars to $20 dollars if a competitor wishes to protest another competitor’s target. 7. Introduce a dedicated Factory Rifle class, whereby they would not compete against the Light Varmint class with the following restrictions: A. Any caliber equal or smaller than a 30 caliber would be acceptable. B. Must shoot the factory rifle “as is” out of the box, with no alterations to any part of the rifle. C. Must not weigh in excess in 10.5 pounds.
Northwest Region 1. Streamline target order process. Board to consider authorizing Orrville Printing to accept target orders and payments directly from membership and produce monthly accounting of transactions to Business Manager for audit and review. 2. National Event & World-Team Qualifying Event Write-Ups: Regional Directors to ensure write-ups are submitted for all World Team Qualifying events
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AGENDA ITEMS, continued and National events within their respective region.
Mid-Continent Region Traveling Trophies: Request that all Group National traveling trophies be located at the business office during the year and brought to the group national event each year. It will be the responsibility of the Business Manager or other person so designated by the Board to care for and keep the traveling trophies in a good state of repair; polished and ready for presentation and pictures for each years’ winners. Upon completion of the event, the traveling trophies will be returned for safe keeping to the NBRSA business office or other location as specified by the Board. Trophy Fee Clarification: Change “trophy fee” to “national match fee” to avoid confusion with ranges holding national events that receive only patches.
Mississippi Valley Region 1. Have the VFS & Hunter National combined, to be shot at the same range. 2. Make a rule that if a competitor leaves his or her bolt in the rifle at the bench they will be disqualified from that aggregate. This includes a closed or open bolt. This doesn’t include any command by the Range officer.
Gulf Coast Region All items refer to the Official Rule Book and By Laws Revised Edition #37: 1. Reword Page 12 Item 5 to read, “SPORTER RIFLE. A Sporter Rifle is defined as any rifle having a safe manually and mechanically operated firing Mechanism and must not weigh more than 10 ½ pounds, inclusive of sights. The stock can be flat, or convex, but not concave. The Forearm can be any width and have any angle. The butt stock can have any angle including a reverse angle, The barrel would not be less than 18” long forward of the bolt face and can be any diameter or configuration including a straight taper or
a reverse taper. The Sporter Rifle can be any caliber. Sporter Rifles do not have to conform to the Varmint Rifle diagram (on page 68 of Rev. Ed. No. 36). All sand bag rules will apply to the sporter rifle.” 2. Page 117 Diagram P under title, VARMINT RIFLE DIAGRAM, add the words, “(DOES NOT INCLUDE SPORTER).” 3. Page 37, Item 6 DRAWING FOR BENCHES. Section to now read, “The Host Club (through its representative), having a list of competitors, shall conduct a drawing for benches in the presence of the shooters. Bench drawings to be held after 2:00 PM the day prior to the first match preferably while the range crew is placing the target frames that will be used in competition. Bench assignments shall be drawn from a bucket containing all of the bench numbers that will be used in the following days match. Bench numbers shall be permanently printed on poker chips, washers, tags, etc. One of the referees and the match director shall be present to see that the drawing is fairly conducted and to represent shooters not present when called upon to draw. Latecomers must draw their benches by lot in the presence of the Chairman Referee. Clubs have the option of having but 1 drawing and requiring each competitor to shoot from the same bench for all matches at all ranges or they may allow sequential bench rotation. Line 12, “A new shooter…” to line 25 “…multiple class aggregates.” remain unchanged. Delete following sentence, “When this system…” The last two sentences of this paragraph remain unchanged. 5. Page 38, Delete second paragraph. 6. Page 38, Delete fourth paragraph.
Southeast Region No items submitted. Respectfully submitted, Audrey Brown Board Secretary
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