September 2014 by National Bench Rest Shooters Association

September, 2014

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Matches In This Issue... 26th Annual Hog Roast Results, by Bill Reahard St Louis Hunter & VFS Results, by Wayne Corley Bill Waldrop Memorial at St Louis, by Wayne Corley Swimming Upstream at Oak Hill, by Cecil Peterson Sloughhouse May 600-Yard Match, by Craig St Claire Sloughhouse June 1000-Yard, by Craig St Claire Land’s End Benchrest 4-Gun Leg 1, by Truman Wilson Raton’s Best In The West, by Mark Motsko Gary Ocock Wins at Visalia, by Bill Mellor Oak Hill’s Whipping Post, by Cecil Peterson Yellowstone Rifle Club, by Ryan Lienemann

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East-West Show-Me Shootout, by Nancy Scarbrough 18 2014 NBRSA Registered Match Schedule 20 Bill Johnston’s 1000-Yard World Records 21 Boone Valley Ikes May Score Match, by Ronnie Berg 22 Palomino’s Nevada State 1st Half, by Mark Ronchetti 24 Palomino’s Nevada State 2nd Half, by Mark Ronchetti 24 Winds of Change at New Mexico? by Mark Motsko 29 Wyoming State Hunter/VFS, by Tim Naugle 31 2014 Alpen Cup: Tony Negri Memorial 32 Sahuaro 1000-Yard Benchrest, by Hunstiger/Arenson 33 Joe Krupa Wins Wolverine Challenge, by Bill Gammon 34

Special Interest & Monthly Features... ...And It Worked! by Boyd Allen Bill Johnston: World Records & Attention to Detail Ranges, Clubs & Contacts

4 NBRSA News 38 20 Advertising Index 38 36 Officer & Director Contact Information 39

On The Cover... Meet Woody. Northern Colorado Benchrest Match Director, Bud Schalles poses at the range in Ault, Colorado with his trusty rail gun...and yes, it’s made from wood. Photo from the Brown’s.

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...And It Worked! Background: A little over a year ago, I told a relatively new friend that there was a benchrest match at the Visalia range the following weekend. He and I stopped by, and I introduced him around. A few months after that, he took the plunge, buying a very nice, slightly used two gun complete setup, rifles, reloading equipment, scopes, and components, worked up loads, and entered his first match. Having spent a good deal of time building very well done super modified engines, the same attention to detail, and intuitive mechanical problem solving abilities that had produced the extra horsepower in his engines, was focused on the new problem. To no one’s surprise, he made a very good start, right up to the match where conditions were such that finding a condition became almost impossible and his progress seemed to take a pause. I’m familiar with his shooting style and I could see that in a fast and inconsistent switch, that his staying behind the scope at all times was resulting in some disadvantage in getting the best possible read on the flags, and selecting the best time to shoot; so I suggested that he try practicing shooting with his head up. This was not entirely an off the wall suggestion

since he had already chosen to shoot free recoil and was getting some very good groups that way. His rifle and rest setup seemed to favor it, so simply raising his head after aiming and pulling the trigger without looking back through the scope seemed to be a minor change, but as it turned out, some adjustment was required. The next match was shaping up to be another windy one, so among other things that he checked out during the Friday practice day was shooting head up. The groups were significantly larger than with his usual procedure. They were horizontal and significantly wider; not of competitive size. The first thought was that his Farley rest might not have been set with enough preload to be reliable with his hand off of the joystick. For the moment, head up was abandoned but that changed. The match was heavy varmint and unlimited. Since he did not have a rail gun and did not want to put the extra rounds on what had proven in practice to be a very good barrel, he had initially decided to only shoot HV. The schedule was to shoot 100 on Saturday, and 200 on Sunday. After he finished on Saturday morning and done all of his preparation for the next day’s shooting (when HV 200 would be in the

by Boyd Allen afternoon), he spent the remainder of the afternoon watching one of the better shooters. He noted the condition he chose to shoot in, what the flags were doing and the results on target. I would guess that it was afterwards that his desire to do another experiment got the better of him, so he shot the next morning against the rail guns. Figured out what the problem with his setup was that had caused the problem shooting head up, made the adjustment and proceeded to shoot a screamer. A 0.170 at 200 with his HV rifle. Hint: The problem wasn’t the rest. I really should leave you wondering what he changed, but that would make a poor ending to the story, so I will tell you (after checking with him before giving it away). He moved his rear bag (a gator) forward just enough so that his chest no longer touched it. It seems that when he raised his head that his body shifted in a way that it did not with his usual position, nudging his rifle off from where he had aimed it. So there you have it. Don Forbes, a new shooter from Selma, CA shot his first screamer while trying something different, instead of just trying harder. Way to go Don.

26th Annual Hog Roast Results by Bill Reahard & Jerry Van Sickle

May 3-4 were the dates of the 26th Annual Hog Roast and ninety-seven shooters showed up to test their skills. It was a great match with the exception of one itty-bitty computer glitch which sent one shooter off the results list. This was significant since the Hog Roast is a WBC-13 qualifier. The issue was corrected and following are the results. These may be a bit later then hoped, but they are correct. Thank you everyone for attending. We hope you had a great time.

Heavy Varmint 100-Yards Tony Boyer......................0.1848 Dave Coots....................... 0.2156 Andy Shifflett.................... 0.2234 Bob White........................ 0.2276 Harley Baker..................... 0.2310 Hal Drake......................... 0.2326 Lee Hachigian................... 0.2338 Billy Stevens..................... 0.2348 Mark Buettgen................... 0.2378 Jeff Thompson................... 0.2388 Bob Hamister.................... 0.2448 William McIntyre................ 0.2504 Mike Ratigan..................... 0.2506

Steve Lee......................... 0.2626 Joe Krupa........................ 0.2662 Heavy Varmint 200-Yards Jeff Gaidos......................0.3353 Lee Hachigian................... 0.3379 Greg Walley...................... 0.3437 Wyatt Pinehardt................. 0.3488 Joe Krupa........................ 0.3499 Ted Heindselman................ 0.3595 Larry Costa....................... 0.3668 Kevin Hovis....................... 0.3693 Mark Buettgen................... 0.3766 Kevin Donalds, Jr............... 0.3780 Chris Harris...................... 0.3832

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Kevin Donalds, Sr............... 0.3843 Tony Boyer....................... 0.3911 Steve Lee......................... 0.3997 Jack Neary....................... 0.4157 Heavy Varmint Grand Lee Hachigian...................0.2858 Tony Boyer....................... 0.2880 Mark Buettgen................... 0.3072 Joe Krupa........................ 0.3081 Jeff Gaidos....................... 0.3203 Billy Stevens..................... 0.3277 Steve Lee......................... 0.3311 Wyatt Pinehardt................. 0.3417 Kevin Hovis....................... 0.3431 Chris Harris...................... 0.3455 Larry Costa....................... 0.3473 Greg Walley...................... 0.3474 Jack Neary....................... 0.3510 Kevin Donalds, Jr............... 0.3536 Bob Hamister.................... 0.3548 Light Varmint 100-Yards Russell Rains....................0.2290 Jeff Thompson................... 0.2304 Jeff Ferrett...................... 0.2544 Harley Baker..................... 0.2588 Chris Harris...................... 0.2656 Hal Drake......................... 0.2722 Dale Boop........................ 0.2726 Andy Shifflett.................... 0.2770 Greg Walley...................... 0.2834 Tony Boyer....................... 0.2876 Mike Ratigan..................... 0.2944 Wayne Shaw...................... 0.2952 Larry Costa....................... 0.2970 Ted Heindselman................ 0.2976 Al Auman, Sr..................... 0.2978 Light Varmint 200-Yards Jeff Thompson..................0.2290 Tony Boyer....................... 0.2312 Donald Rosetti................... 0.2405 Mike Ratigan..................... 0.2509 Lee Hachigian................... 0.2530 Mark Buettgen................... 0.2588 Andy Shifflett.................... 0.2601 Chris Harris...................... 0.2693 Dale Boop........................ 0.2720 Joe Krupa........................ 0.2764 Kevin Donalds, Jr............... 0.2765 Kenneth Pritt.................... 0.2770 Jeff Gaidos....................... 0.2797 Greg Walley...................... 0.2804 Steve Theye...................... 0.2837 Light Varmint Grand Jeff Thompson..................0.2297 Tony Boyer....................... 0.2594 Andy Shifflett.................... 0.2686 Jeff Ferrett...................... 0.2719 Dale Boop........................ 0.2723 Mike Ratigan..................... 0.2727 Greg Walley...................... 0.2819

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St Louis Hunter & VFS Results by Wayne Corley, Match Director

May 18 Results

Here are the results from the May score match at St Louis. Varmint For Score 100-Yards Bill Haynes...................... 250-19X Ron Hoehn....................... 250-19X Tom Hencken................... 250-15X Dustin Martin................... 250-11X Jim Hart......................... 249-13X Dennis Boyet.................... 249-11X Galen DeRousse................ 247-14X Matthew Hon................... 247-11X Jeff Conover..................... 245-9X Dean Weston..................... 245-7X 200-Yards Ron Hoehn.......................244-2X Bill Haynes....................... 242-1X Jeff Conover..................... 241-3X Jim Hart.......................... 241-0X Tom Hencken.................... 240-1X Dustin Martin.................... 237-4X Dennis Boyet..................... 234-7X Galen DeRousse................. 234-4X Dean Weston..................... 224-1X Leon Domijan.................... 220-2X Grand Aggregate Ron Hoehn...................... 494-21X Bill Haynes...................... 492-20X Tom Hencken................... 490-16X Jim Hart......................... 490-13X Dustin Martin................... 487-15X

Competitor Varmint for Score: Dennis Boyet Dean Weston Tom Hencken Leon Domijan Dustin Martin Ron Hoehn Jim Hart Matthew Hon Jeff Conover@100 Jeff Conover@200 Bill Haynes Galen DeRousse Hunter Class: Joe Hemkens Paul Hon Clark Greene Tim Henderson@100 Tim Henderson@200

St Louis Score Shooters L-R: Tim Henderson, Joe Hemkens, Ron Hoehn Bill Haynes, Clark Greene and Tom Hencken Jeff Conover.................... 486-12X Dennis Boyet.................... 483-18X Galen DeRousse................ 481-18X Dena Weston..................... 469-8X Leon Domijan.................... 440-4X Hunter Class 100-Yards Tim Henderson................ 249-15X Clark Greene.................... 249-13X Joe Hemkens................... 249-11X Paul Hon.......................... 238-9X 200-Yards Joe Hemkens....................243-1X Tim Henderson.................. 239-1X Clark Greene..................... 237-2X

Paul Hon.......................... 232-3X Grand Aggregate Joe Hemkens................... 492-12X Tim Henderson................. 488-16X Clark Greene.................... 486-15X Paul Hon......................... 470-12X

Bill Waldrop Memorial Match Chuck Miller Wins VFS Chuck Hearn Wins Hunter June 15, 2014 Our conditions for this match were just about typical for our range;

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St Louis Hunter & VFS May Equipment List Barrel Gunsmith Stocker Scope

30 BR 6PPC 30 BR 223 Rem 6 PPC 30 BR 6PPC 30 BR 30BR 6 BR 30 BR 30 BR

Panda BAT Shilen DGA Mossberg Panda Polar BAT Rem Stolle BAT Stolle Stolle

Bartlein Bartlein Rock Creek Mossberg Hart Shilen Shilen Kreiger Shillen Shilen Shilen Shillen

Hoehn Hoehn Smart Mossberg NA Hoehn Skeeter n/a Self Self Haynes Haynes

McMillan Hoehn n/a Mossberg Self TM Green n/a Self Self TM

Leupold Lapua H-4198 Leupold Lapua LT-32 Luepold Rem H-4198 Sightron IMI N-140 Weaver Lapua H-322 March 40x Lapua H-4198 Sightron Lapua N-133 Sightron Lapua H-4198 Weaver 36 Lapua H-4198 Weaver Lapua Varget Weaver 36 Lapua H-4198 Weaver Lapua H-4198

34.1 Fed Fed Fed CCI 28.4 CCI 34.2 Fed 28.8 Fed 34.0 Fed 33.0 Fed 32.5 34.2 Fed 32.0 Rem

10-x Berger 68 10-x 115 69 Sierra Column Fowler 117 Conaway 115 Berger Cheeks 118 Cheeks 80 115 Cheeks Cheeks

30x47 HBR 30x44 308S 30 BR 6 BR

Rem 700 Stolle Rem Rattler Rattler

Kreiger Hart Shilen Shilen Shilen

Smart n/a Self Whitebread Whitebread

Corley n/a TM Shultz Shultz

Leu-Pre Luepold Burris Sightron Sightron

45.0 39.4 44.0 34.2 28.0

Chism 150 118 BIB 10-x 150 Bibs 118 Berger

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Lapua Lapua Lap Lapua Lapua

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SRB-118 H-322 Win-748 H-4198 AA 2015

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September, 2014 Precision Rifleman switching winds from the left, right and rear, which were enough to cause everyone problems except for the two men named Chuck. In the VFS class at 100 yards, the winner was Chuck Miller with a 250-12X, second was Ron Hoehn with 249-19X and third was Jeff Conover with 24918X. At 200 yards Chuck again took the lead with Ron a close second and Dennis Boyet taking third with a 2425X. The Grand was a repeat of the 200-yard top three performers. Chuck Miller was clearly the winner with 49914X, second was Ron Hoehn with 49225X and third was Dennis Boyet with 491-17X. This Hunter match was a memorial honoring a hunter competitor of the past...Bill Waldrop. Bill was a great friend to us all and a really dedicated hunter class shooter. At 100 yards the winner was Chuck Hearn with 25014X, Second was Wayne Corley with 249-10X and third was Joe Hemkens with 248-15X. At 200 yards the winner was Wayne Corley with 241-1X, with Chuck Hearn placing second with 240-2X and Paul Hon in third with 2376X. The grand repeated the 200 yard stage with Chuck Hearn in first with 490-16X, Wayne Corley placed second with 490-11X and third was Paul Hon with 485-19X. Thanks to all for coming out. Soon we hope to post results from our Guy Chism and Danny Jarvis Memorial, which is normally our largest score match of the year. Competitor Varmint for Score: Frank Mancuso @100 Frank Mancuso @ 200 Dennis Boyet Jeff Conover @100 Jeff Conover @200 Ron Hoehn Dean Weston Chuck Miller Custom Hunter: Joe Hemkens Clark Greene Wayne Corley Chuck Hearn Paul Hon Matthew Hon Jerry Kloeppel Leon Domijan

June Shooters L-R: Dennis Boyet Chuck Hearn, Wayne Corley, Chuck Miller & Ron Hoehn Varmint For Score 100-Yards Chuck Miller.................... 250-12X Ron Hoehn....................... 249-19X Jeff Conover.................... 249-18X Frank Mancuso.................. 249-12X Dennis Boyet.................... 249-12X Brady Knight.................... 246-14X Den Weston...................... 245-9X 200-Yards Chuck Miller.....................249-2X Ron Hoehn........................ 243-6X Dennis Boyet..................... 242-5X Frank Mancuso................... 242-4X Dean Weston..................... 239-1X Jeff Conover..................... 238-3X Brady Knight...................... 87-0X Grand Aggregate Chuck Miller.................... 499-14X Ron Hoehn....................... 492-25X Dennis Boyet.................... 491-17X Frank Mancuso.................. 491-16X Jeff Conover.................... 487-21X Dean Weston.................... 484-10X Brady Knight.................... 333-14X

Hunter Class 100-Yards Chuck Hearn................... 250-14X Wayne Corley................... 249-10X Joe Hemkens................... 248-15X Paul Hon......................... 248-13X Mathew Hon...................... 246-7X Jerry Kloeppel................... 246-7X Clark Greene..................... 245-9X Leon Domijan.................... 242-8X 200-Yards Wayne Corley...................241-1X Chuck Hearn..................... 240-2X Paul Hon.......................... 237-6X Jerry Kloeppel................... 237-4X Clark Greene..................... 236-3X Joe Hemkens.................... 236-3X Mathew Hon...................... 234-3X Leon Domijan.................... 218-0X Grand Aggregate Chuck Hearn................... 490-16X Wayne Corley................... 490-11X Paul Hon......................... 485-19X Joe Hemkens................... 484-18X Jerry Kloeppel.................. 483-11X Clark Greene.................... 481-12X Mathew Hon..................... 480-10X Leon Domijan.................... 460-8X

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St Louis' Bill Waldrop Memorial & VFS June Match Equipment List Action Barrel Gunsmith Stocker Scope Case Powder

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30 BR 6 BR 30 BR 30 BR 6 BR 30 BR 6 PPC 6 PPC

Shilen Shilen Panda Viper Bat Polar Bat Panda

Shilen Shilen Bartlein Shilen Krieger Bartlein Bartlein Krieger

Shilen Shilen Hoehn Self Self Hoehn Hoehn Miller

MO MO McMillan Self Self TM Hoehn Miller

Leupold Leupold Leupold Sightron Weaver Mar-40 Leupold Weaver 36

Lapua Lapua Lapua Lapua Lapua Lapua Lapua Lapua

34.4 CCI BR CCI BR 34.1 Fed 33 Fed 205 32.5 Fed 205 34.2 205 28 205M 29.9 Fed

Cheeks 118 Cheeks 10-X Cheeks 118 Cheeks 80 Fowler 117 Bart 68 Miller-Time 65BT

30X47 HBR 308 S 30X48 HBR 30X48 HBR 30X44 30X47 HBR 30X44 308S

Rem 700 Rem Stolle Stolle Stolle Rem Stolle Rem

Krieger Lilja Krieger Bartlein Hart Shilen Krieger Shilen

Smart Smart Hoehn Hearn n/a Smart Self Hoehn

Corley Self Self TM n/a TM Self Corley

Leu-Pre Leu Sightron Weaver Luepold Weaver Leupold Weaver

Lapua WW Win WW Lapua

45 46 41 42.3 39.4 42.5 35 42

Chism 150 10-X 150 117 HiScore 130 10-X 118 Bib Berger 150 120 10-X 125 Chism

H-4198 H-4198 H-4198 Varget H-4198 LT-32 N-133

SRB-118 748 N-135 N-135 H-322 N-135 Lapua LT-32 Rem V-135

F210 M Fed Fed Fed Fed Fed Fed Fed BR

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Oak Hill: Swimming Upstream by Cecil Peterson We have all known people and even ourselves who just seem to do things the hard way. They may finish or end up a winner but was theirs an easier way? Is there an easier and more predictable path to success or the winner’s circle? These people right or wrong, seem to be labeled as, “swimming upstream”. At Oak Hill Gun Club, both the April and May match Grand Agg winners did not win a yardage. This certainly does not indicate luck was on their side, but rather they had to shoot both yardages well. The HV100 was controlled by Kenneth Stone followed by Keith Christianson, Larry Caston, Jim Carstensen and Larry Rickertson. Keith Christianson had the small group with a 0.129. The 200 yard event was contested with challenging winds, switches, lulls and quick reversals. These conditions did not bother Jim Carstensen, who bettered Dean Ekstrom, Bob Cotton, Cecil Peterson and Larry Caston. Small group was claimed by Cecil Peterson with a 0.370. The Grand Agg winner for Oak Hill May 25, 2014 Heavy Varmint contest was won by 0.0131 but the winner did not win a yardage. As you can see, this occasionally happens if you are a Hard, Persistent, Never-Give-Up Attitude, but it’s like, “swimming upstream”. Keith Christianson was crowned the winner, (best swimmer), followed by Jim Carstensen, Larry Caston, Dean Ekstrom and Kenneth Stone. Please review the following results. Name Keith Christianson Jim Carstensen Larry Caston Dean Ekstrom Kenneth Stone Jerry King Jerry Wick Bob Cotton Louis Kerhlikar Larry Rickertson Jim Schmidt Wes Johnson Cecil Peterson

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Oak Hill Action BAT Panda BAT BAT BAT BAT BAT Panda BAT Stolle BAT Marsh BAT

Oak Hill Swimmers L-R: Dean Ekstrom, Larry Caston, Kenneth Stone Keith Christiansen, Jim Carstensen & Cecil Peterson There are those who have now shot their group on the sighter portion of the target and there are those who have yet to have this pleasure. I’m sure you can figure out the guilty party. Heavy Varmint 100-Yards Kenneth Stone..................0.2024 Keith Christianson.............. 0.2158 Larry Caston..................... 0.2570 Jim Carstensen.................. 0.3004 Larry Rickertson................. 0.3190 Dean Ekstrom.................... 0.3196 Louis Kerhlikar................... 0.3380 Jerry Wick........................ 0.3528 Jerry King........................ 0.3770 Jim Schmidt...................... 0.4014 Wes Johnson..................... 0.4072 Bob Cotton....................... 0.4524 Cecil Peterson................... 1.0574 Heavy Varmint 200-Yards Jim Carstensen.................0.2706 Dean Ekstrom.................... 0.2939 Bob Cotton....................... 0.3005

Cecil Peterson................... 0.3156 Larry Caston..................... 0.3170 Keith Christianson.............. 0.3290 Jerry King........................ 0.3461 Jerry Wick........................ 0.3754 Louis Kerhlikar................... 0.4418 Kenneth Stone................... 0.4490 Jim Schmidt...................... 0.4649 Larry Rickertson................. 0.5299 Wes Johnson..................... 0.5374 Heavy Varmint Grand Keith Christianson.............0.2724 Jim Carstensen.................. 0.2855 Larry Caston..................... 0.2870 Dean Ekstrom.................... 0.3067 Kenneth Stone................... 0.3257 Jerry King........................ 0.3616 Jerry Wick........................ 0.3641 Bob Cotton....................... 0.3765 Louis Kerhlikar................... 0.3899 Larry Rickertson................. 0.4245 Jim Schmidt...................... 0.4331 Wes Johnson..................... 0.4723 Cecil Peterson................... 0.6865

Gun Club's May Heavy Varmint Equipment List Barrel Stock Mfr Stocker Gunsmith Bullet Krieger Green n/a Self n/a Bartlein Scoville Scoville JLC Bart Bartlein TMBR Meredith Self Berger Bartlein Leonard Leonard Self Barts Bartlein Kelbly n/a JLC Euber Bartlein Scoville Scoville JLC Meyers Bartlein Leonard Leonard Wick Column Bartlein Larson Morris Scott Meyers Krieger TMBR Leonard Simison Barts n/a Borden JLC JLC Barts Bartlein Scoville Scoville Self Meyers Krieger McMillan Ocock KC KC Krieger Scoville Scoville Scott Docs Pills

Powder N133 T32 LT32 N133 N133 N133 N133 XBR n/a n/a N133 LT32 8208

Scope/Pwr Leupold/45 March/60 Leupold/40 March/50 Leupold/36 Leupold/45 Sightron/36 Leupold/45 Leupold/45 Leupold/45 Leupold/45 Weaver/36 March/50

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Sloughhouse Long Range Benchrest by Craig St Claire

May 25, 2014 600-Yard Competition

The day way like any other except the wind was calm throughout the day. This made the 600 yard match much more rewarding. Everyone had a good time. Some of the regulars placed in the top and some new front runners are coming up to bat. It’s nice to mix them up from time to time. No world records broken this time but we’re always watching. I would like to give a special thanks to Gary Childs for helping out with the target measuring and to Mike Mounov for score keeping. Our scoring program isn’t quite refined yet but it’s getting there. After every event, we always enjoy a nice BBQ to finish off the day. Thanks to all the participants who helped out. Light Gun 3-Target Aggregate Norm Matsen.....................3.139 Ron Chisick........................ 3.483 David Lloyd....................... 3.868 Ken Schroeder.................... 3.882 Stu Harvey........................ 4.885 Joe McKee......................... 5.768 Bob Landis........................ 6.004 John McGaughey................. 6.991 Bob Dorton........................ 7.058 Larry Mather...................... 7.623 Wally Larson..................... 11.068 Linda Myers...................... 20.975 Light Gun 3-Target High Score Ron Chisick......................134-1X Bob Landis....................... 128-2X Norm Matson..................... 126-0X Stu Harvey....................... 124.03 Joe McKee........................ 124.00 Larry Mather..................... 118.01 David Lloyd...................... 116.00 Ken Schroeder................... 110.00 John McGaughey................ 101.00 Wally Larson...................... 94.00 Bob Dorton........................ 86.00 Linda Myers....................... 36.01 Heavy Gun 3-Target Aggregate Ken Schroeder...................5.295 Stu Harvey........................ 5.556 Wally Larson...................... 6.210 David Lloyd....................... 6.503 Joe McKee......................... 6.558 Larry Mather...................... 7.523 Bob Landis........................ 7.638

Linda Myers....................... 9.040 Norm Matson...................... 9.095 John McGaughey................. 9.290 Ron Chisick........................ 9.468 Bob Dorton....................... 11.002 Heavy Gun 3-Target High Score Stu Harvey.......................269-2X Joe McKee........................ 249-1X David Lloyd...................... 248-0X Ken Schroeder................... 247-0X Wally Larson..................... 246-2X Larry Mather..................... 245-2X Bob Landis....................... 234-0X Norm Matson..................... 224-0X Linda Myers...................... 221-1X Ron Chisick....................... 204-1X John McGaughey................ 184-0X Bob Dorton....................... 162-0X Two Gun 6-Target Aggregate Ken Schroeder...................4.589 David Lloyd....................... 5.185 Stu Harvey........................ 5.220 Norm Matson...................... 6.117 Joe McKee......................... 6.163 Ron Chisick........................ 6.476 Bob Landis........................ 6.821 Larry Mather...................... 7.573 John McGaughey................. 8.141 Wally Larson...................... 8.639 Bob Dorton........................ 9.030 Linda Myers...................... 15.007 Two Gun 6-Target High Score Stu Harvey.......................393-5X Joe McKee........................ 373-1X David Lloyd...................... 364-0X Larry Mather..................... 363-3X Bob Landis....................... 362-2X Ken Schroeder................... 357-0X Norm Matson..................... 350-0X Wally Larson..................... 340-2X Ron Chisick....................... 338-2X John McGaughey................ 285-0X Linda Myers...................... 257-2X Bob Dorton....................... 248-0X

June 22, 2014 1000-Yard Competition The wind blew like crazy today which made the 1000-yard match much more interesting. If you kept them on paper you win! Everyone had a good time. Two of the top shooters were shooting savages. Thanks to everyone for helping out and to Gary for target measuring

and Wayne Carand for score keeping. Equipment list follows on the next page. Light Gun 3-Target Aggregate Bob Landis.......................11.892 Bill Hubina....................... 12.309 Wally Laursen.................... 12.599 Norm Matson..................... 18.062 Louie Tamagni................... 18.745 Bob Dorton....................... 20.216 Ken Schroeder................... 21.217 Stu Harvey....................... 34.981 Light Gun 3-Target High Score Walley Laursen.................115-1X Bob Dorton....................... 107-0X Norm Matzen.................... 106-1X Bill Hubina....................... 102-0X Louie Tamagni................... 101-0X Ken Schroeder.................... 82-0X Stu Harvey........................ 29-0X Heavy Gun 3-Target Aggregate Bill Hubina.......................13.959 Norm Matzen.................... 13.962 Bob Landis....................... 15.780 Ken Schroeder................... 37.183 Louie Tamagni................... 44.018 Stu Harvey....................... 45.329 Wally Laursen.................... 46.501 Bob Dorton....................... 51.686 Heavy Gun 3-Target High Score Bill Hubina.......................224-1X Norm Matzen.................... 223-1X Bob Landis....................... 196-0X Ken Schroeder................... 165-0X Stu Harvey....................... 143-0X Louie Tamagni................... 140-0X Wally Laursen.................... 135-0X Bob Dorton....................... 108-1X Two Gun 6-Target Aggregate Bill Hubina.......................13.134 Bob Landis....................... 13.836 Norm Matzen.................... 16.012 Ken Schroeder................... 29.200 Wally Laursen.................... 29.550 Louie Tamagni................... 31.381 Bob Dorton....................... 35.951 Stu Harvey....................... 40.155 Two Gun 6-Target High Score Norm Matzen....................329-2X Bill Hubina....................... 326-1X Bob Landis....................... 292-0X Wally Laursen.................... 250-1X Ken Schroeder................... 247-0X Louie Tamagni................... 241-0X Bob Dorton....................... 215-1X Stu Harvey....................... 172-0X

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Name Ken Schroeder Norm Matson Bob Landis Bill Hubina Louie Tamagni Stu Harvey Bob Dorton Wally Laursen

Caliber 6BR 6BRX 6BR 6X47 6BR Louie 6 BRDX 300 WSM 6Dasher

Sloughhouse Benchrest Shooters June 22, 2014 1000-Yard Equipment List Action Barrel Stocker Scope/Pwr Powder Bullet BAT Bartlein McMillan Nightforce/50X Varget Sierra 107 Savage Bartlein SSS Dogtrick Sightron 6x24 Varget Berger Hybrid 105 Savage Criterian Savage Weaver/36 Varget Berger VLD 105 Barnard Bartlein WD Nightforce 4350 Berger Kelbly Bartlein McMillan Nightforce R15 Berger Hybrid 105 Kelbly Bartlein Kelbly Sightron Varget Stu's 104 n/a Krieger Borden Leupold MagPro Sierra 175 n/a Brux McMillan Sightron/50X Varget Sierra 107

Primer CCI BR Wolf SRMAG Wolf SRMAG 450 450 Remington Winchester Wolf SRMAG

Trigger Jewell Savage Savage Barnard Kelbly Kelbly Jewell Jewell

Land’s End Benchrest Group Competition by Truman Wilson

May 16-17, 2014 HV Leg of 4-Gun Challenge With the temperature in the low 40’s under a bright blue sky, twenty eight competitors along with crew and guests gathered for a short dedication ceremony of bench 7 that Bobby Prather used in his last “home range” competition. Bobby enjoyed shooting his UNL and took great delight in winning a yardage and placing second in the Grand from that bench in July of 2013. Bobby knew how to have fun and it seemed that fun followed and even sought him out when things got dull. In the future we will all remember the harmless pranks and hardy laughs that followed Bobby whenever we see his brass plaque on his last bench. In a gentle switching breeze, Dennis Prendergast shot a .175 for the first small group of the day in the LV100. Visitor and Dasher-Dan Dowling relative, Daryl Dudley claimed the second small group with a .174. In the third match Tom Stiner pulled out all the stops and shot a .108 which was also the yardage small group. Lowell Frei was steadily gaining ground and took a big step forward on the fourth target with a .112 small group. As lunch time neared, the temperature was warming up and so was the competition as Larry White shot a .164 for the small group. Larry’s effort was too little too late, He finished second to Lowell Frei in the aggregate. Target frames were moved to 200 and a tasty lunch under our belts, we started the LV200 with temperatures in the mid 50’s and slightly more vig-

orous breezes. Dave Tunbridge took the first match with a .517 and also took the third match with a .310. First time shooter Kelly Ellis shot a .560 on the second target in thickening mirage. Jumping to the fourth match, Cliff McNairy who has attended every competition ever held at Lands End, shot a .384 for small group. On the last target Mike Beard got the small group with a .598. Cliff McNairy, with only one target over an inch, took the aggregate. Sunday morning was bright and clear with temperatures in the high 40’s. By noon it warmed to the low 60’s with switching, brisk breezes and a good bit of mirage. The HV200 started at 8AM with Mike Beard leading the parade with a .452 small group for the first match. Second match went to Truman Wilson with a .495. The third match went to steady shooting Dave Gibson with a .311. On the fourth target Lowell Frei got his foot in the door with a .532 small group. The fifth small group went to nice guy Jack Duncan from the eastern slope with a .320. Three titans battled it out, with Gibson finishing in first, Beard in second, and Frei in third for the agg. Sunday after a catered BBQ lunch and target frames moved to 100yds, we started the HV100. Lowell Frei took the first match with a .220 small group. Larry White (from the neighborhood) took the second match with a .242. Tom Stiner took the third match with a .182 and thought he was going to get the Small Group Lizard, but he didn’t. On the fourth target Lowell Frei displayed his skill

by taking Stiner’s Lizard from him with a .179 small group. The fifth match was won by Wyoming citizen Dennis Prendergast with a .241 and steady-shooting Larry White took the aggregate. The results follow. Thanks to the new competitors and old friends for shooting with us. We appreciate your efforts and patronage and look forward to seeing all those determined faces in the future. To those of you following “Fang“, the LEBR mascot lizard saga; There was no confirmed sighting, but there were probable tracks in the soft dirt and several bones near a hole in the dirt bank. Light Varmint 100-Yards Lowell Frei......................0.2312 Larry White...................... 0.2686 Joe Olas.......................... 0.2834 Dave Gibson...................... 0.2858 Bud Schalles..................... 0.2984 Tom Stiner........................ 0.3020 Dennis Prendergast............. 0.3088 Cliff McNairy..................... 0.3100 Jack Duncan..................... 0.3148 Muriel Hensley................... 0.3164 Small Group Tom Stiner......................... 0.108 Light Varmint 200-Yards Cliff McNairy....................0.3338 Dave Gibson...................... 0.4019 Larry White...................... 0.4202 Doug Schwind.................... 0.4281 Bruce Black...................... 0.4364 Mike Beard....................... 0.4381 Jack Dincan...................... 0.4698 Dave Tunbridge.................. 0.4778 Truman Wilson................... 0.5030 Ron Helsley...................... 0.5163 Small Group Dave Tunbridge................... 0.310

September, 2014 Precision Rifleman Light Varmint Grand Cliff McNairy....................0.3219 Dave Gibson...................... 0.3439 Larry White...................... 0.3444 Doug Schwind.................... 0.3760 Mike Beard....................... 0.3850 Lowell Frei....................... 0.3885 Jack Duncan..................... 0.3923 Bud Schalles..................... 0.4107 Bruce Black...................... 0.4161 Tom Stiner........................ 0.4180 Heavy Varmint 100-Yards Larry White.....................0.2928 Lowell Frei....................... 0.3152 Truman Wilson................... 0.3380 Bruce Black...................... 0.3586 Jack Duncan..................... 0.3790 Mike Beard....................... 0.3800 Ron Hensley...................... 0.3810 Muriel Hensley................... 0.3828 Tom Stiner........................ 0.3850 Joe Olas.......................... 0.3870 Small Group Lowell Frei........................ 0.179 Heavy Varmint 200-Yards Dave Gibson.....................0.2922 Mike Beard....................... 0.3358 Lowell Frei....................... 0.3437 Daryl Dudley..................... 0.3627 Ron Hensley...................... 0.3703 Bruce Black...................... 0.3741 Truman Wilson................... 0.3967 Jack Duncan..................... 0.4047 Brandon McNairy................ 0.4056 Dave Tunbridge.................. 0.4071 Small Group Dave Gibson....................... 0.311 Heavy Varmint Grand Lowell Frei......................0.3295 Mike Beard....................... 0.3579 Bruce Black...................... 0.3664 Truman Wilson................... 0.3674 Ron Hensley...................... 0.3757 Daryl Dudley..................... 0.3860 Larry White...................... 0.3891 Jack Duncan..................... 0.3919 Dave Gibson...................... 0.3958 Dave Tunbridge.................. 0.4050 Two Gun Lowell Frei......................0.3590 Larry White...................... 0.3668 Dave Gibson...................... 0.3698 Mike Beard....................... 0.3714 Bruce Black...................... 0.3912 Jack Duncan..................... 0.3921 Cliff McNairy..................... 0.3933 Truman Wilson................... 0.4041 Ron Hensley...................... 0.4063 Daryl Dudley..................... 0.4132

Tyler is Best In The West

By Mark Motsko, Whittington Center Benchrest Match Director Raton opens with a bang, as WBC12 members Tyler & Adams vie for the Alvin Davidson Memorial Trophy at the Best in the West... An unusually wet and cool Memorial Day weekend greeted 39 shooters for the 2014 Best in the West shoot at the picturesque Whittington Center in New Mexico. Temperatures were in the low 70’s with bright sun, winds switched by the hour and even some afternoon thunderstorms on Saturday brought a little hail. Shooters experienced every kind of weather in a few short hours. Saturday morning started off calm, as was indicated by the numerous small groups in the first two LV100 matches. Raton newbie (as this reporter has been covering the shoots for four years now and can’t remember meeting him) George Lozano out of California started hot with a .129 in the first match followed closely by Ed Maxwell with a .144. Charles Huckeba shot a .184 while Albuquerque’s Amanda Lax, who only three short years ago was running targets for this shoot, rounded out the top five with a .194. In the second match, Dr. Bart Carl’s .158 put him in the lead, while Dean Thomas moved to second. Lozano held third. Larry White’s .115 in the second match moved him to fourth place while Ray Barnes moved into 5th. White’s small group held up in the third match, but a .315 dropped him to 8th place. Lozano regained the lead after the third match with a .172, while Ed Adams’ .185 moved him into second place. Chuck Miller, Bob Brackney and Jim Hemmert all shot sub .200’s to take spots three through five. Brackney’s hot hand continued in the fourth match, as a .113 won him the trophy for small group and a nice little cash prize. Additionally he leapfrogged the field to the top spot, bumping Lozano to 2nd, Adams to 3rd, Miller to 4th and Hemmert to 5th. Brackney shot a .240 in the final match of the morning, but it couldn’t keep him from holding off Ed Adams for the win, whose .149 was small group for the fifth and final match with an agg of .1904. Adams was

looking to make it four in a row for the Alvin Davidson trophy, as he won the Best in the West in 2011, 2012, and 2013. Brackney finished second with a .2000 agg, while Todd ‘Catfish’ Tyler took home the third place trophy with a .2206. George Lozano finished fourth with a .2236 and Butch Fjoser rounded out the top five with a .2256. After lunch the winds picked up a little bit, but that didn’t keep Adams from continuing his hot streak as he shot out of the gate with a .166 for the first match of the HV100. Dennis Wagner was on his heels with a .175 while Todd Tyler’s .198 was good for third place. Lowell Frei’s .213 and Richard Brensing’s (great to see you back in Raton, Richard) .239 rounded out the top five. Adams’ bested his first match score with a .161 in the second, while Wagner remained in second with a .219. Bud Mundy’s .181 pushed Tyler into fourth place while Bob Brackney’s .205 moved him to fifth. Adams opened the door for the field as a .458 in the third match dropped him to fifth place. Dennis Wagner seized the opportunity with a .243 to take the top spot, with Mundy in second, Tom Libby III’s .161 vaulted him into third place one spot ahead of Tyler. Dewayne Stafford sat in the middle of the pack, but his .157 in the third match won him the small group trophy and a cash prize. After the fourth match Wagner continued to lead with a .194, but Adams’s .245 got him back into the thick of things in second place as his competitors didn’t fair as well. Mundy held onto the third spot with a .216 while Tyler remained in fourth with a .281. Durward Wofford’s .196 jumped him into fifth. A few years ago, the then head coach of the Kansas City Chiefs famously responded to a reporter’s questions with the answer “You play to win the game!” As we all know, in benchrest where anything and everything could happen, the standings after four matches are not indicative of anything. Todd ‘Catfish’ Tyler plays to win the game. His .219 in the final match of the day gave him a winning agg of

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.2556. But Ed Adams has also been known to play to win. Today however, his final match score of .249 was only good enough for second, with an achingly close agg of .2558! Dennis Wagner won the third place trophy with a .2570, while Mundy’s .2620 and Brackney’s .2724 placed them in fourth and fifth, respectively. After the targets were moved to 200 yards, the shooters practiced for a couple of hours before the aforementioned thunderstorm with hail ended most competitors practice time. Sunday morning, calm winds allowed Todd Tyler to stay hot with a .146 in the first match of the HV200. Tyler walked off with a small group trophy and cash prize for his efforts. The question then on everyone’s mind was would he be able to fend off the rest of the field for the next four matches. Tyler was still in first after the second match, with a .541. Lowell Frei’s .394 moved him into second, while Larry Leser’s .482 put him in third. Ed Adams and Tyler Adams rounded out the top five. After three, Tyler maintained his lead, while Leser and Frei leap-frogged each other for second and third place. Tyler Adams moved into fourth while Dave Gibson’s .511 raised him to the fifth spot. Todd Tyler widened his lead after the fourth match, while Keith Cottrell, who we hadn’t seen in New Mexico since 2012, moved into second place, jumping over Frei, Leser and Gibson. Could Tyler run wire to wire in the HV200? The answer was a resounding ‘yes’. Tyler’s .417 in the fifth match sealed the deal for the Rio Ranchoan with a .2095 agg, while Gibson’s .386, the small group of the fifth match won him the trophy for second place with a .2456 agg. Keith Cottrell won a trophy (but just missed the cash prize) for third place with a .2471. Frei’s .2482 was small enough for fourth place, while Larry White’s .2886 gave him fifth. In the HV Grand Agg, Tyler took first with a .2325 with Ed Adams coming in second with a .2824. Keith Cottrell didn’t seem to lose any accuracy with his year long absence finishing third at .2964 while George Lozano and Charles Huckeba rounded out the top five shooting .2966 and .2989 respectively. Trying to keep the most ideal conditions, the LV200 began immediately

following the Heavy Varmint. Keith Cottrell continued his hot hand with a .347 out of the gate followed by Ed Maxwell’s .366, Dean Thomas’ .417, Charles Huckeba’s .421 and Bud Mundy’s .481. Cottrell maintained his lead after the second match with a .585, while Michael Beard’s .477 moved him into second. Mundy, George Lozano, and Lowell Frei rounded out the top five. Ed Adams’ .335 won him the small group for the shoot, and a nice little cash prize. After an early lunch, Lozano bumped Cottrell for the top spot after the third match with a .459. Adams moved into third, followed by Mundy and Frei. After four, Adams moved into the top spot with a match small group of .350. Cottrell and Lozano switched second and third place. Mundy remained in fourth, and Bob Brackney took fifth. Once the dust settled after the final match of the weekend, Todd Tyler’s late surge couldn’t quite over take Adams for the top spot of the LV200. Adams’ agg of .2822 bested Tyler’s .3112, Brackney’s .3118, Lozano’s .3131 and Mundy’s .3465. But would it be enough to maintain possession of the traveling Davidson trophy? In the Light Grand Agg, Adam’s walked away with the first place trophy with a .2383. Bob Brackney finished second at .2559, Todd Tyler third with .2659, George Lozano’s .2684 won him the fourth place trophy and Charles Huckeba rounded out the top five with a .2932. Finally, when the computer calculated all the numbers, the winner of the 2014 Best of the West shoot was Todd Tyler! Tyler breaks Adams three year win streak and regains the title he won in 2010 by a score of .2492 to .2594. George Lozano’s .2825 placed him in third, followed by Bob Brackney’s .2888 and Charles Huckeba’s .2961. Light Varmint 100-Yards Ed Adams........................0.1904 Bob Brackney.................... 0.2000 Todd Tyler........................ 0.2206 George Lozano.................. 0.2236 Butch Fjoser..................... 0.2256 Charles Huckeba................ 0.2322 Lowell Frei....................... 0.2328 Jim Hemmert.................... 0.2338 Lou Murdica...................... 0.2442 Jack Snyder...................... 0.2532 Light Varmint 200-Yards Ed Adams........................0.2822

Todd Tyler........................ 0.3112 Bob Brackney.................... 0.3118 George Lozano.................. 0.3131 Bud Mundy....................... 0.3465 Keith Cottrell.................... 0.3468 Charles Huckeba................ 0.3543 Chuck Miller..................... 0.3558 Lowell Frei....................... 0.3668 Dave Gibson...................... 0.3679 Light Varmint Grand Ed Adams........................0.2363 Bob Brackney.................... 0.2559 Todd Tyler........................ 0.2659 George Lozano.................. 0.2684 Charles Huckeba................ 0.2932 Lowell Frei....................... 0.2998 Bud Mundy....................... 0.3079 Chuck Miller..................... 0.3083 Keith Cottrell.................... 0.3093 Butch Fjoser..................... 0.3178 Heavy Varmint 100-Yards Todd Tyler.......................0.2556 Ed Adams......................... 0.2558 Dennis Wagner................... 0.2570 Bud Mundy....................... 0.2620 Bob Brackney.................... 0.2724 Durward Wofford................ 0.2834 Charles Huckeba................ 0.2862 George Lozano.................. 0.2952 Aaron French.................... 0.2988 Michael Beard................... 0.3136 Heavy Varmint 200-Yards Todd Tyler.......................0.2095 Dave Gibson...................... 0.2456 Keith Cottrell.................... 0.2471 Lowell Frei....................... 0.2482 Larry White...................... 0.2886 George Lozano.................. 0.2981 Richard Brensing................ 0.3051 Ed Adams......................... 0.3090 Charles Huckeba................ 0.3117 Chuck Miller..................... 0.3158 Heavy Varmint Grand Todd Tyler.......................0.2325 Ed Adams......................... 0.2824 Keith Cottrell.................... 0.2964 George Lozano.................. 0.2966 Charles Huckeba................ 0.2989 Lowell Frei....................... 0.3035 Dennis Wagner................... 0.3101 Richard Brensing................ 0.3129 Chuck Miller..................... 0.3151 Bud Mundy....................... 0.3160 Two Gun Todd Tyler.......................0.2492 Ed Adams......................... 0.2594 George Lozano.................. 0.2825 Bob Brackney.................... 0.2888 Charles Huckeba................ 0.2961 Lowell Frei....................... 0.3016

September, 2014 Precision Rifleman Keith Cottrell.................... 0.3029 Chuck Miller..................... 0.3117 Bud Mundy....................... 0.3119 Richard Brensing................ 0.3280 Tom Libby........................ 0.3288 Larry Baggett.................... 0.3314 Dennis Wagner................... 0.3340 Tyler Adams...................... 0.3356 Larry White...................... 0.3424 Jack Snyder...................... 0.3446 Aaron French.................... 0.3494 Jim Hemmert.................... 0.3497 Butch Fjoser..................... 0.3611 Lou Murdica...................... 0.3715 Shooter Light Varmint: Ed Admas Bob Brackney Todd Tyler George Lozano Charles Huckeba Heavy Varmint: Todd Tyler Ed Adams Keith Cottrell George Lozano Charles Huckeba

L-R: Greg Smith, Bob Brackney, Ed Adams, Keith Cottrell, Bud Mundy, Roy Damron, Mike Cordes & Roger Tillery. Photo by Mark Motsko. Best in the West Equipment List Gunsmith Stock Bullet/Weight Powder/Charge

Action

Caliber Barrel

Farley Marsh Bat Bat Bat 3 Lug

6PPC 6PPC 6PPC 6PPC 6PPC

Bartlein Gain Krieger Krieger Krieger Bartlein

Adams Brackney Baggett Ocock Scovell

Barden Brackney Scoville Mem/Bruno Scovell

66 Millers Miller 65 Miller Time Miller 66 BT 68 GBT

V-133 28.3 8208 29.0 133 LT 32 28.3 V133 29.7

Sightron/36 Leupold/35 March/40 Leupold/45 March/40

205M 7 1/2 205M 205M 205

Bat Farley Bat Bat Bat 3 Lug

6PPC 6PPC 6PPC 6PPC 6PPC

Krieger Bartlein Gain Bartlein Krieger Bartlein

Baggett Adams Ocock Ocock Scovell

Scoville Barden Bat Mem/Bruno Scovell

Miller Time 66 Millers Rubright Miller 66 BT 68 GBT

133 V-133 28.3 N/A LT 32 28.3 V133 29.7

March/40 Sightron/36 n/a Leupold/45 March/40

205M 205M N/A 205M 205

Gary Ocock Wins at Visalia The May Visalia match had seventeen participants; slightly down due to some shooters going to the Super Shoot and other matches. The weather was pleasant for the weekend with temperatures staying under 90. A stiff breeze made for a challenging two days of shooting. The light Varmint 100 yard match

was won by Norm Jeffery with a .2466 aggregate. Dennis Thornbury took second place with a .2484 aggregate. Marty Childers won the small group trophy with a .151. Gary Ocock shot a .3150 aggregate to win the Light Varmint first place trophy in the 200 yard match. A .3361 aggregate took second place for Bill Mel-

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lor. Gary Ocock shot a .401 for the small group trophy. The Light Varmint Grand aggregate first place trophy was won by Gary Ocock shooting a .2904 aggregate. Norm Jeffery won second place with a .3027 aggregate and Lawrence Weisdorn shot a .3141 aggregate for third. Art Kawai Shot a .2732 aggregate in the Heavy Varmint 100 yard match to win the first place trophy. Placing second with a .2894 aggregate was Gary Ocock. Norm Jeffery won third place with a .2906 aggregate. Dan Lutke shot a .094 screamer to win the small group trophy. The 200-yard First place trophy was won by George Lozano with a .2768 aggregate. Gary Ocock placed second with a .2958 aggregate. A .3121 aggregate won third place for Art Kawai. Dennis Thornbury shot a .325 group in the first match which held up to win the Small group trophy.

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Visalia Shooters L-R: Bill Mellor, George Lozano, Norm Jeffery, Lawrence Weisdorn, Joe Stanovich, Dennis Thornbury & Art Kawai The winner of the Heavy Varmint Grand aggregate could not have been any closer. Gary Ocock won the first place trophy with a .2926 aggregate. The second place trophy was won by Art Kawai with a .2927 aggregate. George Lozano placed third with a .3059 aggregate. Congratulations to Gary and thank you to everyone for attending. Heavy Varmint 100-Yards Art Kawai........................0.2732 Gary Ocock....................... 0.2894 Norm Jeffery.................... 0.2906 Lawrence Weisdorn............. 0.2942 Dennis Thornbury............... 0.3030 Bill Mellor........................ 0.3078 Don Forbes....................... 0.3156 Marty Childers................... 0.3168 Don Nielson...................... 0.3208 Joe Stanovich.................... 0.3232

Name Light Varmint: Gary Ocock Norm Jeffery Lawrence Weisdorn Bill Mellor Joe Stanovich Heavy Varmint: Gary Ocock Art Kawai George Lozano Lawrence Weisdorn Dennis Thornbury

Small Group Dan Lutke......................... 0.094 Heavy Varmint 200-Yards George Lozano..................0.2768 Gary Ocock....................... 0.2958 Art Kawai......................... 0.3121 Joe Stanovich.................... 0.3422 Dennis Thornbury............... 0.3441 Lawrence Weisdorn............. 0.3483 Norm Jeffery.................... 0.3857 Francis Lee....................... 0.3981 Don Nielson...................... 0.4026 Dan Lutke........................ 0.4042 Small Group Dennis Thornbury................ 0.325 Heavy Varmint Grand Gary Ocock......................0.2926 Art Kawai......................... 0.2927 George Lozano.................. 0.3059 Lawrence Weisdorn............. 0.3212 Dennis Thornbury............... 0.3235

Joe Stanovich.................... 0.3327 Norm Jeffery.................... 0.3381 Don Forbes....................... 0.3616 Don Nielson...................... 0.3617 Bill Mellor........................ 0.3671 Light Varmint 100-Yards Norm Jeffery....................0.2466 Dennis Thornbury............... 0.2484 Joe Stanovich.................... 0.2510 Gary Ocock....................... 0.2658 Lawrence Weisdorn............. 0.2692 Don Forbes....................... 0.2892 Dan Lutke........................ 0.2924 George Lozano.................. 0.2942 Bill Mellor........................ 0.2974 Marty Childers................... 0.3178 Small Group Marty Childers.................... 0.151 Light Varmint 200-Yards Bill Mellor........................0.3256 Gary Ocock....................... 0.3436 Steve Epstein.................... 0.3786 Art Kawai......................... 0.3787 Lawrence Weisdorn............. 0.3811 Norm Jeffery.................... 0.3960 Dan Lutke........................ 0.4103 Don Nielson...................... 0.4149 George Lozano.................. 0.4165 Marty Childers................... 0.4205 Small Group Lawrence Weisdorn.............. 0.418 Light Varmint Grand Gary Ocock......................0.2904 Norm Jeffery.................... 0.3027 Lawrence Weisdorn............. 0.3141 Bill Mellor........................ 0.3167 Joe Stanovich.................... 0.3246 Dan Lutke........................ 0.3340 George Lozano.................. 0.3377 Don Forbes....................... 0.3625 Art Kawai......................... 0.3659 Robert Seamann................. 0.3663

Visalia Sportsman's Club May Equipment List Caliber Action Scope Barrel Gunsmith Stocker

Case

Load Primer Bullet

6PPC 6PPC 6PPC 6PPC 6PPC

Marsh BAT BAT BAT Panda

Leupold Leu-Tuk March Leupold March

Krieger Ocock Krieger Sakai Krieger Sosenko Krieger Iwatsubo Krieger Ocock

Ocock Iwatsubo n/a Iwatsubo Ocock

Lapua Lapua Lapua Lapua Lapua

8208 8208 N133 8208 LT32

205 205M 205M 205M 205

Ocock Bishop Bart's Bishop Miller

6PPC 6PPC 6PPC 6PPC 6PPC

Marsh BAT BAT BAT BAT 3-L

Leupold Leupold Leupold March March

Krieger Bartlien Krieger Krieger Bartlien

Ocock McMillan Ocock n/a Six

Lapua Lapua Lapua Lapua Lapua

8208 V133 LT32 N133 LT32

205 205M 205 205M 205M

Ocock Mel Miller Bart's Miller

Ocock Ocock Ocock Sosenko Nielson

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Oak Hill Gun Club’s The Whipping Post June 15, 2014 The whipping post is a place where public humiliation/pain taken place. This has been so in the past and remains so today. We witnessed such a whipping of gentlemen benchrest shooters at Oak Hill on this day. An “out-of-towner” showed up wanting to know where the shoot was. Well, he was bigger than most of us, so we let him stick around and tried not to make him mad. He put his stuff on bench 3 and said, “let’s get this shoot going before I have to go home and crush some rock.” (We all thought at this time that he must have been a prison escapee...don’t want to make this one mad.) Well, the weather was beautiful, skies clear and wind from everywhere at all speeds, so we began. This “outof towner” also had the weatherman buffaloed in that conditions for bench 3 were calm all day, while the rest of us had to put up with winds from the local hurricane. It must have been this way because I can find no other explanation how he could beat us experienced gentlemen at our own game. The “Rock Crusher” had a score at the 100 yard whipping post of 0.1950 with his closest competition of 0.2910. We knew at this point the whipping was starting and we had better get serious or he was going to take all our wood home with him. Our best shooters, Jim Carstensen, Dean Ekstrom, Jerry King and Mike Bigelow fought courageously and even Jerry King beat everyone with one group...except the “Rock Crusher”. We tried the same game at the 200 yard whipping post but the “Rock Crusher” had a score of 0.2497 and our local boys best score was 0.3013. We were asking for “Mercy” at this point and requesting the shoot to stop.

Name Dave Coots Mike Bigelow Paul Whitmore Ron Berg Mike Godman Keith Christianson

Cartridge 6PPC 6PPC 6PPC n/a 47 WD

As we were leaving, the “Rock Crusher” was asking if anyone had directions to St Louis. He heard there was a “shoot” there in a few days and was thinking about just showing up! Listed separately is whipping statistics and the name of our “Out-of-Towner, AKA Rock Crusher”. Light Varmint 100-Yards Dave Coots......................0.1950 Jim Carstensen.................. 0.2910 Dean Ekstrom.................... 0.2950 Jerry King........................ 0.2966 Mike Bigelow..................... 0.2992 Larry Rickertson................. 0.3364 Jim Schmidt...................... 0.3382 Jerry Wick........................ 0.3440 Paul Whitmore................... 0.3552 Light Varmint 200-Yards Dave Coots......................0.3043 Jerry King........................ 0.3240 Jim Carstensen.................. 0.3448 Dean Ekstrom.................... 0.3562

Bob Cotton....................... 0.3572 Jerry Wick........................ 0.3743 Larry Rickertson................. 0.3757 Kenneth Stone................... 0.3770 Larry Caston..................... 0.4266 Keith Christianson.............. 0.4277 Light Varmint Grand Dave Coots......................0.2497 Jerry King........................ 0.3103 Jim Carstensen.................. 0.3179 Dean Ekstrom.................... 0.3256 Larry Rickertson................. 0.3561 Jerry Wick........................ 0.3591 Bob Cotton....................... 0.3615 Mike Bigelow..................... 0.3730 Jim Schmidt...................... 0.3914 Keith Christianson.............. 0.4058 Larry Caston..................... 0.4094 Paul Whitmore................... 0.4261 Kenneth Stone................... 0.4434 Wes Johnston.................... 0.4635 Ron Berg.......................... 0.4845 Cecil Peterson................... 0.4996 Mike Godman.................... 0.8838

Oak Hill Gun Club's June Light Varmint Equipment List Action Barrel Stock Mfr Stocker Gunsmith Bullet BAT Bartlein Leonard Meredith Ocock Miller BAT Krieger McMillan Self Self BIB Stiller Shillen n/a Bigelow Bigelow BIB Viper n/a n/a n/a n/a BIB Remington Bartlein 700 HS n/a Knapp n/a BAT Hart Leonard Leonard Self Ulrich

Powder LT32 N133 N133 n/a n/a N133

Scope/Pwr March/50 Leupold/45 Leupold n/a Leupold Leupold/45

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Yellowstone Rifle Club by Ryan Lienemann, Match Director

Spring Hunter & VFS Match Tim Naugle Wins Hunter & Russell Cree Takes VFS The benchrest shooters who attended the May 24-25 HBR/VFS match at the Yellowstone Rifle Club in Billings Montana took advantage of the favorable shooting conditions to start off the season with some great scores. Temperatures were in the 60s all weekend with mild winds & partly cloudy skies. Things got underway on Saturday morning with the 100-yard HBR match. The first few record targets saw a dropped point for most of the shooters, but soon the boys had their rifles all warmed up and their game faces on. Durwood Hansen took first place with a 250-19X. Second was Ryan Lienemann with a 250-9X followed by Jack Foster in third with a 249-17X. After lunch we rotated five benches and moved on to the 200-yard HBR match. The wind picked up a bit in the afternoon, with some surprise attacks that caused a few more dropped points along with some corresponding remarks of discontent from the firing line. First place went to Tim Naugle with a 248-12X, Ryan Lienemann posted a 247-7X that took second place and Russell Cree was not far behind with a 247-4X for third. The 200-yard scores drove the HBR grand aggregates with repeat wins by Tim Naugle in first place with a 49725X. Ryan Lienemann took home the second place trophy with a 497-16X and Russell Cree held on for third with a 496-19X. Durwood Hansen got the prize for the most X’s with 26. We returned to the range on Sunday morning to commence with the 200yard VFS match and were greeted by nearly dead calm conditions that lasted throughout the rest of the day. This led to an amazing number of perfectscore targets with high X counts. Several of the first place scores were near world records. The veteran shooters in attendance could not remember when so many 250’s had been shot on this range during a single match. At

200-yards Dave Hellekson came out on top and took first place with a 250-12X that was just a couple of X’s less than the current world record. Durwood Hansen was next in line with his 25011X for second, and third place went to Tim Naugle with a 250-10X. A total of six shooters posted 250 scores at 200 yards! Everyone refueled with another tasty lunch and then we rotated another five benches and started up the 100-yard VFS match to round out the weekend. The calm conditions continued and six more 250 scores were put on the board. Russell Cree got first place and nearly achieved perfection with a 250-23X that was also just a couple of X’s less than the current world record. Bob Lunder posted a fine 250-21X that took second place and Durwood Hansen won the tie for third with a score of 250-20X. In the VFS grand aggregate, perfect

scores of 500 ran all the way through fifth place! Russell Cree got the first place trophy with a 500-32X that was again approaching the existing world record. Durwood Hansen came in second with a 500-31X and Dave Hellekson won the tie for third with a 50029X. Russell Cree put up the most X’s in VFS with a count of 32. I want to congratulate the winners and give a big thanks to my wife Ginger Lienemann for putting on the lunches and also running the target crew along with Hailey Anderson and my two sons Kyle and Tyler Lienemann. Thanks also to everyone who attended the match and supported the Yellowstone Club. Hunter Benchrest 100-Yards Durwood Hansen.............. 250-19X Ryan Lienemann................. 250-9X Jack Foster...................... 249-17X Russell Cree..................... 249-15X

September, 2014 Precision Rifleman Richard Lynn.................... 249-15X Bob Lunder...................... 249-14X Tim Naugle...................... 249-13X Bob Marostica.................... 246-6X 200-Yards Tim Naugle..................... 248-12X Ryan Lienemann................. 247-7X Russell Cree...................... 247-4X Durwood Hansen................ 243-7X Bob Lunder....................... 241-8X Jack Foster....................... 241-7X Bob Marostica.................... 236-2X Richard Lynn..................... 235-0X Grand Aggregate Tim Naugle..................... 497-25X Ryann Lienemann.............. 497-16X Russell Cree..................... 496-19X Durwood Hansen............... 493-26X Name Hunter Benchrest: Tim Naugle Ryan Lienemann Russell Cree Durwood Hansen Jack Foster Bob Lunder Richard Lynn Bob Marostica Varmint For Score: Russell Cree Durwood Hansen Dave Hellekson Bob Lunder Tim Naugle Jack Foster Ryan Lienemann Richard Lynn Bob Marostica

Jack Foster...................... 490-24X Bob Lunder...................... 490-22X Richard Lynn.................... 484-15X Bob Marostica.................... 482-8X Varmint For Score Benchrest 100-Yards Russell Cree.................... 259-23X Bob Lunder...................... 250-21X Durwood Hansen............... 250-20X Jack Foster...................... 250-20X Tim Naugle...................... 250-17X Dave Hellekson................. 250-17X Richard Lynn.................... 249-13X Ryan Lienemann................ 249-10X Bob Marostica.................... 246-8X 200-Yards Dave Hellekson................ 250-12X Durwood Hansen............... 250-11X

Tim Naugle...................... 250-10X Russell Cree...................... 250-9X Bob Lunder....................... 250-8X Ryan Lienemann................. 250-4X Jack Foster...................... 249-10X Richard Lynn..................... 248-4X Bob Marostica.................... 236-3X Grand Aggregate Russell Cree.................... 500-32X Durwood Hansen............... 500-31X Dave Hellekson................. 500-29X Bob Lunder...................... 500-29X Tim Naugle...................... 500-27X Jack Foster...................... 499-30X Ryan Lienemann................ 499-14X Richard Lynn.................... 497-17X Bob Marostica................... 482-11X

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Lilja Lilja Lilja Lilja Krieger Krieger Shilen n/a

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FED 210 FED 210M CCI FED FED 205 FED 205 FED 205M FED

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EGR 119 Naugle 135 ERB Carpenter 125 RC 110/BIB 118 Small 112 Barts 65 Carpenter

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St Louisâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; East-West Show-Me Shootout Billy Stevens ALMOST Stopped the Unstoppable Tony Boyer by Nancy Scarbrough The 11th Annual East-West Show-Me Shootout had 112 shooters who came to St Louis to scratch and claw their way to obtain WBC points. Stormy weather was in the forecast but it held off until late afternoon and into the night, making Saturday & Sunday HOT-HUMID with CALM Conditions. To start us out, Tony Alexander was on fire and won the LV100 with a .1536 agg. He also shot the small group with a .087. Switching to HV100 in the afternoon Mike Bryant won with a .1744 agg and Bob Scarbrough Jr. took the small group with a .084. Sunday morning we started out with HV200. Conditions were very calm which allowed for a lot of small groups. Billy Stevens shot a .1741 agg. in the HV200 and Tony Boyer snagged the small group shooting a .184. Finishing off the match in the afternoon, Tony Boyer won the LV200 with a .2003 agg and small group was shot by Greg King with a .201. When it was all said and done, Tony Boyer won the LV Grand shooting a .1935 and Billy Stevens emerged master of the HV Grand with his .1849 agg. With the calculations for the Two-Gun completed, it was hats off to the unstoppable Tony Boyer with a .1956. The BRRC would like to thank all the shooters who came out and participated. A special thank you to the target crew who worked tirelessly running targets in such undesirable weather and to the people behind the scene who made it possible; Scorer, Statistician, Range Master and Scott Piper. Without them this match would not be possible. Heavy Varmint 100-Yards Mike Bryant.....................0.1744 Bob Hammack................... 0.1786 Jeff Graves....................... 0.1788 Wayne Campbell................ 0.1844 Lee Hachigian................... 0.1870 Billy Stevens..................... 0.1958 Bart Sauter....................... 0.1970 Lowell Hottenstein............. 0.2000 Chris Harris...................... 0.2032

Gene Bukys....................... 0.2038 Heavy Varmint 200-Yards Billy Stevens....................0.1741 Tony Boyer....................... 0.1825 Dean Ekstrom.................... 0.1838 Mark Buettgen................... 0.1982 Charles Huckeba................ 0.2016 Bart Sauter....................... 0.2060 Joe Krupa........................ 0.2126 Joe Hargadine................... 0.2133 Rex Reneau....................... 0.2135 Ted Heindselman................ 0.2154 Heavy Varmint Grand Billy Stevens....................0.1849 Tony Boyer....................... 0.1978 Bart Sauter....................... 0.2015 Jeff Graves....................... 0.2152 Dean Ekstrom.................... 0.2162 Bob Scarbrough, Jr............. 0.2195 Lee Hachigian................... 0.2200 Rex Reneau....................... 0.2207 Gene Bukys....................... 0.2209 Wayne Campbell................ 0.2209 Light Varmint 100-Yards Tony Alexander.................0.1536 James Carstensen............... 0.1570 Wayne Campbell................ 0.1708 Billy Stevens..................... 0.1748 Tony Boyer....................... 0.1866 Walt Berger...................... 0.1904 Dave Dowd....................... 0.1912 Bill Brawand..................... 0.1970 Bart Sauter....................... 0.1984 Lee Hachigian................... 0.2076 Light Varmint 200-Yards Tony Boyer......................0.2003 Dave Dowd....................... 0.2023 Mike Conry....................... 0.2083 Buddy Ross....................... 0.2105 Chris Harris...................... 0.2209 Jeff Aberegg..................... 0.2348 Mark Buettgen................... 0.2358 Chet Whitebread................ 0.2363 Larry Costa....................... 0.2374 Ron Miller........................ 0.2439 Light Varmint Grand Tony Boyer......................0.1935 Dave Dowd....................... 0.1968 Buddy Ross....................... 0.2106 Wayne Campbell................ 0.2133 James Carstensen............... 0.2169

Mike Conry....................... 0.2175 Chris Harris...................... 0.2288 Billy Stevens..................... 0.2312 Chet Whitebread................ 0.2322 Tony Alexander.................. 0.2356 Two Gun Tony Boyer....................... 0.1956 Billy Stevens..................... 0.2081 Wayne Campbell................ 0.2171 Mike Conry....................... 0.2209 Chris Harris...................... 0.2262 Buddy Ross....................... 0.2268 Dave Dowd....................... 0.2270 Jeff Graves....................... 0.2279 James Carstensen............... 0.2290 Dean Ekstrom.................... 0.2309 Tony Alexander.................. 0.2313 Greg King......................... 0.2319 Lee Hachigian................... 0.2328 Gene Bukys....................... 0.2337 Bart Sauter....................... 0.2339 Mark Buettgen................... 0.2343 Chet Whitebread................ 0.2351 Larry Costa....................... 0.2402 Bob Hammack................... 0.2445 Walt Berger...................... 0.2462 Bob Scarbrough, Jr............. 0.2479 Joe Krupa........................ 0.2493 Steve Lee......................... 0.2496 Andy Laidlaw.................... 0.2560 Chuck Miller..................... 0.2618 Bud Mundy....................... 0.2621 David Hudson.................... 0.2650 Rex Reneau....................... 0.2655 Jack Neary....................... 0.2663 Charles Huckeba................ 0.2670 Dave Coots....................... 0.2697 Robert Seeman.................. 0.2703 Jerry Kloeppel................... 0.2705 Bob Hamister.................... 0.2729 Cecil Peterson................... 0.2747 Ted Heindselman................ 0.2754 Harley Baker..................... 0.2754 Wayne Corley.................... 0.2774 Joel Nader....................... 0.2789 Dwight Scott..................... 0.2805 Jeff Gaidos....................... 0.2805 Joe Hynes........................ 0.2810 Joe Hargadine................... 0.2821 Larry Scharnhorst............... 0.2828 Steve Theye...................... 0.2831

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2014 East West Show-Me Shootout Equipment List Light Varmint Grand: Name Tony Boyer Dave Dowd Buddy Ross Wayne Campbell Jim Carstensen Mike Conry Chris Harris Billy Stevens Chet Whitebread Heavy Varmint Grand: Billy Stevens Tony Boyer Bart Sauter Jeff Graves Dean Ekstrom Bob Scarbrough, Jr Lee Hachigian Rex Reneau Gene Bukys Wayne Campbell

Action BAT BAT BAT Farley Panda BAT BAT CST Panda

Barrel Bartlein Bartlein Krieger Bartlein Bartlein Krieger Bartlein Bartlein Krieger

Stock Mfr Scarbrough Leonard Scoville Borden Scoville Scarbrough Scarbrough Scarbrough Kelbly

Stocker Scarbrough Leonard Stevens Campbell Scoville Scarbrough Scarbrough Scarbrough Kelbly

Gunsmith Scott Fritz Stevens Campbell Carstensen Conry Harris Stevens Whitebread

Bullet/Wt Miller/65 Larh/68 Knight Hottenstein/68 n/a Conry/68 Hottenstein/68 Barts/68 Berger

Powder N133 8208 N133 N133 T32 N133 N133 LT32 LT32

Primer Federal Federal Federal CCI Federal Federal Federal Federal Federal

Case Lapua Lapua Lapua Lapua Lapua Lapua Lapua Lapua Lapua

Scope/Pwr Leupold/45 March/50 Leupold Leupold/36 March/60 March/40 Leupold/45 Leupold/40 Leupold/45

CST BAT BAT BAT BAT BAT BAT Dever Farley Farley

Bartlein Bartlein Krieger Bartlein Bartlein Krieger Bartlein Krieger Bartlein Bartlein

Scarbrough Scarbrough Kelbly Leonard Leonard Scarbrough Scoville Kelbly Scoville Scarbrough

Scarbrough Scarbrough Stevens Stevens Leonard Scarbrough Scoville Reneau Scoville Scarbrough

Scarbrough Scott Stevens Stevens Ekstrom Scott Scott Reneau Bukys Campbell

Sauter/68 CM/65 Barts/68 Barts/68 n/a Hottenstein/68 Hottenstein/68 Reneau/66 Hottenstein/68 Hottenstein/68

LT32 N133 LT32 N133 N133 N133 N133 LT32 N133 N133

Federal Federal Federal Federal Federal Federal Federal Federal Federal CCI

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2014 NBRSA Registered Match Schedule SOUTHWEST REGION

Oct 18-19

LV/HV

100/200

Shelby County Deer Hunters Fall Finale

Sept 6

VFS

200/300

NV State Long Range Championship Desert Sportsman’s Rifle Club

Sept 6-7

LV/HV

300/200

2014 LR Varmint Nationals Palomino Valley Gun Club, NV

Sept 13

LG/HG

1000

Sahuaro 1000-Yard Benchrest Three Points Range, Tucson, AZ

Sept 28

LG/HG

600

Sloughhouse Long Range Benchrest

Sept 27-28

UNL

100/200 300

Palomino Valley Gun Club Palomino Valley Unlimited Match

Oct 4

VFS

100/200

Desert Sportsman’s Rifle Club Silver State Shootout

Oct 4-5

LV/HV

100/200

Sloughhouse Group Benchrest

Oct 4-5

LV/HV

100/200

Arizona Benchrest Shooters Arizona State Championship #1

Sept 14

LG/HG

600

Rogue Valley Shooting Sports Assn

Oct 11

LG/HG

1000

Sahuaro 1000-Yard Benchrest Three Points Range, Tucson, AZ

Oct 19

LG/HG

600

Rogue Valley Shooting Sports Assn

Oct 18-19

UNL-5

100/200

Visalia Sportsmen Association Visalia Invitational

Nov 16

LG/HG

600

Rogue Valley Shooting Sports Assn

MID-CONTINENT REGION

Oct 25-26

4-GUN

300

Palomino Valley Gun Club Palomino Valley 4-Gun Challenge

Sept 6-7

LV/HV

100/200

Northern Colorado Benchrest Firewalker LV&HV 4Gun

Oct 26

LG/HG

1000

Sloughhouse Long Range Benchrest

LV/HV

100/200

Nov 1

VFS

200/300

Desert Sportsman’s Rifle Club Glitter Gulch LR Championship

Sept 27-28

Land’s End Benchrest, CO LV Leg of 4-Gun & Purple Haze

Oct 4-5

LV/HV

100/200

Mill Creek Group Benchrest, KS

Oct 18-19

LV/HV

100/200

Rio Grande Benchrest, NM The Tumbleweed

MISSISSIPPI VALLEY REGION Sept 13

VFS

100/200

Van Dyne Sportsmens Club

Sept 20-21

HTR/VFS

100/200

Holmen Rod & Gun Club, WI Roy Oines Memorial Match

Sept 20

LG/HG

600

Columbus Sportsman’s Assn

Oct 5

HTR/VFS

100/200

Benchrest Rifle Club of St Louis

Oct 11

LG/HG

600

Columbus Sportsman’s Assn

Oct 18-19

LV/HV

100/200

Benchrest Rifle Club of St Louis Mississippi Valley Regionals

Nov 8

LG/HG

600

Columbus Sportsman’s Assn

NORTHWEST REGION

Nov 1-2

LV/HV

100/200

Sloughhouse Group Benchrest

Nov 8

LG/HG

1000

Sahuaro 1000-Yard Benchrest Three Points Range, Tucson, AZ

Nov 8-9

SP/UNL5

100/200

Arizona Benchrest Shooters Arizona State Championship #2

Sept 6-7

4-GUN

200

Southeast Region Champ Leg 2 Unaka Rod & Gun Club, TN

Nov 23

LG/HG

600

Sloughhouse Long Range Benchrest

Oct 11-12

LV/HV

100/200

River Bend Gun Club, GA

Dec 6-7

UNL5/UNL5

100/200

Arizona Benchrest Shooters Arizona Invitational Unlimited

Dec 13

LG/HG

1000

Sahuaro 1000-Yard Benchrest Three Points Range, Tucson, AZ

Dec 28

LG/HG

1000

Sloughhouse Long Range Benchrest

NORTH CENTRAL REGION Sept 6-7

HTR/VFS

100/200

Boone Valley Ikes, IA Two Gun Score Shoot

Sept 6-7

HV/VFS

100/200

Council Bluffs Rifle & Pistol, IA Nebraska State Championships

Sept 14

VFS

100/200

Buffalo Outdoor Rifle Club, WY

Sept 20

LG/HG/Fac

600

Columbus Sportsmen Assn, WI

Oct 11

LG/HG/Fac

600

Columbus Sportsmen Assn, WI

Nov 8

LG/HG/Fac

600

Columbus Sportsmen Assn, WI

GULF COAST REGION Sept 21

VFS

100/200

Southwest LA Rifle & Pistol Club HTR & Gulf Coast VFS Regionals

Oct 26

HTR/VFS

100/200

Southwest LA Rifle & Pistol ClubVFS & Gulf Coast HTR Regionals

EASTERN REGION Sept 22-27

4-GUN

100/200

Holton Gun Club, Holton, MI 2014 Group Benchrest Nationals

Oct 11-12

LV/HV

100/200

WWCCA Fall Classic

SOUTHEAST REGION

WBC-13 Remaining Qualifier: Group Nationals, Holton, MI Sept 22-26 New 1000-Yard World Records

Congratulations Bill Johnston

Heavy Gun Single Target 4.2907” Heavy Gun 3-Target Aggregate 5.1176” Heavy Gun 6-Target Aggregate 5.9612” Shot on April 27 at Sloughhouse Benchrest Folsom Shooting Facility, Sacramento, CA “Find a shooter that would act as a coach; someone with knowledge of the long range game that they could learn from.” --Bill Johnston I asked Bill Johnston to discuss his success and strategy in long range benchrest and his response follows on the next page. New Long Rangers...take note! Perhaps YOU will be the next one to set a new World Record!

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It takes a lot of time. I spend a lot of time in my dedicated loading room testing loads and barrels to find the best ones for club shoots, squirrels and of course use the best barrels for big matches. My daughter, Canada began shooting with me about 4 years ago in the squirrel fields with my .223 coyote gun. It didn’t take but a day before she was consistently hitting the little buggers at 300yds plus. Next day she was shooting a 6BR and stretching out to 400 plus. The next thing was club matches 5 times a month at 600 yards where she was right on my tail in both group and score and consistently beat the other guys. Since she was doing so good at the local matches I knew she had the potential to do good at the bigger ones. So I hatched a plan. I was going to build another 6 Dasher anyway, so I told her mom that the new dasher was for Canada so she would be competitive at the 1000 yard matches. It worked. Canada was happy. Momma was happy and “Betty Boop,” now Canada’s gun was built. Teaching Canada to shoot was easy. First, she is competitive by nature and most important she was willing to

listen and follow instructions. She practices her technique throughout the year when not at a match. (We’ll keep our/her practice techniques secret.) I truly believe there is no reason that women cannot be competitive in bench rest shooting. For new shooters it would be good to find a fellow shooter that would act as a coach; someone with knowledge of the long range game that they could learn from. The next thing, and very important is attention to detail in every aspect of bench technique, load and load development. Using a component gunsmith for chambering and action bedding is important because without this, you can be the best shooter in the world and if you don’t have a good rifle, you’ll not finish high up in the standings.

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Boone Valley Ikes Score Shoot by Ronnie Berg, Match Director

We had a great turn out for our first NBRSA score match. Eighteen shooters shot on Saturday in Hunter & VFS. Winds were blowing making for tough conditions at 100 yards. Mike Bigelow’s 250-13X took first place in Hunter with Craig Nagel in second with 249-10X and in third place was Bruce Hansen with 249-10X. In VFS (Saturday) 100 yards, Brett Stiner took the win with a tidy 250-14X, with Mike Shapoval in second scoring 250-11X. Bob Pool placed third with 250-10X, then broke for lunch and moved targets out to the 200 yard line. It was still tricky wind conditions but Mike Bigelow held onto the hunter lead with a 248-6X followed by Craig Nagel in second with 245-4X and Randy Robinett shooting 244-5X to round out the top three. In VFS 200 yards. Tom Gollob shot first place with his 246-6X and Paul Whitmore took second with 243-1X. Third place was Bevan Everett with 241-5X. Moving on to the Hunter Grand, it was clear to see Mike Bigelow was in first place with 498-19X. Craig Nagel landed second with 494-14x and Randy Robinett took third with 491-17X. (As

a little side note: Randy was shooting his 25 cal. Hunter gun.)VFS Grand first place was Tom Gollob shooting a 49518X, with second to Paul Whitmore and his 493-14X. Mike Shapoval placed third with 491-13X. Sunday’s VFS had seventeen shooters. The 100 yard stage was not too bad but if you blinked your eyes at the wrong time your shot made you sad. In first place was Jeff Shultz 250-18X, followed by Dean Walther 250-18X and in third place Ronnie Berg 250-15X. After a nice lunch break we set up for 200 yards. This was when the fun started; out of 90 targets only ten 50’s were shot! Whatever caused this no one figured out. In first place was Dean Walther 245-1X, second was Dave Brooks 244-5X and third place went to Craig Nagel 243-2X. VFS Grand Aggregate top honors went to Dean Walther 49519X, with second place to Craig Nagel shooting a 492-14X and in third was Dan Williams 491-18X. The Two Gun (Saturdays Hunter Score/ Sundays VFS) eight shooters were eligible and first place went to Mike Bigelow 986-36X, Second went to Craig Nagel 986-28X and in third place was

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Dean Walther 978-27X. Good shooting guys. Thank you for your support and to the target crew for their hard work. Saturday Results for Hunter Class 100-Yards Mike Bigelow................... 250-13X Craig Nagel...................... 249-10X Bruce Hansen................... 249-10X James Lederer................... 248-6X Randy Robinett................. 247-12X Jeff Shultz...................... 247-11X Dean Walther.................... 246-8X Tim Gonnermen................. 245-4X Doug Bretz....................... 236-5X 200-Yards Mike Bigelow....................248-6X Craig Nagel....................... 245-4X Randy Robinett.................. 244-5X James Lederer................... 242-1X Dean Walther.................... 237-0X Tim Gonnermen................. 236-2X Bruce Hansen.................... 232-3X Jeff Shultz....................... 228-4X Doug Bretz....................... 222-1X Hunter Grand Mike Bigelow................... 498-19X Craig Nagel...................... 494-14X Randy Robinett................. 491-17X James Lederer................... 490-7X Dean Walther.................... 483-8X Bruce Hansen................... 481-13X Tim Gonnermen................. 481-6X Jeff Shultz...................... 475-15X Doug Bretz....................... 458-6X Varmint-For Score 100-Yards Brett Stiner..................... 250-14X Mike Shapoval.................. 250-11X Bob Pool......................... 250-10X Russ Stiner...................... 249-19X Paul Whitmore.................. 249-13X Tom Gollob...................... 249-12X William VanOsdel.............. 249-10X Bevan Everett................... 248-9X Dave Brooks...................... 247-6X 200-Yards Tom Gollob......................246-6X Paul Whitmore................... 243-1X Bevan Everett................... 241-5X Mike Shapoval................... 241-2X Dave Brooks...................... 241-1X Brett Stiner...................... 240-1X William VanOsdel............... 237-1X Russ Stiner....................... 235-1X

September, 2014 Precision Rifleman Bob Pool.......................... 233-0X VFS Grand Tom Gollob..................... 495-18X Paul Whitmore.................. 492-14X Mike Shapoval.................. 491-13X Brett Stiner..................... 490-15X Bevan Everett.................. 489-14X Dave Brooks...................... 488-7X William VanOsdel.............. 486-11X Russ Stiner...................... 484-20X Bob Pool......................... 483-10X Sunday VFS Results 100-Yards Jeff Shultz...................... 250-18X Dean Walther................... 250-18X Ronnie Berg..................... 250-15X Dan Williams.................... 250-14X Paul Whitmore................... 250-7X

Russ Stiner...................... 249-14X Mike Bigelow.................... 249-12X Craig Nagel...................... 249-12X Bruce Hansen................... 248-14X Tim Gonnermen................ 248-11X 200-Yards Dean Walther...................245-1X Dave Brooks...................... 244-5X Craig Nagel....................... 243-2X Dan Williams..................... 241-4X Russ Stiner....................... 240-4X Jeff Shultz....................... 240-3X Mike Bigelow..................... 239-5X Bruce Hansen.................... 239-4X Randy Robinett.................. 239-2X Mike Shapoval................... 237-5X VFS Grand Aggregate Dean Walther.................. 495-19X

Craig Nagel...................... 492-14X Dan Williams.................... 491-18X Dave Brooks..................... 491-14X Jeff Shultz...................... 490-21X Russ Stiner...................... 489-18X Mike Bigelow.................... 488-17X Bruce Hansen................... 487-18X Paul Whitmore................... 486-9X Ronnie Berg..................... 485-18X Two Gun Mike Bigelow................... 986-36X Craig Nagel...................... 986-28X Dean Walther................... 978-27X Randy Robinett................. 975-30X Bruce Hansen................... 968-31X Jeff Shultz...................... 965-36X Tim Gonnermen................ 963-18X Doug Bretz...................... 903-13X

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n/a Kelbly McMillan Kelbly Speedy McMillan Six REO Stiner McMillan n/a Kelbly Lee 6 Bigelow n/a Borden Lee Six McMillan

Weaver Leupold Leupold Leupold N-Force Burris n/a Weaver Leupold Weaver N-Force Leupold Lyman Burris Leupold Leupold Burris Lymam

6 6 36 45 12X42 6 6 6 45 6

Benchmark N-135 8208 Lt32 N-133 N-135 n/a N-135 H4198 T-2000 4198 H4198 N-135 N-135 n/a n/a IMR H4198

n/a 42.6 28.1 n/a 28 42.2 n/a 42.5 34.8 34.8 32.7 34.8 42.2 42.4 29 33.5 n/a 34.4

118 118 67 68 65 118 118 112 118 n/a 125 118 115 118 68 117 100FB 115

Doug Bretz Dean Walther Paul Whitmore Dave Brooks Mike Shapoval Mike Bigelow Tim Gonnermen Craig Nagel Brett Stiner James Lederer Wm. VanOsdel Russ Stiner Bruce Hansen Jeff Shultz Bob Pool Bevan Everett Randy Robinett Ronnie Berg

Nesika Stiller Stiller Panda Stolle Bat Bat Kodiak Bat Stiller 700 Rem Bat Stolle n/a Borden Bat Bat Viper

45 6 6 45 40 6 30

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EPS BIB BIB Bart BIB Bigelow BIB BIB BIB n/a n/a BIB 10X BIB n/a BIB BIB Self

Win Fed CCI CCI Tula Fed n/a CCI Fed CCI Fed Fed Win Fed Rem n/a CCI Fed

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Everet Smith is Nevada State Champion by Mark Ronchetti

The first two benchrest matches held this season at the Washoe County Regional Shooting Facility north of Reno were just two weeks apart with the LV/ HV leg contested on May 24-25th and the Sporter/Unlimited 5-Shot on June 7-8th. We had a small group of shooters as many of our “regulars” from California were competing in Sacramento both of those weekends; however, Chris Baitx from Crowley Lake, CA made the 5 hour trek both weekends to shoot his first benchrest matches with equipment borrowed from his cousin, Pete Savage. We started the 24th with typical Nevada windy conditions at LV200 with Everet Smith winning with a .4816 agg followed by Mark Ronchetti’s .4860 and Lonnie Gordon was third with a .5025. Don Archibald earned small group with a .505” group in the last match in tough conditions. We switched to HV200 after a lunch break and Don Archibald picked up

where he left off in his LV small group and won with a .4703 agg followed by his grandson, Travis Archibald in second with a .4824 and third place went to Everet Smith with a .5408. Small group went to Steve Archibald, a .502”. After rotating benches on Sunday and setting up our wind flags for 100 yards, we started HV with more manageable wind conditions. Mark Ronchetti took the agg shooting a .2534. Everet Smith was second with a .2910 and Jan Sarras took third with a .3170. Small group was .139” by Mark Ronchetti. The wind picked up throughout the morning and after a short break we went to the line to compete for LV100. The top three standings remained the same as in HV earlier with Mark Ronchetti completing the agg with a .2688, followed by Everet Smith with a .3240 and Jan Sarras with a .3700. On a side note, Chris Baitx was competing with a gun that was several ounces overweight for LV, but would have edged out Jan Sarras for third had the gun been legal. Great shooting by Chris on his first weekend of benchrest! Moving to the Grand Aggregate re-

sults, Everet Smith of Mount Shasta, CA won the HV with a .4159 followed by Arizona’s Pete Savage and his cousin Chris in third. Mark Ronchetti won the LV Grand with a .3774, Everet Smith finished second and Sarah Archibald was third. By shooting consistently, Everet Smith was our 2-Gun Nevada State Champion with a Grand Agg of .4094. Mark Ronchetti and Steve Archibald rounded out the top three in the 2-Gun.

Nevada State Championship Fast forward two weeks to complete the NV State Shoot with the Sporter and Unlimited classes. Saturday June 7th brought tough wind conditions again as we set up for Sporter 200. After a few glitches and having to call a cease fire on our first match and put up fresh targets, we were off and running. Everet Smith showed us he was all business about our state championship by winning the agg with a .3963 and shooting small group, a .358”. Jan Sarras finished second with a .4042 and Mark

L-R: Travis (Bat Man) Archibald, Jan Sarras, Steve Archibald, Lonnie Gordon Mark Ronchetti, Pete Savage and Champion, Everet Smith

September, 2014 Precision Rifleman Ronchetti was third with a .4188. After some of the competitors lugged their rail guns onto their benches and got them dialed in, we were ready for Unlimited 200. Travis Archibald shot very well out of the gate with two of five match winners, one of which was small group, a .306”. Travis wrapped up the day with an agg win of .3830, followed by Lonnie Gordon with a .4073 and Steve Archibald in third with a .4342. All three were shooting rail guns. We rotated benches on Sunday morning and continued with Unlimited 100. (Yes, it was windy). Competing with his HV bag gun, Everet Smith showed us how it’s done, shooting two of five match winners and winning the agg handsomely with a .2522. Mark Ronchetti finished second with a .3030 and third went to Jan Sarras who shot a nice .156” small group and .3070 agg. We ended the day and last agg of the championship with Sporter 100. Pete Savage came alive and found a condition he could shoot in, posting three match winners, small group of .198” and agg win of .3248. Lonnie Gordon took second with a .3656 and Mark Ronchetti was third with a .3786. On to the Grand winners. For the Unlimited, Everet Smith, shooting his bag gun, won first place with a .3586 while Lonnie Gordon finished second and Travis Archibald third place. Mark Ronchetti won the Sporter Grand with a .3987 followed by Jan Sarras in second and Everet Smith in third. Finishing second and third respectively in both the Three and Four Guns were Mark Ronchetti and Jan Sarras. But it was Everet Smith who took home the top awards in both the Three and Four Gun adding to his Two Gun win to become Nevada’s State Champion for 2014. Congratulations to Everet and thanks to all shooters who competed. Thanks to our Range Master, Bob Hoppe for running the firing line. A big thank you to our sister team target and scoring crew Kelly Marsh and Kerry Sarras for battling the wind to keep our targets and backers from blowing away… even with Kerry on crutches after foot surgery! We couldn’t hold our matches without them. Please note we are hosting the 2014 Longe Range Varmint Nationals on September 6th & 7th with sight in and set up on Friday the 5th. Hope you come.

Light Varmint 200 Yards Everet Smith....................0.4816 Mark Ronchetti.................. 0.4860 Lonnie Gordon................... 0.5025 Small Group Don Archibald..................... 0.505 Heavy Varmint 200 Yards Don Archibald...................0.4703 Travis Archibald................. 0.4824 Everet Smith..................... 0.5408 Small Group Steve Archibald................... 0.502 Heavy Varmint 100 Yards Mark Ronchetti.................0.2534 Everet Smith..................... 0.2910 Jan Sarras........................ 0.3170 Small Group Mark Ronchetti................... 0.139 Light Varmint 100 Yards Mark Ronchetti.................0.2688 Everet Smith..................... 0.3240 Jan Sarras........................ 0.3700 Small Group Mark Ronchetti................... 0.148 Sporter 200 Yards Everet Smith....................0.3963 Jan Sarras........................ 0.4042 Mark Ronchetti.................. 0.4188

Small Group Everet Smith...................... 0.358 Unlimited 5 Shot 200 Yards Travis Archibald................0.3830 Lonnie Gordon................... 0.4073 Steve Archibald.................. 0.4342 Small Group Travis Archibald.................. 0.306 Unlimited 5 Shot 100 Yards Everet Smith....................0.2522 Mark Ronchetti.................. 0.3030 Jan Sarras........................ 0.3070 Small Group Jan Sarras......................... 0.156 Sporter 100 Yards Pete Savage.....................0.3248 Lonnie Gordon................... 0.3656 Mark Ronchetti.................. 0.3786 Small Group Pete Savage....................... 0.198 Light Varmint Grand Aggregate Mark Ronchetti.................0.3774 Everet Smith..................... 0.4028 Sarah Archibald.................. 0.4461 Jan Sarras........................ 0.4469 Steve Archibald.................. 0.4613 Lonnie Gordon................... 0.4775 Don Archibald.................... 0.5811

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Travis Archibald................. 0.6280 Heavy Varmint Grand Aggregate Everet Smith....................0.4159 Pete Savage...................... 0.4424 Chris Baitx....................... 0.4577 Mark Ronchetti.................. 0.4870 Travis Archibald................. 0.4992 Steve Archibald.................. 0.5013 Lonnie Gordon................... 0.5493 Don Archibald.................... 0.5663 Jan Sarras........................ 0.5699 Sarah Archibald.................. 0.5775 Two Gun Everet Smith....................0.4094 Mark Ronchetti.................. 0.4322 Steve Archibald.................. 0.4813 Jan Sarras........................ 0.5084 Sarah Archibald.................. 0.5118 Lonnie Gordon................... 0.5134

Travis Archibald................. 0.5636 Don Archibald.................... 0.5738 Sporter Grand Aggregate Mark Ronchetti.................0.3987 Jan Sarras........................ 0.4040 Everet Smith..................... 0.4094 Lonnie Gordon................... 0.4232 Pete Savage...................... 0.4810 Steve Archibald.................. 0.4886 Chris Baitx....................... 0.4922 Travis Archibald................. 0.7704 Don Archibald.................... 0.9438 Unlimited 5 Shot Grand Aggregate Everet Smith....................0.3586 Lonnie Gordon................... 0.3593 Travis Archibald................. 0.3605 Jan Sarras........................ 0.3753 Steve Archibald.................. 0.3808 Mark Ronchetti.................. 0.4070

Palomino Valley Gun Club's 2014 Nevada State Championship Equipment List Name Action Barrel Gunsmith Stocker Scope Load Primer Light Gun: Mark Ronchetti Bruno Krieger Sutton Edge Leupold 45 N133 28.0 205M Everet Smith BAT Krieger Ocock Ocock March 40X LT-32 27.5 205M Sarah Archibald Panda Bartlein Sarras Edge Leupold 45 8208 29.0 205M Jan Sarras BAT Krieger Self Robertson Leupold 45 8208 28.0 205M Steve Archibald Panda Bartlein Sarras Edge Leupold 45 8208 29.0 205M Lonnie Gordon Panda Krieger Sutton Sutton Leupold 36 N133 205M Don Archibald Panda Krieger Sutton Sutton Leupold 45 6165 29.7 205M Travis Archibald Nesika Krieger Sarras Edge Leupold 45 8208 29.0 205M Pete Savage RFD Krieger Self Self Leupold 45 n/a 205M Chris Baitx RFD Krieger P. Savage P. Savage Leupold 45 8208 205M Heavy Gun: Everet Smith BAT Krieger Ocock Ocock March 40X LT-32 27.5 205M Pete Savage Wichita Krieger Savage Savage Leupold 36 n/a 205M Chris Baitx RFD Krieger Savage Savage Leupold 45 8208 205M Mark Ronchetti Bruno Krieger Sutton Edge Leupold 45 N133 28.0 205M Travis Archibald Nesika Krieger Sarras Edge Leupold 45 8208 29.0 205M Steve Archibald Panda Bartlein Sarras Edge Leupold 45 8208 29.0 205M Lonnie Gordon Panda Krieger Sutton Sutton Leupold 45 N133 205M Don Archibald Panda Krieger Sutton Sutton Leupold 45 6165 28.7 205M Jan Sarras BAT Krieger Self Robertson Leupold 8208 28.0 205M Sarah Archibald Panda Bartlein Sarras Edge Leupold 45 8208 29.0 205M Sporter: Mark Ronchetti Bruno Krieger Sutton Edge Leupold 45 N133 28.0 205M Jan Sarras BAT Bartlein Self Robertson Leupold 45 8208 28.0 205M Everet Smith BAT Krieger Ocock Ocock March 40X LT-32 205M Lonnie Gordon Panda Krieger Sutton Sutton Leupold 36 N133 205M Pete Savage RFD Krieger Self Self Weaver 36 8208 205M Steve Archibald Panda Krieger Sarras Edge Nightforce 8208 29.0 205M Travis Archibald Nesika Krieger Sarras Edge Leupold 45 8208 29.0 205M Don Archibald Panda Krieger Sutton Sutton Leupold 45 6165 28.7 205M Chris Baitx RFD Krieger P. Savage P. Savage Weaver 36 8208 205M Unlimited: Everet Smith BAT Krieger Ocock Ocock March 40X LT-32 27.5 205M Lonnie Gordon Nesika Krieger n/a n/a Leupold 36 8208 28.0 205M Travis Archibald Nesika Krieger n/a Young Rail Weaver 36 8208 29.0 205M Jan Sarras Nesika Krieger Self Powell Rail Leupold 36 8208 28.0 205M Steve Archibald BAT Hart Sarras Young Rail Nightforce 8208 29.0 205M Mark Ronchetti BAT Shilen Archibald n/a Weaver 36 N133 28.0 205M Pete Savage Wichita Krieger Self Self Weaver 36 n/a 205M Chris Baitx RFD Krieger P. Savage P. Savage Weaver 36 8208 205M Don Archibald BAT Krieger Sutton Young Rail Weaver 36 6165 28.7 205M *All shot 6PPC caliber except for Pete Savage in the Light Varmint who shot a 30BR.

Pete Savage...................... 0.4472 Chris Baitx....................... 0.4992 Don Archibald.................... 0.5110 Three Gun Everet Smith....................0.4094 Mark Ronchetti.................. 0.4210 Jan Sarras........................ 0.4736 Lonnie Gordon................... 0.4833 Steve Archibald.................. 0.4837 Travis Archibald................. 0.6325 Don Archibald.................... 0.6971 Four Gun Everet Smith....................0.4173 Mark Ronchetti.................. 0.4339 Jan Sarras........................ 0.4693 Lonnie Gordon................... 0.4724 Steve Archibald.................. 0.4766 Travis Archibald................. 0.5969 Don Archibald.................... 0.6775

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Winds of Change Blowing In New Mexico? Mark Motsko, Whittington Center Benchrest Match Director

The purpose of most sporting events is to prove ones mettle against someone else: Are you stronger, faster or do you have a better team than your opponent? Can you make more baskets, score more touchdowns or out box the man in front of you? Granted, while the scores on the ‘wailing wall’ indicate who is in first place, shooting benchrest is a sport where it is just competitor and rifle with a piece of paper either 300 or 600 feet away from them. The shooters decisions-and only their decisions, determine what happens by the time the clock runs out on each match. While some are content with shooting only in idea conditions, twenty-two men who chose to challenge themselves against the greatest opponent in our sport, Mother Nature, came to Raton, New Mexico to shoot the first half of the New Mexico Four Gun State Championship in June. On Saturday two shoots occur simultaneously, the State 10-shot Unlimited and a Heavy Varmint. Thirteen shooters are vying for the New Mexico Four Gun Championship to be decided during the points shoot at the Rattlesnake. Nine others decided to throw their hat in the ring for the 3-gun trophies. Morning conditions were less than ideal with swirling winds, but Arizona’s Bob Brackney set the bar for the 100 yard 10 shot unlimited with a small group of .171. Roger Tillery was close behind with a .187 and Albuquerque’s Ed Adams was in third shooting a .265. In the 100 yard heavy varmint match, Kansas’ Jim Hemmert started strong with a .183 followed closely by Durward Wofford out of Melrose, NM who shot a .194. James Williams was third with a .237. In the second unlimited match, Brackney kept the pressure on with a .188, while Todd Tyler bumped Tillery out of second with a .238. Tillery moved to third with a .367. In the heavy, Wofford and Hemmert flipflopped first and second when Wofford shot a .151 to Hemmert’s .288. R.B. Carl moved into third with a

.232. Brackney maintained the lead by shooting his third sub-two in a row with a .197, but things were about to change. Ed Adams bounced back into second with a .274, while Larry Leser moved into third with a .268. In the heavy, Tonkawa Oklahoma’s own Mike Cordes’ small group of .294 couldn’t help him gain on Durward Wofford. Wofford’s .318 was good enough to keep him in the lead, followed by Hemmert’s .482, and Greg Smith’s .526. By now, the winds were starting to pick up. In the fourth unlimited match, Brackney lost the first place spot to Adams, after shooting a .672. Adams shot a .254. Larry White, from Cedar Edge, Colorado moved into third place with a .269. In the heavy, the top three remained the same, with Wofford shooting a .256, Hemmert a .290, and Smith a .374. Winding up the morning shoots, Ed Adams challenged Brackney’s small group, but just missed with a .184 to win with a .2598 aggregate. Larry White’s .268 edged out Brackney for second place with a .3022 aggregate. Brackney bounced back with a .388 in the fifth match to take home the third place trophy with a .3232 aggregate. Roger Tillery and Bud Mundy rounded out the top five. In the final 100 yard heavy match, Durward Wofford slammed the door shut on the other competitors by shooting a small group trophy winning .129 and finishing the morning with a .2096 aggregate. Jim Hemmert remained in second place with a .393 and a .3272 aggregate, and Greg Smith’s .383 and .3692 aggregate won him the third place trophy. R.B. Carl and Roy Damron rounded out the top five. By the time the Whittington Center moved the target frames back to 200 yards, the winds had picked up to a sustained 15 miles per hour with gusts estimated at 35. Scores in the afternoon would reflect the challenges the shooters faced, as well as those who were able to over come those challenges and find it within themselves to excel. Todd Tyler started the 10 shot

200 yard unlimited shoot off with a .785, followed by Roger Tillery with a .904 and Larry White’s .994. Those were the only groups under an inch. In the heavy varmint shoot, Roy Damron, from Rifle, Colorado, started with a .687. Cliff Lewis of Amarillo, Texas followed him with a .985 as Tonkawa’s own Mike Cordes found himself in third place with a 1.181. In the second unlimited match, Larry White leap frogged Todd Tyler and Roger Tillery with a .727. Tyler shot a 1.198 and Tillery a 1.720. In the heavy, Roy Damron’s .862 kept him in the lead with Lewis’ .716 right behind him in second. Gerald Adams of Fort Worth, Texas moved into third with a 1.046. In the third unlimited match, White held on to first place shooting a 1.279, while Tillery’s .648, while small group for the match, couldn’t move him to the top spot. Tyler remained in third place with a .2.046. In the heavy, Damron continued to lead the pack. His 1.235 group was the smallest out of the nine shooters. Durward Wofford’s 1.351 jumped him into second place, while Cordes remained in third with a 2.035. The winds finally calmed a little in the fourth match giving the shooters some better conditions to shoot in. In the unlimited, Bob Brackney took home the small group trophy with a .536, but it couldn’t move him into top three. Roger Tillery’s .609 moved him to the head of the pack while Larry White’s 1.051 kept him firmly in place of the second spot. Todd Tyler’s .631 kept him in third place and in position to take the shoot with a solid final match. In the heavy, Durward Wofford’s .569 won him a small group trophy to take home to Melrose, but it couldn’t knock Roy Damron out of the top spot. Damron shot a .682, while Cordes was holding off a late charge from Albuquerque’s Greg Smith for the final spot for a trophy. Cordes shot a .706, while Smith put five within .814 of an inch. When the dust settled (although with the wind, it didn’t really settle) after the fifth and final unlimit-

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ed match of the day, ‘Catfish’ Todd Tyler lived up to his nickname, claiming the top spot with a match small group of .689 and an aggregate of .5349. Larry White maintained his second place and took home a trophy with a 1.413 and an aggregate of .5464. Roger Tillery came in third with a 1.739 in the final match, and an aggregate of .5620. Bob Brackney and Ed Adams rounded out the top five. So the 2014 New Mexico State Champion Unlimited shooter is Larry White with a Grand Aggregate of .4243. Roger Tillery took home second place with a .4562, and Bob Brackney came in third with a .4654, Todd Tyler and Ed Adams rounded out the top five. In the heavy, Roy Damron runs wire to wire edging out Wofford with a aggregate of .4530 to .5111. Damron shot a 1.064 to Wofford’s second match small group in a row of .774. Mike Cordes’ .846 bested Smith’s 1.214 for the third place trophy with a aggregate of .6022. In the Heavy Varmint grand aggregate, Wofford takes home the first place trophy with a .3604 to Damron’s .4246. Cordes’ .5183 was good enough for third place. Greg Smith and Jim Hemmert rounded out the top five. Sunday morning was chillier than expected, and when the 200 yard Sporter shoot got underway, the winds were calm. That was clearly evident as Roy Damron, shooting from the furthest west bench, started the morning with an untouchable .142 to take home the small group trophy. Greg Smith continued his hot hand from Saturday. His .428 place him in second with ‘Catfish’ Todd Tyler lurking in third with a .439. Damron wasn’t able to parlay his hot hand, but Smith was. His second match small group of .421 gave him the lead over Keith Cottrell and Michael Strange, who shot .613 and .620 respectively. In the third match Smith continued to lead the pack shooting his second match small group in a row, a .342. Cottrell, who drove from Filmore, California, remained in second place with a .488. Ed Adams moved into third, shooting a .598. After the fourth match, it looked like Cottrell was going to be taking home the trophy for first place, as Smith hiccupped with a 1.169 on his fourth target. Cottrell’s .528 put him in the lead, but ‘Catfish’ was looking more like a bar-

racuda ready to strike. Tyler’s match small group of .424 had him in third place circling for the top spot. “It was my third shot. It just flew out. The wind didn’t change, so it wasn’t a condition, I guess it was something I did.” That was Cottrell explaining the 1.973 inch group on his fifth target, opening the door for Smith, or Tyler, or even Ed Adams to claim the win. In the end, Cottrell dropped to sixth place, while Smith’s .972 couldn’t top the ‘Catfish’. Tyler shot a .669 to snatch the victory away from the group with a .3101 aggregate. Smith brought home the second place trophy with a .3332 aggregate, while Adams’ .3472 gave him the third place trophy. After an early lunch the Whittington Center moved the targets back to 100 yards, some mule deer and a very curious antelope decided they wanted to see what all the commotion was about during the first two matches. Needless to say, they didn’t stay behind the firing line, so the target crew of Aaron Snyder and John Harms had to chase them off a few times. So after the first match of 100 yard sporter was restarted and completed, Roger Tillery took the lead with a .197. Mike Cordes kept his hot hand with a .222, and Bud Mundy was in third place with a .236. The winds picked up again during the second match, but Tillery was able to hold on to the top spot with a .247. Mundy moved up to second with a .212, and Ed Adams’ .173 move him into third place and pushed Cordes into fourth. Keith Cottrell took home the small group trophy with a .131. With the wind now sustained around 15 miles per hour, Adams shot another sub two group with a match small .145 to stay in first place. Mundy remained in second with a .329 and Tillery in third with a .353. The top three positions remained the same after the fourth match as well, with Adams shooting a .279, Mundy a .362, and Tillery a .415. ‘Catfish’ Tyler shot the small group of the fourth match with a .265. Finally, when caller Tony Gallegos called the range closed for the annual Father’s Day shoot, Ed Adams put an exclamation point on the afternoon, shooting a fifth match small group of .199 and a grand aggregate of .2202. Bud Mundy took home second place with a .373 group and

.3024 aggregate, while Keith Cottrell moved into third with a .238 group and a .3124 aggregate. Roger Tillery took fourth and ‘Catfish’ Todd Tyler took fifth. In the Two Gun, Adams took first place with a .3852 grand aggregate, Todd Tyler was right behind Adams with a .4018, and Bob Brackney took home the third place trophy with a .4216. Roger Tillery and Bud Mundy round out the top five. August’s match will include the light and heavy varmint for the Four Gun Championship. Unlimited 10-Shot 100-Yards Ed Adams........................0.2598 Larry White...................... 0.3022 Bob Brackney.................... 0.3232 Roger Tillery..................... 0.3504 Bud Mundy....................... 0.3860 Todd Tyler........................ 0.4294 Larry Leser....................... 0.4486 Keith Cottrell.................... 0.4644 Butch Fjoser..................... 0.4650 Michael Strange................. 0.5664 Unlimited 10-Shot 200-Yards Todd Tyler.......................0.5349 Larry White...................... 0.5464 Roger Tillery..................... 0.5620 Bob Brackney.................... 0.6075 Ed Adams......................... 0.7136 Bud Mundy....................... 0.8121 Butch Fjoser..................... 0.9508 Keith Cottrell.................... 0.9872 Arthur Stuart.................... 1.1158 Michael Strange................. 1.2043 Unlimited Grand Larry White.....................0.4243 Roger Tillery..................... 0.4562 Bob Brackney.................... 0.4654 Todd Tyler........................ 0.4821 Ed Adams......................... 0.4867 Bud Mundy....................... 0.5990 Butch Fjoser..................... 0.7079 Keith Cottrell.................... 0.7258 Michael Strange................. 0.8853 Arthur Stuart.................... 0.8940 Heavy Varmint 100-Yards Durward Wofford...............0.2096 Jim Hemmert.................... 0.3272 Greg Smith....................... 0.3692 RB Carl............................ 0.3776 Roy Damron...................... 0.3962 Mike Cordes...................... 0.4344 James Williams.................. 0.4662 Gerald Adams.................... 0.4800 Cliff Lewis........................ 0.4870 Heavy Varmint 200-Yards Roy Damron.....................0.4530

September, 2014 Precision Rifleman Durward Wofford................ 0.5111 Mike Cordes...................... 0.6022 Greg Smith....................... 0.7352 Jim Hemmert.................... 0.8023 Gerald Adams.................... 0.8088 Cliff Lewis........................ 0.9256 James Williams.................. 1.0385 RB Carl............................ 1.2301 Heavy Varmint Grand Durward Woofard..............0.3604 Roy Damron...................... 0.4246 Mike Cordes...................... 0.5183 Greg Smith....................... 0.5522 Jim Hemmert.................... 0.5648 Gerald Adams.................... 0.6444 Cliff Lewis........................ 0.7063 James Williams.................. 0.7523 RB Carl............................ 0.8038 Sporter 100-Yards Ed Adams........................0.2202 Bud Mundy....................... 0.3024 Keith Cottrell.................... 0.3124 Name Unlimited: Larry White Roger Tillery Bob Brackney Todd Tyler Ed Adams Heavy Varmint: Durward Wofford Roy Damron Mike Cordes Greg Smith Jim Hemmert Sporter: Ed Admas Todd Tyler Bud Mundy Keith Cottrell Bob Brackney

Roger Tillery..................... 0.3220 Todd Tyler........................ 0.3330 Bob Brackney.................... 0.3416 Roy Damron...................... 0.3492 Jim Hemmert.................... 0.3522 Butch Fjoser..................... 0.3920 Mike Cordes...................... 0.4020 Sporter 200-Yards Todd Tyler.......................0.3101 Greg Smith....................... 0.3332 Ed Adams......................... 0.3472 Michael Strange................. 0.3601 Bob Brackney.................... 0.4140 Keith Cottrell.................... 0.4247 Bud Mundy....................... 0.4273 Butch Fjoser..................... 0.4524 Larry White...................... 0.4570 Roy Damron...................... 0.4810 Sporter Grand Ed Adams........................0.2837 Todd Tyler........................ 0.3216 Bud Mundy....................... 0.3649

Keith Cottrell.................... 0.3686 Bob Brackney.................... 0.3778 Michael Strange................. 0.4026 Roger Tillery..................... 0.4060 Roy Damron...................... 0.4151 Butch Fjoser..................... 0.4222 Greg Smith....................... 0.4343 Two Gun (SP&UNL) Ed Adams........................0.3852 Todd Tyler........................ 0.4018 Bob Brackney.................... 0.4216 Roger Tillery..................... 0.4311 Bud Mundy....................... 0.4820 Keith Cottrell.................... 0.5472 Butch Fjoser..................... 0.5651 Michael Strange................. 0.6440 Arthur Stuart.................... 0.7274 Ron Lax........................... 1.1000 Larry White...................... 1.4152 John Grantham.................. 1.8427

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Scope/Power Primer

Marsh Bat Remington Bat 3 Lug Bat

6PPC 6PPC 6PPC 6PPC 6PPC

Krieger Hart Krieger Bartlein Bartlein

Ocock Tillery Brackney Baggett Adams

Young n/a Brackney RFD Dodd

Miller 65 Miller Miller Miller

65 Time 67

LT 32 29 8208 29 133 V133 28.3

Niteforce 55 Leupold 36 Leupold 35 Weaver 36x Weaver

205M 205 7 1/2 205M 205M

Bat Bat Panda Panda Panda

6PPC 6PPC 6PPC 6PPC 6PPC

Bartlein Krieger Krieger Bartlein Bartlein

Wofford Brackney Adams Adams Bryant

Scoville Scarbrough Klub Lee Six Kelby

Bro. D 66.5 Miller 65 66 Yes Berger 65

133 29.1 LT 29 8208/322 N133 133 29.3

March 40 Marsh 40 36x Leupold 36 Leupold 36

Fed 205 205 205 Fed 205 Fed

Cobra Bat Bat Kelby Panda Marsh

6PPC 6PPC 6PPC 6PPC 6PPC

Bartlein Krieger Krieger Bartlein Krieger

Adams Baggett Mundy Ocock Brackney

Klub Scoville Bat Dickson Brackney

Miller Miller 68 BT Miller Miller

V-133 28.3 133 N133/28.5 133 29 8208

Sightrun 36 March 40x March 40 March Leupold 35x

205M 205M 205M 205M 7 1/2

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Wyoming State Hunter & VFS Tim Naugle, Casper Score Shooters Match Director

June 21-22, 2014 Casper, WY

We had nice weather both days with gusty winds and mild temperatures. Saturday we held the Hunter match and Ron Fields from Sheridan out “X’d” Durwood Hansen at 100 yards with a nice 250-15X. Durwood kept it going and at 200 yards he won the yardage and the Wyoming State Hunter 100-200 Grand.

Sunday we held the VFS and Durwood started out where he left off to win the 100 yard match with a 250-16X. The 200 yardage; however, was all Gary Evans of Casper withy a 249-4X and a 498-21X to win the Wyoming State VFS 100-200 Grand Aggregate. Thanks to all who attended the shoot and to Dianna and Conrad for their help.

Hunter 100-Yards Ron Fields...................... 250-15X Durwood Hansen............... 250-14X Bob Cole......................... 250-13X Tim Naugle...................... 249-11X Rich Carpenter.................. 249-7X Russell Cree..................... 248-15X Raymond Becker................ 248-6X Ron Powell...................... 247-10X Gary Evans....................... 247-8X

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Dean Thomas.................... 247-6X Leonard Hensley................ 246-7X Darrel Leno...................... 245-5X Bob Marostica.................... 244-4X Welden Yoder.................... 244-3X Hunter 200-Yards Durwood Hansen...............245-5X Raymond Becker................ 245-2X Russell Cree...................... 244-8X Bob Cole.......................... 244-1X Ron Powell....................... 243-4X Tim Naugle....................... 242-6X Dean Thomas.................... 240-3X Darrel Leno...................... 240-3X Welden Yoder.................... 239-5X Ron Fields........................ 239-1X Rich Carpenter.................. 239-1X Leonard Hensley................ 238-3X Gary Evans....................... 238-2X Bob Marostica.................... 230-2X Hunter Grand Aggregate Durwood Hansen.............. 495-19X Bob Cole......................... 494-14X Raymond Becker................ 493-8X Russell Cree..................... 492-23X Tim Naugle...................... 491-17X

Ron Powell...................... 490-14X Ron Fields....................... 489-16X Rich Carpenter.................. 488-8X Dean Thomas.................... 487-9X Gary Evans...................... 485-10X Darrel Leno...................... 485-8X Leonard Hensley............... 484-10X Welden Yoder.................... 483-8X Bob Marostica.................... 474-6X VFS 100-Yards Durwood Hansen.............. 250-16X Ron Powell...................... 250-15X Russell Cree..................... 249-20X Gary Evans...................... 249-16X Leonard Hensley............... 249-13X Rich Carpenter................. 249-12X Tim Naugle....................... 249-9X Bob Cole......................... 248-13X Welden Yoder................... 248-11X Dean Thomas................... 247-12X Raymond Becker................ 247-6X Norman Wills.................... 247-6X Bob Marostica.................... 245-9X VFS 200-Yards Gary Evans.......................249-5X Rich Carpenter.................. 247-9X

Tim Naugle....................... 247-5X Leonard Hensley................ 246-8X Dean Thomas.................... 246-6X Raymond Becker................ 246-2X Ron Powell....................... 245-9X Russell Cree...................... 245-7X Bob Cole.......................... 245-5X Welden Yoder.................... 244-3X Durwood Hansen................ 241-5X Bob Marostica.................... 233-1X Norman Wills.................... 200-4X VFS Grand Aggregate Gary Evans...................... 498-21X Rich Carpenter................. 496-21X Tim Naugle...................... 496-14X Ron Powell...................... 495-24X Leonard Hensley............... 495-21X Russell Cree..................... 494-27X Bob Cole......................... 493-18X Dean Thomas................... 493-18X Raymond Becker................ 493-8X Welden Yoder................... 492-14X Durwood Hansen............... 491-21X Bob Marostica................... 478-10X Norman Wills................... 447-10X

2014 Alpen Cup: Tony Negri Memorial in Dobbiaco, Italy by Americo Angaran

Four sunny days in an unexpected hot June helped to make this shoot very fun and relaxing. There were sixty-six shooters attending, 1,584 targets measured and no claims. The target crew and measurement crew were great! The 2014 Alpen Cup is also the Tony Negri Memorial held in honor of longtime benchrest enthusiast, Tony Negri. Congratulations to the Alpen Cup winners and to newly-elected NBRSA European Regional Director, Jean Marie Deletang, a very nice man, experienced shooter and friend of all of us. The results shown are for NBRSA shooters with their placement in parenthesis and their MOA displayed. This year’s Alpen Cup winner was Alberto Lenzi from Italy with an overall MOA of 0.2604. Match results are printed courtesy of www.eurobenchrestnews. com and JC Braconi. Thank you. Light Varmint 100-Yards Anne-Marie Deletang (1st) ��0.2108 Jean-Marie Deletang (15)...... 0.2799 Philippe Octo (16)............... 0.2845

Ivan Piani (17)................... 0.2858 Heinz Kostner (20).............. 0.2925 Paul Trautig (22)................ 0.2979 Americo Angaran (35).......... 0.3363 Light Varmint 200-Yards Philippe Octo (11)............... 0.3035 Ivan Piani (19)................... 0.3384 Heinz Kostner (21).............. 0.3497 Americo Angaran (23).......... 0.3584 Paul Trautig (25)................ 0.3606 Jean-Marie Deletang (32)...... 0.3759 Anne-Marie Deletang (34)..... 0.3823 Light Varmint Grand Aggregate Philippe Octo (11)............... 0.2864 Anne-Marie Deletang (12)..... 0.2966 Ivan Piani (16)................... 0.3121 Heinz Kostner (18).............. 0.3211 Jean-Marie Deletang (22)...... 0.3279 Paul Trautig (24)................ 0.3292 Americo Angaran (29).......... 0.3559 Heavy Varmint 100-Yards Paul Trautig (14)................ 0.2560 Heinz Kostner (27).............. 0.2926 Jean-Marie Deletang (34)...... 0.3293 Anne-Marie Deletang (37)..... 0.3407 Ivan Piani (42)................... 0.3500

Philippe Octo (53)............... 0.3935 Americo Angaran (65).......... 0.5252 Heavy Varmint 200-Yards Ivan Piani (12)................... 0.2868 Heinz Kostner (14).............. 0.3055 Anne-Marie Deletang (16)..... 0.3101 Paul Trautig (19)................ 0.3157 Jean-Marie Deletang (26)...... 0.3363 Americo Angaran (30).......... 0.3467 Philippe Octo (47)............... 0.4238 Heavy Varmint Grand Aggregate Paul Trautig (11)................ 0.2859 Heinz Kostner (17).............. 0.2990 Ivan Piani (25)................... 0.3184 Anne-Marie Deletang (26)..... 0.3254 Jean-Marie Deletang (30)...... 0.3328 Philippe Octo (53)............... 0.4086 Americo Angaran (55).......... 0.4360 Two Gun Paul Trautig (18)................ 0.3075 Heinz Kostner (19).............. 0.3101 Anne-Marie Deletang (20)..... 0.3110 Ivan Piani (21)................... 0.3152 Jean-Marie Deletang (24)...... 0.3304 Philippe Octo (32)............... 0.3513 Americo Angaran (47).......... 0.3917

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Sahuaro 1000-yard Benchrest by Karl Hustiger & Dale Arenson The July match had very good conditions. Very light breezes with temperatures only in the 100’s by the end of the match. The Range Master said he would order the same for next month! This was a far better weather match than what we encountered in June (Flag Day), when wind gusts exceeding 30mph were reported. At those wind speeds, shots off paper can occur even in this great crowd. We had a good group again with a new shooter from San Diego. Top honors go to Ross Herrick, (middle photo) who was really on it today, shooting his 30Patriot to win each yardage. Pictured at right is Steve Everson. The next couple of months are guaranteed to be warm and that’s okay with us. Since summer is a time for vacations, we are all hoping that the wind will go on vacation for a while as well. Light Gun Aggregate Ross Herrick......................5.08” Bill Warner........................ 6.81” Steve Everson..................... 7.60” Wayne McDonald................. 8.75” Lon Persun........................ 9.56” Small Group Ross Herrick...................... 4.125” Light Gun Total Score Ross Herrick.....................141-1X Steve Everson.................... 140-1X Bill Warner....................... 140-1X Wayne McDonald................ 135-1X Mark Avakian..................... 134-2X High Score Ross & Steve....................... 49X Heavy Gun Aggregate Ross Herrick......................7.60” Steve Everson.................... 11.46” Jerry Reisdorff................... 12.15” Bill Warner....................... 13.02” Mark Avakian..................... 15.10” Small Group Ross Herrick....................... 7.25” Heavy Gun Total Score Ross Herrick.....................279-2X Bill Warner......................... 268 Steve Everson...................... 261 Mark Avakian..................... 248-1X Mark Roth.......................... 212 High Score Ross Herrick....................... 98-2X

Name Herrick Everson (H/20) Everson (LG) Avakian McDonald Persun Warner Reisdoff Roth

Caliber 30Patriot 6.5x284 6.5x47Lazz 6.5x47Lazz 7x284 300wsm 6.5x284 30Patriot 6.5x260

Sahuaro 1000-Yard Benchrest July Equipment List Action Barrel Gunsmith Stock Scope Case Nesika Krieger Wells Tracker Nightforce Lazz Nesika Krieger Brackney McMillan Leupold Winchester Panda Krieger Brackney McMillan Leupold Lapua Panda Krieger Nielson Kelbly Nightforce Lapua Savage CBI self Sharp Nightforce Winchester McMillan Classic Wells McMillan Nightforce Norma BAT Krieger Bruno McMillan Nightforce Lapua Nesika Hart self McMillan Leupold Lazz Stiller Bartlein Adams Manners Sightron Lapua

Powder H4831 H4350 RL15 V540 H4831 H4831 H4350 H4831 RL15

Bullet/Wt JLK/210 Sierra/142 Berger/140 Berger/140 Berger/180 Berger/210 Sierra/140 Berger/210 Berger/130

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Joe Krupa Wins the Wolverine Challenge by Bill Gammon

WWCCA, Plymouth MI June 7-8, 2014

The weather started off hot on Saturday and an early morning rain on Sunday. Eventually it got nice but the order for the weekend was bug spray. Just to give you a little idea of what Michigan is like, I left the range at 6:30pm and it was 75 degrees. An hour or so later traveling northwest, it dropped to 56. OH WELL! There were 24 brave souls and 10 gallons of bug spray that ventured out that weekend. The highlight was the steak supper put on by WWCCA. The steaks were great and you got to cook your own, plus all the trimmings. Well the Wolverine Challenge started off as a Joey, Jack and Don race as to who was going to be first. Don Rosette started off with 3 small groups in the LV100 with Joey Krupa taking the last group with a beauty .109. Joe won the LV100 stage with Don right there and

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Jack Neary in fourth. The HV100 stage was won by Jack Neary, Joe second and Don fifth. Into Sunday the HV200 stage was won by Don Rosette with Jack Neary second & Joe Krupa third. The HV Grand was won by Jack Neary, Joe Krupa second and Don Rosette third. The LV200 stage was won by Lee Hachigian, second was Jack Neary and third was out of retirement, Jim Hutchison. The LV Grand was won by Joe Krupa, with Jim Hutchison second and Jack Neary third. The Two Gun was Joe Krupa, Jack Neary and Don Rosette pictured above. Page 35 has Jim Hutchison and Lee Hachigian too. We hope to see you at the Fall Classic, to be held here on Oct 11-12 and the steak supper will be a highlight again. Light Varmint 100-Yards Joe Krupa........................0.1746 Don Rosette...................... 0.1850 Jim Hutchison................... 0.2328 Jack Neary....................... 0.2378 John Petteruti................... 0.2432

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Joe Krupa........................ 0.1090 Heavy Varmint 100-Yards Jack Neary......................0.1994 Joe Krupa........................ 0.2012 John Inman....................... 0.2190 Lee Hachigian................... 0.2312 Don Rosette...................... 0.2342 John Petteruti................... 0.1210 Heavy Varmint 200-Yards Don Rosette.....................0.2150 Jack Neary....................... 0.2176 Joe Krupa........................ 0.2360 Mel Newransky.................. 0.2466 Jake King......................... 0.2529 Chuck Green..................... 0.2710 Light Varmint 200-Yards Lee Hachigian...................0.1931 Jack Neary....................... 0.2373 Jim Hutchison................... 0.2418 Peter Smith...................... 0.2652 Larry Gage....................... 0.2686 Lee Hachigian................... 0.2200 Light Varmint Grand Joe Krupa........................0.2220 Jim Hutchison................... 0.2373 Jack Neary....................... 0.2376 Lee Hachigian................... 0.2477 Ron Robovitsky.................. 0.2574 Don Rosette...................... 0.2575 John Petteruti................... 0.2673 Mel Newransky.................. 0.2724 Ted Heindselman................ 0.2771 Peter Smith...................... 0.2941 Heavy Varmint Grand Jack Neary......................0.2085 Joe Krupa........................ 0.2186 Don Rosette...................... 0.2246 Mel Newransky.................. 0.2481 Lee Hachigian................... 0.2534 John Inman....................... 0.2556 Larry Gage....................... 0.2589 Peter Smith...................... 0.2650 Ron Robovitsky.................. 0.2724 John Petteruti................... 0.2821 Two Gun Joe Krupa........................0.2203 Jack Neary....................... 0.2230 Don Rosette...................... 0.2410 Lee Hachigian................... 0.2505 Mel Newransky.................. 0.2603 Ron Robovitsky.................. 0.2649 Jim Hutchison................... 0.2674 John Petteruti................... 0.2747 Peter Smith...................... 0.2796 Larry Gage....................... 0.2840

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Western Wayne County Conservation Association's Wolverine Challenge Two-Gun Equipment List Name Joe Krupa Jack Neary Don Rosette Lee Hachigian Mel Newransky Ron Robovitsky Ron Robovitsky (HV) Jim Hutchison John Petteruti John Petteruti (HV) Peter Smith Peter Smith (HV)

Caliber 6PPC 6PPC 6PPC 6PPC 6PPC 6PPC 6PPC 6PPC 6PPC 6PPC 6PPC 6PPC

Action BAT BAT BAT BAT BAT BAT BAT Farley BAT Panda BAT BAT

Barrel Krieger Bartlein Krieger Krieger Krieger Krieger Krieger Krieger Krieger Bartlein MacLennan Krieger

Gunsmith Scott D.Bruno D.Bruno Scott Scott Scott Scott Scott D.Bruno Hausedusen Johansen Johansen

Stocker Scoville D.Bruno Scoville Scoville Scoville Scoville Scoville TM Scoville Hall Scoville Scoville

Scope Leupold Leupold Leupold March Leupold Leupold Leupold Leupold Leupold Leupold Leupold Leupold

Case Lapua Lapua Lapua Lapua Lapua Lapua Lapua Lapua Lapua Lapua Lapua Lapua

Load N133 N133 V133 V133 V133 LT32 LT32 N133 8208 8208 N133 N133

Bullet Hottenstein Bart's Hottenstein Hottenstein Hottenstein Euber Basshamm Hottenstein Hottenstein Hottenstein Mitchell Mitchell

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Ranges, Clubs, and Contacts ER—Eastern Region Chippewa Rifle Club

www.chippewarifleclub.com GPS: N40 56.820 W81 44.583 Contact: Bob Denk 440 596-7238 1728 E Linden Ln, Parma, OH 44130 robertsdenk66@gmail.com Contact: Randy Perkowski 330 472-0856 1259 Curtis Ave, Cuyahoga Falls, OH 44221 perkosrk@sbcglobal.net

Fairchance Rod & Gun Club

GPS: N39 48.704 W79 47.179 Contact: Bill Reahard 724 323-5044 PO Box 156, McClellandtown, PA 15458 reahard@verizon.net Contact: Jerry Van Sickle 724 569-2216 181 Guthrie Rd, Smithfield, PA 15478

Holton Gun & Bow Club

6201 Crystal Lake Rd, Holton, MI 49425 PO Box 128, Holton, MI 49425 www.holtongunandbowclub.com 231 821-9608 GPS: N43 23.742 W86 05.2566 Contact: Bruce Torrey, 231 288-4769 3951 Molly Blvd, Muskegon, MI 49444 Alternate: Nancy Scarbrough 231 638-6775 544 N Buys Rd, Muskegon, MI 49445 stocksunlimited@comcast.net

Isabella County Sportsmans Club

Corner of Winn & Millbrook Roads PO Box 383, Winn, MI 48896 www.isabellacountysportsmansclub.com Contact: Harry Ross 989 239-2738 3625 South Summerton Rd Mt Pleasant, MI 48858 heross@charter.net

Kane Fish & Game

Dwight Rd, 1 mile N of Kane on SR 321 www.kanefishandgameclub.org Steve Timpano – Group 814 837-9644 stimpano@verizon.net 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

Central Texas Benchrest

GPS: N29 44.695 W098 14.141 Contact:Sammye Dietz 830 885-4662 421 Range Rd, New Braunfels, TX 78132 Contact: Wayne Young 210 288-3063 391 Berry Oaks Dr, Bulverde, TX 78163 830 612-1277 or 67 wayne@swmco.com

Midland Shooters Association

4108 East County Rd 160, Midland, TX 79706 432 682-2332 www.midlandshooters.com Contact: Mike Conry 3212 E County Rd 136, Midland, TX 79706 432 528-8718 or 432 683-1332 MEConry@suddenlink.net

North TX Shooters Association

www.shootntsa.com GPS: N33 19.351 W97 08.938 Contact: Michael Stinnett 214 794-8006 6651 Blackjack Oaks Rd, Aubrey, TX 76227 mkstinnett@gmail.com

Seymour Stool Shooters

448 Hwy 283 South, Seymour, TX 76380 Contact: John Horn 940 636-9984 924 Peterson Rd S, Iowa Park, TX 76367 John.Horn44@gmail.com

Southwest Louisiana Rifle & Pistol

Contact: Ron Lee Miller 402 393-4536 8081 Dupont St. Omaha NE 68124 ncnbrsa@cox.net

Lincoln Izaak Walton League

10801 S 134th St, Bennet, NE 68317 Contact: Mike Shapoval 402 420-5763 mike10shapoval@windstream.net

Minnetonka Benchrest 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

MV—Mississippi Valley

Bench Rest Rifle Club Of St Louis

2280 Kohn Rd, Wright City, MO 63390 www.shootingstl.com GPS: N38 53.353 W091 04.763 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

www.swla-rifleandpistol.org Contact: Mike Guillot 337 249-3712 1600 Cappy Dr, Lake Charles, LA 70605 Guillot4555@suddenlink.net

Columbus Sportsman’s Assn

Contact: Dwayne Pullum: 281 684-9004 Richard Pullum by email: richardpullum@embarqmail.com

Holmen Rod & Gun Club

Tomball Gun Club

NC—North Central Region Boone Valley Ikes

Contact: Ronnie Berg 515 210-7772 104 S Dalander St, Madrid, IA 50156 mrberg@iowatelecom.net

Buffalo Outdoor Rifle Club

462 N Burritt, Buffalo, WY 82834 Contact Pete Eisele 307 217- 1155

Casper Score Shooters

2330 N Station Rd, Casper, WY 82601 307 265-2535 www.stuckenhoffshooterscomplex.net Contact: Tim Naugle 307 237-7185 1926 S Walnut St, Casper WY 82601 tnaugle@bresnan.net

Council Bluffs Rifle & Pistol Club

www.cbr-pc.org GPS: N41.39083 W95.37891 Contact: Gary Flury 712 328-0301 PO Box 1042, Council Bluffs, IA 50502 garysflury@gmail.com

W10924 Bryer Road, Columbus, WI 53925 www.csa12.com tabalding@gmail.com Contact Terry Balding 608 577-5193 1777 W Main St #203, Sun Prairie, WI 53590 W7503 County Road T, Holmen, WI 54636 www.holmenrodandgunclub.com Contact Jim Knower, 608 526-3151

Van Dyne Sportsmen’s Club

www.vdsc.org or info@vdsc.org Contact: Dick Baier 920 688-2433 PO Box 8, Van Dyne WI 54979

NW—Northwest Region Wenatchee Benchrest Club

2800 #2 Canyon Rd, Wenatchee, WA www.wenrrc.org, zaccs@televar.com Contact: Dan Zaccanti 509 733-1003

Rogue Valley Shooting Sports Assn

6900 Kershaw Blvd, White City, OR 97502 Contact: Phil Grammatica 714 749-7216 philgrammatica@yahoo.com

Lewis-Clark Wildlife Club

27007 South Tom Beall Rd, Lapwai, ID 83540 280 843-2987 www.lcwildlife.org Contact: Paul Gylling - HTR/VFS 40102 State Route 195, Colfax WA 99111

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Ranges, Clubs, and Contacts PGylling@gmail.com 509 553-1118 Denny Andrews - Group 13263 Snake River Rd, Asotin WA 99402 andrewslaw1@gmail.com 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 Assn

Hwy 12 to Pasco-Kahlotus Rd www.tcmsa.org Contact: Rick DeGroat 509 308-7213 or 509 396-3166 rem10x308@aol.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: Ryan Lienemann 406 245-4056 1124 Horn St, Billings, MT 59101 lienemannbr@gmail.com

SE—Southeast Region Brock’s Gap Training Center

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

MC—Mid-Continent Region Land’s End Benchrest Shooters

4 mi East of Hwy 50 on Reeder Mesa Rd Contact: Tom Stiner 970 257-9160 1521 Divide Rd, Whitewater CO 81527 TSTooling@hotmail.com

Mill Creek Rifle Club

7215 Gardner Rd, DeSoto, KS 66018 www.millcreekrc.org Contact: Don Creach - Group 816 586-9475 dcjcreach@aol.com Contact:Ronald Shultz - Hunter/VFS 913 557-9879

Northern CO Benchrest Shooters

38967 CR 51, Eaton, CO 80615 www.wcfw.org Contact: Bud Schalles 970 224-3740 PO Box 83, La Porte CO 80535 budschalles@aol.com

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

Okie Shooters Range

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

Ouachita Sportsmen’s Assn

Manatee Gun & Archery Club

Middle Georgia Gun Owners Assn

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 Contact: John Henry 870 326-5509 278 Maquire Ln, Pencil Bluff AR 71965

Whittington Center

34025 US 64, Raton, NM 87740 575 445-3615 www.nrawc.org Contact: Ed Adams 505 401-5071 7923 Victoria Dr NW, Albuquerque NM 87120 trished5@comcast.net

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

SW—Southwest Region

588 River Bend Gun Club Road Dawsonville, GA 30534 770 893-3502 www.rbgc.org GPS: N34 20.198 W84 14.819 Contact: Jim Andress Group/Score PO Box 7, Marble Hill, GA 30148 benchrest@rbgc.org, jim@precisionrifles.co 770 876-2351 or 770 893-3319

Central Utah Benchrest

River Bend Gun Club

Rockingham County Gun Club

572 Long Branch Road, Reidsville, NC 27320

Arizona Benchrest Shooters

4044 W Black Canyon Blvd, Phoenix, AZ 85086 GPS: N33 27 12.22 W112 37 12.20 Contact: Art Clegg 623 878-4979 6210 W Mescal St, Glendale, AZ 85304 ahclegg@cox.net Contact: Dave Tunbridge 801 571-6755 966 Stacie Ave, Sandy UT 84094 drtunbridge@gmail.com

Desert Sportsman Rifle Club

12201 W Charleston Blvd, Las Vegas, NV 89135 702 642-9928 www.dsrpc.net

GPS: N36.1498 W115.3653 Contact: Keith Myers - VFS keithmyers@yahoo.com or 702 217-3591

Ojai Valley Gun Club

www.dock.net/ovgc Contact: Barry Bluhm 805 798-2473 608 E Oak St, Ojai CA 93023 TwiLiteZ585@hotmail.com

Palomino Valley Gun Club

Washoe County Shooting Facility 21555 Pyramid Lake Hwy, Reno NV 80502 palominovalleygunclub.homestead.com GPS: N39 51.374 W119 40.046 Contact: Robert Hoppe - Long Range PO BOX 4251, Sparks NV 89432 RobH@saturnnet.com 775 827-8679 or 775 397-3358 Contact: Steve Archibald - Varmint 5017 Pleasant View Dr, Sparks, NV 89434 775 356-5850 (h) or 775 742-1153 (c) nevadaswa@aol.com

Sahuaro 1000-Yard Benchrest

www.tucsonrifleclub.org Contact: Karl Hunstiger 602 971-4400 2901 E Cortez St, Phoenix AZ 85028 wfo13@aol.com

Sloughhouse Benchrest Shooters

www.sloughhousebenchrest.com Contact: Craig St Claire - Long Range galtshtr@gmx.com or 209 744-2274 Contact: Dan Lutke - Short Range 408 241-9759 lutke5@sbcglobal.net Contact: Bill Mellor - Short Range 916 354-1782 rollem11@att.net

Visalia Sportsman Association

7398 Avenue 328, Visalia, CA 93291 599 651-3063 www.visaliasportsmans.com Contact: Dennis Thornbury 559 432-4401 PO Box 105, Visalia, CA 93279 559 280-6243 gunhandler@gmail.com

EU—European Region Benchrest Dolomiti

Via Alemagna 1/a, Dobbiaco, Italy 39034 info@alpenfuchs.it Contact: Americo Angaran americo.angaran@gmail.com

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* Flash * NBRSA News * Flash * NBRSA News * Flash * NBRSA News * LT32 POWDER INFO WANTED!

If you use LT32 in your shooting, we want to hear from you! Please call or email Rob Behr at Western Powders at 406 234-0422 or rob@ramshot.com.

Long Range Nationals Follow-Up

Norm Matson and Craig St Claire write

that the article in the July issue about the 2014 Sloughhouse National 600yd & 1000yd Benchrest Championship did not include the 1000yd equipment list. Well, here it is posted above! Also we would like give a special thanks to Andy Anderson (GI Joes) for

his huge work effort in getting thank Andy Anderson for the HUGE amount of work getting prizes for our drawing which would not be without him. We hope he gets to feeling better soon. Andy is the man!

Sloughhouse Long Range Nationals 1000-Yard Benchrest Top-10 Equipment List Name Caliber Action Barrel Gunsmith Stocker Scope/Power powder Richard Duncan (LG) 6 Dasher Barnard Bartlein 1-8 MT Guns Stockade Sightron 10-50 Varget 33.3gn Richard Duncan (HG) 6 Dasher Nesike Bay Bartlein 1-8 Critz/Cutright McMillan MBR Night Force 12-42 Varget 33.3gn Richard Schatz 6 Dasher Nesika Kreiger Dowling Shehane Night Force 8-32 RE-15 32.5 Billy Copeland (LG) 6 Dasher 3L BAT Benchmark 1-8 n/a McMillan Night Force 12-42 n/a Billy Copeland (HG) 284 WIN Nesika benchmark 1-9 n/a Modified Tracker Night Force 12-42 n/a Bruce Bangeman 6mm Lawton Kreiger Mendenhall 7500 Dual Port March n/a Bob Hoppe (LG) 6 Dasher Panda Kreiger Dierks Dierks Night Force 12-42 Varget Bob Hoppe (HG) 6 Dasher Stiller Kreiger Fleming McMillan Night Force 12-42 Varget Shawn Greene (LG) 6.5-284 Savage Savage 1-8 Savage SSS Sightron Bench H4831 51.2 Shawn Greene (HG) 284 WIN Stiller Kreiger 1-8.5 PTS precision Speedy-Rob Night Force H4831sc 54.8 Bill Johnston (LG) 6 Dasher BAT Bartlein 1-8 Jerry Wreight Shehane Tracker Night Force 12-42 RE-15 32.6 Bill Johnston (HG) 300 WSM Bat Kreiger Eric Springman Springman Night Force 12-42 H4831 60.0 Greg Wilson (LG) 6mm Fat Dawg BAT Kreiger Wilson Shehane Tracker Night Force 8-32 RL-15 34.5 Greg Wilson (HG) 6.5-284 BAT Kreiger Wilson Shehane MBR N-F NXS 12-42 H4831sc 52.5 Canada Cummins 6 Dasher BAT Bartlein 1-8 Terry Wright Shehane Night Force 12-42 RL-15 32.5 Peter White 7 RSAUM REM 700SA Bartlein White Franklin M008 Leuopold 36 BR H4831sc 57.0

Bullet Berger 108 Berger 108 Spencer Berger 105 Berger 180 n/a n/a n/a Berger 140 Berger 180 Hybrid Berger Berger Sierra 107 Sierra 142 Berger Berger 180 Hybrid

Primer CCI 450 CCI 450 CCI 450 n/a n/a n/a CCI 450 CCI 450 BR2 BR2 CCI 450 Federal CCI 450 Federal 210 M CCI 450 BR2

Trigger Barnard Jewell Jewell n/a n/a n/a Jewell Jewell Accutrigger Kelbly Jewell Jewell Jewell Jewell Jewell Jewell

Advertising Index

TargetVision........................2 Gradient Lens......................3 Berger Bullets......................5 Butch’s Reloading................ 13 BAT Machine Company........... 15 Accugauge/6mmPPC............. 16 Darton International............. 17 2014 Tumbleweed................ 19 Marsh Industries.................. 19 Holton Group Nationals �� 21 Lilja Rifle Barrels................. 22 No Colorado Firewalker �� 24 Sharp Shoot R..................... 25 Chuck Hearn Firearms........... 26 Benchrite, LLC.................... 27 Shooter Shed...................... 27 Magnum Metal.................... 27 21st Century Shooting........... 28 Shilen Rifles....................... 33 PMA Tool........................... 34 Western Powder.................. 35 Hoehn Sales....................... 38 Kelbly’s......................... back page

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Regional Directors Eastern Region

Staff Exp 2016

Jack Neary 6204 Wild Oak Dr, North Olmstead, OH 44070 H: 440 716-0600 C: 336 542-8711 jrneary@hotmail.com

Gulf Coast Region

Officers Dennis Thornbury, President 1114 S McAuliff St Visalia, CA 93292 H: 559 732-4401 C: 559 280 6243 gunhandler@gmail.com Term Expires 2014 Don Nielson, Vice President 20456 Hart St, Winnetka, CA 91306 H: 818 883-5866 pkin@sbcglobal.net Term Expires 2014 John Horn, Financial Officer 924 Peterson Rd South Iowa Park, TX 76367-7237 C: 940 636-9984 Term Expires 2014 John.Horn44@gmail.com

Committees World Records Committee: Group Gene Bukys, Chairman 2111 Silver Moon Trail Crosby, TX 77532 281 324-2605 egb243@msn.com Kent Harshman, Committee Member Ron Hoehn, Committee Member Lowell Frei, Committee Member World Records Committee: Score David Halblom, Chairman 515 556-5833 4315 Ashby Ave, Des Moines, IA 50310 DavidHalblom-BugTyer@att.net Dan Zaccanti, Committee Member Rich Carpenter, Committee Member Randy Perkowski, Committee Member Tom McPhee, Committee Member International Representative Wayne Campbell 264 Benchrest Ln, Concord, VA 24538 H: 434 993-9201 C: 434 665-2066 wcppc@icloud.com Varmint For Score Representative (Southwest Region) Keith Myers 702 217-3591 keithmyers@yahoo.com Long Range Measuring Committee Karl Hunstiger, Chairman 602 971-4400 wfo13@aol.com

Mississippi Valley Region Exp 2016

Bud Mundy 5956 Old Hickory Trail Hillsboro, MO 63050 C: 314 805-1313 bcmundy@earthlink.net

Exp 2015

Terry Meyer PO Box 52, Thornton, IA 50479 H: 641 998-2860 C: 641 425-3397 tdmeyer6ppc@gmail.com North Central Alternate Rodney Brown PO Box 7218, Sheridan, WY 82801 C: 303 378-6085 rbrown@vanaire.net

Mid-Continent Region

Exp 2015

Butch Fjoser 7 Summerfield St, Woodward, OK 73801 C: 580 334-2643 W: 580 254-9764 butchsguns@yahoo.com

North West Region

Business Manager, NBRSA Editor, Precision Rifleman Magazine Advertising Sales Contact Audrey Brown PO Box 6770, Sheridan, WY 82801 W: 307 655-7415 C: 307 217-1966 nbrsa.manager@gmail.com

Exp 2015

Scott Hunter 1612 Buchanan St, Wichita Falls, TX 76309 H: 940 723-5147 C: 940 631-4545 Shunter@NTS-online.net Gulf Coast Alternate Mike Bryant 7761 FM 592, Wheeler, TX 79096 806 826-5958, mike@bryantcustom.com

North Central Region

Exp 2015

Dan Zaccanti 1542 Tacoma Ave, Bridgeport, WA 98813 C: 509 733-1003 zaccs@televar.com North West Alternate Paul Holland PO Box 1498, Big Fork, MT 59911 406 837-5583 plumbing@centurytel.net

South East Region

Exp 2016

South West Region

Exp 2016

European Region

Exp 2016

Wayne Campbell 264 Benchrest Ln, Concord, VA 24538 H: 434 993-9201 C: 434 665-2066 wcppc@icloud.com

Tom Libby 74056 Aster Dr, Palm Desert, CA 92260 760 774-5256 tomnbrsa@outlook.com South West Alternate David Woodward PO Box 1465, Dubois, WY 82513 C: 307 455-2296 or 520 219-0189 dwoodward@dteworld.com Jean-Marie Deletang 15 Rue des Martyrs, Beausoleil, 06240 France redneckbr@neuf.fr

Legal Representation

Elliot Law Office Al Elliott, 325 387-3529 albertelliott@mail.com

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