August, 2015

August, 2015

The Voice of the National Bench Rest Shooters Assn

Bill Johnston:

Long Range Benchrest Hall of Fame Inductee with 8 World Records & counting...

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In This Issue...

2015 Long Range Nationals at Colorado Rifle Club, by Audrey Brown......................................4 Bill Johnston Sets New 600-Yard World Records, by Audrey Brown.........................................7 6x41 Vance: New Cartridge for Long Range Benchrest, by Rodney Brown.................................9 2015 Long Range Score Nationals at Casper, WY, by Tim Naugle...........................................10 Columbus Sportsman’s 600-Yard Benchrest, by Terry Balding..............................................12 Desert Sportsman’s Score Matches, by Howard Bloom & Keith Myers....................................15 27th Annual Hog Roast results, by Bill Reahard..............................................................16 TK Nolland & Dean Ekstrom Win at Mill Creek Rifle Club, by Don Creach...............................18 2015 NBRSA Registered Match Schedule........................................................................20 Sahuaro: It’s Another Clean Sweep for Ross Herrick, by Dale Arenson...................................22 No Surprise at Oak Hill Gun Club, by Cecil Peterson.........................................................24 Tomball’s Battle of San Jacinto & TX State VFS Results.....................................................25 Dan Lutke Wins May Match at Sloughhouse Benchrest.......................................................27 Huckeba Wins Texas State Championship at Seymour, by Glenn Chism...................................28 Bob Scarbrough, Jr Wins Holton’s President’s Cup...........................................................30 Ed Adams Wins Raton’s Best in the West, by Mark Motsko..................................................32 2015 Agenda Items for Board Review...........................................................................35 Ranges, Clubs & Contacts.........................................................................................36 NBRSA News........................................................................................................38 Officer, Regional Director & Business Contact Information.................................................39 On the cover: Bill Johnston takes aim at Colorado Rifle Club during the Long Range Nationals.

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contenders were ready to go with mild switching winds, just enough to blow you off paper.

Michael Nagengast took the win in Light Gun Score to start things off nicely. Then along came Bill Johnston who won the Heavy Gun Score and took the Two Gun Score as well. Nick Hoier made his presence known by winning the Light Gun Group Aggregate and Bill Johnston returned the favor in Heavy Gun Group.

When the scores were tallied, it was Bill Johnston winning the Two Gun Group Aggregate with a 2.7818. Bill has tasted success in LR benchrest before winning the 1000-yard HV Group Championship in 2013’s LR Nationals.

Hopes were high to see who A little bit of everything was years’ event. Despite inclement would land as the 2015 600-Yard in store for the long rangers this weather (a deluge would be a Grand Champion overall and Bill year at a new hosting club for better word), relentless mosquiJohnston rose to the challenge the 2015 600 & 1000 yard Na- toes, roaming buffalos and wind in grand style with potential tionals held in Colorado Rifle that would send a toupee soarnew world records being subClub in Byers. Match direc- ing (if one were to wear such a mitted on his behalf. What a tors, Nate Miller and Nick Hoier thing), Nick and Nate managed way to start the LR Nationals! worked hard for months to get to keep things together.

With a day off to relax between Nate ran the 600 yard event the 600-yard facilities up and the 600 and 1000 yard events, running in anticipation of this on June 8-9. The twenty-six Mother Nature had just enough time to stir up some trouble and brought forth a deluge that had everyone running for cover. Try as they may, in the end, Mother Nature got the upper hand and the 1000-yard event was called off on the second day due to rain. Following the rules, the results are valid for the event since three targets were shot in both Light and Heavy Guns.

The drawback is that no Hall of Fame points apply. As the scores ended, it was Billy Copelin taking first in Light Gun Score with Nate Miller winning both the Heavy Gun Score and Two Gun Score at 1000-yards. Then along came Bruce Bangeman who

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claimed the Light Gun Aggregate win. Bruce is also no stranger to LR National wins as he claimed victory in 2013 with the 1000yard Two Gun Group Championship and dominated the 2011 1000-yard stage by winning LG, HG and Two Gun Group and ultimately was 1000-yard Grand Champion in 2011. Bill Johnston was back for more and won the Heavy Gun Group and Two Gun Group Aggregate. It looked like Bill might have this event sewn up but when the placements were tallied from the 1000-Yard Two Gun events, along came that LR Hall of Famer, Billy Copelin who claimed Grand Champion‌again!

This is not Billy’s first win.

Many of you may remember he took the 2009 LR Nationals with a vengeance winning all categories in 1000-yards except LG Score. Bill Johnston began racking up his wins at the 2012 LR Nationals taking HG Group, HG Score and Grand Champion in 1000-yards for 2012.

Congratulations to Billy Copelin and Bill Johnston on their long range benchrest success and a heartfelt thank you to Nate Miller and Nick Hoier who worked valiantly for months to host this very special event. We hope that everyone was able to enjoy themselves despite the weather setback. Also, many thanks to Canada Cummins, Bill Bonser and Rod Brown for sending in pictures.

600-Yard Results

Light Gun Score Michael Nagengast.............280-5X Richard Heinsohn............... 274-1X Terry Balding..................... 273-4X Bruce Bangeman................ 272-1X Bill Bonser........................ 271-4X

Bill Johnston..................... 271-3X Canada Cummins................ 270-5X Tom Esser......................... 268-3X Roger Schultz.................... 268-2X Robert Hoppe.................... 267-3X Bill Hubina....................... 264-4X Nick Hoier........................ 263-1X George Tompkins................ 262-1X Louie Tamagni................... 261-3X William Behnke.................. 260-3X Billy Copelin..................... 259-5X Paul Hilgedick................... 259-0X Frank Vance...................... 258-2X Terry Nunemaker................ 257-2X Jaime Cardenas................. 256-1X David Gosnell.................... 250-3X Rodney Brown................... 249-0X Dan Shippy....................... 242-1X Bill Schrader..................... 237-1X Suzanne Brown.................. 188-2X Heavy Gun Score Bill Johnston................... 582-16X Robert Hoppe................... 581-17X Tom Esser......................... 558-7X Terry Balding..................... 554-7X Rodney Brown................... 553-6X Bill Bonser........................ 550-2X William Behnke.................. 549-7X Paul Hilgedick................... 547-8X Roger Schultz.................... 542-5X David Gosnell.................... 542-4X Jaime Cardenas................. 534-5X Bill Schrader..................... 532-3X Bill Hubina....................... 531-0X Canada Cummins................ 528-3X George Tompkins................ 524-4X Dan Shippy....................... 521-5X Richard Heinsohn............... 512-3X Frank Vance...................... 511-8X Nick Hoier........................ 510-2X Bruce Bangeman................ 503-3X Louie Tamagni................... 500-5X Billy Copelin..................... 499-2X Terry Nunemaker................ 477-3X Suzanne Brown.................. 441-1X Two Gun Score Bill Johnston................... 853-19X Robert Hoppe................... 848-18X Terry Balding.................... 827-11X Tom Esser........................ 826-11X Bill Bonser........................ 821-6X Roger Schultz.................... 810-7X William Behnke................. 809-10X Paul Hilgedick................... 806-8X Rodney Brown................... 802-6X Canada Cummins................ 798-8X Bill Hubina....................... 795-4X David Gosnell.................... 792-6X Jaime Cardenas................. 790-7X George Tompkins................ 786-5X

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Richard Heinsohn............... 786-4X Bruce Bangeman................ 775-4X Nick Hoier........................ 773-3X Bill Schrader..................... 769-4X Frank Vance...................... 767-3X Dan Shippy....................... 763-6X Louie Tamagni................... 761-8X Billy Copelin..................... 758-8X Terry Nunemaker................ 734-5X Suzanne Brown.................. 629-2X Light Gun Group Nick Hoier.......................2.4120 Billy Copelin..................... 2.4762 Bill Johnston..................... 2.7752 Jaime Cardenas................. 2.8492 Terry Nunemaker................ 2.8503 Tom Esser......................... 2.8573 Canada Cummins................ 2.9200 Richard Heinsohn............... 2.9393 Robert Hoppe.................... 2.9945 Bruce Bangeman................ 3.1833 Bill Hubina....................... 3.2573 William Behnke.................. 3.4630 Rodney Brown................... 3.5315 Frank Vance...................... 3.5735 Bill Bonser........................ 3.7227 David Gosnell.................... 3.7728 Dan Shippy....................... 3.7778 Roger Schultz.................... 3.8632 Louie Tamagni................... 3.8880 Terry Balding..................... 3.9608 Michael Nagengast.............. 4.0217 Paul Hilgedick................... 4.2335 Bill Schrader..................... 5.0470 George Tompkins................ 5.4957 Suzanne Brown.................. 7.0525 Heavy Gun Group Bill Johnston....................2.7883 Nick Hoier........................ 3.7930 Robert Hoppe.................... 3.8283 Bill Bonser........................ 3.9417 Frank Vance...................... 3.9703 Paul Hilgedick................... 4.0268 Bill Hubina....................... 4.1317 Rodney Brown................... 4.4865 William Behnke.................. 4.5325 Jaime Cardenas................. 4.6053 Tom Esser......................... 4.6772 Canada Cummins................ 4.6898 Suzanne Brown.................. 4.8605 Bruce Bangeman................ 4.8898 Dan Shippy....................... 4.9320 Terry Balding..................... 4.9777 David Gosnell.................... 5.1005 Louie Tamagni................... 5.5042 Bill Schrader..................... 5.5093 Roger Schultz.................... 5.5520 Richard Heinsohn............... 5.6528 George Tompkins................ 6.4653 Terry Nunemaker................ 7.2378

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Billy Copelin..................... 8.2983 Two Gun Group Bill Johnston....................2.7818 Nick Hoier........................ 3.1025 Robert Hoppe.................... 3.4114 Bill Hubina....................... 3.6945 Jaime Cardenas................. 3.7273 Tom Esser......................... 3.7673 Frank Vance...................... 3.7719 Canada Cummins................ 3.8049 Bill Bonser........................ 3.8322 William Behnke.................. 3.9978 Rodney Brown................... 4.0090 Bruce Bangeman................ 4.0366 Paul Hilgedick................... 4.1302 Richard Heinsohn............... 4.2961 Dan Shippy....................... 4.3549 David Gosnell.................... 4.4367 Terry Balding..................... 4.4693 Louie Tamagni................... 4.6961 Roger Schultz.................... 4.7076 Terry Nunemaker................ 5.0441 Bill Schrader..................... 5.2782 Billy Copelin..................... 5.3873 Suzanne Brown.................. 5.9565 George Tompkins................ 5.9834 Michael Nagengast............. 18.7234

600-Yard Grand Champion

Bill Johnston

1000-Yard Results

Light Gun Score Billy Copelin.....................141-2X Jaime Cardenas................. 136-1X Bill Hubina....................... 136-1X Greg Timothy.................... 136-1X Bruce Bangeman................ 135-1X Paul Hilgedick................... 134-1X Roger Schultz.................... 131-2X Nate Miller....................... 131-0X Michael Nagengast.............. 130-4X Jason Timothy................... 129-1X David Gosnell.................... 129-0X Bill Schrader..................... 128-1X Bill Bonser........................ 125-1X Terry Balding..................... 124-0X Canada Cummins................ 124-0X Richard Heinsohn............... 119-0X George Tompkins................ 117-1X Bill Johnston..................... 116-0X Frank Vance...................... 111-0X William Behnke.................. 110-0X Dan Shippy....................... 108-0X Tom Esser......................... 104-0X

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Louie Tamagni.................... 93-0X Robert Hoppe..................... 84-0X Rodney Brown.................... 73-0X Suzanne Brown................... 56-0X Heavy Gun Score Nate Miller.......................273-0X Bill Bonser........................ 266-2X Bruce Bangeman................ 264-1X Roger Schultz.................... 261-1X Canada Cummins................ 261-0X Billy Copelin..................... 258-1X Paul Hilgedick................... 258-1X Louie Tamagni................... 248-0X Greg Timothy.................... 248-0X Bill Schrader..................... 247-0X Jason Timothy................... 243-0X George Tompkins................ 239-0X Bill Johnston..................... 236-2X Tom Esser......................... 231-1X Bill Hubina....................... 221-1X David Gosnell.................... 216-0X William Behnke.................. 212-1X Rodney Brown................... 200-0X Dan Shippy....................... 199-0X Jaime Cardenas................. 197-0X Richard Heinsohn............... 192-0X Frank Vance...................... 168-0X Terry Balding..................... 164-0X Michael Nagengast.............. 144-0X Robert Hoppe..................... 87-2X Suzanne Brown................... 41-0X

Two Gun Score Nate Miller.......................404-0X Billy Copelin..................... 399-3X Bruce Bangeman................ 399-2X Roger Schultz.................... 392-3X Paul Hilgedick................... 392-2X Bill Bonser........................ 391-2X Canada Cummins................ 385-0X Greg Timothy.................... 384-1X Bill Schrader..................... 375-1X Jason Timothy................... 372-1X Bill Hubina....................... 357-2X George Tompkins................ 355-1X Bill Johnston..................... 352-2X David Gosnell.................... 345-0X Louie Tamagni................... 341-0X Tom Esser......................... 335-1X Jaime Cardenas................. 333-1X William Behnke.................. 322-1X Richard Heinsohn............... 311-0X Dan Shippy....................... 307-0X Terry Balding..................... 288-0X Frank Vance...................... 279-0X Michael Nagengast.............. 274-4X Rodney Brown................... 273-0X Robert Hoppe.................... 171-2X Suzanne Brown................... 97-0X Light Gun Group Bruce Bangeman...............4.4977 Bill Johnston..................... 5.3400 Billy Copelin..................... 5.5140

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Billy Copelin & Nick Hoier

Rodney Brown..................

Frank Vance.....................

Terry Balding....................

Robert Hoppe...................

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21.4995 21.9140 26.4937 42.4385

1000-Yard Grand Champion

Billy Copelin

New 600-Yd World Record LR Hall of Fame Inductee On November 16, 2014, Bill Johnston set two more 600-yard NBRSA World Records at Rogue Valley Shooting Sports Complex in White City, Oregon.

Light Gun 3-Target Group

Canada Cummins................ 5.9043 Bill Bonser........................ 6.6207 Paul Hilgedick................... 6.6270 Greg Timothy.................... 6.8087 Dan Shippy....................... 6.8453 Michael Nagengast.............. 6.8793 Nate Miller....................... 7.0343 Bill Hubina....................... 7.9077 Tom Esser......................... 8.1680 Suzanne Brown.................. 8.4087 William Behnke.................. 8.4087 Jason Timothy................... 8.5493 Bill Schrader..................... 8.8467 George Tompkins................ 9.2703 Jaime Cardenas................. 9.3097 Richard Heinsohn............... 9.3473 Louie Tamagni................... 9.7313 Frank Vance..................... 10.1690 Terry Balding.................... 11.1713 David Gosnell................... 11.7420 Roger Schultz................... 11.9397 Robert Hoppe................... 14.6673 Rodney Brown.................. 18.6167 Heavy Gun Group Bill Johnston....................7.6250 Nate Miller....................... 8.4293 George Tompkins................ 9.1600 Billy Copelin..................... 9.2067 Canada Cummins................ 9.2217 Greg Timothy.................... 9.3810 Bruce Bangeman................ 9.7273 Bill Hubina....................... 9.8840 Bill Schrader.................... 10.4423 David Gosnell................... 11.1237 Tom Esser........................ 11.2180 Roger Schultz................... 11.2183

William Behnke................. 11.9430 Dan Shippy...................... 12.2213 Louie Tamagni.................. 13.1130 Bill Bonser....................... 14.1207 Jason Timothy.................. 15.0583 Paul Hilgedick.................. 15.6527 Richard Heinsohn.............. 15.7357 Jaime Cardenas................ 17.0963 Rodney Brown.................. 24.3823 Frank Vance..................... 33.6590 Michael Nagengast............. 35.8510 Terry Balding.................... 41.8160 Robert Hoppe................... 70.2097 Suzanne Brown................. 78.6203 Two Gun Group Bill Johnston....................6.4825 Bruce Bangeman................ 7.1125 Billy Copelin..................... 7.3603 Canada Cummins................ 7.5630 Nate Miller....................... 7.7318 Greg Timothy.................... 8.0948 Bill Hubina....................... 8.8958 George Tompkins................ 9.2152 Dan Shippy....................... 9.5333 Bill Schrader..................... 9.6445 Tom Esser......................... 9.6930 William Behnke................. 10.1758 Bill Bonser....................... 10.3707 Paul Hilgedick.................. 11.1398 Louie Tamagni.................. 11.4222 David Gosnell................... 11.4328 Roger Schultz................... 11.5790 Jason Timothy.................. 11.8038 Richard Heinsohn.............. 12.5415 Jaime Cardenas................ 13.2030 Michael Nagengast............. 21.3652

1.5537”

Two Gun 6-Target Group

2.1064”

The LG 3-Target record supersedes that set by Stu Harvey of 1.925” back in Feb 26, 2006. The Two Gun 6-Target record supersedes Robert Hoppe’s record of 2.4824” set January 24, 2010.

Bill also holds three other 600Yard world records; HG 10-Shot Group of 1.4190” and the HG 10-Shot 3-Target Group Agg of 2.0530” both set February 23, 2014 as well as HG 10-Shot 6 Target Score record of 558-5X from April, 2012.

At 1000-yards, he holds the NBRSA world record for HG 10-Shot Group at 4.2907”, HG 10-Shot Three Group Aggregate (30 shots) at 5.1176”, and HG 10-Shot Six Group Aggregate (60 shots) at 5.9612”.

He was also inducted into the Long Range Hall of Fame during the 2015 Long Range Nationals in Colorado, where it is probable he shot additional world records.

Congratulations Bill Johnston on another successful year of long range benchrest shooting!

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NBRSA 600-Yard Nationals Light Gun Equipment List Shooter Bonser Esser

Cartridge 6 Dasher 6 Dasher

Action Teddy BAT

Barrelmaker Gunsmith Bartlein Sosenko Bartlein Stummeier

Stock McMillan McMillan

Stocker Scope/power Bullet/Wt Self NF 55 Berger 108 Stummeier NF 55 BIB 104

Powder/Wt Primer Varget 32.5 CCI 450 H4895 33.0 CCI 450

Hoier Hoppe Behnke Bangeman Tamagni Hilgedick Shippy Nunemaker Heinsohn Balding Hubina

6 BR 6 Dasher 6 Dasher 6mm 6 BRX 6 Dasher 6 Dasher 260 Rem 6 BR 6mm 6 Dasher

BAT Panda BAT Lawton Panda Panda BAT BAT Savage BAT Rem 40X

Bartlein Hart Broughton Krieger Bartlein Brux Krieger Bartlein McGowen Brux Bartlein

Weaver Dierks Self Mendenhall Terry Self Self Bilyeu Self Wahlstrom Chesebro

PRT Dierks Shehane Shehane McMillan Shehane n/a McMillan n/a McMillan VSS

Weaver Dierks Self Self n/a Self Self Bilyeu Self Bruno Chesebro

NF 55 NF 42 NF 55 March NF 42 NF 55 Sightron March 80x Weaver T36 NF 32 NF 32

Berger 108 Berger 105 Berger 105 Berger Berger 105 Berger 108 Berger Lapua 136 Sierra 107 BIB 104 Berger 108

Varget Varget Varget n/a Varget Varget n/a H4350 Re 15 Re 15 Varget

CCI 450 CCI 450 CCI 450 n/a CCI 450 CCI 450 CCI Fed CCI CCI 450 CCI 450

Schrader Shultz Nagengast Cardenas Copelin Vance Johnston Cummins

6mm BR 6x47L 6 Dasher 6 Dasher 6 Dasher 6x41 Vance 6 Dasher 6 Dasher

Remington Remington Kelbly Atlas BAT BAT Surgeon BAT BAT

Shilen Krieger Krieger n/a n/a Shilen Bartlein Bartlein

Dowling Dowling Self Speedy n/a Self Wright Wright

McMillan McMillan Kelbly McMillan McMillan McMillan Shehane Shehane

Dowling Dowling Self Speedy n/a Self n/a n/a

NF 22 NF 22 NF 55 NF 55 NF 55 NF 32 NF NF

Berger 105 Berger 105 Bart’s n/a Berger 105 Berger 105 Berger Berger

Varget H4350 Re 15 Varget n/a Re 15 Re 15 Re 15

Fed 205M CCI 400 n/a n/a n/a Fed 205 CCI CCI

NBRSA 600-Yard Nationals Heavy Gun Equipment List Bonser Esser Hoier Hoppe

6.5 SOS 6 Dasher 6mmBR 6 Dasher

Rem 40x BAT BAT BAT

Krieger Bartlein Bartlein Brux

Sosenko Stummeier Weaver Fleming/Dierks

Richards McMillan PRT McMillan

Self Stummeier Weaver Dierks

NF 55 NF 55 NF 55 NF 55

Lapua 139 BIB 104 Berger 108 Berger 108

H4350 43.7 H4895 33.0 Varget Varget

Fed 210 CCI 450 CCI 450 CCI 450

Behnke

6 Dasher

BAT

Broughton

Self

Springman

Self

NF 42

Berger 105

Varget

CCI 450

Bangeman Tamagni Hilgedick Shippy Nunemaker Heinsohn Balding Hubina Schrader Shultz Nagengast

6mm 6 BRX 6.5-284 6XC .338 Lapua 6.5x47L 284Shehane 6x47L 6mm BR 6x47L .300 WM

Lawton Panda Panda Lawton Remington BAT Savage Barnard Remington Remington Remington

Krieger Bartlein Lilja Krieger Bartlein Krieger Krieger Bartlein Shilen Krieger Broughton

Mendenhall Terry Self Self Bilyeu Gritters Cutright Chesebro Dowling Dowling Self

Shehane McMillan Self n/a Accy Intl.

Shehane Shehane VSS McMillan McMillan MasterClass

Self n/a Self Self Bilyeu Gritters Larson Chesebro Dowling Dowling Self

March NF 42 NF 55 NF NF 55 Weaver T36 March 60x NF NF 22 NF 22 NF 42

Berger Berger 105 n/a Berger Sierra 300 Lahr 142 Berger 180 Berger 115 Berger 105 Berger 105 Hornaday 208

n/a Varget n/a n/a Retumbo Re 17 H4350 4350 Varget H4350 H4831

n/a CCI 450 n/a CCI Fed CCI BR2 CCI 450 Fed 205M CCI 400 n/a

Cardenas Copelin Johnston Cummins Vance

6 Dasher 284 win 6 Dasher 6 Dasher 6x41 Vance

BAT Nesika K BAT BAT Surgeon

n/a n/a Bartlein Bartlein Shilen

Speedy n/a Terry Wright Terry Wright Self

McMillan Track Mad Shehane Shehane n/a

Speedy n/a n/a n/a McMillan

NF 55 NF 42 NF NF NF 32

n/a Berger 180H Berger Berger Berger

Varget n/a Re 15 Re 15 n/a

n/a n/a CCI CCI n/a

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New Cartridge for Long Range Benchrest:

6x41 Vance Showing that the spirit of benchrest innovation is still alive, Frank Vance from Irving, Texas unveiled a promising new cartridge for the long range game, the “6x41 Vance�. Targeted at using popular Dasher powders like Varget and H4895, the new cartridge is based on a shortened 6x47 Lapua parent with the goal of Dasher-class case capacities, while retaining the 30 degree shoulder and a longer neck for more flexibility in seating and throating. Testing has been very promising so far with quarter MOA groups that achieve Dasher velocities while using 2 grains less powder. Building cases by pushing back the shoulders of the 6x47 brass results in a super-strong case that should have a very long life while handling the upper velocity nodes. The 6x47 Vance is definitely an efficient cartridge with a bright future.

--Rodney Brown

Dasher

6x41 Vance

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Jack Foster is the Champion: 2015 LR Score Nationals First I would like to thank the people who made this shoot what it was.

Target crew Conrad, Dawn did a flawless job. Mary the Scorer could do no wrong and Jenny ran the line like a clock. I could not have done this without them as well as the Washington state shooters who came out early to help me. Thank you all.

We had 28 Hunter shooters and 32 VFS shooters. Saturday started with the 200 yard competition. During Hunter class, we had clouds, wind, sunshine and rain. Sometimes all at the same time. Greg Swezey came out on top with a score of 249-9X with Jack Foster a close second with 248-7X and Dean Thomas held third with 248-4X. Next was the VFS 200 and it was a

stressful event. Only one shooter shot clean through to the end. Gary Evans of Casper shot a 250-10X for the win with Chad Schmidt placing second with 249-3X and Mike Bigelow held third with 248-7X. Sunday we held the Hunter 300-Yard competition first and they were welcomed by lot of mirage and switchy winds. It was a guessing game as to who would end on top until the last target was hung. Tim Naugle came out on top with a score of 245-3X and Greg Swezey held second with 245-2X. (Scoring 1-X DOES matter.) Jack Foster placed third with 244-4X. The VFS 300-yard event went back and forth all the way to the end. The top 3 all had a score of 246 but by way

of a tie breaker Jack Foster got the win with 246-4X with Chad Schmidt placing second with 246-4X and Tim Naugle held third with 246-3X. At the Hunter 200L-300, Greg Swezey won with a score of 494-11X and Gary Evans won the VFS 200L-300 yardages with 495-15X. Tabulating the Two Gun results and it was “steady-hand� Jack Foster with the victory with a score of 983-20X. Tim Naugle placed second overall with 981-20X and Mike Bigelow held third position with 978-20X. Congratulations to Jack Foster on a hard won victory and thanks again to all the shooters who came to compete in Casper.

--Tim Naugle

2015 Long Range Score Nationals at Casper, Wyoming Equipment List Competitor Hunter Benchrest: Greg Swezey Jack Foster Tim Naugle James Lederer Russell Cree Leonard Hensley Dean Thomas Mike Bigelow Bill Small Sam Small Varmint For Score: Jack Foster Tim Naugle Mike Bigelow Gary Evans Leonard Hensley Russell Cree Sam Small Chad Schmidt Wade Hunnewell Ryan Lienemann

Action

Barrel

Gunsmith

Stocker

Stock Mfr

Scope/Pwr

Bullet/Wt

Powder/Wt

BAT 30x47 Kodiak/30BR BAT 30x47 Stiller/30BR Kodiak/30BR Kodiak/30BR Kodiak/30BR BAT/30x47 BAT/30BR BAT/30x47

Lederer Lilja Lilja Lederer Lilja Krieger Shilen Led Lilja Krieger

Swezey Foster Swezey Lederer Cree Hensley Carpenter Bigelow Swezey Gold Creek

Swezey Foster Swezey Lederer n/a Mulhall Thomas Bigelow Swezey Gold Creek

BAT McMillan Montana McMillan n/a Lee Six McMillan McMillan n/a McMillan

Weaver/6X Leupold/6X Burris/6X Weaver/6X Leupold/6X Leupold/6X Burris/6X Burris/6X Leupold 6x Leupold/6X

BIB/127BT RC/118 ERB/119 10X/115 ERB/117 ERB/112 Berger/115 Self/118 ERB/119 ERB/119

N135 LT30 N135/42.7 H4198/34.7 H4198/34.7 H4198/34.0 H4198 N135/42.5 H4198 N135

Viper/30BR Panda/30BR Bat/30BR Bat/30BRX Bat/30BR Panda/30 BR Bat/30BR Stolle/30BR Panda/30BR BAT/30BR

Krieger Krieger Krieger Krieger Krieger Krieger Krieger Rock Krieger Krieger

Foster Swezey Bigelow Evans

Foster Mulhall Bigelow Evans

Leupold 50X N-Force 15x55 N-Force N-Force 15x55 N-Force 15x55 N-Force 12x42 Sightron/32x N-Force N-Force 15x55 Leupold/36X

RC/118 ERB/112 self/112 Carpenter/110 ERB/112 ERB/119 ERB/112 10X 115 10X 115 Carpenter/118

LT30/36.3 H4198/34.0 H4198 H4198 H4198/34.0 H4198 H4198 H4198 H4198 H4198/34.0

McMillan Lee six McMillan McMillan Hensley Hensley McMillan Cree McMillan McMillan Gold Creek Gold Creek Gold Creek REO Borden Borden SGR SGR McMillan Mulhall Larson Larson

August, 2015 Precision Rifleman PS. Tim is too humble to mention this, but Tim received his final point for the Hunter Hall of Fame. Good job Tim and congratulations!

-AB Hunter 200-Yard Long Greg Swezey....................249-9X Jack Foster....................... 248-7X Dean Thomas.................... 248-4X Leonard Hensley................ 247-6X Russell Cree...................... 247-5X James Lederer................... 247-4X Tim Naugle....................... 246-6X Mike Bigelow..................... 246-6X Richard Hunnewell.............. 246-5X Bob Lunder....................... 245-4X Wade Hunnewell................ 245-3X Sam Small........................ 244-2X Bill Small......................... 244-2X Rich Carpenter.................. 243-6X Ray Becker....................... 243-3X VFS 200-Yard Long Gary Evans...................... 250-10X Chad Schmidt.................... 249-3X Mike Bigelow..................... 248-7X Sam Small........................ 248-7X Ron Powell....................... 248-3X Ryan Lienemann................. 247-9X Bob Lunder....................... 247-4X Richard Hunnewell.............. 246-3X Ray Becker....................... 246-2X Rich Carpenter.................. 245-8X Leonard Hensley................ 245-7X Don (Pete) Crunk................ 245-5X Jack Foster....................... 245-5X Weldon Yoder.................... 245-3X Tim Naugle....................... 244-8X Hunter 300-Yard Tim Naugle......................245-3X Greg Swezey..................... 245-2X Jack Foster....................... 244-4X James Lederer................... 243-1X Russell Cree...................... 242-4X Gary Evans....................... 242-1X Leonard Hensley................ 241-2X Bill Small......................... 241-2X Sam Small........................ 241-1X Tom McPhee...................... 240-5X Jeff Jetter....................... 240-1X Mike Bigelow..................... 239-2X Wade Hunnewell................ 239-2X Dean Thomas.................... 239-0X Carl Gose......................... 239-0X VFS 300-Yard Jack Foster......................246-4X Chad Schmidt.................... 246-4X Tim Naugle....................... 246-3X Don (Pete) Crunk................ 245-6X Gary Evans....................... 245-5X Mike Bigelow..................... 245-5X Dean Thomas.................... 244-4X

Ronnie Berg...................... 244-3X Wade Hunnewell................ 244-3X Gale McDanials.................. 244-2X James Lederer................... 243-3X Ron Powell....................... 243-2X Ryan Lienemann................. 243-2X Leonard Hensley................ 242-6X Sam Small........................ 241-5X Hunter 200L-300 Grand Aggregate Greg Swezey................... 494-11X Jack Foster...................... 492-11X Tim Naugle....................... 491-9X James Lederer................... 490-5X Russell Cree...................... 489-9X Leonard Hensley................ 488-8X Dean Thomas.................... 487-4X Mike Bigelow..................... 485-8X Bill Small......................... 485-4X Sam Small........................ 485-3X Wade Hunnewell................ 484-5X Gary Evans....................... 482-6X Richard Hunnewell.............. 481-8X Carl Gose......................... 481-4X Rich Carpenter.................. 480-9X Ray Becker....................... 480-7X Jeff Jetter....................... 480-4X Ryan Lienemann................. 479-8X Bob Lunder....................... 479-5X Ronnie Berg...................... 479-3X VFS 200L-300 Gary Evans...................... 495-15X Chad Schmidt.................... 495-7X Mike Bigelow.................... 493-12X Jack Foster....................... 491-9X Ron Powell....................... 491-5X Tim Naugle...................... 490-11X Don (Pete) Crunk............... 490-11X Ryan Lienemann................ 490-11X Sam Small....................... 489-12X Ronnie Berg...................... 488-3X Leonard Hensley............... 487-13X Wade Hunnewell................ 487-6X Bob Lunder....................... 487-6X Rich Carpenter................. 486-10X Weldon Yoder.................... 486-7X Russell Cree...................... 485-7X Gale McDanials.................. 485-5X Bill Small......................... 483-6X Richard Hunnewell.............. 483-5X Greg Swezey..................... 483-4X

200-300 Two Gun Long Range

Jack Foster..................... 983-20X Tim Naugle...................... 981-20X Mike Bigelow.................... 978-20X Gary Evans...................... 977-21X Greg Swezey.................... 977-15X Leonard Hensley............... 975-21X Russell Cree..................... 974-16X Sam Small....................... 974-15X

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Chad Schmidt................... 971-11X Wade Hunnewell............... 971-11X Ryan Lienemann................ 969-19X James Lederer.................. 969-10X Ron Powell...................... 968-12X Bill Small........................ 968-10X Don (Pete) Crunk............... 967-14X Ronnie Berg...................... 967-6X Rich Carpenter.................. 966-9X Bob Lunder...................... 966-11X Dean Thomas.................... 966-9X Weldon Yoder................... 964-13X Richard Hunnewell............. 964-13X Ray Becker...................... 958-11X Jeff Jetter....................... 954-7X

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May 16, 2015 It was a great day at Columbus Sportsman's Association in Columbus, WI. We had 13 match participants in our first 600 yard NBRSA match of the year. Despite quickly changing wind conditions, William Zaborowski managed to shoot a 2.054, 3-target group aggregate to win Light Gun Group. Bill Behnke shot a 3-target score of 142 to win Light Gun Score.

Heavy Gun was the Fred Thruman show, with Fred winning both Group and Score with a 3-target group aggregate of 4.792, and a score of 272.

Brian Messerschmidt finished second in both Light Gun and Heavy Gun to win the Two-Gun overall.

We followed our NBRSA sanctioned match with a Club Match, which had 8 participants. We are using our Club Matches to grow the sport.

--Terry Balding, Match Director Light Gun Score Bill Behnke......................142-0X Brian Messerschmidt............ 136-0X William Zaborowski............. 126-0X Thomas Esser.................... 125-0X Rob Gascogne.................... 123-1X Dennis Klemm................... 118-0X Ted LeDoux....................... 114-0X Jeffrey Tomaro.................. 108-0X Chuck Koshchka................. 108-0X Fred Thruman................... 106-0X David Johnson.................... 88-0X Suzanne Brown................... 20-0X

Light Gun Group William Zaborowski.............2.054 Fred Thruman.................... 2.119 Rob Gascogne..................... 2.603 Brian Messerschmidt............. 3.008 Thomas Esser..................... 3.436 Bill Behnke........................ 3.754 Jeffrey Tomaro................... 3.973 Chuck Koshchka.................. 4.206 Dennis Klemm.................... 4.721 Ted LeDoux........................ 4.762 Terry Balding...................... 5.323 David Johnson................... 11.553 Suzanne Brown.................. 18.506 Heavy Gun Score Fred Thruman..................272-1X Ted LeDoux....................... 257-2X Thomas Esser.................... 251-0X Terry Balding..................... 247-1X Bill Behnke....................... 234-1X Brian Messerschmidt............ 234-0X William Zaborowski............. 218-0X Rob Gascogne.................... 217-0X Chuck Koshchka................. 175-0X David Johnson................... 146-0X Suzanne Brown.................. 102-2X Heavy Gun Group Fred Thruman...................4.792 Ted LeDoux........................ 6.532 Thomas Esser..................... 6.224 Terry Balding...................... 5.591 Bill Behnke........................ 5.973 Brian Messerschmidt............. 5.388 William Zaborowski.............. 5.552 Rob Gascogne..................... 9.490 Chuck Koshchka.................. 9.739 David Johnson.................... 8.571 Suzanne Brown.................. 23.710

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Columbus Sportsman's Association May 16, 2015 Equipment List Name Light Gun Brian Messerschmidt Rob Gascoigne Tom Esser Dennis Klemm Jeffrey Tomaro Fred Thruman Bill Zaborowski David Johnson Jay Gorski Bud Larsen Don Bucholtz Terry Balding Heavy Gun Terry Balding Brian Messerschmidt David Johnson Dennis Klemm Don Bucholtz Rob Gascoigne Tom Esser Bud Larsen Bill Zaborowski Fred Thruman

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Action

Barrel

Stock

Gunsmith

Scope

Bullet

Case

Powder Primer

6 BR DX 6 MM 6 Dasher 6 BR 6 BR 6 BR 6 MM 308 6 mm Creedmore 6MM BR 6 BR 284 S

Stolle BAT BAT Remington Savage Savage BAT Remington 700 BAT Nesika Savage

Brux Bartlein Stuimmeier L1J1 Savage Krieger Bartlein Remington Bartlein Brux Muller Works Krieger

Stolle Scoville MBR Tracker Savage Self Zaborowski HS Precision T2 Manus TM Tracker Shehane

n/a n/a n/a Doc Stone Savage Self Zaborowski n/a Chad Dixon n/a Bucholtz Cutright

Sightron Sightron Nightforce Leopold Bushnell Nightforce Nightforce Leopold S iii 10-50 Nightforce SSB March

105 Hybrid P.B. 104gr BIB Sierra Berger Berger n/a Hornady Amax 105 Hybrid Berger n/a Sierra

Lapua Lapua Lapua Lapua Lapua Lapua n/a Nosler Hornady n/a n/a Norma

Varget Varget H4895 Varget Varget RL 15 n/a CFE223 H4350 Varget n/a H4350

205 205 CCI 450 CCI CCI CCI n/a F210M Tula n/a n/a BR-2

6 Dasher 6 BR DX 300 Rsaum 6 BR 6 BR 6 MM 6 Dasher 6 Dasher 7 MM 6 BR

BAT Stolle Remington Remington Nesika BAT BAT Borden BAT Savage

Brux Brux Remington L1J1 Muller Works Bartlein Stuimmeier Krieger Bartlein Krieger

McMillan Stolle HS Precision Tracker Tracker Scoville MBR St Imo Zaborowski Self

Wahlstrom n/a n/a Doc Stone Bucholtz n/a n/a n/a Zaborowski Self

Nightforce Sightron Burris Leopold SSB Sightron Nightforce Nightforce Nightforce Nightforce

BIB 105 Hybrid Hornady Amax Sierra n/a P.B. 104gr BIB Berger n/a Berger

Lapua Lapua Remington Lapua n/a Lapua Lapua n/a n/a Lapua

RL15 Varget RL 17 Varget n/a Varget H4895 Varget n/a RL 15

450 205 F210M CCI n/a 205 CCI 450 n/a n/a CCI

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Desert Sportsman Score Sheldon Turf Wins Hunter May 10, 2015

Sunday started out with a little wind.

By the middle of the match, the Vegas winds started flipping the wind flags around. At 100-yds it was tight with 3 shooters clean but only one could beat the wind and shot a 250. Nice shooting Sheldon. Thanks to Ron Carter for helping score. He didn’t shoot the match--just came out to help. Next month Doc joins the custom class.

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Sheldon Turf................... 250-17X Keith Myers..................... 250-15X Ron Carter........................ 245-8X David Smith...................... 242-6X

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Keith Myers..................... 250-15X Sheldon Turf.................... 249-11X Ron Carter........................ 240-2X David Smith...................... 243-4X

VFS Grand Aggregate Keith Myers................. 500-20X Sheldon Turf.................499-28X Ron Carter....................485-10X David Smith..................485-10X Desert Sportsman's Glitter Gulch Equipment List Name Keith Myers Sheldon Turf Ron Carter David Smith

Caliber 30BR 30BR 30BRX 30BR

Action Stolle Stolle Stolle McMillian

Barrel Krieger Krieger Krieger Krieger

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27th Annual Hog Roast

May 2-3, 2015 Heavy Varmint 100-Yards Jim Miller........................0.2036 Al Auman, Sr..................... 0.2192 Harley Baker..................... 0.2216 Charlie Gough................... 0.2254 Greg Walley...................... 0.2292 Donald Rosetti................... 0.2298 Mark Engle....................... 0.2298 Russell Rains..................... 0.2314 Larry Costa....................... 0.2326 Wayne Campbell................ 0.2366 Kenneth Pritt.................... 0.2400 Steve Turner..................... 0.2408 Jack Neary....................... 0.2466 Jeff Thompson................... 0.2486 Bob MacLennan.................. 0.2520 Small Group Jeff Peinhardt.................... 0.112 Heavy Varmint 200-Yards Larry Costa......................0.1976 Jeff Thompson................... 0.2029 Jack Neary....................... 0.2262 Tony Alexander.................. 0.2348 Wayne Campbell................ 0.2368 Kenneth Pritt.................... 0.2398 Ted Heindselman................ 0.2401 William McIntyre................ 0.2502 Russell Rains..................... 0.2504 Donald Rosetti................... 0.2592 Charlie Gough................... 0.2763 Buddy Ross....................... 0.2793 John Hurst....................... 0.2811 Jeff Gaidos....................... 0.2839

Dave Abbott...................... 0.2891 Small Group Jeff Thompson.................... 0.175 Heavy Varmint Grand Larry Costa......................0.2151 Jeff Thompson................... 0.2258 Jack Neary....................... 0.2364 Wayne Campbell................ 0.2367 Kenneth Pritt.................... 0.2399 Russell Rains..................... 0.2409 Donald Rosetti................... 0.2445 Charlie Gough................... 0.2508 Ted Heindselman................ 0.2535 Tony Alexander.................. 0.2553 Al Auman, Sr..................... 0.2565 William McIntyre................ 0.2661 Greg Walley...................... 0.2691 Andy Shifflett.................... 0.2749 Buddy Ross....................... 0.2789 Light Varmint 100-Yards Larry Costa......................0.1590 Donald Rosetti................... 0.1886 Wayne Campbell................ 0.1994 Jeff Peinhardt................... 0.2034 Charlie Gough................... 0.2274 Steve Theye...................... 0.2358 William McIntyre................ 0.2396 Harley Baker..................... 0.2412 Bob Brushingham................ 0.2522 Hugh Williamson................ 0.2530 Earl Dyer......................... 0.2570 Andy Shifflett.................... 0.2584 Kenneth Pritt.................... 0.2616 Mark Engle....................... 0.2624 Jim Miller........................ 0.2706

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Small Group Wayne Campbell................. 0.132 Light Varmint 200-Yards Wayne Campbell...............0.2053 Jim Miller........................ 0.2177 Larry Costa....................... 0.2421 Steve Theye...................... 0.2431 William McIntyre................ 0.2433 Kenneth Pritt.................... 0.2529 Al Auman, Sr..................... 0.2532 Mark engle....................... 0.2598 Ted Heindselman................ 0.2609 Donald Rosetti................... 0.2689 Tony Alexander.................. 0.2747 Kevin Donalds, Sr............... 0.2773 Andy Shifflett.................... 0.2798 Russell Rains..................... 0.2821 Lloyd Miller...................... 0.2874 Small Group Kevin Donalds, Sr................ 0.111 Light Varmint Grand Larry Costa......................0.2006 Wayne Campbell................ 0.2024 Donald Rosetti................... 0.2288 Steve Theye...................... 0.2395 William McIntyre................ 0.2414 Jim Miller........................ 0.2441 Kenneth Pritt.................... 0.2572 Mark Engle....................... 0.2611 Harley Baker..................... 0.2680 Al Auman, Sr..................... 0.2686 Andy Shifflett.................... 0.2691 Jeff Peinhardt................... 0.2700 Tony Alexander.................. 0.2797 Bob Brushingham................ 0.2810 Russell Rains..................... 0.2825 Two Gun Larry Costa......................0.2078 Wayne Campbell................ 0.2195 Donald Rosetti................... 0.2366 Kenneth Pritt.................... 0.2486 William McIntyre................ 0.2538 Russell Rains..................... 0.2617 Al Auman, Sr..................... 0.2625 Jeff Thompson................... 0.2665 Tony Alexander.................. 0.2675 Jack Neary....................... 0.2683 Charlie Gough................... 0.2695 Ted Heindselman................ 0.2702 Jim Miller........................ 0.2075 Andy Shifflett.................... 0.2720 Harley Baker..................... 0.2754 Mark Engle....................... 0.2846 Buddy Ross....................... 0.2868 Jeff Peinhardt................... 0.2881 Steve Theye...................... 0.2882 Greg Walley...................... 0.3027 Jeff Gaidos....................... 0.3042 Earl Dyer......................... 0.3052 Smiley Hensley.................. 0.3083

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Hugh Williamson................ 0.3088 Lowell Hottenstein............. 0.3130 Dave Abbott...................... 0.3135 Paul Whitt........................ 0.3145 Carl Thompson.................. 0.3174 Kevin Donalds, Sr............... 0.3180 Craig Rowe....................... 0.3197 John Hurst....................... 0.3207 Kevin Donalds, Jr............... 0.3269 Hal Drake......................... 0.3289 Dave Holmes..................... 0.3323 Skip Cramer...................... 0.3327 Bob MacLennan......................

0.3330Lloyd Miller.............. 0.3353 Steve Turner..................... 0.3354 Melvin Estep..................... 0.3435 Bob Brushingham................ 0.3480 Floyd Cline....................... 0.3502 Bob White........................ 0.3574 Tim Humphries.................. 0.3633 Bill Forrester..................... 0.3634 Andy Laidlaw.................... 0.3643 Harlan Terry...................... 0.3692 Wayne Utchell................... 0.3774 Bill Brawand..................... 0.3866 Barry Sullenberger.............. 0.4024 Eric Brown....................... 0.4247 Guy Grabiec...................... 0.4313 Richard Spencer................. 0.4777 Terry Osborne.................... 0.5021

27th Annual Hog Roast Equipment List Name Action Light Varmint Grand: Larry Costa BAT Wayne Campbell Farley Donald Rosetti BAT Steve Theye BAT William McIntyre Borden Jim Miller Panda Kenneth Pritt BAT Mark Engle BAT Harley Baker BAT Al Auman, Sr BAT Heavy Varmint Grand: Larry Costa BAT Jeff Thompson BAT Jack Neary BAT Wayne Campbell Farley Kenneth Pritt BAT Russell Rains BAT Donald Rosetti BAT Charlie Gough Stolle Ted Heindselman BAT Tony Alexander BAT

Barrel

Stock Mfr

Stocker

Gunsmith

Bullet/Wt

Ogive Powder/Wt Primer Case

Scope/Pwr

Bartlein Bartlein Krieger Krieger Krieger Krieger Krieger Krieger Krieger Krieger

Scoville Borden Scoville Scarbrough Hunter Hunter Scoville Scoville Leonard McMillan

Costa Campbell Scoville Scarbrough Peinhardt Miller Scoville Scoville Campbell Goodling

Costa Campbell Bruno Scott Peinhardt Miller Bruno Engle Peinhardt Goodling

Costa/68 Campbell/68 Rosetti Generic/66 Peinhardt/68 JD/65 Conaway/65 Generic/65 JD/65 Auman/66

BT BT n/a BT BT BT BT BT BT BT

N133/30 N133 N133/29 133 LT32/28 n/a N133/29 n/a N133/29 LT32/28

Federal Federal Federal Federal Federal Federal Federal Federal Federal Federal

Lapua 205 220 Lapua Lapua Lapua Lapua Lapua Lapua Lapua

March/36 Leupold/36 Leupold/45 Leupold/45 Leupold/45 March/40 Leupold/45 March/50 Leupold/45 Leupold/45

Bartlein Bartlein Bartlein Bartlein Krieger Krieger Krieger Krieger Krieger Krieger

Scoville Scarbrough Kelbly Borden Scoville Hunter Scoville McMillan Scarbrough Leonard

Costa Campbell Bruno Campbell Scoville Lachapelle Scoville Hurst Scarbrough Campbell

Costa Campbell Bruno Campbell Bruno Lachapelle Bruno Gough Heindselman Campbell

Costa/68 JT3/68 Stay-M/68 Campbell/68 Conaway/65 n/a Rosetti Hottenstein/68 Mitchell/67 SAK/66

BT BT BT BT BT BT

N133/30 133/29 N133 N133 N133/29 N133/29 VV13/29 LT32/29 N133/29 N133/30

Federal Federal 205M Federal Federal 205M Federal Federal Federal Federal

Lapua Lapua n/a n/a Lapua Lapua Lapua Lapua Lapua Lapua

March/36 Leupold/45 Leupold/45 Leupold/45 Leupold/45 March/40 Leupold/45 Leupold/45 Leupold/45 Leupold/45

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From Left: Jim Franzen, Dewayne Stafford, Richard Brensing, Dean Ekstrom & TK Nollan of Mill Creek Rifle Club.

Ekstrom & Nollan Win at Mill Creek Rifle Club

tions Jim. Richard Brensing won the LV100 small group with a .090 and Dean Ekstrom took that honor at 200-yards with a .264.

Thanks to Aaron for scoring and Tim, Nina & Megan for target detail.

--Don Creach, Match Director

May 2-3, 2015

The match season began with 30 shooters and nice weather for Saturday. It was a bit cool and windy for Sunday morning; it warmed up as the wind velocity increased throughout the match. There were shooters from seven states in attendance including Colorado, South Dakota, Nebraska, Iowa, Oklahoma, Missouri and Kansas. A good time was had by all.

Dean Ekstrom won both 100 yard aggregates and the Heavy Varmint Grand, while TK Nollan won both 200 yard aggregates and the Light Varmint Grand. TK also shot the HV small group at 100; a .078, while Jim Franzen shot the small group at 200 with a .143. Jim just started shooting bench rest recently and this is his first award. Congratula-

Light Varmint 100-Yards Dean Ekstrom...................0.2256 TK Nollan......................... 0.2334 Mike McFarland.................. 0.2390 Don Creach....................... 0.2456 Richard Brensing................ 0.2526 Dave Dowd....................... 0.2582 Dave Coots....................... 0.2644 Keith Christensen............... 0.2760 Scott Smallwood................ 0.2792 Terry Hettich.................... 0.2792 Small Group Richard Brensing................. 0.090 Light Varmint 200-Yards TK Nollan........................0.2776 Don Creach....................... 0.3495 Dean Ekstrom.................... 0.3549 Dave Dowd....................... 0.3671 Dewayne Stafford............... 0.3885 Don Crunk........................ 0.4287

Dave Brooks...................... 0.4529 Melvin Klasi...................... 0.4552 Dee Myers........................ 0.4626 Sam Langhofer................... 0.4870 Small Group Dean Ekstrom..................... 0.264 Light Varmint Grand TK Nollan........................0.2555 Dean Ekstrom.................... 0.2903 Don Creach....................... 0.2975 Dave Dowd....................... 0.3126 Dewayne Stafford............... 0.3431 Dave Brooks...................... 0.3733 Mike McFarland.................. 0.3821 Don Crunk........................ 0.3866 Keith Christensen............... 0.3945 Dave Coots....................... 0.3972 Melvin Klasi...................... 0.4004 Rand Conrad..................... 0.4040 Merlin Hubbard.................. 0.4127 Bud Mundy....................... 0.4198 Sam Langhofer................... 0.4222 Scott Smallwood................ 0.4341 Dee Myers........................ 0.4352 Howard Cowher................. 0.4378 Richard Brensing................ 0.4590 Terry Hettich.................... 0.4601 Jon Leu........................... 0.4687

Mill Creek Rifle Club May 2-3, 2015 Equipment List Name Light Varmint Grand TK Nollan Dean Ekstrom Don Creach Dave Dowd Dewayne Stafford Heavy Varmint Grand Dean Ekstrom Dewayne Stafford Dave Dowd Richard Brensing TK Nollan

Action Barrel

Stock Mfr

Stocker

Gunsmith Cartridge Bullet/Wt

Ogive Powder/Wt Primer Case

Scope/Pwr

BAT BAT BAT BAT BAT

Krieger Krieger Bartlein Krieger Krieger

BAT Leonard Scarbrough Leonard n/a

BAT Leonard Scarbrough Leonard n/a

Nollan Self Creach Hacksaw Brensing

6PPC 6PPC 6PPC 6PPC 6PPC

Bart/68 Bart/68 Creach/66 Miller/65 Berger/65

n/a BT FB BT n/a

LT32 133 133 133 n/a

205 205 205 205 205

Lapua n/a Lapua Lapua n/a

B&L/36 March/50 Leupold/45 March/50 Weaver/36

BAT BAT BAT Viper BAT

Krieger Krieger Krieger Bartlein Krieger

Leonard n/a Leonard Rimrock BAT

Leonard n/a Leonard Brensing BAT

Ekstrom Brensing Hacksaw Brensing Nollan

6PPC 6PPC 6PPC 6PPC 6PPC

Bart/68 BT Hart/65 n/a Miller/65 BT Brensing/65 n/a Bart/68 n/a

133 n/a 133 133 LT32

205 205 205 205 205

Lapua Lapua Lapua Lapua Lapua

March/50 Weaver/36 March/50 March/40 B&L/36

August, 2015 Precision Rifleman Fred Martin...................... 0.4990 Ron Miller........................ 0.5275 Donald Hansen................... 0.5619 Jim Franzen...................... 0.6757 Chet Whitebread................ 0.7149 Darrel Loker..................... 1.2220 Heavy Varmint 100-Yards Dean Ekstrom...................0.1794 Dewayne Stafford............... 0.2170 Dave Coots....................... 0.2214 Larry Scharnhorst............... 0.2220 Richard Brensing................ 0.2276 Dave Dowd....................... 0.2330 Bud Mundy....................... 0.2342 Don Crunk........................ 0.2386 Howard Cowher................. 0.2400 Terry Hettich.................... 0.2418 Small Group TK Nollan.......................... 0.078 Heavy Varmint 200-Yards TK Nollan........................0.2901 Dewayne Stafford............... 0.2926 Dave Dowd....................... 0.3024 Richard Brensing................ 0.3168 Terry Hettich.................... 0.3270 Dean Ekstrom.................... 0.3281 Bud Mundy....................... 0.3311 Ron Miller........................ 0.3391 Keith Christensen............... 0.3407 Rand Conrad..................... 0.3451

Small Group Jim Franzen....................... 0.143 Heavy Varmint Grand Dean Ekstrom...................0.2537 Dewayne Stafford............... 0.2548 Dave Dowd....................... 0.2677 Richard Brensing................ 0.2722 TK Nollan......................... 0.2763 Bud Mundy....................... 0.2826 Terry Hettich.................... 0.2844 Keith Christensen............... 0.2934 Ron Miller........................ 0.2998 Rand Conrad..................... 0.3000 Don Crunk........................ 0.3158 Don Creach....................... 0.3163 Scott Smallwood................ 0.3189 Dave Coots....................... 0.3227 Jon Leu........................... 0.3277 Fred Martin...................... 0.3386 Darrel Loker..................... 0.3429 Howard Cowher................. 0.3559 Dave Brooks...................... 0.3670 Sam Langhofer................... 0.3681 Merlin Hubbard.................. 0.3756 Mike McFarland.................. 0.3819 Dee Myers........................ 0.3898 Chet Whitebread................ 0.4134 Jim Franzen...................... 0.4227 Melvin Klasi...................... 0.4374 Donald Hansen................... 0.4385

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2015 NBRSA Registered Matches SOUTHWEST REGION

MID-CONTINENT REGION

Aug 1-2

Aug 1-2

HTR/VFS

100/200

Northern CO Benchrest Shooters

Aug 1-2

LV/HV

100/200

Ouachita Sportsmen’s Assn, AR

HV/LV

100/200

Central Utah Benchrest Utah State Championship Leg 2

Aug 1-2

LV/HV

100/200

Sloughhouse Benchrest Shooters

Aug 8

LG/HG

1000-yds

Sahuaro 1000-yard Benchrest, AZ

Aug 22-23

LV/HV

100/200

Whittington Center Benchrest The Rattlesnake

Aug 9

HTR

100/200

Desert Sportsman Rifle Club

Sept 5-6

LV/HV

100/200

Aug 23

LG/HG

1000-Yd

Sloughhouse Long Range Benchrest

Northern CO Benchrest Shooters Firewalker & 2nd & 3rd Legs of 4Gun

Aug 29-30

SP/LV/HV

100/200

Visalia Sportsman Assn California State Championship #2

Sept 5-6

LV/HV

100/200

Mill Creek Rifle Club Kansas State Championship

Sept 5-6

LV/HV

300/200

Palomino Valley Gun Club 2015 LR Varmint Nationals

Oct 3-4

LV/HV

100/200

Lands End Benchrest Shooters Purple Haze & LV Leg of 4Gun

Sept 12

LG/HG

1000-yds

Sahuaro 1000-yard Benchrest, AZ

Oct 3-4

LV/HV

100/200

Sept 13

HTR

100/200

Desert Sportsman Rifle Club Nevada State Championship

Mill Creek Rifle Club Group Match

LV/HV

100/200

Sept 26-27

LV/HV

200/100

Palomino Valley Gun Club

Oct 17-18

Rio Grande Benchrest Shooters, NM Tumbleweed

Oct 3

VFS

100/200

Desert Sportsman Rifle Club Short Range VFS Championship

Oct 3-4

LV/HV

100/200

Sloughhouse Benchrest Shooters

Oct 3-4

LV/HV

100/200

Oct 10

LG/HG

Oct 11

HTR

NORTH CENTRAL REGION Aug 4-7

HTR/VFS

100/200

2015 Short-Range Score Nationals Boone Valley Ikes, Webster City, IA

Arizona Benchrest Shooters Arizona State Championship Leg 1

Aug 8-9

LV/HV or UNL

100/200

Minnetonka Game & Fish Club Minnesota State Championship Leg 2

1000-yds

Sahuaro 1000-yard Benchrest, AZ

Aug 9

HTR

100/200

Buffalo Outdoor Rifle Club, WY

100/200

Desert Sportsman Rifle Club Turkey Shoot

Aug 16

LV

100/200

Oak Hill Gun Club

Aug 23

VFS

100/200

Buffalo Outdoor Rifle Club, WY

Oct 17-18

UNL5/UNL5

100/200

Visalia Sportsman Assn California Unlimited Invitational

Aug 29-30

HV/VFS

100/200

Council Bluffs Rifle & Pistol Club Midstates Shootout Top Gun Final Leg

Oct 24-25

4GUN

300-yds

Palomino Valley Gun Club

Aug 29-30

LV/HV

100/200

Nov 7-8

HTR/VFS 2-Gun

100/200

Desert Sportsman Rifle Club SW Regional Championship

Prairie Dog Target Club, SD South Dakota State & Butch Kimmel Memorial

100/200

SP/UNL5

100/200

Arizona Benchrest Shooters Arizona State Championship Leg 2

Sept 12-13

HTR/VFS

Nov 7-8

Boone Valley Ikes Two Gun Score Grand Championship

100/200

LV/HV

100/200

Sloughhouse Benchrest Shooters

Sept 26-27

LV/HV

Nov 7-8

Minnetonka Game & Fish Club Jerry Simison Memorial Match

Nov 14

LG/HG

1000-yds

Sahuaro 1000-yard Benchrest, AZ

Sept 27

HV/UNL

100/200

Oak Hill Gun Club

Nov 29

LG/HG

600-Yd

Sloughhouse Long Range Benchrest

Dec 5

VFS

200/300

Desert Sportsman Rifle Club Long Range Benchrest Match

Dec 5-6

UNL5/UNL5

100/200

Arizona Benchrest Shooters Arizona Invitational

Dec 12

LG/HG

1000-yds

Sahuaro 1000-yard Benchrest, AZ

Dec 13

HTR

100/200

Desert Sportsman Rifle Club

MISSISSIPPI VALLEY REGION

SOUTHEAST REGION Aug 15-16

4GUN

200

Unaka Rod & Gun Club SE Regional 200-yard 4-Gun

Oct 10-11

3GUN

100/200

River Bend Gun Club *Format subject to change

NORTHWEST REGION Aug 1-2

SP/LV

100/200

Tacoma Rifle & Revolver Club Northwest SP & LV Regionals

Aug 29-30

HTR/VFS

100/200

Holmen Rod & Gun Club, WI Roy Oines Memorial Match

Aug 16

LG/HG

600

Rogue Valley Shooting Sports

Sept 14-19

4-Gun

100/200

Bench Rest Rifle Club St Louis 2015 NBRSA Group Nationals

Aug 22-23

LV/HV

100/200

Yellowstone Rifle Club

Sept 22-26

LV/HV

100/200

Bench Rest Rifle Club St Louis WBSF Championship

Sept 5-7

SP/LV/HV

100/200

Tacoma Rifle & Revolver Club WA State 3Gun & Ed Frombach

Oct 4

HTR/VFS

100/200

Bench Rest Rifle Club of St Louis

Sept 27

LG/HG

600

Rogue Valley Shooting Sports

Oct 17-18

LV/HV

100/200

Bench Rest Rifle Club of St Louis Mississippi Valley Regionals

Oct 18

LG/HG

600

Rogue Valley Shooting Sports

Nov 17-22

LG/HG

600/1000

Rogue Valley Shooting Sports Northwest Regional

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2015 NBRSA Registered Matches GULF COAST REGION Aug 29-30

LV/HV

100/200

Midland Shooters Association The Buffalo

Sept 20

VFS

100/200

Southwest Louisiana Rifle Club Louisiana State Championship

Oct 18

VFS

100/200

Southwest Louisiana Rifle Club

EASTERN REGION Aug 8-9

UNL/LV

100/200

Fairchance Gun Club Two-Gun

Aug 15-16

LV/HV

100/200

Kane Fish & Game Club Pennsylvania State Championship

Sept 5-7

LV/HV UNL

100/200

Fairchance Gun Club Eastern Region 3-Gun Champ.

Oct 3-4

LV/HV

100/200

WWCCA Fall Classic

Oct 17-18

LV/HV

100/200

Shelby Cty Deer Hunters Assn Fall Finale

EUROPEAN REGION Oct 10-11

LV/HV

100/200 meters

Club de Tir du Castellas La Fare Les Oliviers, France

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It’s Another Clean Sweep for Ross Herrick Sahuaro 1000-Yard Benchrest

May 9, 2015

I sat looking through the telescope at a blue moon floating in a white sky, shimmering as if it was painted on a flag, flapping in the wind. I tightly closed my eyes to

fight off a wave of motion sickness.

Then a gust of wind hit me and brought me back to reality. It was not a telescope, or a blue moon. I was looking through a rifle scope at the 1,000 yard NBRSA target as it

shimmered and danced in the wind and mirage during the monthly Sahuaro match at the Three Points Range west of Tucson, Arizona. It was the forth relay and the wind and mirage had come up with a vengeance. I tried not to take it personally.

We had a good turn out of ten shooters and 16 guns. The Weather Channel app on my phone had said that we could expect clear skies and mild winds of 8 to 10 miles per hour by noon. It proved, however, to be a bit more than that. My wind meter had the higher gusts at 22 mph during relay four, and the average for relays three and four was in the teens most of the time.

This might have been okay if it was steady, but the wind seemed very nervous and energetic, it reminded me of a kid with A.D.D. that could not sit still.

The wind flags would tease you with a condition that you had sighted in for, then, like Lucy snatching the football away from Charlie Brown, by the time you could pull the trigger, it would change.

Not just a little, but a lot, in both velocity and direction. Also, the mirage didn't help, at times mak-

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ing your target appear to be in a different place than it was when you fired your sighters just a few minutes ago.

Light gun was a little more fun.

Out of ten shooters, four of us had sub-MOA agg's. Wayne McDonald posted a 6.25'' group and Lon Persun shot both a 6.62'' and a 5.81'' groups. Steve Everson was able to get a 5.25'' in relay three, but Ross Herrick had a 6.75'', a 4.93'' and a 4.5'', earning him a 5.39'' light gun aggregate, taking the first place aggregate trophy and winning small group as well.

The infamous Billotte Gang was skulking around, still trying to make life hard for the rest of us.

In light gun score, Mike Billotte shot a very nice 5.18'' group that was a 50-1X, winning high single target score in light gun, but even with this, and his 7.79'' aggregate, it was Ross again who took light gun score with a 132, with Wayne McDonald coming in second with a 128 and Lon Person running a close third with a 124.

Even though the heavy gun shooters that got relay four were doing the best they could, all ended up with some shots off target. But,

even with that, Pat Billotte managed to shoot the highest single target score in heavy gun with a 94-4X. Unfortunately, it wasn't enough to beat Ross Herrick, who again prevailed in both aggregate and score. His 5.75'' group won smallest heavy gun group for a final 10.33'' agg, his winning score was a 245. Nobody else was close in either group or score.

So, when it was all over but the excuses, Ross Herrick took home all of the first place plaques…again.

Only the Billotte Gang, under trying conditions, was able to stay hot on his heels with some single target high scores. Nice shooting everyone!

Currently we are taking up a collection to see if we can build a wall around the 1,000 yard range and then put a roof on it. We're thinking that may be the only way to defeat that pesky wind at Tucson. Come join us, the second Saturday of every month, starting at 7:00am. You can contribute to the fund! And the fun!

--Dale Arenson In the photo from left: Mike Billotte, Karl Hunstiger, Ross Herrick & Pat Billotte.

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Light Gun Aggregate

Ross Herrick......................5.40” Lon Persun........................ 6.96” Mike Billotte...................... 7.79” Dale Arenson...................... 8.98” Wayne McDonald................ 11.06”

Small Group

Ross Herrick....................... 4.50”

Light Gun Total Score

Ross Herrick....................... 132 Wayne McDonald.................. 128 Lon Persun......................... 124 Dale Arenson....................... 122 Mike Billotte..................... 121-1X

High Score

Mike Billotte...................... 50-1X

Heavy Gun Aggregate

Ross Herrick.....................10.33” Pat Billotte....................... 20.33” Dale Arenson..................... 22.40” Steve Everson.................... 25.81” Jeff Billotte...................... 29.52”

Small Group

Ross Herrick....................... 5.75”

Heavy Gun Total Score

Ross Herrick....................... 245 Pat Billotte....................... 182-4X Jeff Billotte...................... 177-1X Steve Everson...................... 156 Dale Arenson....................... 151

High Score

Pat Billotte........................ 94-4X

Sahuaro 1000-Yard Benchrest May 9, 2015 Equipment List Name Ross Herrick Jeff Billotte (LG) Jeff Billotte (H/35) Pat Billotte (HG) Pat Billotte (LG) Mike Billotte Lon Persun Dale Arenson (LG) Dale Arenson (H/24) Wayne McDonald Steve Everson (LG)

Caliber 30Patriot 6.5x47Lazz 6.5x47Lazz 30wsm 6.5/284 7saum 300wsm 6.5/284 30Patriot 30wambo 6.5x47

Action Nesika McMillan McMillan Nesika BAT BAT McMillan Nesika BAT Sako Panda

Barrel Krieger PacNor PacNor Krieger Krieger Krieger Classic Hart Krieger Lilja Krieger

Gunsmith Wells Lazzarini Lazzarini Carey Carey Carey Wells Carey Bruno Sam Brackney

Stock Tracker McMillan McMillan McMillan McMillan McMillan McMillan McMillan McMillan McMillan Everson

Scope NightForce NightForce NightForce NightForce NightForce NightForce NightForce NightForce NightForce NightForce Leupold

Case Lazz Remington Norma Norma Lapua Remington Norma Norma Lazz Lapua Lapua

Powder H4831 H1000 H1000 H4831 H4831 H4831 H4831 RL22 H4831 Retumbo RL17

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

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No Surprise at Oak Hill

When one struggles for a year and is just not shooting up to potential, you know it’s just a matter of time until he breaks out of the pack to claim the top prize. You know you can and have shot better in the past. You can’t figure out what to change or try to solve the dilemma you’re in. You know you’re close to the answer but having difficulty finding the right combination of variables. You keep trying your best, making good decisions you think, but your results are less than acceptable. You know you can and have done better. Keep wondering what am I doing wrong?

Oak Hill Gun Club hosted a Benchrest match on May 17, 2015 of the Heavy Varmint Group venue.

The conditions were not kind to rifle shooters with variable winds, rain forecast and fluctuating overcast conditions. This is the type of match if you can get a group done without embarrassing yourself you are happy. The thought of winning is not on your mind, simply avoiding a big group would make one happy.

Well we had a shooter showing up and was ready to compete at a high level. Breaking out of a slump at 100 yards, Jerry Wick shot an agg. of 0.1850, followed by Jim Carstensen 0.2160 and Kenny Stone 0.2216. Small group was shot by a Newbie, Frank Taucher 0.096.

The 200 yard event was like 100 yard with Jerry Wick dominating with an agg. of 0.3637 followed

by Kenny Stone 0.4095 and Keith Christiansen 0.4219. Jerry Wick finished the match with the small group of 0.353 securing his position firmly.

Heavy Varmint Grand Agg. winner was NO SURPRISE with a 0.277, next was Kenny Stone 0.3155 then Keith Christiansen 0.3293.

The NO SURPRISE was Jerry breaking away from the group in such commanding fashion as we all knew he was capable of.

Thanks to the Target Crew, Statistician and Jim Schmidt and Jerry King who shared Range Officer duties while also shooting. Thanks guys.

Please review the attached match result for your favorite shooter’s results. Hope to see you all at the next match. In the photo from left are Jim Schmidt, Kenny Stone, Jim Carstensen (Back), Jerry Wick,

Keith Christianson (Back), Frank Taucher, J.J. Coe.

--Cecil Peterson Heavy Varmint 100-Yards Jerry Wick.......................0.1850 Jim Carstensen.................. 0.2106 Kenny Stone...................... 0.2216 Frank Taucher................... 0.2280 Harry Rowold.................... 0.2348 Keith Christianson.............. 0.2368 Jim Schmidt...................... 0.2478 Jamie McCormack............... 0.2490 Jerry King........................ 0.2524 John Hutchins................... 0.2724 Cecil Peterson................... 0.2810 Larry Caston..................... 0.3066 J.J. Coe........................... 0.4044 Wes Johnson..................... 0.4256

Small Group

Frank Taucher.................... 0.096

Heavy Varmint 200-Yards

Jerry Wick.......................0.3637 Kenny Stone...................... 0.4095 Keith Christianson.............. 0.4219 Jim Schmidt...................... 0.4557 Cecil Peterson................... 0.4714 Harry Rowold.................... 0.4853 Jim Carstensen.................. 0.5024 Wes Johnson..................... 0.4593 J.J. Coe........................... 0.5529 Larry Caston..................... 0.5728 John Hutchins................... 0.5923 Frank Taucher................... 0.6035 Jamie McCormack............... 0.7073 Jerry King........................ 0.7616

Small Group

Jerry Wick......................... 0.352

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Heavy Varmint Grand Jerry Wick................... 0.2744 Kenny Stone.................. 0.3155 Keith Christianson.......... 0.3293 Jim Schmidt.................. 0.3517 Jim Carstensen.............. 0.3565 Harry Rowold................ 0.3600 Cecil Peterson............... 0.3762 Frank taucher................ 0.4157 John Hutchins............... 0.4323 Larry Caston................. 0.4397 Jamie McCormack........... 0.4782 J.J. Coe....................... 0.4787 Wes Johnson................. 0.4875 Jerry King.................... 0.5070 Oak Hill Gun Club's May 17, 2015 Heavy Varmint Equipment List Name Jerry Wick Kenny Stone Keith Christianson Jim Schmidt Jim Carstensen Harry Rowold Cecil Peterson Frank Taucher Larry Caston Jamie McCormack JJ Coe Wes Johnson Jerry King

Caliber 6PPC 6PPC 6PPC 6PPC 6PPC Dinkey 6PPC 6PPC 6PPC 6PPC 6PPC 6PPC 6PPC

Action Viper BAT BAT BAT Panda Panda BAT BAT BAT BAT Marlin Marsh BAT

Barrel Krieger Bartlein Krieger Krieger Bartlein Krieger Krieger Krieger Krieger Hart Marlin Krieger Bartlein

Stock Mfr Kelbly Kelbly Leonard Scoville Scoville Lee Six Leonard n/a Meredith Shehane Marlin McMillan Scoville

Stocker Wick JLC Leonard n/a Scoville Morris Leonard n/a TMBR Coates n/a Ocock JLC

Gunsmith Wick JLC self self JLC self self JLC Bigelow Coates n/a Ocock JLC

Bullet Barts/68 Euber/65 n/a self Barts Niemi Docs Pills/65 Barts Barts/68 Barts Berger/73 n/a Meyer

Powder/Wt N133 N133 n/a n/a n/a N130 LT32/29 N133 LT32/29 N133 Varget/29 LT30 N133

Scope Leupold/45 Leupold/36 Leupold/45 Leupold/45 March/60 March March/40 Leupold/45 Leupold/45 Night Force Weaver Leupold/45 Leupold/45

Tomball’s Battle of San Jacinto & Texas State Championship Results

Battle of San Jacinto

April 18,2015 100-Yards Dale Metzger................... 250-20X Jackie Schmidt................. 250-19X Dickie Putejovsky.............. 250-18X Ron Sewell...................... 250-18X Ed Bernabeo.................... 250-18X Mike Miller...................... 250-16X Larry Deese..................... 250-16X

Mark Wheatley................. 250-15X Tim Oltersdorf.................. 250-15X Richard Pullum................. 250-14X Renard Alexander.............. 249-15X Mike Wall........................ 249-10X Larry Saavedra................. 249-05X Ashley M. Jones................ 248-12X Dwayne Pullum................. 040-04X 200-Yards Dwayne Pullum................ 250-11X Jackie Schmidt................. 250-09X

Ron Sewell......................

Dickie Putejovsky..............

Richard Pullum.................

Ed Bernabeo....................

Dale Metzger....................

Mark Wheatley.................

Mike Miller......................

Ashley M. Jones................

Renard Alexander..............

Tim Oltersdorf..................

Larry Deese ....................

249-08X 249-03X 248-02X 247-06X 247-05X 247-05X 247-04X 247-04X 247-02X 246-05X 246-01X

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Mike Wall........................ 245-04X Larry Saavedra................. 242-01X Grand Aggregate Larry Saavedra................. 499-32X Ricahrd Pullum................. 498-28X Mike Wall ....................... 497-23X Gardner Rose................... 497-18X Dan Blair........................ 496-24X Jackie Schmidt................. 496-23X Mark Wheatley................. 496-20X Renard Alexander.............. 496-12X Dwayne Pullum................. 495-31X Kenny Kuperman............... 495-27X Dickie Putejovsky.............. 495-23X Clayton Gray.................... 495-20X Ron Sewell...................... 495-16X Larry Tilley...................... 493-24X Dale Metzger.................... 493-21X Micheal Louwien............... 493-19X Ed Bernabeo.................... 492-27X Ashley M. Jones................ 492-17X Nick Marino..................... 490-18X Tim Oltersdorf.................. 489-21X Larry Deese..................... 489-09X

Texas State VFS

April 19, 2015 100-Yards Ed Bernabeo................... 250-24X Larry Saavedra................. 250-22X Dwayne Pullum................. 250-22X

Kenny Kupbrman............... 250-20X Mike Wall ....................... 250-20X Jackie Schmidt................. 250-19X Dan Blair........................ 250-19X Larry Tilley...................... 250-17X Michael Louwien............... 250-16X Mark Wheatley................. 250-16X Nick Marino..................... 250-16X Ron Sewell...................... 250-16X Dickie Putejovsky.............. 250-16X Ashley M Jones................. 250-14X Clayton Gray.................... 250-12X Renard Alexander.............. 250-11X Tim Oltersdorf.................. 249-17X Dale Metzger.................... 249-16X Gardner Rose................... 249-15X Richard Pullum................. 248-18X Larry Deese..................... 245-08X 200-Yards Richard Pullum................ 250-10X Larry Saavedra................. 249-10X Gardner Rose................... 248-03X Mike Wall ....................... 247-03X Dan Blair........................ 246-05X Mark Wheatley................. 246-04X Jackie Schmidt................. 246-04X Renard Alexander.............. 246-01X Dwayne Pullum................. 245-09X Clayton Gray.................... 245-08X Kenny Kupbrman............... 245-07X Dickie Putejovsky.............. 245-07X

Ron Sewell...................... 245-00X Dale Metzger.................... 244-05X Larry Deese..................... 244-01X Larry Tilley...................... 243-07X Michael Louwien............... 243-03X Ed Bernabeo.................... 242-03X Ashley M. Jones................ 242-03X Tim Oltersdorf.................. 240-04X Nick Marino..................... 240-02X Grand Aggregate Larry Saavedra................. 499-32X Ricahrd Pullum................. 498-28X Mike Wall ....................... 497-23X Gardner Rose................... 497-18X Dan Blair........................ 496-24X Jackie Schmidt................. 496-23X Mark Wheatley................. 496-20X Renard Alexander.............. 496-12X Dwayne Pullum................. 495-31X Kenny Kuperman............... 495-27X Dickie Putejovsky.............. 495-23X Clayton Gray.................... 495-20X Ron Sewell...................... 495-16X Larry Tilley...................... 493-24X Dale Metzger.................... 493-21X Micheal Louwien............... 493-19X Ed Bernabeo.................... 492-27X Ashley M. Jones................ 492-17X Nick Marino..................... 490-18X Tim Oltersdorf.................. 489-21X Larry Deese..................... 489-09X

Tomball's Battle of San Jacinto Varmint for Score Equipment List (April 18, 2015) Shooter Jackie Schmidt Ron Sewell Dickie Putejovsky Richard Pulum Dale Meizger Ed Bernabeo Mike Miller Tim Oltersdorf Larry Deese

Caliber 30BR 30BR 30BR 30BR 30BR 30BR 30BR 30BR 30BR

Action Farley Panda Hart BAT BAT BAT Borden Teddy Panda

Barrel Kreiger Kreiger Kreiger Bartlein Kreiger Kreiger Kreiger Kreiger Kreiger

Gunsmith Schmidt Stick Byrne Pieper Long McDonald Borden Self Self

Stocker Schmidt Stick Hall Pieper Long Self Borden Conrey n/a

Scope March 50X March 60X Leupold/36 Leupold/45 Leupold/45 Leupold/45 Leupold/45 Leupold/45 Leupold/45

Case Lapua Lapua Lapua Lapua Lapua Lapua Lapua Lapua Lapua

Powder H4198 H4198 n/a H4198 n/a n/a H4198 H4198 n/a

Bullet Barts 112 Cheek 118 BIB 112 BIB 112 Cheek 112 BIB 112 115 Cheek 112 Berger 115

Primer Federal Federal CCI BR Federal Federal n/a Federal Federal Federal

Cheek 118 BIB 112 BIB 112 112 112 BIB 112 118 BIB 112 155 10x

Federal Federal Federal CCI CCI Federal Federal Federal Federal

Tomball's Texas State Varmint for Score Equipment List (April 19, 2015) Larry Saavedra Ricahrd Pullum Mike Wall Gardner Rose Dan Blair Mark Wheatley Renard Alexander Dwayne Pullum Kenny Kuperman

30BR 30BR 30BR 30BR 30BR 30BR 30BR 30BR 30BR

Panda BAT XP 100 BAT 3L Marsh Stolle Stolle Farley BAT

Krieger Bartlein Krieger Bartlein Krieger Krieger Krieger Krieger Bartlein

Leonard Pieper Fife Brackney Ezell Pieper Kelbly Pieper Roscok

Leonard Leupold/36 Pieper Leupold/45 Pieper n/a Scoville Leupold/45 McMillian Leupold/36 Pieper March Kelbly n/a Pieper Leupold/45 Tmbr Night Force

Lapua Lapua Lapua Lapua Lapua Lapua Lapua Lapua n/a

H4198 H4198 H4198 H4198 n/a H4198 H4198 H4198 n/a

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Dan Lutke Wins Two Gun at Sloughhouse Benchrest

May 2-3, 2015 Sacramento, CA We had a light turn out this weekend with only nine shooters. On Saturday we shot all 200 yards and all 100 yards on Sunday. The weather was nice all weekend. There was a lot of wind and mirage on Saturday afternoon.

Congratulations to Michael Taner on winning LV100 & HV200 aggs and to Dan Lutke for all other aggs and the Two Gun. We send out special get well wishes to Ray Garric who had major surgery last week. Get well soon, Ray! In the photo from left are Michael Taner, Steve Epstein, Dan Lutke, Greg Wilson, Bob Dorton, Francis Lee & Stu Harvey.

Light Varmint 100-Yards Michael Taner...................0.2722 Dan Lutke........................ 0.2908 Stu Harvey....................... 0.2948 Robert Wademan................ 0.3220 Greg Wilson...................... 0.3430 Francis Lee....................... 0.3674 Steve Epstein.................... 0.3878 Bob Dorton....................... 0.4520 Bill Mellor........................ 0.4794 Small Group Dan Lutke......................... 0.141 Light Varmint 200-Yards Dan Lutke........................0.3125

Francis Lee....................... 0.3462 Greg Wilson...................... 0.3675 Stu Harvey....................... 0.3706 Henry Pinkney................... 0.3745 Michael Taner.................... 0.3798 Bob Dorton....................... 0.3866 Steve Epstein.................... 0.3992 Bill Mellor........................ 0.5506 Small Group Bob Dorton........................ 0.266 Light Varmint Grand Dan Lutke........................0.3016 Michael Taner.................... 0.3260 Stu Harvey....................... 0.3327 Greg Wilson...................... 0.3553 Francis Lee....................... 0.3568 Steve Epstein.................... 0.3935 Bob Dorton....................... 0.4193 Bill Mellor........................ 0.5150 Heavy Varmint 100-Yards Dan Lutke........................0.2436 Greg Wilson...................... 0.2770 Bob Dorton....................... 0.2834 Steve Epstein.................... 0.3094 Michael Taner.................... 0.3296 Francis Lee....................... 0.3614 Robert Wademan................ 0.3620 Stu Harvey....................... 0.4068 Bill Mellor........................ 0.4572 Small Group Dan Lutke......................... 0.152

Heavy Varmint 200-Yards Michael Taner...................0.2854 Dan Lutke........................ 0.3147 Stu Harvey....................... 0.3509 Steve Epstein.................... 0.3918 Francis Lee....................... 0.3964 Greg Wilson...................... 0.4676 Bob Dorton....................... 0.4880 Bill Mellor........................ 0.6179 Henry Pinkney................... 1.0198 Small Group Michael Taner..................... 0.376 Heavy Varmint Grand Dan Lutke........................0.2792 Michael Taner.................... 0.3075 Steve Epstein.................... 0.3506 Greg Wilson...................... 0.3723 Stu Harvey....................... 0.3789 Francis Lee....................... 0.3789 Bob Dorton....................... 0.3857 Bill Mellor........................ 0.5375 Two Gun Dan Lutke........................0.2904 Michael Taner.................... 0.3167 Stu Harvey....................... 0.3558 Greg Wilson...................... 0.3638 Francis Lee....................... 0.3679 Steve Epstein.................... 0.3720 Bob Dorton....................... 0.4025 Bill Mellor........................ 0.5263

Sloughhouse Group Match May 2-3, 2015 Equipment List Name Dan Lutke (LV/HV) Michael Taner (LV/HV) Stu Harvey (HV) Greg Wilson (LV/HV) Francis Lee (LV) Steve Epstein (HV)

Action Stolle Panda BAT BAT BAT BAT BAT

Barrel Krieger Bartlein Bartlein Krieger Krieger Krieger

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

Stock McMillan Leonard Leonard Borden BAT Scarbrough

Gunsmith Iwatsubo Harvey Harvey Wilson Iwatsubo Scott

Scope/Pwr Leupold/45 March/40 March/35 Leupold/45 Leupold/45 Leupold/45

Bullet LEE Harvey Harvey Berger LEE Conaway

Powder V133 LT32 LT32 LT32 LT32 V133

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Texas State Championship Leg 2 Seymour, Texas

We came back to Seymour, Tx this Year. Same as we do every year to indulge ourselves in a Texas tradition of benchrest competition. The Texas State Championship, UL(10 Shot) and Heavy Varmint classes were held this year on May 16- 17, 2015.

Not much has changed around Seymour since we were there last year.

I did notice a brand New Dollar General Store at the end of South Main St. The store sits by itself, off Main in what was probably once a wheat field.

If you’re passing through this little North Central Texas town, you might want to check out this new attraction. You might want to plan ahead, the parking lot can get a little crowded.

Torrential rains came this year and turned the dry arid land in this area to mud. All that water is a breeding ground for man-eating mosquitoes.

I’ve been told that on average, it

rains about every six months. It’s been raining every day somewhere in the region for the last month.

There’s more rain in the forecast for upcoming days.

Most of the 24 attendees at this year’s match brought their heavy metal creations to the show. That’s what it is. It’s a show of designs built by some of the most imaginative machinist in the business. The unlimited rifle is a true benchrest icon.

Saturday morning we fought a horde of mosquitoes setting wind flags. The skeeters were taking advantage of the damp/wet conditions brought on by the prior torrential rains. Repellent spray saved our hides. We got started at 9AM. At the commands of Range Officer, Dr Larry Lyford. Conditions were overcast skies and 10 to 25 mph winds all day long. It blew equipment off benches that was not anchored.

We shoot ten shots for record with UNL Rifles. The first match is 15 minutes followed by four 12 minute matches. An unlimited match is

time consuming, even with one relay as was the case in this match. It’s certainly a marathon for some of us aging benchrest shooters. At the end of the UNL100, Charles “Huck” Huckeba emerged as the winner with an impressive .2394 agg in some real tricky conditions.

The UNL200 was kicked off after lunch, which consisted of catered chopped barbeque sandwiches with all the trimmings. The wind picked up and so did the foul language. We struggled to do the best we could in challenging conditions. John Horn bested the field with a .4652 agg at 200 yards. John’s agg tells the story of how tough conditions were.

Sunday morning brought bright sunshine for the Heavy Varmint. A left to right cross wind, 10-25 mph that stayed around all day. A cross wind with pick-ups and let-ups is the most challenging for me. Dickie Pustejovsky got out of blocks with an unbelievable .067 5-shot group in all that mess (wind). Everybody played catch up from that point on. Dickie walked away with the win; a .2016

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agg. It couldn’t happen to a nicer guy. His traveling Buddy, Dr Oltersdorf was second with a .2384.

My Friend Charles “Huck” Huckeba, a familiar name in the winner’s circle, shot a solid .2515 agg to take the HV200. Full results for both matches have been posted.

We were honored with the presence of a couple of foreigners from way up North in Oklahoma. Mike Cordes and John Dumas. Mike and John are no strangers to the area. Jack Snyder, from New Mexico, came down with his friend Larry Baggett.

Jackie Schmidt and his wife, Marilyn came up from Houston with their dashund. I shot on the bench next to Jackie. We had a blast solving the world’s problems and shooting benchrest at the same time. John Jones and his wife from Houston was at this match too. John Jones was a participant in the famous Houston Warehouse project. There were a number of old timers at this match.

We talked quite a bit about the history of the sport and some of the sports oldest survivors. The sports history has always been interesting to me.

We all had a great time. If you don’t believe me, put this match on your list of things to do in the near future and you will see for yourself.

Thanks to hosts John Horn and GCR Director Scott Hunter and co-hosts Trae and Kammi Reed for their enthusiasm and efforts to keep this tradition alive. The Seymour Texas Stool Shooters range is a dedicated benchrest rifle range run by propri-

etor John Horn. John is a bundle of energy, who loves the sport. The future of this match hangs on the shoulders of John Horn, Scott Hunter and a host of reliable volunteers.

--Glenn Chism

Heavy Varmint 100-Yards Dickie Pustejovsky.............0.2016 Timothy Oltersdorf............. 0.2384 John Jones....................... 0.2394 Trae Reed........................ 0.2474 Charles Huckeba................ 0.2524 Darryl Whitman................. 0.2598 John Horn........................ 0.2600 Mike Bryant...................... 0.2648 Gary Bristow..................... 0.2746 Cecil Tucker...................... 0.2792 Jackie Schmidt.................. 0.2842 Michael Stinnett................. 0.2904 Scott Hunter..................... 0.2910 Larry Baggett.................... 0.3018 Tommy Long..................... 0.3186 Small Group Dickie Pustejovsky............... 0.067 Heavy Varmint 200-Yards Charles Huckeba...............0.2515 Gary Bristow..................... 0.2739 Darryl Whitman................. 0.2795 Jack Snyder...................... 0.2876 Tommy Long..................... 0.2970 Scott Hunter..................... 0.3034 John Horn........................ 0.3113 Wendell Rhodes................. 0.3144 Timothy Oltersdorf............. 0.3171 John Jones....................... 0.3205 Michael Stinnett................. 0.3245 Larry Baggett.................... 0.3433 Kenneth Terrell.................. 0.3473 Trae Reed........................ 0.3522 Dickie Pustejovsky.............. 0.3660 Small Group John Dumas....................... 0.316

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Heavy Varmint Grand Charles Huckeba...............0.2519 Darryl Whitman................. 0.2697 Gary Bristow..................... 0.2743 Timothy Oltersdorf............. 0.2777 John Jones....................... 0.2799 Dickie Pustejovsky.............. 0.2838 John Horn........................ 0.2857 Scott Hunter..................... 0.2972 Trae Reed........................ 0.2998 Michael Stinnett.................. 0.374 Tommy Long..................... 0.3078 Jack Snyder...................... 0.3132 Wendell Rhodes................. 0.3181 Mike Bryant...................... 0.3203 Larry Baggett.................... 0.3225 Two Gun (HV & UNL) Charles Huckeba...............0.3217 John Horn........................ 0.3461 Timothy Oltersdorf............. 0.3712 Tommy Long..................... 0.3726 Mike Bryant...................... 0.3736 Gary Bristow..................... 0.3750 Jack Snyder...................... 0.3818 John Jones....................... 0.3819 Scott Hunter..................... 0.3841 Trae Reed........................ 0.3925 Kenneth Terrell.................. 0.4017 Larry Baggett.................... 0.4045 Jackie Schmidt.................. 0.4074 Brad Calhoun.................... 0.4206 Darryl Whitman................. 0.4305 Three Gun (LV/HV/SP) Charles Huckeba...............0.2632 Mike Bryant...................... 0.2865 John Horn........................ 0.2912 Darryl Whitman................. 0.2949 Larry Baggett.................... 0.3015 Timothy Oltersdorf............. 0.3195 Dickie Pustejovsky.............. 0.3288 Gary Bristow..................... 0.3386 Scott Hunter..................... 0.3419 Tommy Long..................... 0.3471 Wendell Rhodes................. 0.3724 John Jones....................... 0.3778 Ronnie Cheek.................... 0.4470 Four Gun Charles Huckeba...............0.2953 John Horn........................ 0.3200 Mike Bryant...................... 0.3216 Larry Baggett.................... 0.3478 Timothy Oltersdorf............. 0.3558 Darryl Whitman................. 0.3690 Tommy Long..................... 0.3696 Gary Bristow..................... 0.3729 Scott Hunter..................... 0.3742 John Jones....................... 0.4043 Wendell Rhodes................. 0.4170 Dickie Pustejovsky.............. 0.4233 Ronnie Cheek.................... 0.4575

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dom missed a match at Holton, and won a 2-Gun a few years back. The NBRSA Eastern Region had a plaque made in memory to Clayton to be hung at Holton.

--Lee Hachigian

Bob Scarbrough Wins the Holton President’s Cup April 25-26, 2015

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pull out the win. There were several very large groups on the last target of the day. Too funny...you had to be there!

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Light Varmint 100-Yards Bob Scarbrough, Jr............0.2114 Lee Hachigian................... 0.2136 Dave Holmes..................... 0.2248 Ted Heindselman................ 0.2262 Pat Canning...................... 0.2264 Dale Dillingham................. 0.2382 Dominic Grunas................. 0.2966 Peter Smith...................... 0.3002 Joe Hynes........................ 0.3014 Jeff Aberegg..................... 0.3056 Small Group Greg Reed......................... 0.114 Light Varmint 200-Yards Bob Scarbrough, Jr............0.3303 Joe Hynes........................ 0.3363 Pat Canning...................... 0.3955 Jerry Jarrett..................... 0.4051 Troy Emery....................... 0.4257 Peter Smith...................... 0.4599 Lee Hachigian................... 0.4741 Dominic Grunas................. 0.4783 Lloyd Miller...................... 0.4957 Dale Dillingham................. 0.5057 Small Group Troy Emery........................ 0.161 Heavy Varmint 100-Yards Greg Reed.......................0.2206 Victor Halverson................ 0.2452 Lee Hachigina................... 0.2486 Ted Heindselman................ 0.2494 Bob Scarbrough.................. 0.2736 Troy Emery....................... 0.2886 Dave Holmes..................... 0.2896 Joe Hynes........................ 0.2968 Peter Smith...................... 0.3126 Dale Dillingham................. 0.3142 Small Group Bob Scarbrough................... 0.113 Heavy Varmint 200-Yards Peter Smith......................0.2258 Lee Hachigian................... 0.2510 Joe Hynes........................ 0.2725 Pat Canning...................... 0.2769 Greg Reed........................ 0.2807 Ted Heindselman................ 0.2862 Bob Scarbrough.................. 0.2989 Jerry Jarrett..................... 0.3008 Dominic Grunas................. 0.3099 Victor Halverson................ 0.3158 Small Group Jerry Jarrett...................... 0.194

August, 2015 Precision Rifleman Light Varmint Grand Bob Scarbrough.................0.2709 Pat Canning...................... 0.3110 Joe Hynes........................ 0.3188 Lee Hachigian................... 0.3439 Dale Dillingham................. 0.3720 Jerry Jarrett..................... 0.3792 Peter Smith...................... 0.3801 Dominic Grunas................. 0.3875 Troy Emery....................... 0.4160 Lloyd Miller...................... 0.4230 Dave Holmes..................... 0.4298 Jeff Aberegg..................... 0.4331 Ted Heindselman................ 0.4717 Victor Halverson................ 0.4774 John Inman....................... 0.5188 Margaret Jarrett................ 0.5420

Heavy Varmint Grand Lee Hachigian...................0.2498 Greg Reed........................ 0.2506 Ted Heindselman................ 0.2678 Peter Smith...................... 0.2692 Victor Halverson................ 0.2805 Joe Hynes........................ 0.2846 Bob Scarbrough, Jr............. 0.2862 Pat Canning...................... 0.2966 Dominic Grunas................. 0.3293 Dale Dillingham................. 0.3392 Jerry Jarrett..................... 0.3407 Dave Holmes..................... 0.3431 Troy Emery....................... 0.3506 Jeff Aberegg..................... 0.3602 Butch Lipscomb................. 0.3632 Lloyd Miller...................... 0.3886

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Two Gun Bob Scarbrough.................0.2785 Lee Hachigian................... 0.2968 Joe Hynes........................ 0.3018 Pat Canning...................... 0.3038 Peter Smith...................... 0.3246 Dale Dillingham................. 0.3555 Dominic Grunas................. 0.3584 Jerry Jarrett..................... 0.3599 Ted Heindselman................ 0.3697 Victor Halverson................ 0.3790 Troy Emery....................... 0.3833 Dave Holmes..................... 0.3865 Jeff Aberegg..................... 0.3967 Lloyd Miller...................... 0.4058 Butch Lipscomb................. 0.4971 Margaret Jarrett................ 0.5002

Holton's President's Cup Equipment List Name Action Two Gun: Bob Scarbrough BAT Lee Hachigian BAT Joe Hynes BAT Pat Canning Farley Peter Smith BAT Heavy Varmint Grand: Lee Hachigian BAT Greg Reed BAT Ted Heindselman BAT Peter Smith BAT Victor Halverson Stolle Light Varmint Grand: Bob Scarbrough BAT Pat Canning Farley Joe Hynes BAT Lee Hachigian BAT Dale Dillingham BAT

Barrel

Stock Mfr

Stocker

Gunsmith

Bullet

Powder/Wt Primer

Case

Scope

Krieger Krieger Krieger Krieger MacLennan

Scarbrough Scoville Scarbrough Scoville Scoville

Scarbrough Scoville Scarbrough Scoville Scoville

Scott Scott Hynes Scott Johnson

Sauter Hottenstein Generic Generic Mitchell

V133/30 V133/29 V133/29 V133 V133/29

Federal Federal Federal Federal Federal

Lapua Lapua Lapua Lapua Lapua

Leupold March March Leupold Leupold

Krieger Bartlein Krieger MacLennan Krieger

Scoville Scoville Scarbrough Scoville Lee Six

Scoville Scoville Scarbrough Scoville Scott

Scott Scott Scott Johnson Scott

Hottenstein Hottenstein Mitchell Mitchell Hottenstein

V133/29 V133/30 V133/29 V133/29 V133

Federal Federal Federal Federal Federal

Lapua Lapua Lapua Lapua Lapua

March Bukys Leupold Leupold Leupold

Krieger Krieger Krieger Krieger Shilen

Scarbrough Scoville Scarbrough Scoville TM

Scarbrough Scoville Scarbrough Scoville TM

Scott Scott Hynes Scott Dillingham

Sauter Generic Generic Hottenstein Dillingham

V133/30 V133 V133/29 V133/29 8208

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Lapua Lapua Lapua Lapua Lapua

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2015 Best of the West

Alvin Davidson Memorial Trophy Finds a Familiar Home May 23-24, 2015

A wet practice day on Friday made a lot of competitors nervous on Memorial Day weekend, but Mother Nature held off the moisture until a quick downpour soaked everything during the awards on Sunday afternoon.

In between the two rain events, traditional switchy winds kept shooters on their toes; however one familiar shooter submitted a potential new world record aggregate in the HV200.

On Saturday morning, Lowell Frei out of Hurricane, Utah, set the bar for the LV100 with a .152. Mike Bryant from Wheeler, Texas, was right behind him with a .168 and the man from Rifle, Colorado, Roy Damron was in third place with a .189. Joe Pipola from Glendale, Arizona (one of only two AZ shooters) was close behind with a .196.

Damron took first place after the second match, with a .213. Former match director Jack Snyder, of Edgewood, New Mexico moved to second with a .189, while current match director Ed Adams, of Albuquerque, moved to third with a match small .181.

Frei regained the lead after the third match with a .206, but Tom

Evans out of Gordon, Nebraska took small group from Frei with a .138, and moved into second place.

Damron’s .299 was good enough to hold onto third.

Damron moved back into first after the fourth match with a .228 as Frei’s .303 dropped him to second place. Snyder, Adams, and Bud Mundy out of Hillsboro, Missouri rounded out the top five.

Mike Bryant won $25 and a small group trophy for his .136 in the fifth and final match of the morning. But his .2768 was only good enough for 9th place. Ed Adams’ .178 moved his aggregate to .2310 winning the LV100. Darrel Loker’s aggregate of .2362 after a .195 in the fifth match leapfrogged him five spots from 6th to 2nd, just beating Damron’s .2368. Mundy’s .2388 placed him fourth, and Frei’s .2432 was a solid fifth place.

In the afternoon HV100 shoot, Pipola set the bar with a .117 in the first match. No other shooter could beat the score, so Pipola took home some cash and small group trophy. Scott Haywood, from Odessa, Texas shot a .131, just edging out Adams’ .133 for second place in the first match. In fact, nine of the top 10 shooter had scores under .2, and 21 of 46 were under .3.

Haywood repeated his score of .131 in the second match (match small group) moving him into first

place over Adams’ .164 and Pipola’s .252. Aaron French, from Lubbock, Texas moved into fourth, and ‘Uncle’ Larry Baggett (shooting on the second relay), also out of Lubbock, slid up to fifth place.

The top five stayed the same after the third match, with Haywood’s .216, Adams’ .243, Pipola’s .231, French’s .247, and Baggett’s .231.

Randy Pumphrey shot a match small .198.

After match four, it was still between Haywood and Adams, as they shot a .217 and .202 respectively. French moved to third with a .294. Baggett moved up to fourth with a .224 and 2014 Best of the West defending champion Todd Tyler, out of Rio Rancho, New Mexico shot a match small .145 moving him into fifth place.

Haywood was able to hold off Adams in the fifth match. Adams’ .169 wasn’t enough to overcome Haywood’s .203. Haywood’s aggregate of .1796 gave him the first place trophy and a cash prize. Adams’ .1822 kept him in second.

However, Baggett (.2124) was able to nudge French (.2216) off the podium for a third place trophy with a match small .141. Roy Damron also shot a .141 in the fifth match.

Tyler (.2438) held onto fifth.

Within sight of the snowcapped Southern Rocky Mountains, the NRA Whittington Center really is

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a jewel for bench rest shooting in the southwestern United States.

With indoor loading facilities, picturesque surroundings (a couple of matches were delayed for deer and antelope on the range), and a world class target crew, shooters can enjoy themselves without worrying about the elements during reloading or how the match is run. Perhaps that’s what allowed one shooter to get into the zone on Sunday morning for the HV200.

Like Pipola the day before, Missouri’s Mundy set the bar for small group in the first match of the HV200 with a .159. No one bested the score, and Mundy took home a small group trophy and cash prize.

Jim Hemmert, from Kalvesta, Kansas shot a .293 for second, just edging out Baggett’s .294. NBRSA Mid-Continent Director Butch Fjoser, out of Woodward, Oklahoma was fourth with a .376, and Frei’s .379 had him in fifth place.

Hemmert (pictured at right) would never look back. Match small group .199 in the second, and match small group .208 in the third had him with a .1167 aggregate after three.

In baseball, when a pitcher is throwing a no-hitter it is tradition not to jinx him by talking about the no-hitter. While Dodger hall of fame announcer Vin Scully scoffs at this idea, it’s a little different in bench rest. Everyone knew Hemmert was on a tear, and everyone was talking about it. The question was would he be able to maintain it?

Hemmert’s fourth target had a sub .3 group just below and to the right of the bull’s eye. However, one bullet had flown a little high, still touching the group, but barely.

The official score was .398, moving his aggregate up to .1373. Would he be able to recover? “Yeah, it was the last shot,” Hemmert said after the match. “It just got away from me.” When asked what he was thinking before the fifth match,

Hemmert replied “I was thinking I was going to take what it was going to give me.” Hemmert was able to recoup and shot a match small group .361 in the final match for the morning. Baggett’s .488 was the second smallest group in the match.

Hemmert’s aggregate is a range record .1459. His targets and backers were immediately taken, inspected, verified, and signed by the referees and sealed.

A world record submission has been filled out, and now we wait. But certainly we won’t be forgetting this performance for some time.

Back to the HV200 aggs, Frei came in second with a .2461 aggregate, Baggett (.2585) edged out Adams (.2658) for a trophy and cash prize while Tyler (.2768) rounded out the top five.

Shooters immediately moved to the LV200, and as in the morning, Bud Mundy ran away with a small group trophy and cash prize for his .229 in the first match. Tyler was right behind him with a .252 with Frei at .303, Jack Childers from Arroyo Grande, Califronia was fourth with a .328, and Charles Huckeba from Odessa, Texas in fifth with a .448.

Winds started switching, and Baggett’s .581 on the second relay was the small group for the second match. Frei moved to first followed by Childers, Tyler, Loker and Damron. Frei held onto first and Loker moved into second after the third match. Tyler moved to third with Tom Evans moving to fourth and Childers slipping to fifth. Bob Brackney (our second Arizona shooter), had a small group .432.

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Larry Baggett. His fourth match small group .363 (his second of the LV200) only moved him up to seventh place. Frei, maintained the lead, while Tyler moved to second.

Lou Murdica from Sky Valley, California moved to third with Adams jumping to fourth and Mundy fifth.

When the dust settled, Ed Adams’ .555 in the fifth match was enough to propel him to victory with a .3111 aggregate. Frei (.3115) fell to second, while Truman Wilson (.3254), out of Delta, Colorado took the third place trophy and a cash prize. Murdica (.3286) came in fourth and Baggett (.3332) took fifth place.

In the Heavy Grand Aggregate, it was Frei in first (.2447), followed

by Adams (.2484), Tyler (.2768), Mundy (.2835) and Bryant (.2862).

In the Light Grand Aggregate it was Adams (.2466), followed by Baggett (.2728), Haywood (.2749), Tyler (.2955) and Bryant (.3126).

In the Two Gun Grand Aggregate, Ed Adams (.2475) wins the Alvin Davidson Memorial Trophy for the third time in four years. Frei (.2808) came in second with Tyler (.2884) third, Bryant (.2993) fourth and Mundy (.3060) fifth. All won trophies and cash prizes.

We would be remiss if we didn’t mention the weekend was tinged with sadness with the knowledge

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of the loss of a stalwart of bench rest shoots around the country and especially here in New Mexico.

Mrs. Beatrice “Bea” Carl passed this past December. Accompanying her husband, Dr. Barton Carl, Mrs. Carl always had a smile and words of encouragement to all the competitors at whichever shoot they attended. With a kind and generous soul, Mrs. Carl was never seen without her rescue Labrador retriever ‘Penny’. She will be sincerely missed and our condolences go out to our friend and fellow competitor Dr. Carl.

--Mark Motsko Heavy Varmint 100-Yards Ed Adams........................0.2310 Darrel Loker..................... 0.2362 Roy Damron...................... 0.2368 Bud Mundy....................... 0.2388 Lowell Frei....................... 0.2432 Jack Snyder...................... 0.2460 Tom Evans........................ 0.2672 Bob Brackney.................... 0.2762 Mike Bryant...................... 0.2768 Aaron French.................... 0.2784 Todd Tyler........................ 0.2860 Joe Pipola........................ 0.3000 Charles Huckeba................ 0.3026 Dave Gibson...................... 0.3118 Roger Tillery..................... 0.3170 Small Group Mike Bryant....................... 0.136 Heavy Varmint 200-Yards Jim Hemmert...................0.1459 Lowell Frei....................... 0.2461 Larry Baggett.................... 0.2585 Ed Adams......................... 0.2658 Todd Tyler........................ 0.2768 Charles Huckeba................ 0.2793 Butch Fjoser..................... 0.2874 Keith Cottrell.................... 0.2901 Mike Bryant...................... 0.2955 Richard Brensing................ 0.3058 Truman Wilson................... 0.3146 Joe Pipola........................ 0.3146 Randy Sullivan................... 0.3244 Bud Mundy....................... 0.3283 Tom Evans........................ 0.3310 Small Group Bud Mundy........................ 0.159 Light Varmint 100-Yards Scott Haywood..................0.1796 Ed Adams......................... 0.1822 Larry Baggett.................... 0.2124

Aaron French.................... 0.2216 Todd Tyler........................ 0.2438 Roy Damron...................... 0.2562 Darrel Loker..................... 0.2626 Tom Libby........................ 0.2640 Joe Pipola........................ 0.2670 Jack Childers.................... 0.2742 Charles Huckeba................ 0.2864 Durward Wofford................ 0.2872 Bob Brackney.................... 0.2894 Richard Brensing................ 0.2910 Mike Bryant...................... 0.2912 Small Group Joe Pipola......................... 0.117 Light Varmint 200-Yards Ed Adams........................0.3111 Lowell Frei....................... 0.3115 Truman Wilson................... 0.3254 Lou Murdica...................... 0.3286 Larry Baggett.................... 0.3332 Mike Bryant...................... 0.3339 Bud Mundy....................... 0.3412 Todd Tyler........................ 0.3471 Scott Haywood.................. 0.3701 Roger Tillery..................... 0.3734 Tom Evans........................ 0.4049 Cliff McNairy..................... 0.4092 Brandon McNairy................ 0.4117 Joe Pipola........................ 0.4139 Aaron French.................... 0.4163 Small Group Bud Mundy........................ 0.229 Light Varmint Grand Ed Adams........................0.2466 Larry Baggett.................... 0.2728 Scott Haywood.................. 0.2749 Todd Tyler........................ 0.2955 Mike Bryant...................... 0.3126 Lowell Frei....................... 0.3169 Truman Wilson................... 0.3185 Aaron French.................... 0.3189 Lou Murdica...................... 0.3284 Bud Mundy....................... 0.3285 Joe Pipola........................ 0.3404 Jack Childers.................... 0.3478 Darrel Loker..................... 0.3481 Tom Libby........................ 0.3496 Charles Huckeba................ 0.3619 Heavy Varmint Grand Lowell Frei......................0.2447 Ed Adams......................... 0.2484 Todd Tyler........................ 0.2814 Bud Mundy....................... 0.2835 Mike Bryant...................... 0.2862 Charles Huckeba................ 0.2910 Jim Hemmert.................... 0.2986 Darrel Loker..................... 0.2988 Tom Evans........................ 0.2991 Jack Snyder...................... 0.3040

Bea Carl Bob Brackney.................... 0.3082 Roy Damron...................... 0.3101 Joe Pipola........................ 0.3121 Tom Libby........................ 0.3325 Mark Hatfield.................... 0.3338 Two Gun Ed Adams........................0.2475 Lowell Frei....................... 0.2808 Todd Tyler........................ 0.2884 Mike Bryant...................... 0.2993 Bud Mundy....................... 0.3060 Darrel Loker..................... 0.3234 Joe Pipola........................ 0.3262 Charles Huckeba................ 0.3264 Tom Evans........................ 0.3333 Aaron French.................... 0.3405 Tom Libby........................ 0.3410 Bob Brackney.................... 0.3413 Jim Hemmert.................... 0.3421 Roy Damron...................... 0.3550 Roger Tillery..................... 0.3585 Richard Brensing................ 0.3587 Keith Cottrell.................... 0.3603 Mark Hatfield.................... 0.3665 Truman Wilson................... 0.3686 Cliff McNairy..................... 0.3737 Scott Haywood.................. 0.3785 Jack Snyder...................... 0.3925 Durward Wofford................ 0.3934 John Reiss........................ 0.3943 Bill Lindley....................... 0.3944 Randy Pumphrey................ 0.3975 Lou Murdica...................... 0.4067 Greg Smith....................... 0.4127 Dave Gibson...................... 0.4135 Jack Childers.................... 0.4164 Randy Sullivan................... 0.4164 Butch Fjoser..................... 0.4437 Gerald Adams.................... 0.4563 Bob Martinez..................... 0.4747 Dewayne Stafford............... 0.4809 Larry Leser....................... 0.4894 Brandon McNairy................ 0.4970

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Best in the West Equipment List Shooter Light Varmint: Ed Adams Larry Baggett Scott Haywood Todd Tyler Mike Bryant Heavy Varmint: Lowell Frei Ed Adams Todd Tyler Bud Mundy Mike Bryant

Action Caliber Barrel

Gunsmith Stock

Bullet/Weight Powder/Charge Scope/Power

Primer

Farley Stiller BAT 3L BAT BAT

6PPC 6PPC 6PPC 6PPC 6PPC

Bartlein Krieger Krieger Krieger Bartlein

Adams Baggett Baggett Baggett Bryant

Borden Baggett McMillan Scoville Scoville

Miller 66 Baggett BT Baggett 64.5 Miller Time 65 Bryant 68

V-133 29.0 T-30 27.5 V-133 28.8 133 28.2 133 29.4

Weaver 46 Leupold 45 Leupold 45 ^March ^March 40

205M 205 205 Fed 205M 205M

BAT Farley BAT BAT BAT

6PPC 6PPC 6PPC 6PPC 6PPC

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Frei Adams Baggett Mundy Bryant

Speedy Borden Scoville BAT Scoville

Frei 67 Miller 66 Miller Time 65 Miller BT 65 Bryant 68

8208 28.4 V-133 29.0 133 28.2 N-133 29.2 133 29.4

Nightforce 55 Weaver 46 ^March Marsh 40x ^March 40

205 205M 205M 205 205M

Agenda Items

Following are the 2015 Agenda items for Board review this September. Please take a moment to read them and contact your Regional Director to make your comments known, to ask questions or to add an agenda item of your own.

Eastern Region Agenda #1: The distance between the record box and the sighter box for the 200 yard group target is 1½”. Please see the attached target that has the competitor number that is printed in bold and is .75 inch high.

This is a very good target example compared to many others we have seen.

Agenda #2: Suggested Wording for Rule Book Revision: “For a national group competition, the competitor number shall be clearly legible in mirage conditions at the farthest distance. The competitor number shall be 1” tall in bold font or written with a wide marker to aide visibility.” By Jeff Gaidos.

Agenda #3: A recommendation that the courtesy rule regarding idle chat when you finish shooting till the finish of the7 minutes MUST be enforced. When you

happen to have a couple of talkers side by side it is a real distraction. The rule is there for a purpose. By Dave Holmes.

Gulf Coast Region Agenda#1: The following to be added to the end of 10, page 20: “That at the group nationals, the individual who accepts the job of procuring and setting flags for a flag rotation (sponsor) will have control over what type and how the flags are set for that rotation. Any additions or adjustments to that rotation may only be done with the permission of the flag sponsor for that rotation. If that individual is unable to fulfill their duties as flag rotation sponsor, another sponsor will be approved by the match director. Appeals to the flag set for a given rotation, not resolved with the sponsor, will be made to the referees for the first days’ competition, with a majority vote of said referees being needed to change the flag set in question.”

By Scott Hunter.

Agenda #2: Delete ¼” deflection sentence from page 20(j)I and ii.

By Scott Hunter.

Mississippi Valley Region Agenda #1: Discuss the trophy cabinets that are being con-

structed to display our retired group trophies at Bench Rest Rifle Club of St Louis and decide how they are to be cleaned and then displayed. By Bud Mundy.

North Central Region Agenda #1: Revisit match Memorandum of Agreement distribution to make it easier for RD’s and Match Directors. By Terry Meyer.

Agenda #2: Review Trophy Awards and discuss options and member feedback. By Terry Meyer & Tom Libby.

Agenda #3: Review trophy (national) fees for score shooters.

The score national payments are excessive. By Terry Meyer.

Southwest Region Agenda #1: On score rules item 7b modify first sentence to read, “Full bench and relay rotation shall be used at all National Match events.” By Keith Myers.

It’s too late to add your items for discussion. The annual Board of Directors Meeting is scheduled for Saturday, September 12, 2015. Now is your time to make a difference in our organization.

For contact information for your Director, please see page 39.

Thank you for your continued support of benchrest.

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

www.chippewarifleclub.com GPS: N40 56.820 W81 44.583 Contact: Bob Denk 440 596-7238 7728 E Linden Ln, Parma, OH 44130 robertsdenk66@gmail.com Contact: Pat Metcalf 419 886-3467 528 Alexander Rd, Bellville, OH 44813 plmohio@aol.com

Fairchance Rod & Gun Club

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

Holton Gun & Bow Club

6201 Crystal Lake Rd, Holton, MI 49425 PO Box 128, Holton, MI 49425 www.holtongunandbowclub.com 231 821-9608 GPS: N43 23.742 W86 05.2566 Contact: 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

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

Hill County Shooters Assn

Minnetonka Benchrest Assn

Midland Shooters Association

Oak Hill Gun Club

GPS: N29 44.695 W098 14.141 421 Range Rd, New Braunfels, TX 78132 Contact: Cody Engel 210 535 2170 PO Box 1423, Blanco, TX 78606 codyvp@satx.rr.com 4108 East County Rd 160, Midland, TX 79706 432 682-2332 www.midlandshooters.com Contact: Mike Conry 3212 E County Rd 136, Midland, TX 79706 432 528-8718 or 432 683-1332 MEConry@suddenlink.net

North Texas Shooters Association

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

Seymour Stool Shooters

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

SW Louisiana Rifle & Pistol Club

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

Tomball Gun Club

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

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 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

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 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

Columbus Sportsman’s Assn

W10924 Bryer Road, Columbus, WI 53925 www.csa12.com tabalding@gmail.com Contact Terry Balding 608 577-5193 1777 W Main St #203, Sun Prairie, WI 53590

Holmen Rod & Gun Club

W7503 County Road T, Holmen, WI 54636 www.holmenrodandgunclub.com Contact Jim Knower, 608 526-3151

Van Dyne Sportsmen’s Club

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

NW—Northwest Region Wenatchee Benchrest Club

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

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

Lewis-Clark Wildlife Club

27007 South Tom Beall Rd, Lapwai, ID 83540 280 843-2987 www.lcwildlife.org Contact: Paul Gylling - HTR/VFS 40102 State Route 195, Colfax WA 99111 PGylling@gmail.com 509 553-1118 Denny Andrews - Group andrewslaw1@gmail.com

North Cascades Sportsman’s Club PO Box 1721, Chelan, WA 98816

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Ranges, Clubs, and Contacts http://www.chelangunclub.com Contact Dan Zaccanti 509 733-1003

Tacoma Rifle & Revolver Club

8503 Chambers Creek Rd W University Place, WA 98467 www.tacomarifle.org Contact: Jeff Lewis 206 407-8299 32310 6th Ave SW, Federal Way, WA 98023 varminthunter1@comcast.net

Tri-Cities Metallic Silhouette Assn Hwy 12 to Pasco-Kahlotus Rd www.tcmsa.org Contact: Rick DeGroat 509 308-7213 or 509 396-3166 rem10x308@aol.com

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

La Grande Rifle & Pistol Club www.lgrpc.com Contact Gary Vanlier 208 965-1992 or 208 461-0315 gwvjake1@msn.com

SE—Southeast Region

Middle Georgia Gun Owners Assn www.mggoa.com GPS: N32 24.3732 W82 53.0574 PO Box 4096, Dublin, GA 31040 Contact: Matt Walker 478 304-2749 mggoa1@gmail.com

River Bend Gun Club

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

Rockingham County Gun Club

572 Long Branch Road, Reidsville, NC 27320 www.rockinghamcountygunclub.com GPS: N36 25.536 W79 31.864 Contact: Roy Darnell 336 595-9110 4811 Camp Betty Hastings Rd Walkertown, NC 27051 DarnellRM@embarqmail.com

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 Colorado Rifle Club

76099 E 96th Ave, Byers, CO 80103 303 238-5696 http://crci.org Contact: Nick Hoier 719 499-0246 or Nate Miller 719 648-5334 524 E McCullough Blvd, Pueblo West, CO 81007 namiller1979@gmail.com

Land’s End Benchrest Shooters

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

Mill Creek Rifle Club

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

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

Okie Shooters Range

Contact: Rex Reneau 405 787-8529 7409 NW 28th Terrace, Bethany OK 73008 405 623-6019 or rreneau1@cox.net

Ouachita Sportsmen’s Assn

Contact: 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

SW—Southwest Region Arizona Benchrest Shooters

4044 W Black Canyon Blvd, Phoenix, AZ 85086 GPS: N33 27 12.22 W112 37 12.20 http://azbrs.com Contact: Melesia Cisneros 714-441-7220 4275 N Palm St, Fullerton, CA 92835 melesia.cisneros@bergerbullets.com

Central Utah Benchrest

Contact: Dave Tunbridge 801 571-6755 966 Stacie Ave, Sandy UT 84094 drtunbridge@gmail.com

Desert Sportsman Rifle Club

12201 W Charleston Blvd, Las Vegas, NV 89135 702 642-9928 www.dsrpc.net GPS: N36.1498 W115.3653 Contact: Keith Myers - VFS keithmyers@yahoo.com or 702 217-3591 Contact: Howard Bloom - HTR

1964.usmc@att.net or 702 368-0568

Ojai Valley Gun Club

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

Palomino Valley Gun Club

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

Sahuaro 1000-Yard Benchrest

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

Sloughhouse Benchrest Shooters www.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

Club de Tir du Castellas

Route de Vautubiere, La Fare les Oliviers, France 13580 bench-rest@ctcastellas.com Contact Jean-Marie Deletang at redneckbr@neuf.fr or Andre Feraud at nagemar@vanadoo.fr

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Alexander Lamont Calder Longtime Canadian benchrest shooter, Alex Calder passed away peacefully at Headwaters Health Care Centre at the age of 70.

He was born March 14, 1945 and passed on July 1, 2015. No other details are available at the time of printing. We offer our heartfelt condolences to his family and friends. He will be missed.

Ron Baldner Ron Baldner, age 71, passed Thursday afternoon, May 21, 2015 at a care center in Boise of advanced lung cancer, diagnosed only 9 days before his death.

Ron is survived by his wife of 25 years, H Marie Russell Baldner; his brother, Bob Baldner (Kathy) of Laurel, MT; his sister, Patricia Williams of Maricopa, AZ; his sons, Ron F. Baldner (Natalie) and Mike Baldner (Glenda) of Boise; his daughter, Wendy Holland of Texas; 6 grandchildren, 2 stepgrandchildren, 2 nieces, and his beloved Ms. Kitty and Scamper.

He was predeceased by his parents and nephew, Bob Baldner.

No services will be held. At Ron’s request, a private gathering to scatter ashes will be held at a later date in a favorite four wheel drive, motorcycle trail area.

Jack & Judy Deming Jack Deming (74) passed June 9, 2015 following his wife of 54 years, Judy who passed May 6, 2015. His love of precision rifle accuracy led him to the sport of Benchrest Shooting. His competitive spirit and drive led him to winning several national championships and many world records.

He was a past president of the South Creek Rod & Gun Club and past president of IBS. They would have celebrated 55 years of marriage on July 26, 2015.

It’s Not Too Late

Save the Date

If you wish to submit an agenda item for this year’s NBRSA Board meeting, it’s not too late to do so. Contact your Regional Director by phone or email and have your item added to this years’ business.

The Eastern Region’s annual membership meeting is scheduled for Saturday, November 7 at 10AM. The meeting will be held at Cabelas in Dundee, Michigan. Please plan to attend.

New License Plate

Bryant has the same from Texas.

Well gentlemen, there are 47 states remaining. Who’s next!

When the opportunity arose for Rod Brown to get new license plates for his benchrest truck and motor home, he didn’t hesitate in making the choice. Now he has matching “6PPC” license plates on both the truck and RV. This plate was formerly used by the late-great Bill Wilkerson, who was a longtime NBRSA member and benchrest competitor. He passed on a few years back, but Rod says his spirit lives on in the license plates.

Gary Sinclair has the same plates from California and Mike

Reading Library?

It looks like the boys at Land’s End Benchrest have been up to their tricks again. It’s not that a library isn’t a nice tribute to Bud Schalles; it’s where the tribute was placed...on a portable outhouse at the range.

Now the question is what will Bud do to return the favor...

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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

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

South East Region

Exp 2016

South West Region

Exp 2016

European Region

Exp 2016

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

Tom Libby 74056 Aster Dr, Palm Desert, CA 92260 760 774-5256 tomnbrsa@outlook.com South West Alternate David Woodward 34 W Dessert Knoll Pl, Oro Valley, AZ C: 307 455-2296 or 520 219-0189 dwoodward@dteworld.com Jean-Marie Deletang 15 Rue des Martyrs, Beausoleil, 06240 France redneckbr@neuf.fr

Legal Representation

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

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The nature of participating in a shooting sport automatically requires caution at all times.

Given the many variables present—weather, equipment, and components— the information presented is for your reading enjoyment.

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