The Week ahead
Shooters
This weekend is the 3rd of the series of 4 match weekends for Northwestern Gun Club (Duluth) during the summer highpower season. Those that want to shoot a prone match near the cities can shoot the 50 yd Small Bore Prone at Elk River Sportsman's club or the NRA approved 3P Small bore match at Mpls Rifle Club.
But First
This past weekend Over the Course shooters looking for good competition went to the Eau Claire Rifle Club's Pig Roast matches and not only found good shooting, but a good time as well. Besides the great barbeque on Sat Night in the Range Camp ground, there were two good OTC matches, a 50 shot on Saturday and an 80 shot on Sunday. In that 50 shot match Sat, you would have had to have come really prepared, and shoot a 491 to win, and then you would have had to shoot more Xs than Randy Gregory who also shot 491 with 17x and then creedmore Elliot Farro who shot 491-21x like you did. Kevin Bangen did that and got the gold star for the day.
Sunday Elliot F. and RandyG. put a couple pts on Kevin in the Standing match, but let him and Sam Gottlieb catch up in the Sitting rapid match so that Kevin, Randy, and Sam left the 200 tied 11 pts down and Elliot F. back one pt. Kevin B. was not able to hold that point lead in the 300yd Rapid fire match as as he shot 196-10x to Elliot Farro''s 197-9x, and they went back to the 500 yd line tied with Sam Gottlieb all down 15pts, and Sam ahead on Xs. The 500yd line would be where the match was won. Sam's lead in the x count would not matter though as he shot 196 to the 197 fired by both Kevin B. and Elliot F.. They were tied in points but Kevins higher x count wins the match--- 782-27x. Think back. Kevin and Elliot F. tied on Sat for the win also. So the two day aggregate goes to Kevin Bangen on X count.
Congradulations Kevin Bangen
Complete results posted at http://minnesotarifleshooting.blogspot.com/
Palma Clinic at GRRC--- No News
50m Free Pistol at MRC -- No news
Carbine clinic at ERSC -- No news.
Small Bore --
This news from Larry Sawyer--
Jim-Thought you might like some info on my junior club, the Minnesota Centershots. We just returned from Camp Perry, where the NRA held their annual National 3-Position Junior Air Rifle Championships and Training Summit from July 1-3 at the CMP's 80-firing point electronic air rifle range, right on base, just to the right of Petrarca Range. Then on July 4-6th, USA Shooting and the CMP teamed up to hold their own National Championships at the same range. Here's a short write-up:
The Minnesota Centershots/MRRA team went to Camp Perry, Ohio for the NRA 3-Position Air Rifle Championships and the USA Shooting National Junior Olympic 3-P Air Rifle Championship on June 30, 2009. The team consisted of Emily Quiner, Alex Geisar, Adam McInerney and Patrick Sunderman, who were the Minnesota State 3P Air Rifle Champion Team. Emily Quiner is also the Women’s 2009 USAS Junior National Champion in International Air Rifle, gaining the title in April at the Olympic Training Center in Colorado..........................
Read the rest of Larry's write up at http://minnesotarifleshooting.blogspot.com/
Larry has also given me a brief description of the 5 main Small Bore Junior teams and I will post this on Thurs or Friday --on the Blog.
Thank You Larry.
If the other team coaches would like to post some news of their juniors Please send it in.
More Small Bore News--Minn. Junior Shooter Emily Quiner signs with Murray State University Rifle program
"Murray State Rifle Head Coach Allan Lollar announced the signing of Emily Quiner of Brooklyn Park, Minn.Quiner will join the MSU Rifle program in the fall as a freshman."
Read More---- http://www.goracers.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=35581&SPID=2806&DB_OEM_ID=6700&ATCLID=3740549
The Week Ahead
As I said above, this is the 3rd of 4 Northwestern Gun Club match weekends coming up and the only 3 day match of the year. Take a day off Friday and head up there to be able to shoot 3 days of 80 shot OTC matches in one weekend---all among the Balsam Firs, and Pines at NWGC along the shore of Hunter lake. It does not get any better than this. See you there?
Small bore Shooters have two choices--- the 50yd prone match at Elk River on Sat. and a three position SB match at MRC also on Saturday.
The week ahead
Thusday July 23 -- GRRC Highpower practice 200
Friday July 24 -- 80 OTC at NWGC
Saturday July 25 -- 80 OTC at NWGC
Saturday July 25 -- 3P Small Bore at MRC
Saturday July 25 -- 50 yd SB at ERSC
Sunday July 26 -- 80 OTC at NWGC
Monday July 27 -- SB at GRRC and F-Class at ERSC
Tuesday July 28 -- HP leagues at Northstar and ERSC
TwoWeeks out
Prone shooters mark your calendars for Aug 1 and 2nd. There will be the Mid Range Championship at North star Rifle club those days. This is prone shooting (sling or F-Class) at 300yds, 500 yds, and 600yds.
Get out there and pull some triggers
Hawkeye
Wednesday, July 22, 2009
Monday, July 20, 2009
Minn. Junior Emily Quiner signs with Murray State University Rifle program
"Murray State Rifle Head Coach Allan Lollar announced the signing of Emily Quiner of Brooklyn Park, Minn.
Quiner will join the MSU Rifle program in the fall as a freshman."
Read More---- http://www.goracers.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=35581&SPID=2806&DB_OEM_ID=6700&ATCLID=3740549
Thursday, July 16, 2009
Junior Shooters Back from Perry Nationals
Our Thanks to Larry Sawyer for this news on Jr shooting at Perry.
Jim-
Thought you might like some info on my junior club, the Minnesota Centershots. We just returned from Camp Perry, where the NRA held their annual National 3-Position Junior Air Rifle Championships and Training Summit from July 1-3 at the CMP's 80-firing point electronic air rifle range, right on base, just to the right of Petrarca Range. Then on July 4-6th, USA Shooting and the CMP teamed up to hold their own National Championships at the same range. Here's a short write-up:
The Minnesota Centershots/MRRA team went to Camp Perry, Ohio for the NRA 3-Position Air Rifle Championships and the USA Shooting National Junior Olympic 3-P Air Rifle Championship on June 30, 2009. The team consisted of Emily Quiner, Alex Geisar, Adam McInerney and Patrick Sunderman, who were the Minnesota State 3P Air Rifle Champion Team. Emily Quiner is also the Women’s 2009 USAS Junior National Champion in International Air Rifle, gaining the title in April at the Olympic Training Center in Colorado.
The NRA 3-Position Air Rifle Championship is an open championship, but to make it to the USAS National Junior Olympic Championships, held by USA Shooting, school-age juniors had to qualify in State Junior Olympic competitions where the top teams and individuals advance to the Junior Olympic Nationals. The national event took place on the CMP’s new electronic-target equipped air gun range at Camp Perry. 231 shooters and 43 teams were at Camp Perry for the four days of competition that ended July 6th, 2009.
The Centershots/MRRA shot well enough at the NRA Championship event to garner 5th place overall. Then, just two days later, at the USAS/CMP National Junior Olympic Championships, team members Alex Geisar (576), Patrick Sundermann (586) and Adam McInerney (581) all shot personal best scores the first day to land the team in place 5th overall, rounded out by Emily Quiner's 584/600. The second day they staved off a barrage of great scores to garner 12th place in the final standings. At least two national records were recorded by other competitors during the match, so it was a brutally tough competition. The Centershots team returned home more experienced and with their game at a whole new level. On July 20th, most of that group will return to Camp Perry to compete individually in the NRA Smallbore National Championships.
Larry Sawyer
Maybe Larry could bring us back a picture. Good Shooting Center Shots !
Jim-
Thought you might like some info on my junior club, the Minnesota Centershots. We just returned from Camp Perry, where the NRA held their annual National 3-Position Junior Air Rifle Championships and Training Summit from July 1-3 at the CMP's 80-firing point electronic air rifle range, right on base, just to the right of Petrarca Range. Then on July 4-6th, USA Shooting and the CMP teamed up to hold their own National Championships at the same range. Here's a short write-up:
The Minnesota Centershots/MRRA team went to Camp Perry, Ohio for the NRA 3-Position Air Rifle Championships and the USA Shooting National Junior Olympic 3-P Air Rifle Championship on June 30, 2009. The team consisted of Emily Quiner, Alex Geisar, Adam McInerney and Patrick Sunderman, who were the Minnesota State 3P Air Rifle Champion Team. Emily Quiner is also the Women’s 2009 USAS Junior National Champion in International Air Rifle, gaining the title in April at the Olympic Training Center in Colorado.
The NRA 3-Position Air Rifle Championship is an open championship, but to make it to the USAS National Junior Olympic Championships, held by USA Shooting, school-age juniors had to qualify in State Junior Olympic competitions where the top teams and individuals advance to the Junior Olympic Nationals. The national event took place on the CMP’s new electronic-target equipped air gun range at Camp Perry. 231 shooters and 43 teams were at Camp Perry for the four days of competition that ended July 6th, 2009.
The Centershots/MRRA shot well enough at the NRA Championship event to garner 5th place overall. Then, just two days later, at the USAS/CMP National Junior Olympic Championships, team members Alex Geisar (576), Patrick Sundermann (586) and Adam McInerney (581) all shot personal best scores the first day to land the team in place 5th overall, rounded out by Emily Quiner's 584/600. The second day they staved off a barrage of great scores to garner 12th place in the final standings. At least two national records were recorded by other competitors during the match, so it was a brutally tough competition. The Centershots team returned home more experienced and with their game at a whole new level. On July 20th, most of that group will return to Camp Perry to compete individually in the NRA Smallbore National Championships.
Larry Sawyer
Maybe Larry could bring us back a picture. Good Shooting Center Shots !
Minnesota State High Power Champions
left to right
Bob Peasley - 300 yd rapid and Senior St. Champ.,
Tim Biles - 500 yd St. Champion
Kevin Bangen - Standing, 200yd rapid fire, and Overall Highpower Champion
Wednesday, July 15, 2009
The Week Ahead for Shooters-- 7/15/09
Shooter
The Week Ahead again gives the shooters choices. GRRC is hosting a Palma Clinic for prone and long range shooters. Across the Course shooters will heading to Eau Claire to shoot the Pig match, or should I say the Pig Roast match.
But First
This past weekend the big match for High Power shooters was the State NRA Championships put on by the Northwestern Gun Club near Duluth.
I headed up there Sunday for the Individual championship match and that meant an 0530 start from Hugo. It really didn't seem early though as the sun was well up as I headed up 35 to the turn off at Cloquet. A mug of coffee and 2 hrs later I was turning in to the 200 yd line at the range. I could see there was going to be a good turn out as the parking lot was full. It was a good turnout -- all 15 targets up and that's better than it has been in the last few years.
The first match is the 200yd standing match and Kevin Bangen showed why he is dominating OTC shooting around here these days as he dropped only 6 pts for a 194 and a 5 pt lead over Larry Miller and 6 over Kurt Borlaug going into the Sitting Rapid Fire match. Kevin nailed down and pretty much owned the 200 yd line after firing a 200-10x, and picked up 2 more pts on Kurt while Larry slipped 6 back. It was the kind of day when we should all have fired great scores standing and sitting --- 70deg, no wind, blue sky---perfect. At the 300 yd line for the Rapid fire match, the wind was light from the left but not a factor and Larry Miller took a turn trying to gain back a couple pts on Kevin. He showed his mastery of prone shooting besting all the Minn guys (Larry is from Wisc) by 2 pts with a 198, but failing to take home the trophy as a non resident. Capt. Bob was top Minn. 300 rapid shooter and State Champ, out X-ing Kevin, Dave Salo, and John Andres, all with 196 pts. Kurt Borlaug had a rifle problem and dropped way back. The weather continued to be perfect at the 500 yd line and again Larry Miller shot this prone slow fire match best. His 198-11 was good for the match winner, but it was resident Tim Biles with 197-10, who has not competed for years, and who dug out a match rifle for this event that took home the 500 yd line State Championship Trophy. Kevin Bangen didn't win the two prone matches but scores in each of 196 kept him on top after taking the lead at the 200 yd line.
With a score of 786-29 Kevin Bangen is the Minnesota NRA State Champion.
Congratulations---Kevin Bangen
Pictures from this match are posted Below---
Thanks goes to the Northwestern gun club crew, led by Dale Wickstrom, and Elliot Zunich and others, for putting on a great weekend of matches. Every year this range is seeing nice range improvements. This year new siding and windows are being installed at the 200 yd house. Dale W. had some 1940 Western Red Cedar telephone poles off club property milled into boards and battens for the new siding. Some of the boards are 12 in wide and clear -- no knots. Sure looks great Dale.
300 Meter matches last weekend -- no news. Maybe we could getJim Shiffman to send us some 300 m news to us occasionally. We would all like to know more about the 300 m program.
Small Bore -- GRRC small bore league shooters are already shooting the 3rd 1600 of the league with the 100 yd match scheduled this coming Monday. This league, the brain child of Kurt Borlaug is turning out to be very successful with over 20 shooters competing. Junior Small Bore shooters are getting ready to leave for Camp Perry.
Long Range news -- 3 area long range shooters, Steve Knutson, Morgan Dietrich, and Stacey Taumlinas have qualified for the US Palma team and will be traveling to Ottawa, Canada In August for 10 days of long range shooting in preparation and training for the next International Palma Championship.
Camp Perry Service Rifle team is practicing weekly and looks to post some good scores at Perry. I hope they take some pictures we could post. Kurt-- any one have a camera ?
The Week Ahead
This weekend the local High Power shooting will be at GRRC. Long Range is on the bill as Harry Crump is running a Palma clinic shown on the schedule for both Saturday and Sunday. Ck with Harry for Details.
Over the Course (OTC) shooters who are willing to travel a short way can go to Eau Claire for the VERY popular "Pig" matches Sat, and Sunday----the pig roast and party being in the camp ground, Saturday night, after the 50 shot OTC. Sunday is an 80 shot OTC match. These matches are well attended and are run like clockwork.
See Program for this match at -- http://www.wrpa.com/2009_Match_Programs/090718-19_EauClaire.pdf
Saturday 18 July -- CMP M-1 Carbine match at Elk River
Saturday 18 July -- Palma Clinic at GRRC -- Contact Harry Crump
Saturday 18 July -- Eau Claire Rifle club ---- Pig Roast OTC Matches
Sunday 19 July -- Palma Clinic at GRRC -- Contact Harry Crump
Sunday 19 July -- Eau Claire Rifle club ---- Pig Roast OTC Matches
Monday 20 July -- GRRC Small Bore league, Elk River F- Class
Tuesday 21 July -- High power leagues at Northstar and Elk River
Two Weeks Out -- weekend of July 25
Think about being able to shoot three 80 shot OTC matches in 3 days. That's what you get if you go to the Northwestern Gun Club's Friday thru Sunday - 240 OTC weekend. I always look at this as the best match weekend of the year--period. Take a vacation day to shoot this 240. It's a lot cheaper than going to Camp Perry. As I have said there is good camping at NWGC.
There is also a Small bore 50yd match at Elk River.
Hawkeye
The Week Ahead again gives the shooters choices. GRRC is hosting a Palma Clinic for prone and long range shooters. Across the Course shooters will heading to Eau Claire to shoot the Pig match, or should I say the Pig Roast match.
But First
This past weekend the big match for High Power shooters was the State NRA Championships put on by the Northwestern Gun Club near Duluth.
I headed up there Sunday for the Individual championship match and that meant an 0530 start from Hugo. It really didn't seem early though as the sun was well up as I headed up 35 to the turn off at Cloquet. A mug of coffee and 2 hrs later I was turning in to the 200 yd line at the range. I could see there was going to be a good turn out as the parking lot was full. It was a good turnout -- all 15 targets up and that's better than it has been in the last few years.
The first match is the 200yd standing match and Kevin Bangen showed why he is dominating OTC shooting around here these days as he dropped only 6 pts for a 194 and a 5 pt lead over Larry Miller and 6 over Kurt Borlaug going into the Sitting Rapid Fire match. Kevin nailed down and pretty much owned the 200 yd line after firing a 200-10x, and picked up 2 more pts on Kurt while Larry slipped 6 back. It was the kind of day when we should all have fired great scores standing and sitting --- 70deg, no wind, blue sky---perfect. At the 300 yd line for the Rapid fire match, the wind was light from the left but not a factor and Larry Miller took a turn trying to gain back a couple pts on Kevin. He showed his mastery of prone shooting besting all the Minn guys (Larry is from Wisc) by 2 pts with a 198, but failing to take home the trophy as a non resident. Capt. Bob was top Minn. 300 rapid shooter and State Champ, out X-ing Kevin, Dave Salo, and John Andres, all with 196 pts. Kurt Borlaug had a rifle problem and dropped way back. The weather continued to be perfect at the 500 yd line and again Larry Miller shot this prone slow fire match best. His 198-11 was good for the match winner, but it was resident Tim Biles with 197-10, who has not competed for years, and who dug out a match rifle for this event that took home the 500 yd line State Championship Trophy. Kevin Bangen didn't win the two prone matches but scores in each of 196 kept him on top after taking the lead at the 200 yd line.
With a score of 786-29 Kevin Bangen is the Minnesota NRA State Champion.
Congratulations---Kevin Bangen
Pictures from this match are posted Below---
Thanks goes to the Northwestern gun club crew, led by Dale Wickstrom, and Elliot Zunich and others, for putting on a great weekend of matches. Every year this range is seeing nice range improvements. This year new siding and windows are being installed at the 200 yd house. Dale W. had some 1940 Western Red Cedar telephone poles off club property milled into boards and battens for the new siding. Some of the boards are 12 in wide and clear -- no knots. Sure looks great Dale.
300 Meter matches last weekend -- no news. Maybe we could getJim Shiffman to send us some 300 m news to us occasionally. We would all like to know more about the 300 m program.
Small Bore -- GRRC small bore league shooters are already shooting the 3rd 1600 of the league with the 100 yd match scheduled this coming Monday. This league, the brain child of Kurt Borlaug is turning out to be very successful with over 20 shooters competing. Junior Small Bore shooters are getting ready to leave for Camp Perry.
Long Range news -- 3 area long range shooters, Steve Knutson, Morgan Dietrich, and Stacey Taumlinas have qualified for the US Palma team and will be traveling to Ottawa, Canada In August for 10 days of long range shooting in preparation and training for the next International Palma Championship.
Camp Perry Service Rifle team is practicing weekly and looks to post some good scores at Perry. I hope they take some pictures we could post. Kurt-- any one have a camera ?
The Week Ahead
This weekend the local High Power shooting will be at GRRC. Long Range is on the bill as Harry Crump is running a Palma clinic shown on the schedule for both Saturday and Sunday. Ck with Harry for Details.
Over the Course (OTC) shooters who are willing to travel a short way can go to Eau Claire for the VERY popular "Pig" matches Sat, and Sunday----the pig roast and party being in the camp ground, Saturday night, after the 50 shot OTC. Sunday is an 80 shot OTC match. These matches are well attended and are run like clockwork.
See Program for this match at -- http://www.wrpa.com/2009_Match_Programs/090718-19_EauClaire.pdf
Saturday 18 July -- CMP M-1 Carbine match at Elk River
Saturday 18 July -- Palma Clinic at GRRC -- Contact Harry Crump
Saturday 18 July -- Eau Claire Rifle club ---- Pig Roast OTC Matches
Sunday 19 July -- Palma Clinic at GRRC -- Contact Harry Crump
Sunday 19 July -- Eau Claire Rifle club ---- Pig Roast OTC Matches
Monday 20 July -- GRRC Small Bore league, Elk River F- Class
Tuesday 21 July -- High power leagues at Northstar and Elk River
Two Weeks Out -- weekend of July 25
Think about being able to shoot three 80 shot OTC matches in 3 days. That's what you get if you go to the Northwestern Gun Club's Friday thru Sunday - 240 OTC weekend. I always look at this as the best match weekend of the year--period. Take a vacation day to shoot this 240. It's a lot cheaper than going to Camp Perry. As I have said there is good camping at NWGC.
There is also a Small bore 50yd match at Elk River.
Hawkeye
Monday, July 13, 2009
Minn State NRA Championship 7/12/09 Northwestern Gun Club
Pictures from Northwestern Gun Club OTC State Champ Matches
Sunday, July 12, 2009
Wednesday, July 8, 2009
The Week Ahead -- July 8, 2009
Shooters
Over the course shooters will be traveling north This weekend to Northwestern Gun Club for the NRA State Championship OTC matches. 300 m International shooters have their go at MRC Sunday, and Oakdale hosts a 50m Free Pistol match.
But First
GRRCs' showcase 1000 yd rifle range was host to the Mn Long Range and Palma state champ matches this weekend. While the States only long distance rifle range was in it's usual tip top shape, there has been a significant improvement. Kevin Bangen has manufactured the 200 parts required and with Barb's help, has installed all new Benches in the Target pits at the GRRC Highpower Range. Thank you Kevin and Barb for all your hard work ! This is a real improvement to the range and will serve GRRC shooters for a long time to come.
Picture posted Below
Emily Quiner- National Champion!
Our own local JR shooter, Emily Quiner has won the National Junior Olympic Women's Air Rifle Championship recently in Colo. Springs, Colorado. Read George Minerich's posting at http://mrra.org/downloads/juniors/Natl-champ-3.pdf Picture posted below----
Congratulations Emily!
Minnesota's Long range Championship weekend started Saturday with the 1000 yd 60 shot match. Jim Soderberg started strong in the Any sight match with a 198 and ahead of Stacey T. by one pt, then came back with a 197 in the first Iron sight match increasing his lead to 3 pts going into the last 20 shot match. Brian Mrnak won the last match with a 195 while the other contenders struggled in shifting winds. That strong finish by Brian was close but just short of enough to take the win as his 582 total was good for 3rd place --one pt back of 2nd place Stacey Tamulinas with a 583, and Jim Soderberg's championship score of 584. John Andres's 580 was also great shooting but just out of the money,.
Congratulations to Jim Soderberg Mn 1000 yd state champion.
The Palma Championship was contested Sunday at the usual shooting distances of 800, 900, and 1000 yds -- 15 shots each with iron sights. The weather was good, the wind was light and Matt Griffin took full advantage of favorable conditions to post an outstanding 445-14x total, pretty much running away with the title from everyone except Stacey Tamulinas, 4 pts back with a 441-24x. Starting with an off-call 7 high for the 1st record shot put Stacey in the hole at the 1000 yd line from which he could not come back.
Congratulations to Matt Griffin----- Mn Palma Champion
Stacey did not go home empty handed, however, his two day aggregate of 1024-49x was Good enough for him to earn the title of MN Long Range State Champion. Jim Soderstrom just back 4 pts, took 2nd overall. Bob Mead took the Long Range F-class title.
Pictures of this match are posted below---
Small Bore----The State 4 position championship was shot at Mpls rifle club this weekend -- No news passed on to me.
GRRC 's Monday Small Bore league is into it's 3rd 1600 this week starting with the 50 yd match. This league takes place, for those who can make it --- Monday morning 0930 and Monday after work. Due to high turnout, some are also shooting this league on Thursdays.
The Week ahead
This coming weekend I'll be making that short 2 hr journey north to NWGC to shoot the NRA OTC matches. Going up to NWGC is always a highlite on my match schedule --- I can already smell those pine trees. This Saturday is the club against club Team OTC match, and then on Sunday will be the 80 shot individual match for the state OTC championship. It'll be a great match to shoot for just a few gal of gas----See you there!
Strictly prone shooters can find a 300 m match at MRC on Sunday to test their ability or they can also head north to the Small Bore 3P matches in Hibbing.
Thursday -- July 7th -- GRRC HP practice at 300
Saturday -- July 11th -- NRA Team championship at Northwestern Gun club -- Program: http://mrra.org/downloads/nwgc/7-11-09.pdf
Saturday -- July 11th -- 50m Free pistol at Oakdale
Sunday -- July 12th -- NRA Individual State OTC champ at Northwestern Gun Club -- Program: http://mrra.org/downloads/nwgc/7-12-09.pdf
Sunday -- July 12th -- 300 m prone rifle at MRC
Sunday -- July 12th -- Small bore 3 Pos Champ at Hibbing
Monday -- July 13 th -- Small bore league at GRRC & F Class at Elk River
Looking ahead 2 weeks
Reserve the 18th and 19th of July for a Palma How-to Clinic at GRRC -- learn to shoot long range. Elk River is also having an M-1 Carbine match Saturday the 18th.
Saturday July 18th M1 Carbine match ERSC
Saturday July 18th Palma clinic at GRRC
Note: I can't get to all matches. I would like to post results of the local matches If someone could send me a digital photo of the score board, it is easy to post to the blog. Any shooting news, jr team news, match news, who's going to perry---will be appreciated and posted. Hope to see you all out pulling some triggers
Hawkeye
Over the course shooters will be traveling north This weekend to Northwestern Gun Club for the NRA State Championship OTC matches. 300 m International shooters have their go at MRC Sunday, and Oakdale hosts a 50m Free Pistol match.
But First
GRRCs' showcase 1000 yd rifle range was host to the Mn Long Range and Palma state champ matches this weekend. While the States only long distance rifle range was in it's usual tip top shape, there has been a significant improvement. Kevin Bangen has manufactured the 200 parts required and with Barb's help, has installed all new Benches in the Target pits at the GRRC Highpower Range. Thank you Kevin and Barb for all your hard work ! This is a real improvement to the range and will serve GRRC shooters for a long time to come.
Picture posted Below
Emily Quiner- National Champion!
Our own local JR shooter, Emily Quiner has won the National Junior Olympic Women's Air Rifle Championship recently in Colo. Springs, Colorado. Read George Minerich's posting at http://mrra.org/downloads/juniors/Natl-champ-3.pdf Picture posted below----
Congratulations Emily!
Minnesota's Long range Championship weekend started Saturday with the 1000 yd 60 shot match. Jim Soderberg started strong in the Any sight match with a 198 and ahead of Stacey T. by one pt, then came back with a 197 in the first Iron sight match increasing his lead to 3 pts going into the last 20 shot match. Brian Mrnak won the last match with a 195 while the other contenders struggled in shifting winds. That strong finish by Brian was close but just short of enough to take the win as his 582 total was good for 3rd place --one pt back of 2nd place Stacey Tamulinas with a 583, and Jim Soderberg's championship score of 584. John Andres's 580 was also great shooting but just out of the money,.
Congratulations to Jim Soderberg Mn 1000 yd state champion.
The Palma Championship was contested Sunday at the usual shooting distances of 800, 900, and 1000 yds -- 15 shots each with iron sights. The weather was good, the wind was light and Matt Griffin took full advantage of favorable conditions to post an outstanding 445-14x total, pretty much running away with the title from everyone except Stacey Tamulinas, 4 pts back with a 441-24x. Starting with an off-call 7 high for the 1st record shot put Stacey in the hole at the 1000 yd line from which he could not come back.
Congratulations to Matt Griffin----- Mn Palma Champion
Stacey did not go home empty handed, however, his two day aggregate of 1024-49x was Good enough for him to earn the title of MN Long Range State Champion. Jim Soderstrom just back 4 pts, took 2nd overall. Bob Mead took the Long Range F-class title.
Pictures of this match are posted below---
Small Bore----The State 4 position championship was shot at Mpls rifle club this weekend -- No news passed on to me.
GRRC 's Monday Small Bore league is into it's 3rd 1600 this week starting with the 50 yd match. This league takes place, for those who can make it --- Monday morning 0930 and Monday after work. Due to high turnout, some are also shooting this league on Thursdays.
The Week ahead
This coming weekend I'll be making that short 2 hr journey north to NWGC to shoot the NRA OTC matches. Going up to NWGC is always a highlite on my match schedule --- I can already smell those pine trees. This Saturday is the club against club Team OTC match, and then on Sunday will be the 80 shot individual match for the state OTC championship. It'll be a great match to shoot for just a few gal of gas----See you there!
Strictly prone shooters can find a 300 m match at MRC on Sunday to test their ability or they can also head north to the Small Bore 3P matches in Hibbing.
Thursday -- July 7th -- GRRC HP practice at 300
Saturday -- July 11th -- NRA Team championship at Northwestern Gun club -- Program: http://mrra.org/downloads/nwgc/7-11-09.pdf
Saturday -- July 11th -- 50m Free pistol at Oakdale
Sunday -- July 12th -- NRA Individual State OTC champ at Northwestern Gun Club -- Program: http://mrra.org/downloads/nwgc/7-12-09.pdf
Sunday -- July 12th -- 300 m prone rifle at MRC
Sunday -- July 12th -- Small bore 3 Pos Champ at Hibbing
Monday -- July 13 th -- Small bore league at GRRC & F Class at Elk River
Looking ahead 2 weeks
Reserve the 18th and 19th of July for a Palma How-to Clinic at GRRC -- learn to shoot long range. Elk River is also having an M-1 Carbine match Saturday the 18th.
Saturday July 18th M1 Carbine match ERSC
Saturday July 18th Palma clinic at GRRC
Note: I can't get to all matches. I would like to post results of the local matches If someone could send me a digital photo of the score board, it is easy to post to the blog. Any shooting news, jr team news, match news, who's going to perry---will be appreciated and posted. Hope to see you all out pulling some triggers
Hawkeye
Monday, July 6, 2009
Sunday, July 5, 2009
MN Long Range Champions
Left to right
Stacey Tamulinas -Long Range St Champ. , Bob Mead - F-Class Champ, Matt Griffin - Palma Champion
Jim Soderstrom (not pictured) is 2009 MN St. 1000yd champ
Jim Soderstrom (not pictured) is 2009 MN St. 1000yd champ
Spotting Scope cam from 1000 yds -- Stacey Tamulinas-X, Brian Mrnak-9, Jim Soderstrom-X
MN Palma Championship -- 7/5/09 GRRC
Friday, July 3, 2009
GRRC --- New Pit Benches !!!
GRRC's High Power Range has been improved ! Kevin Bangen has manufactured the 200 parts required and with Barb's help, has installed all new Benches in the Target pits at the GRRC Highpower Range. Thank you Kevin and Barb for all your hard work ! This is a real improvement to the range and will serve GRRC shooters for a long time to come.
Jr. Emily Quiner --- National Champ !
Emily Quiner- National Champion!
The National Junior Olympic Women's Air Rifle Championship concluded recently at the Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Minnesota’s own Emily Quiner from Brooklyn Park shot 393/400 in the first match and the same score again in the second match for a 786. That gave her a 1-point lead going into the 10-shot final. She held her lead with a 102.1 in the final and finished with the gold medal! -- George Minerich
More info---- http://mrra.org/downloads/juniors/Natl-champ-3.pdf
The National Junior Olympic Women's Air Rifle Championship concluded recently at the Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Minnesota’s own Emily Quiner from Brooklyn Park shot 393/400 in the first match and the same score again in the second match for a 786. That gave her a 1-point lead going into the 10-shot final. She held her lead with a 102.1 in the final and finished with the gold medal! -- George Minerich
More info---- http://mrra.org/downloads/juniors/Natl-champ-3.pdf
Wednesday, July 1, 2009
The Week Ahead -- July 1st, 2009
Shooters
The week ahead offers competitive shooters Small Bore 4P matches at MRC and Long Range prone shooting at GRRC.
But First --This past Saturday I had the pleasure of participating in the Mpls. Rifle club's prone Small bore 1600 match. About 18 shooters saw the day start with the possibility of rain and blustery wind, but other than wet feet from putting out targets in the morning, the weather turned out to be great. The wind was almost calm and the visibility great for the 50yd Iron sight match and some good scores were turned in. The course of fire saw both the first two matches -- 50yd and 100yd-- shot with irons, then most but not all shooters switched over to Scopes for the Dewar match, and the 50m match. Five juniors participated, I met Jim Schwartz, Sioux Falls, SD, for the first time, along with Mike Marzitelle (free pistol shooter), and Lance Peters came to shoot. I had to pack up early to attend a graduation, so final results are unavailable here at this time. All in all it was a nice partly sunny day to do some prone shooting.
Late results---
Winner--Larry Sawer 1595-102x, 2nd Lance Peters--1594-110x
2nd master---James Swartz 1591-94x, 1st Expert--Ross Ewert 1590-94x.
Complete results--- http://mrra.org/downloads/matchresults09/smallbore/prone_6-27-09.pdf
Pictures from this match are posted Below---
Bob Hall OTC match at GRRC suffered a light turnout probably due to rain and more threat of rain. After a short postponement the match was finished in relatively good weather with Kevin Bangen extending his winning streak by shooting 776-17x to Kurt Moline's 743-14
Sunday was a day to go back to my favorite---the service rifle--- and shoot the Leg Match at GRRC. Easy Match, 50 rds, no sighters, lots of competition for those trying hard to earn leg points. The day was nice and sunny, but forecasts for 20 mph winds were posted. I was surprised to see an almost full parking lot when I arrived. Maybe there would be enough shooters for at least 2 legs. It ended up that there were 27 non-distinguished shooters and that's enough for 3 legs. Sgt. Al Schneider brought 6 shooters from the 2nd Bn, 135th Inf, National Guard to participate. It was nice to see a group of Guard guys at the match-- something we haven't seen for quite some time now. Even though the wind was strong and gusty there was some excellent shooting. Jim Pennington shot a 94 Offhand. Matt Griffin cleaned the 300yd Rapid, and worked the wind well at 600 yds for a 196-6x. In the end with a steady performance in all four matches, Jeremy Harrison took the gold Medal and 8 more leg pts and raising his count to 22 pts of the 30 needed to be awarded the Distinguished Rifleman's Badge. Matt Griffin's 477 got him the Silver and 6 pts (16+ now), and Phill Klandrud got the third 6 pt leg, (14 total). Our area now has a half dozen service rifle shooters shooting scores good enough to earn that Distinguished Badge in the next couple years.
Pictures from this match are posted Below---
Mid West Palma matches: Its been passed on that almost 100 shooters, including many from Mn and Wisc. participated in the Midwest Palma matches at Lodi this past week. The weather there was hot and hotter with high humidity to test the shooters conditioning. I believe that Stacey Tamulinas placed well (maybe 6th) in the Palma matches, and Randy Gregory won the Wisc. Long Range championships.
Monday Morning Sm Bore-- Joel Peabody fired a new personal record score in the any sight 1600 with a 1562-52, and yours truly shot a personal record of 400-35x in the 50yd match (1590-109x) shooting the 1963 M52D Win orig. barrel ROTC gun, that seems to shoot better than the 2013 anshutz --- at least with this lot of SK Standard Plus ammo. This gun was re-stocked by Randy Gregory with a McGee prone stock, is fitted with classic Unertil 15x Programmer scope, and (believe it or not) had its Micro Motion trigger group sent off to the legendary Karl Kenyon, Elco NV. last year to be stroked by the master. It came back in a week -- very nice.
The Week Ahead
Long range shooters will be heading up to Gopher Rifle club this Sat and Sun,---Saturday for the MN 1000 yd championship, and then again Sunday for 15 record shots at 800yds, 900 yds, and 1000yds in the MN Palma Championship.
(Palma How-to http://arizona.rifleshooting.com/palma.html ) ---
Small Bore shooters will be back to Mpls Rifle Club again both days (we know the way) for the MN 4 position SB Regional.
Saturday July 4th -- MN 1000yd State Championship -- GRRC
Program: http://mrra.org/downloads/grrc/long_range_champ_09.pdf
Saturday July 4th -- Small bore Conventional 4P Regional at MRC
-- Program: http://mrra.org/downloads/smallbore/4Psb_regional09.pdf
Sunday -- July 5th -- Mn Plama State Championship at GRRC
Sunday -- July 5th -- Small bore Conventional 4P Regional at MRC
Monday July 6th --- GRRC SB evening league, and Elk River F-class league
Tuesday July 7th ---Highpower League at North Star and Elk River
Two Weeks out
Once again a chance to visit Northwestern Gun Club and shoot with the guys from up North
Saturday July 11 -- NRA Team Championship at Northwestern Gun club
Sunday July 12 -- NRA Individual MN OTC championship at Northwestern gun club.
Sunday July 12 -- MN 3P Small Bore Championships at Hibbing
Notes:
1. The 1000yd state match needs a couple workers (stats etc.) this sat and sun --call 763-784-2507
2. Kurt Borlaug's State Service rifle team will be practicing for the Camp Perry Nationals at GRRC on Thursdays. Kurt says that there may be 11+ shooters on the Perry team this year.
3. Service Rifle shooter -- Jim Pennington's dad, Troy has the E-mail name "Hoofmaster"--Must be a story there, for sure.
Hawkeye
The week ahead offers competitive shooters Small Bore 4P matches at MRC and Long Range prone shooting at GRRC.
But First --This past Saturday I had the pleasure of participating in the Mpls. Rifle club's prone Small bore 1600 match. About 18 shooters saw the day start with the possibility of rain and blustery wind, but other than wet feet from putting out targets in the morning, the weather turned out to be great. The wind was almost calm and the visibility great for the 50yd Iron sight match and some good scores were turned in. The course of fire saw both the first two matches -- 50yd and 100yd-- shot with irons, then most but not all shooters switched over to Scopes for the Dewar match, and the 50m match. Five juniors participated, I met Jim Schwartz, Sioux Falls, SD, for the first time, along with Mike Marzitelle (free pistol shooter), and Lance Peters came to shoot. I had to pack up early to attend a graduation, so final results are unavailable here at this time. All in all it was a nice partly sunny day to do some prone shooting.
Late results---
Winner--Larry Sawer 1595-102x, 2nd Lance Peters--1594-110x
2nd master---James Swartz 1591-94x, 1st Expert--Ross Ewert 1590-94x.
Complete results--- http://mrra.org/downloads/matchresults09/smallbore/prone_6-27-09.pdf
Pictures from this match are posted Below---
Bob Hall OTC match at GRRC suffered a light turnout probably due to rain and more threat of rain. After a short postponement the match was finished in relatively good weather with Kevin Bangen extending his winning streak by shooting 776-17x to Kurt Moline's 743-14
Sunday was a day to go back to my favorite---the service rifle--- and shoot the Leg Match at GRRC. Easy Match, 50 rds, no sighters, lots of competition for those trying hard to earn leg points. The day was nice and sunny, but forecasts for 20 mph winds were posted. I was surprised to see an almost full parking lot when I arrived. Maybe there would be enough shooters for at least 2 legs. It ended up that there were 27 non-distinguished shooters and that's enough for 3 legs. Sgt. Al Schneider brought 6 shooters from the 2nd Bn, 135th Inf, National Guard to participate. It was nice to see a group of Guard guys at the match-- something we haven't seen for quite some time now. Even though the wind was strong and gusty there was some excellent shooting. Jim Pennington shot a 94 Offhand. Matt Griffin cleaned the 300yd Rapid, and worked the wind well at 600 yds for a 196-6x. In the end with a steady performance in all four matches, Jeremy Harrison took the gold Medal and 8 more leg pts and raising his count to 22 pts of the 30 needed to be awarded the Distinguished Rifleman's Badge. Matt Griffin's 477 got him the Silver and 6 pts (16+ now), and Phill Klandrud got the third 6 pt leg, (14 total). Our area now has a half dozen service rifle shooters shooting scores good enough to earn that Distinguished Badge in the next couple years.
Pictures from this match are posted Below---
Mid West Palma matches: Its been passed on that almost 100 shooters, including many from Mn and Wisc. participated in the Midwest Palma matches at Lodi this past week. The weather there was hot and hotter with high humidity to test the shooters conditioning. I believe that Stacey Tamulinas placed well (maybe 6th) in the Palma matches, and Randy Gregory won the Wisc. Long Range championships.
Monday Morning Sm Bore-- Joel Peabody fired a new personal record score in the any sight 1600 with a 1562-52, and yours truly shot a personal record of 400-35x in the 50yd match (1590-109x) shooting the 1963 M52D Win orig. barrel ROTC gun, that seems to shoot better than the 2013 anshutz --- at least with this lot of SK Standard Plus ammo. This gun was re-stocked by Randy Gregory with a McGee prone stock, is fitted with classic Unertil 15x Programmer scope, and (believe it or not) had its Micro Motion trigger group sent off to the legendary Karl Kenyon, Elco NV. last year to be stroked by the master. It came back in a week -- very nice.
The Week Ahead
Long range shooters will be heading up to Gopher Rifle club this Sat and Sun,---Saturday for the MN 1000 yd championship, and then again Sunday for 15 record shots at 800yds, 900 yds, and 1000yds in the MN Palma Championship.
(Palma How-to http://arizona.rifleshooting.com/palma.html ) ---
Small Bore shooters will be back to Mpls Rifle Club again both days (we know the way) for the MN 4 position SB Regional.
Saturday July 4th -- MN 1000yd State Championship -- GRRC
Program: http://mrra.org/downloads/grrc/long_range_champ_09.pdf
Saturday July 4th -- Small bore Conventional 4P Regional at MRC
-- Program: http://mrra.org/downloads/smallbore/4Psb_regional09.pdf
Sunday -- July 5th -- Mn Plama State Championship at GRRC
Sunday -- July 5th -- Small bore Conventional 4P Regional at MRC
Monday July 6th --- GRRC SB evening league, and Elk River F-class league
Tuesday July 7th ---Highpower League at North Star and Elk River
Two Weeks out
Once again a chance to visit Northwestern Gun Club and shoot with the guys from up North
Saturday July 11 -- NRA Team Championship at Northwestern Gun club
Sunday July 12 -- NRA Individual MN OTC championship at Northwestern gun club.
Sunday July 12 -- MN 3P Small Bore Championships at Hibbing
Notes:
1. The 1000yd state match needs a couple workers (stats etc.) this sat and sun --call 763-784-2507
2. Kurt Borlaug's State Service rifle team will be practicing for the Camp Perry Nationals at GRRC on Thursdays. Kurt says that there may be 11+ shooters on the Perry team this year.
3. Service Rifle shooter -- Jim Pennington's dad, Troy has the E-mail name "Hoofmaster"--Must be a story there, for sure.
Hawkeye
Monday, June 29, 2009
Excellence in Competition --- Leg Match---- 6/28/09 Click for full size
Minnesota National Guard shooting team--Attack Co., 2nd Bn, 135 infantry, Sgt. Al Schneider, coach and team Captain
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Back row: from L to R: SGT Joshua Moe, SPC Taylor Gile, SGT Al Schneider, 1LT Eric Swenson---Front Row from L to R: SPC Michael Windsperger, SPC Jake Mccann, SSG Grant Peters
Wednesday, June 24, 2009
The Week Ahead -- June 24, 2009
Shooters
The week ahead holds the promise of 3 good matches. GRRC is hosting the Bob Hall 80 OTC match and a Leg match. Prone shooters can shoot the 1600 Small Bore match at Minnesota Rifle Club on Saturday.
But First.
The place to be this past Weekend was definitely the Elk River Sportsman's Club. Saturday dawned bright and clear as Service Rifle shooters gathered to compete in the State Service Rifle Championship. The weather stayed perfect all day as the competitors shot four 20 shot matches at 3 different distances and from 3 different positions. The crew (Tim Thole and others) at ERSC really did a fine job preparing the range for the match and getting things organized. The whole place was in tip top shape and it is a pleasure to participate in matches there. Mark Rohrman the match Director held the safety briefing about 0845 and first relay was on the line ready for the 0915 start of the first match -- 20 shots standing at 200 yds. Phil Carlson bested everyone by shooting 13 of 20 in the ten ring for a 193, and Jesse Bragg was close behind with a 190. In the 2nd match, a rapid fire match, shot from the sitting position, Don Mastro was near perfect, dropping only one pt, and posting a 199--- and with 9 Xs ! That's some fine shooting! After the pit change and moving back to the 300 yd line, Jeremy Harrison squeaked a win over Mark Havilk by one x in the prone rapid fire stage --both firing 199s, but Jeremy having 7 Xs to Mark's 6 X score. The last match of the day was 20 shots prone at 600yds. That match went to Al Schneider, whose score of 195-5x topped Larry Weidel by 2 points. Each of the 4 match winners received very nice plaques provided by Elk River Sportsman's club.
The overall Winner and 2009 State Service Rifle Champion was Jeremy Harrison with a score of 773-18x and Phil Carlson was just back a few and 2nd place with 768-18x. Jeremy is an Expert class shooter who beat out a good field of Masters for this win. Yours truly got the Senior award. I believe that all rifles on the line were AR-15s, I did not see a single M-1 or m-14 this year.
Elk River has two new traveling (I believe) trophys displayed. They are two large crockery jugs with military art work, and will have individual winners name plaques applied around the outside. These are awarded to the State Champ and Senior Champ. They are a nice addition to traveling trophys awarded in other State Matches. The Elk river Guys and Gals did a great job of putting on this championship match. Thanks Cathy Hagen for helping out and providing some nice pictures.
Pictures of this match (and results) are posted Below :
Sunday was the Leg Match and Jeremy Harrison showed he was just practicing on Saturday by winning the Leg match and taking home an 8 point leg. There were 28 shooters (non-Distinguished) entered and that ment 3 legs were up for grabs. Jim Penning shot a 471 to Jeremy's 473 -- good enough for the 2nd leg and 6 points. Erick Rohde, who legged last year (8pt), took the 3rd leg and 6 pts. I believe that both Erick and Jeremy now have 14 pts and will be heading to the Camp Perry Nationals in Aug, to add to that total. Next week's Leg match at GRRC is the last Leg Match of the year in MN, so let's see as many service rifle shooters as possible show up to support this CMP sanctioned program. 50 rds -- come on out !
The Week Ahead
This weekend there are 3 good matches to choose from in two days.
1. The GRRC 80 OTC offers a match on Gopher's very nice 600 yd line, and rapid fire matches.
2. The Small bore prone match offers great prone shooting and lots of it at the high quality Mpls Rifle Club range---
Both are on Saturday.
3. Leg Match (Sun)
I'm heading for the SB 1600 Saturday as I know I can go to GRRC on Sunday and shoot the Service Rifle in the Leg match there. So I do get to shoot at GRRC's 600 yd line once this weekend, and It would be nice if I could better last weeks miserable 300 rapid score. Since I'm not competing for those pesky leg points any more, the Leg Matches are an enjoyable 50 shot chance to blaze away and maybe win a medal on a good day.
See you there? Its a good chance to get that old M-1 or M-1A out for a test run and ck your zeros.
Thursday - June 25 -- GRRC HP practice
Saturday - June 27 -- Small Bore 1600 prone at Mpls. Rifle club
Saturday - June 27 -- GRRC Bob Hall 80 OTC
Sunday - June 28 -- GRRC Leg Match -- CMP Service Rifle 50 shot
Monday - June 29 -- GRRC Sm Bore League. &
Elk River F-class league 600yds
Tuesday -- June 30 -- High power leagues at NorthStar and Elk River
Looking Ahead two weeks
Long Range shooting is the option for the weekend of July 4th. What's a better way to celebrate America's heritage than to be out pulling triggers and hitting targets at 1000 yds. Saturday is a 3 gun 1000 yd State Championship, and Sunday is the Minn state Palma Championships. This Palma match consists of a 15 shot match shot at each distance of 800 yds, 900yds, an 1000yds -- for 45 shots total.
match program -- http://mrra.org/downloads/grrc/long_range_champ_09.pdf
Note: From Scott Olson
I was just reading the NRA Club magazine online when I noticed a familiar name, our very own Sue Bierly. Sue was one of four women in the U.S. this year who were awarded the "Marion P. Hammer Woman of Distinction Award" for 2009. Please take the time to read this magazine I've attatched. There are some ads (it is the NRA after all), but there is much information relevant to MRRA issues included. Sue's article is on page #8. Sue is too modest to promote herself, but this is a huge award. Sue, your tireless efforts for the NRA and the MRRA are appreciated very much. You have set a high standard for the rest of us to attempt to attain. Thanks for all your hard work.
Regards, Scott Olson
The week ahead holds the promise of 3 good matches. GRRC is hosting the Bob Hall 80 OTC match and a Leg match. Prone shooters can shoot the 1600 Small Bore match at Minnesota Rifle Club on Saturday.
But First.
The place to be this past Weekend was definitely the Elk River Sportsman's Club. Saturday dawned bright and clear as Service Rifle shooters gathered to compete in the State Service Rifle Championship. The weather stayed perfect all day as the competitors shot four 20 shot matches at 3 different distances and from 3 different positions. The crew (Tim Thole and others) at ERSC really did a fine job preparing the range for the match and getting things organized. The whole place was in tip top shape and it is a pleasure to participate in matches there. Mark Rohrman the match Director held the safety briefing about 0845 and first relay was on the line ready for the 0915 start of the first match -- 20 shots standing at 200 yds. Phil Carlson bested everyone by shooting 13 of 20 in the ten ring for a 193, and Jesse Bragg was close behind with a 190. In the 2nd match, a rapid fire match, shot from the sitting position, Don Mastro was near perfect, dropping only one pt, and posting a 199--- and with 9 Xs ! That's some fine shooting! After the pit change and moving back to the 300 yd line, Jeremy Harrison squeaked a win over Mark Havilk by one x in the prone rapid fire stage --both firing 199s, but Jeremy having 7 Xs to Mark's 6 X score. The last match of the day was 20 shots prone at 600yds. That match went to Al Schneider, whose score of 195-5x topped Larry Weidel by 2 points. Each of the 4 match winners received very nice plaques provided by Elk River Sportsman's club.
The overall Winner and 2009 State Service Rifle Champion was Jeremy Harrison with a score of 773-18x and Phil Carlson was just back a few and 2nd place with 768-18x. Jeremy is an Expert class shooter who beat out a good field of Masters for this win. Yours truly got the Senior award. I believe that all rifles on the line were AR-15s, I did not see a single M-1 or m-14 this year.
Elk River has two new traveling (I believe) trophys displayed. They are two large crockery jugs with military art work, and will have individual winners name plaques applied around the outside. These are awarded to the State Champ and Senior Champ. They are a nice addition to traveling trophys awarded in other State Matches. The Elk river Guys and Gals did a great job of putting on this championship match. Thanks Cathy Hagen for helping out and providing some nice pictures.
Pictures of this match (and results) are posted Below :
Sunday was the Leg Match and Jeremy Harrison showed he was just practicing on Saturday by winning the Leg match and taking home an 8 point leg. There were 28 shooters (non-Distinguished) entered and that ment 3 legs were up for grabs. Jim Penning shot a 471 to Jeremy's 473 -- good enough for the 2nd leg and 6 points. Erick Rohde, who legged last year (8pt), took the 3rd leg and 6 pts. I believe that both Erick and Jeremy now have 14 pts and will be heading to the Camp Perry Nationals in Aug, to add to that total. Next week's Leg match at GRRC is the last Leg Match of the year in MN, so let's see as many service rifle shooters as possible show up to support this CMP sanctioned program. 50 rds -- come on out !
The Week Ahead
This weekend there are 3 good matches to choose from in two days.
1. The GRRC 80 OTC offers a match on Gopher's very nice 600 yd line, and rapid fire matches.
2. The Small bore prone match offers great prone shooting and lots of it at the high quality Mpls Rifle Club range---
Both are on Saturday.
3. Leg Match (Sun)
I'm heading for the SB 1600 Saturday as I know I can go to GRRC on Sunday and shoot the Service Rifle in the Leg match there. So I do get to shoot at GRRC's 600 yd line once this weekend, and It would be nice if I could better last weeks miserable 300 rapid score. Since I'm not competing for those pesky leg points any more, the Leg Matches are an enjoyable 50 shot chance to blaze away and maybe win a medal on a good day.
See you there? Its a good chance to get that old M-1 or M-1A out for a test run and ck your zeros.
Thursday - June 25 -- GRRC HP practice
Saturday - June 27 -- Small Bore 1600 prone at Mpls. Rifle club
Saturday - June 27 -- GRRC Bob Hall 80 OTC
Sunday - June 28 -- GRRC Leg Match -- CMP Service Rifle 50 shot
Monday - June 29 -- GRRC Sm Bore League. &
Elk River F-class league 600yds
Tuesday -- June 30 -- High power leagues at NorthStar and Elk River
Looking Ahead two weeks
Long Range shooting is the option for the weekend of July 4th. What's a better way to celebrate America's heritage than to be out pulling triggers and hitting targets at 1000 yds. Saturday is a 3 gun 1000 yd State Championship, and Sunday is the Minn state Palma Championships. This Palma match consists of a 15 shot match shot at each distance of 800 yds, 900yds, an 1000yds -- for 45 shots total.
match program -- http://mrra.org/downloads/grrc/long_range_champ_09.pdf
Note: From Scott Olson
I was just reading the NRA Club magazine online when I noticed a familiar name, our very own Sue Bierly. Sue was one of four women in the U.S. this year who were awarded the "Marion P. Hammer Woman of Distinction Award" for 2009. Please take the time to read this magazine I've attatched. There are some ads (it is the NRA after all), but there is much information relevant to MRRA issues included. Sue's article is on page #8. Sue is too modest to promote herself, but this is a huge award. Sue, your tireless efforts for the NRA and the MRRA are appreciated very much. You have set a high standard for the rest of us to attempt to attain. Thanks for all your hard work.
Regards, Scott Olson
Sunday, June 21, 2009
Service Rifle State Champions -- 6/20/09
Left to right
600 yd Prone Champ --Al Schneider
200 yd Sitting Rapid Champ -- Don Mastro
200 yd Standing Champ -- Phill Carlson
300 yd Rapid, and Overall St Service Rifle Champion -- Jeremy Harrison
Tuesday, June 16, 2009
Mid Range Champs -- 6/14/09
Ben Winget --F-Class ChampStacey Tamulinas -- State Mid Range Prone Champion
Pictures passed on by Capt. Bob
Ther Week Ahead -- June 17, 2009
The Week Ahead for Shooters
The coming weekend is Service Rifle weekend. Elk River Sportsman's Club will be hosting the Service Rifle State Champ. individual Match on Saturday, and then Leg match #2 on Sunday.
But First --- This past weekend, North Star Rifle Club hosted the Prone Mid Range championships. Saturday was the best weather for rifle match shooting yet this season ----sunshine, low humidity, light wind and low 70s made for a perfect day to be contesting the Mid Range title. Saturday was Iron sights and in the first 300 yd match two shooters set the stage with clean 200 scores--Bill Lair, and Stacey Tamulinas. In the 2nd 300 yd match, Stacey, Capt. Bob, and yours truly cleaned the target, but moving back to the 600 yd line, Stacey led Morgan Dietrich, and the group by 2 pts. No 200s were shot in the two 600 yd matches, but Stacey lost only 3 pts to finish the day with a great 797-46x and 4pts ahead of Morgan, Capt. Bob, and Bill Lair, all tied for 2nd at 793s.
On Sunday, another fine weather day at the range, the shooters traded Iron sights for Any sights (scopes) and started again by shooting two 20 shot matches at 300 yds. Again, 2 shooters, Elliot Zunich, and Stacey T., cleaned that first match. Morgan dropped only one pt back with a 199 and then shot a clean 200 in the 2nd 300 yd match, along with Omer Hamer and Stacey to stay within 5 pts going back to the 600 yd line. All 3 had just shot 200s with the same amount of Xs--15Xs. Omer Hamer was the only one to shoot a clean at the 600 and beat all the High Masters in that Match. With solid holding and a pair of 199s, in the two 600 yds matches, Stacey edged away to a 10 pt lead and the Championship for the weekend over 2nd place, Morgan Dietrich, and 3rd place Bill Lair.
F-Class shooter Ben Winget, shot amazingly tight on that very hard F-Class target to post a 1588-85x, including shooting 200s on both 300 yd targets and one 600 yd target Sunday.
Congratulations F-Class Champion Ben Winget, and Prone Mid Range Champ Stacey Tamulinas
Pictures from this match are posted Below
There was a 50yd Small Bore match at Elk River -- No News
300 meter prone Match at MRC -- No News
The week ahead
If you own a Service Rifle, this is your weekend for match shooting. Elk River Sportsman's Club will be hosting the Service Rifle State Champ. individual Match on Saturday, and then Leg match #2 on Sunday. Saturday is the 80 shot OTC individual Champ match, followed by the 600 yd part of the Service Rifle Team match, then Sunday starts with the short range part of the team match -- and about 11:00 am, every service rifle shooters favorite match --the Leg Match-- will start. The qty of Leg points up for grabs is based on how many shooters are entered, so grab that service rifle, 50 rds ammo and come out to enjoy this match.
Service Rifle St Champ Program: http://mrra.org/downloads/elk_river/09SR_Champ.pdf
Thursday June 18 -- GRRC High Power practice
Saturday June 20 -- Elk River Sportsman's Club -- Service Rifle St Champ Individual and LR team.
Sunday June 21-- Elk River sportsman's Club -- Short range Team, and Leg match #2
Monday June 22 -- GRRC Prone Small Bore league and Elk River F-class (check)
Tuesday June 23-- North Star HP league, and Elk River HP league (Check)
Looking ahead Two weekends from now
Saturday June 27, --GRRC will be hosting the Bob Hall 80 OTC
Saturday June 27 -- Small Bore -- Mpls Rifle club -- 1600 prone conventional outdoor
Sunday June 28 -- Leg Match #3 for the last-chance service rifle shooters. GRRC is getting spruced up for these matches, hope we'll see you there.
Notes:
1. -- 300 meter 3P matches at MRC have been rescheduled from July 12 to Oct 11
2. -- Mid Range Prone Team Champ has been rescheduled from Saturday Sept 19th to Sunday Sept 20th at NorthStar
3. -- NRA Regional OTC maybe rescheduled to Sept 19 at North Star
4. -- As many of you know, iconic service rifle shooter and gun smith, Derrick Martin's Accuracy Speaks Gun Smithing shop was burglarized a couple of months ago and the thieves made off with all of his rifles and work in progress. This was a devastating blow to Derek's business and he has been a strong supporter of all of our programs and shooters over the years. This Saturday, both the Rio Salado Sportsman's Club and the Phoenix Rod & Gun Club are hosting benefit matches to give back to Derek in a small way, to show our appreciation for all of his efforts. All proceeds from both matches will go directly to Derek. So......if you happen to be in Phoenix this weekend ....or want to help...... I think I'll send in an entry, but with a note that I probably wont make it out there.
Accuracy Speaks-- http://accuracyspeaks.com/public_html/index.html
The coming weekend is Service Rifle weekend. Elk River Sportsman's Club will be hosting the Service Rifle State Champ. individual Match on Saturday, and then Leg match #2 on Sunday.
But First --- This past weekend, North Star Rifle Club hosted the Prone Mid Range championships. Saturday was the best weather for rifle match shooting yet this season ----sunshine, low humidity, light wind and low 70s made for a perfect day to be contesting the Mid Range title. Saturday was Iron sights and in the first 300 yd match two shooters set the stage with clean 200 scores--Bill Lair, and Stacey Tamulinas. In the 2nd 300 yd match, Stacey, Capt. Bob, and yours truly cleaned the target, but moving back to the 600 yd line, Stacey led Morgan Dietrich, and the group by 2 pts. No 200s were shot in the two 600 yd matches, but Stacey lost only 3 pts to finish the day with a great 797-46x and 4pts ahead of Morgan, Capt. Bob, and Bill Lair, all tied for 2nd at 793s.
On Sunday, another fine weather day at the range, the shooters traded Iron sights for Any sights (scopes) and started again by shooting two 20 shot matches at 300 yds. Again, 2 shooters, Elliot Zunich, and Stacey T., cleaned that first match. Morgan dropped only one pt back with a 199 and then shot a clean 200 in the 2nd 300 yd match, along with Omer Hamer and Stacey to stay within 5 pts going back to the 600 yd line. All 3 had just shot 200s with the same amount of Xs--15Xs. Omer Hamer was the only one to shoot a clean at the 600 and beat all the High Masters in that Match. With solid holding and a pair of 199s, in the two 600 yds matches, Stacey edged away to a 10 pt lead and the Championship for the weekend over 2nd place, Morgan Dietrich, and 3rd place Bill Lair.
F-Class shooter Ben Winget, shot amazingly tight on that very hard F-Class target to post a 1588-85x, including shooting 200s on both 300 yd targets and one 600 yd target Sunday.
Congratulations F-Class Champion Ben Winget, and Prone Mid Range Champ Stacey Tamulinas
Pictures from this match are posted Below
There was a 50yd Small Bore match at Elk River -- No News
300 meter prone Match at MRC -- No News
The week ahead
If you own a Service Rifle, this is your weekend for match shooting. Elk River Sportsman's Club will be hosting the Service Rifle State Champ. individual Match on Saturday, and then Leg match #2 on Sunday. Saturday is the 80 shot OTC individual Champ match, followed by the 600 yd part of the Service Rifle Team match, then Sunday starts with the short range part of the team match -- and about 11:00 am, every service rifle shooters favorite match --the Leg Match-- will start. The qty of Leg points up for grabs is based on how many shooters are entered, so grab that service rifle, 50 rds ammo and come out to enjoy this match.
Service Rifle St Champ Program: http://mrra.org/downloads/elk_river/09SR_Champ.pdf
Thursday June 18 -- GRRC High Power practice
Saturday June 20 -- Elk River Sportsman's Club -- Service Rifle St Champ Individual and LR team.
Sunday June 21-- Elk River sportsman's Club -- Short range Team, and Leg match #2
Monday June 22 -- GRRC Prone Small Bore league and Elk River F-class (check)
Tuesday June 23-- North Star HP league, and Elk River HP league (Check)
Looking ahead Two weekends from now
Saturday June 27, --GRRC will be hosting the Bob Hall 80 OTC
Saturday June 27 -- Small Bore -- Mpls Rifle club -- 1600 prone conventional outdoor
Sunday June 28 -- Leg Match #3 for the last-chance service rifle shooters. GRRC is getting spruced up for these matches, hope we'll see you there.
Notes:
1. -- 300 meter 3P matches at MRC have been rescheduled from July 12 to Oct 11
2. -- Mid Range Prone Team Champ has been rescheduled from Saturday Sept 19th to Sunday Sept 20th at NorthStar
3. -- NRA Regional OTC maybe rescheduled to Sept 19 at North Star
4. -- As many of you know, iconic service rifle shooter and gun smith, Derrick Martin's Accuracy Speaks Gun Smithing shop was burglarized a couple of months ago and the thieves made off with all of his rifles and work in progress. This was a devastating blow to Derek's business and he has been a strong supporter of all of our programs and shooters over the years. This Saturday, both the Rio Salado Sportsman's Club and the Phoenix Rod & Gun Club are hosting benefit matches to give back to Derek in a small way, to show our appreciation for all of his efforts. All proceeds from both matches will go directly to Derek. So......if you happen to be in Phoenix this weekend ....or want to help...... I think I'll send in an entry, but with a note that I probably wont make it out there.
Accuracy Speaks-- http://accuracyspeaks.com/public_html/index.html
Pictures from this weekends Mid Range Championship matches 
Wednesday, June 10, 2009
The Week Ahead -- June 10, 2009
Shooters
The Weedend ahead features prone matches. Something for all prone shooters to participate in -- Small Bore, NRA Mid Range, and International 300 meter matches. Take your pick.
But First -- Rain, Rain--That's what we got on Saturday after a trip to Red Wing's Northstar Range for the Regional OTC matches. At least the shooters got in some socializing before the Match was called by Capt. Bob after waiting out a steady drizzle for a while. I believe that this match will be rescheduled for the Middle of Aug.
The weather improved considerably for Sunday's Leg Match, but a light turnout meant that only one leg would be awarded, and the competition was fierce to be top service rifle shooter. Mark Havlik won the 6 point Leg and the Silver medal with a 472. These were Mark's first earned leg points, and now I'm sure that he will be working hard for the next few years to get that Distinguished Badge. Don Mastro was 2nd non-distinguished shooter and got the Bronze but, unfortunately, no pts.. Kurt Borlaug, (previously distinguished so no pts) shot the high over all score of 479 and took home the gold medal.
Remember---the next leg match is coming up soon --June 21st. If you are a service rifle shooter and don't get out too much, the next leg match is the one you should plan on attending. Supporting the CMP program is important and the Qty of shooters in each leg match determines the total points awarded. These matches are inexpensive, short - only 50 rds (10 standing, 10 sitting rapid, 10 prone rapid, 20 prone slow fire), and a good chance to learn from the best service rifle shooters. So Plan on attending the next Leg match --June 21st.
Small Bore -- No news from the 4P matches at Hibbing. I would like to find out more about each of the Jr. Small bore teams.
Palma -- Looks like Stacey Tamulinas may have won a place on the US National Palma team, during this past weeks Palma Team tryouts at Lodi Wisc. Approximately 35 top long range shooters from around the US shot matches Thursday, Friday, and Saturday under the watchful eye of the Palma committee and Captain. Each shooter was evaluated on how well they could hold elevation on the 1000 yd target. After each 40 shot match, the shooters targets were removed to plotting where every shot was measured up or down from the water line. Besides getting statistical info such as "std deviation" of shots, each shot that was higher or lower than the X-ring were scored points off. So shooting a 10 at 12 o'clock is a point off, and a nine high would be 2 pts off, etc. Shooters were not penalized for wide shots due to wind, as wind coaches were calling all wind changes for all shooters. The prospective Wind Coaches were also trying out for their positions on the Team. Preliminary results-- based on vertical pts lost, may have Stacey in 3rd place and probably membership on the national Palma team. Team members chosen are required to compete with the team in selected international matches during the next two summers before the next International Palma matches. Stacey has competed internationaly as a member of a Bronze and Silver medal winning team in the Swiss National matches.
Note: Elk River KD range closed until further notice --- reason unknown -- What's with this ???? Latest news (Fri) on closing: See above
The Week Ahead
This coming Sat. I'll be heading down to Northstar again for the Prone Mid-Range St Champ. Matches. Prone shooting at 300 and 600 yds makes for a great day at the range. Saturday will be Iron sights, as usual, and Sunday will be Any sights. Each day starts with 2 matches of 20 shots at 300yds and then 2 matches at 600yds--all prone slowfire. There will be awards for F-class shooters. I'll be working up a newly re-barreled 6BR that sighting in yesterday showed that it needed a much higher front sight base---Hope it comes in the mail by Sat.
If you like shooting on Electronic targets or just want to try it --- Try the high Tech 300 m matches at the MPLS Rifle Club. It's usually 60 shots prone on the 300m international target with computer monitor at each firing pos.
Monday June 9 -- GRRC Sm bore prone league & Elk river league ( maybe postponed )-- ck
Tuesday June 10 -- Northstar HP league
Thursday June 12 -- GRRC HP practice
Saturday June 13 -- Mid Range Prone St. Championships at Northstar -- Program: http://mrra.org/downloads/northstar/mrp_champ.pdf
Saturday June 13 -- Pistol 50m Free pistol at MRC
Saturday June 13 -- 50 yd small bore at Elk River
Sunday June 14 -- Mid Range Prone St. Championships at Northstar
Sunday June 14 -- 300 m prone at Mpls Rifle Club.
Monday June 15 -- GRRC Small bore league
Two Weeks out --June 20 and 21st the Service Rifle State championship at Elk River--- Including a Leg Match (2nd Chance!)
Hawkeye
The Weedend ahead features prone matches. Something for all prone shooters to participate in -- Small Bore, NRA Mid Range, and International 300 meter matches. Take your pick.
But First -- Rain, Rain--That's what we got on Saturday after a trip to Red Wing's Northstar Range for the Regional OTC matches. At least the shooters got in some socializing before the Match was called by Capt. Bob after waiting out a steady drizzle for a while. I believe that this match will be rescheduled for the Middle of Aug.
The weather improved considerably for Sunday's Leg Match, but a light turnout meant that only one leg would be awarded, and the competition was fierce to be top service rifle shooter. Mark Havlik won the 6 point Leg and the Silver medal with a 472. These were Mark's first earned leg points, and now I'm sure that he will be working hard for the next few years to get that Distinguished Badge. Don Mastro was 2nd non-distinguished shooter and got the Bronze but, unfortunately, no pts.. Kurt Borlaug, (previously distinguished so no pts) shot the high over all score of 479 and took home the gold medal.
Remember---the next leg match is coming up soon --June 21st. If you are a service rifle shooter and don't get out too much, the next leg match is the one you should plan on attending. Supporting the CMP program is important and the Qty of shooters in each leg match determines the total points awarded. These matches are inexpensive, short - only 50 rds (10 standing, 10 sitting rapid, 10 prone rapid, 20 prone slow fire), and a good chance to learn from the best service rifle shooters. So Plan on attending the next Leg match --June 21st.
Small Bore -- No news from the 4P matches at Hibbing. I would like to find out more about each of the Jr. Small bore teams.
Palma -- Looks like Stacey Tamulinas may have won a place on the US National Palma team, during this past weeks Palma Team tryouts at Lodi Wisc. Approximately 35 top long range shooters from around the US shot matches Thursday, Friday, and Saturday under the watchful eye of the Palma committee and Captain. Each shooter was evaluated on how well they could hold elevation on the 1000 yd target. After each 40 shot match, the shooters targets were removed to plotting where every shot was measured up or down from the water line. Besides getting statistical info such as "std deviation" of shots, each shot that was higher or lower than the X-ring were scored points off. So shooting a 10 at 12 o'clock is a point off, and a nine high would be 2 pts off, etc. Shooters were not penalized for wide shots due to wind, as wind coaches were calling all wind changes for all shooters. The prospective Wind Coaches were also trying out for their positions on the Team. Preliminary results-- based on vertical pts lost, may have Stacey in 3rd place and probably membership on the national Palma team. Team members chosen are required to compete with the team in selected international matches during the next two summers before the next International Palma matches. Stacey has competed internationaly as a member of a Bronze and Silver medal winning team in the Swiss National matches.
Note: Elk River KD range closed until further notice --- reason unknown -- What's with this ???? Latest news (Fri) on closing: See above
The Week Ahead
This coming Sat. I'll be heading down to Northstar again for the Prone Mid-Range St Champ. Matches. Prone shooting at 300 and 600 yds makes for a great day at the range. Saturday will be Iron sights, as usual, and Sunday will be Any sights. Each day starts with 2 matches of 20 shots at 300yds and then 2 matches at 600yds--all prone slowfire. There will be awards for F-class shooters. I'll be working up a newly re-barreled 6BR that sighting in yesterday showed that it needed a much higher front sight base---Hope it comes in the mail by Sat.
If you like shooting on Electronic targets or just want to try it --- Try the high Tech 300 m matches at the MPLS Rifle Club. It's usually 60 shots prone on the 300m international target with computer monitor at each firing pos.
Monday June 9 -- GRRC Sm bore prone league & Elk river league ( maybe postponed )-- ck
Tuesday June 10 -- Northstar HP league
Thursday June 12 -- GRRC HP practice
Saturday June 13 -- Mid Range Prone St. Championships at Northstar -- Program: http://mrra.org/downloads/northstar/mrp_champ.pdf
Saturday June 13 -- Pistol 50m Free pistol at MRC
Saturday June 13 -- 50 yd small bore at Elk River
Sunday June 14 -- Mid Range Prone St. Championships at Northstar
Sunday June 14 -- 300 m prone at Mpls Rifle Club.
Monday June 15 -- GRRC Small bore league
Two Weeks out --June 20 and 21st the Service Rifle State championship at Elk River--- Including a Leg Match (2nd Chance!)
Hawkeye
Monday, June 8, 2009
Leg Match -- Yesterday
The silver Medal and 6 point Distinguished Rifleman's Leg was awarded to Mark Havlik at Red Wing Leg Match yesterday. Mark shot 472 towin his first pts.. Don Mastro took the Bronze but no points @466. Kurt Boulaug, previously Distinguished, won the gold with 479. Congratulations to Mark Havlik now on his way to a Distinguished badge.
The next Leg match is coming up soon. We need to see more participation from service rifle shooters in these matches as the # of points awarded is dependent on the # of participants.
The next Leg match is coming up soon. We need to see more participation from service rifle shooters in these matches as the # of points awarded is dependent on the # of participants.
Wednesday, June 3, 2009
The week Ahead -- June 3rd 2009
Shooters
This coming weekend's High Power matches rotate to NorthStar Rifle club near Red Wing for the OTC Regional.
But First -- last weekends Livingston OTC matches at Northwestern Gun Club were as advertized -- Great! I knew it would be a good day when I hit the freeway for the 2 hr Drive from Hugo to NWGC. Bright Sun, puffy clouds, even with a promise of high gusty winds -- it would be a good day to shoot a match. I started the match with pit duty, while Kevin Bangen started by posting a 191-4x that held on to win the Standing Match. This was a very good score Standing on a gusty day. Larry Miller took both the Rapid fire Matches with a 200-10x sitting, and 199-11x prone at 300yds. And that folks, is 21 Xs out of 40 shots--rapid fire. In the final match -- the 500yd prone slow fire -- Larry Miller was the steadiest shooter, besting Kevin Bangen by 1pt with a 198-12x., but it wasn't good enough. Kevins lead from the standing match, was enough to top Saturdays scores with a 782-26X.
The whole day was great weather and a good excuse to sit around the 200 yd shack after the match for some refreshments and "I shot a" stories before the drive home.
Sundays match was held in ify weather including a few delays for rain. Kevin Bangen repeated yesterdays mastery of 200 yd offhand shooting by winning that match -- 192-4x, and continuing on to drop only one pt in Sitting Rapid to win that match as well. Loren Smith also shot a 199-9X but lost to Kevin on a tie-breaker. Bob Peasley used his new Red, White, and Blue tube gun to win the 300yd Rapid match --198-10x. A few shooters got to shoot 500yds but the 2nd and 3rd relay got rained out, and the match was called. Kevin Bangen wins the 2 day aggregate by winning both days matches --- I'm sure that Kevin is tuned up for next weeks OTC Regional. 2nd and 3rd places go to Larry Miller, and Jim Biles a few points behind. The rest of us---well, more than a few pts behind.
See Below for complete Results and Pictures of Match
The Week Ahead
Highpower --
This coming weekends Big Match is the NRA Regional being held at NorthStar Rifle Club -- Just off #61 a few miles north of Redwing. Saturday is the 80 shot OTC Individual Championship match followed by the 20 shot 600 yd portion of the Team Match. On Sunday, the team Match continues first thing and when that is concluded, the Leg Match for Service Rifle shooters will start (around 10:30--11:00) Shooting in these Leg matches is how Service Rifle shooters earn "Leg Points" toward award of "Distinguished Rifleman's" badge --a life time award. All Service Rifle shooters should head for this Leg Match and the best practice is to shoot the Individual match on Saturday. See you there.
This coming Thursday will see 4 of Minnesota's better long range shooters head for the Palma Team Try-outs being held at Lodi Wisc. starting Thursday. This is the 2nd in a series of 3 Palma team tryouts and will see top long range shooters from all over the US attempting to gain a spot on the this prestigious team. The Palma team represents America in international Long Range shooting, and competes by rules with .308 rifles against other world teams at 800yds thru 1000 yds. The tryouts will be for both shooters and wind coaches. Shooters will be evaluated on well they can hold elevation, while wind coaches will be evaluated on how their shooters do in wind changes. One new segment of the tryouts is a 20 shot match in only 8 min where targets are not pulled until the last shot. No chasing the spotter here. Those shooters trying out are Stacey Tamulinas, Morgan Deitrich, Steve Knutson, Bill lair ------------- Good luck and good shooting.
Small Bore --
1. 4P Championships in Hibbing--Saturday. I hope we get some results back.
2. The first 1600 is complete in the GRRC prone Sm bore league and next week will start the "Any" sight 1600. Twenty four shooters participated in the first 1600 at GRRC, and I believe that Larry Sawyer leads with a 1594 ---That's hard holding.
Thursday -- June 4th - GRRC high power practice
Saturday -- June 6th - Minnesota Small Bore 4P State Championships at Hibbing.
Saturday -- June 6th - NRA OTC Regional at North Star Rifle Club. Program-- http://mrra.org/downloads/northstar/regional09.pdf
Sunday -- June 7th - Regional Team and Leg Match at North Star Rifle Club. Program -Leg Match -- http://mrra.org/downloads/northstar/eic_nsrc.pdf
Saturday & Sunday - Pistol Regional and leg match at Oakdale
Monday -- June 8th - Small Bore Prone League at GRRC -- Start of Any Sight 1600, 50 yd match
Tuesday -- June 9th - Highpower league matches at Elk River and Northstar.
Looking Ahead Two Weeks
High power
Thursday league matches start on June 11th at Northwestern Gun Club, while leagues continue at North star and Elk River.
Mid Range Prone State Championship will be Sat and Sunday----again at NorthStar Rifle Club.
Saturday -- June 13th - 50 yd small bore at Elk River
Saturday -- June 13th - Mid Range Prone St. Championship at NorthStar
Sunday -- June 14th - Mid Range Prone St. Championship at NorthStar
Sunday -- June 14th - 300 m prone at Mpls Rifle Club
Hawkeye
This coming weekend's High Power matches rotate to NorthStar Rifle club near Red Wing for the OTC Regional.
But First -- last weekends Livingston OTC matches at Northwestern Gun Club were as advertized -- Great! I knew it would be a good day when I hit the freeway for the 2 hr Drive from Hugo to NWGC. Bright Sun, puffy clouds, even with a promise of high gusty winds -- it would be a good day to shoot a match. I started the match with pit duty, while Kevin Bangen started by posting a 191-4x that held on to win the Standing Match. This was a very good score Standing on a gusty day. Larry Miller took both the Rapid fire Matches with a 200-10x sitting, and 199-11x prone at 300yds. And that folks, is 21 Xs out of 40 shots--rapid fire. In the final match -- the 500yd prone slow fire -- Larry Miller was the steadiest shooter, besting Kevin Bangen by 1pt with a 198-12x., but it wasn't good enough. Kevins lead from the standing match, was enough to top Saturdays scores with a 782-26X.
The whole day was great weather and a good excuse to sit around the 200 yd shack after the match for some refreshments and "I shot a" stories before the drive home.
Sundays match was held in ify weather including a few delays for rain. Kevin Bangen repeated yesterdays mastery of 200 yd offhand shooting by winning that match -- 192-4x, and continuing on to drop only one pt in Sitting Rapid to win that match as well. Loren Smith also shot a 199-9X but lost to Kevin on a tie-breaker. Bob Peasley used his new Red, White, and Blue tube gun to win the 300yd Rapid match --198-10x. A few shooters got to shoot 500yds but the 2nd and 3rd relay got rained out, and the match was called. Kevin Bangen wins the 2 day aggregate by winning both days matches --- I'm sure that Kevin is tuned up for next weeks OTC Regional. 2nd and 3rd places go to Larry Miller, and Jim Biles a few points behind. The rest of us---well, more than a few pts behind.
See Below for complete Results and Pictures of Match
The Week Ahead
Highpower --
This coming weekends Big Match is the NRA Regional being held at NorthStar Rifle Club -- Just off #61 a few miles north of Redwing. Saturday is the 80 shot OTC Individual Championship match followed by the 20 shot 600 yd portion of the Team Match. On Sunday, the team Match continues first thing and when that is concluded, the Leg Match for Service Rifle shooters will start (around 10:30--11:00) Shooting in these Leg matches is how Service Rifle shooters earn "Leg Points" toward award of "Distinguished Rifleman's" badge --a life time award. All Service Rifle shooters should head for this Leg Match and the best practice is to shoot the Individual match on Saturday. See you there.
This coming Thursday will see 4 of Minnesota's better long range shooters head for the Palma Team Try-outs being held at Lodi Wisc. starting Thursday. This is the 2nd in a series of 3 Palma team tryouts and will see top long range shooters from all over the US attempting to gain a spot on the this prestigious team. The Palma team represents America in international Long Range shooting, and competes by rules with .308 rifles against other world teams at 800yds thru 1000 yds. The tryouts will be for both shooters and wind coaches. Shooters will be evaluated on well they can hold elevation, while wind coaches will be evaluated on how their shooters do in wind changes. One new segment of the tryouts is a 20 shot match in only 8 min where targets are not pulled until the last shot. No chasing the spotter here. Those shooters trying out are Stacey Tamulinas, Morgan Deitrich, Steve Knutson, Bill lair ------------- Good luck and good shooting.
Small Bore --
1. 4P Championships in Hibbing--Saturday. I hope we get some results back.
2. The first 1600 is complete in the GRRC prone Sm bore league and next week will start the "Any" sight 1600. Twenty four shooters participated in the first 1600 at GRRC, and I believe that Larry Sawyer leads with a 1594 ---That's hard holding.
Thursday -- June 4th - GRRC high power practice
Saturday -- June 6th - Minnesota Small Bore 4P State Championships at Hibbing.
Saturday -- June 6th - NRA OTC Regional at North Star Rifle Club. Program-- http://mrra.org/downloads/northstar/regional09.pdf
Sunday -- June 7th - Regional Team and Leg Match at North Star Rifle Club. Program -Leg Match -- http://mrra.org/downloads/northstar/eic_nsrc.pdf
Saturday & Sunday - Pistol Regional and leg match at Oakdale
Monday -- June 8th - Small Bore Prone League at GRRC -- Start of Any Sight 1600, 50 yd match
Tuesday -- June 9th - Highpower league matches at Elk River and Northstar.
Looking Ahead Two Weeks
High power
Thursday league matches start on June 11th at Northwestern Gun Club, while leagues continue at North star and Elk River.
Mid Range Prone State Championship will be Sat and Sunday----again at NorthStar Rifle Club.
Saturday -- June 13th - 50 yd small bore at Elk River
Saturday -- June 13th - Mid Range Prone St. Championship at NorthStar
Sunday -- June 14th - Mid Range Prone St. Championship at NorthStar
Sunday -- June 14th - 300 m prone at Mpls Rifle Club
Hawkeye
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