Out of Town matches --PRGC 6400 Metric March 3, 4, 5 & 6 2011.

New National Sm Bore records to be set!

 This Weekend is the Phx Rod and Gun Club's {PRGC} New 6400 Metric March 3, 4, 5 & 6,   2011.

We Have 20 Plus Signed up So Far, It would be very Help Full If you Could Fill out the Attached Sign up form and E-mal it back to me.

This will help For Squadding you all near the People you want to Shoot near and For Classification's Also.

                     Mick W Walker      Cell 602-722-7209         mickeagle7@msn.com

http://www.phoenixrodandgun.org/Divisions/Smallbore/Smallbore.html

                                                                                                          

 

This is the first of Four BIG Sm Bore weekends this month in Phoenix.  There will be 2 ea 3200s and 2ea 6400s.  I got to buy more ammo!!!!!

Can't wait for Spring ?? SW Nationals

The Southwest OTC (Over the Course) Nationals, sponsored by Berger Bullets are to be held the end of March in Phoenix.  Once again, OTC shooters from all over the country will gather March 31st thru April 3 at Ben Avery range a few miles north of Phoenix to compete in the biggest matches this side of Camp Perry.  Warm weather, and glorious sunshine is about 98% guaranteed at this time of the year in AZ. so don't miss this opportunity to shoot for 4 days at one of the top ranges in the country.
 Mar 31 --  600 yd Mid range    
 April 1  --  80 OTC
 April 2  -- 100 OTC (dbl 600)
 April 3  --  50 OTC and Leg match

Match Program and Entry form --  Click Here

Results of 300 Meter MRC Match of Feb. 13th.

Results of 300 Meter MRC Match of Feb. 13th.

Shooting on this match day was pretty good.  The weather was above freezing and the targets worked.  We had a fine turnout of 16 shooters plus a few observers.  To handle the number of shooters we went to a second relay.  The winds were not strong but they were variable and if you did not pay attention it was easy to blow a shot.  As shooting progressed the winds became a bit stronger.  The nature of the firing range with the two side berms creates wind directions that can be confusing; at times the wind flag on the left (West) berm could be pointing East while the flag on the East side of the range (not on the East berm) would be still, or even pointing West.  That makes for tricky wind reading.  I believe we will be putting up some additional flags down range that will make reading the wind much easier.

Even with these challenges, there were people with very consistent scores through the three series of 20 shots that constitute the match.  Some, like Russ Saikel, shot the same for every 20 shot string.  Some were only off one of 2 points per sting.

   The results can be seen at http://www.edfpages.com/mgfc/results.php?match=2 

   One caveat, I did not record the last sting for Tom Loberg.  This was my mistake since I did not go back to the scoreboard after the dust cleared to capture his score.  To ensure that Tom gets a score at this time I filled in the score he had for his first two series which were 196 each.  The last 196 may or may not be his actual result.  So, Tom, can you email me your score for your last 20 shots. 

     I have been trying to work myself into Prone class but have decided that I need practice with sight alignment and sight picture with iron sights, so I shot F-Class in an attempt to remove one large variable and just concentrate on sights.  Well, as you can tell by my score, I am not ready for prime time Prone.   The next match will be in March on Sunday the 13^th.  By then the weather should not be an issue (unless it is too foggy to see the targets).  Hope to see you there.

Brian D. Shiffman  shiff004@umn.edu

Wind Reading Clinic - Apr 16th &17

Elk River Sportsman’s Club Spring Wind Clinic

And Mid-Range Match

The Elk River Sportsman’s Club is proud to host this fantastic event.  The event will consist of (2) 20 shot matches at 300 yards, followed by a delicious lunch.  After the lunch, a wind reading/shooting clinic will be held both in the clubhouse and then at the 600 yard line of the club’s KD Range.  The instructors will be Steve Knutson and Rick Hunt, both coaches for the US National F-Class Team.  This is a rare chance to learn from the best coaches in the country!  The match will continue on the second day with (4) 20 shot matches at 600 yards.....

See Match program and Entry info - Click here

Out of Town Match -- Road Runner Sm Bore matches - Feb 12-13, 2011

Rick Curtis Photo

  There was tough competition this year at the PGRC Road Runner SB matches in Phoenix. 27 shooters shot in often times switchy conditions and still produced excellent scores.  Rick Curtis who shot a 1600-117x on with iron sights Sat, dropped 3 pts in the meter match Sunday and those 3 pts dropped him to 3rd overall in the final standings. Nancy Tompkins  and Peter Church who each had lost only 2 pts on Sat came roaring back on scope day and held for 1600s to take overall 1st and 2nd places.  Other notable scores was Mick Walker - Sharpshooter Class  (and match director) who dropped only 10 pts all weekend on 640 shots for an astounding 3190-227x and shot a perfect 200 -20x in the meter match. I suspect Mick will get his Expert card by the Wildcat matches -- or maybe he will just skip into the Master class (I hope so).
Final results -- Click Here

March in Phoenix is Sm Bore Heaven -- 3 Huge matches!

The WildCat matches are the Biggest Small Bore match west of the Mississippi! But, it's only one of 3 huge Sm bore matches in Phoenix this year.
1. The Javelina metric prone 6400 - New National records will be set at this match.
2. The Diamondback prone 3200
3. The Wildcat prone 6400
 You might as well move there for the month!    Bring lots of ammo!
   March-- when its still a good excuse to get out of the cold northern weather.  Many of the best SB shooters in the U.S. will there. Every SB shooter should shoot this match at least once.

 

Last years Wild Cat matches --  Slide Show Click Here 

March 3-6       Javelina Metric 6400 prone match   -- Bulletin and Entry Click Here

March 12-13   Diamond Back 3200 Prone Regional  Bulletin and Entry - Click here

March 16-20   WildCat Match 6400 Bulletin and Entry -- Click here

Minn Offhand St. Champ set for March 26th

Northwestern Gun Club will host the Off Hand St. Championship on March 26, 2011 at their range near Duluth, Mn.  This is a great range and it will be a great match to start off the 2011 High Power season.  Come on up and let's see who can beat 10Xdex this year.  There will be both a Service Rifle and a Match rifle division.
Click here for event Program  

Pictures from one of last years NWGC matches -- click here


Capt. Bob says:

Time to start loading, spring is on the way!

Bob