Shooters News for the Minn Area -- Sept 18, 2013

From: George Minerich,  MRRA President
"Hi All:
In an effort to increase International Small Bore shooting I have come up with a revised match format for the last match small bore of the summer season.  Saturday, September 28, 2013 we will shoot a 3 X 20 3-Position match starting at 9AM.  After lunch we will feature a 600 Prone match starting at 1PM.  All targets will be shot at 50 meters on the a-50 target.  Entry fees are modest and you are welcome to shoot either one or both of the matches.  The match program is attached.
                                              Click Here for Match Program
Please note: NRA prone shooters are welcome to shoot the prone match using your existing equipment.  Seniors may use any sight for these events

This is a trial run and will be shot under NRA Authorization.  If this works out well, there we  be a couple of these matches offered in the 2014 shooting season under USA Shooting authorization using ISSF Rules.
Regards,   George Minerich

   PS:  There will not be 1600 Prone Match on Sunday, September 29, 2013.  The Boss requires that I take her on a vacation up the Northshore."


Mid Range Regional Championship at Northstar -- This weekend!

    From: Capt Bob

"Hello players:

The NRA medals for the upcoming regional arrived today.  I also got 2 more entries today bringing us up to over 30 by my count.  We have about 10-12 F class and the rest sling.  The weather looks mighty nice both days but maybe cool evenings & early morning.  North Star has about 4 picnic tables but if you have a lawn chair to use for eating & relaxing you better bring it. President May is planning on a pulled pork BBQ with salad, chips, beans? & water.  Feel free to bring your favorite adult beverage or soft drink.  For those of you in Rio Linda "beverage" is something to drink..

If you have not yet sent an entry please do so ASAP as I would like to have 90% of the squadding done Fri. night.  I will be arriving at the range by noon Fri. & the gate will be open.  I don't have cell phone or email there so email your entry by 0900 Fri.

Seeya at North Star.   

 Bob"             Click Here for Match program

  

 Over the Course and Leg Match

  From: Kurt Borlaug 

 "Attention HP shooters!! Kurt Borlaug is once again stumped by his computer and can't open, write or send documents via e-mail. He wants you all to know that October 5 and 6 will be a beehive of Highpower events at GRRC.
  Saturday the 5th will be the Bob Hall make up. 80 shots, BUT!!!! as this is an unapproved match you will be allowed to stand prior to rapids. Why is that of interest? Because we'll have an EIC Leg match on Sunday! 9am start both days, squadding by 8:30 and pits seal at 8:45.
Fees are $15 for Saturday and $20 for Sunday.
  Thanks, Kurt"       Click Here for Match program 

 

Shooters News for the Minn Area -  Sept. 10, 2013 

 The Week Ahead

  Mpls. Rifle Club is once again the focus of the shooting community this weekend. Mark Rohmann and his Highpower crew has another great weekend of shooting lined up for Over The Course shooters starting off with a 100 shot OTC match on Saturday Sept 14.  The first two matches of the day will be the Standing match ( 20 shots offhand) and the Sitting Rapid Fire match (two strings of 10 shots, each fired in 60 sec).  These matches are fired from the MRC's shade covered 200 yd line. Shooters then move back to the 300 yd line for the Prone Rapid fire match, and then two 20 shot Prone Slow fire matches.  That's right, you get to double up on prone slow fire and we all need more practice at that. 
 Then after the match, the MRC guys will host another of their great Barbeque throwdowns for all the shooters.
    Click Here for Saturday match bulletin -- Let them know you are coming

  Stand on your hind legs and shoot like a Man. 
The Minnesota State Offhand Championship will be fired Sunday, Sept 15th, at MRC. Competitors will fire 5 matches of 20 shots Standing to determine who will be the 2013 State Offhand Champion. With it's covered and somewhat sheltered 200 yd line, MRC is the perfect place to shoot Standing matches.  Click Here for match Bulletin

 

Last Weekend
9/11 Memorial mid range Championships at NWGC  
From Eric Rhode

Hi Jim,
....Wick asked me to email you a pic of the 
results board from this weekend. Was another good weekend to shoot at 
Northwestern. Hot & steamy on Saturday and cold and windy on Sunday. The wind 
wasn't worth much as per usual at NWGC, and some good scores were put up.  As you 
can see from the board, Stacy showed us all why he's "the man" when it comes to 
prone shooting. 
Later, Erik                  Click Pic to enlarge

 

Top Shooters: 

Eric Hazelton - Jr Champ 1567-56X 

Omer Hamer - Grand Sr 1556-59X 

Steve Knutson MN State Champ - 1594 - 93X 

Stacy Tamulianus Match Winner-NonRes 1598-100X 

Dale Wickstrom Sr 1548-57X

From Jim Fernandez:

 State midrange (sling) Championship held in Northwestern gun club, Duluth
Mn. Weather was good, Mosquitos were down, 25 shooters attended including
3 junior shooters, Thanks to  Chris Hazelton for bringing them and helping
them. State champion Steve Knutson, Match winner Stacy Tamuilins, Grand
Senior  Champlon Ormer hammer, Senior Champion Dale Wickstrom, Junior
Champion Erick Hazetton.
Thanks For Coming -- Jim Fernandez   

Good shooting conditions at NWGC and top talent again showed on the score board. After 160 shots for record, Stacey T. had fired 100 Xs, and dropped only two points. Thats right Stacey fired six of the 8 matches Clean including the last 5 matches in a row, and dropped only one pt in ea of the other two matches. Congratulations also to Steve Knutson, State Champion, just a couple pts back with another great performance and a 1594-93x score. Congrats also to Wick, Eric, Omer for their outstanding shooting at these prestigious matches.
    I see that the list of champions here is full of Sm Bore prone shooters -- take note.  


More news from the F-Class world Championships -- Raton, MN  
 From Brenda LaValley: 

Note: Gary LaValley was the winner at a big 1000 yd F-class match in Wyoming this past month. I'm not familiar with the match but it must a big one -- just check out the Trophy that Gary won!!!!!! 

 

   Gary LaValley -- 1000yd F-cass winner

 

From Mark Havlik:    (Read this*!)

Jim,
The link below is an article in the CMP newsletter about Tim Boyle and Mark 
Schoess. I'm surprised this hasn't made the local rounds yet. I would have sent 
it sooner but I've been a bit distracted.

  (Mark's wife has cancer and both are in our thoughts)
http://www.odcmp.org/0813/default.asp?page=DONOR  
Mark  H. 

Thanks Mark H. for sending that in.  It is a great story. 

Mark Schoess is indeed a great hero to all of the Minnesota shooting community.  

*Note: This newsletter and the Minnesota rifle shooting blog are going on Hiatus for the foreseeable future. All available match bulletins can be found on the MRRA web site Click Here  

Two Weeks Out
Sept 21, 22  --  Mid Range Prone and F-class Regional at NorthStar range near Redwing, MN.
                        Click Here for match bulletin
Sept 28       --  Sm Bore Metric Prone and 3P at MRC  -- Click here for match Bullletin  
Sept 28       --   CMP Games match at MRC - no match bulletin available
Sept 28       --   Mid Range Prone at Eau Claire Rifle Club - Click Here for match bulletin
Sept 29       --   OTC matches at Eau Claire Rifle Club  -   Click Here for match bulletin
Oct 5, 6       --   Rescheduled "Bob Hall" OTC (sat), EIC Leg match on Sunday 
                       No match bulletin availiable  

That's all Folks
Hawkeye

Shooters News for the Minn Area - Sept 3, 2013

The Week Ahead

Highpower 
This is it --  the matches you have been waiting for are happening this weekend at Northwestern Gun Club, near Duluth. It will be two days of Mid Range Sling State Championship prone matches.  Usually known as the 9/11 Memorial matches.  These matches draw many shooters to the north woods just for the chance to shoot at such a nice rifle range. Each year shooters come from states around to compete in both 300 and 500 yd matches at this great range on the shores of Hunter Lake.  Saturday, Sept. 7th will feature Iron sight and Scope matches from the 300 yd. line. On Sunday, Sept 8th, shooters will move back to the 500 yd line for another day of both Iron sight and Any sight matches.  So gather up 160 rds plus a bunch of sighters and come on up for a weekend of trigger pulling.  
    Click here for Match bulletin           

 

  500 yd shooting at NWGC

 

300 Meter International
Mpls. Rifle Club invites you to their monthly 300 m International match -- Sept 8th. MRC is in NW Anoka county, and has super neat electronic targets.  Check it out. 

From Brian Shiffman:  
The September Minneapolis Rifle Club 300 meter match comes early this month.  Since the 1^st of the month was last Sunday, the match will be held this Sunday, September 8 in keeping with the schedule of the monthly matches held on the 2^nd Sunday of the month.  There will be two relays scheduled; the first goes off at 10 AM and the second at noon.  

  Register yourself at http://edfpages.com/mgfc/match.php.  Read the instructions.  Pay attention as you fill in the boxes and make selections from the drop down lists.  There is room for only 14 shooters per relay.  The box at the top of the list shows the number of shooters for each relay. 
    No expanding or fragmenting bullets.  Only match or full metal jacket bullets; no muzzle brakes but flash hiders are OK.  A-Max bullets are NOT allowed. They are fine for paper but have a jacket that will fragment and shred our targets when it hits.  
  Pick your shooting class: 3-Position, Prone (sling and iron sights), Offhand (iron sights), F-Open or F-TR.  If you use optical sights then you are in one of the two F classes, depending upon caliber and type of support used.  You can shoot F-TR class with a service rifle with a scope and a sling if you choose.  F-TR is limited to .223 (5.56) or .308 caliber and may use a bipod attached to the rifle (but not a front bag or rest).  F-Open is any other caliber or rifle support.  Shooting is governed by ISSF rules except we allow NRA shooting jackets.  As a club match, we have some liberty.

   Fee is $20 for the 60 shot match; Electronic targets, so, NO PIT DUTY and the match runs quickly, 3 strings of 20 rounds in succession.  Once the command is given to start the match, each shooter is on their own to finish within the 1:35 minutes.  
  If you need to cancel or change relays you have to contact me so that I can use the magic pixie dust to delete your entry and make it available for someone else.
   If you make an error on your entry, contact me so I can correct it. 
Brian D. Shiffman  shiff004@umn.edu

Last Weekend 
Prone and OTC matches at Eau Claire - No News

Notes:
Under the banner of "Where are They Now" we get this from Rick Curtis
"Yesterday a young man named James Wendel, who had reached out to Jim Hahn only two weeks ago, came out to try competitive shooting for the first time ever. James brought along and AR-10 and a Remy 700 in .308 to try his hand at the fullbore course and under the watchful eye of past palma team member and new Arizona resident Grant Ubl, appeared to have had the time of his life. I'm fairly certain we will be seeing more of Mr. Wendel as we progress into the cooler months. Also big thanks for helping out with not only the new guy, Grant, but for your dedication to the sling and F shooters in our community since your arrival in July. This has not gone unnoticed sir and we all owe you a debt of gratitude!"

Two Weeks out
Sept 14        --  100 shot Over the Course match at Mpls Rifle Club -- Click Here for Match Bulletin                        *remember this is a match with a FREE barbeque afterwards*
Sept 15        --  Minn State Offhand St. Championship at Mpls Rifle club --  click Here for match bulletin
Sept 21, 22  --  Mid Range Prone and Fclass Regional at NorthStar range.
                        Click Here for match bulletin
From Capt. Bob:    
"Hello belly shooters:
Attached is your program for the MRP Regional at North Star Sept. 21/22.  Here are a few points for your consideration: 

1. We can accommodate 60 shooters on 3 relays or 80 on 4 relays if necessary. 

2. F CLASS is big & growing so we expect more F CLASS shooters.  However, we will limit F CLASS & Sling to 30 or 40 entries until NOON WED. SEPT. 17.  After that time we will fill spots with whatever the demand is.  So if you want to ensure a spot PUH-LEESE read the program and send advance entry.  My instinct tells me we will probably NOT exceed 3 relays but we never know. 
3.  President Mike May is planning on a BBQ after the team match Sat.  We will be requesting a $5.00 donation to help offset food cost.  Therefore I also request you include a statement with your entry that you will stay for BBQ so we know how much stuff to order.  You can pay when you eat. 
4.  It's getting dark early by late Sept. so it's important to start on time.  Your advance entry will help with that!
5.  We would like to see club vs. club teams but if you can't find guys from your club we welcome state association teams. 
6.  I don't have a full list of F class shooters so it would be nice to see you F class guys spread the word. I'll add those names to my North Star DB for future reference. 

Call me 507-744-5200 or email dilligas@lonstel.com if you have questions.eeya in Sept.     Bob"

That's All Folks
Hawkeye