Next Weekend
Labor Day has come and gone, but there are still 3 weeks till the official start of fall. It's not time to put those match rifles into hibernation yet! This coming weekend offers the competition shooter two excellent Highpower matches to choose from. Service Rifle shooters will have the opportunity to try once more to earn a "leg" and advance their quest for that elusive 'Distinguished Rifleman's Badge". Gopher Rifle and Revolver Club will be the scene of the Minn area's last "Leg" match of the year on Saturday Sept 6, 2014. These are 50 shot Over the Course matches where shooters compete at distances of 200 to 600 yds with basic service rifles using battle sights. The first 3 matches are shot at 200 and 300 yds using the offhand position for 10 shots, then follows rapid fire matches from the prone and sitting position. The last phase of this 'Excellence in Competition" match will be 20 shots prone from the 600 yd line. The top ten percent of competitors will win some leg points, and be on their way to earning that Distinguished badge. Good luck guys! Click Here for Match bulletin
Prone shooters will be heading to the Northwestern Gun Club for the "9/11" matches and two days of hard fought traditional sling shooting competition. Saturday, Sept 6 shooters will form up teams to shoot four 20 shot matches per team shooter. Two matches will be fired with 'Iron' sights and two with 'Any' sights. The winners will be crowned with the State Team Championship. On Sunday, Sept 7th it will be every man/woman for themselves, as competitors will be shooting for individual St Championship honors. All matches will be shot from the NWGC's well manicured 500 yd line along the shores of Hunter Lake. Click Here for Match bulletin
From: Capt. Bob
Hello MRP shooters:
Attached you will find 2 programs for the Iowa MRP sling and F class
championship tournaments in Des Moines. They have a dandy range and
there are a couple motels within 10 miles.
HOLDHARD,
Bob Click Here for Sept 13, Mid Range prone match bulletin. Click here for Sept 14 F-class match bulletin
Notes: 1.The 1000 pt OTC match scheduled for Sept 13th at Mpls Rifle Club is Cancelled
2. The Off Hand championship match scheduled for Sept 14th has been rescheduled to Oct 11 at MRC
Notes: 1.The 1000 pt OTC match scheduled for Sept 13th at Mpls Rifle Club is Cancelled
2. The Off Hand championship match scheduled for Sept 14th has been rescheduled to Oct 11 at MRC
300 meter International
from: Brian Shiffman The September 300 meter match (at MRC) will be on Sunday the 21st. Registration will be open beginning September 1. Registration web page is http://edfpages.com/mgfc/match.php
Brian D. Shiffman shiff004@umn.edu
Last Weekend
Eau Claire Matches -- Results in from Jim Milville of ECNRC
OTC Match scores
Click Here for Mid-range match results
F-class State Championship
From Scott Olson Pres. ERSC
Hi Jim,
The dust has settled another fantastic mid range
F-class state championship match here at the Elk River Sportsman's Club.
The state championship matches started off with Saturday's team
matches. 34 shooters competed in the 240 shot aggregate team matches. On
the F-Open side, The X Men comprised of Rick Sievers, Mike Jones, John
Rykhus and Chris Longley took the state trophy with a score of
2380-127X. On the F-TR side, Team Hig comprised of Ed Higgins, Nick
Larson, Greg Siefert and Robert White had a score of 2293-56X. Mike
Lehmeier had the high individual score in F-TR with 587-25X. Ben Winget
had the high individual score in F-Open with 600-32X.
It is interesting to note that while Ben took the aggregate, his individual scores won him a fourth place (200-10X) and two thirds (200-11X, 200-11X). That is how good the scores were Saturday!
Sunday's conditions for the indiviual championship were much tougher with gusting winds out of the east. Just when a shooter thought they had a handle on the wind, it would switch to the south and move the shot out the the one MOA ten ring. Temps were near 90* and the humidity was high. 80 shots became an endurance challenge. Hard holding Mike Lehmeier took the honors at F-TR Mid-Range Champion with a score of 784-31X after winning the first three matches and placing second in the fourth. Mike Lehmeier is both the 2014 Long Range and Mid-Range F-TR champion.
The F-Open championship was hotly contested by several shooters and wasn't decided until the last score sheet was turned in. Lisa Olson won the first match of the day with a 199-11X with three other shooters falling one X behind. Lisa slipped out of the the lead after the second match with a third place score of 199-10X, her aggregate staying one X ahead of Greg Whalstrom, but one X behind Mike Jones and his 199-14X. Lisa tied winning the third match the day of with junior Tyson Brabec, both scoring 199-10X. Having only dropped three points after three matches, Lisa took the lead with John Rykhus and Mike Jones both one point behind. Pat Scully loomed ominously two points back, quietly waiting to make his move. The fourth match of the day found the winds picking up, mirage came and went and kept the top shooters working hard. When the score sheets were turned in, Lisa had finished with a 197-13X and was holding onto the aggregate lead with a 794-44X, five X's ahead of John Rykhus and his 794-39X. Pat Scully turned in a 198-11 to fall one point and two X's behind Lisa.
It is interesting to note that while Ben took the aggregate, his individual scores won him a fourth place (200-10X) and two thirds (200-11X, 200-11X). That is how good the scores were Saturday!
Sunday's conditions for the indiviual championship were much tougher with gusting winds out of the east. Just when a shooter thought they had a handle on the wind, it would switch to the south and move the shot out the the one MOA ten ring. Temps were near 90* and the humidity was high. 80 shots became an endurance challenge. Hard holding Mike Lehmeier took the honors at F-TR Mid-Range Champion with a score of 784-31X after winning the first three matches and placing second in the fourth. Mike Lehmeier is both the 2014 Long Range and Mid-Range F-TR champion.
The F-Open championship was hotly contested by several shooters and wasn't decided until the last score sheet was turned in. Lisa Olson won the first match of the day with a 199-11X with three other shooters falling one X behind. Lisa slipped out of the the lead after the second match with a third place score of 199-10X, her aggregate staying one X ahead of Greg Whalstrom, but one X behind Mike Jones and his 199-14X. Lisa tied winning the third match the day of with junior Tyson Brabec, both scoring 199-10X. Having only dropped three points after three matches, Lisa took the lead with John Rykhus and Mike Jones both one point behind. Pat Scully loomed ominously two points back, quietly waiting to make his move. The fourth match of the day found the winds picking up, mirage came and went and kept the top shooters working hard. When the score sheets were turned in, Lisa had finished with a 197-13X and was holding onto the aggregate lead with a 794-44X, five X's ahead of John Rykhus and his 794-39X. Pat Scully turned in a 198-11 to fall one point and two X's behind Lisa.
Lisa was second to Ben Winget in 2013, and now was
second by one point in 2014. She wants everyone to know she doesn't like
losing so watch out in 2015. Mike Jones is both the 2014 Long Range and
Mid-Range F-Open champion.
Congratulations to all the shooters who competed in
the long two day match. We were hoping to put our new expanded pits into
use but the weather forecast kept a few shooters away. ERSC has
expanded the pits to 25 carriers with plans to add 2 more in 2015. This
would give a 3 relay match capacity of 75 shooters and, God forbid, a 4
relay capacity of 100 shooters. At the rate F-Class is growing, it won't
be long! Heading to Alaska, see you all in October.
Scott Olson, President Elk River Sportsman's Club
Thanks Scott for that report. The way you guys and gals were shooting at this match, I suspect some of those X-ringers will be heading out the to F Nationals in Phoenix end of Oct. If not they should be! Click here and here for F-Nats match bulletin
Note:Scott Olson, President Elk River Sportsman's Club
Thanks Scott for that report. The way you guys and gals were shooting at this match, I suspect some of those X-ringers will be heading out the to F Nationals in Phoenix end of Oct. If not they should be! Click here and here for F-Nats match bulletin
Those of you who identified the "mystery guest" at last weeks Sm bore match as Dave Gross got it correct.
Two Weeks Out
Sept 13 - Highpower OTC match at GRRC -- no program available
Sept 14 - Full bore prone and F-class at GRRC - no program available
Sept 21 - Outdoor Prone Sm Bore 1600 at Elk River - no program available
That's All Folks
Hawkeye
Two Weeks Out
Sept 13 - Highpower OTC match at GRRC -- no program available
Sept 14 - Full bore prone and F-class at GRRC - no program available
Sept 21 - Outdoor Prone Sm Bore 1600 at Elk River - no program available
That's All Folks
Hawkeye
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