Next Weekend
Highpower
Over the Course shooters will be on the firing line at Gopher Rifle and Revolver Club this coming Saturday, Sept,13th. The Guys at GRRC have been working hard to get the range ready for one of the last OTC matches of the year. The weather forecast now is for clear skies and sunshine, so dig out that match rifle or service rifle and and head to GRRC. If you miss this OTC match, your only other chance this season will be Sept 28 at Eau Claire. Click here for Match Bulletin
Note: The 1000pt OTC match scheduled for Sept. 13th at MRC is Cancelled
Note: The Offhand St. Champ match scheduled for Sept. 14th at MRC is rescheduled to Oct. 11th.
Long Range
Gopher Rifle and Revolver Club will be the scene for a long Range "Full Bore" match this Sunday, Sept 14. This is a prone match for both Sling and F-class shooters. This match has a few special rules so read the Program. Shooters will go to the line first at 300 yds for the first 15 shot match, and then the 3 following matches will be fired at the 600, 900, and 1000yd lines -- 15 shots for record plus sighters.
This is a great match for shooters to get any newer rifles sighted in for Long Range, since you start at the 300 yd line and work back to 1000yds. This is also a great match for the newer shooter that would like to try some long range shooting because of the short range warm up matches. Give it a try!
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300 Meter International
Mpls Rifle Club will host it's September 300 meter match on Sept 14th
"Because of increased interest, all matches will be squadded in advance via email.
To reserve a space in the next match email Brian Shifftman at:
"Last Weekend
From: Erik Rhode
2014 MN Mid-Range Prone State Championship
Northwestern Gun Club
Northwestern Gun Club
Duluth, MN
The annual State Championship match for Mid Range prone
specialists was held last weekend on the scenic shores of Hunter Lake near
Duluth, MN. The Range was in beautiful
shape, the weather was picture perfect, and the competition was top-notch.
The schedule of events promised an 80-shot, 4-man team championship match on Saturday, all fired from NWGC’s 500-yard line. Being a late-season match, it was somewhat hard to get teams together, but 5 managed to show up to battle it out for the title. Due to logistical difficulties, only host the host club managed to put together an official club team, and I believe they actually fielded 2 full squads. My Northstar Rifle Club could only manage to find 3 shooters, so I ended up shooting with 3 other scrubs on an out-of-competition team. Likewise, MRC was a man short, so they added the always solid utility-man Leo Huhta from ERSC to fill out their roster.
Conditions were just about perfect, with sunny skies, low humidity and a slight breeze keeping the flags twitching. I didn’t pay too close attention to the details of the winds on Saturday, (hey, it was a team match, that’s the coach’s problem!) but I don’t think I ever saw more than ¾ dialed on my windage knob. As the day shook out, the final results looked something like this:
The schedule of events promised an 80-shot, 4-man team championship match on Saturday, all fired from NWGC’s 500-yard line. Being a late-season match, it was somewhat hard to get teams together, but 5 managed to show up to battle it out for the title. Due to logistical difficulties, only host the host club managed to put together an official club team, and I believe they actually fielded 2 full squads. My Northstar Rifle Club could only manage to find 3 shooters, so I ended up shooting with 3 other scrubs on an out-of-competition team. Likewise, MRC was a man short, so they added the always solid utility-man Leo Huhta from ERSC to fill out their roster.
Conditions were just about perfect, with sunny skies, low humidity and a slight breeze keeping the flags twitching. I didn’t pay too close attention to the details of the winds on Saturday, (hey, it was a team match, that’s the coach’s problem!) but I don’t think I ever saw more than ¾ dialed on my windage knob. As the day shook out, the final results looked something like this:
2014 MRP Team State Champions
Northwestern Gun Club Gold, team score of 3118-95x
Northwestern Gun Club Gold, team score of 3118-95x
Firing members: -
"Diamond” Dave Salo
“Magic” Mike Theis
Elliot “The Serbian Sensation” Zunich
Eric “Heartbreaker” Hartley
"Diamond” Dave Salo
“Magic” Mike Theis
Elliot “The Serbian Sensation” Zunich
Eric “Heartbreaker” Hartley
1st
place team
The Dawgs, team score of 3151-138x
Firing members:
Mark “Rottweiler” Rohmann
Phil “ The Klandyman” Klanderud
Eric “Purple Haze” Hazelton
Leo “Hound Dog” Huhta
The Dawgs, team score of 3151-138x
Firing members:
Mark “Rottweiler” Rohmann
Phil “ The Klandyman” Klanderud
Eric “Purple Haze” Hazelton
Leo “Hound Dog” Huhta
Match Winner
US National Rifle
Team Blue, team score of 3187-188x
Coach:
John “Lumpy” Lumberg
Firing members:
-
Stacy
“The Surgeon” Tamulinas
-
“Sexy”
Steve Knutson
-
Brian
“Short Pants” Mrnak
-
“Reasonably
Competent” Erik Rhode
Next, it was on to Sunday’s matches. Conditions were almost identical to the day
before as shooters started showing up for their squadding assignments at the
200-yard shack. 26 shooters were on hand
for another 80 shots from the 500-yard line.
Conditions were excellent all day, with sunny skies and a light
fishtailing tailwind that was pretty easy to keep up with. In the combined Sharpshooter/Expert/Master
Class, Big Bob Woods and Bruce “Raw Deal” Rawlings each took a
class win in matches 3 and 4, but it was notorious sandbagger Lil’ Dickie VanValkenburg who cleaned
up again. With class wins in matches 1
and 2, and the top daily agg in the combined group, I think Dickie has finally
worn out his welcome in the Expert Class.
His 789 last weekend at Eau Claire, and his 783-28x on Sunday should land
him squarely in the Master class where he belongs. Wait by your mailbox Dick, the NRA will be
along shortly with a new card.
As is often the case in prone matches, competition was
fierce at the top with 14 High Masters present out of the 26 total shooters. Quite a few 200’s were turned in along with some
high X-count 198’s and 199’s. Last
year’s state champ, “Sexy” Steve Knutson
and Mighty Morgen Dietrich (isn’t
this guy still a junior?!?) both shot clean the first 2 matches, and were tied
at 400-21x going into match #3. Morgen
displayed nerves of steel in match #3 and posted a 200-13x to stay perfect for
the day and pull away from Newt. Stacy “The Surgeon” Tamulinas reminded
us that he was still around by posting the top score of the day with his
200-16x in match 3. With this impressive
score he cruised right past Steve and slid into 2nd place, only a
single point away from Morgen. The
State Championship would come down to match #4, and the title was Morgen’s to
lose. If he stayed clean, no one could
catch him. If he dropped even a single
point, he would be within striking distance of the Surgeon and his monstrous
X-count. Morgen stacked up 15 X’s and 4
10’s in his first 19 shots in match 4, but on the last shot of the day he
finally let one get away. A 799 is a great
score no matter who you are, but would it be enough today with Stacy hot on his
heels? As it turned out, Stacy also lost one in
match #4, and Morgen’s 799-49x squeaked past Stacy’s 798-51x. Looks like the MRP trophy and matching plaque
will spend the next year in Olivia, MN next to the MN State Long Range
trophy. Congrats to Morgen on the win
and another great season.
I think it’s safe to say everyone involved had a good time,
and it’s perfect weekends like this that really make it hard to face the end of
another shooting season. These are the
kind of matches that I will be thinking about all winter, as I stare out the
window at the growing snow drifts for hours at a time, with tears welling up in
my eyes. Thanks to Jim Fernandez and the rest of the gang at NWGC for being great
hosts as usual, and for running an excellent match.
Hope to see everyone again at one of the few remaining
matches left on the calendar. Get out
and shoot while you can, because pretty soon you’ll be wishing you even had the
option!
Best regards,
Erik Rhode
Thanks Erik for that report. Sounds like you all had a good match
Leg Match at GRRCAnother Great Match!!
Twenty six service rifle shooters came together at GRRC Saturday Sept 6, to compete for "Leg Points" --- If you ever earn enough leg points in your shooting career, you will earn the title of Distinguished Rifleman from the CMP. Eight Leg points were on the line for the winner, and 6 pts would be awarded to 2nd place -- Third place would be 1st "loser"(known as 1st leather). It's all or nothing in a Leg Match and there are no sighter shots. There are no 'sighters' in combat, and there are no sighters at a Leg Match. -- Good luck!The weather was PERFECT-- high 60s and there was very little wind to plague the shooters in the offhand position or at the 600 yd line
***Click Here for Slide Show and Video of this Leg Match
And the Winners were:
photo by Mark Havlik
Two Weeks Out
Sept 20, 21 - Two day Mid Range prone and Fclass at Northstar - Click here for match Bulletin
Sept 21 - Sm Bore Outdoor Prone 1600 at Elk River - No match bulletin available
That's All Folks
Hawkeye
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