Minnesota Rifle Shooting

An opportunity to promote shooting sports in Minnesota

Maps to Ranges

  • NorthStar Rifle Club
  • Gopher Rifle Club --GRRC
  • Mpls. Rifle Club
  • NorthWestern gun club - Duluth,MN
  • Ben Avery Shoot Facility-- Phoenix, AZ
  • PGRC (So. MT.) rifle range
  • Northwestern Gun Club - Duluth, MN

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Weather forecast for GRRC this weekend

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Weather Forcast for NorthStar matches this weekend

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2016 Minn area High Power match schdule

  • 2016 High power schedule -Click here

2016 Small Bore match schedule for Mn area

  • 2016 Small Bore match schedule for MN Area

Match bulletins for up-coming Minn area rifle matches - 2015

  • Sept 19,20 - Two day EIC Leg Match at RedWing
  • Oct 3,4 - Palma and Long Range at GRRC
  • Oct 10 - 200 yd Small Bore Prone at MRC
  • CMP Affidavit for for Leg Matches

How to Zero the Service Rifle for Competition

  • Zeroing the Service Rifle by Jim Evenson

2014 GRRC High Power practice Schedule

  • 2014 GRRC High Power practice Schedule

Range Food for Hungry Shooters

  • Jim's darn good Beef Jerky

Back by popular demand!

  • The Fastest gun in the World

Old Eyes and Iron sights

  • Part 1 - First thoughts
  • Part 2 - Iron sight opics
  • Part 3 - Techniques to see better
  • Part 4 -Too much light from Spotting Scope
  • Part 5 -Thoughts on front sight optics, shooting glasses, and stock settings,
  • Part 6 - Rear sight diopter testing
  • Part 7 - Rear sight diopter testing - Pt 2

Summary of Rapid fire Scoring principals

  • Marking the target

Using The Data book

  • Using the Data book - From Kunz
  • The importance of the Data book -- SPC Jason St. John USAMU

My First Rifle Match -- 1967

My First Rifle Match -- 1967
Team Try-outs April 1967

Small Bore Wind Mill -- Make your own !

Small Bore Wind Mill -- Make your own !
Click Pict. for Parts list - If you make one--send me a pict.

Match shooting

  • Mark's HighPower Primer - Mark Havlik
  • Intro to Across the Course shooting -- Desert Sharpshooters
  • Introduction to "Across the Course" matches -- Oran R. Woody

Prone Shooting Tips

  • 1. One of the Best Prone shooters ever-- Lones Wigger -- Discusses prone shooting techniques
  • 2. Have a prone plan --Puuloa.com
  • 3. Slow Prone -- Konrad
  • 4. The prone position -- JD Hicks
  • 5. Building the position -- SPC Matthew Sigrist USAMU

About Me

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Hawkeye
Former Marine, Viet Nam vet, Distinguished Rifleman in 1996, B.S. Forestry U of M, Highpower & and Small Bore competitor since 1988, Black Belts in Hwa Rang, and Shotokan Karate, currently training in Combat Hapkido...(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i56xMJ-XoTs&feature=related ) Contact: ARman772@aol.com
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My Viet Nam experience - pt 1 - 1966

My Viet Nam experience - pt 1 - 1966
Click PIC for slide show

My Viet Nam Experience - pt 2 -- Around the Fire Base

My Viet Nam Experience - pt 2 -- Around the Fire Base
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Ready for 300 yd Rapidfire --NWGC

Ready for 300 yd Rapidfire --NWGC
Stand By your Targets

Favorite loads of top western long range shooters

  • Hitting the middle at long range takes good ammo ---German Salazar

Reloading Series by German Salazar

  • Two Step sizing and Concentricity
  • Measuring the Case
  • Velocity Decisions
  • Seating Depth
  • Neck Turning
  • HeadSpace
  • Neck Tension
  • Concentricity Tools
  • A few Concentricity Questions
  • Bullet Sorting and Preparation
  • Seating Die Run Out
  • Widden Bullet pointing tool

By Mark Havlik

  • Introduction to High Power Rifle shooting

Palma Bullets and Barrels

  • by German Salazar

Project: Converting my old 35mm slides to Digital

Project: Converting my old 35mm slides to Digital
1st old slide Tray -- Winter Climbing and Sking '74---Click for more of the Pics

Slide Recovery Project-- 35mm slides to Digital

  • Misc. Rock and ice Climbing (new)
  • Winter climb of Mt Ranier (new)
  • Climbing Snomass Peak 14112 ft (new)
  • My Viet Nam -pt 2 around the fire base
  • Climbing Devils Tower (new)
  • Winter Climb N Face Longs Peak & Gila Wilderness Area (new)
  • Racing the Car -- 1970 - Road America
  • Hiking Snowmass Wilderness Area 1974
  • Climbing Cloud Peak 13156 ft winter of 75
  • Grand Canyon raft trip -- 1978
  • Climbing East face Longs Peak 14266 ft 1979 (Fixed)

Over the Course Matches

  • -- complete How To instructions --

High Power Classifications

  • Qualification scores for NRA Highpower Classification -- from Bill Poole

Adjusting the Tube Gun (or other) rifle stock--by German Salazar

  • How to adjust the the Target Rifle Stock for Prone shooting

Competition Rifle Stocks

  • A look at modern Target Rifle Stocks by German Salazar

Combat Hapkido -- My new Martial Arts endeavor (Green Belt now)

  • Combat Hapkido - Demo 2
  • David Rivas, my instructor -- ouch!
  • Amazing Hapkido !
  • Hapkido wrist locks
  • Hapkido - Fight Sicence
  • Defense against kicks

Hapkido -- Grand Master Pelegrine demonstrates wrist lock on Hawkeye

Hapkido -- Grand Master Pelegrine demonstrates wrist lock on Hawkeye
Ouch ! click pict to expand my pain

Shoot and See --

Shoot and See --
Through the scope - 200 yds -- Click Pict to see recipie for making your own shoot and see targets

Copper Fouling -- remove it safely with Blue Goop. From Precision Shooting 5/83

  • Recipe for Blue Goop

Our Black Belts

Our Black Belts
Forte's American Karate - Wyo. Mn -- Click Pict for video- Watch till end

Links

  • Southwestern Rifle Shooting - Rick Curtis
  • Mn State Service Rifle Team
  • The Rifleman's Journal
  • Weather Rpt -- Mpls.
  • Accuracy Speaks
  • Aizona Rifle Shooting
  • Desert Sharp Shooters
  • CMP
  • Minnesota Center Shots Jr. Team
  • Long Rangers Jr. Team
  • Shoot and See -- Targets

Prone Shooting --

  • Elements of successful marksmanship by German Salazar

Marine Corp Rifle Marksmanship Manual

  • Click for link

Minnesota Competitive Rifle Ranges

  • NorthWestern Gun Club -- 500 yd
  • NorthStar Rifle Club -- 600 yd
  • Elk River Sportsman's Club -- 600yd
  • Gopher Rifle and Revolver Club -- 1000 yd

Marine Riflemen

  • Deadliest weapon in the World
  • Marine in Iraq -- don't run with sissors

German Salazar

German Salazar
99 yd Sm Bore match

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My Blog List

  • Proneshooting
    12/01/18: PRGC December XTC Results
    5 years ago
  • The Rifleman's Journal
  • Prone in the Wilderness

Dawn Patrol with the 2nd fire team, 3rd squad,

Dawn Patrol with the 2nd fire team, 3rd squad,
Lock and Load! April 1966

We will NOT Forget

We will NOT Forget

Master Dominic Forte -- Forte's American Karate

Master Dominic Forte -- Forte's American Karate
right clck pict and open link to Forte's American Karate--Wyo, MN

Eating good tonight !

Eating good tonight !
Bin son village with Alpha Co. 1st Marines, Feb '66

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