QUICK REMINDERS FOR JUNE and JULY 2025

SHOOT SCHEDULES:

Sunday, July 13, 2025 - PETITCODIAC - RIMFIRE OPEN

Sunday, July 20, 2025 - MINTO - RIMFIRE OPEN/SPORTER, Handgun RF

PLEASE NOTE: THE RNBRA RIMFIRE BENCHREST CHAMPIONSHIP WILL BE SHOT AT THE SAME TIME AS THIS REGULAR MINTO MATCH.

THE RNBRA CENTERFIRE BENCHREST CHAMPIONSHIP WILL BE SHOT IN PETITCODIAC ON SEPTEMBER 21.

Sunday, July 27, 2025 - PETITCODIAC - CENTERFIRE OPEN

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2025 CLUB RECORDS/ GUN SHOW DATES/ NEW BRUNSWICK CLEAN TARGET RECORDS/ CONTACT INFORMATION

JULY 6, 2025 - MINTO - CENTERFIRE OPEN/SPORTER - RESULTS

Well, it was a summer day in Minto New Brunswick. This meant that on the drive to the range it was raining a little with overcast skies and temperature at about 18C. At the range it was still overcast and the rain had stopped. It did not come back during the match but we experienced some misting on the way home. During the match, the temperature rose from 18C to 27C - quite warm for the high humidity.

The wind was mostly from the left - quite steady during the first relay. During the second and third relays it was switching and sometimes died completely - hard to predict and even harder to compensate for the velocity changes. Some of our error were certainly due to this.

Because of the small number of shooters, there were only 2 relays. This was good as the match did not last long and we could plan on some other things to do this Sunday when we got home. It was bad, though, in that our barrels did not get much of a chance to cool down between relays - were some of our wild shoots due to this?

We were glad to see our shooting friend, Ben F., again after a long time away. He had not lost any of his skills and did very well in Open Class.

PEOPLE TO THANK:

David C. - match director, scorer and target changer

Bert deV. - score verifier, photographer

Ben F. and Wayne K. - range officers and target changers

Guy H. - target changer

RESULTS - CENTERFIRE OPEN CLASS:

Bert deV- 100/8X     99/7X     100/7X = 299/22X (30BR)

Ben F. -  100/6X      99/6X      100/4X = 299/16X  (6mmBR)

Cecil H. - 100/4X    100/4X     99/3X = 299/11X (6mmPPC)

Don M. -  99/5X      100/8X      99/4X = 298/17X (30BR)

David C. - 99/2X      99/6X      98/4X = 296/12X (30BR)

RESULTS - CENTERFIRE SPORTER CLASS:

Guy H. -    50/4X     49/3X     50/5X = 149/12X (6mm/223)

Wayne K.- 47/1X     46/0X     45/2X = 138/3X (223)

Bert deV. - 46/1X     DNC    (222)

JUNE 29, 2025 - PETITCODIAC - CENTERFIRE OPEN - RESULTS

Thanks to Darryl K. for the results and pics and also to Danny G. for the write-up. Darryl says "small turn out and the wind was up - still some shooters did well".

Danny G. says "Only five shooters at today’s match for what ever the reason might be - perhaps it was because of the “long” weekend or because the wind was quite nasty throughout the day, not sure. We still had a great day and some good scores were realized. 

Match director today was Dan G. with John McC. performing the verifier role.  Malcolm McA. and John McC. were the target setters and retrievers.  RO was Dan while Tony L. looked after target stand placement and repair.   Thanks everyone.

RESULTS - CENTERFIRE BR - OPEN CLASS:

Danny G. -    100/6X     100/3X     100/5X = 300/14X

Malcolm McA.- 100/5X     99/7X     100/9X = 299/21X

John McC. -    100/5X     99/6X     99/5X = 298/16X

Darryl K. -    98/2X      96/3X      98/2X = 292/7X

Tony L. -     93/1X      95/1X      93/1X = 281/3X

JUNE 22, 2025 - MINTO - RIMFIRE OPEN/SPORTER - RESULTS

Thanks to Dale H. for sending the results and to Barb for sending the pics.

Sixteen eager shooters attended the rimfire shoot in Minto today. Rimfire shooting is becoming a bit more popular lately - possibly because it is more affordable than centerfire shooting and necessary materials are more available. At any rate, it was very nice to get together with friends doing what we love to do - target shooting!

The conditions today were a bit mixed. Temperatures started around 13C with pretty high relative humidity. At the end of the match, it had risen to about 24C. During the shooting, we had some pretty significant rain storms. Thanks a lot to the target changers who got wet during the rain.

Thankfully, the wind was very benign and predictable. A lot of the shooting time experienced little or no visible wind and the tails on the flags drooped down without even a little wiggle. There was some wind - either from right to left or the reverse - but this did not last long and returned to the original "no wind" condition. Shooters had to be very careful nonetheless and had to pay attention to all flags in every corner of the range as a slight indication in any one of them would signal a change in the flight of the bullet. Good scores were the result of these conditions even though a point here or there was lost.

PEOPLE TO THANK:

Match Director – David C.

Scorer and Verifier – Dale H. and John M., 

Range Officers – Barb J., Conrad L. and David C.

Target Changers – Barb J., Gerald D., Guy H., Wayne LeB., Dan B., David C.

Treats – Barb J. (Brownies & Cookies), David C. (Coffee and cookies) Richard M. (Timbits)

Pictures – Barb J.

RESULTS – OPEN CLASS RIMFIRE:

Shooter                     Targets                  Total

Bert deV. 200/17X    200/14X    400/31X

Gerald D. 200/12X    200/13X    400/25X

Cecil H. 199/13X    200/13X    399/26X

David C.   199/6X       200/9X       399/15X

Barb J. 199/5X       200/8X       399/13X

Richard M. 199/2X       200/6X       399/8X

Bruce B. 199/9X       199/8X       398/17X

Guy H. 199/7X       198/9X       397/16X

Dale H. 196/9X       200/9X       396/18X

Norbert S. 196/3X       200/9X       396/12X

RESULTS – SPORTER CLASS RIMFIRE:

Shooter                  Targets                  Total

Wayne LeB. 200/10X     200/16X     400/26X

Bert deV. 199/7X    200/10X     399/17X

Cecil H. 198/11X    199/7X       397/18X

Dan B. 197/3X       199/11X      396/14X

Conrad L. 99/3X         296/11X      395/14X

Don M. 198/3X       196/11X      394/5X

John M. 198/4X       194/6X        392/10X

Wayne K. 189/2X       185/2X        374/4X

JUNE 15, 2025 - PETITCODIAC - ANNUAL RIMFIRE TEAM SHOOT - RESULTS

Thanks to Volker T. for the result, write-up and pic.

Two club teams arrived at PSC for the annual 100yd Team Shoot -

Petitcodiac Sportsmen and Lake George. Unfortunately, the Minto Gun

Club did not participate this year. We missed them and hope they can

participate next year.

As usual, all shooters present were able to compete but only the top four

scores from each club formed the club team score, (indicated by asterix below).

The weather was nice with temperatures in the 20C-24C range for the

day, with relatively clear skies. The winds were light, but challenging for

this 100yd distance. Shooting 100yd is a different game as compared to the

usual 50yd benchrest matches. It always makes for an interesting and

challenging match.

 

As some shooters experienced, there were times when the wind dropped down,

but those calm spells did not always guarantee perfect shots.

PEOPLE TO THANK: 

Volker T. was match director and scorer with Dan G. verifying. Various other

members assisted with target setting and posting - thanks to all. Firing

line sweets were courtesy of Bruce B., Dale H. and Richard M - thanks

guys. Grant H. ensured that we would have a good lunch for the noon

break.Thanks also to the two range officers - Chris S. and John McC. 

In the end, it was a close match separating first from second, with only an 11x13

difference. This year, the bragging rights go to Team Petitcodiac with a total score 

of 1518x54 while Team Lake George scored 1507x41.

Congrats to the medal winners:
1st - John McC., 2nd - John M., and 3rd - Dale H.

RESULTS - RIMFIRE BR AT 100YD:

TEAM LAKE GEORGE GUN CLUB:

John M.  - 185x5   197x12  = 382x17* 

Dale H. -  186x6     195x5  = 381x11* 

Richard M. - 187x4   187x2  = 374x6* 

Bruce B. -  181x3     190x4  = 370x7* 

Dan B. -   182x1      186x0  = 368x1 

Norbert S. -172x0    183x5  = 355x5 

TEAM PETITCODIAC SPORTSMEN'S CLUB:

John McC.-190x3    193x8 = 383x11* 

Chris S.  -190x7    189x9   = 379x16* 

Grant H. - 188x5     191x11  = 379x16* 

Dan G.  - 185x4     192x7   = 377x11* 

Volker T. - 180x3     188x6  = 368x9 

Becky McC.- 183x7   181x3 = 364x10 

TEAM TOTALS:

LAKE GEORGE: 382x17 + 381x11 + 374x6 + 370x7 = 1507x41

PETITCODIAC: 383x11 + 379x16 + 379x16 + 377x11 = 1518x54

JUNE 8, 2025 - MINTO CENTERFIRE BR - RESULTS

It was a beautiful late spring day in New Brunswick, Canada, when just a handful of shooters came out to enjoy a centerfire match. Temperatures started around 13C early in the morning and, by the end of the day, it was a very nice 22C.

Although, early in the morning, the clouds that brought a lot of rain in the previous days still lingered, by the end of the first relay, these had disapeared and the remainder of the day stayed sunny. For some shooters this produced some glare and mirage around the targets but for the most part the sight picture was bright and clear.

The wind though was a bit of a headache starting out as a right to left wind predominantly at about 10-20km/hr. Over the course of the match it became switching right to left and the complete reverse with rarely a pause between. It was very difficult to predict and often switching while sighting before the shot was made.

Only one clean match was shot today with congrats going to Cecil H. with a score of 300/20X in open class.

PEOPLE TO THANK:

Match Director - David C.

Scoring/verifying - David C. and Bert deV.

ROs - Wayne K., David C. and Bert deV.

Target changers - Guy H., Cecil H., David C. and Bert deV.

Coffee/cookies - David C.

Pictures - Bert deV.

RESULTS - CENTERFIRE BR - OPEN CLASS:

Cecil H. -100/8X  100/6X   100/6X =  300/20X (6mmPPC)

Bert deV. -  100/6X      99/5X      99/4X = 298/15X (30BR)

Don M. -   96/4X      97/3X      99/5X = 292/12X (30BR)

David C. - 96/4X     97/1X     96/1X = 289/6X (6mmPPC)

RESULTS - CENTERFIRE BR - SPORTER CLASS:

Bert deV. - 48/3X     49/3X     50/2X = 147/8X (222 Rem)

Guy H. -   48/2X     49/2X     50/3X = 147/7X (223 Win)

David C. -  49/2X      48/2X      48/2X = 145/6X (? )

Cecil H. - 48/0X     49/1X     48/2X = 145/3X (223 Win)

Wayne K. - 47/2X    50/1X    47/1X = 144/4X (223 Win)

JUNE 1, 2025 - PETITCODIAC - RIMFIRE OPEN - RESULTS

Thanks to Darryl K. for the results and pics. Darryl says "very nasty winds the whole match. Some very nice scores just the same ".

RESULTS - RIMFIRE BR - OPEN CLASS:

Gerald D. -  250/9X      249/9X = 499/18X

Wayne LeB.- 249/7X    250/8X = 499/15X

Grant H. -  248/11X    249/13X = 497/24X

Bruce B. -   248/8X      247/8X = 495/16X

Darryl K. -   246/4X      249/8X = 495/12x

John McC. - 247/15X   244/7X = 491/22X

 Richard M. - 237/7X     249/8X = 486/15X

Chris S. -    237/4X      247/7X = 484/11X

Danny G. -  242/4X      238/3X = 480/7X

MAY 25, 2025 - MINTO - RIMFIRE OPEN/SPORTER - RESULTS

Thanks to Dale H. for sending the results.

Boy - oh - Boy! This has been some spring for weather - kind of depressing even for New Brunswick. Everyday, it seems, has been cold, dark and a lot of rain has fallen. This is true for today as well when we all gathered in Minto for a semi-annual meeting and a rimfire match afterwards.

The temperature this morning , when we started out for the range , was about 6C and this increased to about 10C by the time the match ended. It rained, off and on, for most of the day with no sunny periods at all. The wind was from the left at about 10-20km/hr for the early half of the match and then became switching - left to right - for the second half of the match.

RELAY # 1

Despite this, we were all eager to shoot and enjoy the company of our fellow shooters.

Scores were generally pretty good for the conditions. Congrats go to Cecil H. who shot a clean 400/19X in Open class and to Wayne LeB. who shot a very fine 400/23X in Sporter class.

RELAY # 2

We welcomed a new shooter in our midst. Shane M. came out and observed the activities - hopefully learning some good things along the way.

RELAY # 3

On more of a sad note - Barb J. informed me that our good friend George M. was involved in a car accident on the way home. He is recuperating in hospital. We wish him the best and a speedy recovery.

PEOPLE TO THANK:

Match Director – David C.

Score and Verifier – Dale H., John M., 

Range Officers – Bruce B., Wayne K., Conrad L.

Treats – Barb J. (Banana Bread & Cookies), David C. (Coffee) Richard M. (Cookies)

Target Changers – Mike B., Guy H., Barb J., Dale H., Bruce B., Cecil H., David C., Bert deV.

Pictures – Bert deV., Barb J. and Darryl K.

 

RESULTS – OPEN CLASS RIMFIRE:

Shooter                     Targets                  Total

Cecil H. 200/9X    200/10X    400/19X

Gerald D. 200/6X    199/7X      399/13X (on count back)

Dale H. 200/5X       199/8X       399/13X

Barb J. 198/4X       200/15X     398/19X

Richard M. 197/6X       199/6X       396/12X

David C.   196/4X       198/7X       394/11X

Bruce B. 195/6X       198/4X       393/10X

Wayne K. 196/8X       194/1X       390/9X

RESULTS – SPORTER CLASS RIMFIRE:

Shooter                  Targets                  Total

Wayne LeB. 200/15X      200/8X      400/23X

Guy H. 200/5X       198/5X       398/10X

Bert deV. 199/5X    197/5X      396/10X

Dan G. 198/7X       196/4X       394/11X

Darryl K. 196/8X       194/5X       390/13X

Richard M. 197/2X       192/3X       389/5X

Mike B. 190/3X       196/3X       386/6X

Conrad L.  DNF          194/3X       194/3X

MAY 18, 2025 - PETITCODIAC - RIMFIRE BR, OPEN - RESULTS

Thanks to Darryl K. for the results and pics. He says "bad twisty winds 

caught a lot of shooters by surprise ." Thanks also to Chris S. who 

sent pics and says "great shooting and scores today - in nasty twisty winds ."

Thanks also to Danny G. for the write-up. "It was a decent enough day yesterday for our .22 Benchrest shoot in Petitcodiac.   The wind was a bit snappy but if you could be patient the right condition might present itself, lol !   Not a lot of rain after we started and only one shower of any consequence on the way home".  

Two shooters shot 500’s with good X counts - congrats to Chris S. who shot a very fine 500/28X and to Grant H. who shot a 500/22X - and there were four 499’s posted as well.

PEOPLE TO THANK:

Danny G. - match director and scorer

John McC. - score verifier

Darryl K. and  Chris S. - ROs

Danny G., Bruce B. and Wayne LeB. - sweets

Many others - target changers

 

RESULTS - RIMFIRE BR - OPEN CLASS:

Chris S. -    250/15X      250/13X = 500/28X

Grant H. -    250/10X     250/12X = 500/22X

Wayne LeB. - 249/10X  250/15X = 499/25X

Darryl K. -   250/9X      249/13X = 499/22X

Danny G. -   250/9X     249/10X = 499/19X

Bruce B. -   249/7X      250/10X = 499/17X

John McC. - 249/12X   248/13X = 497/25X

Richard M. - 247/7X     248/11X = 495/18X

Gerald D. -   246/7X      248/6X = 494/13X   

MAY 11, 2025 - MINTO - CENTERFIRE BR, OPEN/SPORTER

Thanks to David C. for the following results. He says that there were strong winds from NE to NW which pushed some bullets way out to the outer scoring rings.

RESULTS - OPEN CLASS:

Cecil H. - 293/7X

Don M - 269/2X

David C. - 255/2X

RESULTS - SPORTER CLASS:

Wayne K. - 140/5X

Guy H. - 136/5X

MAY 4, 2025 - PETITCODIAC - CENTERFIRE TEAM SHOOT - RESULTS

Thanks to Darryl K. and Danny G. for these results, pics and write-up.

This year, two teams competed for the coveted CF TEAM Trophy: The Minto Gun Club and The Petitcodiac Sportsmen's Club. Congratulations go to Team Petitcodiac for a very fine win!

TEAM MINTO = 1177/55X

TEAM PETITCODIAC - 1199/62X

Attendance was a bit lower than expected for the annual Centerfire Team shoot in Petitcodiac. Eleven shooters did participate in rainy but not unbearable conditions and shot some pretty decent scores.   After a little reorganization to distribute shooters a bit more equitably, we started the first relay and continued through the first two before breaking for lunch.   Returning from the Clubhouse after a 45 minute break we shot the third and last target.  

Then we returned to the Clubhouse for the awards presentations.  Congrats are due to the top three individual shooters today. Don M. with a score of 300/24X;  Malcolm McA. - 300/19X; John McC. - 300/16X.  Additionally congrats are due to Tony L. who, after so many shots downrange, earned his 300 CF Club badge today.

Danny G., as match director, would like to thank everyone who helped out as well - (which was everyone). We couldn’t pull it off without your help -  seriously!

RESULTS CENTERFIRE - OPEN CLASS:

(Minto) Don M. -     100/9X     100/9X     100/6X = 300/24X (30BR) :

(Petit)   Malcolm McA.  -    100/4X  100/8X  100/7X = 300/19X (6mmBR) :

(Petit)  John McC. -      100/4X     100/5X     100/6X = 300/15X (30BR) :

(Petit)  Tony L. -     100/1X     100/6X     100/5X = 300/12X (6mmPPC)

(Petit)   Danny G. - 100/4X       99/6X     100/6X = 299/16X (6mmPPC)

(Minto)  David C. -   99/3X      100/7X     100/6X = 299/16X (30BR)

(Petit)   Darryl K. -  100/1X     100/3X       99/6X = 299/10X (6mmBR)

(Minto) Grant H. -   100/6X       98/3X       98/1X = 296/10X (6X45)

(Petit)   Chris S. -     97/3X       96/3X        97/0X = 290/6X (6mmPPC)

(Minto) Chris A. -     96/3X       92/2X        94/0X = 282/5X (6mmPPC)

(Minto) Wayne K. -   94/2X       90/1X        91/0X = 275/3X (223)

APRIL 27, 2025 - MINTO - RIMFIRE BR - RESULTS

Thanks to Darryl K. and Barb J. for these results and pics.

Darryl sends the following comments about the conditions:  "It was a bit of a nasty day - right from the start - hard winds and rain. Most winds from the right side of the range, switching quickly. As the scores reflect, just one shooter shot a clear 200 target."

RIMFIRE BR - OPEN CLASS:

David C. -   196/11X     199/12X = 395/23X

Darryl K. -   198/9X      197/9X = 395/18X

Bruce B. -   195/4X       200/9X = 395/13X

Barb J. -     198/5X       195/5X = 393/10X

Gerald D. -  196/7X      196/7X = 392/14X

George M. - 194/5X      198/2X = 392/7X

Don M. -      193/4X      196/4X = 389/8X

Wayne K. -  185/4X      195/3X = 380/7X

RIMFIRE BR - SPORTER CLASS:

Guy H. -       199/6X     198/3X = 397/9X

Norbert S. - 198/5X     194/3X = 392/8X

Richard   . - 195/2X     196/2X = 391/4X

Volker T. -   193/4X      197/5X = 390/9X

John   . -     191/5X      198/8X = 389/13X

Danny G. -  193/3X      195/2X = 388/5X

Mike   . -      196/5X      191/2X = 387/7X