Monday, November 24, 2014

NOVEMBER 23, 2014 - PETITCODIAC - 100yd FLY SHOOT - RESULTS

The - not so annual yet but who knows - Petitcodiac Fly Shoot took place yesterday with 15 shooters in attendance. The conditions were fair with a lot warmer temperatures than expected (2 - 6 degrees Celcius) and very little wind. Once in a while we had 5 to 10 km gusts which played from side to side and then up and down the range. These did not factor much in the results except when smoke from the stove drifted down range or when you missed a change.

What did affect us older fellows with fading eyeballs, was the intensity of the sun which shone mostly from behind the targets and reflected strongly from the snow. A lot of glare in the first few relays. One shooter with a .17 Fireball and another with a .30BR and just about everyone in between could barely make out the holes in the paper. As the sun moved to the west during the match (to the RIGHT on the Petitcodiac Range), this became better and a lot more Flies were
dispatched as can be seen in the results below. Congratulations to the winning fly hunters and our condolences to Tony L. who seems to have lost his favourite spot on the roster.

RESULTS:                           Target #1             Target #2                 Target #3                 Total                     Rank

Cecil Harvey
22
37
37
96
1
Tom Nowlan
35
19
29
83
2
Brian Petitpas
18
25
35
78
3
Bert deVink
27
24
24
75
4
Darryl Keirstead
22
31
18
71
5
Rod Bourgoin
26
18
18
62
6
Matt Armstrong
15
19
26
60
7
Tony Lewis
16
14
27
57
8
Don Murrin
14
21
20
55
9
John McClusky
9
17
23
49
10
Dan Gladstone
10
18
17
45
11
Shelly Colpitts
19
9
14
42
12
Volker Topf
3
0
12
15
13
John Corbett
11
dnc
dnc
11
14
Martin Topf
11
dn0
dnc
11
15

We all agreed that these Fly Targets were a heck-of-a-lot-of-fun to shoot at and we all had a relaxed and less competitive fun time. They were quite tricky - a tiny head (about 1/4 MOA) was worth 5 points, the thorax (less than 1/2 MOA) was worth 4 points and the abdomen (about 1/2 MOA) was worth 3 points. A touch was worth 1 point. You could be well within the distance for a normal target "bulls-eye" shot and still miss the fly - especially since wings did not count at all.

As is usual for a shoot in New Brunswick, many people helped out. Thanks go to Volker T. for organizing the Match and both he and Martin T. did the scoring. Dan G. and Darryl K. were the ROs while Dan G., Shelly C. and Brian P. did the target changing - thanks guys. Thanks also to Dan and Shelly for the terrific treats that were awfully hard to pass up. Thanks also to all the folks who fed the fires in the stoves to keep us all cozy.

The next shoot in Petitcodiac will be the Christmas Shoot with more fun targets, a meal and good company. Hope to see you all there!

Friday, November 21, 2014

NOVEMBER 16, 2015 - MINTO FUN SHOOT AND AGM

The Annual Minto Fun Shoot and AGM was held today with sixteen members attending. Thanks to Gerry J. for sending these results and to Barbara J. for sending the pictures.


THE FIRING POINT BUILDING:
As you can see from the pictures, the Minto shooting building is pretty well completed, enclosed for the winter with natural light from behind and trap doors for each of 4 benches. What a beautiful job - many thanks to all who worked so hard on this project.

THE MATCH:
This shoot consisted of a .22 LR rifle, any rifle, any ammo, any scope, 36 to 52 shots plus 
sighters and the course of fire was as follows:

50 yd. bench, 6 bullseye target – 10 shots + sighters
50 yd. bench, front rest only, for group, single bullseye target – 5 shots 
50 yd. pigeon, 5 shots off elbows (bench)
100 yd. Bench, flipper – 5 shots
Silhouettes – up to 5 shots at each @  25, 50 and 75 yds

200 yd. - Bench, Ram silhouette, up to 5 shots

SCORING:
Pigeon Target 
head kill zone - 10 points
body kill zone - 5 points
any other hit - 2 points

Flipper
5 points per hit

Group size targets 
score the best 5 of 7 shots
Smallest group, 50 points, next smallest, 45 points, next smallest, 40 points, etc. Only the top 10 would score, unless there are ties, in which case there would be more than 10.

Silhouettes  
shoot up to 5 shots until you hit – 5 points 1st shot, 4 points 2nd shot, 3 points 3rd shot, etc. 


RESULTS:
Shooter            50yd Bull            50yd Group           50yd Pidgeon              100yd Flipper             200yd Ram               Total
Cecil H.            97/6X                  40                    15                         25                      2            179/6X
Terry McN.        96/3X                 50                      9                         20                      0            175/3X
Dave C.             99/3X                 45                    15                         10                      0            169/3X
John M.            90/0X                  45                    10                         20                      4            169/0X
George M.         96/3X                 40                    10                         20                      0            166/3X
Matt McA.         96/4X                 30                    12                         15                      5            158/4X
Mac MacD.        93/2X                 35                      7                        15                      4            154/2X
Barb J.              94/3X                 35                     17                          5                      0            151/5X
Norbert S.          94/3X                 25                      9                         20                      1            149/3X
Wayne K.          95/3X                 20                     12                        10                      5            142/3X
Grant P. Sr.       90/0X                 45                      6                           0                      0            141/0X
Carl J.               92/2X                 35                      0                           0                      5            132/2X
Grant P. Jr.        90/1X                 20                     11                        10                      0            131/1X
Guy H.               97/5X                30                      0                           0                      1            128/5X
Gerry J.             96/4X                 15                      9                           5                      0            125/4X
Don M.              63/0X                 10                      0                           0                      0             73/0X

Wednesday, November 19, 2014

SUPREME COURT OF CANADA RULES THAT AIR-GUNS ARE "FIREARMS"

SUPREME COURT OF CANADA RULES THAT AIR GUNS ARE "FIREARMS
On Wednesday, November 5, the Supreme Court of Canada issued its ruling R. v. Dunn, finding that most air guns are considered “firearms” for all purposes in the Criminal Code except for licensing and registration.

Wednesday, November 12, 2014

NOVEMBER 9, 2014 - PETITCODIAC - 22 SPORTER RIFLE MATCH - RESULTS

Well, today was an excellent day for our first 22lr Sporter Rifle Benchrest shoot.  Dan was Match Director and Scorer and kept things running well. Brian posted the targets.  Thanks to Dan and Shelly for the great sweets -
they went fast today with the 4 deg temperature, especially as shooters hugged the wood stove. The ‘wind gods’ at Petticodiac were kind to us with little to no wind.  And thus, we were able to see several 100’s being shot on the 6-Bull target.  A variety of rifles were shot, from Anschutz to CZ to tuned and tactical 10/22s.  

It looks like Martin’s 93 yrs of age and experience helped to grab 1st place.  We’re still not sure why the 1st and 2nd place shooters were laughing so much at the medal presentation….at least one of them should have had a bit of a frown.  After all, the tie breaker was just 2 X’s from the first target!  A very close race indeed. Excellent shooting.  Congrats to all three top shooters - Martin, Dan, & Gerry.

Report by Volker
RESULTS:
Martin F. Topf: 99/2X, 99/3X, 100/0X, 100/3X = 398/8X
Dan Gladstone: 99/0X, 99/1X, 100/1X, 100/6X = 398/8X
Gerry Johnson: 97/1X, 99/1X, 100/3X, 99/3X = 395/8X
Brian Pettipas: 96/4X, 95/1X, 99/4X, 98/1X = 388/10X
Tony Lewis: 98/1X, 94/0X, 100/0X, 94/2X = 386/3X
Tom Nowlan: 96/0X, 97/0X, 94/0X, 98/0X = 385/0X
Volker M. Topf: 96/1X, 96/0X, 95/1X, 95/2X = 382/4X
Norbert Strahlendorff: 92/2X, 93/1X, 95/1X, 97/1X = 377/5X
Darryl Kierstead: 94/1X, 92/2X, 92/1X, 96/2X = 374/6X
John Moore: 95/1X, 98/0X, 87/0X, 93/0X = 373/11X



Monday, November 3, 2014

NOVEMBER 2, 2014 - MINTO SECOND FINAL 22BR SHOOT - RESULTS

The Minto Final .22 cal Shoot was held today with some pretty gruesome weather to contend with. It was very windy and a mixture of precipitation - rain, sleet, snow, ice pellets - and whatever else can fall out of the sky.

The results of today's match are combined with the results for the First Final 22BR Shoot and these combined scores will be the results for the annual Trophies. Thanks to Gerry J., our statistician, for figuring out the final scores and results.

The results below show the shooter, then in brackets, (score for first 22BR final match plus score for second 22BR final match), then the overall rank with the final combined score:

OPEN CLASS “A”

Cecil H. -  (399/16X + 377/2X) - 1st with  776/18X
Matt McA. - (396/18X + 375/4X) - 2nd with 771/22X
Bruce B. -  (393/14X + 376/5X) - 3rd with 769/19X
Guy H. -  (400/10X + 369/7X) - 4th with 769/17X
George M. -  (388/9X + 376/7X) - 5th with 764/16X
Don M. -  (396/3X + 365/3X) - 6th with 761/6X
David C. -  (393/7X + 367/5X) - 7th with 760/12X
Barb J. -  (392/6X + 358/6X) - 8th with 750/12X
Malcolm MacD. -  (392/9X + 335/1X) - 9th with 727/10X
Carl J. - (389/9X + 329/6X) - 10th with 718/15X
Tom W. - (391/3X + 0) - 11th with 391/3X

OPEN CLASS “B”

Terry McN. -  (373/3X + 370/1X) - 1st with 743/4X
Grant P. Sr. -  (369/2X + 333/7X) - 2nd with 702/9X
Wayne K. -  (366/3X + 335/3X) - 3rd with 701/6X
Grant P. Jr. -  (355/3X + 336/2X) - 4th with 691/5X

SPORTER CLASS (all shot today)

Gerry J. -  1st with 745/11X
Wayne K. -  2nd with 731/7X

If there are any errors or omissions please contact bertdevink@gmail.com or Gerry J. at gerry303ca@gmail.com