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