NOVEMBER 23, 2025 - MINTO - RIMFIRE - OPEN/SPORTER

Thanks to Dale H. for sending the results and write-up.

The temperature was -5c when we arrived and it slowly warmed up to about 2c by the end of our day. The wind made it feel much colder as it blew into the shooting building, especially during the first relays. Wind conditions were most dificult to read or predict, as they quickly switched directions and velocities. Most of the time the 3 wind flags in a row, near to far, down range toward the targets, would all be pointing in different directions and the daisy wheels could show near zero to strong gusting winds. Very brief moments of no wind, seconds only, would be observed. It proved, to many, unwise to attempt a shot during this condition.   

Only 5 clear targets were achieved all day as you will notice in the results below. Congratulations go to John McC., George M., and Bruce B. in Open Class Rimfire, and to Wayne LeB. and Richard M. in Sporter Class Rimfire.

Overall Congratulation to the 1st and 2nd place winners of each class. Also, congratulations to all the shooters for posting very respectful scores while enduring the cold and windy conditions. Everyone is looking forward to our Christmas Shoot, which will be our last shoot of 2025. 

PEOPLE TO THANK:

Match Director – Guy H.

Score and Verifier – Dale H. and John M.

Range Officers – Wayne K., Bruce B. and George M.

Treats – Barb J. (Banana bread & Cookies), Richard M. (Cookies), Guy H.. (Coffee)

Target Changers – Barb J., Guy H., George M., Bruce B.and Dale H. 

Pictures – Darryl K. and Barb J.

 

RESULTS – OPEN CLASS RIMFIRE

Shooter                     Targets                             Total

John McC. 198/9X    200/8X           398/17X

Darryl K. 199/8X    199/6X           398/14X

George M. 196/9X    200/6X            396/15X

Dale H. 199/4X    197/7X            396/11X

Bruce B. 200/7X    194/9X            394/16X

Richard M. 196/6X    197/1X            393/7X

Barb J. 193/3X    197/5X            390/8X

Wayne K. 194/0X    185/1X            379/1X

John M.          DNF    196/4X            196/4X

RESULTS – SPORTER CLASS RIMFIRE

Shooter                  Targets                     Total

Wayne LeB. 200/8X    199/9X       399/17X

John McC. 199/11X    199/5X 398/16X

Richard M. 196/5X    200/7X       396/12X

Danny G. 199/9X    196/6X       395/15X

Norbert S. 199/4X    196/6X       395/10X

Volker T. 195/7X    198/5X       393/12X

NOVEMBER 16, 2025 - PETITCODIAC - .22 FUN SHOOT - OPEN CLASS

 Results will be posted when they become available.

NOVEMBER 9, 2025 - MINTO - AGM; RIMFIRE SHOOT, OPEN/SPORTER

Thanks to Dale H. for sending these results.

Today was the date of the Annual General Meeting of the Minto Gun Club which happened under the efficient chairmanship of the president David C. This is usually done before the scheduled shoot.

The day started out cold with about -5C in my driveway. By the time we started shooting, it was still cold at about -2C, a temperature that felt a lot colder due to the biting wind that came into the shooting building through the gun ports. By the end of the day, the temperature rose to about +5C. Winter is here it seems.

The wind was the real story in our shooting conditions. It was tricky, as usual for Minto, with many switches and up-and-down velocity. There was no predominant wind but it came most frequently across the range from 9 o'clock or from about 2 o'clock. It also lingered as a head or tail wind. Many points were lost in the time between sighting and pulling the trigger. At least everyone was exposed to the same conditions. There was no sun today and the overcast sky provided a good sight picture.

There were some notable shooting results today despite the conditions. In Open class Cecil H. shot a clean match with a score of 400/25X. Congrats Cecil! In second place came our friend Wayne K. with an almost clean match of 399/14X. For a man who keeps doggedly shooting for many years this must be a very satisfying result. Congrats to Wayne! In Sporter class, Richard M. shot a clean match with a score of 400/22X. This is the first time that Richard shot a clean match and he now joins the Minto Sporter class 400 Club. Congrats Richard!

Thanks to all the people who stepped up to help out today to make the match work well.

PEOPLE TO THANK:

Match Director – Bert deV.

Scorer and Verifier – Dale H. and George M.

Range Officers – Conrad L., Bert deV. and Barb J.

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

Target Changers – Barb J., Cecil H., Dale H., Guy H., George M., Gerald D. and Mike B. 

Pictures – Bert deV. and Barb J.

 

RESULTS – OPEN CLASS RIMFIRE

Shooter                     Targets             Total

Cecil H. - 200/13X    200/12X     400/25X

Wayne K. - 199/6X 200/8X       399/14X

John Mc. - 200/6X    198/9X 398/15X

Dale H. - 196/8X    199/9X       395/17X

George M. - 197/7X    198/5X       395/12X

Barb J. - 194/6X    199/11X     393/17X

Gerald D. - 186/5X    200/10X     386/15X

RESULTS – SPORTER CLASS RIMFIRE

Shooter                  Targets               Total

Richard M. - 200/10X    200/12X     400/22X  

Wayne LeB.    200/8X 198/4X       398/12X

Bert deV. - 196/6X    198/9X       394/15X

John Mc. - 191/3X    198/6X 389/9X

Mike B. - 196/2X    192/4X       388/6X

Norbert S. - 191/3X    195/7X       386/10X

Conrad L. - 188/1X    189/4X       377/5X

Wayne K. - 181/1X    182/1X       363/2X

Gerry J. - 177/1X    169/0X       346/1X