APRIL 23, 2023 - PETITCODIAC - RIMFIRE BR - RESULTS

Well, here we are again in Petitcodiac for the first Rimfire match of the season which had been cancelled for poor weather earlier in the year. A good bunch of shooters were present - some of whom we had not seen for many months. Welcome back especially to Brian P., Charles McQ. and Becky McC. who seem to have lost none of their skills over the winter. 

Although the wind conditions were relatively benign, they were tricky and as a result some points of impact wandered surprisingly from the point of aim - much to the frustration of some shooters. As a result, only one clean match was shot - congrats go to Wayne LeB. for a very fine performance today. Now that we have warmed up and worked the bugs out of our equipment, we should see some fine shooting in the coming months.

PEOPLE TO THANK:

Volker T. - match director and scorer

Dan G. - score verifier

Target setters and changers - John McC. and Becky McC.

Range Officers - Darryl K. and Dan G.

Barb J. - treats

RESULTS - RIMFIRE BR:

Wayne LeB. - 250/2X          250/15X     = 500/17X

John C. -        250/12X        249/11X     = 499/23X

    Darryl K. -      248/10X        250/12X     = 498/22X    

John McC. -  248/10X         250/11X     = 498/21X

Dan G. -        250/12X         247/9X      = 497/21X

Cecil H. -       250/14X         247/4X      = 497/18X

Bert deV. -     250/8X           247/8X      = 497/16X

Bruce B. -      249/8X           248/8X      = 497/16X

Brian P. -       248/6X           248/7X      = 496/13X

    Matt McA. -   248/11X          249/9X      = 495/20X    

Volker T. -     245/4X            250/9X      = 495/13X

   Gerald D. -    245/7X           246/6X      = 491/13X    

Don M. -        245/4X           243/8X      = 488/12X

  Barb J. -        244/5X           242/3X      = 486/8X    

 Charles McQ. - 233/0X       249/5X      = 482/5X    

Becky McC. - 235/3X          244/8X      = 479/11X

APRIL 16, 2023 - PETITCODIAC - CENTERFIRE BR - RESULTS

After some pretty awful spring weather in New Brunswick, we finally had a few days of sunny, mild weather with temperatures around 16C. This was the prospect for our Centerfire Benchrest match in Petitcodiac. We experienced some very nice conditions with temperature around 6C at the beginning and 12C at the end of the match and very little wind for the first and last relays. The second relay was a bit trickier with a bit more wind, (mostly headwind switching to right) but still very light compared to our earlier shoots this year.

There were, surprisingly, only 6 shooters in attendance. Therefore, the match director became the sole RO for the match. Between relays, the scoring was done slowly so the rifles could cool down a bit. Never was so much fun had by so few shooters!

PEOPLE TO THANK:

Dan G. - match director, scorer, RO

Score verifier - Bert deV.

Target setter and changers - Tony L., David C., Don M.

Treats - Shelly C. and Tony L.

RESULTS - CENTERFIRE BR:

BertdeV. -      100/9X     100/8X     100/10X = 300/27X  (30BR)

Dan G. -        100/8X     100/5X     100/7X = 300/20X   (6PPC)

Don M. -        100/7X      99/1X        99/5X = 298/13X   (30BR)

Darryl K. -       97/1X       99/5X        98/5X = 294/11X   (6BR)

Tony L. -          97/3         97/2X        96/1X = 290/6X    (6BR)

David C. -        94/2         97/2           97/3 = 288/7X   (222 Rem)

APRIL 2, 2023 - MINTO CENTERFIRE BR - RESULTS

Given the weather, it's a wonder anyone came to the first centerfire shoot in Minto!  As it was, seven hardy souls came out and had a good deal of fun doing what we like to do best - shoot and hang out with friends. After a while, the scores did not seem to matter because the point-of-impact was so often different from what was intended (by a large margin I must say). Needless to say, no clean targets were shot today.

The weather was the story. Although it did not snow or rain, it was cold - around 2 degrees C. "That's not cold" you say and you'd be right on any other normal spring day in New Brunswick. But today was not a normal day as the wind was awful!! It blew very hard from all directions and mostly from the sides. Sometimes it blew head on and this was the moment that an opportunity presented itself to fire without the bullet straying 2 or 3 rings on the target. The wind coming into the shooting building through the open ports made it very cold indeed. We also had to duck in case the dividers, which are weighted with some wood, would strike us or strike the benches making a clean shot nearly impossible. Gusts were likely around 40 to 50km/hr. 

PEOPLE TO THANK:

Match Director - John McC.

Scorer - David C. and Verifier - John McC.

Range Officers - Wayne K., Norbert S., and John McC.

Target Changers - David C., Cecil H., John McC.

Coffee and Cookies - David C.

RESULTS - OPEN CLASS CENTERFIRE BR:

Bert deV. - 95/4X     95/1X     98/3X = 288/7X   (22BR)

Cecil H. -   93/0X     98/1X     95/1X = 286/2X   (6PPC)

David C. -  95/1X     99/4X     91/2X = 285/9X   (6PPC)

Dan G. -    98/5X     91/2X     93/3X = 282/10X  (6PPC)

John McC.- 94/3X    90/2X     95/2X = 279/7X   (30BR)

Norbert S. - 89/0X    60/0X     87/0X = 236/0X   (223 Rem)

RESULTS - SPORTER CLASS CENTERFIRE BR:

Bert deV. - 50/3X      48/2X     48/2X = 146/7X   (222 Rem)

Dan G. -    49/2X      48/2X     48/2X = 145/6X   (223AI)       

Wayne K. - 44/0X     45/1X     48/2X = 137/3X   (223 Rem)

MARCH 19, 2023 - MINTO - RIMFIRE BR - RESULTS

Today, we had a brisk winter day for our second rimfire shoot in Minto. There was a mix of sun and clouds and our picture of the targets was generally good with little mirage. The temperatures ranged from -2C to 1C and felt like -5C - enough to numb the trigger finger well before the relay was completed. Winds were WSW and very brisk and switching at 17+ and gusting likely closer to 30+ km/hr. Fifteen shooters participated, 10 shooting Open BR and 5 shooting Sporter class. Although no clean match scores were recorded today, Barb J. in Open class and Wayne LeB. in Sporter class did shoot a clean target sheet - not easy given the conditions. Congrats!

PEOPLE TO THANK:

Match Director – Dave C

Score and Verifier – Dale H., Bruce B.

Range Officers – Barb J., David C., Don M., Wayne K., and John M.

Treats – Dave C. (coffee), Barb J. (Banana Bread and Cookies)

Targets – George M., Gerard D., Barb J., Dave C., Dale H., Bruce B.

Pictures – Darryl K., Barb J.

RESULTS – OPEN CLASS RIMFIRE

Shooter Targets   Total

Barb J. 196/4X 200/4X 396/8X

Dale H. 199/8X 193/3X 392/11X

Darryl K. 195/3X 196/6X 391/9X

Dan G. 191/7X 199/6X 390/13X

David C. 193/7X 197/4X 390/11X

George M. 196/4X 191/4X 387/8X

Wayne K. 195/6X 191/4X 386/10X

Bert deV. 192/3X 188/4X 380/7X

Don M. 179/2X 180/2X 359/4X

Gerard D. 176/1X 176/1X 352/2X

RESULTS – SPORTER CLASS RIMFIRE

Shooter Targets   Total

Wayne LeB. 200/5X 198/10X 398/15X

Bert DeV. 197/6X 196/7X 393/13X

Norbert S. 190/4X 197/3x 387/7X

John M. 192/1X 195/3X 387/4X

Bruce B. 190/4X 192/4X 382/8X

MARCH 12, 2023 - PETITCODIAC CENTERFIRE - RESULTS

Our benchrest shooting community has been plagued by an outbreak of Covid-19 in the past few weeks following a quarterly meeting and this, plus the fact that this weekend was the time for setting the clock forward for "Daylight Savings" time led to only few shooters being at the first centerfire match in Petitcodiac. Five hardy souls braved the relatively warm weather with temperatures rising to a sunny 6C. With the snow on the range, the glare and mirage was the worst we had seen it for a long time - a lot of guessing of where the center dot really was. The wind was also a challenge with switching and gusty conditions prevailing.

It's amazing how much fun centerfire shooting can be - especially when we've been deprived of it for such a long winter!!

Dan G. was the match director, Range Officer and head scorer today. Bert deV. was the verifier and Tony L. and Bert deV. set and changed the targets. Darryl K. was the photographer. Thanks to everyone.

RESULTS - CENTERFIRE BR - OPEN CLASS:

Dan G. - 300/15X  (6PPC)

Bert deV. - 300/15X  (22BR)

Darryl K.  - 296/17X  (6BR)

Don M. - 295/11X  (30BR)

Tony L. - 295/10X  (6BR)

 

FEBRUARY 19, 2023 - MINTO RIMFIRE BR OPEN/SPORTER - RESULTS

Thanks to Barb J. for sending the pics and the results.

This was the first competition rimfire shoot in 2023 held in Minto NB. It followed the first quarterly meeting of the year and so it was late starting and late ending.

Thanks to Don M. and Bruce B. for organizing the shoot and for scoring. Barb J. and Bruce B. changed the targets and there were others who also helped out but I could not get everyone's name today. Thanks also to the ROs - Conrad L., Barb J., David C. Barb J. also brought cookies and banana bread while David C. brought the coffee and "fixins".

RESULTS - RIMFIRE SPORTER CLASS:

Volker T. - 398/14X               Bert deV. - 391/3X

John M. - 397/14X                Gerry J. - 356/3X

Wayne LeB. - 392/7X            Wayne K. - DNC

RESULTS - RIMFIRE OPEN CLASS:

Dan G. - 397/17X                 George M. - 385/9X               Don M. - 373/10X

Cecil H. - 393/12X               Bruce B. - 383/6X                  Gerald D. - 371/7X

Barb J. - 392/11X                Conrad L. - 382/12X              David C. - 371/7X

Norbert S. - 386/11X           Bert deV. - 378/5X

FEBRUARY 3, 2023 - WITHDRAWAL OF AMENDMENTS FROM BILL C21

 

BREAKING: Liberals withdraw amendments from Bill C21 that would have banned thousands of rifles and shotguns Today in the Standing Committee on Public Safety and National Security (SECU), the Liberal government asked for unanimous consent to withdraw the controversial amendments (G4, G46) from Bill C21. G4 was the amendment that defined what assault "style" firearms are, even though that's a manufactured term with no real meaning. The amendment equated to a sweeping semi-auto gun ban. Amendment G46 was "the list" - over 300 pages of guns being added to the ban, or previously banned through regulation. They were hoping to codify these long gun bans in legislation, making it very difficult for a future government to reverse. The shocking withdrawal came after massive push back from the CCFR and our members, hunters, hunting groups and their members, The Assembly of First Nations, sport shooters and even NDP and Liberal Members of Parliament. While the House of Commons is typically quiet over the winter break with MPs heading back to their constituency offices for local matters, MPs from all parties seemed to keep the debate on these amendments alive. While this is, in general, good news for licensed gun owners across the country - this is not a win in the sense of the battle being over. In fact, far from it. It is imperative we continue to push with the same vigour and force to ensure C21 is scrapped in its entirety. Don't forget there is still the airsoft ban, the handgun freeze and a variety of other measures still within C21 itself. While we regroup and focus our efforts on scrapping the rest of C21 and working on our federal court challenge against the 2020 gun ban, we want to thank everyone who helped write letters to their MPs, engaged on social media and helped fight this amendment. We MUST maintain this level of unity because they will never stop banning guns from legal owners. Watch the motion in SECU here

JANUARY 26, 2023 -

Thanks to Tim Kairns for sending the following document (click on title):

Public Safety Canada - REDUCING VIOLENT CRIME: A DIALOGUE ON HANDGUNS AND ASSAULT-STYLE FIREARMS

JANUARY 10, 2023 - IN THE NEWS THIS WEEK – Gun Roundup will Start In P.E.I.

Gun Roundup will Start In P.E.I.

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TEAM CSSA eNEWS | January 9, 2023

Gun Roundup Starts In P.E.I. Staff | Blacklock's Reporter | January 9, 2023 Cabinet this year proposes to launch its long-promised national buyback of prohibited firearms starting in Prince Edward Island, according to a federal memo. Islanders own few guns and represent a low “risk assessment” before RCMP expand the program nationwide, it said. “Prince Edward Island will be used as a pilot and will be the first point of collection based on the smaller number of firearms,” said an August 31 Transition Book for the Minister of Public Works. “As a result of lessons learned, gaps analysis and risk assessment would inform the second phase national rollout.” “Phase two, the national rollout, is planned for spring 2023 once an information technology case management system is in full place,” said the memo. The department acknowledged “very limited interest from the industry” in supporting the buyback program first proposed three years ago. No budget was detailed. The Parliamentary Budget Office in a 2021 Cost Estimate Of The Firearm Buyback Program put expenses at $756 million but warned details “remain unclear.” “There remain too many outstanding questions on how this program will be implemented to currently develop a complete picture of the true potential cost of the program,” said Cost Estimate. The number of affected firearms ranged widely from 150,000 to as many as 518,000. Cabinet in 2020 enacted Regulations Prescribing Certain Firearms that banned some 1,500 models of “assault style firearms.” The term was not defined. An amnesty period expires this October 30. “The prohibition applies to all current and future firearm variants that meet the criteria, now over 1,800 firearms,” said the Transition Book. “These firearms can no longer be legally used, sold or imported.” Bill C-21 An Act To Amend Certain Acts currently before the Commons public safety committee proposed to expand the ban to include any “rifle or shotgun that is capable of discharging centre fire ammunition in a semi-automatic manner.” Opponents have said the ban would affect commonly used hunting and sporting rifles. “The primary intent of the buyback program would be to safely buyback these now prohibited firearms from society while offering fair compensation to businesses and lawful owners impacted by the prohibition,” said the Transition Book. “The Department of Public Works is currently examining options for implementation of the buyback program.” The launch in Canada’s smallest province would affect some 6,464 licensed gun owners in Prince Edward Island, according to figures from the Commissioner of Firearms. It is a fraction the number of licensed owners in New Brunswick (70,425), Nova Scotia (75,501), Newfoundland and Labrador (75,957), Manitoba (93,182), Saskatchewan (112,790), British Columbia (315,077), Alberta (328,723), Québec (486,406) and Ontario (624,448). By Staff