QUICK REMINDERS FOR OCTOBER/NOVEMBER 2026

SHOOT SCHEDULE:

Sunday, October 25, 2026 - MINTO - TERRY MCNEILL RIMFIRE CHAMPIONSHIP concurrent with RNBRA RIMFIRE BENCHREST PROVINCIAL CHAMPIONSHIP

Sunday, November 1, 2026 - PETITCODIAC - ANNUAL CLUB CENTERFIRE BR CHAMPIONSHIP concurrent with RNBRA CENTERFIRE BENCHREST PROVINCIAL CHAMPIONSHIP

Sunday, November 8, 2026 - MINTO - ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING followed by RIMFIRE BR OPEN/SPORTER; Hg-RF

Sunday, November 15, 2026 - PETITCODIAC - 14TH ANNUAL MFT SPORTER MATCH

Sunday, November 22, 2026 - MINTO - RIMFIRE BR OPEN/SPORTER; Hg-RF

Sunday, November 29, 2026 - PETITCODIAC - 22 SPORTER FUN MATCH @50YD

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2026 CLUB RECORDS/ GUN SHOW DATES

NEW BRUNSWICK CLEAN TARGET RECORDS/ CONTACT INFORMATION

OCTOBER 18, 2026 - PETITCODIAC - 12TH ANNUAL MARTIN F. TOPF RIMFIRE CHAMPIONSHIP - OPEN

Many thanks to Barb J. and Darryl K. for sending the photos of the awards ceremony.

As the 2026 season runs to its end, we shot the highly anticipated Petitcodiac Sportsman's Club final rimfire championship - "The 12th Annual Martin F. Topf Rimfire Championship".

It was a typical New Brunswick late fall day with -7C to -2C degrees on the way down to Petitcodiac. During the match it climbed although still quite cool and on the way home the car registered +11C - nice! During the match the sun was out and the first relay had to cope with some mirage as the sun shone directly onto the targets. Later in the day this dimished as the sun moved in the sky.

The wind was brutal - not high in velocity but very unpredictable with sudden switches across the range. It actually came from all over the range but stayed in one position for a time and then switched while shooters were firing. This led to no clean match scores being recorded. There were, however, six clean target sheets shot today. Congrats to those who beat the wind consistently for at least one relay and to the top 3 shooters in today's match.

After the first 2 relays completed shooting, halfway through the match, we all had a lunch at the clubhouse. This was organised by Chris S. Many thanks to the club and to Chris. Lunch sure was good after a cold morning.

PEOPLE TO THANK:

Match Director - Volker T.

Scorer - Volker T.

Score verifier - Dan G.

Range Officers - Volker T., Dan G., Chris S. and Dale H.

Target setters/changers - Gerald D., Bruce B., Bert deV., Chris S. and John McC.

Treats during match - Dan G., Wayne LeB. and Dale H.

Treats during lunch - Barb J. and Volker T.

Lunch organised by Chris S.

Pics - Barbara J., Darryl K. and Bert deV.

RESULTS - RIMFIRE BR - OPEN CLASS:

Gerald D. -     249/12X     250/8X   = 499/20X

Dale H.     -     249/12X     250/4X   = 499/16X

John McC. -   250/11X     248/9X   = 498/20X

Bert deV. -      250/6X       248/12X = 498/18X

Bruce B. -       249/8X       249/4X   = 498/12X

Volker T. -       247/11X     250/13X  = 497/24X

Wayne LeB. - 249/12X     248/11X  = 497/23X

Dan G. -          249/9X       248/11X  = 497/20X

Chris S. -        249/9X       248/6X    = 497/15X

Richard M. -   246/6X       250/10X  = 496/16X

Becky McC. - 246/10X     249/9X    = 495/19X

Darryl K. -      248/7X       247/9X    = 495/16X

Norbert S. -    247/7X       245/8X   = 492/15X

Barbara J. -    244/7X       248/6X   = 492/13X

Dan B. -          248/7X       240/4X   = 488/11X

   After the match, the scoring and stats were all completed, everyone went to the     clubhouse for the presentations of the awards. The championship trophy was     presented to Gerald D.  The second place plaque went to Dale H. while John McC.     received the third place plaque.

The awards for shooting excellence during the regular season were presented to Gerald D. for the top match score in Rimfire matches (550/33X) as well as the top score for a single target sheet (250/20X).

OCTOBER 11, 2026 - MINTO CLUB 2026 CENTERFIRE CHAMPIONSHIP - OPEN/SPORTER concurrent with NEW BRUNSWICK 2026 CENTERFIRE TEAM SHOOT

We are getting to the end of the 2026 shooting season and today we shot the Minto Club Centerfire Championship which was run concurrent with the Annual Centerfire Team Shoot. Although in years past the Team Shoots were shot early in the season and separately from other club shoots, this year we decided to try to combine them for the sake of efficiency. It looks as if this was well received and ran smoothly and everyone enjoyed the competition and get-together. 

It must be said that several volunteers worked very hard today to make this a success. They probably went home a bit tired but with our thanks and appreciation. 

PEOPLE TO THANK:

Match Director - Bert deV.

Scorer/Stats - Bert deV.

Score verifier/Stats - Dan G.

Target setter and changers - David C. and Guy H.

Range Officers - David C. and Tony L.

Team Captains - Dan G. and David C.

Treats - Shelly C. (squares), David C. (coffee and cookies), Dan G. (Tim's muffins) and Bert deV. (Tim's donuts)

Pics - Bert deV. and Darryl K.

The weather was mixture of blessings. Temperatures were typical for a New Brunswick fall with 0 to -1C on the drive to the range. Then, as the day moved along, it rose to about 12C on the way home. A bit cool in the morning but pretty nice during the day. The sky was overcast throughout most of the day so the light was good and mirage not apparent.

The wind was blustery and cool throughout the day, coming predominantly from the left and crossing the range. As is typical for Minto it also switched quite a bit to the point where flags did not agree. If a shooter was patient, a return to desired conditions was not very long in coming.

It was really really nice to see some of the shooters we haven't seen for a while. We welcomed the shooters from Petitcodiac and especially Shelly C. who we missed for most of the year or more.

The course of fire during the shoot was 30 counting shots at 100 yards for Open class shooters. Targets in open class were sheets of 10 small bulls with "X-rings" proportional to the caliber shot. The X for 30 caliber shooters was a small center dot while for the 6mm shooters it was a ring about 1.5mm in diameter. In Sporter class, a different target sheet was used with 5 small bulls not proportional to caliber. Sporter class shooters shot 15 counting shots in the match as Sporter barrels heat up more quickly. Those Sporter class shooters whose scores counted toward Team scores had their scores doubled so that they were comparable to the possible available to Open class shooters.

Some very nice targets were shot today. Congrats go to Bert deV., who shot a 300/20X, and to Tony L. who shot a 300/17X in Open class. Tony joined the exalted ranks of those who shot a 300 in Minto in Centerfire competition with President David C. making the presentation.

Among the Sporter shooters, Guy H. shot a clean match score of 150/9X while Dan G. shot a perfect target sheet of 50/5X.

RESULTS - INDIVIDUAL CENTERFIRE OPEN-CLASS SCORES:

Bert deV. -   100/8X     100/6X      100/6X   = 300/20X (30BR)

Tony L. -      100/8X     100/6X      100/3X   = 300/17X (6mmPPC)

Dan G. -         99/6X       97/6X      100/5X   = 296/17X (30BR)

Darryl K. -      99/4X       98/2X       97/3X    = 294/9X   (6mmBR)

David C. -       94/1X     100/3X       98/4X    = 292/8X  (30BR)

Logan G. -      96/1X       95/2X     100/5X    = 291/8X  (6mmBR)

Shelly C. -      93/2X       99/5X       97/2X    = 289/9X   (6mmPPC)

RESULTS - INDIVIDUAL CENTERFIRE SPORTER-CLASS SCORES:

Guy H. -     50/2X     50/4X     50/3X   = 150/9X   (6mmx45)

Dan G. -     50/3X     49/2X     50/5X   = 149/10X (6mmPPC)

Bert deV. - 45/1X     46/0X     49/0X   = 140/1X   (308 Win)

Wayne K. - 46/2X     44/0X     49/2X   = 139/4X   (223)

The Team score is the combination of the best 4 scores for each club. As noted above Sporter class scores are doubled.

RESULTS - TEAM PETITCODIAC:

Congrats go toTeam Petitcodiac which won this year's competition with an aggregate score of 1181/51X.

L>R: Tony L. (300/17X), Shelly C. (289/9X), Darryl K. (294/9X),
Logan G. (291/8X) and Dan G. (296/17X)

RESULTS - TEAM MINTO:

Team Minto placed second with an aggregate score of 1170/54X

L>R: David C. (292/8X), Bert deV. (300/20X),
Wayne K. (278/8X), Guy H. (300/18X)

OCTOBER 4, 2026 - PETITCODIAC - CENTERFIRE BR - OPEN

Thanks to Darryl K. for sending the results and pics.

Darryl states that the conditions were good for the first relay but deteriorated with mirage and tricky winds after that. As a result, any clean match scores were lost at the last relay! All the same, some very good target sheets were recorded.

PEOPLE TO THANK:

Match Director - Dan G.

Scorer - Dan G.

Score Verifier - Malcolm McA.

Range Officer - Dan G.

Target Setter/Changer - Tony L. and Malcolm McA.

Treats - Dan G. (Tim's Donuts)

RESULTS - CENTERFIRE BR - OPEN CLASS:

Dan G. - 100/7X     100/8X     99/7X = 299/22X

Malcolm McA. - 100/5X     100/5X     99/2X = 299/12X (6mmBR)

Darryl K. - 100/7X     100/3X     98/3X = 298/13X (6mmBR)

Tony L. - 100/3X     98/1X     100/8X = 298/12X (6mmBR)

Matt A. - 92/1X     96/2X     97/3X = 285/6X

SEPTEMBER 27, 2026 - MINTO - CENTERFIRE BR - OPEN/SPORTER

It started out as a cool fall day with the temperature at 6C when we left for the range. By the time we arrived, it had climbed to 12C and on the drive home it ranged from 17C to 19C. So a very nice fall day in New Brunswick. The sky remained with a light white overcast condition which helped in sighting.

The wind is usually the "condition" story in Minto and today was no exception. Although predominantly from the right, (ie, a 3:00 o'clock wind), it did switch to come from all directions on the range and we even had several quiet periods. The switches were rapid and could happen between the times when you were sighting and when you finally squeezed the trigger - a points losing situation!

Unfortunately, this match overlapped the end of Moose season in New Brunswick so attendance was low - only 3 shooters. This made the work load a bit more demanding for 2 of the shooters and it was hard to relax between relays. One of the shooters was Don M. who we haven't seen in months as he has been struggling with health and treatment concerns. This is his first shoot in over 5 months. Nice to have you back Donald!

PEOPLE TO THANK:

Match director - Bert deV.

Scorer - Wayne K.

Score verifier - Bert deV.

Range officer - Bert deV.

Target changers - Wayne K. and Bert deV.

Pics - Bert deV.

RESULTS - CENTERFIRE BR - OPEN CLASS:

Bert deV. - 100/9X    99/2X    100/3X = 299/14X (30 BR)

Don M.     - 97/4X     99/5X     100/3X = 296/12X (30 BR)

RESULTS - CENTERFIRE BR - SPORTER CLASS:

Bert deV. - 47/2X     49/2X     49/3X = 145/7X (308 Win)

Wayne K. - 18/0X     42/0X     41/0X = 101/0X (22-250)

SEPTEMBER 20, 2026 - PETITCODIAC RIMFIRE BR - OPEN CLASS

Thanks to Dan G. for sending the results, write-up and photo.

Today’s shoot in Petitcodiac was well attended and a good time was had by all. One clean score was registered in spite of a wind that could best be described as twitchy !   

Gerald D. shot his guts out and scored a 500 with 27 amazing X’s - well done Gerry !  The next closest score was 498/27X by Dale H. for silver followed by a 497/22X by Richard M. for bronze.  

Match director was Dan G. with John McC. acting as verifier.  The target changers today were John McC., Chris S. and Dan G.   Bruce B. and Dan G. acted as range officers. Timbits were supplied by John M.  Thanks everyone.

RESULTS - RIMFIRE BR - OPEN CLASS:

Gerald D.     - 250/16X     250/11X = 500/27X

Dale H.         - 250/18X     248/9X   = 498/27X

Richard M.   - 249/11X     248/11X = 497/22X

Wayne LeB. - 248/11X     249/10X = 497/21X

John McC.   - 250/12X     247/5X   = 497/17X

Bruce B.      - 249/12X     247/10X = 496/22X

Becky McC. - 247/8X      249/7X    = 496/15X

Dan B.          - 247/4X      248/10X  = 495/14X

Chris S.        - 232/5X      248/4X    = 480/9X

John M.        - 243/6X      232/2X    = 475/8X

Dan G.          - 229/4X      239/7X    = 468/11X

Kevin C.       - 208/3X      209/1X    = 417/4X 

SEPTEMBER 13, 2026 - MINTO RIMFIRE BR, OPEN/SPORTER

Thanks to Barbara J. for sending results and pics.

It's getting toward the end of summer and the evidence was in the morning temperature. When leaving for the range, early in the morning the temperature was recorded at 9C. By the time we started the match it had climbed to about 15C and by the end of the match we had gained another 4C. There is also lots of evidence in the trees around us. Some of the softer maples were already changing to a vivid red while poplars were beginning to turn brown/yellow.

The day was over-cast with only a few short periods of bright sunshine. This made it good for shooters who preferred a low even light and no mirage at higher power magnification - that includes almost all of us, eh? There was a bit of very light rain toward the end of the match and the rain was heavier on the way home.

The wind was a curious mix of switches from one side of the range to the other. Sometimes flags were facing each other and the daisy-wheels were spinning like crazy. The dominant wind was from the left side of the range but it could suddenly switch to any other direction or to no apparent wind at all. A shooter had to have sighted for a couple of conditions in order to complete the match within the time limit.

There were no clean match scores recorded, yet, despite the difficult conditions, which affected all shooters, some pretty good target sheets were shot today.

 

Many thanks to all who worked hard to make this shoot a successful one.

PEOPLE TO THANK:

Match director - David C.

Scorer - John M.

Score verifier - Bruce B.

ROs - David C., Conrad L. and Gerald D.

Target changers - Wayne LeB., Barbara J., Dan B., George M., Bruce B. and Conrad L.

Treats - Barbara J. ( cookies and banana bread), David C. ( coffee and cookies)

Pictures - Barbara J. and Bert deV.

RESULTS - RIMFIRE BENCHREST - OPEN CLASS:

Bert deV.   - 199/11X        200/15X =  399/26X

George M. - 199/9X          198/6X   =  397/15X

John McC. - 199/7X          198/7X  =  397/14X

David C.    - 196/3X           199/8X  =  395/11X

Conrad L.  - 195/8X          198/9X   =  393/17X

Bruce B.    - 196/5X          197/7X   =  393/12X

Guy H.       - 199/4X          194/5X   =  393/9X

Barbara J. - 194/3X          194/6X   =  388/9X

Gerald D.  - 187/7X           198/4X   =  385/11X

Dan G.      - 190/0X           194/10X  = 384/10X

Wayne K.  - 190/4X           193/3X   =  383/7X

Dan B.       - 185/2X           195/7X   =  380/9X

RESULTS - RIMFIRE BENCHREST - SPORTER CLASS:

Bert deV.     -   200/9X     199/9X   = 399/18X

Wayne LeB. -  198/5X     199/11X = 397/16X

Richard M.   - 197/4X      192/4X   = 389/8X

John McC.   - 163/2X      185/2X   = 348/4X

SEPTEMBER 6, 2026 - PETITCODIAC - CENTERFIRE BR, OPEN CLASS

Thanks to Darryl K. for sending the results and pics.

Malcolm McA. sent the following information: "The usual match director Dan G. was away so the substitute match directors were John McC. and Malcolm McA. Scores were marked by Malcolm McA. and verified by John McCluskey. 

The temperature was 13C and it was an extremely wet day with constant rain but relatively mild winds. The soaked targets made scoring especially difficult.  The targets were changed by Malcolm McA. and Tony L. 

There were only 4 shooters brave enough to face the miserable weather and unfortunately no clean targets were shot today. Malcolm McA. took first place with 299/11X, Darryl K. was in second with 299/8X and John McC. went home with a third place medal after scoring a 297/8X. 

PEOPLE TO THANK:

Match Director - John McC. and Malcolm McA.

Scorer and verifier - Malcolm McA. and John McC.

Target Changers - Tony L. and Malcolm McA. 

Range Officer - 

Treats - 

Pics - Darryl K.

RESULTS - CENTERFIRE BR - OPEN CLASS:

Malcolm McA.- 100/4X    99/5X    100/2X = 299/11X (6mmBR)

Darryl K. -    100/1X      99/4X      100/3X = 299/8X (6mmBR)

John McC. - 98/2X      99/1X      100/5X = 297/8X (30BR)

Tony L.     - 100/3X     88/1X      100/5X = 288/9X (6mmBR)

AUGUST 30, 2026 - MINTO - CENTERFIRE BR - OPEN/SPORTER

It was a generally overcast day with the sun making an appearance only toward the end of the match. The temperature was about 12C on the way to the range and hovered around 13C for most of the match. On the way home, it rose to about 24C. 

The wind was mild at the beginning of the match coming from left to right and from straight ahead with many periods of apparent stillness. During the last relay for both Sporter and Open class shooters, the wind began to pick up in velocity and began to switch more rapidly. We clearly did not adjust well to these changes.

There were only three shooters who attended the match but several would-be hunters appeared to sight in their rifles.

No clean match scores were recorded during this match.

PEOPLE TO THANK:

Bert deV. - match director, scorer, RO

John McC. - score verifier and target changer

Wayne K. - target changer and RO

RESULTS - CENTERFIRE BR - OPEN CLASS:

Bert deV.  - 100/5X     100/6X     99/2X = 299/13X (22BR)

John McC. - 97/5X     100/7X     99/4X = 296/16X (30BR)

RESULTS - CENTERFIRE BR - SPORTER CLASS:

Bert deV.  - 49/2X     50/2X     48/3X = 147/7X (308)

John McC.- 48/1X     48/2X     46/1X = 142/4X (222)

Wayne K.  - 47/1X     47/0X     45/1X = 139/2X (223)