Today was a very busy day at the Minto Gun Club ranges and Club House. We began the day with a quarterly meeting as had been agreed at the last AGM. This went very smoothly under the capable chairmanship of Dave C, President. The Minutes of this meeting, once completed, will be sent to members by e-mail.
Next, the year end awards for 2016 were presented. The delay was due to a lack of finances after the building of the new clubhouse. Everyone was glad this could be done however, even at this late date. The recipients and the awards will be posted on this Blog-site under a separate posting.
Next, we shot the scheduled Centerfire BR for score match in conditions that could only be described as "humbling". It is probably fair to say that no-one really got a good grasp of the wind conditions until perhaps the very last shot - and even then probably not. The wind "looked" fairly steady most of the time, coming from left to right most of the time and gusting from 0 to 30km/hr or so. The wind flags that were put up (mind you with the snow they could only cover the left side of the range) on the second 50yds closest to the targets, did not seem to give the information we needed to predict the wind effects on the bullets. Perhaps if they had been closer to the building we could have learned more. Suffice it say that there were an awful lot of surprises once the bullet had cut through the target - judging from the choice words coming from the firing line! You can judge for yourself when you see that a first-time Benchrest shooter with a 308 (185gn bullets) won the match - well deserved and congratulations to Adam MacD.
Today, the Match Director was John McC. Don M. did the scoring and Wayne K. verified the scoring and stats. The targets were set and changed by Dave C., Bruce B., George M., Guy H., and John McC. Range Officers were Bruce B., Bill H., John McC. and Bert deV. Treats and Timbits were brought by Tony L. (thanks Shelly), John McC. (thanks Dorothy) and Dave C. (thanks Dave). Many thanks to all who made this a shoot worth remembering (or forgetting, as the case may be).
RESULTS - CF OPEN CLASS:
Adam MacD. - 292/13X
John McC. - 292/10X
Dan G. - 289/12X
Tony L. - 287/7X
Bert deV. - 286/9X
Don M. - 284/3X
Dave C. - 279/2X
Bruce B. - 278/3XBill H. - 277/4X
RESULTS - CF SPORTER CLASS:
Bert deV. - 137/1X
Bill H. - 132/2X
John McC. - 130/1X
Tony L. - 126/1X
Wayne K. - 117/0X
Dan G. - 42/0X
Finally, we had sold a full deck of cards on the brick of Midas +, which had been donated for fund raising by Peter Dobson of Hirsch Precision. Dave C. drew the lucky winning card - Bert deV. was the winner. Thanks go to Peter and all those who supported the Minto Gun Club by purchasing a card!
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