MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR

A very merry Christmas

and a happy New Year

to all our friends

from the Benchrest Shooters 

of New Brunswick, Canada

DECEMBER 8, 2019 - PETITCODIAC CHRISTMAS SHOOT

PSC Christmas Shoot

Although it was a very cold morning with -13C and -20C windchill, everyone was upbeat for the last big shoot of the year. The sun was bright, requiring the sun shades to be installed. There was a lot of glare off the snow on the range. All bays were used, but there was still some room to gather around the stove for the upcoming relay of shooters.
A variety of fun targets were used by your friendly director such as the "Good Luck", "Know Your Limits", "Flies", and "Crows". There was the occasional friendly dig about these targets from shooters. Really, the Grinch was not around, lol. The winners of turkey prizes were Tony L., Matt McA., Bruce B., and John M. respectively. A draw for nicely wrapped gifts prepared by John C. was held for the remainder to wrap up the shoot. At noon a tasty hot meal was served up by Bev T. and Joanne S. Extra food was brought along by Dave C., Bruce B., and John McC. Sweets were also provided by Shelly C. Thanks all for the excellent cuisine. And thanks to all for the routine target work and range duties. On behalf of the PSC Rifle Committee we wish you a Merry Christmas and Healthy New Year . Per VMT, director. Thanks also to Darryl K. for the pics.

Best regards,

Volker

DECEMBER 5, 2019 - UPPER MIRAMICHI FIREARMS CLUB BACK IN OPERATION

DECEMBER 1, 2019 - MINTO - CHRISTMAS SHOOT RESULTS

It was a wonderful day for the last shoot of 2019 in Minto - the Annual Christmas Turkey Shoot. No - we did not shoot at turkeys - but 4 shooters did take turkeys home. 
Today, the match director was Don M. who was also the head scorer with Dale H. verifying. Targets were changed by Mike C., Cecil H., and Bruce B. The ROs were Volker T., Norbert S., George M., Conrad L. and Mike C. Many thanks, guys, for all your help.
Because this was the Christmas shoot, a Christmas meal was provided by the Club and by several members. David C. brought coffee, chili and his delicious brown bread. Wayne K. brought baked beans; Darryl K. brought Joanne's delicious meatballs; Bill H. brought chocolates; Barb J. brought her delectable mince-meat pies and Bert deV. brought an assortment of cookies and soft drinks. It was a wonderful meal at the end of a wonderful year of shooting together.

When the match was completed, scored and the scores were tallied, David C. handed a large turkey to the winners of both the open and sporter classes - Conrad L. and Mike C. respectively. The second place winners - Cecil H. and Wayne K. received a slightly smaller turkey for some good shooting. I think we all had a lot of fun today. Every shooter received a draw ticket and was able to select one of the presents brought by each member.
David C. also made special mention of Barb's generous donation of her own baking for each of the rimfire shoots this year. He expressed the Club's thanks and presented Barb with a complimentary membership for herself and for Carl.
Finally, the much anticipated drawing for the 45x45 Sightron Scope donated by Peter Dobson of Hirsch Precision, took place. Norbert S. was the lucky winner. We thank Peter for his generous donation and also thank all those who bought tickets and thereby supported the building and shooting programs of the Minto Gun Club. This year saw the completion of a small pistol shooting building and a full program of shooting competitions as well as fun shooting.

RESULTS - OPEN CLASS RIMFIRE BR:
Conrad L. - 398/16X
Cecil H. - 397/16X
Dale H. - 396/14X
Volker T. - 396/12X
David C. - 395/7X
Guy H. - 393/11X
Matt McA. - 391/11X
Darryl K. - 391/11X
Barb J. - 391/8X
Bruce B. - 390/14X
Don M. - 390/12X
Dan G. - 390/10X
George M. - 388/7X
Norbert S. - 386/10X

RESULTS - SPORTER CLASS RIMFIRE BR:
Mike C. - 391/7X
Wayne K. - 367/5X
Bill H. - 345/4X

DECEMBER 2, 2019 - ALBERTA LEGISLATURE SUPPORTS GUN OWNERS

As one fella says: "Let's see if New Brunswick has the guts to do the same".

Read here: https://edmontonsun.com/opinion/columnists

NOVEMBER 24, 2019 - PETITCODIAC - CENTERFIRE FUN SHOOT

Today was a good one for our last Centerfire shoot. The temperature was in the -6C range, but the wind was absent except for an occasional breeze. The wood stove provided heat and thanks to Dan G., John McC., and Tony L for the great sweets. Today's shoot was a tri target affair composed of the Fly target, the Gopher (150yds) and a grouping target for the first time ever. Thanks to all for helping with target duty and Volker T., and Dan G for R/O. Your Director, Scorer and Reporter/pics was Volker T. See y'all at the next two final Christmas matches.

NOVEMBER 17, 2019 - ANNUAL AWARDS PRESENTATIONS

After the Annual General Meeting and today's Rimfire BR shoot was finished, the Annual Awards for the Minto Gun Club were presented. This year the Club set some very nice shooting records ,(during matches held in Minto), that will be hard to equal or break.

Bill H.- High Single target -
Sporter class

Bert deV. - various

1.       High single target:

          Centerfire Open Class -                                          Bert deV. - 100/10X

          Centerfire Sporter Class -                                          Bill H. - 50/3X

          Rimfire Open Class -                                              Bert deV. - 200/14X

          Rimfire Sporter Class -                                             Bert deV. - 200/9X

         

    

Shawn R. - High RF Match Score
- Sporter

Mike C. & Cecil H. - High RF Match
Score - Open

2.       High match score:
          Centerfire Open Class - 
            Bert deV. - 300/24X
          Centerfire Sporter Class - 
            Bert deV. - 146/4X
          Rimfire Open Class - 
      Mike C. and Cecil H. - 400/25X
          Rimfire Sporter Class - 
            Shawn R. - 397/16X

Dan G. - Terry McNeill Sporter

Mike C. - Centerfire Open 

3.       Championship winners in 2019:
                Centerfire Open Class -                                            Mike C. - 299/20X
               Centerfire Sporter Class -                                          BertdeV. - 146/4X
          Terry McNeill Rimfire Championship                      (Open) - Bert deV. - 400/19X
          Terry McNeill Rimfire Championship                       (Sporter) - Dan G. - 396/15X
          

Volker T. - Rimfire Pistol
Champion

Wayne K. - Centerfire Pistol
Champion

               Pistol Rimfire Championship -                                     Volker T. - 183/3X
               Pistol Centerfire Championship - 
                         Wayne K. - 70/0X

4.       Minto Centerfire Team in 2019:

          Cecil H. - 294/14X
          Don M. - 291/12X
          Bert deV. - 290/9X
          Mike C. - 287/8X
          Norbert S. - 284/6X
          David C. - 281/7X
          Wayne K. - 275/3X

5.       Minto Rimfire Team in 2019:
          Mike C. - 370/6X
          Bert deV. - 365/11X
          Matt McA. - 362/7X
          George M. - 360/6X
          David C. - 356/9X
          Dale H. - 346/6X
          Norbert S. - 334/3X
          Ben F. - 327/4X
          

NOVEMBER 17, 2019 - MINTO - AGM, AWARDS PRESENTATIONS and FUN SHOOT

It was a very busy day in Minto with the 2 hour long Annual General Meeting held in the morning under the capable chairmanship of Wayne K. who was filling in for President Dave C. David had slipped on the ice and had fallen on his back, injuring several ribs. Our best wishes for a speedy recovery go to David who, according to reports, cannot move without a good deal of pain.
Following the AGM, we held a rimfire match which was supposed to be a fun shoot. In the same vein as "teaching old dogs new tricks", we had a good stiff competition with some pretty darn-good shooting despite the cold (it was -10C - a bit early in the year for that according to all shooters who hovered around the stove after shooting their relays !!). The wind was not very strong but was reufully called "tricky" by several apparently disappointed shooters.
The match director today was Don M. who again, stepped in at the last minute and who did the scoring as well. Mike C. did the verifying while Conrad L., Wayne K. and Dale H. were the ROs. Targets were changed by Guy H., Mike C., Shawn R., Darryl K., and Cecil H. I may have missed some others who changed targets as well - sorry guys. Wayne had brought the coffee and Bert deV. the cookies. The photographer "par excellence" was Darryl K. Thanks to all for helping out today.


RESULTS - RIMFIRE BR - OPEN CLASS:
Cecil H. - 400/20X
Darryl K. - 398/23X
George M. - 397/13X
Dale H. - 397/12X
Don M. - 388/10X
Conrad L. - 383/6X

RESULTS - RIMFIRE BR - SPORTER CLASS:
Daniel G. - 397/11X
Guy H. - 393/11X
Volker T. - 392/8X
Shawn R. - 386/5X
Wayne K. - 363/6X
Mike C. - 341/0X