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)