New Brunswick Benchrest Shooting: March 2025

Monday, March 31, 2025

MARCH 30, 2025 - MINTO - RIMFIRE BR - OPEN/SPORTER - RESULTS

It is springtime in New Brunswick but you wouldn't know it when looking at the snow and plow trucks outside. We have had 3 pretty good storms here since March 21st and it has been cold and dark most days.

So when the opportunity for a shoot on a nice day arose, everyone hopped into their cars with all their gear and drove to Minto for the first Rimfire BR match in 2025 that wasn't cancelled. Some of us brought new equipment and some were testing different ammo. Whatever can be said about the results, we had a lot of fun shooting and getting together with friends.

RELAY #1

The day started off with the temperature hovering around -11C and by the time the match was done, it was a balmy +3C. The sun was out from time to time and shooters gathered in little clumps to catch up on the news and soak up some sunrays.

RELAY #2

The wind was the real story today when it came to shooting accurately. It was literally all over the place. During the first relay, when it was still fairly cool, it was predominantly from the right at about 5-10km/hr. This pattern quickly deteriorated to switching winds from all directions with occasionally some quiet periods thrown in for good measure. We were thankful that it hadn't picked up any speed.

RELAY #3

Welcome to new BR shooter, Mike B., who has been a member of the Minto Gun Club for quite a while.

After the match and the scoring was completed all gathered for the award presentations. First up was the presentation of annual shooting awards that could not be presented at the Christmas shoot last year. Congrats to Volker T. and Gerald D.

PEOPLE TO THANK:

David C. - match director, RO, target changer, coffee and cookies

Dale H. - organizer and scorer

John M. - score verifier

Barb J. - target changer, RO, cookies and banana bread

Gerald D., Mike B., Guy H. - target changers

Bert deV., Darryl K. - photos

RESULTS - RIMFIRE BR - OPEN CLASS:

Bert deV. 200/7X 200/10X 400/17X
Bruce B. 200/7X 198/10X 398/17X
Dale H. 198/3X 200/10X 398/13X
Gerard D. 199/4X 198/8X 397/12X
Barb J. 199/8X 197/4X 396/12X
Darryl K. 199/4X 195/8X 394/12X
George M. 198/3X 196/9X 394/12X
Guy H. 192/6X 198/9X 390/15X
Don M. 190/1X 198/6X 388/7X

RESULTS - RIMFIRE BR - SPORTER CLASS:

Wayne LeB. 199/9X 200/7X 399/16X
Bert deV. 199/5X 199/5X 398/10X
John M. 197/5X 198/5X 395/10X
Volker T. 195/6X 198/7X 393/13X
Dan G. 196/9X 197/3X 393/12X
Norbert S. 197/9X 195/7X 392/16X
Mike B. 190/1X 195/4X 385/5X
Wayne K. 184/1X 176/1X 360/2X

Monday, March 24, 2025

MARCH 23, 2025 - PETITCODIAC - RIMFIRE BR, OPEN - RESULTS

Thanks to Darryl K. for the pics and to Volker T. for the results and the report.

The weather started out with 2C temps and light rain. It soon dropped to -2C and snow flurries as the first relay made ready to shoot. Winds were light to moderate from the SW. There was, at times, uneven wind between sides of the range - not always a bonus.

One 500 score with a good handful of X’s was shot - congrats Bruce B. The turnout was good with all happy to participate in the match. A good match.

Both heaters were running to provide some warmth.

PEOPLE TO THANK: Chris S. as Scorer, Grant H. as Verifier, Chris S. and Dan G. on Targets, John McC. and Dan G. as RO’s, and Dan G. and Bruce B. for the sweets.
RESULTS - 22 RIMFIRE BR - OPEN CLASS

Bruce B. 250 x14 250 x 16 500 x 30
Dan G. 249 x 10 250 x 10 499 x 20
Dale H. 248 x 14 249 x 11 497 x 25
Grant H. 250 x 9 247 x 7 497 x 16
Wayne LeB. 249 x 9 247 x 13 496 x 22
Volker T. 245 x 11 249 x 8 494 x 19
Darryl K. 247 x 8 247 x 10 494 x 18
Stephen C. 248 x 12 246 x 4 494 x 16
Gerard D. 248 x 7 245 x 3 493 x 10
John M. 244 x 5 248 x 7 492 x 12
John McC. 249 x 8 242 x 5 491 x 13
Chris S. 242 x 3 242 x 9 484 x 12
Matt LeB. 234 x 5 244 x 5 478 x 10

Becky Mc 216 x 0 240 x 4 456 x 4

Monday, March 17, 2025

MARCH 16, 2025 - MINTO - CENTERFIRE BR, OPEN/SPORTER - RESULTS

This was technically the third shoot of the 2025 season in Minto. Actually, it turned out to be the first as the others had been cancelled due to inclement weather.

Speaking of the weather, it was quite nice for the middle of March with temperatures ranging from +3C in the morning to 12C when the shoot finished. The weatherman had called for rain but this did not materialise until well after we all got home. The light was good as it remained overcast for the whole day with only periods where mirage was noticeable with higher power scopes. The wind was quite benign ranging from almost nothing to about 15km/hr coming mostly from the left across the range. Wind switches were a bit of a problem being quite sudden and unpredictable.

PEOPLE TO THANK:

David C. - match director, scorer, coffee and cookies

Bert deV. - score verification, pictures

Guy H., Bruce B., Mike C. and David C. - target changers

Danny G., Mike C. and Conrad L. - range officers

Bruce B. - donuts

RESULTS - CENTERFIRE OPEN CLASS:

Bert deV. - 100/4X 100/8X 100/5X = 300/17X (22 BR)

Danny G. - 99/7X 99/5X 100/5X = 298/17X (30 BR)

Mike C. - 98/8X 99/3X 100/5X = 297/16X (30 BR)

Don M. - 98/6X 97/5X 98/5X = 293/16X (30 BR)

Bruce B. - 99/4X 91/0X 97/3X = 287/7X (222 Rem)

Darryl K. - 97/3X 86/2X 99/2X = 282/7X (6mmBR)

David C. - 98/2X 99/5X DNF = DNC (6mmPPC)

RESULTS - CENTERFIRE - SPORTER CLASS:

Danny G. - 49/2X 50/2X 49/3X = 148/7X (233 AI)

Bert deV. - 50/3X 49/3X 47/1X = 146/7X (222 Rem)

Wayne K. - 47/1X 44/2X 47/1X = 138/4X (223 Win)

Guy H. - 50/5X 47/1X 38/0X = 135/6X (6mm PPC)

Gerry J. - 46/0X 38/1X 48/1X = 132/2X (223 Win)

Conrad L. - 33/0X 42/0X 47/1X = 122/1X (223 Win)

After the match was over and the scores had been tallied, medals were presented to the winners. As well, plaques for top performances of 2024 that could not be presented at the Christmas shoot, were awarded. Congrats to all.