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