QUICK REMINDERS FOR AUGUST and SEPTEMBER 2026

SHOOT SCHEDULE:

Sunday, August 30, 2026 - MINTO - CENTERFIRE BR - OPEN/SPORTER; HG-CF

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Sunday, September 6, 2026 - PETITCODIAC - CENTERFIRE BR, OPEN CLASS

Sunday, September 13, 2026 - RIMFIRE BR, OPEN/SPORTER; Hg-RF

Sunday, September 20, 2026 - RIMFIRE BR, OPEN CLASS

Sunday, September 27, 2026 - MINTO - CENTERFIRE BR, OPEN/SPORTER; Hg-CF

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2026 CLUB RECORDS/ GUN SHOW DATES

NEW BRUNSWICK CLEAN TARGET RECORDS/ CONTACT INFORMATION

AUGUST 23, 2026 - PETITCODIAC - RIMFIRE BR - OPEN

 This match is cancelled due to weather conditions.

AUGUST 16, 2026 - MINTO - RIMFIRE BR - OPEN/SPORTER

Thanks to Dale H. for sending the results of this match.

We want to welcome back Tharin T. for his first match of 2026. Nice to see you again!

This Sunday was a great day for a shooting match! It started with 8C and heavy dew on the car in the morning and by the time we were at the range it had risen to 13C. It actually felt like an early fall day without the woodsy smells. Wayne K. had warmed up the clubhouse which was welcome when wearing a short sleaved shirt. By the end of the match the temperature was about 23C. A welcome change from the high temperatures and humity of last weekend.

It remained slightly overcast during the shooting with a thin cloud cover which helped with sighting conditions although with high magnification, some mirage was evident from time-to-time. No rain though.

The wind, as is usual for Minto, was switching from 9:00 o'clock to 3:00 o'clock with long periods at 12:00 o'clock. It's velocity ranged from long periods of apparent quiet to fairly strong winds of 25km/hr. A shooter was wise to choose a dominant condition and also to be sighted in on a secondary condition. Both were needed to complete the match within the time limit of 25 minutes for 20 counting shots. Many shots were made by holding off - a bit risky as it was hard to estimate the velocity of the wind.

Although a good number of clean target sheets were shot, only two clean match scores were recorded - both in Open Class. Congrats go to Dale H. who shot a score of 400/20 to clinch first place and to Bert deV. who placed second with a score of 400/18X. Barb J. placed third, scoring 398/20X. In Sporter Class, Bert deV. just missed a clean match score and shot 399/22X; Wayne LeB. scored 398/16X and Dan B. placed third with 398/11X. Congrats to all.

PEOPLE TO THANK (thanks to all who helped out - without your help we would not be able to enjoy our sport):

Match Director – David C.

Scorer and Verifier – John M. and Dale H.

Range Officers – Wayne K., John McC. and Bruce B.

Treats – David C.  (Coffee and Cookies), Barb J. (Chocolate Chip cookies)

Target Changers – Conrad L., Barb J., Tharin T., Dale H. and Wayne LeB. 

Pictures – Barb J., Darryl K. and Bert deV.

RESULTS – OPEN CLASS RIMFIRE:

Shooter                     Targets                  Total

Dale H. 200/11X    200/9X       400/20X

Bert deV. 200/11X    200/7X       400/18X

Barb J. 200/9X    198/11X     398/20X

Bruce B. 199/9X    199/6X       398/15X

Gerald D. 198/10X    199/6X       397/16X

George M. 197/11X    197/3X       394/14X

Guy H. 192/3X    200/10X     392/13X

John McC. 192/0X    200/13X     392/13X

David C. 199/6X    190/5X       389/11X

Tharin T. 194/5X    194/11X     388/16X

Wayne K. 197/2X    188/6X       385/8X

Conrad L. 186/2X        —    DNF

RESULTS – SPORTER CLASS RIMFIRE:

Shooter                  Targets                     Total

Bert deV. 200/10X    199/12X     399/22X

Wayne LeB. 198/8X    200/8X       398/16X

Dan B. 199/6X    199/5X       398/11X

Richard M. 196/7X    199/8X       395/15X

Darryl K. 194/1X    199/4X       393/5X

Norbert S. 195/3X    193/4X       388/7X

John McC. 194/4X    192/3X       386/7X

John M. 196/1X    189/1X       385/2X

AUGUST 9, 2026 - PETITCODIAC - CENTERFIRE BR - OPEN

Thanks to Darryl K. for sending the results and pics.

Darryl states that it was hot and muggy all day and that the wind was next to nill. Based on the scores recorded at today's match the conditions were pretty good - if your cheek did not glue to the stock!

Congrats go to the shooters who recorded clean match scores with Dan G. winning the match scoring a 300/25X. Malcolm McA. shot a 300/19X for second place, Tony L. shot a 300/18X for third and John McC. shot a score of 300/16X. Very good shooting guys!

PEOPLE TO THANK:

Match Director - Dan G.

Scorer - Dan G.

Score Verifier - John McC

Range Officer - Dan G. 

Target Changers - 

Treats - 

Pics - Darryl K.

RESULTS - CENTERFIRE BR - OPEN CLASS:

Dan G.   -          100/9X     100/7X    100/9X = 300/25X (30BR)

Malcolm McA.- 100/6X    100/9X    100/4X = 300/19X (6mmBR)

Tony L.   -        100/6X     100/4X     100/8X = 300/18X (6mmPPC)

John McC.  -   100/7X     100/7X     100/2X = 300/16X (30BR)

Becky McC. -    99/3X     100/7X     100/4X = 299/14X (6mmBR)

Darryl K.  -      100/5X      99/5X       99/6X = 298/16X (6mmBR)

AUGUST 2, 2026 - MINTO - CENTERFIRE BR - OPEN/SPORTER

It was 16C on the way to the range and 26C by the time the last shot was fired - not bad for August in New Brunswick. However, it was very humid all day which made it hard for some to breathe and others to keep a dry forehead!

The sun was out for about half the match while it remained overcast for the other. This gave us some good shooting conditions while the second half of the match was very difficult for some due to the mirage.

The wind was very well behaved, (at least for Minto), for a change. It was predominantly from the left (9:00 o'clock), but did switch coming from all directions on the range. The change from a "normal" Minto wind was in the velocity which was very mild - estimated at 0-10km/hr - with many periods of calm. If the wind died while coming from the left a shooter could count on 1 or 2 shots during the calm periods with no unseen wind effects. The results reflect good wind conditions and no sun for the higher scores while lower scores reflect conditions with mirage.

There were also some scope/sighting difficulties which threw a wrench into Conrad's plans for the match. He stuck it out and finished the match - congrats man!

Although some pretty good targets were recorded, clean match scores eluded us today.

PEOPLE TO THANK:

Match director - Bert deV.

Scorer and verifier - Bert deV. and John McC.

Range officers - David C. and Conrad L.

Target changers - David C., John McC. and Guy H.

Sweets - David C. (coffee and cookies)

Pics - Bert deV.

RESULTS - CENTERFIRE BR - OPEN CLASS:

Bert deV. -  100/7X     100/8X     99/5X = 299/20X (30BR)

John McC.- 100/4X    100/5X     99/4X = 299/13X (6mmBR)

David C.  -   99/7X     100/8X     99/8X = 298/23X (30BR)

RESULTS - CENTERFIRE BR - SPORTER CLASS

Bert deV.  -  49/1X     50/4X     49/4X = 148/9X (308 Win)

John McC. - 48/0X     50/3X     45/0X = 143/3X (222 Rem)

Wayne K. -  49/3X     46/1X     46/2X = 141/6X (223 Win)

Conrad L. - 23/0X     16/0X     35/0X = 74/0X (223 Win)

Guy H.   -   50/2X       DNF       DNF = DNC