QUICK REMINDERS FOR MAY 2024

SHOOT SCHEDULES:

May 19, 2024 - PETITCODIAC - RIMFIRE OPEN

May 26, 2024 - MINTO - SEMI-ANNUAL MEETING, RF OPEN/SPORTER, RF PISTOL

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2024 CLUB RECORDS/ GUN SHOW DATES/ NEW BRUNSWICK CLEAN TARGET RECORDS/ CONTACT INFORMATION

MAY 12, 2024 - MINTO - CENTERFIRE TEAM SHOOT

Everyone had prepared for the Centerfire Team Shoot - one of the highlights of the shooting season. The course of fire was to shoot 30 counting shots at small caliber specific bulls over 3 relays with the four highest scores counting toward the team scores for each team. Each could be composed of as many as 8 shooters but only the four highest were included in the scoring for that team. Both the Minto Gun Club and the Petitcodiac Shooting Sports Club were represented.

The day started out with the temperature a bit on the cool side (6-7C) which, as is typical for a May day in New Brunswick, warmed up to around 18C by the end of the shooting. What made it a bit unusual was that a raw wind persisted throughout the match and many shooters kept on their winter coats while sitting on the benches with the wind coming in through the ports.

The wind was really the story of the day as it persisted all day long with gusts at least 40km/hr. It was really not steady but offered many windows where the selected conditions would come back.

Unfortunately, the day was also marred by at least 2 shooters having equipment problems that affected the outcome significantly.

PEOPLE TO THANK:

David C. - match director, head scorer, treats and lunch, target changer

John McC. - score verifier, target changer

Volker T., Bert deV. and Darryl K. - ROs

Guy H., Cecil H., and Mike C. - target changers

INDIVIDUAL RESULTS - CENTERFIRE BR:

John McC. -100/7X   100/5X    98/5X = 298/17X

Cecil H. -    99/2X      99/7X    100/5X = 298/14X

Volker T. -  100/5X     96/3X    100/7X = 296/15X

Dan G. -     97/5X     100/5X     98/4X = 295/14X

Chris S. -    96/4X     100/3X     98/3X = 294/10X

Guy H. -     99/3X      95/5X       98/3X = 292/11X

Darryl K. -   95/0X     98/3X       98/6X = 291/9X

Mike C. -    99/5X      96/4X       98/5X = 290/14X

Don M. -     95/1X     96/4X       97/3X = 288/8X

David C. -   99/2X     77/2X       95/3X = 271/7X

Wayne K. - 85/2X     87/1X       89/1X = 271/4X

Bert deV. -  DNC      93/2X       99/4X

TEAM RESULTS:

TEAM PETITCODIAC - 1183/56X                                                   TEAM MINTO - 1168/47X

John McC. - 298/17X                                                                       Cecil H. - 298/14X

Volker T. -  296/15X                                                                          Guy H. -  292/11X

Dan G. -  295/14X                                                                            Mike C. - 290/14X

Chris S. - 294/10X                                                                            Don M. - 288/8X

Congratulations go to Team Petitcodiac for a great performance and the win!

MAY 5, 2023 - PETITCODIAC - CENTERFIRE - RESULTS

It was a wonderful spring day in New Brunswick when we went to the Petitcodiac range for the first centerfire match in May. Although bit cool in the morning - about 7C - it did warm up nicely to about 18C on our way back.

In the meantime, during the match, it stayed a little cool but sunny. This gave us a lot of mirage when the wind was relatively still. This disappeared when the wind picked up. It was interesting that in the first and last relays shooters were plagued by heavy mirage - so much so that it was almost impossible to see the center lines of the bulls and much of our sighting was guesswork. The middle relays, by contrast were much clearer for sighting but here we had to deal with gusty winds that were quite unpredictable.

Despite these conditions, some good scores were recorded although the X count was a bit low. Congrats go to Malcolm McA. who scored a clean target of 300/13X and also to Bert deV. who shot a 300/10X.

PEOPLE TO THANK:

Dan G. - Match Director, RO and score verifier.

Volker T. - Head Scorer and RO.

Darryl K. - RO.

Bert deV., John McC., Bruce B., David C. and Malcolm McA. - target changers.

Dan G. and Bruce B. - Tim's best donuts and Timbits.

Darryl K. and Bert deV. - photos.

RESULTS - CENTERFIRE BR - OPEN CLASS:

Malcolm McA. -100/4X    100/2X    100/7X = 300/13X (30BR)

Bert deV. -    100/6X      100/2X      100/2X = 300/10X (22BR)

Dan G. -     100/4X      100/6X      99/5X = 299/15X (30BR)

John McC. - 98/2X      100/5X      99/2X = 297/9X (30BR)

Chris A. -    100/2X      94/2X      100/7X = 294/11X (6PPC)

Tony L. -    96/2X      98/1X       100/3X = 294/6X (6BR)

Darryl K. -  98/3X      97/3X      98/5X = 293/11X (6BR)

Bruce B. -  96/0X     94/1X      99/3X = 289/4X (6BR)

Don M. -    99/1X     95/1X      94/0X = 288/2X (30BR)

David C. -    DNC  (6PPC)

APRIL 28, 2024 - MINTO - RIMFIRE BR - RESULTS

It started out as a cool Sunday morning with the temperature around the freezing mark. Thankfully, Wayne K. and George M. had stoked the fire in the stove and the Clubhouse was toasty warm.  However, as the day progressed, coats and jackets were shedded and we ended up with 18C at the end of the shoot. The sun was out all day long which, after a long winter, was a blessing to all.

Winds were all over the range but predominantly from left to right and from 6:00 to 12:00 o'clock. Sometimes there appeared to be o wind at all. The wind was fierce at times with the tails of the flags stretched out horizontally. It was very hard to find that "one" condition that was predictable and that would return often enough to ensure a good shot - and just as hard to estimate the velocity of the wind.

As a result, no clean targets were shot today but some very good scores were recorded none-the-less. 

PEOPLE TO THANK:

Match Director - David C.

Scorer - Bruce B.

Score Verifier - David C.

Range Officers - Grant H., Chris S., Darryl K.

Target Changers - Barb J., Guy H., George M., Bruce B., Chris S., John McC.

Treats - Barb J.

RESULTS - OPEN CLASS RIMFIRE BR:

Gerald D. - 199/8X     200/10X = 399/18X          Grant H. - 200/8X     195/4X = 395/12X

John McC. - 198/9X     199/9X = 397/18X          Bert deV. - 199/5X    196/6X = 395/11X

Chris S. -  200/6X      197/7X = 397/14X             Darryl K. - 195/10X    198/8X = 393/18X                                                 Barb J. - 200/10X     196/9X = 396/19X              Don M. -  193/4X      196/5X = 389/9X

Norbert S. - 197/6X   199/10X = 396/16X           George M. - 192/4X   196/2X = 388/6X                                                   Cecil H. - 199/8X     197/4X = 396/12X               David C. - 186/1X     187/0X = 373/1X

RESULTS - SPORTER CLASS RIMFIRE BR:

Bert deV. - 199/7X     200/9X = 399/16X

Wayne LeB. - 200/7X     198/7X = 398/14X

Volker T. -   198/6X     199/5X = 397/11X

John McC. - 198/3X     191/3X = 389/6X

Bruce B. -   191/3X     194/4X = 385/7X

Wayne K. -  191/6X     192/3X = 383/9X

          

APRIL 21, 2024 - PETITCODIAC - RIMFIRE BR - RESULTS

Today's shoot was an almost perfect day. It was sunny, 4-10C temp, and winds 14km, but gusting at times to 34km. The switching gusts cost several shooters an 8 or couple 9's and took them out of the running. Quite a following of 498 scores. But three shooters managed to shoot a perfect 500 score and into the medals category; congrats guys.

Thanks to Dan and Barb for the great sweets, and Bruce and Chris for RO'ing the match.

    RESULTS - RIMFIRE BR - OPEN CLASS: 

    Cecil H. -      250/17X     250/13X = 500/30X

    Wayne LeB. - 250/12X     250/11X = 500/23X

    Matt McA. -    250/10X     250/11X = 500/21X

    Gerald D. -    249/16X     249/11X = 498/27X

    John McC. -   248/13X     250/11X = 498/24X

    Grant H. -    250/14X     245/9X = 498/23X

    Volker T. -    249/11X     249/10X = 498/21X

    Barb J. -    250/10X     248/10X = 498/20X

    Darryl K. -  247/9X     249/8X = 496/17X

    Dan G. -    247/9X     248/9X = 495/18X

    Steven C. - 247/8X     246/7X = 493/15X

    George M. - 248/8X     244/5X = 492/13X

    Bruce B. -   248/12X     243/6X = 491/18X

 

John C. -    245/4X     245/6X = 490/10X

Chris S. -   249/13X     239/3X = 488/16X

APRIL 14, 2024 - PETITCODIAC - CENTERFIRE BR - RESULTS

 Thank you Darryl for sending the pics and results.

RESULTS - CENTERFIRE BR:

Malcolm McA. - 100/7X     100/7X     100/5X= 300/19X (30BR)

Danny G. -      100/6X     100/5X     100/7X= 300/18X (6PPC) 

Tony L. -        98/0X     100/4X     98/4X= 296/8X (6BR)

Darryl K. -    98/2X     99/2X      98/4X= 295/8X (6BR)

Chris A. -     92/2X     99/3X     100/4X= 291/9X (6PPC)

John McC. - 100/5X     97/3X     93/2X= 290/10X (30BR)

MARCH 31, 2024 - MINTO - RIMFIRE OPEN/SPORTER - RESULTS

Thanks to Darryl K. for the pics and results.

RESULTS - OPEN CLASS BR:

Gerald D. - 196/1X     196/4X = 392/5X

Dan G. - 190/2X     197/8X = 387/10x

Matt McA. - 192/2X     193/3X = 385/5X

John M. - 192/5X     192/4X = 384/9X

Bruce B. - 189/3X     195/6X = 384/9X

John McC. - 188/4X     195/8X = 383/12X

Barb J. - 190/2X     193/5X = 383/7X

Darryl K. - 187/3X     193/5X = 380/8X

George M. - 176/6X     194/6X = 370/12X

Cecil H. - 186/1X     184/3X = 370/4X

David C. - 181/3X     180/4X = 361/7X

Conrad L. - 179/1X     179/1X = 358/2X

RESULTS - SPORTER CLASS BR:

John McC. - 193/0X     195/4X = 388/4X

Wayne LeB. - 193/4X     192/5X = 385/9X

Dan G. - 191/3X     193/5X = 384/8X

MARCH 17, 2024 - MINTO CENTERFIRE BR - RESULTS

The Centerfire shoot in Minto this weekend was a good shoot where the participants were happy to shoot the "big guns" early in the year.

The weather was a bit cool with rain off and on and winds mostly from the west and switching. Not at all ideal.

Thanks to everyone who helped out with the chores during this shoot.

RESULTS - CENTERFIRE - OPEN CLASS:

Mike C. - 298/17X (30BR)

Cecil H. - 298/15X (6mmPPC)

John McC. - 297/15X (6mmBR)

David C. - 292/12X (6mmBR)

Dan G. - 287/5X (6x45)

RESULTS - CENTERFIRE - SPORTER CLASS:

Dan G. - 147/10X (6mmPPC)

Cecil H. - 146/7X (223 Rem)

Guy H. - 145/5X (6mmPPC)

Wayne K. - 139/4X (223 Rem)

MARCH 10, 2024 - PETITCODIAC RIMFIRE - RESULTS

It was not a great weather day in Petticodiac for the second rimfire match of 2024. It was overcast with snow flurries and possible rain expected. Winds were constant with few breaks, ranging from 12 to 21km Easterly. The temperature ranged from -1C to +2C. Probably why the smaller than usual turnout. At least there was no mirage!

Considering the conditions, the scores were very good indeed. Congratulations go to John McC. who shot a 500/27X score. We had a run on X’s too with the final tally ranging from 14X to 29X (that's from 28% to 58%) - pretty darn good for this early in the season. 

Volker T. was the match director and scored the targets with Dan G. verifying the scores and stats. Thanks to all who helped with running the match - the ROs, the target changers and the treat providers.

RESULTS - RIMFIRE BR - OPEN CLASS:

John McC. - 250/15X     250/12X   = 500/27X

Gerald D. -   250/13X     249/16X   = 499/29X

Wayne LeB. - 250/12X     249/15X   = 499/27X

Grant H. -   250/11X     249/11X   = 499/22X

Dan G. -     248/8X     249/10X   = 497/18X

Darryl K. -  250/8X     247/7X   = 497/15X

Bruce B. -  247/7X     249/12X   = 496/19X

Volker T. -  248/5X     245/9X   = 493/14X

In anticipation of even more bad weather, everyone hurried home. 
Volker, Director

MARCH 4, 2024 - MINTO - 22RF BENCHREST - RESULTS

PEOPLE TO THANK:

Match Director – Dave C

Scorer and Verifier – Dale H., Bruce B.

Range Officers – Dave C., Danny G., Darryl K. and John M. 

Treats – Barb J. (Cookies and Banana Bread)

Target Changers – Dale H., John M., Dave C., George M., Barb J., Gerard D., Guy H., Cecil H.

Pictures – Barb J. and Darryl K.

 

RESULTS – OPEN CLASS RIMFIRE:

Shooter                     Targets                    Total

Volker T. 200/15X     200/10X       400/25X

John Mc.          200/10X    200/11X        400/21X

Dale H.            200/5X       200/12X       400/17X

Chris S.           200/7X       200/9X         400/16X

Barb J.             200/16X    199/10X        399/26X

Cecil H.           199/9X       200/13X        399/22X

Gerard D.        200/7X       199/7X          399/14X

Danny G.         198/12X     200/8X          398/20X

Dave C.           198/7X       200/9X          398/16X

Bruce B.          199/6X       199/10X        398/16X

Grant H.          197/7X        200/14X       397/21X

Guy H.             199/5X       197/4X          396/9X

George M.       197/6X       197/8X          394/14X

Congratulations to Volker T. for the high score of of the year in Minto (400/25X) and also to John McC. who shot a clean match score of 400/21X; Dale H. who shot a clean match score of 400/17X and to Chris S. who shot a clean match score of 400/16X. Further, congrats go to Barb J. for shooting the high single target of 200/16X.

RESULTS – SPORTER CLASS RIMFIRE:

Shooter                  Targets                    Total

Norbert S.      196/5X      199/7X         395/12X

John M.          197/5X      196/3X        393/8X

John Mc.        198/3X      194/7X        392/10X

Wayne K.       185/2X      189/1X         374/3X

Gerry J.          169/-X       170/1X        339/1X

Finally, congratulations are due to Chris S. who entered the hallowed halls of the Minto 400 Club during this shoot. He received his crest today. Congrats Chris.