JANUARY 12, 2014 - MINTO - 22BR SHOOT

The following results and pictures were sent by Barbara J. - many thanks.

You will notice the scores are not as usual - this is because Minto Matches are now scored down instead of up which results in lower scores and far fewer Xs.

RESULTS - OPEN CLASS:

Cecil H. - 375/1X

Barbara J. - 369/1X

Malcolm MacD. - 365/0X

David C. - 364/0X

Don M. - 360/0X

George M. - 360/0X

Bruce B. - 350/0X

RESULTS - SPORTER CLASS:

Guy H. - 369/2X

Wayne K. - 362/3X

Bruce B. - 357/1X

 

JANUARY 11, 2014 - LAKE GEORGE - 22BR SHOOT

Here are the results and some pictures of the Lake George Gun Club shoot sent by Barbara and Carl J. - many thanks for their assistance.

OPEN CLASS:
Bruce B. - 400/14X
Cecil H. - 398/20X

Guy H. - 398/15X

Dave C. - 395/13X
George M. - 394/11X
Terry McN. - 393/11X
Don M. - 387/8X
Barbara J. - 384/5X
Norbert S. - 384/4X

SPORTER CLASS:

Steve F. - 390/17X

Wayne K. - 385/12X

Bruce B. - 385/12X

NOTICE OF LAKE GEORGE 22BR SHOOTS

PLEASE NOTE THE FOLLOWING FROM SHELLEY GREGAN:

Happy New Year!  I appologize that this is being sent out to the 2013 e-mail list.  I have not had a chance to finalize the 2014 e-mail list yet but wanted to make sure that members were aware of these shoots.  There will be informal 22 shoots taking place January 11,  February 8 and March 8, 2014.  The following competition regulations have been provided by Terry McNeill who is coordinating these shoots - tfmcneill@live.ca

L.G.G.C. 22 RIMFIRE WINTER BENCHREST RULES

Dates: January 11,  February 8 and March 8, 2014

Registration is from 9 am until 10 am.  The shoot will start at 10 am.  The fee is $10.00.  Coffee and light lunch is included.  There wil be two classes - OPEN and SPORTER. Medals will be awarded for 1st and 2nd in each class.

OPEN CLASS:
Any rifle, any sights, any ammunition and any two piece rest with not more than 4" of contact on the rifle from either bag.  The rifle cannot be clamped rigid and must be free to float.

SPORTER CLASS:
Restricted to low and mid priced rifles with any action.  No target rifles or any rifles with modifications (including no heavy barrels).  The cut-off price will be around the CZ bolt action and the Marlin lever action.  If there is a dispute the committee will have the final say.

Sporter Class Sights: will be any sights (open, peep, scopes no larger than 9x but no high power scopes turned down)
Sporter Class Barrels: no heavy barrels, barrels can only measure a max of .65" with no modifications such as tunners.
Sporter Class Ammunition: Any ammunition permitted.
Sporter Class Rest: rests will be one sand bag under the front of the rifle.  No rear supports allowed other than the shooter's hand.

TARGETS:
There will be four targets with 10 shots for score on each.  This will result in a score out of 100 on each and a total of 400 for the match.  There will be unlimited sighters with a 10 minute time limit on each target.

OTHER REGULATIONS:
The rest of the rules will be the same as and enforced as layed out in the regular Lake George Gun Club Shooting Competitions. See this link: http://www.lg-gc.ca/index.html

JANUARY 5, 2014 - PETITCODIAC - 22BR SHOOT

The Benchrest shooting season got off to a great start today with a 22BR shoot in Petitcodiac which was attended by 16 shooters from the Moncton, Fredericton, Sussex, and Minto areas. One even came from Grand Manan. This is a testament to the hardiness of New Brunswick shooters as, the day before, temperatures at the beginning of the day hovered around -30C. The weather was great today, however, with the sun shining and hardly any wind. We were lucky to see the temperature rise 8 degrees up to a balmy 0C and no snow. The warm stove was kept going to keep shooters thawed out between relays - and this venue was extremely well attended! Of course that's where the treats were also located. This was one of the best shoots ever with great scores. The top 4 shooters attained the ellusive perfect target with 500 scores. Congratulations to Matthew McAllister, Volker Topf, Brian Petitpas and Jeff Marshall, 3 of whom joined the 500 Club for the first time!

Medal winners Matt, Volker and Brian

500 Clubbers Jeff,  Brian, Volker, Matt

Thanks are due to all who made this shoot possible. Match Director and scorer Volker Topf. Those who set up and changed the targets. The ROs and those who fired up the stove and those who made the coffee. Thanks to Barbara Jamieson for bringing the sweets.

RESULTS:
Matthew McAllister - 500/23X

Volker Topf - 500/23X

Brian Pettipas - 500/20X

Jeff Marshall - 500/9X

Cecil Harvey - 499/26X

Dan Gladstone - 499/23X

Tom Nowlan - 499/21X

Darryl Kierstead - 499/16X

    Bruce Bennett - 498/18X

    John Corbett - 495/18X

    Barbara Jamieson - 492/15X

    George Murray - 490/12X 

    Terry McNeill - 476/9X

    Don Murrin - 473/7X

    George Cook - 470/1X

    Steven Crawford - 469/8X

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POLL #1: IS THIS SITE USEFUL FOR COMMUNICATION AMONG SHOOTERS?

Well here we are in 2014 - hope all of you had a good holiday season.
The time for voting on the question of whether you think the New Brunswick Benchrest Site is a useful communication tool is over. Thanks to those who took a few minutes to respond.

The Poll results are in:

Number of people voting = 16

"The site is very much a useful communication tool" = 15
"The site is somewhat useful as a communication tool" = 0
"The site is not all that much useful" = 1
"The site is not at all useful" = 0

So, 93% of those voting thought the blog-site was useful. Although this sounds good, keep in mind that in 2013 we had 60 shooters showing up to the shoots in Lake George, Minto and Petitcodiac. Assuming that all 16 voters in the poll were from New Brunswick, this means that only 1/4 of the active New Brunswick shooters in 2013 voted. We don't know why others did not vote or why 15 people thought it was useful.

In 2014 we will try a couple more polls. The plan is to find out what people like or dislike on the site and want to keep or discard. A second poll will try to find out what new items shooters would want to see on the website.

See you at the range.

HAPPY HOLIDAYS AND NEW YEAR

WE WISH ALL OF OUR BENCHREST SHOOTING FRIENDS IN

NEW BRUNSWICK

ACROSS CANADA

AND AROUND THE WORLD

A HAPPY AND SAFE HOLIDAY SEASON

AND OUR BEST WISHES FOR THE NEW YEAR

FROM ALL OF US AT PETITCODIAC, MINTO & LAKE GEORGE

08-12-2013 MINTO CHRISTMAS FUN SHOOT

The Christmas Fun Shoot and Annual awards presentations took place at the Minto range this Sunday. Judging from the pictures that Barbara and Carl J. kindly sent, a good time was had by all. Thanks to all who made this event a success with a special mention to Gerry J. who toiled over the statistics and arranged for the lovely plaques presented to the winners.

07-12-2013 PETITCODIAC CHRISTMAS FUN SHOOT

The Annual Petitcodiac Christmas Fun Shoot took place on December 7th, 2013 - having been rescheduled from the week before due to foul weather.

Well, we had a smaller turnout than usual, but everyone was in good spirits and had a good time. For those not able to win a turkey either by craft or luck, they still were in the prize draw and had a hot meal. It was a fun shot, but the competition was very keen with some really good scores posted, especially on the 6-bull target. As a result it was necessary to hold a shoot-off for two of the three competitive targets. Even the good luck target had a couple of close high scores.

The weather co-operated better this time; although the wind did prevail. It was a bit cold, but the shooting hut and the clubhouse offered the warmth of a good wood stove. On behalf of PSC, Thanks to George and Tony for getting the stoves going and to to Tony, Shelly, and John L. for setting the target frames, and Brian and Dan for running targets.  As usual, Barb and Shelly brought great sweets, and some chocolate on the range courtesy of Brian; appreciated. Thanks to our two chefs, Bev. and Joanne who served up the delicious ham and scalloped potato dinner. Thanks to Darryl as Range Officer, and to John C. for assisting with the closing ceremonies and prizes. On behalf of your fellow benchrest shooters at PSC, I (Volker) wish you all a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

Thanks to Volker for sending this report and
we thank Darryl K. for sending the picture gallery - "a picture is worth a thousand words" as they say so Darryl must have a pretty hoarse throat by now!!

The shoot consisted of a standard 5-Bull target, a "Fly" target, a "Squares" and a "Good Luck" target. John M. won the 5-Bull target with a score of 100/8X. The "Fly" target was won by Danny G. with 27 points while the "Squares" target was won by Barbara J. with a score of 15. Volker T, who says he would rather be lucky than good, won the . .  wait for it . . . Lucky target.

 

BENCHREST BLOG-SITE ONE YEAR OLD TODAY

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

The New Brunswick Benchrest Shooting Blog-site is now 1 year old having started December 1st 2012. During that time, we have reported on most of the shoots for which results and pictures were available in both Petitcodiac and Minto. Any important developments related to Benchrest shooting have also been reported when ever we were able to do so.

During the past year the Blog has been viewed 9885 times with the top 10 countries as follows:

                                                           CANADA - 6743

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA - 1301

RUSSIA - 462

GERMANY - 281

LATVIA - 229

CHINA - 55

UNITED KINGDOM - 50

INDONESIA - 47

AUSTRALIA - 45

UKRAINE - 37

Aside from regular viewing of the Shooting Results, the topics that received the most attention over the past year included the following:

GUN SHOWS IN THE MARITIME AREA

THE DISCUSSION PAGE ON THE SPORTER CLASS

BENCHREST SHOOTING RULES - MINTO AND PETITCODIAC

THE EULOGY FOR MIKE WALKER

GUN CLUB MEETINGS

I have, obviously, not been able to attend every Benchrest Shoot this year and so have relied on some very good people to help provide results and pictures. In Minto, Gerry J. has regularly sent the shooting results and many pictures. Volker T. has sent reports of many shoots in Petitcodiac and Darryl K. has faithfully sent pictures of those                           shoots. Barbara J. has also sent pictures of Rimfire BR shoots at both clubs. Many thanks to all of you - the Blog-site would have been much poorer without your contributions.

In the coming year I will try to report on every shoot with pictures. If the shooters are willing I will bring you a selection of equipment that is being used. There shall also be more emphasis on polling the readers on relevant topics to let you know what others think of them. You may notice that a poll on the "Usefulness of this blog as a communication tool for Benchrest Shooters" is on the first page - 10 readers have responded so far. Don't forget, your ideas and suggestions for making this site a better one are always welcome.
Hope to see you in the next shooting season!
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MINTO ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING - NOVEMBER 24, 2013

The Minto Gun Club Inc. held it's Annual General Meeting on November 24th, 2013. A good number of important discussions were held with votes on several initiatives that will affect shooting in Minto in the upcoming year. We thank Dave C. for taking the lead on these initiatives - a lot of hard work was involved, polling the membership and refining the responses into a sensible set of regulations.

We also thank Wayne K. for his hard work over the years as President. Our successful shoots as well as the day-to-day operations of the club depended on his efforts.

Our thanks go to the past Vice-President, Gerry J. who continues to do the arduous job of statistician for every shoot and for the entire shooting program over the year.

Thanks are also due to Bruce B. for his work related to membership, minutes of meetings and managing the finances of the club.

Of course we can't forget the many others who have worked behind the scenes as volunteers both at the range and on behalf of the membership.

One of the more important functions of an annual meeting is to ensure the smooth functioning of the club by electing a new slate of officers. Dave C. became the new President, Wayne K. the new Vice-President and Bruce B. will continue as the Secretary-Treasurer. Congratulations guys!



President Dave C., Vice-President Wayne K. and Secretary-Treasurer Bruce B.



24-11-2013 - MINTO - CENTERFIRE SHOOT - RESULTS

 The weather was definitly the big story for today's shoot. On the plus side was the light which was even throughout all relays due to a cloud cover that only broke for about 5 minutes when the sun peeked out at the end of the shoot. Also on the plus side was that a good number of shooters from both the Minto Club and from Petiticodiac attended - and as usual - the camaraderie and the social contacts were well worth the effort.

On the negative side was that this was the coldest shoot we have experienced this year with temperatures below zero. The wind was stiff with gusts easily reaching 25 km/hr which made the wind chill around -10 C. Many of us experienced cold fingers to the point of not being able to feel the trigger very well. The results clearly reflected this handicap as well as the effects of the wind. Congratulations to Darryl K. who won the Open Class and to Gerry J. who won the Sporter Class - Gerry J. even shot a personal best with one perfect target. He says that is his first in the Sporter Class! When not shooting, we all huddled around the wood-stove to warm up.

RESULTS - OPEN CLASS

Darryl K. - 293/13X

Bert deV. - 291/15X

Don M. - 290/14X

Tom W. - 289/16X

Gus C. - 289/10X

Danny G. - 287/10X

Mack MacD. - 267/7X

RESULTS - SPORTER CLASS

Gerry J. - 276/0X

Danny G. - 270/2X

Bert deV. - 260/1X

Guy H. - 260/0X

Wayne K. - 260/0X

Grant P. Sr. - 244/2X

Bruce B. - 230/0X

David C. - 220/0X

Grant P. Jr. - 168/0X

Many people pitched in to make this shoot possible. Wayne K. was the Match Director and the Scorer with Don M. providing verification of the scores. The Chief RSO was Gerry J. and RO duties were shared by him, Dave C and Grant P. Sr. Donuts were provided by Grant P. Jr. The target changers for today's match were George M., Dave C. and Guy H. Thanks to all.

The match was followed by the Annual General Meeting of the Minto Gun Club Inc. which was smoothly run by outgoing President Wayne K. A number of resolutions were adopted which will affect the classes of competition in Minto and what will be reported on this  blog-site. A new slate of officers was also voted in by the membership.

Because of time constraints and the weather, the handgun shoot was not held today.

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