APRIL 4, 2021 - MINTO CENTERFIRE BR - RESULTS

 April 4 and two weeks into spring. You'd think it would be warm and sunny with birds singing and crocuses coming up out of the ground. But no - this is New Brunswick after all. So we had a cold morning with temperatures starting at about -4C in the morning and rising to +4C in the afternoon. The sky stayed grey all day with not even a hint of sunshine.

The wind was biting cold and everything we had been wearing all winter was welcome today. Noses and fingers were frozen. It blew in from the north at a steady 25km/hr with gusts to 45. Later in the day it slowed a little but was still difficult to deal with. It was kindest to heavy 308 bullets moving them about 1/2 inch and much less kind to light 224 bullet which were pushed over an inch.

THANKS TO:

Don M. - match director and scorer

John McC. - score verifier

David C., Conrad L., Wayne K. - range officers

David C., John McC., Gordon H. - target changers

RESULTS - CF OPEN CLASS:

Gordon H. - 296/8X (308 Win)        Don M. - 280/6X (6PPC)

Bert deV. - 293/14X (22 BR)           David C. - DNC (6PPC)

John McC. - 293/13X (6 BR)          Conrad L. - DNC (223 Rem)

RESULTS - CF SPORTER CLASS:

John McC. - 144/3X (222 Rem)

Wayne K. - 136/3X (223 Rem)

Conrad L. - 126/2X (223 Rem)

MARCH 28, 2021 - PETITCODIAC RIMFIRE BENCHREST - RESULTS

Hello fellow Shooters:

The rim fire match was held at PSC today. The weather was cold when we got to the range but improved by noon before going very cold again into the afternoon.

The wind was very tricky today as the shooting result show except for Matt who scored the first 500 of the year for PSC - well done Matt!

Welcome to Alex M. who joined us for his first benchrest match.

THANKS TO:

Dan G. - match director and scorer and donutd

John McC. - score and stats verification

Ron M., John McC., Bruce B., Chris S., Charles McQ. - targets

Darryl K., Bruce B. - range officers

Darryl K. - pictures

RESULTS - OPEN CLASS RIMFIRE:

Matt McA. - 500/21X        Dan G. - 494/17X

Bruce B. - 499/21X         Darryl K. - 494/12X

Gerald D. - 498/16X         Ron M. - 494/12X

John McC. - 498/15X       Chris S. - 494/10X

David C. - 497/22X         Alex M. - 492/13X

Dale H. - 497/20X             Charles McQ. - 490/10X

John C. - 496/22X            Norbert S. - 486/12X

John M. - 494/19X

Remember! There is nothing like a day at the range! See y'all at the next match. 😁

MARCH 21, 2021 - MINTO RIMFIRE BENCHREST - RESULTS

 The first 22 rimfire shoot of 2021

Minto hosted a good number of shooters last Sunday for the first rimfire benchrest shoot of the season. 

THANKS TO:

Match Director: Mike C.

Scorer: Don M. 

Score verification: John McC.

Targets: Dale H., Matt McA., John M., Norbert S., Guy H.

Range Officers: Wayne K., David C., Bert deV., Mike C., Matt McA.

Coffee: Wayne K.

RESULTS - OPEN CLASS RIMFIRE BR:

Guy H. - 399/27X          Bruce B. - 396/15X

Mike C. - 398/15X         Conrad L. - 395/14X

Dale H. - 398/13X         John M. - 395/12X

David C. - 398/12X       John McC. - 394/15X

Bert deV. - 397/22X      Don M. - 392/6X

Darryl K. - 397/18X      Wayne K. - 381/8X

Volker T. - 397/15X       Norbert S. - 379/7X

Matt McA. - 397/13X      

                     

RESULTS - SPORTER CLASS:

Conrad L. - 376/9X

Gerry J. - 373/3X

Bruce B. - 372/7X

George M. - 358/2X

John McC. 352/6X

Darryl K. - DNC

MARCH 14, 2021 - PETITCODIAC - CENTERFIRE BENCHREST MATCH - RESULTS

 THE FIRST SHOOT OF 2021 !

Thanks to the precautions around the Covid-19 pandemic, we have been unable to get together in groups for the past few months. This has prevented us from starting our normal shooting schedule until now. So here we are today, very glad to be able to travel outside our own region and very glad to be able to get together to do some chin-wagging and shooting.

As the scores show, we were a bunch of rusty shooters with gear that needed checking and tuning. There were the "stuck case so you had to rap the bolt" issues as well as a scope that seemed to jump a couple of MOA in elevation without apparent reason. There were the usual rusty shooter "yank on the trigger" issues. Also the old eyes that could not adjust too well to the mirage and bright glare of the sun - hard to focus on the flags with the snow so bright white. We seem to have lost some muscle memory from not having shot since last November and had even forgotten some parts of our normal routine. 

But there were also, and no score can indicate these, big grins of accomplishment and sheer joy when things went right and we poked a hole right there in the middle where we were aiming - several times in a row!

By the way, the sun was very bright today with no cloud cover. This produced mirage on the target face which made it almost impossible to see the outline of the 10 ring at times. The wind was pretty wild with 20+km/hr winds from 6:00 o'clock but switching from 3:00 to 9:00 o'clock. The temperature was hovering around the 0C mark most of the day and with the wind-chill it was quite uncomfortable at times - hard to feel a trigger with frozen stubby fingers. 

RESULTS - CENTERFIRE BR:  

Dan G. - 6mmPPC - 299/19X

Mike C. - 30BR -298/17X

John McC. - 6mmBR - 296/7X

Bert deV. - 30BR - 291/17X

Darryl K. - 6mmBR - 288/7X

Volker T. - .223 Rem - 285/8X

John C. - .223 Rem - 284/5X

Brian P. - 6MM - 283/0X

Tom N. - 308 Win - 280/4X

Logan G. - 6MM - 233/2X