April shoot is in the books, was REALLY cold and blustery on Friday, started off cold and calm but as the day went on wind picked up. Saturday was a bit better but could still see your breath and Sunday got up to 60 and decent. Not a big turnout, not sure if cold conditions, a few other shoots going on or maybe some are just getting tired of the matches but those that came had a good time.
I added a few new targets for the bonus, mini little gongs going from 6" down to 1", I thought they looked like little frog heads so called it Frogger, you hit the first you jumped to next one, you missed you jumped back. You got 8 shots at 6 targets. If you got all 6 straight thru I gave you the last two points as a bonus. A few managed to do it straight thru.
Scores continue to go up a bit as more shooters are using better ammo, lots of Lapua SLR being used even though it's hard to snatch up. You sure can tell the difference watching thru the spotting scope and seeing the hits on the targets. Some still enjoy using upper middle range ammo and trying to beat the high end ammo scores. Chris and I shot peep sighted gun, I used an old Winchester 52D and He used a BSA Martini MK II, we both used SK Biathlon. He shot in mid day with bad lighting and I shot earlier with overcast skies so the targets stood out. Really fun using these old guns on 4moa targets from 25 yards out to 197 yards. He got 5 of the bonus and I only got 4. Cuda used $1.06/50 Aguilla and he actually didn't do bad but some places It prob had a 100fps spread it was off so far but he had fun, he showed them last year, using Lapua SLR and the same gun he won the match besting all the big guns. Makes ya wonder, it's all in the ammo.
Anyway, Randy Wise used his McGowen barreled Anschutz Pistol to eek out the win by reverse count. Seems that new barrel is gonna be a shooter. Kurt was on his way to besting Randy but at the end missed a Pizza piece and a 2" circle to let Randy earn the win. Was a nail biter watching both of them shoot. A couple other competitors also earned a place on the shoot shack ceilig by hitting the 197 yard rack 10" down to 1" in 10 shots with no misses. Good Job Dustin Kettlewell and Jeff Clark. Free entries for next month go to Randy Wise in A class, Dave Callipare in B class and Cuda Gatten in C class.
On to the Scores: All ties decided by reverse count. Max possible points 92 with all bonuses.
Score Class Name Gun Scope/Sights Ammo
1. 93 A Randy Wise Anschutz Exemplar Arken Lapua SLR
2. 93 A Kurt Yoder Sako Quad SWFA 20X Eley Match
3. 92 A Jeff Clark CZ Zeiss Lapua SLR
4. 92 A Bob Merillat Anschutz 1907 March Lapua LR
5. 91 A Bill Moran Anschutz 1710 Arken R-50
6. 89 B Dennis Kirkpatrick Win 52-D Peep Sights SK Bia.
7. 88 A Dan Steyaert Savage MK II Vortex Lapua SLR
8. 88 B Dave Callipare Vudoo NF SK Bia.
9. 88 B Chris Kirkpatrick BSA Martini MK II Peep Sights SK Bia.
10. 87 B Tim Humphrey Bergara NF SK LR
11. 86 A Dave Zander Bergara Kahles Lapua SLR
12. 85 A Tom White CZ 457 Arken Lapua LR
13. 85 A Matt Shatto Savage Arken Eley Match
14. 85 A Scott Hudson CZ 457 Vortex SE Eley Match
15. 84 A Dustin Kettlewell CZ 457 Burris Eley Rifle
16. 83 A Johnie Johnson Vudoo March Lapua LR
17. 83 B Darrell Smith Tika Arken SK LR
18. 82 A Scott Reed Vudoo Vortex Razor 10-X
19. 81 B Charles Faires CZ 457 Arken SK LR
20. 80 B Marty Kerr CZ 457 Arken SK Rifle
21. 79 B Chuck Wagner H&R 12 SWFA 20X Rem Eley
22. 79 B Kenneth Triplett CZ 457 Vortex Venum RWS Target
23. 79 A Jeff Wolfe CZ 457 Sightron Lapua Center X
24. 78 C Cuda Gatten Savage MK II Arken Aguila
25. 77 A Randy Gibson CZ 457 Arken Lapua LR
26. 70 C Dennis Hillberry Ruger 10/22 Arken CCI Std.
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