Party Marty here, ready for the 2018 Northern Great Plains LR Regional taking place at the Fried Family Marksmanship Complex in Moffit, North Dakota. This range faces East, so don’t expect a great sight picture in the morning. A little history, there have been very few clean 200’s shot here; a hand full with a sling, and…
2018 marks the 150thanniversary of the Dominion of Canada Rifle Association. The DCRA is Canada’s sanctioning body for many competitive shooting disciplines, including Target Rifle and F-Class. Every year, the Connaught range hosts the Canadian Fullbore Championship, which is the Canadian equivalent of the US NRA’s Long Range Nationals…
2018 F-Class America Match: The America Match is fired every two years at the Connaught Rifle Range in Ottawa, Canada. The teams consist of 4 F-TR shooters and 4 F-Open shooters. Two wind coaches on each team will each run a shooter at the same time. The wind coaches are wired to each other and a back coach so there is a lot of talking going on. As a shooter…
Winnequah Gun Club was up to its usual tricks today. Seeming light winds from 4 to about 7, but sometimes seeming to switch from 2 to 10. Did I mention the flags and the mirage rarely matched! It got worse as the morning went on. Only two relays, but with hot and humid…
The 3-day MN Long Range and Palma Championships were held last weekend at Gopher Rifle & Revolver Club. 39 shooters competed for cash awards and lots of hardware, with various trophies on the line for both sling and F-Class competitors. Friday’s Palma and extra 1000-yard matches are…
I was somewhat surprised to see all the congratulatory well wishes on my making the President’s Hundred before I even got home. Perhaps though, we should start at the beginning of the story. This years National’s got off to a rocky start. With a last minute cancelation…