VIDEO: The forecast all week was not very welcoming, looking at my phone had me down in the dumps. Did I really want to drive 3+ hours to freeze my rear end off and be miserable? I even emailed the match director earlier in the week to tell him I was not coming… but it is a prone match? And a state championship at that… Later in the week…
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…
The Grand Forks Rifle Range has been around for decades, it has hosted the North Dakota State XTC almost exclusively since it was built long before I was even born. I have shot there many times, and been blown all over the place. This past weekend, the range was different…
Thanks to everyone who participated in the 2018 North Dakota Long Range State Championship and Palma matches on June 9 and 10. We had 21 competitors fire the Registered Palma match (we also had 21 last year) and 21 competitors fire in the State Championship Match (compared to…
Spring in North Dakota has been wind, cold, additional cold, day warm steak, snow, repeat. To say 2018 has been a long cold winter is an understatement. The Five buckle match has a reputation for being “maybe” just a little too early in the ND shooting season. 2018 turned the past on its ear, except the traditional…