June 23 & 24 was the Inaugural Infantryman’s weekend at North Star Rifle Club. The weekend consisted of a 30 shot President’s style Match, 2 individual Infantry matches and was capped off Sunday afternoon by an EIC Leg match. We started the weekend off Saturday morning with…
Last weekend, the North Star Rifle Club hosted the 2018 Mid Range Prone Minnesota State Championship. After some early morning thunderstorms flooded the creek, the rest of the weekend turned out to be about perfect for prone shooting. Light winds, cool temps, and…
***MATCH DIRECTOR’S NOTE*** – The team match will be held on Saturday afternoon immediately following the MRP course. Course of fire will be 2 sighting shots and 20 shots for record at 600 yards for 2-shooter teams, NOT 4-shooter teams as written in the program. So, bring a shooting partner, or..
Way back 6 weeks ago on April 13th, the Twin Cities area of Minnesota got 14.9 inches of snow in the largest April blizzard in MN history. Fast-forward 6 weeks to late May, and we are in the middle of record high temperatures for the month. In my experience, people who haven’t spent time in the Upper Midwest just think of MN as…
This past weekend North Star Rifle Club hosted their 2017 F-Class Midwest Regional. It was two beautiful days of shooting with barely a wisp of wind. 19 competitors competed in the match, but it was Tennessee’s…
It was a weekend full of surprises at NSRC’s 2-day MRP match. The first surprise was Denny Bertrand rolling into the campground at around 6pm on Friday evening, fresh off a 15-hour drive up from the great state of Texas. I hadn’t seen Denny in 2 years, so it was good to see his smiling face and hear…
We had 62 shooters compete this weekend, 30 on Saturday and 32 on Sunday. The crowds were bigger than I expected, which left me scrambling to assemble enough targets. Two beautiful days weather wise made the weekend that much better. When the smoke cleared…