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…
For the last 19 years, Winnequah Gun Club has hosted the annual Midwest Palma Championship on the week immediately following Father’s Day. 2018 was no exception, as 89 sling and F-Class shooters from all over the USA converged on Lodi, Wisconsin for one of the biggest in best Long Range…
Some might recall that in early April, I attended the coldest match of my shooting career on this same range. At that match, 20º temps and bitter winds made many of us in attendance question our own sanity as we fought our way through that weekend. Well, this match was not like that one. This Palma regional weekend had…
In this cursed land where it is always winter, but never Christmas; 20+ hearty souls put on all the warm clothes they could find last weekend for the annual season opening matches at Winnequah Gun Club. 2018 has been an even worse winter than usual, so the chances of having nice weather for a shooting match the first…
MATCH ALERT – April 7-8, 2018: SUPPORT THE US PALMA® TEAMS! The purpose of the Fullbore LR Individual Fundraiser and U.S. Palma® Individual Fundraiser is to raise funds to help support the U.S. Palma® Team, U.S. Veterans Team, U.S. Under 21/25 Teams. All proceeds will go directly to Palma® Promotions…
20 years ago, Earl Liebetrau had a dream. He believed that if he ran a week of Palma matches in Wisconsin during the summer, serious shooters would come from all over the country to compete. Despite the many naysayers who thought it couldn’t work…
Decisions… decisions…. It’s bad enough waiting for the season to begin up here while watching match reports roll in from Florida, Texas, AriZONa, California beginning in January, then have to contend with weather (will it or won’t it?) once OUR match season approaches. THEN one typically has to choose between…
Last weekend, Winnequah Gun Club in Lodi, Wisconsin hosted their annual Fullbore and Palma fundraiser match. This match is always a great way to kick off a new season, giving shooters the opportunity to get solid zeroes at 6 different yard lines over 2 days. That is great for guys like me who are…