Shot off the bench with targets at 100 yards. We had 25 shooters, shooting 35 matches. We had a few guest shooting with us again: Connor Whalen, John Ross, and Robert Downs. 50/50: Tom Goden $60 and Schutzen Black Powder Giveaway: Rick Weeks and Bob Vogt

Open Sights (22 shooters)

** 1st: Mike Zemann – 87X **

2nd: Ron Lawrence – 75X

3rd: Bob Browner – 75

4th: Rick Weeks – 69X

5th: Ken Hubbman – 66X

6th: Walter Fett – 63X

7th: Kenny Hubbman – 63

8th: Art Buckowitz – 55

9th: Mike Buckowitz – 54

10th: Bob Vogt – 48

11th: Justin Emerson – 47

12th: Robert Roth – 43

12th: John Ross – 43 (Guest) (Senior)

14th: Connor Whalen- 42

15th: Mike Briscoe – 39

16th: Clint Cummings – 33 (Senior)

17th: Jim Fenney – 27 (Senior)

18th: Bob Coffelt – 23

18th: Darren Heaton – 23

20th: Glenn Baer – 23 (Senior)

21st: Joe Kelly – 10

Peep Sights (3 Shooters)

** 1st: Tom Goden – 81 **

2nd: Mike Briscoe – 63

3rd: Clint Cummings – 33

Super Senior Match (2 Shooters)

** 1st: Bill Schmidt – 43 **

2nd: Carl Jokerst – 38

Pistol Match (5 Shooters)

** 1st: Rusty Caldwell – 55X **

2nd: Darren Heaton – 45

3rd: Justin Emerson – 44

4th: Don Walker – 42

5th: Ron Lawrence – 41

Smoothbore Match (3 Shooters)

** 1st: Walter Fett – 42 **

2nd: Ron Lawrence – 41

3rd: Darren Heaton – 10

Today was the last silhouette match of the 2023 season. It also happened to be the first silhouette match that I have shot in. Congratulations to Ron Lawrence for winning 1st place with a score of 11, the highest score of this season. Thank you Brad Dickinson for running these matches and all you do in taking care of the range for our club!

Scores:

1st: Ron Lawrence – 11

2nd: Bob Vogt – 7

3rd: Brad Dickinson – 6

4th: Joe Kelly – 5

5th: Mike Petersmeyer – 4

6th: Clint Cummings – 3

7th: Carl Jokerst – 0

We also had a guest shooter from the MOHA group: Dennis Dudley

In case you were wondering about how this match works, I’ve tried to include the rules and details here. First, there are 5 groups of 4 silhouette targets at various distances. The Crows are at 50 yards, groundhogs at 100 yards, Buffalos at 150 yards, Turkeys at 175 yards, and Bears at 200 yards. All shooters shoot offhand with a traditional muzzleloader, flintlock or percussion. The only target that has a little exception is the Bear targets and they can be shot from any position, as long as the rifle is NOT rested on any artificial rest.

There are 5 stations of targets and one shooter is assigned to a station for the first round. Everyone loads their rifle and is given 5 minutes to shoot 4 shoots at the 4 targets, starting with a loaded gun. You must shoot the targets from left to right or right to left, one shot at each target. After round 1 is finished, the line is shut down and the targets that were knocked down are set back up. Round 2 begins. Each shooter moves down one station with each round, so that each shooter takes 4 shots at each of the 5 stations to complete the match. Each shooter has a score card and they track the their hits and misses. 20 is a perfect score. It is a great offhand match and is a lot of fun!