Today was out first public bench match for the Gemmer Muzzle Loading Gun Club. We had 11 shooters which included 3 non member shooters. The match is shot from 35 yards off a pyramid of 2×4 bench with a 15lb or lighter gun. No shaders or diopters were allowed. Cash prizes were given out to the top 3 positions.
Congratulation to David Brandenburger, Brad Dickinson and Walter Fett!
Results 1st: David Brandenburger – 94X (tightest groups decided tie breaker) 2nd: Brad Dickinson – 94X 3rd: Walter Fett – 88 4th: Bob Vogt – 84 5th: Tom Goden – 83 6th: Mike Petersmeyer – 81X 7th: Ron Lawrence – 78 8th: Jim Feeney – 65 9th: Stan Pontius – 61 10th: Bryan Johnson – 53 11th: Mike Pugh – 46
Thank you to Joe Kelly for running the match, Rick Weeks for building the shooting benches, and Stan Pontius for the healthy snacks to go along with the brats!
This match is shot from cross sticks at 50 yards from a seated position. The target is a bull target and 2 shots were fired at each target. Plaques and Trophies will be giving out for the top 3 spots in Open and Peep at our annual meeting.
We had 46 matches shot by 35 individuals. 7 guest showed up at the range and a few of them shot with us. Welcome to all the visitors!
One new member was voted into the club today, Roger Yoakum. Welcome!
Results
Open Match: 1st: Robert Vogt – 96 2nd: Bob Browner – 95 2X 3rd: Ron Lawrence – 95 X 4th: Walter Fett – 95 5th: Bob Coffelt – 94 X 6th: Kenny Hubbman – 93 7th: Ken Hubbman – 92 X 8th: Dave Brandenburger – 91 9th: Brad Dickinson – 85 2X 10th: Joe Kelly – 81 11th: Mike Zemann – 80 X 12th: Mike Briscoe – 79 2X 13th: Robert Roth – 79 X 14th: Darren Heaton – 71 15th: Art Buckowitz – 70 16th: Fred Engelhart – 62 17th: Tim Mehaffy – 59 (Guest) 18th: David Kellogg – 54 X 19th: Stan Pontius – 51 20th: Jim Hubbman – 31 21st: Greg Grimes – No Score 22nd: Roger Yoakum – No Score (New Member)
Peep Match: 1st: Bob Vogt – 87 2nd: Brad Dickinson – 84 3rd: Darren Heaton – 78 4th: Mike Briscoe – 76 5th: Dave Brandenburger – 67
Super Senior Match: 1st: Tom Goden – 48 X 2nd: Ted Sanders – 41 3rd: Mike Petersmeyer – 40 4th: Dave Williamsen – 8
Pistol Match: 1st: Bob Vogt – 55 2nd: Darren Heaton – 53 2X 3rd: Dave Yahne – 44 4th: Becky Mehaffy – 42 (Guest) 5th: Glenn Baer – 33
Smoothbore Match: 1st: Ken Hubbman – 45 X 2nd: Walter Fett – 44 3rd: Mike Briscoe – 43 4th: Ron Lawrence – 41 5th: Mike Petersmeyer – 38 6th: Dave Yahne – 30 7th: Dave Brandenburger – No Score
Jim Hubbman won the 50-50 and received $53. Mike Briscoe and Stan Pontius won the Schuetzen black powder giveaway.
OpenPeepSuper SeniorSeniorPistolSmoothbore50-50Roger Yoakum voted into the club.
2025 Season Aggregate: 1st: David Brandenburger – 390-1X 2nd: Brad Dickinson – 371-3X 3rd: Bob Coffelt – 363-1X 4th: Bob Vogt – 356-1X 5th: Ron Lawrence – 353-1X 6th: Bob Browner – 339-3X 7th: Walter Fett – 337 8th: Ken Hubbman – 320-1X 9th: Mike Zemann – 301-1X 10th: Art Buckowitz – 295 10th: Darren Heaton – 295
Pistol Aggregate: 1st: Darren Heaton – 209-4X 2nd: Bob Vogt – 201-1X 3rd: Glenn Baer – 100
Smoothbore Aggregate: 1st: Ron Lawrence – 176-1X 2nd: Walter Fett – 174-1X 3rd: Mike Briscoe – 167-1X
Congratulations to Ron Lawrence for 1st place in the Open and Smoothbore Matches. Congratulations to Glenn Baer for 1st place in the Senior Match. Congratulation to Ted Sanders for 1st place in the Super Senior Match. Congratulation to Darren Heaton for 1st place in the Pistol Match.
Scores:
Open Match 1st: Ron Lawrence – 89 2nd: Dave Brandenburger – 81 3rd: Glenn Baer – 74 4th: Darren Heaton – 74 5th: Kenny Hubbman – 72X 6th: Bob Browner – 71 7th: Bob Vogt – 67 8th: Joe Herman – 67 9th: Bob Coffelt – 66 10th: Ken Hubbman – 66 11th: Jim Feeney – 65 12th: Robert Roth – 62 13th: Mike Buckowitz – 61 14th: Brad Dickinson – 60 15th: Mike Briscoe – 60 16th: Walter Fett – 60 17th: Stan Pontius – 57 18th: Rhonda Buckowitz – 57 19th: Clint Cummings – 56 20th: Rick Weeks – 53 21st: Mike Zemann – 49 22nd: Art Buckowitz – 49 23rd: Joe Kelly – 40 24th: Don Walker – 36 25th: Jim Hubbman – 25 26th: David Kellogg – 14
Ron Lawrence’s Winning Target
Senior Match 1st: Glenn Baer – 74 2nd: Jim Feeney – 65 3rd: Clint Cummings – 56 4th: Don Walker – 36
Super Senior Match 1st: Ted Sanders – 47 – 2X 2nd: Dave Williamsen – 46 3rd: Tom Goden – 44 4th: Mike Petersmeyer – 35 5th: Dennis Quinn – 29
Pistol Match 1st: Darren Heaton – 53X 2nd: Bob Vogt – 49 3rd: Dave Brandenburger – 43-3X 4th: Glenn Baer – 33 5th: Don Walker – 27X
Smoothbore Match 1st: Ron Lawrence – 46X 2nd: Walter Fett – 42 3rd: Mike Briscoe – 41 4th: Ken Hubbman – 38 5th: Mike Petersmeyer – 32
Ron Lawrence’s Winning Target
50-50: Brad Dickinson $60 Schuetzen Blackpowder Giveaway: Don Walker and Jim Hubbman
Open MatchSenior MatchSuper Senior MatchSmoothbore MatchPistol Match50-50Score Cards
Thank you Rhonda Buckowitz for the grilled brats and hotdogs. Also thank you everyone else that brought the sandwiches, side dishes and cookies for desert. We are very spoiled!
Lets welcome our newest member, David Kellogg, to the Gemmer Club. We look forward to many years of shooting together!
Bob Browner sponsored newest member David KelloggDavid Kellogg and Bob Browner
Misc picture taken during the event.
Range MeetingTargets down rangeArt BuckowitzRon Lawrence showing us how it’s done!
Thank you to Stan Pontius for finding us a new throwing block. It’s about 4′ round, so maybe I can hit this one! Even though our range was hit twice by flooding, you wouldn’t know it looking at how nice everything looks now. Thanks to all the hard work put in to bring our range back into shape.
New Throwing Block
Aggregate Preliminary Scores
 1st: David Brandenburger – 299 – 1X 
2nd: Brad Dickinson – 286 – 1X
 3rd: Bob Coffelt – 269
 4th: Bob Vogt – 260 – 1X 
5th: Ron Lawrence – 258 
6th: Bob Browner – 244 – 1X
 7th: Walter Fett – 242
 8th: Ken Hubbman – 228 
9th: Art Buckowitz – 225
 10th: Mike Zemann – 221
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