Old Farm Shooters

Looking for a place to competitively shoot muzzle loaders during the Winter? Old Farm Shooters has bench matches every Sunday October to April. Practice starts about noon and match starts at 2pm.

Address: 3826 MO-89, Linn, MO 65051
About 35 miles past Stony Hill Gun Club

1st Sundays of the month Oct to April – Light Bench muzzleloader match, 14 lbs and under. 3 shot match, 2 practice shots. Practice before 2pm. Scoring targets placed at 2pm. Meat prizes. $10 entry fee.

All the rest of the Sundays are Heavy Bench Gun Matches. 3 shot match, 2 practice shots. 2pm start time. Practice noon till 2pm. Meat prizes. $10 entry fee.

Here is their description of the matches:

“Our club is open to anyone who want to shoot a muzzleloader of any kind as long as it has open sights, no peep sights, we shoot starting in October – April, on the first Sunday of the month we shot small offhand muzzleloader 14 lbs and under, the rest of the Sunday’s we shoot bench (chunk guns) shooting off of sand bags in the front with no sand bags on the rear, must be held to the shoulder, our shoots are all currently meat shoots, practice all you want until 2pm that when scoring starts, each shooter will get 2 adjustment shoots, before actual shots are counted (scored) our targets are at 60 yards, a white 3″ bullseye nailed to a wood block with tar paper background.
Our insurance policy at the club, new shooters are required to sign a insurance waiver before any shooting takes place.
We usally have around 30 shooters at any of our shoots.” – Russel Samsen

12-7-2025 – 100-Yard Buffalo Match

December 7 @ 10:00 am 2:00 pm

12-7-2025 Sunday, 10:00am – 100-Yard Buffalo Match

  • Target: TG2410
  • Distance: 100 yards
  • Position: Cross-Sticks
  • Caliber: Any
  • Practice Shots: No
  • Number of Shots: 10
  • Maximum Score: 100
  • Sight Classes: Open and Aperture (Peep).
    • Aperture (Peep) target can be shot with either Aperture (Peep) or open sights
    • If shooting both open and Aperture (Peep), you must mark the targets before shooting
    • Aperture (Peep) target must be shot first to prevent practice on Open target
    • Different rifles or different sights must be used if shooting both Open and Aperture (Peep).
    • Same rifle can be used as long as the sights are changed.
  • Shaders: Yes
  • Diopters: Yes
  • Cost: $10 for open and $10 for Aperture (Peep)
  • Prizes: Traveling Trophy for 1st place in both classes.
    • Top 3 places: Plaques.

Pistol Match: 25-yard black powder pistol match – 6 shots – Cost: $2
Smoothbore Match: .54 cal +; 6 shots; 5 count; 25 yards Offhand; No rear sights; Cost: $2
Hunters and Fisherman Potluck. The Club provides the drinks, you provide the vittles.

Please stick around after the match and help put away the targets and shooting supplies into the trailer for the Winter.  Thank you.

Details

  • Date: December 7
  • Time:
    10:00 am – 2:00 pm
  • Event Category:

Organizer

Dec 2025 – 100 Yard Buffalo Match Results

Dec 2025 – 100 Yard Buffalo Match Results

What a great way to end the 2024 shooting season!  Beautiful weather for shooting, a great turnout, and we voted in a new member, Fred Engelhard.  32 matches were shot by 25 participants.  Fred was sponsored by Greg Grimes.  Welcome to the Gemmer club Fred!

Match Results

Open Match:
1st: Brad Dickinson – 84X
2nd: Bob Vogt – 84
3rd: Ron Lawrence – 81
4th: Walter Fett – 76
5th: Bob Browner – 74X
6th: Bob Coffelt – 74
7th: Joe Kelly – 73
8th: Darren Heaton – 68
9th: Mike Briscoe – 65
10th: Kenny Hubbman – 60
11th: Ken Hubbman – 53X
12th: Bryce Stroup – 48
13th: Glenn Baer – 47 (Senior 1st Place)
14th: Greg Grimes – 46
15th: Clint Cummings – 33 (Senior 2nd Place)
16th: Stan Pontius – 23
17th:  Jim Feeney – 7  (Senior 3rd Place)

Peep Match:
1st: Bob Vogt – 93
2nd: Rick Weeks – 72
3rd: Mike Briscoe – 62

Super Senior Match:
1st: Mike Petersmeyer – 47X
2nd: Tom Goden – 46
3rd: Ted Sanders – 44X
4th: Dave Williamsen – 40X
5th: Dennis Quinn – 31

Smoothbore Match:
1st: Ron Lawrence – 42
2nd: Walter Fett – 40
3rd: Mike Petersmeyer – 37
4th: Jim Feeney – 29X

Pistol Match:
1st: Darren Heaton – 50
2nd: Glenn Baer – 30
3rd: Drew Guenther – 27

50/50:  Rhonda Buchowitz $53
Black Powder Giveaway:  Tom Goden and Drew Guenther

So many members helped make the 2024 season a great one.  We would like to offer a special thank you to the following members:

  • Rhonda Buckowitz for providing us with great food and drinks for each of our events.
  • Our Range Officer, Art Buckowitz, and the Assistant Range Officers, Bob Coffelt and Ken Hubbman, for ensuring that everyone was safe at the range and organizing the various matches.
  • Our Treasurer and Range Maintenance Manager, Brad Dickinson, for all you do to keep the range well maintained.
  • Those that hosted additional shooting matches, such as the Chunk Gun Match (Walter Fett), Archery Matches (Jim Feeney), and Woods Walk Matches (Mike Briscoe).

Just as a reminder, there is a meat shoot at Stony Hill next Sunday at 12:30pm and Ron Lawrence to hosting a meat shoot at our range on Jan. 5, 2025 at 12:30pm.

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