The Voice of the National Benchrest Shooters Association. January, 2014

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1 The Voice of the National Benchrest Shooters Association January, 2014

2 2 Precision Rifleman My First Trip on the US World Team by Tom Libby First of all I would like to thank everyone that helped to support our USA Team for the trip to Australia; it would have made the trip much more difficult without the support of these people. I was very fortunate to make the team that went to Australia this year and it has been a great experience for me. As a regular shooter, it shows that some of us can have a shot at this also. (I know me, regular?) I could not thank enough the Australian officials that organized and ran the match while we were there. Talking to several of them during the competition, they were very interested to see some of the best shooters in our sport shoot their range as they, themselves had trouble reading the conditions. Shooters from all over the world were having trouble with what seemed to be a ghost condition that moved bullets without revealing from where it came. Case in point, I had four bullets in a nice group at two hundred yards, then one bullet goes left to Chicago and I couldn t see why. I thought I was missing something, but the best thing that happened was Tony Boyer, top shooter in our sport, was watching me through the spotting scope and told me he never saw anything that would have moved the bullet like that. Those words were a great comfort to me to know that I was doing the best I could under these conditions. When shooters complete their equipment list many people disclose what they plan to shoot. On this trip, the teams were changing loads faster then they change their socks, so the planned equipment list goes out the window. Some are secretive and guard their information saying that their load won t work for anyone else. Either way, in the end, it all boils down to what happens when you pull the trigger. Benchrest is not usually a team sport. At WBC12, I was very impressed at how the Team came together and worked with each other on loads, bullets and shooting conditions. Most of the USA Team members were shooing Vihta Vuori 133. I remember listening to all the team members discussing what load they were shooting. It was like watching a chemist or a mad scientist mixing up a bullet pill..adding a couple of grains here, or taking away some to get that number on the scale they wanted to shoot. All I know is they were packing in the powder. They may have taped two drop tubes together to get it in (not really). I believe I was the only one of all the countries that was shooting my original 600 rounds of While everyone was setting up when we arrived, I was pulling bullets to get the powder out and into my powder bottle being very careful not to spill a grain, as I didn t know if I would have enough powder to make it through the competition. As it turned out I did have enough and actually had about 1/8th of the bottle left at the end of the match. Usually I am the one that is messing with other shooters trying to lighten up the mood as most of the shooters know or just think I am nuts. Well, at this competition most of the team members seemed to be in a competitive mode but still relaxed enough to have a good time in the loading building. They even turned the tables on me and took the opportunity to photo bomb me while I happen to take a meditation break (nap) between matches as it was sort of like the Super Shoot having about an hour between each time you went up to the line. All in all it will be something I will remember for a lifetime. I want to thank Wayne and Pam Campbell for the time and effort they put into getting the team together and all the paper work that it took to get into Australia. Trust me on this. We as a country do NOT want this to happen in the USA; it is a nightmare of paperwork and regulations for gun owners to travel to Australia. A personal note of thanks to John Loh for making a special front rest with the inscription World Benchrest Team 2013 Sydney Australia so I could sell it at the competition to help me with my expenses. This helped a lot as I have been out of work for a long time. Light Varmint 100-Yards Freddie Botha, SAB Todd Tyler, USAC Wayne Campbell, USAB Peter Haxell, NZA Gene Bukys, USAA Ed Adams, USAA Stuart Foate, AUSA Bob Scarbrough, Jr, USAA Charles Huckeba, USAC Craig Whittleton, AUSB George Carter, CANA Jeff Thompson III, USAB Fred Hattingh, SAB Thomas Spang, AUSA Dan Henderson, CANB Bruce Lenton, UKA Tony Boyer, USAA Roland Thomsen, SAA Ian Owen, NZB Hugh Williamson, CANB Heavy Varmint 100-Yards Tony Boyer, USA-A Charles Huckeba, USAC Craig Whittleton, AUSB Wayne Campbell, USAB Bob Scarbrough, Jr, USAA Gert Coetzer, SAB Jeff Thompson III, USAB Gene Bukys, USAA Ivan Piana, ITAA Peter Haxell, NZA Roland Thomsen, SAA Anthony Foate, AUSA Tom Libby, USAC Paul Sullivan, AUSB Mario Coetzer, SAA Heinz Kostner, ITAA Kobus Visser, SAA Wayne Miller, CANA Fergus Bailey, AUSC Jan Hemmes, SA-A continued on page 4

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4 4 Precision Rifleman Light Varmint 200-Yards Jan Hemmes, SAA Gert LeRoes, SAB Roland Thomsen, SAA Gene Bukys, USAA Todd Tyler, USAC Peter Haxell, NZA Stuart Foate, AUSA Charles Huckeba, USAC Jeff Thompson III, USAB Paul Sullivan, AUSB Wayne Campbell, USAB Ed Adams, USAA Mike Ratigan, USAB Fergus Bailey, AUSC Darren Parsons, AUSC Ivan Piana, ITAA Bob Scarbrough, Jr, USAA Carlo Madinelli, ITA-A Tony Boyer, USA-A Thomas Spang, AUS-A Light Varmint Grand Gene Bukys, USAA Todd Tyler, USAC Roland Thomsen, SAA Peter Haxell, NZA Jan Hemmes, SAA Stuart Foate, AUSA Wayne Campbell, USAB Gert LeRoes, SAB Charles Huckeba, USAC Freddie Botha, SAB Ed Adams, USAA Jeff Thompson III, USAB Bob Scarbrough Jr, USAA Thomas Spang, AUSA IBS Hunter Benchrest Nationals National Champion 200 L-R National Champion National Champion Long Range National Champion 4 Gun Top Gun National Champion Greg Swezey Tony Boyer, USAA Paul Sullivan, AUSB Mike Ratigan, USAB Craig Whittleton, AUSB Anthony Foate, AUSA Murray Hicks, AUSA Heavy Varmint 200-Yards Ivan Piana, ITAA Ed Adams, USAA Bob Scarbrough, Jr USAA Charles Huckeba, USAC Jari Laulumaa, FINA Brendan Atkinson, AUSC Kobus Visser, SAA Freddie Botha, SAB Murray Hicks, AUSA Tony Boyer, USAA Lee Hachigan, USAB Neville King, AUSC Fergus Bailey, AUSC Bob Richards, CANB Gary Stewart, UKA Roland Thomsen, SAA Jeff Thompson III, USAB Michael Huebner, AUSB Peter Haxell, NZA Thomas Spang, AUSA Heavy Varmint Grand Ivan Piana, ITAA Bob Scarbrough, Jr USAA Charles Huckeba, USAC Tony Boyer, USAA Ed Adams, USAA Kobus Visser, SAA Jeff Thompson III, USAB Roland Thomsen, SAA If you want to shoot like a champion, choose Lilja! Lilja Precision Rifle Barrels, Inc. P.O. Box 372, Plains, MT Tel: Fax: Peter Haxell, NZA Gene Bukys, USAA Fergus Bailey, AUSC Neville King, AUSC Brendan Atkinson, AUSC Paul Sullivan, AUSB Murray Hicks, AUSA Jari Laulumaa, FINA Lee Hachigian, USAB Freddie Botha, SAB Gary Stewart, UKA Craig Whittleton, AUSB WBC 2-Gun Charles Huckeba, USAC Gene Bukys, USAA Bob Scarbrough Jr USAA Roland Thomsen, SAA Peter Haxell, NZA Ed Adams, USAA Tony Boyer, USAA Jeff Thompson III, USAB Ivan Piana, ITAA Freddie Botha, SAB Paul Sullivan, AUSB Kobus Visser SAA Jan Hemmes, SAA Murray Hicks, AUSA Craig Whittleton, AUSB Fergus Bailey, AUSC Stuart Foate, AUSA Mike Ratigan, USAB Brendan Atkinson, AUSC Anthony Foate, AUSA WBC 2-Gun Teams United States A South Africa A Australia A Australia B Australia C South Africa B United States B Finland A Canada B New Zealand A Canada A United States C Italy A United Kingdom New Zealand B Russia A On this Cover: WBC12 Team USA members Back Row L-R: Todd Tyler, Ed Adams, Don Creach, Wayne Campbell, Mike Ratigan, Tony Boyer, Charles Huckeba, Bob Scarbrough, Jr, Gene Bukys & Honorary Captain Walt Berger. Front L-R: Jeff Thompson Tom Libby & Lee Hachigian

5 January, 2014 Precision Rifleman 5 Twelve Questions for WBC12 by Audrey Brown To pay tribute to one of my favorite editors, Dave Brennan, I ve taken the liberty of sending out twelve questions for the USA Teams that attended WBC12. I ll cover the responses I received from Teams A,B & C, but let s start with the winner of this event; humble Texas nobility, Sir Charles Huckeba. (I can see his eyes rolling as I type this sentence.) 1. How long have you been shooting? I ve been benchrest shooting about 25 years. 2. What other shooting sports do you do? Nothing. Just benchrest. I used to shoot score but at that time there was insufficient interest so I gave this up. 3. What are the 3 top benchrest moments of your career? Getting in the Hall of Fame and winning WBC12 were the biggest highlights. The third was at the Phoenix Nationals in years past, I shot 5 out of 8 groups that measured at 200 yards. 4. How did you do that? The barrel was an outstanding barrel; I haven t had one since. Anyone who doesn t believe in a screamer barrel, they are out there. When you get one, it ll make you look really good and when you lose it, it will make you look really bad. 5. When did you first figure out you might win the WBC12? I really didn t realize it. I knew I was shooting well and on the second match of the last day I thought I might just pull this off. I didn t press things; I just focused on not making a blunder. I knew it would be close at any rate. 6. What were your first thoughts when you realized you won? I still couldn t believe it. I was as shocked as anybody else; there were several shooters who were very consistent. I was just lucky I had a good gun and things just fell into place. I was happy with my groups and happy with my aggs and everything felt good. There were 4-5 shooters there that consistently shoot better than I do that could have possibly won because they were both shooting well but bad luck struck. 7. How did you handle the ghost conditions that seemed to plague the participants? I think it happened to everyone shooting; in my last group the fifth shot flew out and I thought I had shot myself in the foot but everyone seemed to have this problem. Don t know if it was the conditions or what but most if not all of the teams seemed to be experiencing the same problems. In my experience on ranges there can be something that you re just missing. The Australians had the same problem as well as New Zealand and South Africa teams. 8. Did you change your load like everyone else? If so, what was the trick? I shot 30.2 of VV133 at 200 yards; I shot hot loads too throughout the matches. the first day 30 grains, second day 29.4 to 29.5 because the humidity was higher and it was cooler. I d try 2-3 loads prior to the match at warm up and then used what worked best.

6 6 Precision Rifleman 9. Do you think living in Texas (windy conditions) helped you win this event? The wind does help. If you shoot in wind, it takes the worry out of pulling the trigger. I d rather shoot the wind than calm conditions because its just what I m used to. 10. With all the excitement were you able to concentrate or were you in the zone. When I m shooting decent, I try to load and shoot the best I can. I don t stress myself out about shooting a small group. I never go to the line trying to shoot a little group; I just focus on shooting the best group I can each time. I never try to pressure myself up. I was calm because I knew I had a good gun. 11. Did jet lag affect you? It affected me a little going over there but not near as bad as going home. It didn t zap me. You could tell for a couple days that it took it s toll for a few days. Coming home was a total disaster for me. 12. How did you get the nickname, Sir Charles Huckeba? I don t know which one of the pros M E T A L Magnum Metal shunter@nts-online.net started that but I think it was Jeff Thompson who put that on me. The first time was when I won the Nats in Phoenix and one at Raton one time Ron Hoehn might of said that. When I hear it I tell them then can stop that any time. 12 1/2. Any last comments you want to share? Everybody on that team shook hands and told me how glad they were for me. The South Africa team is getting stronger every year; as well as Australia and New Zealand. They want to beat the US and they are working on that for sure. Everybody, all of the officials, I personally congratulated everyone who ran the range as they did a great job. Everybody was extremely nice and I enjoyed visiting with them. Moving along to the USA Team responses, following are answers from Team C: Todd Tyler (TT), Team B: Lee Hachigian (LH), Team C: Tom Libby (T3) and Team A: Gene Bukys (GB). To shorten this article, I ve affixed their initials next to their responses What were the temps/winds each PRECISION PERFORMANCE day during the match? TT: Monday hot and windy. Tuesday was dead calm all day. Wed hot and windy. One day was overcast with some sprinkles. There was a lot of smoke from the fires;they were real close to us. LH: The temperatures varied by day, ranging from 75 to 94 degrees. The humidity started the day in the 50% range but quickly dropped to the 20% and lower. The range was cut into a side of a large hill, which gave the range bowl like conditions. You would normally see flags up range and down range moving in opposite conditions. The red flag conditions (right to left) gave me a large amount of vertical, so I focused on heads winds and green conditions (even if they were hard pushes). T3: It was the hottest October Sydney has had. The humidity was higher than the temperature in the morning 68 to 72% down to mid 45% later in the day. GB: The match started on Monday and it was about 68 degrees in the morning going to 90 degrees by mid afternoon with humidity, if I believe what I saw on the gauge, down in the single digits like 2%. I didn t think it could get that dry, but that s what my mickey mouse dealy said. Winds were mild but quite switchy. Tuesday was overcast most of the day; winds were light to non-existent and temps were a balmy 80 degrees or so. Wednesday apparently a front of some kind came through. The wind was howling; probably gusts to 30 mph and temps hi 60 s in the AM and low 90 s in the afternoon Thursday, when we arrived, the range was covered in smoke and I later learned that the fires were only a kilometer away from the range. They did take the time to make sure that everyone knew what the evacuation plan was and we shot all day without incident. Much cooler in the morning. The only day I wore shorts to the range. Big mistake as the wind had lost some of its intensity though it was still blowing quite a bit and was quite switchy. My guess is that the intensity was half of what it had been on Wednesday and by midday I was comfortable in my shorts; probably high of 80F and humidity 30% by midday. Friday was 10 shot 200 yards. Wind was back to what it was like the first day; mph gusts and plenty switchy. It was no trigger pull for sure

7 Our WBC12 Australian Hosts but certainly shootable. High 60 s in the morning to high 80 s by midday. 2. How did you prepare for the match? TT: I just wanted to stay calm, not be nervous and be a team player. LH: I don t have time to practice too much during the year, so I attended the Regional Championship at Holton and the NBRSA Nationals at Fairchance. T3: McDuck s in the morning before the bus picked us up. Pancakes no sausage small coke AUD$9 or the Krispy Kream donut shop. First thing at the range was to get your guns from lockup. When shooting was done, the guns had to be checked in and locked up. No practice after 4:30 before the Competition started, then when that started, the guns had to be locked up after the last match; no practice allowed. GB: Mostly worked on paperwork to get a rifle license for Australia and to get the exit paperwork in order. I also worked thru a few barrels in the never ending search for that hummer. 3. What was your strategy for winning? Did you stick with your original plan or did you make changes? TT: Stuck to my shooting style and loading; I did not want to change. LH: I have to admit, I was a little nervous starting off because I didn t want to do something to hurt the team. My plan was not to make any mental mistakes, which I believe I didn t. I hurt myself by not making load adjustments in the first two days quickly enough. T3: I was the only one that shot 8208 with the powder I brought in loaded rounds; had to pull the bullets to get my powder to use. My load was what I shot in the USA and the bullet was the same 66 Bishop flat base and I only shot my light the whole time. It was in tune except for the no see them condition that we all had an issue with. GB: My Strategy for winning was to shoot small! I tried to stick to the original plan but it didn t work out so well on Thursday or Friday for that matter. 4. Did you make any changes to your equipment, load, bullets, primers, etc? If so, what did you change? TT: I had to go up on powder just a little. I have been using 2009 VV. They supplied 2011 VV133. I did like the powder. It shot very well. LH: I shot the powder provided, which was Vithauvohi N Lot with Federal M205 primers and Hottenstein Boat tail bullets. I m not accustomed to shooting in low humidity (I ve only been to Phoenix once). T3: Everyone that was shooting 133 was changing like a baby s diaper. I did not change my load of 8208; I stayed with a light load weight GB: I made no changes to anything that I shot. The gun shot the same as it did over here and I feel like my gun shot well the entire match. 5. How was the range? Did they do anything differently or have any amenities at the Aussie range that you wish we had here? TT: The range was great; it had a low barrier to stop from shooting over the berm,which was fine. LH: The food at the range was pretty darn good. From the pictures that people have taken, you can see that the bench area was like looking on the range with tunnel vision. The overhang on the firing line had columns that blocked your vision of the entire range to see flag and condition changes. T3: The range was definitely different. with the angle overhang it felt like you were in a tunnel or duck blind waiting for the ducks to shoot. GB: Beer was available from the range. January, 2014 Precision Rifleman 7 6. Was jet lag a factor? TT: Not going. I was excited to go. Coming back was a different story; it took me 7 days to feel back at home. LH: No. T3: Not for me as I was just out of the hospital 4 days before we left so I really had no pressure on me. It was all done before I got there. GB: Jet lag seems to be more of a factor coming this way than it is going over there. At least to me it seems that way. In any case, we arrived in Australia 4 days before we had to compete and that was plenty of time to adjust. 7. What would you do differently if you had a chance at a do-over? TT: Shot the wrong target on the last day of the match. First time I ever crossed fired and I picked the best time to do it. I never felt so bad. LH: Make load changes quicker and watch the guys that were shooting the best to pick out the optimum scoring conditions (assuming the gun was tuned). Charles shot after me on the bench. I should have stuck around to watch him, rather than leaving the benches to clean my gun! He shot GREAT! T3: Shoot better. GB: I would shoot small on Thursday. At least smaller than Charles did! 8. Did any wacky things happen on or off the range that you care to share with the readers? TT: Yes, I can t say about all of them but one did involve an Australian cookie called a Tim-Tam. LH: No. T3: I fell asleep between the matches as we had an hour between relays and I got photo bombed by sev- Team USA watching with rapt attention

8 8 Precision Rifleman eral shooters. Todd took the pictures. 9. How was the mirage during the event? TT: Tuesday was the only day with clear conditions. The other days if you waited the mirage might clear up enough to shoot a group, but not always. LH: At 200 yards, the mirage was so bad at times you couldn t shoot the condition that held the best. T3: You could see mirage at 100 but it was heavy at 200. With my 40 power March scope it was ok for me. I like to use the mirage. GB: At times the mirage was severe enough that the March Scope shooters complained that they couldn t see the rings. I was shooting a Leopold, so I had no problems. 10. How was the traveling back and forth over such a distance? Do you think the travel affect your performance? TT: Not really. LH: No problem. T3: Travel was not a factor. It was like a class reunion, especially going home after the shoot. Everybody had a great time ragging on each other, especially when the bus driver stopped at the store on the way back. GB: Traveling over long distances (more than 3-4 hours) in an airplane is never fun and Australia is an additional 14 hours after taking the 3 hour flight from Houston to LA; however, we arrived in Australia 4 days before the match started, so we had plenty of time to decompress. 11. How were the Aussie hosts? Did you feel welcome? Were accommodations and transportation punctual and easily available? TT: The Aussies were perfect. I felt welcome the whole time. Wayne and his wife did the best job organizing the travel plans. I cannot tell you how much respect I have Neck Turning Equipment Powder Measures for Wayne. He is one heck of a gentleman. Everything went smoothly. LH: Our hosts were fantastic! Absolutely no complaints. T3: You could not ask for more friendly people; all very polite, happy and bend over backwards to help you. I felt very welcome. The hotel was very good, eating was within walking distance and shopping was a ways away. The Casino was next door and had some great restaurants; only $100 for 4 of us to have 4 dishes and a drink. GB: The Aussies were great hosts. They went out of their way to make us feel welcome and to help us out in any way. It s a shame how difficult the government makes holding international shooting competitions. 12. Share any insights or words of wisdom you learned. TT: It was a great experience that I will remember forever. LH: Team events are much different than individual events. It puts a lot of pressure on you. I made the mistake of licensing (in July) one of two rifles that I shot at the NBRSA National s in Fairchance. Unfortunately, the rifle that I shot the 0.16 agg in HV was not the one I picked to take to Australia. As we all know, rifle, action and barrel must all work together to shoot small. I would recommend for others that get this opportunity to license all the rifles they may take and then you would be good no matter which combination of barrel and action works the best. T3: Yes, in 2016 the World will be held in New Zealand and if you are going to try and make the team, better start saving your money NOW. GB: If you travel to Australia take lots of beer money with you... Case Trimmers N. Palm St. Fullerton, CA PHONE (714) FAX (714) These bullets are being tested by top BR shooters, with great success. Lou Murdica has won matches in both Florida and California, Don Nielson won Two Gun Aggs three weekends in a row and Tony Boyer shot a 200 yard HV Agg of.1928 at the 2012 East/West match in Missouri. The Berger 6mm BR Column Target bullet uses the physics of dispersion mitigation to provide BR Berger offers a full line of match grade rifle shooters with a reliable option that offers the widest and lowest tune valley. This means the bullet bullets for varmint, target, hunting and tactical shoots best in the widest variety of loads and seating depths. In this case, overall balance of the applications. Ask your dealer if they stock Berger bullet is more important than overall weight, so there is no listed weight. Rather, Bullets or visit our website for full details. the 6mm BR Column bullet achieves a specific internal lead column height, resulting in minor weight differences from lot to lot. Don t miss the Berger 6mm BR Column Bullet! support@pmatool.com Rifle Maintenance Scope Rings & Bases Shooting Equipment SHOOT BETTER SHOOT BERGER Varmint Target Hunting Tactical Match Grade Rifle Bullets Made Exclusively With J4 Precision Jackets

9 January, 2014 Precision Rifleman Varmint For Score Nationals October 15-16: Short Range VFS The competition this year was as fierce as the wind on the first day. At 100 yards points were dropping everywhere except for only a handful of shooters. Lou Murdica, shooting his new 30BR for the first time in a registered match won at 100 yards with a X. In second was local shooter Ron Carter with a X. Ron is the only shooter who shoots without wind flags. As you can see in the pictures he has a beard which I am convinced is wired to some wind sensors with the way he shoots. And in third coming down from Wyoming is Raymond Becker scoring a X. Short Range VFS 100-Yards Lou Murdica X Ron Carter X Raymond Becker X Tom Guisewhite X Gary Vanlier X Dan Zaccanti X Russell Cree X Keith Myers X Don Carter X Hank Henss X George King X Connie Murdica X Dave Blazzard X Tom Debacco X Dale Nylander X On the second and final day of the Short Range Nationals we were welcomed to light but very switchy winds. In first at 200 yards was your match director Keith Myers shooting a 248-7X. Second place went to Russell Cree also from Montana with a 248-6X and in third was Dave Blazzard scoring a 246-6X losing to Russell Cree by Creedmoor. Short Range VFS 200-Yards Keith Myers X Russell Cree X Dave Blazzard X Tom Guisewhite X Lou Murdica X Raymond Becker X Dale Nylander X Connie Murdica X Tom Debacco X George King X Gary Vanlier X Dan Zaccanti X Don Carter X Randy Burgess X Bob Brud X For the 100/200 Short Range aggregate we had a tie for first place. Russell Cree and Keith Myers both shot X. The deciding factor was the first target shot at 100 yards. Russell Cree broke the tie with the better first target and won first place. You already know who took second and Lou Murdica shot a X for a very respectable third place finish. Lets just see what Lou has up his sleeve for the Long Range Nationals the next two days. Short Range Grand Aggregate Russell Cree X Keith Myers X Lou Murdica X Tom Guisewhite X Dave Blazzard X Raymond Becker X Gary Vanlier X Dan Zaccanti X George King X Connie Murdica X Dale Nylander X Don Carter X Tom Debacco X Ron Carter X Randy Burgess X October Long Range VFS The long range portion of the Nationals started on the third day. We began at 200 yards with very unusual conditions that lasted for the duration of the week. Light switchy winds and then all of a sudden dead calm. Which relay you were on really made a difference on the scores. Shooting his way into first place and a pending world record was Lou Murdica with an awesome X. Dan Zaccanti came in second scoring a X. And once again Raymond Becker in the top three with a 250-9X. Long Range VFS 200-Yards Lou Murdica X Dan Zaccanti X Raymond Becker X Keith Myers X Don Carter X Russell Cree X Ron Carter X Dave Blazzard X Hank Henss X George King X Randy Burgess X Dale Nylander X Tom Guisewhite X Gary Vanlier X Sue Blazzard X On the fourth and final day we shot 300 yards. There were numerous times during the day when the wind would just stop blowing and targets would just float. This had shooters kind of guessing where to aim. This did not deter Lou Murdica from shooting into first place with a 247-3X. With one less point Keith Myers placed second scoring a 246-3X and in third making a great recovery was Don Carter scoring 245-1X. Long Range VFS 300-Yards Lou Murdica X Keith Myers X Don Carter X Russell Cree X Dale Nylander X Tom Debacco X Ron Carter X Raymond Becker X Dan Zaccanti X Tom Guisewhite X Randy Burgess X Gary Vanlier X Sue Blazzard X George King X Hank Henss X After the dessert dust settled we had ourselves a 200/300 Long Range Champion. Lou Murdica in first place shooting a X. Keith Myers in second scoring a 496-7X. And in third was Don Carter with a X. The shooters endured all the elements and surprises that came along for the week and after four days of shooting it takes a lot out of you to stay on the game. Those who prevailed shot their way into the top five places and Lou Murdica became the new Grand Champion. Congratulations to Lou and everyone else who participated in the fun. Long Range Grand Aggregate Lou Murdica X Keith Myers X Don Carter X Russell Cree X Dan Zaccanti X

10 10 Precision Rifleman The Awesome Fivesome of VFS L-R: Ray Becker, Don Carter, Russell Cree Keith Myers & 2013 VFS Grand Champion, Lou Murdica Raymond Becker X Dale Nylander X Ron Carter X Randy Burgess X Tom Guisewhite X Tom Debacco X Gary Vanlier X Sue Blazzard X George King X Hank Henss X 100/ /300 Grand Aggregate Lou Murdica X Keith Myers X Russell Cree X Don Carter X Raymond Becker X Dan Zaccanti X Dale Nylander X Tom Guisewhite X Ron Carter X Gary Vanlier X Tom Debacco X Randy Burgess X George King X Hank Henss X Dave Blazzard X On a side note to the shooters who had to leave early due to family members passing away. You were missed very much but family comes before our favorite past time VFS Minutes A meeting was held at the 2013 VFS Nationals in Las Vegas, NV on October 16, There was a list of things the Varmint For Score shooters had questions about. They would like to see them clarified and/or set up. Following are the items of discussion: 1. One representative from all the Regions to form a Score Shooter committee. You must be an active shooter in Hunter or VFS to be part of this committee. 2. The Score Shooters Rules to be part of the NBRSA s Rule book under its own heading/section. 3. Have a VFS, World Records and Two Gun Hall of Fame set up now instead of years down the road. This way we won t have to search for records later just so we can give points to a shooter years later. 4. Following is a proposed scoring set up. Its goal is to give everyone a chance to earn points. It is based on the score rule National Trophies; section 7, paragraph D: Points would be awarded for the 2012 and 2013 VFS Nationals, and world record points for those standing on December 31, 2012 and December 31, 2013 at which time all the categories should be filled. From this point forward, every time a record is reset. The Two Gun points to start at the first two gun nationals on August 4, 2014 in Casper, WY. This would establish (4) four separate categories you can shoot for. Once you have been inducted into the Hall of Fame in a category, you are in. Now you would just keep earning points to get to the top. 1) Hunter, which has its own point system 2) VFS 3) Two Gun 4) World Records Points would be given to the top (5) five places in the following categories: 100, 200, 200, 300 matches 100, 200 agg 200, 300 agg 100, 200, 300 agg 100, 200, 200, 300 agg each world record set Proposed Points awarded: World Records would receive 6 points each. Yardages would receive 5 pts for first

11 2013 VFS Nationals Meeting Minutes January, 2014 Precision Rifleman 11 place, 4 pts for second, 3 pts for third, 2 pts for fourth and 1 pt for fifth. In VFS aggregates and Two Gun, 6 points would be awarded for first place, 5 pts for second, 4 pts for third, 3 pts for fourth and 2 pts for fifth place finish. To qualify to be inducted into the Hall of Fame you would have to earn 50 points in the categories listed above. This would require you to place in at least two different Score National Matches. 5. At a National or local event that shoots consecutive days, to qualify as a 100, 200, 200, 300 floor mate could the,100, 200, 300 world record be set using your long range 200, 300 agg and add in the 100 yd from your short range match? They currently use only short range agg and add in the 300yd score from your long range match. My understanding for this is by using the short range and adding the 300 to it is to make it so every one has a equal and fair chance,(no second chance/practice day at a better 200 yard score). A question was asked whether there could be a 100, 200, 300 yd record for both short and long range. This would have to be addressed by the Board. The next six items were asked to be clarified: 1. When a bullet hole is outside the sighter bull and not touching the vertical or horizontal extension line, how is it scored? The answer is from the rules. Current score rules off the NBRSA web page is. page 2, #3, part g. There shall be no penalty of the first shot of each match if it strikes outside the sighter bull area if it is reported to the Range Officer before firing another shot. Any shot outside of and not touching the sighter bull after the first shot will be counted as the score of the nearest record bull. However, a shot in the area to the right of the sighter box or above the sighter box that still touches the extensions of the surrounding lines of the sighter box shall be considered as sighter shots. Old rule book No. 37 page 79, #4, part g. There shall be no penalty of the first shot of each match when it hits outside the sighter bull, if it is reported to the Range Officer before firing another shot. Any shot outside of and not touching the box of the sighter bull after the first shot on the target will be counted as the score of the nearest bull. However, a shot in the area to the right of the sighter box that touches or is below an extension of the top horizontal sighter box line will be considered a sighter shot. A shot in the area below the sighter box that touches or is right of an extension of the left vertical sighter box line will be considered a sighter shot. So if I understand and am reading it correctly per the new rule, only shots to the right of the target are to be considered sighter shots and to the left and below the sighter box that don t touch the sighter box lines will be counted as zero scores for number 1 or 5 bulls. 2. Two or more shots on a bull when no cross fire occurred? Answer from the rules. Current score rules off the NBRSA web page is page 2, #3, part d. Penalties. When an identifiable crossfire occurs on another competitor s target, the low value or identifiable shot shall be transferred to the offender s target and a penalty of one (1) point shall be deducted. If the crossfire is a 10-X, the X score shall be null and void. The point will be deducted from the 10 score and the X will not be counted. Should the same competitor crossfire again on the same target, then he/she shall receive no points for that crossfire or subsequent crossfires. The competitor who crossfires must not then shoot the corresponding bull on their own target. To do so may result in a disqualification, if it is determined that this was an attempt to conceal the crossfire. Any open bull, not a crossfire shall be scored as a 0. If there is more than 1 shot on a record bull, only the lowest score on that bull will count. Old rule book No. 37 Same as above. 3. How long do you have to challenge a score on a target? Answer from the rules. Current score rules off the NBRSA web page is page 3, #4, part d. At the end of the match, the aggregate score will be posted. The time of posting will be noted and 15 minutes will be allowed for protest of scores. Old rule book No. 37 Same as above. 4. On a proposed cross fire shouldn t the referees go down range to make the determination that there was a cross fire? I wasn t able to find an answer in the current score rules off the NBRSA web page and Old rule book No. 37. A suggestion was to add a sentence that the referees need to go and verify that it was or was not, by reviewing both the backer and the target before either are removed or backer holes are covered. Then they report to the range master there findings. This is based on the fact that that s how shooters have seen it done at other hunter national matches. 5. Could there be a blank sheet of paper placed between the targets so a shooter that is having trouble getting on paper has a place to shoot. This way target frames don t get shot unnecessarily and it s a penalty free spot to shoot. This would not be a rule but placed in the rule book as a suggestion so it could be done if the range has the room/space. 6. Proper reading/use of the reticle for scoring targets. It seems that some scorers use the inside of the ring to determine whether or not a shot is good. Which is to be used; inside or outside of the ring? Could there be a proper use procedure added to the rule below? Current score rules off the NBRSA web page is Page 3, #4 f. All score targets shall be scored with the official NBRSA scoring reticle. If you have information for the clarification to the above items, wish to give constructive input to the discussion items above,or if you have questions about any discussion items / score rules please send it to me. I will see what answers I can find out. I will also present them to the Score shooters at the 2014 Score Nationals for the answers. I will need to have your name, contact information and region in which you live, along with the question or discussion item. You can contact me at zaccs@ televar.com or mail to my attention at 1542 Tacoma Ave, Bridgeport, WA Remember there is a (3) three year moratorium on rule changes. We are just looking for clarification to current rules so all matches are run the same. Please also keep your regional director informed. Respectfully submitted, Dan Zaccanti, NW Regional Director

12 12 Precision Rifleman Rogue Valley 600-Yard Inaugural Event Brings Crawford A New World Record! October 20, 2013 Jackson County Sports Park Shooting Complex s Historic Camp White Rifle Range hosted its first 600 yard NBRSA registered match. When the gates opened at 7:00am the thermometer stood at 39 F and it didn t take long for things to warm up. Competitors from Washington, Oregon, California, and Nevada provided the heat. The Light Gun Relays score belonged to John Crawford of South San Francisco, CA shooting a World Record 147 with an X-count of 5! Placing second was Larry Kahle of Corvallis, OR shooting 145 with an X-count of 3. Following Larry was Billy Copelin of Tacoma WA (Long Range Hall of Fame member) shooting 145 with an X-count of 2. The Light Gun Relays group was owned by John A. Johnson of Grants Pass, OR with an average group of Placing second was John Crawford grouping at Third place belonged to Billy Copelin grouping at The Heavy Gun Relays score saw John Crawford just nudge Bob Dorton of W. Sacramento, CA 270 to 269; each with X-counts of 3. Third place belonged to Everet Smith of Mt. Shasta CA with 264 and an X-count of 1. The Heavy Gun Relays group was also owned by John A. Johnson with an average group of Placing second was Robert Hoppe of Reno, NV with Third place belonged to Billy Copelin grouping at Ahh the Aggregates: The Two Gun score had John Crawford on top with a LG score of 149 and a HG score of 270 making an aggregate of 419 with an X-count of 9. Following John was Bruce Bangeman of Roseburg, OR with a LG score of 144 and a HG score of 264 making an aggregate of 408 with an X-count of 7. Third Two Gun Score belongs to Everet Smith with a LG score of 140 and a HG score of 264 making an aggregate of 404 with an X-count of 3. John Crawford Sets New World Record The Two Gun group had John Johnson on top with a LG group of and a HG group of making an aggregate of Following John was Billy Copelin with a LG group of and a HG group of making an aggregate of Third Two Gun group belongs to Bruce Bangeman with a LG group of and a HG group of making an aggregate of All of the top shooting competitors were awarded plaques or medals sponsored by Whips Crushing & Scrap Metal of White City OR Thanks Gary. Drinking water was sponsored by the Tuesday Morning Rocking Chair Shooters of Medford OR Thanks Bob. At the completion of the event award ceremony Bruce Bangemen presented Phil Grammatica, Match Director and RVSSA Long Range facility administrator, with a plaque recognizing his and the RVSSA support personnel for their tireless efforts for the NBRSA members and event. Phil Grammatica invited all of the competitors to give feedback on improvements that might make the facility and/or event better and to come back for the upcoming NBRSA 600 yard events. Light Gun Score John Crawford X Larry Kahle X Billy Copelin X Bruce Bangeman X John Johnston X Everet Smith X Canada Cummins X Robert Hoppe X Steve Roemer X Bob Dorton X Billy Souza X Gary Noble X Lynn Dragoman, Sr X Light Gun Group John Johnston John Crawford Billy Copelin Larry Kahle Bruce Bangeman Robert Hoppe Canada Cummins Steve Roemer Lynn Dragoman, Sr Everet Smith Gary Noble Bob Dorton Billy Souza Heavy Gun Score John Crawford X Bob Dorton X Everet Smith X Bruce Bangeman X Robert Hoppe X John Johnston X Billy Copelin X Canada Cummins X Billy Souza X Larry Kahle X Gary Noble X Lynn Dragoman, Sr X Heavy Gun Group John Johnston Robert Hoppe Billy Copelin Bruce Bangeman Billy Souza Canada Cummins Lynn Dragoman, Sr John Crawford Bob Dorton RVSSA continued on p.14

13 January, 2014 Precision Rifleman 13 Rogue Valley Sport Shooting Association 600-Yard Benchrest Equipment List for October, 2013 Light Gun: Caliber Action Barrel Gunsmith Stock Stocker Scope Powder Primer Case Bullet Billy Copelin 6 dasher Bat Krieger n/a Tracker n/a NF 12X42 CCI 450 n/a Berger105 Billy Souza 300 Win 700 Bartlein Billy n/a n/a Bushnell 7828 Fed FC MatchKing Bob Dorton 6 BR Grizzley Krieger n/a n/a n/a Leupold 24 Fed Lapua Sierra Bruce A. Bangeman 6 dasher Nesika Krieger McMunn Tooley MBR n/a March Hodgden Fed 205M Lapua Berger Canada Cummins 6 dasher Bat Bartlein n/a Shehane T. Wright NF 42 n/a CCI 450 Lapua n/a Everet Smith 6 dasher Bat Krieger R Begewski TMBR Begiwski NF H M Lapua Berger108 Gary Noble 6 dasher Bat Bartlein Wright Rifles Bostrom Bostrom NF 12X42 CCI 450 Lapua Berger105 John A. Johnston 6 dasher Bat Bartlein n/a Shehane T. Wright NF 42 n/a CCI 450 Lapua n/a John M. Crawford 6 grendel Borden Krieger Ocock Leonard Ocock March Varget CCI BR Lapua Spencer Larry Kahle 6mm BRX Stiller Hart R Begewski McMillan n/a Leupold 50X CCI 450 Lapua 105AMAX Lynn Dragoman Sr 6mm Borden Bartlein J.K. Bill S. J.K. NF RL 15 CCI 450 Lapua C.S. Robert Hoppe 6 dasher Panda Hart Dierks Dierks Dierks NF Varget CCI 450 Lapua Hoppe Steve Roemer 6 dasher Panda Bartlein T. Wright Xes Self NF RL 15 CCI BR4 Lapua Berger108 moly Heavy Gun: Billy Copelin 284 Bat BenchMark n/a Tracker n/a NF 12X42 CCI B2 n/a Berger 180 Billy Souza 300 WSM Bat Bartlein Borden McMillan Sitman NF H4350 CCI Norma Ber187 Bob Dorton 6 BR Grizzley Krieger n/a n/a n/a Leupold 24 Fed Lapua Sierra Bruce A. Bangeman 6 dasher Nesika Krieger McMunn Tooley MBR n/a March Hodgden Fed 205M Lapua Berger Canada Cummins 6 dasher Bat Bartlein n/a Shehane T. Wright NF 42 n/a CCI 450 Lapua n/a Everet Smith 6 XC Bat Krieger R Begewski TMBR Begiwski NF REL17 210M Norma Berger105 Gary Noble 284 Shelkme Bat Bartlein Wright Rifles Lee Wright NF 12X42 Tula Lapua Berger 180 John A. Johnston 6 dasher Bat Bartlein n/a Shehane T. Wright NF 42 n/a CCI 450 Lapua n/a John M. Crawford 6 grendel Borden Krieger Ocock Leonard Ocock March Varget CCI BR Lapua Spencer Larry Kahle 6mm Myer Rem 40X Broghton G. Myer McMillan n/a NF 42X Fed LR Lapua 105AMAX Lynn Dragoman Sr. 6mm Borden Bartlein J.K. Bill S. J.K. NF RL 15 CCI 450 Lapua C.S. Robert Hoppe 6 dasher Stiller Krieger Fleming McMillan Fleming NF Varget CCI 450 Lapua Berger 105

14 14 Precision Rifleman Sloughhouse Group Benchrest John Johnston Everet Smith Gary Noble Larry Kahle Two Gun Score John Crawford X Bruce Bangeman X Everet Smith X Billy Copelin X Robert Hoppe X John Johnston X Bob Dorton X Larry Kahle X Canada Cummins X Billy Souza X Gary Noble X Lynn Dragoman, Sr X Two Gun Group John Johnston Billy Copelin Bruce Bangeman John Crawford Robert Hoppe Canada Cummins Lynn Dragoman, Sr Larry Kahle Everet Smith Billy Souza Bob Dorton Gary Noble Greg Wilson Wins 2-Gun & Dan Lutke is Shooter of the Year November 2-3 This was our last match of the year for Sacramento over the weekend. We had 15 shooters on Saturday and 16 on Sunday. The weather was cold and windy; Saturday began at 50 but warmed up quickly to a high of 77 with a strong wind. Sunday began a chilly 48 and only reached 65 with wind. Most shooters wore jackets all day. In the afternoon the wind was very twitchy and hard to read. The roof vibrated from the wind; a good indicator not to shoot. We began Saturday shooting all 200-yards and all 100-yards on Sunday. Shooter of the year would come down to the last yardage and the grand. A big thank you to Greg Wilson for being the match director the last 11 years. Greg has decided to step aside and pursue some other hobbies. In the picture above, the shooters shown are Dan Lutke, Greg Wilson, Dave Tack, Francis Lee and Ray Garric. Following are our results. Light Varmint 200-Yards Dan Lutke Francis Lee Greg Wilson Ray Garric Arthur Kawai Everet Smith Steve Epstein Henry Pinkney Michael Taner Bill Mellor Small Group Francis Lee Heavy Varmint 200-Yards Greg Wilson Michael Taner Dave Tack Bill Mellor Everet Smith Steve Epostein Arthur Kawai Stu Harvey Bob Dorton Marty Childers Small Group Art Kawai Heavy Varmint 100-Yards Greg Wilson Ray Garric Dave Tack Francis Lee Everet Smith Gabe Ledesma Stu Harvey Steve Epstein Arthur Kawai Marty Childers Small Group Ray Garric

15 Heavy Varmint Grand Greg Wilson Dave Tack Everet Smith Francis Lee Michael Taner Steve Epstein Stu Harvey Arthur Kawai Gabe Ledesma Light Varmint Grand Dan Lutke Francis Lee Arthur Kawai Steve Epstein Ray Garric Michael Taner Bob Dorton Dave Tack Greg Wilson Bill Mellor Two Gun Greg Wilson Francis Lee Dan Lutke Dave Tack Steve Epstein Michael Taner Arthur Kawai Ray Garric Everet Smith Bob Dorton Bill Mellor Stu Harvey Marty Childers Shooter of the Year Points Dan Lutke...97 Greg Wilson...85 Don Nielson...51 Ray Garric...41 Dave Tack...35 Sloughhouse Benchrest Shooter of the Year, Dan Lutke January, 2014 Precision Rifleman 15 Sahuaro 1000-Yd Benchrest November in Tucson is pretty hard to endure. It was sunny (of course) and in the early morning the temperatures were in the low 50 s, but by noon, we were enjoying the high 70 s to low 80 s. It was a good turn out with 10 shooters in light gun and seven in heavy, Including rifle maker John Lazzaroni who was testing a couple of his products at the 1,000 yard range. Match director Karl Hunstiger had us pulling triggers by 8:00 A.M. Conditions in relays one and two were reasonably good with winds in the 5 to 10 mile per hour range, but with lots of mirage and thermals. But as often happens at any range, you just never know. In relays three and four, the conditions improved dramatically. In the pits we were amazed to watch the dust clouds, from the bullet impacts on the berm, going straight up and then dissipating. New to the Sahuaro range was Hal Byrd who took first in both Light Gun score and Light Gun group. Obviously, Hal is not new to long range shooting, having been doing the 600 yard game for years. That experience paid off this weekend. In Heavy Gun, it was long time Sahuaro shooter Steve Everson who won both score and group, outclassing the rest of the competition. Hal & Steve are pictured above. As usual, we all had a good time and we are all looking forward to next month. Dale Arenson Light Gun Aggregate Hal Byrd Ross Herrick Steve Everson Dale Arenson Jeff Billotte Small Group Ross Herrick Heavy Gun Aggregate Steve Everson Ross Herrick Bill Warner Jeff Billotte Dale Arenson Small Group Steve Everson Light Gun Total Score Hal Byrd X Steve Everson X Ross Herrick X Dale Arenson X Dave Osborn X High Score Hal Byrd X Heavy Gun Total Score Steve Everson X Dave Osborn X Jeff Billotte X Dale Arenson X Ross Herrick X High Score Steve Everson X Sahuaro 1000-Yard Benchrest November Equipment List Name Caliber Action Barrel Gunsmith Stock Scope Case Powder Bullet/Wt Ross Herrick 30Patriot Nesika Krieger Wells Tracker Nightforce Lazzeroni H4831 JLK/210 Dale Arenson (HG) 30wsm McMillan Lilja Lazzarini McMillan Nightforce Norma H4831 Berger/210 Dale Arenson (LG) 6.5/284 Remington Classic Briggs McMillan Nightforce Norma RL22 Norma/130 Steve Everson (L) 6.5x47 Panda Krieger Brackney Borden Leupold Lapua RL15 Berger/130 Steve Everson (H) 6.2/284 Nesika Krieger Brackney McMillan Leupold Winchester H4350 Sierra/142 Ross Herrick 30Patriot Nesika Krieger Wells Tracker Nightforce Lazzerini H4831 JLK/210 Jeff Billotte (LG) 6.5x47Lazz McMillan PacNor Lazzarini McMillan Nightforce Remington H1000 Berger/140 Jeff Billotte (HG) 6.5x47Lazz McMillan PacNor Lazzarini McMillan Nightforce Norma H1000 Berger/140 Bill Warner 6.5x284 BAT Krieger Bruno McMillan Nightforce Lapua H4350 Sierra/140 Hal Byrd 6.5/284 Remington Krieger Beginski Tracker Leupold Lapua H4831 Sierra/142 Dave Osborn 300wsm Remington Krieger Bruno McMillan Millet Nosler RL22 Sierra/200

16 16 Precision Rifleman 2014 NBRSA Registered Match Schedule SOUTHWEST REGION Jan 4-5 LV/HV 100/200 Winter Warm Up Arizona Benchrest Shooters Jan 11 LG/HG 1000 Sahuaro 1000-Yard Benchrest Three Points Range, Tucson, AZ Jan 26 LG/HG 1000 Sloughhouse Long Range Benchrest Feb 1-2 LV/HV 100/200 Berger Cactus Classic Warm Up Arizona Benchrest Shooters Feb 8 LG/HG 1000 Sahuaro 1000-Yard Benchrest Three Points Range, Tucson, AZ Feb LV/HV 100/200 Visalia Group Match Visalia Sportsmen Association Feb 23 LG/HG 600 Sloughhouse Long Range Benchrest Mar 1-2 LV/HV 100/200 Sloughhouse Group Benchrest Mar 8 LG/HG 1000 Sahuaro 1000-Yard Benchrest Three Points Range, Tucson, AZ March LV/HV 100/200 Berger Cactus Classic Arizona Benchrest Shooters Apr 5-6 LV/HV 100/200 Sloughhouse Group Benchrest Apr 12 LG/HG 1000 Sahuaro 1000-Yard Benchrest Three Points Range, Tucson, AZ April April UNL5/ UNL10 100/200 Arizona Unlimited Match Arizona Benchrest Shooters SP/HV 100/200 Visalia Group Match Visalia Sportsmen Association Apr 22 LG/HG 600 Registration & Prep Day: 2014 Long Range Benchrest Nationals Sloughhouse Long Range Benchrest April LG/HG th Sloughhouse 600 Nationals Sloughhouse Long Range Benchrest Apr 25 F-Class nd Sloughhouse F-Class Bench Sloughhouse Long Range Benchrest April April LG/HG th Sloughhouse 1000 Nationals Sloughhouse Long Range Benchrest LV/HV 100/200 President s Cup, Holton Gun Club May 3-4 LV/HV 100/200 CA State Championship Part 1 Sloughhouse Group Benchrest May 3-4 SP/UNL 100/200 Central Utah Benchrest Club Utah State Championship Part 1 May 10 LG/HG 1000 Sahuaro 1000-Yard Benchrest Three Points Range, Tucson, AZ May May LV/HV 100/200 Visalia Group Match Visalia Sportsmen Association LV/HV 200/100 Nevada State Championship #1 Palomino Valley Gun Club May 25 LG/HG 600 Sloughhouse Long Range Benchrest June 7-8 June 7-8 LV/HV 100/200 CA State Championship Part 2 Sloughhouse Group Benchrest LV/HV 300/200 Long Range Varmint Nationals Palomino Valley Gun Club June 14 LG/HG 1000 Sahuaro 1000-Yard Benchrest Three Points Range, Tucson, AZ June HV/UNL-5 100/200 Unlimited SW Regional Visalia Sportsmen Association June 22 LG/HG 1000 Sloughhouse Long Range Benchrest July 5-6 LV/HV 100/200 Sloughhouse Gun Challenge Sloughhouse Group Benchrest July 12 LG/HG 1000 Sahuaro 1000-Yard Benchrest Three Points Range, Tucson, AZ July 27 LG/HG 600 Sloughhouse Long Range Benchrest Aug 2-3 LV/HV 100/200 Sloughhouse Group Benchrest Aug 2-3 LV/HV 100/200 Central Utah Benchrest Club Utah State Championship Part 2 Aug 9 LG/HG 1000 Sahuaro 1000-Yard Benchrest Three Points Range, Tucson, AZ Aug 24 LG/HG 1000 Sloughhouse Long Range Benchrest Aug SP/LV/HV 100/200 Southwest Regional Championship Visalia Sportsmen Association Sept 13 LG/HG 1000 Sahuaro 1000-Yard Benchrest Three Points Range, Tucson, AZ Sept 28 LG/HG 600 Sloughhouse Long Range Benchrest Sept Gun 300 Palomino Valley 4Gun Palomino Valley Gun Club Oct 4-5 LV/HV 100/200 Sloughhouse Group Benchrest Oct 4-5 LV/HV 100/200 Arizona State Championship #1 Arizona Benchrest Shooters Oct 11 LG/HG 1000 Sahuaro 1000-Yard Benchrest Three Points Range, Tucson, AZ Oct Oct UNL /200 Visalia Invitational Visalia Sportsmen Association SP/UNL 200/100 Nevada State Championship #2 Palomino Valley Gun Club Oct 26 LG/HG 1000 Sloughhouse Long Range Benchrest Nov 1-2 LV/HV 100/200 Sloughhouse Group Benchrest Nov 8 LG/HG 1000 Sahuaro 1000-Yard Benchrest Three Points Range, Tucson, AZ Nov 8-9 SP/UNL5 100/200 Arizona State Championship #2 Arizona Benchrest Shooters Nov 23 LG/HG 600 Sloughhouse Long Range Benchrest Dec 6-7 UNL5/UNL5 100/200 Arizona Invitational Unlimited Arizona Benchrest Shooters Dec 13 LG/HG 1000 Sahuaro 1000-Yard Benchrest Three Points Range, Tucson, AZ Dec 28 LG/HG 1000 Sloughhouse Long Range Benchrest NORTH CENTRAL REGION July 13 LG/HG/Fac 600 Columbus Sportsmen Assn, WI Aug 4-7 HTR/VFS 100/ / Hunter/VFS Nationals Casper Benchrest Shooters, WY Aug 17 LG/HG/Fac 600 Columbus Sportsmen Assn, WI Sept 20 LG/HG/Fac 600 Columbus Sportsmen Assn, WI Oct 11 LG/HG/Fac 600 Columbus Sportsmen Assn, WI Nov 8 LG/HG/Fac 600 Columbus Sportsmen Assn, WI GULF COAST REGION Feb 9 VFS 100/200 Southwest LA Rifle & Pistol Club Feb GUN 100 Tomball Gun Club, TX (It s back!)

17 January, 2014 Precision Rifleman NBRSA Registered Match Schedule Mar 23 VFS 100/200 Southwest LA Rifle & Pistol Club EASTERN REGION April LV/HV 100/200 Spring Tune Up WWCCA April LV/HV 100/200 President s Cup, Holton Gun Club May 3-4 LV/HV 100/200 Hog Roast, Fairchance Gun Club May May June 7-8 June LV/HV 100/200 Super Shoot Warm-Up Chippewa Rifle Club LV/HV 100/200 Kelbly s Super Shoot LV/HV 100/200 Wolverine Challenge WWCCA LV/HV 100/200 Briar Hail Memorial Shelby County Deer Hunters July 4-6 LV/HV/UNL 100/200 3-Gun Championship Fairchance Gun Club July July Sept Oct Oct LV/HV 100/200 PA State Championship Kane Fish & Game LV/HV 100/200 Michigan State Championship Holton Gun Club 4-GUN 100/ Group Benchrest Nationals Holton Gun Club, Holton, MI LV/HV 100/200 Fall Classic WWCCA LV/HV 100/200 Fall Finale Shelby County Deer Hunters MISSISSIPPI VALLEY REGION Mar 1-2 LV/HV 100/200 Benchrest Rifle Club of St Louis 10:30AM Sat, 8AM Sun Mar 16 HTR/VFS 100/200 Benchrest Rifle Club of St Louis April 6 HTR/VFS 100/200 Benchrest Rifle Club of St Louis April LV/HV 100/200 Benchrest Rifle Club of St Louis Sat 12 noon, Sun 8AM May 10 HTR 100/200 Van Dyne Sportsmens Club May 18 HTR/VFS 100/200 Benchrest Rifle Club of St Louis June 7 HTR 100/200 Van Dyne Sportsmens Club June 15 HTR/VFS 100/200 Benchrest Rifle Club of St Louis June 20 LV/HV 100/200 East-West Show-Me Set-Up Day June July LV/HV 100/200 Benchrest Rifle Club of St Louis East-West Show Me Shootout HTR 100/200 Van Dyne Sportsmens Club WI State Championship July 13 LG/HG 600 Columbus Sportsman s Assn July July HTR/VFS 100/200 Benchrest Rifle Club of St Louis MO State/Jarvis/MVR Chism LV/HV 100/200 Benchrest Rifle Club of St Louis Sat Night Match 5pm, Sun 8AM Aug 17 LG/HG 600 Columbus Sportsman s Assn Sept 13 VFS 100/200 Van Dyne Sportsmens Club Sept 20 LG/HG 600 Columbus Sportsman s Assn Oct 5 HTR/VFS 100/200 Benchrest Rifle Club of St Louis Oct 11 LG/HG 600 Columbus Sportsman s Assn Oct LV/HV 100/200 Benchrest Rifle Club of St Louis Mississippi Valley Regionals Nov 8 LG/HG 600 Columbus Sportsman s Assn New Score World Records Greg Swezey Established August 22, 2013 VFS Grand Agg 100/200/ X Two-Gun Grand Agg 100/200/ X Tim Naugle Established August 22, 2013 VFS Aggregate 300-yds 249-8X VFS Grand Agg 200/ X Two-Gun Grand Agg 200/ X Congratulations to Greg & Tim! This beauty was shot by Mel Iwatsubo using a bag gun at the Visalia Invitational. This match is an unlimited match. Good shooting Mel. Do you have a target picture you would like to see here? it to

18 18 Precision Rifleman Shelby County s Fall Finale by John Petteruti Twenty-five shooters met at the Shelby County Deer Hunters Association on October 19th and 20th to finish the Region s schedule with the Fall Finale. The weather was mixed with Saturday being cold with rain with light winds and Sunday being bright and sunny but winds that started at 9 mph in the morning and ended up at 20 mph in the afternoon. The results were quite a bit different for each day. The range was opened for business at 8:30 am. It was to be a day of some really small hole shooting. Steve Theye took first in the 100 Yard Light Varmint with a blistering.1682 aggregate followed by Melvyn Newramsky with a.2112 and Jack Neary with a Small group was shot by Margaret Jerrett, a member of SCDHA. Margaret put an impressive.090 hole on the paper. Following the morning shoot an hour lunch break was taken. The Association s kitchen turned out Chile, burgers, Chile Dogs, pies, cakes and other great things to eat. This after serving a great breakfast of biscuits and gravy in the morning. Doesn t get much better than that! More small groups followed in the afternoon with Dale Dillingham winning the 100 Yard Heavy Varmint with a hot.1954, followed by Jack Neary at.1986 and Jerry Jerrett at Jack Neary s.100 won the small group.the small group phase of the Fall Finale was not over. Sunday morning opened bright, sunny and windy. At 200 yards the whole character of the Shelby County range changes drastically. The 200 Yard Heavy Varmint was won by Ted Heindselman who shot a.2593 followed by Paul Whitt at.2607 and Dominic Grunas at Fred Moreo shot a.255 to take the small group honors. Greg Walley took top honors for the 200 Yard Light Varmint by shooting a.2270 while Ted Heindselman took 2nd with a.2382 and Joel Nader, 3rd, with a Ted Heindselman s.331 took small group. The Light Varmint Grand Aggregate honor went to Greg Walley with a.2314, followed by Ted Heindselman at.2349 and Steve Theye at Jack Neary won the Heavy Varmint Grand Aggregate with a aggregate of He was followed by Dominic Grunas at.2563 and Greg Walley at When all was said and done, the winner of the Two Gun Aggregate was Greg Walley with a Congratulations! Following Greg was Jack Neary at.2521 and Ted Heindselman at As you can see, the competition was intense. Margaret Jarrett had the small group of the shoot with a.090. Great shooting Margaret! Light Varmint 100-Yards Steve Theye Melvin Newransky Jack Neary Joel Nader Ted Heindselman Greg Walley Pat Metcalf Dominic Grunas Melinda Armstrong Vic Halverson Light Varmint 200-Yards Greg Walley Ted Heindselman Joel Nader Steve Theye Jack Neary Vic Halverson Paul Whitt Dominic Grunas Melinda Armstrong John Petteruti Light Varmint Grand Greg Walley Ted Heindselman Steve Theye Joel Nader Jack Neary Vic Halverson Dominic Grunas Melinda Armstrong

19 January, 2014 Precision Rifleman 19 Above: Margaret Jarrett gets small group honors for shooting a.090. Page 12: Greg Walley receives his plaque for winning the Two Gun. Congratulations to Greg & Margaret! Paul Whitt John Grice Heavy Varmint 100-Yards Dale Dillingham Jack Neary Jerry Jarrett Steve Theye Dominic Grunas Melvyn Newransky Joel Nader Melinda Armstrong Greg Walley Patrick Kennedy Heavy Varmint 200-Yards Ted Heindselman Paul Whitt Dominic Grunas Greg Walley Jack Neary Vic Halverson DeWayne Wood Joel Nader Fred Moreo David Abbott Heavy Varmint Grand Jack Neary Dominic Grunas Greg Walley Ted Heindselman Jerry Jarrett Vic Halverson DeWayne Wood Joel Nader Steve Theye Dale Dillingham Two Gun Greg Walley Jack Neary Ted Heindselman Steve Theye Joel Nader Vic Halverson Dominic Grunas Melinda Armstrong Paul Whitt Patrick Kennedy Dale Dillingham John Petteruti Pat Metcalf John Grice Shelby County Fall Finale Equipment List Name Action Barrel Gunsmith Stocker Scope Load Bullet Primer Greg Walley Panda Maclennan Kelbly Kelbly March LT32 Estes 68 Winchester Jack Neary BAT Bartlein D.Bruno D.Bruno Leupold N133 Cheek Wham-o Ted Heindselman BAT Krieger Self Scarbrough Leupold N133 Woodman/65 205M Steve Theye BAT Krieger Scott Scarbrough Leupold N133 Generic/65 205M Joel Nader Panda Bartlein Laidlaw Leonard Leupold N133 Nader/65 205M Vic Halverson Panda Krieger Scott Scott Leupold V133 Hott/68 205M Dominic Grunas BAT Krieger Scott Scoville Leupold V133 Hott/68 205M Jerry Jarrett Panda Krieger Kelbly Kelbly Leupold N133 Bart/68 205M Melinda Armstrong Panda Krieger Campbell Campbell Weaver N133 Hott/68 205M *All shooters used 6ppc caliber and Lapua cases.

20 20 Precision Rifleman Kloeppel Wins Two-Gun at St Louis by Scott Pieper Mississippi Valley Regional October 19-20, 2013 Absentee? Yes, the Match Director failed to show for the Mississippi Valley Regional, but not for lacking a good cause. I was in Australia for the Word Bench Rest Competition, tagging along with the US team. The Club sent me down under to do some snooping to help prepare for the Word Championships coming here to St. Louis in So I really have no idea how the conditions were for this match. Based on the scores, it looks like it was challenging to say the least. Greg Gardner won the LV100 with a.2560 aggregate and Steve Turner shot the small group with a.097. After the switch to HV, Jerry Kloeppel took the win for HV100 with a.2924 aggregate and Joe Fesi shot the small group with a We started Sunday off with the HV first, and Chuck Hearn won the 200 with a.2877 aggregate. Chuck Hearn also got the small group with a.223. After the switch to LV class Chuck Hearn took charge and won the LV 200 aggregate with a Chuck also pulled out the small group at.317. Looks like Chuck was a hand full at 200 yards. Light Varmint Grand Aggregate winner was Chuck Hearn followed by Jerry Kloeppel in second and Jim Gardner rounding out the top three. Heavy Varmint Grand Aggregate winner was Jerry Kloeppel with Steve Turner in second and Bud Mundy third. The 2-Gun went to Jerry Kloeppel, with Jim Gardner 2nd, Chuck Hearn 3rd, Steve Turner 4th, and Bud Mundy 5th. Thanks again to all that came to St. Louis. It really is a pleasure running the matches for you all; just wish we could get a few more to show up to see what they are missing out on. I will be sending a 2014 schedule as soon as it is finalized. Keep an eye on the mail box and hope winter is easy on you all. Light Varmint 100-Yards Wayne Corley Jerry Kloeppel Jim Gardner Steve Turner Bud Mundy Fred Martin St Louis Shooters L-R: Jim Gardner, Jerry Kloeppel, Chuck Hearn, Joe Fesi, Steve Turner, Wayne Corley and Bud Mundy Jerry Wick Jim Hole Chuck Hearn Bob Hammack Light Varmint 200-Yards Chuck Hearn Jerry Kloeppel Jim Gardner Jim Hart Chet Whitebread Steve Turner Bud Mundy Dean Weston Bob Hammack William Greene Light Varmint Grand Chuck Hearn Jerry Kloeppel Jim Gardner Steve Turner Bud Mundy Jim Hart Chet Whitebread Wayne Corley Bob Hammack Fred Martin Heavy Varmint 100-Yards Jerry Kloeppel Jerry Wick Steve Turner Bud Mundy Joe Fesi Bob Hammack Chet Whitebread Wayne Corley Jim Hole Jim Hart Heavy Varmint 200-Yards Chuck Hearn Lou Kerhliker Joe Fesi Wayne Corley Jim Gardner Steve Turner Bud Mundy Jerry Kloeppel Jim Hole Chet Whitebread Heavy Varmint Grand Jerry Kloeppel Steve Turner Bud Mundy Joe Fesi Wayne Corley Jim Hole Chet Whitebread Jerry Wick Jim Gardner Bob Hammack Two Gun Jerry Kloeppel Jim Gardner Chuck Hearn Steve Turner Bud Mundy Chet Whitebread Wayne Corley Jim Hart Jerry Wick Bob Hammack Fred Martin Jim Hole William Greene Lou Kerhliker Harry Ward

21 January, 2014 Precision Rifleman 21 Bench Rest Rifle Club of St Louis: Mississippi Valley Regional Equipment List Oct , 2013 Name Action Barrel Stocker Smith Bullet Mfr Pwdr Wgt Case Scope Pwr Chuck Hearn BAT Bartlien Meredith Self Hottenstein LT32 n/a Lapua March 50 Jerry Kloeppel BAT Krieger Self Self Hottenstein Lapua March 50 James Gardner Viper Krieger Kuse Kuse n/a Lapua March 50 Steve Turner Rimrock Bartlein Leonard Borden ST LT Lapua March 50 Bud Mundy BAT Krieger Self Self Miller Blend 30.3 Lapua March 40 Joe Fesi BAT Shilen Scoville Hall JDS LT Lapua Leupold 40 Wayne Corley BAT Krieger Self Hoehn Generic LT32 29 Lapua March 50 Keith Cottrell Wins SW Regional 2-Gun Phoenix, AZ We shot the first half of the Southwest Regional Championship was at the Ben Avery Shooting Range October 5-6, We had 23 shooters. It was one of the worst conditions that I have seen on that range since I ve been shooting here. The wind gusts were between 40 and 60 mph and the wind switching, made for a very tough match. You could tell it was a tough shoot when the small group on the first 200 yard match was a shot by Dana Andrus. The results follow. We would like to thank everyone for their continuing support. Plan now to visit us for the Cactus Warm-Up and Berger Cactus Classic. Light Varmint 100-Yards Bob Brackney Keith Cottrell Dan Sutton Stephen Everson Lou Murdica Gary Ocock Ed Maxwell Gene DeLoney Dave Blazzard Don Carter Small Group Keith Cottrell Light Varmint 200-Yards Tom DeBacco Lou Murdica William Marsh Keith Cottrell Chuck Miller Gary Ocock Stephen Everson Dana Andrus Dave Blazzard Ed Maxwell Small Group Chuck Miller Light Varmint Grand Keith Cottrell Lou Murdica Stephen Everson Bob Brackney Gary Ocock Dan Sutton Dave Blazzard Ed Maxwell Chuck Miller Dana Andrus Heavy Varmint 100-Yards Dave Blazzard Bob Brackney Lou Murdica Dana Andrus Dan Sutton George Lozano Gary Ocock Keith Cottrell William Marsh Chuck Miller Small Group Dana Andrus Heavy Varmint 200-Yards Chuck Miller Joe Pipola Keith Cottrell Lou Murdica Gary Ocock Dana Andrus Dave Blazzard George Lozano Bob Brackney Tom DeBacco by Art Clegg & Ed Maxwell Small Group Lou Murdica Heavy Varmint Grand Chuck Miller Lou Murdica Keith Cottrell Gary Ocock Joe Pipola Dana Andrus Dave Blazzard Bob Brackney George Lozano Dan Sutton Two-Gun Keith Cottrell Lou Murdica Chuck Miller Gary Ocock Dave Blazzzard Bob Brackney Dana Andrus Stephen Everson Joe Pipola Dan Sutton George Lozano Gene Deloney William Marsh Scott Smith Tom DeBacco Hector Elias, Jr Larry White Ed Maxwell Greg Evanson Don Carter Hank Henss

22 22 Precision Rifleman Gary Ocock Wins Visalia Invitational by Bill Mellor The Visalia Invitational is a two day unlimited five shot match which is the last match of the year for the Visalia Benchrest shooters. This match is held in October when the conditions are good and usually produce some very nice aggregates. This year the conditions were almost perfect for the twenty four shooters that attended the match. The temperature was cool and the winds were mild and sometimes the flags did not move. On day 1, the 100 yard match was won by Gary Ocock with a.1602 aggregate. Gary also won the small group trophy with a.066 screamer. George Lozano placed second with a.1832 aggregate. Dave Woodward shot a.1894 for third place. Moving out to 200 yards Gary Ocock got serious and put together a nice.1587 aggregate to win the first place trophy. The small group trophy was won by Mel Iwatsubo shooting a.144 screamer with a bag gun. A.1807 aggregate won the second place trophy for Dennis Thornbury, Lawrence Weisdorn placed third with a.1885 agg. After winning both the 100 and 200 yard matches, it s no surprise who won the first place trophy for the grand. Gary Ocock ended day 1 with a.1594 grand aggregate for his win and also set a new range record. George Lozano shot a.2000 to win the second place trophy, in third place was David Woodward with a.2035, fourth place was taken by Dennis Thornbury s.2042 and in fifth place with a.2131 was Lawrence Weisdorn. On day 2, I don t know what Gary Ocock had for breakfast but it sure helped his shooting. Gary shot four screamers in a row and a one on his fifth target for a.1088 aggregate for the first place trophy and a new range record. Imagine shooting four screamers and not winning the small group trophy. The small group trophy went to Joe Stanovich with a.067 screamer. Joe also won the second place trophy with a.1374 aggregate. Chuck Miller shot five one s to take the third place trophy with a One of the local shooters took over the 200 yard match, Marty Childers won the first place trophy shooting a.1649 aggregate. Marty also won the small group trophy with a.192 screamer. John Verhagen took the second place trophy with a.1984 aggregate. Jim Nicolas shot a.2102 aggregate for the third place trophy. The Day 2 Grand Aggregate first place trophy was won by Gary Ocock. Gary shot another fine aggregate a.1620 for first place. Joe Stanovich placed second with a.1982, a.2030 took third place for Chuck Miller, Francis Lee was fourth with a.2048 and fifth place was won by Marty Childers shooting a Gary Ocock had a great weekend of shooting, winning three out of the four yardages and both Grand aggregates. Gary Ocock won the two gun first place trophy with a great two day.1607 aggregate. George Lozano won the second place trophy with a.2048 aggregate, a.2080 aggregate by Dennis Thornbury took third place, Francis Lee shot a.2141 for forth place and in fifth place with a.2157 aggregate was Joe Stanovich. There was a lot of fine shooting done during the weekend and congratulations to all the winners. Unlimited 100-Yards Day 1 Gary Ocock Joe Stanovich Chuck Miller Lawrence Weisdorn George Lozano Francis Lee Jim Nicolas Dan Lutke Dan Capps Dennis Thornbury Unlimited 200-Yards Day 2 Marty Childers John Verhagen Jim Nicolas Dennis Thornbury Gary Ocock Francis Lee David Woodward Dan Capps Gary Sinclair George Lozano Unlimited 100-Yards Day 1 Gary Ocock George Lozano David Woodward Francis Lee Gary Sinclair Norm Jeffery Marty Childers Dennis Thornbury Paul Garin Lawrence Weisdorn Unlimited 200-Yards Day 2 Gary Ocock Dennis Thornbury Lawrence Weisdorn Joe Stanovich Chuck Miller Dan Lutke Jim Nicolas George Lozano David Woodward Paul Garin Unlimited Grand Day 1 Gary Ocock Joe Stanovich Chuck Miller Francis Lee Marty Childers Jim Nicolas George Lozano Dennis Thornbury John Verhagen Dan Capps Unlimited Grand Day 2 Gary Ocock George Lozano David Woodward Dennis Thornbury Lawrence Weisdorn Francis Lee Paul Garin Gary Sinclair Joe Stanovich Dan Capps Unlimited Grand Gary Ocock George Lozano Dennis Thornbury Francis Lee Joe Stanovich David Woodward Jim Nicolas Dan Capps Chuck Miller Lawrence Weisdorn Paul Garin Gary Sinclair Norm Jeffery Dan Lutke Don Nielson Bill Mellor John Verhagen Duke Rovarino Marge Garin Russ Hessey Tom Price Mel Iwatsubo

23 January, 2014 Precision Rifleman 23 Visalia Invitational Equipment List Name Action Scope Barrel Gunsmith Stocker Load Primer Bullet Gary Ocock Marsh B&L Krieger Ocock Young M Ocock Joe Stanovich Panda March Krieger Ocock Ocock LT32 205M Berger Chuck Miller Panda Leupold Bartlein Miller Miller n/a 205M Miller Francis Lee BAT B&L Krieger Iwatsubo Hasecuster M Lee Marty Childers BAT Weaver Krieger Ocock Young N 133 Wolf Childers George Lozano BAT Leupold Krieger Ocock Young LT32 205M Column David Woodward BAT Leupold Bartlein Nielson Kessler N M Woodward Dennis Thornbury BAT March Krieger Neilson Young LT32 205M Miller Lawrence Weisdorn BAT March Krieger Sosenko Mattingly N M Barts *All shooters used 6ppc caliber and Lapua cases. Above: Gary Ocock At Right: George Lozano, Marty Childers, Dennis Thornbury Lawerence Weisdorn, Jim Nicolas, Joe Stanovich, Dave Woodward & John Verhagen kneeling PATENT PENDING Brass Grippers, the ULTIMATE simple solution you have been waiting for to hold cases for cleaning or uniforming primer pockets and cleaning or polishing the inside of the neck. Contact: Phone: (855) Fax: (760) sales@brassgripper.com See our demonstration video at

24 24 Precision Rifleman Nick Marino Wins at SWLA VFS by Wayne Bengston October 20th was our last VFS match for the year. We had a good turnout and the weather was great with mild winds from the south around 1 to 3 mph during the 100 yd match. Nine of the thirteen shooters stayed clean through the 100 yd match with Dale Metzer shooting a X to take 1st place, Rodney Landry a X to take 2nd and Mike Louwein taking 3rd with a X. During the 200 yd match in the afternoon the wind picked up a bit and became very switchy with a little mirage thrown in. Ray Perry and Larry Tilley tied the 200 yd match with scores of 249-4X. However, Ray won 1st place with the tie breaker pushing Larry to 2nd place and Nick Marino taking third with a 248 7X. With all scores added up for the Grand Ag. Nick Marino took first place with a X, Michael Louwein took 2nd with a X and Larry Tilley took 3rd with a X. Congratulations gentlemen, good shooting. VFS 100-Yards Dale Metzger X Rodney Landry X Michael Louwein X Renard Alexander X Nick Marino X Mike Guillot X Kenny Kuperman X Rollin Beeson X Wayne Bengston X Carroll Green X Larry Tilley X Bobby Ayo X Ray Perry X VFS 200-Yards Ray Perry X SWLA Winners L-R: Dale Metzger, Mike Louwein, Mike Guillot, Rodney Landry, Larry Tilley, Nick Marino (Grand Ag Winner) and Ray Perry Larry Tilley X Nick Marino X Michael Louwein X Kenny Kuperman X Rollin Beeson X Wayne Bengston X Renard Alexander X Bobby Ayo X Dale Metzger X Carroll Green X Rodney Landry X Mike Guillot X Grand Aggregate Nick Marino X Michael Louwein X Larry Tilley X Kenny Kuperman X Rollin Beeson X Renard Alexander X Wayne Bengston X Dale Metzger X Ray Perry X Rodney Landry X Carroll Green X Bobby Ayo X Mike Guillot X Southwest Lousiana Rifle & Pistol Club Gulf Coast Regional VFS Equipment List October 20, 2013 Name Caliber Action Barrel Gunsmith Stocker Scope Case Powder Bullet/wt Primers Wt. Dale Metzger 30BR Bat Krieger R. Long Robertson March10X50 NA H4198/34.0 Cheek/112 Fed 205M 13.5 Nick Marino 30BR Farley Krieger Feusse NA Leupold NA Norma Cheek/115 NA 11.5 Michael Louwien 30BR Panda Kreiger LPR McMillan Night Force 42 Lapua H4198/34.4 Conley's/116 Fed 205M n/a Larry Tilley 30BR Farley Hart Perry McMillan Leupold Lapua H4198/ X/125 Fed 205M 10.5 Kenny Kupperman 30BR Bat Bartline Roscoe TMBR Nightforce12x42 Lapua H4198/ X/115 Fed 205M 13.5 Rollin Beeson 30BR Panda Lilja Perry Kelby Leupold 40 Lapua H4198/33.8 BIB/118 Fed 205M 12.8 Mike Guillot 30BR Rimrock Bartlein Borden Robertson NF Variable Lapua H4198/34.4 BIB/118 Fed 205M 13.5 Renard Alexander 30BR Kelby Krieger Kelby Kelby Leupold/40 NA H4198/34.2 R Council/118 CCI # Rodney Landry 30BR Hall Kreiger NA McMillan 36x NA H X 115 Fed 205M n/a Carroll Green 30BR Panda Kreiger NA McMillan Night Force NA T-32 BIB/118 Rem n/a Wayne Bengton 30BR Panda Shilien Perry Robertson Leupold 45x Lapua H4198/34.4 Conley's/116 Fed 205M 10.5 Bobby Ayo 30BR Bat NA NA McMillan Night Force NA H4198/NA BIB's/118 Fed 205M n/a Ray Perry 30BR Stiller Hart Self McMillan NF Variable Lapua H4198/ X/116 Rem 7 1/2 10

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27 Tomball is Back In Business! Make sure to check the calendar on page 16 and make arrangements to join up with the Pullum brothers for a return of the Tomball matches Matches Your Regional Directors have been hard at work getting match agreements back signed and sent in to me to publish for you. If you haven t already, please give them a helping hand and sign and return those match agreements as soon as feasible so I can get these dates published for you. Thanks so much for your help. Next Issue Not to many matches are scheduled during the winter months with the exception of our southern clubs. As I receive match data, I will publish it in the first available magazine. In the January, 2014 Precision Rifleman 27 meantime, to keep your attention, the focus will be on articles. Look forward to February s issue which will cover an article entitled, Ask The Pros from Patrick Kennedy seeking advice across the disciplines from those in the know. See you next month! --Audrey Brown

28 28 Precision Rifleman ER Region Camillus Sportsmens Club 5801 Devoe Road, Camillus, NY Club phone: Contact: Gerald Malerba East Pinegrove Rd, Cicero, NY Chippewa Rifle Club GPS: N W Contact: Gerry Jajowka Meadowbrook Blvd, Stow, OH Contact: Randy Perkowski Curtis Ave, Cuyahoga Falls, OH Fairfield Sportsmen s Assn 6501 River Rd, Harrison, OH Contact: Rick Browning Timberidge Ln, Okeana, OH Fairchance Rod & Gun Club GPS: N W Contact: Bill Reahard PO Box 156, McClellandtown, PA reahard@verizon.net Contact: Jerry Van Sickle Guthrie Rd, Smithfield, PA Holton Gun & Bow Club 6201 Crystal Lake Rd, Holton, MI PO Box 128, Holton, MI GPS: N W Contact: Connie Wyant Holton Road, Holton, MI sissy620@comcast.net Alternate: Arlene Inman Adams, Twin Lake, MI adeanie@comcast.net Isabella County Sportsmans Club Corner of Winn & Millbrook Roads PO Box 383, Winn, MI Contact: Harry Ross South Summerton Rd Mt Pleasant, MI heross@charter.net Kane Fish & Game Dwight Rd, 1 mile N of Kane on SR Steve Timpano Group stimpano@verizon.net Ed Hanes - Group hanes329@comcast.net Kelbly s Rifle Range 7222 Dalton Fox Lake Rd N Lawrence, OH GPS: N W Contact: Jim Kelbly jim@kelbly.com Shelby County Deer Hunter Assn 7988 Johnston-Slagle Rd, Sidney, OH Ranges, Clubs, and Contacts Contact: John Petteruti jpetteruti@woh.rr.com WWCCA 6700 Napier Rd, Plymouth, MI Contact: Dana Raven Old 27N, Frederic, MI dana_raven@yahoo.com Contact: Bill Gammon Speight Blvd, London, ONT N5V 3J8 Canada Bill.gammon@rogers.com GC Gulf Coast Region Austin Rifle Club PO Box , Austin, TX Contact: Virgil Howarth Inridge Dr, Austin, TX vhowarth@sbcglobal.net Central Texas Benchrest GPS: N W Contact:Sammye Dietz Range Rd, New Braunfels, TX Contact: Kris Whitman Viewcrest, New Braunfels, TX kwhitman@gvtc.com Midland Shooters Association 4108 East County Rd 160, Midland, TX Contact: Mike Conry 3212 E County Rd 136, Midland, TX or MEConry@suddenlink.net North TX Shooters Association GPS: N W Contact: Michael Stinnett Blackjack Oaks Rd, Aubrey, TX mkstinnett@gmail.com San Angelo Gun Club 2231 West Beauregard Ave, San Angelo Contact: Dan Batko PO Box 3992, San Angelo, TX Labs1@zipnet.us Seymour Stool Shooters 448 Hwy 283 South, Seymour, TX Contact: John Horn Peterson Rd S, Iowa Park, TX John.Horn44@gmail.com Southwest Louisiana Rifle & Pistol Contact: Mike Guillot Cappy Dr, Lake Charles, LA Guillot4555@suddenlink.net Tomball Gun Club Contact: Dwayne Pullum at or Richard Pullum at richardpullum@embarqmail.com NC North Central Region Buffalo Outdoor Rifle Club 462 N Burritt, Buffalo, WY Contact Pete Eisele Casper Benchrest Shooters Assn 2330 N Station Rd, Casper, WY Contact: Tim Naugle S Walnut St, Casper WY tnaugle@bresnan.net Council Bluffs Rifle & Pistol Club GPS: N W Contact: Gary Flury PO Box 1042, Council Bluffs, IA garysflury@gmail.com Contact: Ron Lee Miller Dupont St. Omaha NE ncnbrsa@cox.net Minnetonka Benchrest Association 8310 Hill n Dale Dr, St Francis, MN GPS: N W Contact: Scott Moser Abbott Dr, Brooklyn Park MN samoser@comcast.net Oak Hill Gun Club Coon Hunters Rd, Blue Grass, IA Contact: Cecil Peterson Cromwell Cir, Davenport IA peterson1@mchsi.com Prairie Dog Target Club Contact: Don Deckert HC 54, Box 3, Porcupine SD pdtc57772@yahoo.com MV Mississippi Valley Aurora Sportsmen s Club GPS: N W Contact: Allison Hartman PO Box 414, Aurora, IL office@aurorasc.org Bench Rest Rifle Club Of St Louis 2280 Kohn Rd, Wright City, MO GPS: N W Scott Pieper - Group Kohn Rd, Wright City MO pieper@shootingstl.com Wayne Corley - HTR/VFS Sheffield Ct, St Charles, MO waynecorley@sbcglobal.net Columbus Sportsman s Assn W10924 Bryer Road, Columbus, WI Contact Terry Balding W Main St #203, Sun Prairie, WI tabalding@gmail.com Van Dyne Sportsmen s Club or info@vdsc.org Contact: Dick Baier PO Box 8, Van Dyne WI NW Northwest Region Wenatchee Benchrest Club 2800 #2 Canyon Rd, Wenatchee, WA

29 Contact: Dan Zaccanti Rogue Valley Shooting Sports Assn 6900 Kershaw Blvd, White City, OR Contact: Phil Grammatica Lewis-Clark Wildlife Club South Tom Beall Rd, Lapwai, ID Contact: Paul Gylling - HTR/VFS State Route 195, Colfax WA PGylling@gmail.com Denny Andrews - Group Snake River Rd, Asotin WA denny@andrewslaw.info Tacoma Rifle & Revolver Club 8503 Chambers Creek Rd W University Place, WA Contact: Jeff Lewis th Ave SW, Federal Way, WA varminthunter1@comcast.net Tri-Cities Metallic Silhouette Assn Hwy 12 to Pasco-Kahlotus Rd Contact: Rick DeGroat or rem10x308@aol.com Whittecar Rifle & Pistol Range 578 Blodgett View Dr, Hamilton, MT Contact: Jeff Jetter Foxy Ridge Rd, Stevensville, MT JLJ4HBR@msn.com Yellowstone Rifle Club 7212 Molt Rd, Billings, MT Contact: Russell Cree South 35th St, Billings MT RACreeMT@aol.com SE Southeast Region Brock s Gap Training Center GPS: N W South Shades Crest Rd Birmingham, AL Contact: Steve Lee Lee.Steven@att.net Manatee Gun & Archery Club 1805 Logue Rd, Myakka City, FL GPS: N W Contact: Buddy Ross Coronado Rd, Ft Myers, FL bross6mm@hotmail.com Middle Georgia Gun Owners Assn GPS: N W PO Box 4096, Dublin, GA Contact: Matt Walker mggoa1@gmail.com January, 2014 Precision Rifleman 29 Ranges, Clubs, and Contacts River Bend Gun Club 988 River Bend Gun Club Road Dawsonville, GA GPS: N W Contact: Jim Andress Group/Score 3605 Blackwell Run, Marietta, GA jim@precisionrifles.co, benchrest@rbc.org or Rockingham County Gun Club 572 Long Branch Road, Reidsville, NC GPS: N W Contact: Roy Darnell Camp Betty Hastings Rd Walkertown, NC DarnellRM@embarqmail.com Unaka Rod & Gun Club 90 Furnace Rd, Johnson City, TN Contact: Matthew Keller Washington College Station Rd Limestone, TN mk6ppc4@yahoo.com MC Mid-Continent Region Land s End Benchrest Shooters 4 mi East of Hwy 50 on Reeder Mesa Rd Contact: Tom Stiner Divide Rd, Whitewater CO TSTooling@hotmail.com Mill Creek Rifle Club 7215 Gardner Rd, DeSoto, KS Contact:Larry Kuse - Group LRKuse@juno.com Contact:Ronald Shultz - Hunter/VFS Northern CO Benchrest Shooters CR 51, Eaton, CO Contact: Bud Schalles PO Box 83, La Porte CO budschalles@aol.com Okie Shooters Range Contact: Rex Reneau NW 28th Terrace, Bethany OK or rreneau1@cox.net Ouachita Sportsmen s Assn Contact: John Henry Maquire Ln, Pencil Bluff AR Ouachita Sportsmen s Assn Contact: John Henry Maquire Ln, Pencil Bluff AR Rio Grande Benchrest Shooters GPS: N W Shooting Range Access Rd NW Albuquerque, NM Contact: Ed Adams Victoria Dr NW, Albuquerque NM trished5@comcast.net Whittington Center US 64, Raton, NM Contact: Ed Adams Victoria Dr NW, Albuquerque NM trished5@comcast.net SW Southwest Region Arizona Benchrest Shooters 4044 W Black Canyon Blvd, Phoenix, AZ GPS: N W Contact: Art Clegg W Mescal St, Glendale, AZ ahclegg@cox.net Central Utah Benchrest Contact: Dave Tunbridge Stacie Ave, Sandy UT drtunbridge@gmail.com Desert Sportsman Rifle Club W Charleston Blvd, Las Vegas, NV GPS: N W Contact: Keith Myers - VFS keithmyers@yahoo.com or Ojai Valley Gun Club Contact: Barry Bluhm E Oak St, Ojai CA TwiLiteZ585@hotmail.com Palomino Valley Gun Club Washoe County Shooting Facility Pyramid Lake Hwy, Reno NV palominovalleygunclub.homestead.com GPS: N W Contact: Robert Hoppe - Long Range PO BOX 4251, Sparks NV RobH@saturnnet.com or Contact: Steve Archibald - Varmint 5017 Pleasant View Dr, Sparks, NV (h) or (c) nevadaswa@aol.com Sahuaro 1000-Yard Benchrest Contact: Karl Hunstiger E Cortez St, Phoenix AZ wfo13@aol.com Sloughhouse Benchrest Shooters Contact: Craig St Claire - Long Range bluto63@cwo.com or Contact: Greg Wilson - Short Range wfcustom@comcast.net Contact: Dan Ludke - Short Range lutke5@sbcglobal.net Visalia Sportsman Association 7398 Avenue 328, Visalia, CA Contact: Dennis Thornbury PO Box 105, Visalia, CA gunhandler@gmail.com EU European Region Benchrest Dolomiti Via Alemagna 1/a, Dobbiaco, Italy info@alpenfuchs.it Contact: Americo Angaran at americo.angaran@gmail.com

30 30 Precision Rifleman * Flash * NBRSA News * Flash * NBRSA News * Flash * NBRSA News * Message from the President President Dennis Thornbury extends warmest wishes to all of our members for a Happy New Year and a prosperous 2014 shooting season. Let s make this the best year ever! Welcome 2013 New Members With the busy shooting season over for 2013, we would like to recognize our new members who have joined the ranks of NBRSA s shooters during the year. We welcome them and are glad to count them amongst our great many members. Welcome aboard ladies and gentlemen. Let the fun begin! James Miller Michael Rosenswie Jerald Miller George Saito Jeffery Gates Paul Vobecky David Regula Joseph Forcucci Craig Rowe Larry Aldy Kyle Nicol Joe Freeman Melinda Armstrong Jeff Peinhardt Wyatt Peinhardt Robert Fairbanks Wyatt Fox Blase Brunner Bruce LaChapelle William Wilson Troy Trabacchi Scott Miller Henry Miller Michael Huff John Myers John Krinn Albert Clark Dewey Hancock Brian Black Roy Horton Mike Hollenbaugh Americo Angaran European Phillip Mason Gulf Coast Jon Meddings Gulf Coast Stephen Downie Gulf Coast JC Lee Gulf Coast Ron Sewell Gulf Coast Matt Holcomb Gulf Coast Addison Holcomb Randy Upton William Sparks Carl Landers Christine Fritsch Ryan Wingate James Hoffpauir Gary Britton Matt Harris Rob Johnson Mark Watkin Mark Smith Lynn Gibson Jim Thompson Don Ewin Peter Haxell Kevin Thompson Muriel Hensley Ron Hensley Colin Shanks Larry White Andrew Loker John Mitchel Amanda Lax Hayden Miller Phillip Sheldon Robert Anderson Bradley Apple Stacy Wheelbarger Brent Lipelt Kenneth Stone Ken Johnson Cole Kepler Rick Burgin Ron Powell Jerry Schilling Paul Hilgedick Damon Call Mark Thompson Tim Gonnerman Steve Grosvenor Lathem Hodges Tom Gollob, Jr Billy Brown Victor Thomas Richard Suffridge Larry Darling Greg Rogers Keith Woodworth Ryan Lienemann Robert Lunder Dan Norgrove John Johnston Canada Cummins Austin Donnelly James Silverton Gulf Coast Gulf Coast Gulf Coast Gulf Coast Gulf Coast Gulf Coast Gulf Coast Gulf Coast Gulf Coast Gulf Coast Gulf Coast Gulf Coast Gulf Coast International International International Mid-Continent Mid-Continent Mid-Continent Mid-Continent Mid-Continent Mid-Continent Mid-Continent Mid-Continent Mid-Continent Mid-Continent Mid-Continent Mid-Continent North Central North Central North Central North Central North Central North Central North Central North Central North Central North Central North Central North Central North Central North Central North Central Northwest Northwest Northwest Northwest Northwest Northwest Northwest Northwest Northwest Northwest Northwest Northwest Northwest Steve Burson Northwest Dale Nylander Northwest Chris Evanov Northwest Mike Wesche Northwest Danny Clauser Southeast Stephen Sanford Southeast Michael Clayton Southeast Jim Scott Southeast Thomas Hutcheson, Jr Southeast Wayne Cree Southeast William Greene Southeast William Buck Southeast Tom Hagelin Southeast Gary Hendrix Southeast Mike Neville Southeast John Weisner Southeast Eddie Walker Southeast Calvin Morris Southeast Dalton Mouton Southeast Steven White Southwest Colin Ripley Southwest Joseph Pavlik Southwest Michael Strange Southwest Thomas Rappath Southwest Dennis Bowman Southwest Duke Rovarino Southwest Greg Evanson Southwest David Lloyd Southwest John Pierce Southwest Richard Eskite Southwest Dan Forbes Southwest Peter Kitrinos Southwest Arnold Jorge Southwest Cameron Snow Southwest Robert Brudd Southwest John Benz Southwest William Coe Southwest Vincent Niedzielski Southwest Geoff Dean Southwest Richard Heinsohn Southwest Sam Tack Southwest David Osborn Southwest Robert Grigsby Mississippi Vly Timothy Puccinelli Mississippi Vly Dean Weston Mississippi Vly Michael Anderson Mississippi Vly Dennis Klemm Mississippi Vly Ronald Kuhn Mississippi Vly Ryan Jahner Mississippi Vly Donald Bucholtz Mississippi Vly David Meyer Mississippi Vly Richard Frank, Jr Mississippi Vly Debbie Balding Mississippi Vly James Bauer Mississippi Vly Fred Thruman Mississippi Vly Mark Merten Mississippi Vly

31 Officers Dennis Thornbury, President 1114 S McAuliff St Visalia, CA H: C: gunhandler@gmail.com Term Expires 2014 Don Nielson, Vice President Hart St, Winnetka, CA H: pkin@sbcglobal.net Term Expires 2014 John Horn, Financial Officer 924 Peterson Rd South Iowa Park, TX C: Term Expires 2014 John.Horn44@gmail.com Committees World Records Committee: Group Gene Bukys, Chairman 2111 Silver Moon Trail Crosby, TX egb243@msn.com Kent Harshman, Committee Member Ron Hoehn, Committee Member Lowell Frei, Committee Member World Records Committee: Score David Halblom, Chairman 4315 Ashby Ave, Des Moines, IA DavidHalblom-BugTyer@att.net Dan Zaccanti, Committee Member Larry Kuse, Committee Member Rich Carpenter, Committee Member International Representative Wayne Campbell 264 Benchrest Ln, Concord, VA H: C: wcppc@icloud.com Varmint For Score Representative (Southwest Region) Keith Myers keithmyers@yahoo.com Long Range Measuring Committee Karl Hunstiger, Chairman wfo13@aol.com Regional Directors Region Exp 2014 Jack Neary 6204 Wild Oak Dr, North Olmstead, OH H: C: jrneary@hotmail.com Gulf Coast Region Exp 2015 Scott Hunter 1612 Buchanan St, Wichita Falls, TX H: C: Shunter@NTS-online.net Gulf Coast Alternate Mike Bryant 7761 FM 592, Wheeler, TX , mike@bryantcustom.com Mississippi Valley Region Exp 2014 Bud Mundy 5956 Old Hickory Trail Hillsboro, MO C: bcmundy@earthlink.net North Central Region Exp 2015 Terry Meyer PO Box 52 Thornton, IA H: C: tdmeyer6ppc@gmail.com North Central Alternate Rodney Brown PO Box 7218, Sheridan, WY C: rbrown@vanaire.net Mid-Continent Region Exp 2015 Butch Fjoser 7 Summerfield St, Woodward, OK C: W: butchsguns@att.net North West Region Exp 2015 Dan Zaccanti 1542 Tacoma Ave, Bridgeport, WA C: zaccs@televar.com North West Alternate Paul Holland PO Box 1498, Big Fork, MT plumbing@centurytel.net South East Region Exp 2014 Wayne Campbell 264 Benchrest Ln Concord, VA H: C: wcppc@icloud.net South West Region Exp 2014 Tom Libby Aster Dr. Palm Desert, CA B: C: tomnbrsa@outlook.com European Region Exp 2014 Philippe Riboulet 126 Avenue De La Timone Marseille, France priboulet@hotmail.fr January, 2014 Precision Rifleman 31 Staff Business Manager, NBRSA Editor, Precision Rifleman Magazine Advertising Sales Contact Audrey Brown PO Box 6770, Sheridan, WY W: C: nbrsa.manager@gmail.com Legal Representation Elliot Law Office Al Elliott, albertelliott@mail.com Change of Address: To change your address or report a damaged or undelivered magazine, write: NBRSA, PO Box 6770, Sheridan, WY Do not return damaged copies. Change of address should include both new address and a mailing label bearing the old one. In case of duplication send both labels. Contributors: The editor is not responsible for unsolicited manuscripts or photographs. Advertisers: Rate cards and terms are available online at We appreciate your support! Safety Disclaimer: The publication, writers, organization officers, staff, and directors explicitly advise the readers that they make no representation of safety for any loads, techniques, and procedures if reported herein. The nature of participating in a shooting sport automatically requires caution at all times. Given the many variables present weather, equipment, and components the information presented is for your reading enjoyment. Printed in the USA Publisher: NBRSA, Inc. Printed By: Lithotech, Phoenix, AZ Advertising, Classifieds & Membership: Audrey Brown, Editor Precision Rifleman (ISSN X) is published monthly by NBRSA Inc PO Box US Hwy 87 Sheridan, WY Phone: nbrsa.manager@gmail.com for the benefit of its members. Membership dues is $60 per year US of which $40 is designated for a magazine subscription. Canadian postage add $25/ year. All other International postage add $60/year. For Membership inquiries call Copyright 2013, National Bench Rest Shooters Association. All rights reserved except where expressly waived. Periodicals Class Postage paid at Sheridan, WY & additional offices. POSTMASTER: Please send address changes to Precision Rifleman, PO Box 6770, Sheridan, WY

32 32 Precision Rifleman New KLP BR stock is a lot like a Scoville stock. The KLP features 1" forearm sidewalls, carbon fiber material and 24 ounces. New Sako ejector ready Panda action. Available in micro port or standard port.