The Roswell Gun Club Incorporated 1961 www.roswellgunclub.com Range Owners since January 28, 2005 Post Office Box 1482 Roswell, N. M. 88202 Newsletter August, Sept 2011 THE FIRST SUNDAY MATCHES, 6-3-12 By James Cravener, Match Director We just had two Cowboy 22 Shooters today and they were both unclassified. Sam and Bob Jenkins drove up from Clovis to try their luck with both.22 rifle and small bore pistol. Sam won over Bob in both. Mike Borem won the Cowboy Low Power Match with the score of 27. Mike Russo took AAA Class with 26, Bob Elder won AA Class with 21, Ron Young won A Class with 13, and Andee Maness won B Class with 12. Besides myself, others out today were Alan Bloomer, Scotty Davis, Ernie Edmonston, and Bob Beeson. At the Regular Low Power Match, 6-2-12 REGULAR LOW POWER MATCH 06/02/12 Once again the scope shooters out numbered the iron sight shooters by better than two to one. In the iron sight category Scott Davis took top honors with a score of 32. Scott used a Sako chambered for the 22-PPC to take 8 chickens, 8 pigs, 8 turkeys and 8 rams. His load was an RCBS 55 grain bullet ahead of 15 grains AA-2200. Other winners were; Ernie Edmonston Master- score 30, Jim Pruett-AAAscore 25, Ron Young-AA-score 22, and Susan Odell-A-score 13. In the scope category Alan Bloomer won overall with a score of 36. Alan used a Remington 700 chambered for the 222 Remington to take 9 chickens, 10 pigs, 8 turkeys, and 9 rams. Alan s load was an RCBS 55 grain cast bullet ahead of 12 grains AA-2200. Other winners were; Ernie Lewis-Master-score 34, Bob Elder-AAA- score 29, Jerry King 2 nd AAA-score 28, and Jim Montgomery-A-score 23. I disagree with Kay Jewelers. I would bet on any given Friday or Saturday night more kisses begin with Miller Lite than Kay. BENCH REST CHICKEN SILHOUETTE MATCH 6-9-12 By Bill Kennedy Match Director We had good weather, but the changing wind conditions made it a fun match. We had a smaller crowd this month with ten shooters. Again we used the 40 meter chickens for the 200 meter distance, but James Cravener also completed the modifications on the targets for the 300 meter distance, they now measure 5 x 4. In all we had a good match. Ernie Edmonston did the best job and won over all. Ernie shot a 36 using a Savage model 12 Bench Rest chambered in 308 shooting a 155 Palma and 47 grains of Varget. Master class winner was Carroll Hargrove with 27. The AAA winner was Bob Elder with 35. Alan Bloomer was 2 nd AAA. The AA class winner was Jim Pruett. Please make sure to say thank you to James Cravener for all the target work he has done for this match and all the others. Thank you to all the people that shot the match and the guys who came out to watch. I also want to thank the new shoots that came out and the shooters that drove in just for this match.
Any handloading data or loads shown in this newsletter are intended for informational use only and not a recommendation. Due to loading practices for which the Roswell Gun Club has no control, it accepts no responsibility for its use. HAPPY FATHER S DAY COWBOY 30-30 MATCH, 6-17-12 O. F. COWBOY 30-30 MATCH, 6-13-12 Only 8 of us out today, the weather wasn t all that bad, but gusty breezes were a nuisance. As proof, nobody broke the score of 30 and no 10 in a row pins were earned. Also, only two 5-in-a-row pins were earned. Ernie Lewis was able to come up with the most hits, 29, that included 7 chickens, 8 pigs, 7 turkeys, and 7 rams. Ernie used a Marlin 336 in the good ole 30-30 caliber, a 150 gr. RCBS cast bullet, and 22.0 gr. of AA 2200. I took AAA honors with 25, Bob Elder won AA Class with 22, and Mike Borem won A Class along with a promotion to AA with 26. The holders of the proverbial stinky end of the stick were Virdis Isler, Sonny Odell, Scotty Davis, and Ron Young. CAST BULLET, LOW POWER 06-16-12 We had a nice warm day today, a little breezy, but nothing that we could really complain about. Today we had 15 shooters come out, 8 shooting scope guns, and 7 with iron sight. Ernie Edmonston won overall in the iron sight category with a 32. Ernie hit 9 chickens, 9 pigs, 7 turkeys, and 7 rams. Ernie was shooting a Browning 1885 in 357 mag, with Lyman 358311, 160 gr. bullet over 6 gr. of Superfield. AAA was won by Mike Russo with a 28. Jim Pruett won AA with 27, and A class went to Sonny O dell with 11. We had 2 unclassified shooters today, Joel Mosher won that with 23, and Andee Maness shoot 16. Ernie Lewis won overall in the scope category with a 36. Ernie hit 9 chickens, 9 pigs, 9 turkeys, and 9 rams. Ernie was shooting a Remington 700 in 221 fireball with a 55 gr. RCBS bullet over 12.4 gr. H4198. AAA went to Jim Byrd, (who appears to be recovering well) with a 34. Scotty Davis won AA with a 28, and Eddie Phillips took A class with 20. B class was won by Jerry Newman with 15. We would like to see a few more shooters come out and enjoy our matches. We had 15 shooters here today, over half being from the Clovis area. The weather cooperated pretty well with just moderate breezes. Alan Bloomer took top honors today with his trusty Marlin model 1894 in.357 Magnum. Alan used a Lyman 358156 bullet of 158 gr. and 14.5 gr. H108 to knock off a total of 31 targets, 9 chickens, 8 pigs, 7 turkeys, and 7 rams. I took Master Class simply because I was the only one there and would rather not discuss the score. Scotty Davis won AAA Class with 28, Don Upham took AA Class with 28, Ron Young took A Class with 24, and Zane Runyan took Unclassified with 19. We had two Junior Shooters, Garrett Baldock took A Class with 18, and Ethan Baldock to B Class with 9. O.F. CAST BULLET MATCH 06/20/12 For this first day of summer fourteen shooters signed up to shoot the match. There were five scope and nine iron sight competitors. \ In the scope category Ernie Lewis took top honors with a score of 31. He used a Remington 700 chambered for the.308 win. Ernie used an RCBS 150 grain bullet ahead of 22gr/imr-4198 to take 9 chickens, 9 pigs, 8 turkeys and 5 rams. Other winners were: Jim Byrd- AA-score 27, Joel Mosher-A-score 18, and unclassified Jerry Newmanscore 16. In the Iron sight category Alan Bloomer took top honors with a score of 29. Alan shot a TC-Encore chambered for the.308 win, and a Cramer 150 grain bullet ahead of 12 gr./unique. Alan took 10 chickens, 7 pigs, 6 turkeys and 6 rams. Other winners were: Ernie Edmonston- Master-score 27, Scott Davis-AAA-score 20, Carroll Hargrove-AA-score 27, Bob Elder-A-score 24, and Mike Borem-B-score 24 (this score earned Mike a promotion to A class). DENNIS SULLIVAN 22 MATCH 6-23-12 There was a nice crowd of 24 people out today, but the gusty winds proved to be quite aggravating and the scores showed it. Otherwise, it was a nice day. The shooters were split right down the middle between scope users and those using iron sights. Ernie Lewis was the high scorer of the day and won the Scope Match with the score of 29, 8 chickens, 8 pigs, 7 turkeys, and 6 rams. Tom Hargrove won Master Class with 26, Jim Byrd won AAA Class with 26, Jim Montgomery won AA Class with 16, John Homer won A Class with 17, and Harry Telesco won B Class with 15.
O. L. Adcock won Overall in the Iron Sight Match with the score of 25, 7 chickens, 9 pigs, 6 turkeys, and 3 rams. I won Master Class with 20 (I was the only one in it), Bob Beeson won AAA Class with 24, Carroll Hargrove won 1 st AA Class with 21 and Joel Mosher won 2 nd AA with 21 following a shoot-off, and A Class went to Susan Odell with 12. I just can t remember when we ve had this match when the wind didn t blow and have been blown-out a couple of times. Perhaps next month??? 5 TH SATURDAY MATCH 6-30-12 There were only 9 shooters out this hot June day. The wind would blow a few minutes, die down some, and blow again. We did have one Unclassified shooter with us today, Duane Elm. Alan Bloomer came up with the highest score, 29, that included 9 chickens, 8 pigs, 4 turkeys, and 8 rams. Alan used his old trusty Marlin model 1894 in.357, a Lyman 358311 bullet and 11 gr. 2400. I won Master Class with 25, Scotty Davis won AAA Class with 19, Mike Russon won AA Class with 23, Ron Young won A Class with 14, Andee Maness won B Class with 9, and Duane won Unclassified with 6. Holders of the stinky end of the stick were Carroll Hargrove and Sonny Odell. 1 ST SUNDAY MATCHES, 7-1-12 By James Cravener, Match Director CAST BULLET ANY GUN 6-24-12 By Bill Kennedy, Match Director The day was hot, dry, and breezy. Even with the heat we still had 17 shooters, 9 iron sight shooters and 8 scope shooters. The over all iron sight winner was Ernie Edmonston. Ernie shot his score with a Ruger #1 chambered in 7BR shooting a 168 grain RCBS bullet and 20 grains of H4198. He took down 8 chickens, 10 pigs, 5 turkeys and 5 rams for a final score of 28. The AAA class winner was Alan Bloomer with 26. The AA winner was Jim Byrd with 24. A class winner was Ron Young with a 22. In the end Ernie Lewis won over all scope using his Remington 700 chambered in 308 shooting a 150-grain RCBS bullet and 22 grains of IMR 4198.This combination took 9 chickens, 9 pigs, 9 turkeys and 10 rams for a score of 37. Master class winner was Tom Hargrove with 32. I won AA class with 22. The A class winner was Virdis Isler with 17. The B Class winner was Jerry Newman with 18. Thank you to all the people that shot the match. Please come out and join us next time. O.F. CAST BULLET ANY GUN 06-27-12 The Day started out pretty nice, but before it was over, it got a little warm, with a good breeze. Today we had 12 shooters come out to play. We only had 3 scope shooters and 9 iron sight shooters. Alan Bloomer won overall in the iron sight with 33. Alan hit 9 chickens, 9 pigs 7 turkeys, and 8 rams. Master went to Ernie Edmonston with 25. Scotty Davis took AAA with 19, and Bob Elder won AA with 21. Ron Young followed in A class with 18. Ernie Lewis won overall with the scope shooting a 34. Ernie hit 10 chickens, 9 pigs, 7 turkeys, and 8 rams. Tom Hargrove took AAA with 32. Today we had 13 shooters out and, as usual, a stiff wind. In the Cowboy Low Power Match, Bill Hamilton won all the marbles with 31. Ernie Edmonston won AAA Class with 29, Mike Borem won AA Class with 23, Ron Young won A Class with 19, and Duane Elms won Unclassified with 15. Bill Hamilton also won the Cowboy 22 Rifle Match with the score of 29. Scotty Davis won AAA Class with 18, Bob Elder won AA Class with 22, and Eddie Phillips won A Class with 15. Russ Gould, our expert pistol shooter from Clovis won both the Big Bore and Small Bore Hunters Pistol Matches scoring 29 and 33. He had a little competition in the Small Bore Match with Bill Hamilton taking AAA Class with 17, and I followed up with 4. For those of you who are wondering, yes, Bill Hamilton shot 3 guns in 2 relays which can keep a person pretty busy. Others out today were Alan and Janet Bloomer and Marty Tressell. O.F. LOW POWER 07-04-12 Today was a nice day, except it was a bit warm. We had 24 shooters come out today, with 4 shooting Iron sight, and 20 shooting scope guns. Eddy Phillips won overall in iron sight with a 23. Eddy took 4 chickens, 8 pigs, 5 turkeys, and 6 rams. Eddy was shooting a Mossberg 640k in 22 Mag, and was shooting Winchester Dynapoint ammo. Ernie Edmonston won master class with 20. AAA was won by Jim Pruett with a 22, Ron Young took AA with a 20. Alan Bloomer won overall in scope class with a 36. Alan hit 9 chickens 9 pigs, 9 turkeys, and 9 rams. Alan was shooting a Remington 700 in 222, with a 60 gr. cast bullet over 12 gr. 2200. Ernie Lewis won Master class with 33. AAA was won by John Thoesen with 31, and Mike Boren won AA with a 24. A class was won by Harry Telesco with 7, and B class was won by Jerry Newman with 14. We also had an unclassified shooter today, Duane Elms who shoot a 23, making him a AA shooter. We hope that everyone has a happy and safe 4 th of July.
BENCH REST CHICKEN SILHOUETTE MATCH 7-14-12 By Bill Kennedy Match Director REGULAR LOW POWER MATCH 07/08/12 Twenty-four shooters signed up to compete in this month s match, fifteen scope shooters and nine iron sight shooters. In the scope category Alan Bloomer took top honors after a three way shoot-off with Tom Hargrove and Ernie Lewis. Alan shot a Remington chambered for the 222, he used a 60 grain cast bullet ahead of 12 grains/2200 to take 9 chickens, 9 pigs, 7 turkeys and 9 rams for a score of 34. Other winners were; Tom Hargrove Master- score 34. Ernie Lewis 2 nd Master score- 34. Bob Elder AAA- score- 31. John Homer AA- score 27. And Jim Montgomery A- score, 25. In the Iron sight category Ernie Edmonston took top honors with a score of 28. Ernie used a Roger #3 chambered for the 22 Hornet to take 9 chickens, 9 pigs, 4 turkeys and 6 rams. Ernie s load consisted of an R-P 45 grain bullet ahead of 13 grains/2200. Other winners were; Scott Davis Master- score 20. Jim Pruett AAA- score, 27. And Eddie Phillips AA- score, 21. Good weather and light winds made it a great day for shooting. We only saw 8 shooters come out for that match. The over all winner was Ernie Lewis with a 38. Ernie was using a Savage model 12 FITR chambered in 6mm BR shooting a 107 Sierra match king and 30.5 grains of Varget. The AAA winner was Ernie Edmonston with 36. The AA class winner was Jim Pruett with 31. Lee Jensen won B class. Thank you to all the people that shot the match and the guys who came out to watch. I also want to thank the new shoots that came out and the shooters that drove in just for this match. COWBOY 30-30 MATCH 7-15-12 We had 17 shooters on hand this breezy July day, 7 of them being from Clovis or Carlsbad. Don Upham, from Clovis, took Overall Winner after beating Mike Borem in a shoot off, both having scored 30. Don was using a Winchester model 94 in 35-35 improved, a Hornady 117 gr. bullet, and 29.0 gr. of 30-31. He scored on 9 chickens, 9 pigs, 6 turkeys, and 6 rams. Bill Hamilton, one of our Carlsbad members, won AAA Class with 29. He also won the pistol match as he was the lone shooter, but scored a good 25. Mike Borem won AA Class after the shootoff with Don. In another shootoff, Ron Young bested Bob Elder for 1 st A Class, both having scored 14. Bob got the 2 nd place money. Sam Garcia won B Class with 22 and Janice Jenkins won Unclassified with 12, both shooters were from Clovis. O. F 30-7-11-12 30 MATCH, There was an average Wednesday crowd of 11 shooters out today with their cowboy type rifles. Strangely enough, there wasn t any wind, but following our rare rain, it was overcast and the berms were wet making the targets hard to see and almost impossible to detect where a miss might have landed. Regardless, it was a fun match. Bob Elder was the big winner today with the score of 26. Bob was using his Hopalong Marlin model 336 in 30-30, a 150 gr. cast bullet, and 14 gr. of 2400 to bag 7 chickens, 8 rams, 5 turkeys, and 6 rams. Scotty Davis won AAA Class with 25, AA Class went to Mike Borem with 20, and A Class went to Ron Young with 21. We had three unclassified shooters, and Eddie Phillips came out on top of that class with 21. The ones of us left holding the empty bag were Moe Contano, Virdis Isler, Ernie Lewis, John Homer, and I. O.F. CAST BULLET MATCH 07/18/12 Out of eleven shooters for this match we had 3 scope and 8 iron sight shooters. This is one match that the iron sight shooters seem to out number the scope shooters. Ernie Lewis won over-all in the scope category with a score of 33. Ernie shot a Remington 700 chambered for the 308 win, he used a 150-grain RCBS bullet ahead of 22 grains IMR-4198. Ernie knocked down 9 chickens, 10 pigs, 7 turkeys and 7 rams. Other shooters were; Carroll Hargrove-AAA-score 2, and Virdis Isler-A-score 20. In the iron sight category Ernie Edmonston took over-all with a score of 28. Ernie used a Turkish Mauser chambered for the 8X57MM cartridge. Ernie s load consisted of a Saeco 190 grain bullet ahead of 25 grains /AA2200. He took 7 chickens, 7 pigs, 7 turkeys and 7 rams. Other shooters were; Alan Bloomer-AAA-score 24, Jim Byrd-AA- score 25, and Eddie Phillips-A-score 23.
MATCH SCORES CAST BULLET, LOW POWER 07-21-12 Today was fairly nice, we had no wind, only the heat. We had 15 shooters turn out today, 5 shooting Iron sight, and 10 shooting with scopes. Ernie Edmonston won overall with iron sight, shooting a 33. Ernie hit 8 chickens, 9 pigs, 7 turkeys, and 9 rams. Ernie was shooting a Ruger #3 in 22 Hornet, a Lee 50 gr. bullet and 11.0 gr. of 2200. Mike Russo won AAA with a 30, and Jim Pruett took AA with a 22. Andee Maness won A class with an 8. Ernie Lewis won overall with a scope, shooting a 38. Ernie hit 10 chickens, 10 pigs, 8 turkeys, and 10 rams. Ernie was shooting a Remington 700 in 221 Fireball with a 55gr. RCBS bullet over 12.4 gr. of H4198. Master class was won by Jim Byrd with a 28, Randy Dana won AAA with a 34, and Tom Hargrove won AA with 27. Jerry Newman took B class with 14. MID-RANGE F-CLASS JULY 21, 2012 By Jerry King. We had an excellent turn out with 20 shooters showing up. Thanks to all the shooters that showed up. We had 19 adults and 1 junior shooter today, and I hope that they will be back next month. ` The weather was great for shooting and there was no breeze at the 300 yard line when we started, but the wind was light and back at the 500 and 600 yard line it was blowing around 3-5 mph at times.. This month we did have both classes and again next month let s try for both Classes: F- TR and FO. We will need a minimum of 5 shooters in class to have that class. Freddy Haltom Remember that in August we will be starting at 8 A.M.. MATCH WINNER F0 CLASS WINNERS 448 2 x Ben Milam HM/MA 447 18x Derek Templeton EX/SS/MK 431 8x F-TR CLASS WINNERS Allen Tampke Match Winner 442 23x Jarrett Templeton EX/SS/MK 423 8x 1. Freddy Haltom 448 27x 2. Ben Milam 447 18x 3. Allen Tempke 442 23x 4. Kenny Padilla 442 17x 5. Tim Click 441 13x 6. Mike Florez 440 19x 7. Rick Russell 440 13x 8. Bobby West 437 16x 9. Tim Brewer 436 13x 10. Tom Baker 435 18x 11. Leatha Tampke 435 12x 12. Mark Naranja 432 13x 13. Darek Templeton 431 8x 14. Dick Holland 430 7x 15. L. J. Montano 429 8x 16. Rick Pierce 425 5x 17. Jarrett Templeton 423 8x 18. Adam Baird 417 7x 19. Lee Pierce 415 5x 20. Bennett Templeton 406 2x CAST BULLET ANY GUN 7-22-12 By Bill Kennedy, Match Director The weather was not bad just hot. Even with the heat we still had 16 shooters, 7 iron sight shooters and 9 scope shooters. The over all iron sight winner was Ernie Edmonston. Ernie shot his score with a Turkish 8mm Mauser shooting a 190 grain Saeco bullet and 25 grains of 2200. His took down 10 chickens, 9 pigs, 7 turkeys and 7 rams for a final score of 33. The AAA class winner was Alan Bloomer with 27. The AA winner was Bob elder with 31. A class winner was Ron Young with a 20. We had a good number of scope shooters this month with 9. The big win went to Bill Hamilton using a Remington 700 chambered in 308 shooting a Lyman 150 grain bullet with 15 grains of 2400. This combination took 10 chickens, 9 pigs, 7 turkeys and 10 rams for a score of 36. Ernie Lewis won master class with 32. Jim Byrd won AAA class with 35. AA went to John Thoesen with 30. The A class winner was Virdis Isler with 29. Thank you to all the people that shot the match. Please come out and join us next time..22lr BENCHREST MATCH Jim Pruitt, Match director We have a loyal group for our shoots. The mornings have been really nice and we have a good time. Here are the winners of the matches. 6-1-12 Scotty Davis 248 7x s 6-15-12 Scotty Davis 248 9x s 7-6-12 Scotty Davis 250 6x s 7-20-12 Jim Pruett 245 7x s Great shooting Scotty!!
DENNIS SULLIVAN 22 MATCH 7-25-12 It s been since about March or April since we have had decent weather for this match and today was a good one. There were just enough breezes to keep the temps down some. I was afraid that the wind was going to get up again, but it didn t for once. We also had 25 slots filled although Sam and Bob Jenkins, from Clovis, each shot both iron sights and scopes. Of the 25 signed up, 9 were using iron sights, and 16 were using scopes. It took a shoot-off between Ernie Lewis and Steve Halvorson to determine the winner of the Scope Match, each having scored 33. Ernie took it which left Steve the AAA Class winner. Tom Hargrove slipped between the cracks to take home Master Class with 30. Mike Borem was right behind and won AA Class with 32. One more AAA Score and Mike won t have to worry about AA Class. Caleb Halvorson won A Class with 27, Harry Telesco won B Class with 14, and Sam Jenkins won Unclassified with 27. I won the Iron Sight Match with the score of 31. Bob Beeson won AAA Class with 26, O. L. Adcock won AA Class with 23, and Sam Jenkins won Unclassified with 26. There were no other classes represented in the Iron Sight portion. Hopefully, we can have as much fun next month with the weather being equally nice. 5 TH SUNDAY MATCH, 7-29-12 By Carroll Hargrove, Match Director Long Range Pistol, Range 3. We shot 50, 100, 150 & 200 meters (bench rest) at the ¼ size targets today. Six shooters showed up and 5 shot the match. We shot a 40 round match and it was a lot of fun on a nice day. We had a tie between Bill Hamilton and Tom Hargrove, both with a score of 38. For the shoot off we moved the small chickens out to 150 meters and they both shot 5 in a row. Next we moved the small chickens out to 200 meters and Bill won the match and took home all the cash. Bill was shooting a T/C in 6 mm. Other shooters and scores were Alan Boomer with 37, Ernie Edmonston scored 34, & Carroll Hargrove also scored 34. We have 5 Sundays in September this year and we would love to have more shooters in show up. We have a great club, and in November let s vote to protect our rights. Thanks to those that come out to shoot and helped to haul and set targets. May God bless America! Shoot-off at Bench Rest Pistol Match, 7-29-12