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March, 2013

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Table of ContentsTuning With A Tuner, by Rod Brown 4Good News For Accuracy Fans, by James Mock 82013 NBRSA Registered Match Schedule 12Glitter Gulch Varmint-for-Score 15A Walk Around the Website, by Audrey Brown 16Tacoma 3-Gun & NW Region Shooter of the Year 18NBRSA News 20NBRSA Officer & Regional Director Information 21Ranges, Clubs & Contacts 22


Tuning With a Tuner, by Rod BrownThe short-range group tuner debate often drifts between “does it work?” and “how does it work?” with “too many things for me to track” being the most common reason for not us-ing one. There are a lot of educated guesses, computer models, and gut-feel opinions about how they work; the consensus is as elusive as magic bullets and hummer barrels. My pri-mary tuning strategy is to reduce the number of variables I “tweak” during a day of competition to just one – the barrel tuner itself. This article ex-plains my method of tuning and evalu-ating results on my Beggs-style tuners to herd lead pellets into (sometimes) small groups.

First a Caveat – A tuner doesn’t make an average barrel into a hummer. It won’t make bad bullets or a bad load shoot well, and it certainly won’t erase the effects of the wind or poor bench or load techniques.

Starting Out – I started shooting group BR in 2006. I’m new enough that I still remember a lot of my rookie missteps. After a couple years of the usual mish-mash of beginner follies things started coming together. I had a few Bartlein barrels on a Dickson-built Bat LV, and enough ’04 N133 and Hotten-stein bullets to focus on making one setup work. It was placing well and I was beginning to grasp the necessity of tuning before I shot an agg wreck-er instead of after. I had a complex, loosely-defined strategy for powder, seating depth, and neck tension ad-

justments that moved my aggs from the mid .3’s to the high .2’s. It was a step in the right direction.

While attending the Buffalo at Mid-land TX in 2008, I spent an afternoon with Gene Beggs in his tunnel, intent on testing my powder/seating depth strategies. My gun was utterly reliable and would repeatedly respond to small tweaks by opening to small 2’s and closing to 0’s around the sweet spots. Gene brought out one of his tuner-equipped rifles and I learned a lesson… I could produce nearly identical group variations with his well tuned rig by simply dialing the tuner. A light was coming on.

Gene’s instructions were pretty easy: if it wasn’t shooting a dot, try a 3-shot group ¼ turn in each direction to get the tune back. I was sold – it was as repeatable as my reloading tweaks, and definitely easier to track. I left a relatively new but proven barrel with Gene to be fitted with a tuner for the upcoming Nationals in Phoenix. The result: from the 2008 Nationals until about the 2010 Nationals in Kansas, I shot over 40 registered matches and never changed the load during the day. Shooting through 50 degree tempera-ture swings from Raton to St Louis, I relied strictly on tuner adjustments to keep the gun in tune. Four differ-ent bag gun barrels plus my rail bar-rel were all fitted for tuners and their results included a pretty good number of two-gun wins and some top-twenty finishes at the big events.

Equipment and Method – My first ob-servation was that the ¼ turn method seemed a little too course, and my second was that I needed a way to more accurately note both an absolute position across barrels and a relative tuner movement during the course of a match.

Gene’s tuner is designed with a 28TPI thread, which equates to a tuner movement of about .036 per revolu-tion. I drew up a decal with 36 marks for the tuner to show .001” of tuner movement. The tuner on my rail bar-rel was 32TPI, so the decal was made with 30 marks spaced at 12 degrees. Close enough.

Since the “0” mark on the tuner runs up against the shoulder of the tuner threads differently on different bar-rels, I establish an absolute position-ing description by spinning the tuner all the way in to the thread shoul-der, then count the times that the “0” mark on the tuner passes the 12 o’clock (top) position on the barrel as a “turn count”. From there, I note the tuner position in thousandths from the turn reference. For instance, 2T(turns)-.030 is the “0” mark on the second pass at 12 o’clock out from the shoulder, then rotated further out to the .030 mark on the tuner again rela-tive to the top of the barrel. Rotating the tuner in .009” results in a 2T+.003 measurement. Note: I think of the “in” or “+“ direction as toward the receiver, “out” or “-” is toward the muzzle. It is convenient for me be-cause it matches my typical tempera-ture adjustment.

In the process I also developed a log-ging method to record the gun, load, tuner position, conditions, and re-


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Tuning With a Tuner, continuedsults of each group at each match. I keep a small digital thermometer on the bench. As soon as I complete each group I note the load as well as any loads tested, the temperature and humidity, the conditions, the group shape, and notes about my perfor-mance. I fill in the measurements with match and agg results later.

Finding the Tune – In good tuning conditions, work up the best load/tune you can find for the barrel with no tuner installed. Preferably this load will shoot a tight round small one or better across a .2 to .3 grain powder variation. This just covers our aver-age variation in throwing charges. Then using just this “best” load, start

with the tuner out about 1 revolution from the shoulder and shoot 3 shot groups, moving the tuner out about a ¼ turn per group until those groups shrink to match the “best” no-tun-er groups. When a group looks like a possible sweet spot, shoot a cou-ple more groups .003 to .004 thou-

sandths either side of the spot. In my experience, groups shrink over a .003 to .004 adjustment as the tuner sneaks up on the sweet spot, showing decreasing vertical as it edges toward peak accuracy. Past peak accuracy around .0015 to .003 the group gener-ally just “blows up”.

On my guns, the best shooting nodes seem to show up about 3-5 full turns apart, so look for a node that has the most reliable ramps around the sweet spot and beware of a “spike” position that shoots a zero, but blows up if you move .002 in any direction. My first four barrels were threaded according to Gene’s original specs, a good node for the tuner appeared about 1.5-2 revolutions out from the shoulder with the same load. For subsequent barrels with a different thread length, the spot was about 6 rev’s out from the shoulder. Make note of the load, the temperature, the humidity, the condi-tions and the absolute tuner position A typical logbook page


Tuning With a Tuner, continued(turns + offset) for this peak perfor-mance. All this can be used to cal-culate a rough starting point for that barrel and load for the future.

Shooting a Match - First and foremost, I have not found that you can rely on an absolute tuner position to produce a repeatable tune. It simply has not worked to set the tuner at 2 Turns+.005 and always have it be in tune at some specific temperature. The differences in range elevation, humidity, baro-metric pressure, and the number of butterflies within 2 miles all seem to causes minor variations. But know-ing an absolute position at a certain temperature can get you close for that first group of the day.

I position my tuner at an absolute posi-tion that I know worked in my testing. If the current temperature is warmer than my testing temperature, I move the tuner in (toward the receiver) about .0012 (1.2 marks) for each de-gree of temperature difference, or out if it is cooler. For example, suppose the gun and load tested extremely well at 74 degrees with the tuner set at the .033 mark. On match day, the

temperature starts out at 59 degrees, 15 degrees cooler. I would start the day by rotating the tuner out 15 x 1.2 thousands or .018”. On my first target I have a starting point for testing my tune.

I nearly always start with 2-3 foulers between the sighter bulls. If the sec-ond and third bullets show more than a bullet or two of vertical, I will make a .002 to .003 adjustment on the tun-er and try another 3 shot group on a lower sighter. If there is still vertical I continue to adjust the tuner, trying .002 to .003 on either side of my last point until I find a spot with no verti-cal. Go upstairs and run/pick through the conditions. I repeat the process on every target, testing the tune by adjusting the tuner until I can shoot a flat 3 or 4 shot group before going up on the record. Of course, the amount of actual vertical I am willing to toler-ate often depends on conditions – you get a feel for what is possible in the current conditions.

The Magic Number – That magic num-ber of .0012” per degree of temper-ature change is really a calculated guess for my LV barrels and if you try

this, your number may be different. In fact, I use a different number (.0005” or ½ a mark) that works very well on my rail gun. Early on I spent a winter looking at my targets and my logs, and trying to make sense of the data I collected. The trends were easy to spot: generally moving the tuner in as the temperature warmed up kept the groups small. Here is how I came up with the numbers.

I arrived at those numbers by analyz-ing my logs over a hundreds of tar-gets. Wherever I found an entire agg that was shot with exactly the pow-der charge, seating depth, and neck tension (most of them), I plotted the tuner position versus the temperature and used the Excel spreadsheet “Equa-tion Solver” to plot a trend line and formula. While the numbers varied, I chose aggs for analysis where condi-tions were reasonable, the tempera-ture shift was around 20 degrees, and the majority of the groups had that small round shape we strive for.

Here is the results from the 2009 Fire-walker HV (Ault CO, shot on Sunday, 200 Yards, then 100 Yards).

Target Score (MOA) Tuner Temp200-1 .381 (.191) .015 55 200-2 .495 (.248) . 0165 55 200-3 .306 (.153) .018 57 200-4 .292 (.146) .021 59 200-5 .638 (.319) .024 61 100-1 .149 .032 68100-2 .142 .0355 71100-3 .268 .0365 72100-4 .245 .040 74100-5 .289 .0415 75


Tuning With a Tuner, continued

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Plotting the tuner position versus the temperature, then adding a linear trend line gives a visual representa-tion of the correlation. The slope of the line indicated that 1.3 thousandths (about 1¼ tick marks on my tuner) per degree of temperature change had a 99% correlation to the data that day. I have plotted numerous aggs shot with 4 different barrels in this 10.5# gun and consistently landed between 1 and 1¼ thousands of tuner adjustment per degree of temperature change.

Humidity plays a role as well and I have a couple of good aggs where the temperature stayed constant, but the relative humidity shifted over 50%. Those charts indicated that a 5% drop in humidity is roughly equivalent to a 1 degree temperature increase on the tuner. Humidity usually goes down as the temperature goes up, so watch both.

Just to show that tuners can have an impact on our 1.5” unlimited barrels, this example is an UNL 5-shot, reg-istered match, shot June 14, 2008. It was Sunday and we started at 200 yards.

Ydg-Target Score Tuner Temp200 1 .334 .008 55200 2 .267 .010 57200 3 .172 .0105 58200 4 .432 .012 60200 5 .239 .0135 62100 1 .164 .0145 66100 2 .176 .0155 68100 3 .126 .016 69100 4 .179 .0165 70.5100 5 .130 .018 73.5

As the two aggs (.1440, .1550) were shot, the temperature moved over 18 degrees, and the load was never

touched (53.5 clicks of 08-N133 be-hind a Hottenstein bullet seated to full jam).

Plotting the tuner position versus the temperature gives this graph:

This slope of the trendline here sug-gests that .0005 (½ of a mark on my tuner) per degree of temperature change is a pretty good estimate for the rail gun. It was interesting to me that the three targets with the most vertical on the record (#1 & #4 at 200 yards and #4 at 100 yards) were also

the three locations on the graph far-thest from the trend line.

Some Key Points - First, the absolute position of the tuner is not reliable. It can change in elevation, baromet-ric pressure, thermometer errors, etc. Second, having a known-good load and tuner setting for a barrel makes it possible to estimate a good starting point. Third, usually “warmer = in” and “cooler = out”. The key is tracking small changes in the conditions and making small adjustments to compen-sate. If you know the load can work and you can estimate a good starting point on the tuner, the first target of the day becomes a lot less stressful.

Learn to use a tuner and you can ad-just for the conditions, even if you preload for the whole day.

Rod Brown


Good News For Accuracy Fans, by James MockCriterion Barrels

Although I am a big fan of cut rifled barrels, I decided to give the button rifled barrel from Criterion a try on a Savage Target action. This action is bedded in a HS Precision stock with the aluminum bedding block. See Pho-to #1:

Criterion is an independent, but “sis-ter” company of Krieger Barrels, Inc. Mr. Steve Dalhke is the President of Criterion Barrels, Inc. (CBI) and has

been since 1999. A few years ago he started producing barrels for Weath-erby rifles and more recently he has begun to manufacture pre-fit barrels for a variety of actions. I chose a pre-fit for the Savage Target action which is chambered at present for the 6mm Norma BR.

After some debate (with myself), I de-cided to have the pre-fit barrel cham-bered for the same cartridge. I almost chose the 6mm Dasher, but since I al-ready have that on my BAT, I decided to use the regular 6mm BR.

With no experience with a pre-fit bar-rel, I was somewhat anxious about fit-ting the barrel to my friend’s Savage Target action. My friend, John Man-gus from Columbus, Ohio gave me a wrench that fits the barrel nut that is used by Savage to set the headspace. The only problem that I encountered was that the inside of the recoil lug ring was about the same size as the

threaded tenon. With a little patience I finally persuaded the barrel to go through the recoil lug. Next, I tackled the headspace problem. While I did not have a set of “go/no go” gauges, I did have some new 6mm BR brass. I used it and set the headspace fairly tight. With a little fear and trembling, I fired the first round the day after in-stalling the pre-fit barrel. All seems well with the headspace and the rifle is ready for load development.

These pre-fit barrels make rebarreling one’s rifle with a premium grade tube at a reasonable cost. The Criterion barrel that I received chambered and ready to screw into the action costs about the same as an unchambered premium barrel from one of the manu-facturers.

Website Technical Information

CBI barrels are made of either ord-nance grade chrome-moly or 410 stain-less steel. Both types of steel are heat treated and double stress relieved af-ter the steel arrives from the mill.

Since button rifling does induce stress into the steel, CBI thoroughly stress relieves the barrels again before turn-ing and milling operations. This insures dimensional integrity.

Although most production barrels are not lapped, this is not the case with CBI. They lap their barrels before chambering and crowning. Bores are lapped to remove reamer rings, to improve surface finish, and bore uni-formity. CBI maintains that lapping is absolutely essential for top accuracy.

Northland Shooters Supply does the Remington and Savage pre-fits for Cri-terion. They offer several barrel con-tours in lengths up to 30 inches. The one that I ordered is a HV at 26 inches.

Match Grade Barrels

After 30+ years of association with Krieger Barrels, the folks at CBI truly understand the meaning of “match grade”. Criterion barrels, including the pre-fits are truly match grade.

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Good News For Accuracy Fans, continuedThe term match grade is often thrown around without regard to facts, but this is not the case with Criterion. To illustrate the quality of the pre-fit bar-rels from Criterion, all one has to do is look at the performance of 15 year old Michele Lockhart.

In her first match in F-Open Class, she fired a 450-22X with her Savage equipped with a pre-fit Criterion bar-rel in 6mm BR chambering . That was certainly a good start, but in her third match at the Tennessee Mid-range State Championship she set three na-tional records (pending certification). The three records were as follows: A 197-11X @ 300 yards- Broke both women’s and junior National F-Open Record; a 198-X @ 500 yards-broke Ju-nior F-Open record for that yardage.

Was this a case of beginners luck or a skilled youngster using great equip-ment? I think the answer is obvious.

At the Range

After receiving the barrel from CBI on September 20th, I got busy and be-gan to mount a 36X Weaver Benchrest scope and load some rounds. The first item of business was to “break-in” the new barrel. Although many say that a break-in of premium barrels is un-necessary, I believe that it helps to remove any minor ridges in the throat area left by the reamer.

I fired 12 rounds during the break-in session and managed a 0.419 inch 3-shot group with 29.5 grains of Varget and a 105 Berger VLD (Hunting) seated at 0.020” off jam. Another group with the same charge and bullet seated at 0.010 off jam measured 0.420”.

My method involves firing one round and clean for six cycles. Then I move to 3 rounds and clean for two or three cycles (depending on how well the barrel cleans).

After the break-in session, I researched some “pet loads” on the 6mmBR web-site and there were quite a few shoot-ers shooting 30 grains of powder be-

hind the various 105-108 match grade bullets. I have on hand Berger 105 VLD (both Hunting and Hybrid), 107gr. Si-erra Matchkings, and 108gr. Berger Match BT’s. For my next session, I moved to the recommended 30.0 gr. load and chose two of the Berger bul-lets. I loaded the Hybrids at 0.010” off jam and 0.020” off jam. I loaded the Hunting 105 VLD’s at 0.020 off jam since they seemed to shoot well in the “break-in” session.

Also, I decided to load some “crow” loads and see how the lighter bullets performed in this 8 inch twist barrel. For these loads, I chose Bart’s Ultra 68 gr. FB and 33.4 gr. of WW 748. See Photo #2 for the results of this session. As can be seen by some of the groups, I struggled a little today….. no fault of the barrel, only mine. After shoot-ing Arnold Jewell’s 1.5 ounce triggers since 1992, I am going to have to prac-tice more with the Savage Target trig-ger. There is nothing wrong with this trigger, but it is so much different than the Jewell, that I would occa-sionally let a round go for which I was not ready. Also, I normally shoot free recoil with my short range Benchrest rifles, but I found that holding on to the HS Precision stock was best.

My best load today for long range was the Varget load with the Hybrid 105 gr. Berger seated to be 0.020” off jam. The 3-shot group at 100 yards mea-sured 0.283” with this load. The ve-locity of this load was 2755 fps from the 26 inch barrel. This is lower than I expected, but accuracy trumps a small gain in velocity.

Photo #2

Also, I found that the “crow” load shot very well. With the bullet seated just short of touching the lands, this 68 gr. Bart Ultra posted a 0.253” at 100 yards and 0.700” at 200 in heavy mirage. At a velocity of 3237 fps, this load should be “poison” for prairie dogs, crows, or any other vermin. I used 33.4 grains of WW 748 to achieve this velocity. This is a very mild load in this rifle, and I may try some different powders with the light bullets.

Approximately 12 minutes of angle of elevation are required to get the bul-lets from point of aim at 100 yards to point of aim at 600 yards. The Weaver scope is mounted in Burris rings which feature eccentric inserts which al-lowed me to gain ten MOA. This was a great aid in getting on target.

Session #3

Today’s session features Berger 108 gr. BT Match bullets and H4895 powder. I may also try some Varget with these bullets. My test on this outing consists of 28.0 of the aforementioned H4895


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Photo #3

and the Berger 108 gr BT bullet seat-ed at 0.005” off jam, 0.010” off, 0.015” off, ...etc. until the last ones are at 0.030” off. I loaded 20 rounds with new brass to allow for six 3-shot groups plus a couple of sighters. Also, I have some of the “crow” loads using Bart’s 68 gr. Ultras and WW 748.

The conditions for today’s session were a little nasty for extreme accu-racy. The wind was very switchy, but the mirage was the worst offender. It quickly became apparent that this bul-let shot better when “jumped”. The two best loads were at 0.025” off jam

and 0.030” off jam. The load of 28.0 gr. seemed very mild and I may bump it up a little before the next session. I did not have a chronograph for this session, but I will try to use one the next time. Photo #3 shows the target shot today.

Session #4For this session, I decided to shoot some 300 yard targets and some 600 yard targets. Since the best accuracy has been with the 105 Berger Hybrid and the Berger 108 BT, I will use them for the test. For 300 yards I will use the 108 gr. BT (at 0.025” off jam) pushed by 28.1 gr. of H489, and 30.0 gr. of Reloder 15 with the same bullet. For 600, I will load 30.0 grains of Varget and the Hybrid at 0.025” off jam.

I use JD Denoff’s wind flags that I have had since I started shooting Benchrest in 1997. The range used is owned by Bobby Wroten and is on the turn row of a soybean field. Lee Gardner (Skee-tlee) of Illinois has to contend with soybeans also, but Bobby has his range

set up on the edge and has a road to the target. Lee has to shoot over the beans and wade through them to re-trieve his target.

As one can see from the results at the range, the Criterion barrel is a pre-mium product and performs far above what its modest price would indicate.

News from RCBS

Like many old…err, ahh, mature shoot-ers, I began reloading my ammunition with quality products from RCBS. I be-gan hand loading rifle and pistol am-munition in the ‘60’s.

For varmint and big game loading there was no need to have anything other than the products found in the dark green boxes. RCBS produced the products I needed and their customer service is second to none. News Flash! RCBS is still that company and their service is as great as ever.

When I started shooting Benchrest, some of my needs changed. The tight-necked 6PPC cases required outside


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neck turning and the chambers re-quired dies that use a neck sizing bush-ing. At that time, RCBS did not offer products to address those problems. That situation has since changed.

While talking to my friend Boyd Allen of California, he inquired if I knew that RCBS made bushing-type FL dies with benchrest seaters. When I answered “no”, he stated that if I didn’t know, then there are many other shooters who also do not know. He said that I should contact them and see if they were willing to send some dies for an evaluation.

When I contacted RCBS, they were more than willing to send me the dies. I was asked what chambering did I need and what bushing sizes would be required. The chambering is the one featured (6mm BR) and since it was a “no turn” neck, I chose two bushings (.268 and .269”). One mistake I made is that the newer Lapua brass is thin-ner than the older brass that came in the cardboard container. So far I have been unable to use the FL sizer for the 6 BR, but I have really enjoyed seating the bullets with the superb microm-eter seater. Once the jam length is found, a person should note the exact reading on the micrometer head. To come out of jam 0.005 inch all one has to do is turn the head out five 1/1000 marks. (See photo #4)

After giving my name and address, I was asked if I would care to try their new outside neck turner also. Quickly, I answered in the affirmative and told them that a 6mm mandrel would be ideal.

Since I received the neck turner pri-or to receiving the Criterion barrel, I had the opportunity to test it first. I used it for the second turning of some 6mm Dasher brass and checked the cut for smoothness. The results were outstanding. The cutter cut smoothly without the heat build-up that is of-ten associated with turning brass. The micrometer head allows quick and precise adjustments. RCBS did their homework before putting this turner on the market. (Photo #5 - The unit at work) Upon close examination one can see that I used a K&M case holder that is chucked in a variable speed drill for turning. This is not to say that their case holder has any problems. The RCBS case holder is idea for those who choose to not use a power source such as a lathe or drill to turn the cas-es. Photo #6 shows the quick change holder.

RCBS is to be commended for their efforts to provide the very best dies for the modern hand loader. The neck tuner makes a very smooth cut and is easily set to the desired neck thick-ness. Also the unit is very ergonomic

because of its shape and size. I recom-mend both the RCBS dies and the neck turner without reservation. Good shooting. James Mock


2013 NBRSA Registered Match Schedule

Boldface Matches are 2013 National Events

MARCH2 SW VFS 100/200 Desert Sportsman Assn, NV

Spring Mountain Classic

2-3 SW LV/HV 200/100 Sloughhouse Benchrest, CA

9 SW LG/HG 1000-Yd Sahuaro 1000-Yd Benchrest, AZ

9-10 SW LV/HV 100/200 Arizona Benchrest Shooters, AZCACTUS CLASSIC

16 MC HV 100/200 Ouachita Sportsman’s Assn

17 SW LG/HG 600-Yard Ojai Valley Gun Club, CA

17 MV HTR/VFS 100/200 Benchrest Rifle Club of St Louis

17 GC VFS 100/200 Southwest Louisiana R&P Club

23 MC LV 100/200 Okie ShootersOK State Regional Champ Leg 1

23-24 SE LV/HV 100/200 Middle Georgia Gun Owner AssnSHAMROCK

31 NW VFS 100/200 Lewis Clark Wildlife Club, ID

APRIL6 SW VFS 100/200 Desert Sportsman Assn, NV

Winds of Mojave

6-7 SW LV/HV/SP/UNL5

200-Yds Arizona Benchrest Shooters, AZ2nd Half State Championship

6-7 MC HTR/VFS 1/2/3 Mill Creek Rifle Club, KS


6-7 NW LV/HV 100/200 Tacoma Rifle & Revolver, WAAllen Bench Trophy

7 GC VFS 100/200 Hub City Rifle & Pistol Club, LA


13-14 MV LV/HV 100/200 Benchrest Rifle Club of St Louis

13-14 SE LV/HV 100/200 River Bend Gun Club, GA

20 MC SP 100/200 Okie ShootersOK State Regional Champ Leg 2

20 GC VFS 100/200 North Texas Shooters Assn, TXTexas State Warm Up

21 GC VFS 100/200 North Texas Shooters Assn, TXTexas State Championship 1st Leg

20-21 ER LV/HV 100/200 WWCCA, MI Spring Tune-Up

20-21 SW LV/HV 100/200 Visalia Sportsman Assn, CA

21 MV LV/HV 100/200 Benchrest Rifle Club of St Louis

21 NC LV 100/200 Oak Hill Gun Club, Blue Grass, IA


24-25 SW LG/HG 600-Yard Sloughhouse Benchrest, CA10th Annual 600-Yard Nationals

26 SW F-Bench 600-Yard Sloughhouse Benchrest, CA1st 600-Yd F-Bench Nationals

27-28 SW LG/HG 1000-Yd Sloughhouse Benchrest, CA5th Annual 1000-Yd Nationals

27-28 MC SP/UNL 100/200 Ouachita Sportsman’s AssnArkansas State Champ 1st Leg

27-28 NC LV/HV 100/200 Minnetonka Benchrest Assn, MN

27-28 NC HV/VFS 100/200 Council Bluffs Rifle Club, IANebraska-Iowa Shootout

28 NW HTR 100/200 Lewis Clark Wildlife Club, ID

MAY4 SW VFS 100/200 Desert Sportsman Assn, NV

Southwest Regionals Set Up 6AM, Match begins 8AM

4 MV HTR 100/200 Van Dyne Sportsmens Club, WI

4-5 ER LV/HV 100/200 Fairchance Rod & Gun Club, PA25th Annual Hog Roast

4-5 MC LV/HV 100/200 Mill Creek Rifle Club, KS

4-5 GC SP/LV 100/200 Central Texas Benchrest, TXTexas State Championship 2nd Leg

4-5 NW SP/HV 100/200 Tacoma Rifle & Revolver, WAManley Oakley Trophy


4-5 MC HTR/VFS 100/200 Northern Colorado Benchrest

4-5 SW SP/UNL 100/200 Central Utah Benchrest Club, UTUtah State Championship 1st leg



11 MC HV 100/200 Okie ShootersOK State Regional Champ Leg 3


19 NC HV 100/200 Oak Hill Gun Club, Blue Grass, IA

18-19 ER HV/LV 100/200 Chippewa Rifle Club, OHSuper-Shoot Warm-Up

18-19 NC VFS/HTR 100/200 Casper Benchrest Club, WYMoney $hoot

18-19 GC UNL/HV 100/200 Seymour Stool Shooters, TXTX State Championship Leg 3&4

18-19 MC LV/HV 100/200 Land’s End Benchrest, CO1st Leg of 4-Gun


22-25 ER LV/HV 100/200 Kelbly’s Super Shoot, OH

24-26 SW LV/HV 200/100 Palomino Valley Gun Club, NVNevada State Championship

25-26 MC LV/HV 100/200 Whittington Center BenchrestBEST IN THE WEST Money Shoot

25-26 NW HTR/VFS 100/200 Yellowstone Rifle Club, MT

26 NW VFS 100/200 Lewis Clark Wildlife Club, ID

JUNE1 SW VFS 100/200 Desert Sportsman Assn, NV

Silver State Shootout

1 MV HTR 100/200 Van Dyne Sportsmen Club, WI


1-2 MC HTR/VFS 100/200 Mill Creek Rifle Club, KS

1-2 NW HV/UNL5 100/200 Tacoma Rifle & Revolver Club, WANorthwest HV Regional

7-9 SW LV/HV 300-200 Palomino Valley Gun Club, NVLong Range Varmint Nationals


2013 NBRSA Registered Match Schedule


8-9 ER LV/HV 100/200 WWCCA, MI Money $hootWolverine Challenge


8-9 MC SP/HV 100/200 Northern Colorado Benchrest1st Leg NoCo 4-Gun

8-9 GC SP/LV 100/200 North Texas Shooters AssnGulf Coast Regionals Leg 1&2

8-9 GC HTR 100/200300

Hub City Rifle & Pistol ClubLouisiana State Hunter Champ.

8-9 SE 4-Gun 100-yard Brock’s Gap Training Center, AL


15-16 MC UNL10/SP 100/200 1st Leg NM State Championship

15-16 SW HV/UNL5 100/200 Visalia Sportsman Assn, CACalifornia State 1st Leg

15-16 NC VFS/HTR 100/200 Casper Benchrest Club, WYWY State VFS & HTR Championship


22 MC VFS 100/200 Ouachita Sportsman’s Assn

22-23 NC LV/HV 100/200 Minnetonka Benchrest Assn, MNMinnesota State Championship

22-23 MV LV/HV 100/200 Benchrest Rifle Club of St LouisEast-West Show-Me ShootoutJune 21: Set up Day

22-23 ER LV/HV 100/200 Shelby Co Deer Hunters Assn, OHBriar Hail Memorial

22-23 NW HTR/VFS 100/200 Yellowstone Rifle Club, MTMac Clark Memorial

23 SW LG/HG 600-Yard Sloughhouse Benchrest, CA


29-30 GC SP/HV 100/200 Midland Shooters Assn, TXTexas Shootout

30 NW HTR 100/200 Lewis Clark Wildlife Club, IDIdaho State Hunter Champ.

JULY5-7 NW UNL10/5 100/200 Tacoma Rifle & Revolver Club WA

Sam Wilson Memorial, Sniper King& NW Unlimited Championship

6-7 SW SP/LV/HV/UNL5

200-Yard Sloughhouse Benchrest, CA5th Annual 200-Yd 4-Gun

6-7 MC HV/UNL5or LV

100/200 Mill Creek Rifle Club, KSRegional Championship

6-7 ER LV/HV 100/200 Holton Gun Club, MIMichigan State Championship


13-14 MC LV/HV 100/200 Whittington Center Benchrest NMMUCHAS GRACIAS

13-14 ER HV/LV 100/200 Kane Fish & Game, PAPennsylvania St Championship

13-14 MV HTR 100/200 Van Dyne Sportsmen Assn, WIWisconsin State

13-14 MV LV/HV 100/200 Benchrest Rifle Club of St LouisJuly 13: NIGHT MATCH 5PM

13-14 NC LV/HV 100/200 Minnetonka Benchrest Assn, MNDon Judd Memorial

2013 NBRSA Registered Match Schedule13-14 SE LV/HV 100/200 Unaka Gun Club, TN State Champ

13-14 GC UNL/HV 100/200 North Texas Shooters AssnGulf Coast Regionals Leg 3&4

13-14 MC UNL10/UNL5

100/200 Northern Colorado Benchrest2nd Leg of NoCo 4-Gun

14 MV LG/HG/Fac 600-Yd Columbus Sportsman’s Assn, WI

20 MC HV 100/200 Ouachita Sportsman’s Assn

20-21 MC UNL/SP 100/200 Land’s End Benchrest, CO3rd & 4th Leg of 4-Gun

20-21 MV HTR/VFS 100/200 Benchrest Rifle Club of St LouisMissouri State/Danny JarvisMV Regional/Guy Chism

20-21 NC HTR 1-2-3 Casper Benchrest Club, WY

21 GC VFS 100/200 Southwest Louisiana R&P ClubLouisiana State VFS Championship

21 NC HV/UNL 100/200 Oak Hill Gun Club, Blue Grass, IA

AUGUST3-4 SW LV/HV 100/200 Central Utah Benchrest Club, UT

Utah State Championship 2nd Leg

3-4 MC HTR/VFS 100/200 Northern Colorado Benchrest


3-4 NW SP/LV 100/200 Tacoma Rifle & Revolver Club, WANorthwest SP & LV Regionals

10 MV LG/HG/Fac 600-Yds Columbus Sportsman’s Assn, WI


17-18 MC LV/HV 100/200 Whittington Center Benchrest, NMRATTLESNAKE NM State Champ #2

17-18 GC UNL5/HVSP/LV

200-Yd North Texas Shooters AssnTexas Showdown

17-18 MC LV/HV 100/200 Ouachita Sportsman’s AssnAR State Championship 2nd Leg

18-22 MC HTR 100/200300-Yd

Mill Creek Rifle Club, MO2013 Hunter Nationals


24-25 NC SP/UNLUNL/HV

100/200 Minnetonka Benchrest Assn, MNMinnesota State Championship

25 SW LG/HG 1000-Yd Sloughhouse Benchrest, CA

31 SW SP/LV/HV 100/200 Visalia Sportsman Assn, CACalifornia State 2nd Leg

31-9/2 ER LV/HV 100/200 Holton Gun Club, MIEastern Region Championship

31-9/2 NW SP/LV/HV 100/200 Tacoma Rifle & Revolver Club, WAEd Frombach Memorial, WA State SP, LV, HV & 3-Gun Championships

31-9/1 SE 4-Gun 200-yard Unaka Gun Club, TN Southeast Regional Championships

31-9/1 MC LV/HV 100/200 Rio Grande Benchrest ShootersTHE ROADRUNNER

31/9/1 GC LV/HV 100/200 Midland Shooters Assn, TXThe Buffalo

31/9/1 MC LV/HV 100/200 Mill Creek Rifle Club, KSKansas State Championship



2013 NBRSA Registered Match ScheduleSEPTEMBER1-2 SW SP/LV/HV 100/200 Visalia Sportsman Assn, CA

California State 2nd Leg

7-8 MC LV/HV 100/200 Northern Colorado BenchrestFIREWALKER & 4th leg of 4-Gun

14 MV VFS 100/200 Van Dyne Sportsmen Assn, WI


15 NC HV/UNL 100/200 Oak Hill Gun Club, Blue Grass, IA

16-21 ER 4-GUN 100/200 Fairchance Rod & Gun Club, PANBRSA Group Nationals

21 MV LG/HG/Fac 600-Yard Columbus Sportsman’s Assn WI

21-22 GC HTR/VFS 100/200 Southwest Louisiana R&P ClubGulf Coast HTR & VFS Regionals

27-29 SW SP/UNL 200/100 Palomino Valley Gun Club, NVNevada State Championship

28-29 MC LV/HV 100/200 Land’s End Benchrest, COPURPLE HAZE & 2nd Leg of 4-Gun


OCTOBER5 SW VFS 100/200 Desert Sportsman Assn, NV

VFS Nationals Warm Up

5-6 ER LV/HV 100/200 WWCCA, MI Fall Classic

5-6 SW LV/HV 100/200 Arizona Benchrest Shooters, AZ1st Half SW Regionals






12 MC HV 100/200 Ouachita Sportsman’s Assn WI

12-13 SE LV/HV 100/200 River Bend Gun Club, GA

19 MV LG/HG/Fac 600-Yard Columbus Sportsman’s Assn, IA

19-20 ER LV/HV 100/200 Shelby Co Deer Hunters Assn, OHFall Finale

19-20 SW UNL5 100/200 Visalia Sportsman Assn, CAVisalia Invitational

19-20 MV LV/HV 100/200 Benchrest Rfile Club of St LouisMississippi Valley Regionals


24-27 SW VFS 100/200300

Desert Sportsman Assn, NV2013 VFS NATIONALS *DATE CHANGE*

27 SW LG/HG 600-Yard Sloughhouse Benchrest, CA

NOVEMBER2-3 SW SP/UNL10 100/200 Arizona Benchrest Shooters, AZ

2nd Half SW Regionals



9 SE 4-Gun 100-yard Brock’s Gap Training Center, AL

24 SW LG/HG 1000-Yd Sloughhouse Benchrest, CA

DECEMBER7 SW VFS 100/200 Desert Sportsman Assn, NV

Club Championship Set up 7AM Match begins 9AM

7-8 SW UNL5 100/200 Arizona Benchrest Shooters, AZCAL-AZ Combined Match


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6PPC Wins at Glitter Gulch VFSJanuary 5, 2013Shooters in Las Vegas battled for the win in the first of the year Glitter Gulch 100/200 yard Varmint for Score match. Our normal attendance was a little low considering the big group match in Phoenix the same weekend, but with sunny skies and cool crisp temperatures, five shooters enjoyed the day not expecting the unusual out-come of match winning equipment.

We started first at 100 yards with a warm up match following five record targets. Mirage played a factor in the lower than usual “X” count except for one shooter. Sheldon Turf took first place with a respectable 250-18X. Keith Myers and John Seines both tied with 250-10X scores with John taking second place after shooting a better first target than Keith.

Next up was the 200 yard match af-ter the warm up. Here is where things got very interesting for the next five record targets. Ron Levesque shoot-ing his 6PPC HV group gun came pre-loaded to the match and proceeded to stay clean at 200 yards. For some of you this might not come as a surprise considering the inherent accuracy of the PPC. But Ron shot a 250-6X with only two wind flags the whole day! It could not have happened to a nicer guy. Coming in second place with a 248-3X was match director Keith My-ers. Third place was Tom Guisewhite scoring a 246-6X.

Congratulations to Ron Levesque for winning the Glitter Gulch NBRSA Var-mint for Score 100/200 match!

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A Walk Around the Website: New Features of www.nbrsa.orgIf you haven’t taken a look recently at the NBRSA website, now is the time to do so. There hass been a lot of work done recently and more will continue but enough change has occurred to the look and feel of the website that it is worth exploring a few of the benefits the site now provides to members and guests.

The top picture to the right displays the new home page of our website. Across the top of the home page, you will notice tabs in the blue bar that can be accessed quickly. If you want to renew your membership, sign-up a friend or change your address, click on the “JOIN” tab and it will launch you to this section of the website. You can either print out a paper form to fill in and mail or better yet, complete a se-cure online membership renewal and poof! You’re done. If you are interest-ed in running an ad in the magazine, you can also access this tab to obtain a current advertising rate sheet.

Moving left over the blue bar, the next tab is entitled “RANGES”; (see middle picture). This section does much more than list the member ranges. Click on any range to get a brief description of both the range and the match di-rector to contact in case you have a question. You can email the match di-rector or click on the range website directly from this section. Better yet, check out an aerial view of the range or look up the coordinates before you take off for your match. If the GPS co-ordinates for the range are correct, it should keep you from ending up in a cul-de-sac (trailer in tow) where the match director’s home is located. Not that this has ever happened...

Continuing along the blue banner the next tab is “MATCH CALENDAR” and lists all confirmed matches so far. (See bottom picture). Note that there are still matches being added but this will give you a good idea of how to plan your weekends. When you look at the Match Calendar, you can peruse it month by month by clicking, “next” or you can click the “year” button and view the entire year at a glance. When you do this, you will notice spe-cific dates are underlined. If you click


A Walk Around the Website: New Features of www.nbrsa.orgon these, you will be able to see all the matches scheduled for that date. This makes it very handy if you will be traveling and want to see where the closest matches are on a given date. Nifty huh?

The next blue tab is “MATCH RESULTS” and this is where you can access all match results I receive for 2013. As I receive them, I’ll post them here for your convenience.

Next is the “MEMBERS ONLY” sec-tion which is new and perhaps a little tricky. (See top picture on right). If you click on Members Only once, you will see the login information to help you vote online for various items as they come up. You will also see a drop down menu for “Precision Rifleman Online”. (See bottom picture on right). From here you can see several of our past issues in case there was something you wanted to review. The last blue tab is “STORE” which is not yet enabled, but will provide you with NBRSA parapher-nalia available for sale. More than one member mentioned the addition of an Online Store would be a grand idea. We agree!

Going back to the home page is as easy as clicking the NBRSA name or logo at the top of the page or clicking “HOME”. The information on the left side of the home page, namely Site Links, Recognition, Resources, Forms and Regional Blogs have not yet been updated but the links are still usable if you need them. On the right side of the home page are Recent Blog Posts, which is where you will find the latest addition of information to the web-site. You can click on any of the items listed here and it will launch directly to that item.

I hope this website walk has not ex-hausted you too much. Usually if you take a slow pace and drink plenty of water, you will do just fine. In case you need any assistance I’m available at the office. Feel free to drop me a line or send me an email anytime. In the meanwhile, enjoy yourselves and be safe. Thank you for all you do to promote NBRSA and benchrest. Audrey Brown


Tacoma’s Last Match of 2012 WA State 3-Gun...awaited results are in!Tacoma held the last match of the year over the Labor Day weekend. Weather was fabulous all week end with the temps starting around 50 in the morn-ing with the highs near 80. Conditions were light to moderate. We had a BBQ on Sunday evening and a great time was had by all. We would also like to give big thanks for the prize dona-tions by Bartlien Barrels, Benchmark Barrels, Brux Barrels, Berger Bullets,

Bishop Bullets, Russ Haydon’s Shoot-ers Supply, Bruno’s Shooter’s Supply, Graham Wind Flags, Steve Kostanich, Turks Head, L.E. Wilson, Shilen Rifles, Edgewood Shooting Bags and Sinclair International.

Day 1 began with the Sporter 100. Jeff Yost came in 3rd with a .2180. Allen Condiff took 2nd with a .2152 and 1st place went to Rick Graham’s .2052. After lunch we moved to 200 yards.

Conditions proved a little more chal-lenging for most but Allen Condiff had a handle on things by taking 1st place with a .2267 agg. Rick Graham took 2nd with a .2516 with Bob Weesies in 3rd with a .2751. After tallying the aggs we found Allen Condiff taking 1st place in the grand with a .2210, 2nd going to Rick Graham’s .2284 and 3rd to Steve Kostanich with his .2561 agg.

Day 2 began the Light Varmint leg. We started out in the morning shoot-ing the 200 yard match. Bob Weesies took 3rd with an agg. of .2502, Bob Richards got 2nd with a .2242 and 1st place went to Rick Graham shoot-ing an excellent .1952. The 100 yard leg ended up being a hotly contested event with Jeff Lewis coming out on top with a .2310 agg. 2nd went to Dan Opel with a .2340 and Jeff Yost took 3rd with a .2348. The grand went to Rick Graham’s .2191, 2nd to Bob Rich-ards .2369 and 3rd to Dan Opels .2479.

Day 3 brought out the Heavy Var-mint guns. We started at 100 yards. 1st place went to Larry Boers with a .2090, 2nd to Rick Graham’s .2202 and 3rd to Allen Condiff’s .2312. After moving to 200 yards we found Steve Kostanich mastering the conditions. He came in 1st with a .2269, 2nd to Allen Condiff with a .2401 and 3rd to Mustafa Bilal with a .2653. The Heavy Varmint Grand found Steve Kostanich the most consistent with an agg of .2342, 2nd went to Allen Condiff with a .2357 and Rick Graham took 3rd with a .2488.

The Washington State 3-Gun results had Rick Graham in 1st with a .2321, Allen Condiff took 2nd with a .2438 and 3rd to Steve Kostanich with a .2704. With the match done this con-cluded our season here at Tacoma and left us to figure out the Shooter of the year. After tallying up the points It was Rick Graham as the Shooter of 2012 and proud recipient of the Bat Machine Trophy.

Copying what we’ve seen Gary Ocock do with his target crews we held a match for the target crew, range mas-ter and stat girl. We let them shoot one target for the smallest group. We had several contributors for a money


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prize that amounted to $90.00. First, Second and Third prizes were handed out. We had 5 shooters that contrib-uted the guns and ammo. Ken Crouse shoot the smallest group with Jim Sil-verton coming in 2nd and Caitlin Fee-ley taking 3rd place honors. All three of those groups were in the “ones”. Good shooting guys and gal!

We would like to thank all those who run the matches and make them hap-pen: Mustafa Bilal, Jeff Lewis, Jim Sil-verton, Craig Kensler, Caitlin Feeley, Justin Belonus and Ken Crouse. We’re grateful for your help.

Larry & Teresa Boers

Sporter 100-YardsRick Graham ....................0.2052Allen Condiff .................... 0.2152Jeff Yost ......................... 0.2180Bob Richards .................... 0.2282Mark Walker ..................... 0.2308

Sporter 200-YardsAllen Condiff ...................0.2267Rick Graham .................... 0.2516Bob Weesies ..................... 0.2751Steve Kostanich ................ 0.2776Lisa Spendlove .................. 0.3017

Sporter Grand AggregateAllen Condiff ...................0.2210Rick Graham .................... 0.2284Steve Kostanich ................ 0.2561Bob Richards .................... 0.2756Jeff Lewis ....................... 0.2788

Light Varmint 100-YardsJeff Lewis ......................0.2310Dan Opel ........................ 0.2340Jeff Yost ......................... 0.2348Allen Condiff .................... 0.2424Rick Graham .................... 0.2430

Light Varmint 200-YardsRick Graham ....................0.1952Bob Richards .................... 0.2242Bob Weesies ..................... 0.2502Dan Opel ........................ 0.2618Mark Walker ..................... 0.2664

Light Varmint Grand AggregateRick Graham ....................0.2191Bob Richards .................... 0.2369Dan Opel ........................ 0.2479Bob Weesies ..................... 0.2569Jeff Yost ......................... 0.2680

Heavy Varmint 100-YardsLarry Boers .....................0.2090Rick Graham .................... 0.2202

Allen Condiff .................... 0.2312Steve Kostanich ................ 0.2416Jim Folwell ...................... 0.2604

Heavy Varmint 200-YardsSteve Kostanich ...............0.2269Allen Condiff .................... 0.2401Mustafa Bilal .................... 0.2653Rick Graham .................... 0.2774Larry Boers ...................... 0.2909

Heavy Varmint Grand AggregateSteve Kostanich ...............0.2342Allen Condiff .................... 0.2357Rick Graham .................... 0.2488Larry Boers ...................... 0.2500

Name Action Barrel Gunsmith Stocker Scope Load Bullet PrimerRick Graham Bat Bartlein Kostanich Kostanich March 133 Bishop 205Allen Condiff Nesika Kreiger Self Self Leupold 133 Self 205MSteve Kostanich Nesika Hart Kostanich Six/Kost Leupold 133 SKN 205MBob Weesies Bat n/a Speedy Speedy Weaver 133 Bishop CCIMustafa Bilal Bat Bartlein Dickson n/a March 133 Bishop 205MLarry Boers Bat Lilja Self Bat/Self Leupold 133 ME 205MBob Richards Bat Kreiger Bruno Lester Bruno Leupold 133 Berger FedJeff Lewis Nesika Krieger Borden Kostanich Weaver 133 Bishop 205Dan Opel Bat Bartlein Self Bat Weaver n/a Opel 205*All participants used 6PPC caliber bullets and Lapua brass.

Mustafa Bilal .................... 0.2641Washington State 3-Gun

Rick Graham ....................0.2321Allen Condiff .................... 0.2438Steve Kostanich ................. 0.204Bob Weesies ..................... 0.2776Mustafa Bilal .................... 0.2795

Rick Graham,NW Region Shooter of the Year 2012

Above: Larry Boers, Steve Kostanich, Allen Condiff, Rick GrahamMustafa Bilal & Bob Weasies


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and participate in shooting Varmint For Score, Long Range

or Hunter benchrest, we want to hear from you.

Please contact your Regional Director to add agenda items for your favorite discipline or to dis-cuss becoming a Representative

for your region. Regional Director contact information is located on

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Clarification of 2012 MinutesI would like to clarify for the Member-ship an item in the recording of the 2012 NBRSA Director meeting minutes as noted in January’s issue on page #29 under “2014 Group Nationals” at Holton Gun Club. As recorded...”2014 Group Nationals” Holton Gun Club has bid for mid-September and is willing to add power and new tops”. Please note, for the record, that Holton has currently 40 benches. There are no

plans to add additional benches and Holton had already received the nec-essary waiver by Dennis Thornbury and the Board to hold the 2014 NBRSA Na-tionals with 40 benches.

According to Greg Reed of Holton Gun Club, they are in the process of up-grading the power for camping and hope to have this finished this spring.

VFS Nationals Format ChangeDo to member request, in late Janu-

ary, the Board voted to add a Long Range (200-300-yard) component to the newly sanctioned 2013 Varmint For Score Nationals. To align with our Rulebook, the format will be the same as Hunter benchrest.

To accommodate this, Desert Sports-man Range has moved the dates for the 2013 VFS Nationals to the following:

October 23: Sign-in & Practice October 24-25: 100-200 yardsOctober 26-27: 200-300 yards

These dates are highlighted in red on the Registered Match Schedule and up-dated on the www.nbrsa.org website as well so shooters planning on attend-ing will be notified as quickly as pos-sible.

Long Range InformationFor those Long Rangers planning on at-tending the 2013 Nationals at Slough-house, there are plans to hold a Long Range Meeting following the 600-yard trophy ceremony on Thursday, April 25 in the afternoon. Please plan on at-tending. Your input is important!


Officers

Committees

Regional Diretors Staff

Dennis Thornbury, President 1114 S McAuliff St Visalia, CA 93292 H: 559 732-4401 C: 559 280 6243 [email protected] Expires 2014

Don Nielson, Vice President 20456 Hart St, Winnetka, CA 91306 H: 818 883-5866 [email protected] Term Expires 2014

John Horn, Financial Officer 924 Peterson Rd SouthIowa Park, TX 76367-7237C: 940 636-9984 Term Expires [email protected]

World Records Committee: Group Gene Bukys, Chairman 2111 Silver Moon Trail Crosby, TX 77532 281 324-2605 [email protected]

World Records Committee: Score David Halblom 515 556-58334315 Ashby Ave, Des Moines, IA 50310 [email protected]

International Representative Wayne Campbell264 Benchrest Ln, Concord, VA 24538H: 434 993-9201 C: 434 [email protected]

Varmint For Score Representative (SW)Keith Myers 702 217-3591 [email protected]

Hall of Masters Committee Lou Murdica, Interim Chairman73200 Hilltop Rd, Sky Valley, CA 92441C: 760 275-6261 [email protected] Krupa, Co-Chairman538 Highview St, Dearborn, MI 48128H: 313 277-6740, C: 313 [email protected]

Long Range Measuring Committee Karl Hunstiger, Chairman602 971-4400 [email protected] Gary Noble 541 753-9842Mike Sosenko 714 [email protected]

Eastern Region Exp 2014Jack Neary6204 Wild Oak DrNorth Olmstead, OH 44070-3820H: 440 716-0600 C: 336 542-8711 [email protected]

Gulf Coast Region Exp 2013Scott Hunter 1612 Buchanan St Wichita Falls, TX 76309 H: 940 723-5147 C: 940 631-4545 [email protected] Coast Alternate Mike Bryant 7761 FM 592 Wheeler, TX 79096 806 826-5958 [email protected]

Mississippi Valley Region Exp 2014Bud Mundy 5956 Old Hickory Trail Hillsboro, MO 63050 C: 314 805-1313 [email protected]

North Central Region Exp 2013Terry Meyer PO Box 52 Thornton, IA 50479 H: 641 998-2860 C: 641 425-3397 [email protected]

Mid-Continent Region Exp 2013Jack Snyder PO Box 276 Edgewood, NM 87015 C: 505 440-7488 [email protected]

North West Region Exp 2013Eric Stanton 54156 Sam Blehm Rd Scappoose, OR 97056 C: 503 887-0352 [email protected]

South East Region Exp 2014Wayne Campbell 264 Benchrest Ln Concord, VA 24538 H: 434 993-9201 C: 434 665-2066 [email protected]

South West Region Exp 2014Tom Libby74056 Aster Dr.Palm Desert, CA 92260-2653 B: 760 341-7335 C: 760 [email protected]

European Region Exp 2014Philippe Riboulet126 Avenue De La Timone13010 Marseille, France [email protected]

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Ranges, Clubs, and ContactsER—Eastern Region

Camillus Sportsmens Club *NEW*5801 Devoe Road, Camillus, NY 13031Club phone: 315 672-8331www.camillussportsmensclub.comContact: Gerald Malerba 315 458-07925932 East Pinegrove Rd, Cicero, NY [email protected]

Chippewa Rifle Clubwww.chippewarifleclub.comGPS: N40 56.820 W81 44.583Contact: Gerry Jajowka 330 603-52361290 Meadowbrook Blvd, Stow, OH [email protected]@gmail.comContact: Randy Perkowski 330 472-08561259 Curtis Ave, Cuyahoga Falls, OH [email protected]

Fairfield Sportsmen’s Assn6501 River Rd, Harrison, OH 45030www.fairfieldsportsmen.comContact: Rick Browning 513 738-00043943 Timberidge Ln, Okeana, OH 45053

Fairchance Rod & Gun ClubGPS: N39 48.704 W79 47.179Contact: Bill Reahard 724 323-5044PO Box 156, McClellandtown, PA [email protected]: Jerry Van Sickle 724 569-2216181 Guthrie Rd, Smithfield, PA 15478

Holton Gun & Bow Club6201 Crystal Lake Rd, Holton, MI 49425231 821-9608 GPS: N43 23.742 W86 05.2566Contact: Connie Wyant 231 821-2994PO Box 128, Holton, MI [email protected]: Arlene Inman 616 581-84065854 Adams, Twin Lake, MI [email protected]

Kane Fish & GameDwight Rd, 1 mile N of Kane on SR 321www.kanefishandgameclub.orgSteve Timpano – Group 814 [email protected] Hanes - Group 814 [email protected]

Kelbly’s Rifle Range7222 Dalton Fox Lake RdN Lawrence, OH 44666 www.kelbly.comGPS: N40 52.9836 W81 40.6218Contact: Jim Kelbly 330 [email protected]

Shelby County Deer Hunter Assn7988 Johnston-Slagle Rd, Sidney, OH 45365937 492-2972Contact: John Petteruti 937 [email protected]

WWCCA6700 Napier Rd, Plymouth, MI 48170734 453-9843 http://wwcca.comContact: Dana Raven 734 748-539410930 Old 27N, Frederic, MI 49733-9734

[email protected]: Bill Gammon 519 453-6734387 Speight Blvd, London, ONT N5V 3J8 [email protected]

GC—Gulf Coast RegionCentral Texas Benchrest

GPS: N29 44.695 W098 14.141Contact:Sammye Dietz 830 885-4662421 Range Rd, New Braunfels, TX 78132Contact: Kris Whitman 830 660-0313611 Viewcrest, New Braunfels, TX [email protected]

Midland Shooters Association4108 East County Rd 160, Midland, TX 79706432 682-2332 www.midlandshooters.comContact: Mike Conry3212 E County Rd 136, Midland, TX 79706432 528-8718 or 432 [email protected]

North TX Shooters Associationwww.shootntsa.com GPS: N33 19.351 W97 08.938Contact: Michael Stinnett 214 794-8006 6651 Blackjack Oaks Rd, Aubrey, TX 76227 [email protected]

San Angelo Gun Club2231 West Beauregard Ave, San Angelo 325 942-8991 www.sanangelogunclub.orgContact: Dan Batko 325 374-3015PO Box 3992, San Angelo, TX [email protected]

Seymour Stool Shooters448 Hwy 283 South, Seymour, TX 76380Contact: John Horn 940 636-9984924 Peterson Rd S, Iowa Park, TX [email protected]

Southwest Louisiana Rifle & Pistolwww.swla-rifleandpistol.orgContact: Mike Guillot 337 249-37121600 Cappy Dr, Lake Charles, LA [email protected]

NC—North Central RegionCasper Benchrest Shooters Assn

2330 N Station Rd, Casper, WY 82601307 265-2535 www.stuckenhoffshooterscomplex.netContact: Tim Naugle 307 237-71851926 S Walnut St, Casper WY [email protected]

Council Bluffs Rifle & Pistol Clubwww.cbr-pc.org GPS: N41.39083 W95.37891Contact: Gary Flury 712 328-0301PO Box 1042, Council Bluffs, IA [email protected]: Ron Lee Miller 402 393-45368081 Dupont St. Omaha NE [email protected]

Minnetonka Benchrest Association8310 Hill n Dale Dr, St Francis, MN 55330www.mgfc.org GPS: N45 23.42 W93 29.29

Contact: Scott Moser 612 961-676110412 Abbott Dr, Brooklyn Park MN [email protected]

Oak Hill Gun Club12364 Coon Hunters Rd, Blue Grass, IA 52726 563 381-2677Contact: Cecil Peterson 563 359-19882260 Cromwell Cir, Davenport IA [email protected]

Prairie Dog Target ClubContact: Don Deckert 605 288-1919HC 54, Box 3, Porcupine SD [email protected]

MV—Mississippi Valley Aurora Sportsmen’s Club

www.aurorasc.orgGPS: N41.75038 W88.79677Contact: Allison Hartman 773 324-5539PO Box 414, Aurora, IL [email protected]

Bench Rest Rifle Club Of St Louis2280 Kohn Rd, Wright City, MO 63390www.shootingstl.comGPS: N38 53.353 W091 04.763Scott Pieper - Group 636 745-24542280 Kohn Rd, Wright City MO [email protected] Corley - HTR/VFS 636 928-08822 Sheffield Ct, St Charles, MO [email protected]

Columbus Sportsman’s Assn *NEW*W10924 Bryer Road, Columbus, WI 53925www.csa12.comContact Terry Balding 608 577-51931777 W Main St #203, Sun Prairie, WI [email protected]

Van Dyne Sportsmen’s Clubwww.vdsc.org or [email protected]: Dick Baier 920 688-2433PO Box 8, Van Dyne WI 54979

NW—Northwest RegionWenatchee Benchrest Club

2800 #2 Canyon Rd, Wenatchee, WA www.wenrrc.orgContact: Jim McConnell 509 884-84862526 NE 8th St, E Wenatchee WA [email protected]

Lewis-Clark Wildlife Club27007 South Tom Beall Rd, Lapwai, ID 83540280 843-2987 www.lcwildlife.orgContact: Paul Gylling - HTR/VFS40102 State Route 195, Colfax WA [email protected] 509 553-1118Denny Andrews - Group13263 Snake River Rd, Asotin WA [email protected] 509 243-7039

Tacoma Rifle & Revolver Club8503 Chambers Creek Rd WUniversity Place, WA 98467www.tacomarifle.org


Ranges, Clubs, and ContactsContact: Jeff Lewis 206 407-829932310 6th Ave SW, Federal Way, WA [email protected]

Tri-Cities Metallic Silhouette AssnHwy 12 to Pasco-Kahlotus Rdwww.tcmsa.orgContact: Wallace Ruff 509 967-5087PO Box 4587,Pasco WA [email protected]

Whittecar Rifle & Pistol Range578 Blodgett View Dr, Hamilton, MT 59840 www.whittecarrange.com, 406 363-7078Contact: Jeff Jetter 406 777-53264168 Foxy Ridge Rd, Stevensville, MT [email protected]

Yellowstone Rifle Club7212 Molt Rd, Billings, MT 406 656-2775 www.yrc.orgContact: Russell Cree 406 252-2230405 South 35th St, Billings MT [email protected]: Justin Young 406 [email protected]

SE—Southeast RegionBrock’s Gap Training Center

www.scssa.orgGPS: N33 20 19.25 W86 52 28.003721 South Shades Crest RdBirmingham, AL 35244Contact: Steve Lee 205 [email protected]

Manatee Gun & Archery Club1805 Logue Rd, Myakka City, FL 34251775 358-5014 www.manateegunclub.comGPS: N27 29.3610 W82 09.2448Contact: Buddy Ross 407 448-83931845 Coronado Rd, Ft Myers, FL 33901 [email protected]

Middle Georgia Gun Owners Assnwww.mggoa.com GPS: N32 24.3732 W82 53.0574PO Box 4096, Dublin, GA 31040Contact: Matt Walker 478 [email protected]

River Bend Gun Club988 River Bend Gun Club RoadDawsonville, GA 30534 770 893-3502 www.rbgc.orgGPS: N34 20.198 W84 14.819Contact: Jim Andress Group/Score3605 Blackwell Run, Marietta, GA [email protected] , [email protected]@benchrestsupply.com770 876-2351 or 770 971-5269

Rockingham County Gun Club572 Long Branch Road, Reidsville, NC 27320www.rockinghamcountygunclub.comGPS: N36 25.536 W79 31.864Contact: Roy Darnell 336 595-91104811 Camp Betty Hastings Rd

Walkertown, NC [email protected]

Unaka Rod & Gun Club90 Furnace Rd, Johnson City, TN 37601423 926-0221 www.unakarodandgun.com Contact: Matthew Keller 423 202-69321013 Washington College Station RdLimestone, TN 37681 [email protected]

MC—Mid-Continent RegionLand’s End Benchrest Shooters

4 mi East of Hwy 50 on Reeder Mesa RdContact: Tom Stiner 970 257-91601521 Divide Rd, Whitewater CO [email protected]

Mill Creek Rifle Club 7215 Gardner Rd, DeSoto, KS 66018www.millcreekrc.orgContact:Larry Kuse - Group 913 [email protected]:Ronald Shultz - Hunter/VFS913 577-9879

Northern CO Benchrest Shooters38967 CR 51, Eaton, CO 80615www.wcfw.orgContact: Bud Schalles 970 224-3740PO Box 83, La Porte CO [email protected]

Okie Shooters RangeContact: Rex Reneau 405 787-85297409 NW 28th Terrace, Bethany OK 73008405 623-6019 or [email protected] Ouachita Sportsmen’s AssnContact: John Henry 870 326-5509278 Maquire Ln, Pencil Bluff AR 71965

Ouachita Sportsmen’s AssnContact: John Henry 870 326-5509278 Maquire Ln, Pencil Bluff AR 71965

Rio Grande Benchrest ShootersGPS: N 35.084129 W 106.64862816001 Shooting Range Access Rd NWAlbuquerque, NM 87124Contact: Ed Adams 505 401-50717923 Victoria Dr NW, Albuquerque NM 87120 [email protected]

Whittington Center34025 US 64, Raton, NM 87740575 445-3615 www.nrawc.orgContact: Ed Adams 505 401-50717923 Victoria Dr NW, Albuquerque NM 87120 [email protected]

SW—Southwest RegionArizona Benchrest Shooters

4044 W Black Canyon Blvd, Phoenix, AZ 85086GPS: N33 27 12.22 W112 37 12.20Contact: Art Clegg 623 878-49796210 W Mescal St, Glendale, AZ [email protected]

Central Utah BenchrestContact: Dave Tunbridge 801 571-6755966 Stacie Ave, Sandy UT 84094

[email protected] Sportsman Rifle Club

12201 W Charleston Blvd, Las Vegas, NV 89135 702 642-9928 www.dsrpc.net GPS: N36.1498 W115.3653Contact: Keith Myers - VFS [email protected] or 702 217-3591

Ojai Valley Gun Clubwww.dock.net/ovgcContact: Barry Bluhm 805 798-2473608 E Oak St, Ojai CA [email protected]

Palomino Valley Gun ClubWashoe County Shooting Facility21555 Pyramid Lake Hwy, Reno NV 80502palominovalleygunclub.homestead.comGPS: N39 51.374 W119 40.046Contact: Robert Hoppe - Long RangePO BOX 4251, Sparks NV [email protected] 827-8679 or 775 397-3358Contact: Steve Archibald - Varmint 5017 Pleasant View Dr, Sparks, NV 89434775 356-5850 (h) or 775 742-1153 (c) [email protected]

Sahuaro 1000-Yard Benchrestwww.tucsonrifleclub.orgContact: Karl Hunstiger 602 971-44002901 E Cortez St, Phoenix AZ [email protected]

Sloughhouse Benchrest Shooters www.sloughhousebenchrest.comContact: Craig St Claire - Long [email protected] or 209 744-2274Contact: Greg Wilson - Short Range415 342-4867 [email protected]: Dan Ludke - Short Range415 364-9665 [email protected]

Visalia Sportsman Association7398 Avenue 328, Visalia, CA 93291599 651-3063 www.visaliasportsmans.comContact: Dennis Thornbury 559 432-4401PO Box 105, Visalia, CA 93279559 280-6243 [email protected]

EU—European RegionBenchrest Dolomiti *NEW*

Via Alemagna 1/a, Dobbiaco, Italy [email protected]: Americo [email protected]

AttentionMatch Directors

Please review the club details and your contact information in this sec-

tion of the magazine. Contact the NBRSA office if there

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