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April, 2014

The Voice of the National Benchrest Shooters Association

2 Precision Rifleman

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New Austrian Benchrest Trigger, by Boyd Allen 4Meet Jack Foster, by Audrey Brown 92014 Long Range Contenders, by Audrey Brown 122014 NBRSA Registered Match Schedule 16US World Team Qualifications 19Sloughhouse Long Range Benchrest 20Arizona Benchrest Gets Warmed Up 23Sahuaro 1000-Yard Benchrest 26Farewell to Larry Kuse 27Ranges, Clubs & Contacts 28NBRSA News 30Advertising Index 30Officer & Director Contact Information 31

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If you are a serious benchrest shooter, your life has just become more complicated. There is another premium trigger in town that merits your serious consideration. When my friend Chris Harris told me that he is importing a new trigger from Aus-tria, my curiosity was piqued. Whwen he asked me to try it and report my impressions, curiosity turned into a big smile. Of course I would. But then I began to think about what was involved in such an evaluation. The wheels started to turn and the smile was replaced with a few wrinkles on my forehead. Given the quality of the alternatives, this would be a real challenge. First of all, let’s get past the basics. Who makes it and what does it look like? If you go to the best place on the internet to find out about European benchrest, eurobenchrestnews.com and click on the links icon in the index (on the left side of the home page) it will take you to a list of links that include benchrest manufacturers and suppliers from several countries. One of these is an Austrian business named BIX’N-ANDY and you can find

them at www.bixn-andy.at. After clicking on the link, for those of us who are monolingual, the first thing that needs to be resolved in or-der to understand what is there, is the language barrier. The site is in German. Thank goodness for Google Translate. After some copy and paste machine translation, one can at least browse the site with some understanding. The initial impressions are of creativ-ity, innovation, technical aptitude and quality. These are the folks that make the trigger. The next question that needs an-swering (at least for me), is why bother going all the way to Austria for a trigger when we make several in this country? The short and only rea-sonable answer is that a very highly qualified shooter, (my friend has been a member of two recent US World Benchrest Championship teams) is of the opinion that it works better. The longer answer is that it works better, but the difference is so subtle that one needs an experienced trigger fin-ger to discern the difference. Nevertheless, it is there, and as many of you are aware, state-of-the-art benchrest rifles are all about sub-tle differences and improvements. If one is going to spend a lot of mon-ey, the goal is to have the very best available, and to make the necessary changes to maintain that position. The next question that comes to mind is just what the nature of the improvement from previous designs actually is. How is it better? This all comes down to creep. All mechanical triggers require that the finger trav-el some small distance to discharge the firearm. This is called creep and

shooters have different preferences. Some will tell you that they like a little smooth creep, as long as it is consistent. Others don’t want to feel any. This is the group to which Chris belongs, and it is for this characteris-tic that this trigger was designed, and why it is being imported…lack of per-ceptible creep. What has been com-pared to the abruptness of an icicle breaking, but at this pull weight is re-ally more like thought controlling the trigger. To get this feel, every time the same, while being able to safely cycle the bolt, and know what you can get away with when touching the trigger, is a great advantage, because once you are used to it, you can stop thinking about pulling the trigger and concentrate on the unavoidable vari-ables, like identifying the best condi-tion in which to “think” the shot. Having said all of that, through the filter of my much less auspicious ben-chrest qualifications, I will tell you of my impressions of this trigger, and the experience that forms my frame of reference. I have several two ounce triggers. The Jewel HVR that lives on my Viper auctioned sporter (10.5# 6mmPPC) has given me the bulk of my experience. It is adjusted some-what conservatively, with a rather longish amount of sear engagement and intentional over travel to a pull weight of about 2.4 oz. As a backup trigger, mounted to an extra trigger bracket, (that will serve me well in this test) I have an older Shilen that has seen considerable use before I bought it, and may have a different, lighter trigger spring than it came with. I have spent some time shoot-

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Picky World Class Shooter Imports New Austrian Benchrest Trigger ...Because He Likes It by Boyd Allen


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ing this trigger, but although is works fine, I prefer the Jewel. On another, older rifle, I have what appears to be an older Hart trigger, that has a trig-ger shoe that is adjustable for posi-tion, and on still another, a Canjar LP, all adjusted to similar pulls. The rifles all go bang when they are supposed to, and do not when they are not; but there are differences in feel, that are usually overlooked because of overriding concerns as to whether the load is in tune, what condition to start a group in, or why that last shot went somewhere other than where it was expected. In short, unless there is a problem, how the trigger feels is way down the list of concerns as I sit at the bench, and yet…I know that it matters, and that some are better than others. And

so we come to the Allen wrenches, the rifle vise and that extra trigger bracket, so that I can begin the task of trying to feel the differences. This is where “the rubber meets the road”. After another conversation with Chris Harris, the cocking piece con-tact area of the top lever of this trig-ger is a little farther forward, relative to the mounting pins, than a Jewel and for that reason, when Chris first mounted it to his action, because the firing pin fall was less than it needed be, (because of where that particular trigger bracket positioned the trig-ger) the rifle did not shoot well. Af-ter he figured out what the problem was, a different bracket was fitted, restoring the proper amount of fir-ing pin fall, and the same rifle won its next Two-Gun. (Translation: pro-duced the lowest average group size for all distances, with two different class rifles, a total of 20 five shot groups at 100 and 200 yards) Evident-ly that action is right on the edge as far as firing pin fall required for best accuracy goes.)

Part Two: The trigger arrives After some shipping issues, it ar-rived, along with a couple of pages of literature that show how adjust-ments are made, and list the weight ranges for each of three different trigger springs. The range is from 30 to 700 grams, which translates to one to twenty five ounces, depending on which spring is fitted. This was all very nice, but what I really needed to do was install it in my benchrest rifle, so that I could do an apples to

apples comparison with my Jewel trigger. Step one: Clamp the low torque, Davidson style barrel vise to the left front of my desk’s top. Step two: In-sert the inverted rifle’s barrel into the vise as far as it would go without the stock hitting the desk or C clamps and tighten the nuts finger tight. Af-ter that, I removed the trigger guard, and disassembled the trigger hanger from the action. (This approach was needed because my action is glued into the stock.)

Out with the old and in with the new…almost The Jewel came out easily enough, but just when I thought that I had it made, I found that I had a “minor” fit-ting issue to overcome. The problem was because the trigger has a step or shoulder on both sides, the trigger could not be inserted far enough into the hanger for the mounting pin holes to line up. Doing a little measuring with the jaws and bottom of my dial caliper, I determined that close to .020 of material would have to be re-moved from the bottom of the trigger bracket for the pins to be able to be inserted. At this point, owning a mill would have been nice. I don’t, so my only alternative was an old Crafts-man combination belt and disk sand-er that I had fitted with a relatively fine grit belt, of a type designed for removing metal.


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Before you become too ill from the thought of such an inexact process, I should point out that trigger brackets are not all that expensive, that I have a spare, and that by working slowly, and measuring as I went, I was able to achieve a really good fit, which had the steps on the side plates in full contact with the bottom of the hanger, when the second pin was tapped into place. At that point, I had removed a total of .018, having done the last .001 by hand, using a sheet of 220 grit wet and dry abrasive paper backed up by a flat surface. Having completed the hard (and a little scary) part, I assembled the hanger and trigger to the action , re-installed the trigger guard, shimming it up a little to make a little more clearance, and finally was able to appraise the trigger in my rifle. This was going to take some getting used to.

At last…the range I don’t normally make range trips on days when the temperature is pre-dicted to be around a hundred de-grees, but I friend called me asking if I would make the range available for a couple of shooters to practice the Thursday before a match the follow-ing weekend. That, and my wanting

to get in some range time, and a cou-ple of other experienced opinions on the new trigger were all that it took. I set the alarm clock for 5:30, tried unsuccessfully to get to sleep earlier, and succeeded in dragging myself out of our bed, the next morning. Arriving at the Visalia range about fifteen minutes before the time when we are allowed to start shooting (8:00 AM) I was surprised to see that some-one had beat me there, but he was still unloading, so there was no delay, and by the time that I could shoot, my collection of equipment was out of the truck and I was involved in the requisite measuring and math to seat some of the new Berger Column bul-lets .030 off (shorter than) jam. After that, I set my measure for my start-ing load with some of the new (unob-tainium) LT 32 powder that comes to us because of eight years of effort by my friend, Lou Murdica. What I have is a small sample that Lou has been kind enough to give me, along with a box of the new Berger column bullets, (for which he has done several thou-sand rounds of prototype testing). My first try showed a little vertical, so I upped the next one by about .2 grains and cut the vertical from about one bullet hole to half that, wanting to see if I could squeeze just a little


more out of it, I increased the load by another .2 grains and asked a very capable shooter if he wanted to try out the new trigger. (Paul Garin owns a 200-yard range record). He did, and as it turned out, that was a very good thing for a couple of reasons. He shot a nice little three shot group that measured at .085 (Evidently my rifle and load were working), and he was sufficiently impressed with the trigger that I believe that he will be among the first to own one. He got some benefit as well; a new toy! Lat-er, Gary Sinclair, former NBRSA SW Region Director and long time com-petitor, tried the trigger and gave it a very favorable review. His trigger preferences are the same as the im-porter and so I was particularly inter-ested in what he had to say. It was all good. And so we come to the part of the article that is like the end of a tele-vision cooking show, where the host tries to convey to the audience what the food smells and tastes like, only in this case, it is what a trigger feels like… no easy task.

As I mentioned earlier, although all of my triggers get the job done, they all have the common characteristic of being a little challenging (for me) to use near their lower pull limits, so it was with some trepidation that I considered what it would be like to work with a trigger that has virtu-ally no perceptible creep, no notice-able over travel, and which seemed to have come from the factory set quite a bit lower than I am used to. Now that I have spent some bench time actually shooting the trigger, I am reminded of the title of one of Shakespeare’s comedies that de-scribes how I now feel about my previous doubts; they turned out to be…”Much Ado About Nothing”. It was a veritable piece of cake. There were no problems. This trigger has a certain motionless “notcheyness” that allows great control, and con-fidence, even at very light settings. As Chris has said, you can put your finger on the trigger with confidence, and when you decide to break the shot, it is almost as if you thought the shot, rather than pulled the trig-

ger. They do not leave the factory unless they are able to maintain pull consistency of one gram (1/30 oz.). Translation: Every single time that I pulled the trigger, it felt EXACTLY the same. Now that inspires confidence. The confidence that allows a ben-chrest shooter to focus more sharply on something that is critical; his wind flags.

The Nitty Gritty And so we come to the end, at which I will leave you with my inescapable conclusion. In my opinion, if you can afford it, this is undoubtedly the best of all the benchrest triggers, if you like a very light, entirely predictable trigger that has no discernible creep. This is not to say that you can’t get along without one, but why would you want to? To give this a lot more weight, for those of us that pay at-tention to such things, Tony Boyer gives this trigger very high marks, and is shooting one, that he bought.

Post Script For those of you that enjoy knowing

April, 2014 Precision Rifleman 9how things work, I have included a couple of photographs. Usually, I can look at a trigger design and almost immediately figure out how all of the parts interrelate. This one is so dif-ferent that it has taken some study to fully appreciate the subtleties of the design. Good luck with your own efforts. I’ve included a picture with the side plate removed and the parts in the position that they would be with the rifle cocked, another pic-ture shows as they would be after fir-ing. There are some holes, slots, con-tours and other features that seem to serve no function. They are there to accommodate a safety, which is not included in this version. All of the sears of the few early imports were replaced, lengthening striker fall to what a Jewel would produce. The new ones will come that way, so no worries. With my re-placement sear (that I installed) and my Viper’s trigger hanger reversed, I have .220 of total striker fall, the same as it had been with the Jewel that I removed for the test, with the same hanger reversal. Because of various delays that were not of my making, it has been a while since this piece was first put on a page. During that time, Col-umn bullets have become a regular part of the benchrest scene, as has LT32 powder and the trigger has pro-gressed as well. Due to the immense popularity of BAT actions in benchrest, and with-out reducing its functionality for oth-er actions, the Bix’n-Andy trigger has undergone some slight refinement so that it is as well matched to BATs as it can be. This has primarily been a matter of optimizing the sear angle, where it comes in contact with the cocking piece, and the length of the sear so that striker fall is per action design. Additionally, I have had the pleasure of a short phone conversa-tion with Tony Boyer in which he con-firmed that Chris (the importer) has his permission to publish his recom-mendation of this trigger. This per-mission was verified at the request of the owner of another media outlet, not because I doubted anything that Chris has told me.

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What a perfect time to have an ar-ticle about Jack Foster with the Sochi Olympics recently completed. Many of you may not know Jack Foster. He re-sides in Montana and shoots primarily in the Northwest, North Central and Mid-Continent regions. Depending on how long you have been involved in competitive shooting will determine whether you recognize his name. He began shooting small bore in 1954. Before he went to college he was in-terested in international shooting. He shot in college he joined the army re-serve his freshman year shooting high-power. He then bought his 300 meter free rifle and shot three positions prone, standing and kneeling. In 1956 he shot well at Camp Perry and ended in 13th place, but only 1st and 2nd placements made the Olympic team. In 1958 at the marksmanship unit, the rifles wouldn’t group within the inter-national target 10 ring (3.96” for the

10-ring). Now it’s common to shoot a 1” group at 300 meters. That was as good as technology was at that time. Soon afterward, Sierra came out with a 168 grain boat-tail hollow point and Jack said that was the first real target bullet made. The Olympic tryouts got him noticed by army marksmanship scouts and a few years later in 1960, Jack made the Olympic shooting team and placed 7th in 300 meter free rifle. After he came back from the 1960 Olympics he left the army but re-mained shooting for the reserve pri-marily free rifle. At this point in time, there were only three international competitions in a four year time span; the Pan Am games, Olympics and World Championships. Since there w no Olympics in sight for the next four years, Jack opted to change disciplines to Running Deer, which at that time was a centerfire event at 100 meters. There were single and double events.


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In 1961, he won the double event and placed 2nd in 1962 in the same event. In the World Championships in 1962, Jack was an alternate but placed sec-ond in the Running Deer event. He returned to the Army in 1964 and went to the marksmanship unit. The next competition he made was the 1966 World Championships. At this point he was engaged to his wife, Trish, and they both competed in this championship event. Trish received a silver medal in the Women’s three po-sition Standard Rifle Team Champion-ship. Jack won and set a world record in 300 meter kneeling. He placed 7th in the 1968 Olympics in Mexico City in 300 meter Free Rifle three-position using a 308 and placed 4th in the 50 meter three-position Free Rifle shooting an Anschutz.

In the 1970 Phoenix World Championships, Trish received a silver medal in Women’s Stan-dard Rifle Team (3-posi-tion) and Jack shot four different events and not only won but also set another world record in 300-meter Standard Ri-fle, called at that time 300-meter army rifle. On to the World Champi-onships in Lucerne, Swit-

zerland where in 1974 Jack again won the 300-meter kneeling competition but this time without a world record. He says he was a lousy prone shooter and felt his best position was stand-ing although he didn’t win any world championships in this position. Jack’s total World Championship medal count up to this point is 16 gold, 15 silver and 2 bronze. Jack and Trish shared their shoot-ing enthusiasm and skill with their daughter, Jean Foster, pictured below. Jean is an accomplished shooter and Olympian herself and has competed in both the Sydney and Atlanta Olympic games. After retiring from Army service, Jack opened a mail-order sporting goods store in his home state of Montana. He did this for another twenty years

and has since retired a second time. When asked about what has changed during all those years, Jack says the equipment has changed greatly during his career, particularly clothing. Back when he competed in the Olympics, the teams wore canvas jackets with elbow patches. There were no regu-lations regarding shooting clothing. Soon afterward the Germans started sporting leather jackets which were sturdier and today there are lengthy regulations for the super-stiff clothing the shooters now don to compete. He says centerfire free-rifle has come a long way since he began shooting. Rimfire has changed as well but he said the main differences now are the pro-ficiency of the shooters themselves. Kneeling was Jack’s best shooting po-sition. As time went by, kneeling be-came more challenging and he opted to change to prone. This, however also had its difficulties as it caused him to have a stiff neck. Back in his army days, he had competed in three ben-chrest national events. He did this to stay abreast of changes in the industry and to see what products were being used at the time and what technolo-gies or techniques were effective. He still competes in benchrest today.

-Audrey Brown

April, 2014 Precision Rifleman 11What Are People Saying About

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brass.” Bill H, Duncanville, Texas“I got the annealer stuff a few days ago that I had ordered. It works EXACTLY as you showed in the demo with no tricks. After a little bit of practice (no more than 5 or so rounds), I was able to smoothly transition between cases and was doing a case (.308) about ev-ery 8-10 seconds. Haven’t shot them but the neck tension did feel a little more consistent than before. These cases have been shot 9 times each, so they were getting ready for the grave-yard….hopefully this will bring them back a little, and from this point for-ward I can hopefully extend the life of any future cases…I also annealed several .223 cases. I was a little nervous about doing them because of their size/ length, but with the 750 degree liquid in the neck and a little 450 degree liquid down the side, I was able to tell that I was doing it correctly and there was no indication that the head of the case reached a temperature anywhere close to the danger zone.I have thought about annealing for several months, but was never really comfortable with the processes that I saw. Consistency seamed to be unat-tainable because of the lack of tem-perature indicators and there was no way to know if you heated one side of the case neck too much and the other side not enough, etc. It just seemed that you could easily make case concentricity worse instead of better. With some, they used the color change of the brass as an indicator, but that seemed a little dangerous

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2014 Long Range Contenders: Who Can Deliver The Goods at the Long Range Nationals? by Audrey Brown

In preparation for the Long Range Nationals this month in Sacrament, I thought it fitting to do a little history on the contenders. It’s always help-ful to put a face to the name, so I’ll list some of their accomplishments alongside their pictures (providing I have one). One of the special benefits of this position is being able to catch people in photos. Some people don’t like the camera and shy away from it whenever possible. Being a photogra-pher’s daughter, I am included in this lot. Others are good with their mugs and I’m grateful for their participa-tion. First out of the gate is Jerry Tierney, (above). Many of you may recognize him from June 2013’s cover shot. He’ll have to defend his Grand Champion

title against some pretty stiff compe-tition. That being said, Jerry himself, has been stiff competition for the long range crowd for some time. Following are some of his accomplishments:LR Benchrest Hall of Fame Inductee

2005 1000-Yard NationalsLG Group ChampionLG Score Champion

Two Gun Group ChampionTwo Gun Score Champion2005 600-Yard NationalsTwo Gun Score Champion2008 600-Yard Nationals

HG Score ChampionTwo Gun Score Champion

Grand Champion2009 600-Yard Nationals

LG Group Champion2013 1000-Yd Nationals HG Score

2013 1000-Yd Nationals Two Gun Score2013 1000-Yard Grand Champion

Right on Jerry’s heels is Richard Schatz, (right column). Richard has the advantage of being newly retired and therefore extra rested and focused on the challenge at hand. Currently, Rich-ard holds 3 600-Yard World Records; 2 in HG and 1 Two-Gun. Here are some more of Richard’s accomplishments:LR Benchrest Hall of Fame Inductee

2008 1000-Yard NationalsLG Score Champion

Two Gun Score ChampionGrand Champion

2010 600-Yard NationalsHG Group ChampionHG Score Champion

Two Gun Group Champion2012 1000-Yard Nationals

LG Group ChampionTwo Gun Group

2013 600-Yard NationalsLG Score Champion

Two Gun Score ChampionGrand Champion

At this point, you may be thinking it’s a two-person race. You would be wrong. Allow me to introduce you to Robert Hoppe (page 14). Robert holds the 1000-yard World Record in LG Score and four more in the 600-Yard category; two in LG Group, HG Score and Two-Gun Group. Following are some of his National winnings:

2006 600-Yard NationalsLG Group Champion

Two Gun Group Champion2009 600-Yard Nationals

Grand Champion2007 1000-Yard Nationals

HG Score ChampionTwo-Gun Score Champion2012 1000-Yard Nationals

LG Score Champion Did I mention Robert has 9 points towards Hall of Fame induction? Ten


points are required. While I’m on the subject of inductions, last month’s is-sue mentioned this years’ inductee, Peter White and a multitude of his ac-complishments as well. Did you throw your March issue away by accident? I sell them for $5/each; (shameless plug). Anyway, back to the shooters. No list would be complete without mentioning Billy Copelin, who shot his way into the Hall of Fame like a ball of fire winning all but one title in 2009’s 1000-Yard Nationals. This one event garnered him nine points and he scooped the remaining two points in the 600-Yard Nationals winning the Two-Gun Group. Three of his World Re-cords still stand; one in LG Group and two in Two-Gun Group. Another shooter knocking on the HOF door is Bill Johnston, (page 14). Bill holds a 600-Yard World Record in HG Score and has accumulated nine points through National wins. Here’s the breakdown:

2012 600-Yard NationalsHG Score Champion

Two-Gun Group Champion2012 1000-Yard Nationals

HG Group ChampionHG Score Champion

Two-Gun Score ChampionGrand Champion

Last but by far not the least of these fine shooters is Bruce Bangeman (above) who, like Bill Johnston is look-ing for that last win to secure his HOF entrance. Bruce gathered his points as follows:

2011 1000-Yard Nationals

LG Group ChampionHG Group Champion

Two-Gun Group ChampionGrand Champion

2013 1000-Yard NationalsTwo-Gun Group Champion2011 600-Yard Nationals

LG Group Champion

These long rangers are just a few of the great shooters who make the annual pilgrimage to Sacramento to partake in the joys of long range ben-chrest and test their skills against the finest in the nation. They have a uniquely gentle camaraderie and en-joy good heartfelt banter when they are together. It’s not the kind of shoot-

ing everyone can do. It takes great skill and accurate, not to mention quite expensive equipment to shoot these distances with such precision and accuracy. Unlike short range tour-naments where a shooter can modify loads to suit conditions in between matches, the long range Nationals op-erate a little differently. For the most part, the long rangers preload the eve-ning before or morning of the match and during the times they are not ac-tively shooting, they take turns in the pits running the targets up and down as quickly as they can. When I partici-pated (in the pits last year) they even seem to compete when running the targets up and down keeping an eye


to see who’s faster. The intensity with which these fellows conduct their shooting, whether actively shooting in the match or running targets in the pits, contrasts with the gentle and jo-vial demeanor that is present on the range during the Nationals – at least that’s how I saw it last year. I’ll be looking forward to finding out who won what at the conclusion of this year’s Nationals. I don’t have any favorites, as I like them all, but I will miss visiting this year and so will have to find out the goings’ on from afar. Being fair to all the shooting disciplines means cover-age goes this year to the Score Na-tionals. Best of luck to all my long range buddies. I’ll miss you and look forward to hearing about all your an-tics and fun.

Above Left: Bill Johnston vies alongside Robert Hoppe (above right) for 2014 Long Range Grand Champion title in the upcoming Long Range

Nationals scheduled for April, 2014. Billy Copelin (middle

right) & Peter White (middle left) will be there as well.

Good luck to everyone. May the best long ranger win!


SOUTHWEST REGIONApr 5 VFS 200/300 Desert Sportsman’s Rifle Club

Long Range Club Championship

Apr 5-6 LV/HV 100/200 Sloughhouse Group Benchrest

Apr 12 LG/HG 1000 Sahuaro 1000-Yard BenchrestThree Points Range, Tucson, AZ

April 12-13

UNL5/UNL10

100/200 Arizona Benchrest ShootersArizona Unlimited Match

April 19-20

SP/HV 100/200 Visalia Sportsmen AssociationVisalia Group Match

Apr 22 LG/HG 600 Sloughhouse Long Range BenchrestRegistration & Prep Day: 2014 Long Range Benchrest Nationals

April23-24

LG/HG 600 Sloughhouse Long Range Benchrest11th Sloughhouse 600 Nationals

Apr 25 F-Class 1000 2nd Sloughhouse F-Class Bench

April26-27

LG/HG 1000 Sloughhouse Long Range BR 6th Sloughhouse 1000 Nationals

May 3 VFS 100/200 Desert Sportsman’s Rifle ClubNevada State Championship

May 3-4 SP/LV 100/200 Sloughhouse Group BenchrestCA State Championship Part 1

May 3-4 SP/UNL 100/200 Central Utah Benchrest ClubUtah State Championship Part 1

May 10 LG/HG 1000 Sahuaro 1000-Yard BenchrestThree Points Range, Tucson, AZ

May 17-18

LV/HV 100/200 Visalia Sportsmen AssociationVisalia Group Match

May 24-25

LV/HV 200/100 Palomino Valley Gun ClubNevada State Championship #1

May 25 LG/HG 600 Sloughhouse Long Range Benchrest

June 6-8

HTR/VFS 100/200300

Desert Sportsman’s Rifle ClubSouthwest Regional Two Gun

June 7-8

HV/UNL 100/200 Sloughhouse Group BenchrestCA State Championship Part 2

June 7-8

SP/UNL-5 200/100 Nevada State Championship #2Palomino Valley Gun Club

June 14 LG/HG 1000 Sahuaro 1000-Yard BenchrestThree Points Range, Tucson, AZ

June 21-22

HV/UNL-5 100/200 Visalia Sportsmen AssociationUnlimited SW Regional

June 22 LG/HG 1000 Sloughhouse Long Range Benchrest

July 5-6 LV/HV 100/200 Sloughhouse 200 4-Gun ChallengeSloughhouse Group Benchrest

July 12 LG/HG 1000 Sahuaro 1000-Yard BenchrestThree 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 ClubUtah State Championship Part 2

Aug 9 LG/HG 1000 Sahuaro 1000-Yard BenchrestThree Points Range, Tucson, AZ

Aug 24 LG/HG 1000 Sloughhouse Long Range Benchrest

Aug 30-31

SP/LV/HV 100/200 Southwest Regional ChampionshipVisalia Sportsmen Association

Sept 6 VFS 200/300 NV State Long Range ChampionshipDesert Sportsman’s Rifle Club

Sept 6-7

LV/HV 300/200 Long Range Varmint NationalsPalomino Valley Gun Club, NV

Sept 13 LG/HG 1000 Sahuaro 1000-Yard BenchrestThree Points Range, Tucson, AZ

Sept 27-28

UNL/UNL 300/200100

Palomino Unlimited 5-ShotPalomino Valley Gun Club, NV

Sept 27-28

4Gun 300 Palomino Valley Gun ClubPalomino Valley 4-Gun

Sept 28 LG/HG 600 Sloughhouse Long Range Benchrest

Oct 4 VFS 100/200 Desert Sportsman’s Rifle ClubSilver State Shootout

Oct 4-5 LV/HV 100/200 Sloughhouse Group Benchrest

Oct 4-5 LV/HV 100/200 Arizona Benchrest ShootersArizona State Championship #1

Oct 11 LG/HG 1000 Sahuaro 1000-Yard BenchrestThree Points Range, Tucson, AZ

Oct 18-19

UNL-5 100/200 Visalia Sportsmen AssociationVisalia Invitational

Oct 25-26

4Gun 300/300 Palomino 5-Shot 300Palomino Valley Gun Club

Oct 26 LG/HG 1000 Sloughhouse Long Range Benchrest

Nov 1 VFS 200/300 Desert Sportsman’s Rifle Club Glitter Gulch LR Championship

Nov 1-2 LV/HV 100/200 Sloughhouse Group Benchrest

Nov 8 LG/HG 1000 Sahuaro 1000-Yard BenchrestThree Points Range, Tucson, AZ

Nov 8-9 SP/UNL5 100/200 Arizona Benchrest ShootersArizona State Championship #2

Nov 23 LG/HG 600 Sloughhouse Long Range Benchrest

Dec 6-7 UNL5/UNL5 100/200 Arizona Benchrest ShootersArizona Invitational Unlimited

Dec 13 LG/HG 1000 Sahuaro 1000-Yard BenchrestThree Points Range, Tucson, AZ

Dec 28 LG/HG 1000 Sloughhouse Long Range Benchrest

NORTH CENTRAL REGIONApr 12 LV 100/200 Oak Hill Gun Club, Blue Grass, IA

Apr 13 HTR 100/200 Buffalo Outdoor Rifle Club, WY

Apr 19-20 LV/HV 100/200 Minnetonka Game & Fish, MN

Apr 26 HV 100/200 Iowa-Nebraska State ShootoutCouncil Bluffs Rifle & Pistol Club

Apr 27 VFS 100/200 Iowa-Nebraska State ShootoutCouncil Bluffs Rifle & Pistol Club

Apr 27 VFS 100/200 Buffalo Outdoor Rifle Club, WY

May 10 HTR 100/200 Buffalo Outdoor Rifle Club, WY

May 10-11 LV/HV 100/200 Minnetonka Game & Fish, MN

May 17-18

HTR/VFS 100/200 Boone Valley Ikes, IA *New Club*Two Gun Championship

May 18 HV 100/200 Oak Hill Gun Club, Blue Grass, IA

May 25 VFS 100/200 Buffalo Outdoor Rifle Club, WY

May 31-June 1

UNL10/SP 100/200 Prairie Dog Target Club, SDNC Regional Legs 1&2

June 8 HTR 100/200 Buffalo Outdoor Rifle Club, WY

2014 NBRSA Registered Match Schedule


June 14 LV 100/200 Oak Hill Gun Club, Blue Grass, IA

June 21-22

LV/HV 100/200 Minnesota State ChampionshipMinnetonka Game & Fish, MN

June 21-22

HTR/VFS 100/200 Casper Benchrest Shooters WY Wyoming State Hunter/VFS

June 22 VFS 100/200 Buffalo Outdoor Rifle Club, WY

June 28-29

HTR/VFS 100/200 Boone Valley Ikes, IAIowa State Score Championship

July 5-6 HV/LV 100/200300

Prairie Dog Target Club, SDSD State & The Prairie Dog

July 12-13

LV/HV 100/200 Don Judd Memorial Minnetonka Game & Fish, MN

July 13 HTR 100/200 Buffalo Outdoor Rifle Club, WY

July 19-20

HTR/VFS 100/200 Casper Benchrest Shooters, WYTrail Run Shoot

July 20 HV/UNL 100/200 Oak Hill Gun Club, Blue Grass, IA

July 26-27

LV/HV 100/200 Boone Valley Ikes, IAIowa State Group Championship

July 27 VFS 100/200 Buffalo Outdoor Rifle Club, WY

Aug 4-7 HTR/VFS 100/200200/300

Casper Benchrest Shooters, WY2014 Hunter/VFS Nationals

Aug 10 HTR 100/200 Buffalo Outdoor Rifle Club, WY

Aug 16-17

SP/UNL 100/200 Minnesota State ChampionshipMinnetonka Game & Fish, MN

Aug 17 LV 100/200 Oak Hill Gun Club, Blue Grass, IA

Aug 23-24

HTR/VFS 200/300 Lincoln Izaak Walton League1st NBRSA Registered Match

Aug 24 VFS 100/200 Buffalo Outdoor Rifle Club, WY

Aug 30-31

LV/HV 100/200 Prairie Dog Target Club, SDButch Kimmel Memorial/NC Regional

Sept 6-7 LV/HV 100/200 Minnetonka Game & Fish, MN

Sept 6-7 HTR/VFS 100/200 Boone Valley Ikes, IATwo Gun Score Shoot

Sept 6 HV 100/200 Nebraska State ChampionshipCouncil Bluffs Rifle & Pistol Club

Sept 7 VFS 100/200 Nebraska State ChampionshipCouncil Bluffs Rifle & Pistol Club

Sept 14 VFS 100/200 Buffalo Outdoor Rifle Club, WY

GULF COAST REGIONApr 5-6 4-GUN 200 Tomball Gun Club, TX

Apr 27 VFS 100/200 Southwest LA Rifle & Pistol Club

May 3-4 LV/SP 100/200 Central Texas Benchrest Shooters

May 17-18

UNL/HV 100/200 Seymour Stool ShootersTexas State Championship

May 18 VFS 100/200 Southwest LA Rifle & Pistol Club

May 31-June 1

LV/SP 100/200 North Texas Shooters AssnGulf Coast Region Showdown

June 14-15

UNL/HV 100/200 Seymour Stool ShootersGulf Coast Regionals

June 21-22

VFS/HTR 100/200 Tomball Gun ClubVFS/HTR San Jacinto

June 29 VFS 100/200 Southwest LA Rifle & Pistol Club

July 5-6 SP/HV 100/200 Midland Shooters AssociationTexas Shootout

July 19-20 4-GUN 200 Central Texas Benchrest Shooters

July 27 HTR/VFS 100/200 Southwest LA Rifle & Pistol ClubLouisiana State Score Champion

Aug 17 VFS 100/200 Central Texas Shooters’ VFS Match

Aug 30-31

LV/HV 100/200 Midland Shooters AssociationBuffalo

Sept 21 VFS 100/200 Southwest LA Rifle & Pistol ClubHTR & Gulf Coast VFS Regionals

Oct 26 HTR/VFS 100/200 Southwest LA Rifle & Pistol Club-VFS & Gulf Coast HTR Regionals

EASTERN REGIONApr 12-13 LV/HV 100/200 WWCCA Spring Tune Up

Apr 26-27 LV/HV 100/200 Holton Gun Club President’s Cup

May 3-4 LV/HV 100/200 Fairchance Gun Club Hog Roast

May 17-18 LV/HV 100/200 Chippewa Super Shoot Warm-Up

May 21-24 LV/HV 100/200 Kelbly’s Super Shoot

Jun 7-8 LV/HV 100/200 WWCCA Wolverine Challenge

June 28-29

LV/HV 100/200 Shelby County Deer HuntersBriar Hail Memorial

July 4-6 LV/HV/UNL 100/200 Fairchance Gun ClubEastern 3-Gun Championship

July 19-20

LV/HV 100/200 Kane Fish & GamePA State Championship

July 26-27

LV/HV 100/200 Holton Gun ClubMichigan State Championship

Sept 22-27

4-GUN 100/200 Holton Gun Club, Holton, MI2014 Group Benchrest Nationals

Oct 11-12

LV/HV 100/200 WWCCA Fall Classic

Oct 18-19

LV/HV 100/200 Shelby County Deer HuntersFall Finale

MISSISSIPPI VALLEY REGIONApril 6 HTR/VFS 100/200 Benchrest Rifle Club of St Louis

April 12-13

LV/HV 100/200 Benchrest Rifle Club of St LouisSat 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 21-22

LV/HV 100/200 Benchrest Rifle Club of St Louis East-West Show Me Shootout

July 12-13

HTR 100/200 Van Dyne Sportsmens ClubWI State Championship

July 13 LG/HG 600 Columbus Sportsman’s Assn

July 19-20

HTR/VFS 100/200 Benchrest Rifle Club of St LouisMO State/Jarvis/MVR Chism

July 26-27

LV/HV 100/200 Benchrest Rifle Club of St LouisSat 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

2014 NBRSA Registered Match Schedule


2014 NBRSA Registered Match ScheduleOct 11 LG/HG 600 Columbus Sportsman’s Assn

Oct 18-19

LV/HV 100/200 Benchrest Rifle Club of St LouisMississippi Valley Regionals

Nov 8 LG/HG 600 Columbus Sportsman’s Assn

NORTHWEST REGIONApr 5-6 LV/HV 100/200 Tacoma Rifle & Revolver Club

Allen Bench Trophy

Apr 12-13 VFS/HTR 100/200 Wenatchee Benchrest

Apr 26 VFS 100/200 Tri-Cities Metallic Silhouette

Apr 27 HTR 100/200 Lewis-Clark Wildlife Club

May 3-4 SP/HV 100/200 Tacoma Rifle & Revolver ClubManley Oakley Trophy

May 3-4 HTR/VFS 200/300 Whittecar Rifle & Pistol ClubMontana State Long Range

May 10-11 VFS/HTR 200/300 Wenatchee Benchrest

May 24-25

HTR/VFS 100/200 Yellowstone Rifle Club

May 31 HTR 100/200 Tri-Cities Metallic Silhouette

June 1 VFS 100/200 Lewis-Clark Wildlife Club

June 7-8

HV/UNL-5 100/200 Tacoma Rifle & Revolver ClubNorthwest HV Regional

June 7-8

HTR/VFS 100/200300

Whittecar Rifle & Pistol Club-Northwest Score Regional

June 14-15

VFS/HTR 100/200 Wenatchee BenchrestWashington State Score 2-Gun

June 22 LG/HG 600 Rogue Valley Shooting Sports Assn

June 28-29

HTR/VFS 100/200 Yellowstone Rifle ClubMac Clark Memorial & MT State

June 28 VFS 100/200 Tri-Cities Metallic Silhouette

June 29 HTR 100/200 Lewis-Clark Wildlife ClubIdaho State Championship

July 4-6 UNL-10UNL-10 UNL-5

100/200 Tacoma Rifle & Revolver ClubSam Wilson Memorial, Sniper King & WA UNL Championship

July 6 HTR/VFS 100/200 Whittecar Rifle & Pistol Club

July 12-13

VFS/HTR 100/200300

Wenatchee BenchrestBob Miller Memorial

July 26 HTR 100/200 Tri-Cities Metallic Silhouette

July 26-27

LV/HV 100/200 Yellowstone Rifle ClubMontana State Group Championship

Aug 2-3 SP/LV 100/200 Tacoma Rifle & Revolver ClubNorthwest SP & LV Regionals

Aug 17 LG/HG 600 Rogue Valley Shooting Sports Assn

Aug 23-24 LV/HV 100/200 Yellowstone Rifle Club

Aug 30-Sept 1

SP/LV/HV 100/200 Tacoma Rifle & Revolver ClubEd Frombach Memorial & WA State SP, LV, HV & 3Gun

Sept 14 LG/HG 600 Rogue Valley Shooting Sports Assn

Oct 19 LG/HG 600 Rogue Valley Shooting Sports Assn

Nov 16 LG/HG 600 Rogue Valley Shooting Sports Assn

MID-CONTINENT REGIONApr 12-13

HTR/VFS 100/200 Mill Creek Rifle Club, KS

Apr 26-27

SP/HV 100/200 Okie Shooters *begins 12noonSP-OK State & HV-MC Regional

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

May 3-4 LV/HV 100/200 Mill Creek Group Benchrest, KS

May 17-18

LV/HV 100/200 Land’s End Benchrest, COHV Leg of 4-Gun Challenge

May 24-25

LV/HV 100/200 Whittington Center BenchrestBest in the West

May 31-June 1


June 7-8

SP/HV 100/200 Northern Colorado BenchrestSP Leg of 4Gun

June 7-8

LV/HV 100/200 Mill Creek Group Benchrest, KS

June 14-15

HV-UNL/SP 100/200 Whittington Center BenchrestLeg 1 New Mexico State 4Gun

July 12-13

UNL10/UNL5

100/200 Northern Colorado BenchrestUNL10 Leg of 4Gun

July 12-13


July 19-20

UNL10/SP 100/200 Land’s End Benchrest, CO2nd & 3rd Legs of 4-Gun

July 19-20

LV/HV 100/200 Whittington Center BenchrestMuchas Gracias

Aug 2-3 HTR/VFS 100/200 Northern Colorado Benchrest

Aug 16-17

LV/HV 100/200 Whittington Center BenchrestRattlesnake

Aug 30-31


Sept 6-7 LV/HV 100/200 Northern Colorado BenchrestFirewalker LV&HV 4Gun

Sept 13-14


Sept 27-28

LV/HV 100/200 Land’s End Benchrest, COLV Leg of 4-Gun & Purple Haze

Oct 4-5 LV/HV 100/200 Mill Creek Group Benchrest, KS

Oct 18-19

LV/HV 100/200 Rio Grande Benchrest, NM

EUROPEAN REGIONJune 5-8

LV/HV 100/200 Alpen CupBenchrest Dolomiti, Dobbiaco IT

SOUTHEAST REGIONApr 12-13

LV/HV 100/200 River Bend Gun Club, GA

July 12-13

LV/HV 100/200 Unaka Rod & Gun Club, TN

Aug 23-24

4-GUN 100 Southeast Region Champ Leg 1Brock’s Gap Training Center

Sept 6-7 4-GUN 200 Southeast Region Champ Leg 2Unaka Rod & Gun Club, TN

Oct 11-12 LV/HV 100/200 River Bend Gun Club, GA


2014 US World Team Qualifications There are four remaining opportu-nities to qualify for the WBC-13 US Teams; Hog Roast, East-West, Rattle-snake & Group Nationals. This event is scheduled for September, 2015 in St Louis. Let’s review the point selection process beforehand so everyone will know what to expect. The point system for the qualifying matches was voted on by the NBRSA Board of Directors in the 2013 Annual meeting. For matches 1 thru 4 each competitor will be awarded one (1) point for each competitor he or she beats in the LV and HV Grand Aggre-gates up to a maximum of seventy-five (75) points per grand in matches having at least seventy-six (76) com-petitors. Should a match have fewer than seventy-six (76) competitors, the actual number of competitors beaten will be used as the maximum points awarded. The competitors LV and HV grand point totals will be added to-gether to establish their awarded

points for that match. For the NBRSA Nationals, each com-petitor will be awarded one (1) point for each competitor he/she beats in the LV and HV grand aggregates re-gardless of the number of competi-tors. There are no point restrictions for this match. The competitors LV and HV points total will be added together to establish their awarded points for that match. In all qualifying matches the num-ber of competitors in each grand shall be determined by the largest quantity of shooters to shoot at least one (1) group in either yardage of that class. The logic used here is not to take points away from any competitor be-cause shooters begin a yardage and do not complete it for whatever reason. One case in point was the 2008 Cactus qualifying event where many shoot-ers began the 200 yardage on Sunday afternoon, but with 30-40 mph winds, many contestants dropped out, signifi-

cantly reducing the formal grand to-tals from Saturday’s numbers. Final qualifying point totals will be established using each competitors best three (3) of five (5) qualifying match totals. Based on this system, attendance at the NBRSA Nationals will be almost imperative for those shooters who wish to maximize their number of points they hope to attain. When the points are tallied, the top twenty shooters with the most points will be contacted and the first twelve in descending point order have the op-portunity to compete in WBC-13. The first four compete on Team A for the US, the second group of four shooters will be selected for Team B and the fi-nal four will be representing the US as Team C. There are a maximum of three four-man teams for each country. If you have any questions, please contact Wayne Campbell, US World Team Representative. See page 31 for contact information.


Name Caliber Action Barrel Gunsmith Stocker Scope/Pwr Case Powder Bullet Primer TriggerBill Johnston 6BR BAT Bartlein Wright Shehane Nightforce Lapua RL15/33 Berger 105VLD CCI 450 JewellRobert Hoppe 6Dasher Panda Hart Direks Dierks Nightforce Lapua Varget Hoppe Special CCI 450 JewellEveret Smith 6Dasher BAT Krieger Begimski McMillan Nightforce Lapua H4895 Berger 105VLD FED 205 JewellBob Landis 6BR Savage Criterian n/a Savage 25 Millett Lapua Varget/30.5 Berger 105VLD CCI 450 SavageCanada Cummins 6MM BAT Bartlein Wright Shehane Nightforce Lapua RL15/33 Berger 105VLD CCI 450 JewellLouie Tamani 6BRX Stolle Bartlein Shehane McMillan n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a JewellGerry Tierney 6BR IMP BAT Krieger Tierney Tracker Nightforce Lapua Varget/32 BIO 54 REM 7.5 JewellGreg Wilson 6FatDawg BAT Krieger Wilson Shehane Nightforce Lapua H4895/34 Sierra107 CCI 450 JewellStu Harvey (LG) 6BRWX Viper Bartlein Harvey Kelbly March Lapua Varget Stus105 WOLF KelblyRaymond Garric 6BR Nesika Krieger Borden Borden Nightforce Norma Varget/30 Sierra FED Jewell

Sloughhouse Benchrest Shooters 1000-Yard Top-10 Equipment List for January 26, 2014

Sloughhouse Long Range Benchrest The day for this January match was like any other except the wind stayed calm though out the match, which made the 1000-yard event much more rewarding. Everyone had a good time. Some of the regulars placed in the top along with some new front-runners coming up to bat; Bob Landis, Canada Cummins and Raymond Garric. It’s nice to mix them up from time to time. No world records broke this time but always watching. I would like to give a special thanks to Gary Childs for helping out with target measuring and Mike Mou-nov for score keeping. Our scoring program isn’t quite refined yet but we’re getting there. After the event we always enjoy a nice BBQ to finish the day.Thanks to all the participants who helped out. LRBR Match Director, Craig St Claire

Light Gun Group AggregateBill Johnston ...................5.6030Stu Harvey ...................... 6.2033Robert Hoppe ................... 6.8113Bob Landis ...................... 6.9263Louie Tamagni .................. 7.1690Canada Cummins ............... 7.6517Raymond Garric ................ 7.7407Greg Wilson ..................... 8.0333Gerry Tierney ................... 8.3177Everet Smith .................... 8.5830Ken Schroeder .................. 8.6387Henry Pinkney .................. 8.9750

Gary Gagliano ................. 10.8873Rob Allen ....................... 11.2833Andy Anderson ................. 11.6130Pete White ..................... 13.2117Bob Dorton ..................... 15.3843Richard Heinson ............... 21.1150Jess VanWinkle ................ 50.0000Walley Laursen ................ 50.0000

Light Gun High ScoreGerry Tierney ..................138-2XCanada Cummins ............... 135-2XEveret Smith ...................... 135Robert Hoppe ..................... 135Greg Wilson ....................... 135Louie Tamagni .................... 134Stu Harvey ........................ 131Bob Landis ........................ 129Raymond Garric .................. 128Bill Johnston ...................... 128Andy Anderson .................. 126-2XRob Allen ........................ 126-1XKen Schroeder .................... 126Gary Gagliano .................. 123-2XPete White ........................ 123Henry Pinkney .................... 117Bob Dorton ........................ 116Richard Heinson ...................64Jess VanWinkle .....................0Walley Laursen .....................0

Heavy Gun Group AggregateEveret Smith ...................6.3460Bill Johnston .................... 7.1067Canada Cummins ............... 7.5533Louie Tamagni ................. 10.3650Bob Landis ..................... 10.5763Rob Allen ....................... 10.7197Robert Hoppe .................. 10.8400Greg Wilson .................... 11.1175Ken Schroeder ................. 11.2423

Stu Harvey ..................... 11.8073Gary Gagliano ................. 12.1387Walley Laursen ................ 12.2613Jess Van Winkle ............... 12.4340Pete White ..................... 12.7997Andy Anderson ................. 13.4750Raymond Garric ............... 14.1260Gerry Tierney .................. 14.1787Bob Dorton ..................... 15.4707Henry Pinkney ................. 21.7417Richard Heinson ............... 25.0423

Heavy Gun High ScoreBob Landis ......................289-6XEveret Smith .................... 289-4XBill Johnston .................... 281-6XKen Schroeder .................. 281-3XLouie Tamagni .................. 280-5XCanada Cummins ............... 277-2XGary Gagliano .................. 272-4XRaymond Garric ................ 272-1XWalley Laursen ................. 269-3XJess Van Winkle ................ 265-3XGreg Wilson ..................... 262-1XRobert Hoppe ..................... 261Gerry Tierney ..................... 259Andy Anderson .................. 257-3XStu Harvey ........................ 253Bob Dorton ...................... 252-1XRob Allen ........................ 245-1XHenry Pinkney .................. 230-1XPete White ...................... 219-1XRichard Heinson ................ 199-1X

Light Gun & Heavy GunCombined Group Aggregate

Bill Johnston ...................6.5338Robert Hoppe ................... 7.2285Canada Cummins ............... 8.1557Bob Landis ...................... 8.5932Everet Smith .................... 8.9355


2014 Chippewa Rifle Club Super-Shoot Warm UpNBRSARegisteredGroup Match

Practice Friday 5/16 10AM-4PMMatch Begins: 9AM

Bench Rotation at Yardage Change2-Relays with 25 benches each

May 17-18, 2014

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Greg Wilson ..................... 9.0743Stu Harvey ...................... 9.2422Pete White ...................... 9.4863Ken Schroeder .................. 9.7352Louie Tamagni .................. 9.8445Rob Allen ....................... 10.4128Raymond Garric ............... 11.1195Gary Gagliano ................. 11.6038Gerry Tierney .................. 11.6718Andy Anderson ................. 12.4775Bob Dorton ..................... 13.3923Henry Pinkney ................. 15.7598Richard Heinson ............... 22.3542Walley Laursen ................ 31.1307Jess Van Winkle ............... 31.2170

Light Gun & Heavy GunCombined High Score

Everet Smith ...................424-4XBob Landis ...................... 418-6XLouie Tamagni .................. 414-5XCanada Cummins ............... 412-4XBill Johnston .................... 409-6XKen Schroeder .................. 407-3XRaymond Garric ................ 400-1XGerry Tierney ................... 397-2XGreg Wilson ..................... 397-1XRobert Hoppe ..................... 396Gary Gagliano .................. 395-6XStu Harvey ........................ 384Andy Anderson .................. 383-5XRob Allen ........................ 371-2XBob Dorton ...................... 368-1XHenry Pinkney .................. 347-1XPete White ...................... 342-1XWalley Laursen ................. 269-3XJess Van Winkle ................ 265-3XRichard Heinson ................ 263-1X


Arizona Benchrest Gets Warmed Up The Arizona Benchrest crew has been busy preparing for the Berger Cactus Classic, so there’s not a lot of talk this month about the January match; just the results. As you can see, they’ve had a great turnout for January and February too. At the rate these busy guys are moving, the Berger Cactus Classic is shaping up to be a BIG turn-out. All the better for benchrest. Con-gratulations to the Two Gun winner, Doc Marsh, undoubtedly shooting one of his fine Marsh actions (see page 13). He also took the HV 200 and HV Grand. Honorable mentions to Walt Berger for his win in the LV 200 and HV 100, and to Gene DeLoney for winning the LV 100 and LV Grand.

Light Varmint 100Gene DeLoney .................0.1726Bud Mundy ...................... 0.1988Tom Libby ....................... 0.2232William Marsh .................. 0.2248Chuck Miller .................... 0.2312

Dan Sutton ..................... 0.2318Walt Berger .................... 0.2424Randy Burgess ................. 0.2450Phill Nick ....................... 0.2576Stephen Everson ............... 0.2618Gary Ocock ..................... 0.2626Bob Brackney .................. 0.2670Ed Maxwell ..................... 0.2872Keith Cottrell .................. 0.2946Bob Hammack ................. 0.2952Larry Leser ..................... 0.2970Dave Woodward ............... 0.3022Tom Debacco ................... 0.3028Garett Atkins ................... 0.3070Greg Evanson .................. 0.3082Larry White .................... 0.3114Tony Debacco .................. 0.3150Randy Pumphrey .............. 0.3186Lou Murdica .................... 0.3214Pete Savage .................... 0.3256Doug Seib ....................... 0.3804Hector Elias Jr .................. 0.3836John Benz ...................... 0.5312

Small GroupGene DeLoney ................... 0.077

Light Varmint 200Walt Berger ....................0.2664Dan Sutton ..................... 0.2741William Marsh .................. 0.2743Greg Evanson .................. 0.2936Gene Deloney .................. 0.3067Gary Ocock ..................... 0.3187Larry Leser ..................... 0.3398Keith Cottrell .................. 0.3499Phill Nick ....................... 0.3527Bob Brackney .................. 0.3604Stephen Everson ............... 0.3622Bud Mundy ...................... 0.3989Chuck Miller .................... 0.4226Dave Woodward ............... 0.4261Bob Hammack ................. 0.4669Randy Burgess ................. 0.4688Hector Elias Jr .................. 0.4692Garett Atkins ................... 0.4734Larry White .................... 0.4803Ed Maxwell ..................... 0.5073Tom Debacco ................... 0.5250John Benz ...................... 0.5406Tony Debacco .................. 0.6108

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Small GroupWilliam Marsh .................... 0.300

Light Varmint GrandGene Deloney .................0.2396William Marsh .................. 0.2495Dan Sutton ..................... 0.2530Walt Berger .................... 0.2544Gary Ocock ..................... 0.2907Bud Mundy ...................... 0.2988Greg Evanson .................. 0.3009Phill Nick ....................... 0.3052Stephen Everson ............... 0.3120Bob Brackney .................. 0.3137Larry Leser ..................... 0.3184Keith Cottrell .................. 0.3223Chuck Miller .................... 0.3269Randy Burgess ................. 0.3569Dave Woodward ............... 0.3642Bob Hammack ................. 0.3810Garett Atkins ................... 0.3902Larry White .................... 0.3959Ed Maxwell ..................... 0.3972Tom Debacco ................... 0.4139

Hector Jr Elias .................. 0.4264Tony Debacco .................. 0.4629John Benz ...................... 0.5359

Heavy Varmint 100Walt Berger .....................0.1938Gary Ocock ...................... 0.1938William Marsh ................... 0.2088Chuck Miller..................... 0.2124Larry White .................... 0.2170Hector Elias, Jr ................. 0.2186Lou Murdica ..................... 0.2192Dan Sutton ...................... 0.2226Tom DeBacco ................... 0.2254Bob Hammack .................. 0.2268Tom Libby, III ................... 0.2360Stephen Everson ............... 0.2422Greg Evanson ................... 0.2592Pete Savage ..................... 0.2608Gene DeLoney .................. 0.2652Bob Brackney ................... 0.2710Randy Pumphrey ............... 0.2776Phill Nick ....................... 0.2822Tony Debacco .................. 0.2928

Dave Woodward ................ 0.3018Garret Atkins ................... 0.3100Randy Burgess .................. 0.3232Doug Seib ....................... 0.3316Keith Cottrell ................... 0.3458Bud Mundy ...................... 0.3612Ed Maxwell ...................... 0.3826Larry Lesser ..................... 0.3834John Benz ...................... 0.4024

Small GroupGary Ocock ........................0.87

Heavy Varmint 200William Marsh ..................0.4864Dan Sutton ...................... 0.4993Gary Ocock ...................... 0.5286Chuck Miller..................... 0.5476Tom Libby, III ................... 0.5892Bud Mundy ...................... 0.6033Stephen Everson ............... 0.6169Gene DeLoney .................. 0.6445Bob Hammack .................. 0.6450Garret Atkins ................... 0.6691Bob Brackney ................... 0.7165Greg Evanson ................... 0.7305Randy Pumphrey ............... 0.8332Hector Elias, Jr ................. 0.8458Pete Savage ..................... 0.8847Walt Berger ..................... 0.8857Tom DeBacco ................... 0.8901Phill Nick ........................ 0.9144John Benz ....................... 0.9419Larry White ..................... 0.9578Randy Burgess .................. 0.9786Ed Maxwell ...................... 0.9829Dave Woodward ................ 1.0500Larry Lesser ..................... 1.0987Keith Cottrell ................... 1.1373Tony DeBacco ................... 1.2188

Small GroupGary Ocock ....................... 0.370

Heavy Varmint GrandWilliam Marsh .................0.3476Dan Sutton ..................... 0.3609Gary Ocock ..................... 0.3612Chuck Miller .................... 0.3800Tom Libby, III ................... 0.4126Stephen Everson ............... 0.4296Bob Hammack ................. 0.4359Gene Deloney .................. 0.4548Bud Mundy ...................... 0.4823Garett Atkins ................... 0.4895Bob Brackney .................. 0.4937Greg Evanson .................. 0.4948Hector Jr Elias .................. 0.5322Walt Berger .................... 0.5397Randy Pumphrey .............. 0.5554Tom Debacco ................... 0.5577Pete Savage .................... 0.5727Larry White .................... 0.5874Phill Nick ....................... 0.5983

Arizona Two-Gun Winners L-R: Walt Berger, Gene DeLoney, Doc MarshBob Brackney & Bud Mundy


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Randy Burgess ................. 0.6509John Benz ...................... 0.6722Dave Woodward ............... 0.6759Ed Maxwell ..................... 0.6827Larry Leser ..................... 0.7411Keith Cottrell .................. 0.7416Tony Debacco .................. 0.7558

Two GunWilliam Marsh .................0.2986 Dan Sutton ..................... 0.3070

Gary Ocock .................... 0.3259 Gene Deloney ................. 0.3472 Chuck Miller ................... 0.3535 Stephen Everson .............. 0.3708 Bud Mundy ..................... 0.3905 Walt Berger .................... 0.3971 Greg Evanson .................. 0.3979 Bob Brackney ................. 0.4037 Bob Hammack ................. 0.4085 Garett Atkins .................. 0.4399

Phill Nick ....................... 0.4517 Hector Jr Elias ................. 0.4793 Tom Debacco .................. 0.4858 Larry White .................... 0.4916 Randy Burgess ................. 0.5039 Dave Woodward .............. 0.5200 Larry Leser .................... 0.5297 Keith Cottrell ................. 0.5319 Ed Maxwell .................... 0.5400 John Benz...................... 0.6040 Tony Debacco ................. 0.6094

ShooterName Action Barrel Stock Caliber GunSmith Stocker Bullet/Wt Powder/Wt Scope/PwrGene DeLoney BAT Kreiger McMillan 6ppc DeLoney DeLoney Berger Column LT32 28 50x MarchWilliam Marsh Marsh Kreiger McMillan 6ppc Marsh Ocock Berger 65 133 29.5 Leu 45xDan Sutton Panda Kreiger Brn/McM 6ppc Sutton Sutton Sutton 65 8208 29.3 Weaver 36Walt Berger Marsh Kreiger Brn/McM 6ppc Ocock Ocock Berger Column T32 28.9 Nightforce 15-55Gary Ocock Marsh Kreiger Brn/McMl 6ppc Ocock Ocock Ocock 66 133 B+L 55Bud Mundy BAT Kreiger BAT 6ppc Self Self Miller 66bt 8208 40x MarchGreg Evanson Panda Kreiger Brn/McMl 6ppc Ocock Ocock Miller 66bt LT 28.5 Leu 45xPhill Nick Borden Bartlein Robertson 6ppc Linkatis Linkatis Berger 64 LT32 28 Leu 40xStephen Everson Panda Kreiger Borden 6ppc Brackney Everson Barts 66 133 27.2 Leu/Prem 45xBob Brackney Marsh Kreiger Brackney 6ppc Brackney Brackney Miller 65 8208 28 Leu 35x

William Marsh Marsh Kreiger McMillan 6ppc Marsh Ocock Berger 65 133 29.5 Leu 45xDan Sutton Panda Kreiger Brn/McM 6ppc Sutton Sutton Sutton 65 8208 29.5 Leu 45xGary Ocock Marsh Kreiger Brn/McM 6ppc Ocock Ocock Ocock 66 133 B+L 5Chuck Miller Marsh Kreiger Brn/McM 6ppc Miller Ocock Millertime 65 133 27.1 Weaver 36Tom Libby, III BAT Bartlein Tom Dixon 6ppc Tom Dixon Tom Dixon Bishop 66 LT32- 28.5 40x MarchStephen Everson Panda Kreiger Borden 6ppc Brackney Everson Barts 66 133 27.2 Leu/Prem 45xBob Hammack BAT Bartlein Leonard 6ppc Self Scarbrough Hottenstein 133 29 50x MarchGene DeLoney BAT Kreiger McMillan 6ppc DeLoney DeLoney Berger Column LT32- 28 50x MarchBud Mundy BAT Kreiger Self 22WD Self Self Berger 52 8208 40x MarchGarett Atkins BAT Kreiger Kelbly 6ppc Miller Miller Millertime 65 133 27.2 Weaver 36

Arizona Benchrest Shooters January Equipment List

Heavy Varmint Grand Equipment

Light Varmint Grand Equipment


Sahuaro 1000-Yard Benchrest

Shooter Name Caliber Action Barrel Gunsmith Stock Scope Case Powder Bullet/WtJohn Benz 6.5x284 Savage Savage Savage Savage Nightforce Lapua H4831 Lapua/139Everson (LG) 6.5x47 Panda Krieger Brackney Borden Leupold Lapua RL15 Berger/140Everson (HG) 284 Nesika Krieger Brackney McMillan Leupold Winchester H4350 Berger/180Jeff Billotte (LG) 6.5 Lazz McMillan PacNor Lazzarini McMillan Nightforce Remington H1000 Berger/140Jeff Billotte (HG) 6.5 Lazz McMillan PacNor Lazzarini McMillan Nightforce Norma H1000 Berger/140Hal Byrd 6.5/284 Remington Krieger Beginski Tracker Leupold Lapua H4831 Berger/140Mike Billotte 7suam Pierce Krieger Pierce Glass Nightforce Remington H4831 Berger/168Gary Sorenson 6.5/284 Panda Krieger Kelbly Kelbly March Lapua H4350 Sierra/142Greg Timothy 30TD BAT Krieger TacDriver McMillan March Lapua H4350 Berger/200Jason Timothy 30TD Viper Krieger TacDriver Tracker Nightforce Lapua H4350 Berger/200

Sahuaro February Equipment List

Slowly but surely the season is winding up for short range and score benchrest matches across the country. Sahuaro, however, is still in full swing. With our beautiful weather on Saturday Febru-ary 8, we had a high of 60 and a low of 50F with light precipitation but no accumulation. While the rest of the country is dealing with blizzard after blizzard, we invite everyone down to thaw out for a bit and enjoy our hos-pitality and good times at the range. Everyone is always welcome!

Light Gun AggregateSteve Everson ...................8.06”Jeff Billotte ...................... 8.19”Jason Timothy ................... 9.17”Greg Timothy ................... 10.21”Hal Byrd ......................... 11.25”

Small GroupJeff Billotte ..................... 4.875”

Heavy Gun AggregateSteve Everson ...................7.85”Jason Timothy ................... 9.48”Jeff Billotte ..................... 11.29”Gary Sorenson .................. 12.71”Greg Timothy ................... 13.63”

Small GroupSteve Everson .................. 6.5625”

Light Gun Total ScoreJeff Billotte ......................137Steve Everson ..................... 137Hal Byrd ........................... 127

Mike Billotte ...................... 117Jason Timothy .................... 113

High ScoreJeff Billotte ........................47Steve Everson ......................47

Heavy Gun Total ScoreSteve Everson ..................273-4XJeff Billotte ..................... 255-5XGary Sorenson .................. 248-0XJohn Benz ....................... 242-0XGreg Timothy ................... 220-0X

High ScoreJeff Billotte ......................97-5X


Farewell Good Friend, farewell

One of the stalwarts of benchrest has left the range. It is with a heavy heart we notify our members of the passing of Larry Kuse who passed away on February 19. Larry has been a long-time shooter, served as a Score World Records Measuring Committee Mem-ber and was himself a World Record Holder most recently from September 16, 2012 when he shot 250-25X-17W/O with 5-shots at 100-yards. He contrib-uted greatly to NBRSA. As Dave Coots said, “he was an ambassador to this sport. Never a bad word to say about anyone. When I first started benchrest he was one of those that made me feel welcome.” Mark Harpenau echoes the same sentiments saying Larry was one of the first people he met in the sport. Mark met him at the Kansas City range while visiting his brother. Al-though Mark hadn’t shot a registered match, Larry made him feel comfort-able about taking the dive, which seemed huge at the time! Mark says Larry was always friendly and help-ful. Among the multitude of shooters who will miss Larry is George Ulrich, who said Larry was a great man, Jim Erickson said he was a fine man and great competitor who was always will-ing to share his benchrest knowledge.

Cale Roby shares that Larry was at just about every match he ever attended and was so helpful in Cale’s early days of shooting. Al Nyhus writes that Larry was a real gentleman and a pleasure

to shoot with. Our condolences go out to his wife, Ruth and the Kuse family. You are in our thoughts and prayers. May God bless you.


Ranges, Clubs, and ContactsER—Eastern RegionChippewa Rifle Club

www.chippewarifleclub.comGPS: N40 56.820 W81 44.583Contact: Bob Denk 440 596-72381728 E Linden Ln, Parma, OH [email protected]: Randy Perkowski 330 472-08561259 Curtis Ave, Cuyahoga Falls, OH [email protected]

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 49425PO Box 128, Holton, MI 49425 www.holtongunandbowclub.com231 821-9608 GPS: N43 23.742 W86 05.2566Contact: Bruce Torrey, 231 288-4769 3951 Molly Blvd, Muskegon, MI 49444Alternate: Nancy Scarbrough 231 638-6775544 N Buys Rd, Muskegon, MI [email protected]

Isabella County Sportsmans Club Corner of Winn & Millbrook RoadsPO Box 383, Winn, MI 48896www.isabellacountysportsmansclub.comContact: Harry Ross 989 239-27383625 South Summerton RdMt Pleasant, MI 48858 [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 [email protected]: Bill Gammon 519 453-6734387 Speight Blvd, London, ONT N5V 3J8 [email protected]

GC—Gulf Coast RegionAustin Rifle Club

www.austinrifleclub.orgPO Box 141399, Austin, TX 78714Contact: Virgil Howarth 512 447-89682704 Inridge Dr, Austin, TX [email protected]

Central Texas BenchrestGPS: N29 44.695 W098 14.141Contact:Sammye Dietz 830 885-4662421 Range Rd, New Braunfels, TX 78132Contact: Wayne Young 210 288-3063391 Berry Oaks Dr, Bulverde, TX 78163830 612-1277 or 67 [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]

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]

Tomball Gun ClubContact: Dwayne Pullum: 281 684-9004 Richard Pullum by email: [email protected]

NC—North Central RegionBoone Valley Ikes

Contact: Ronnie Berg 515 210-7772104 S Dalander St, Madrid, IA [email protected]

Buffalo Outdoor Rifle Club 462 N Burritt, Buffalo, WY 82834 Contact Pete Eisele 307 217- 1155

Casper Score Shooters2330 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]

Contact: Ron Lee Miller 402 393-45368081 Dupont St. Omaha NE [email protected]

Lincoln Izaak Walton League10801 S 134th St, Bennet, NE 68317Contact: Mike Shapoval 402 [email protected]

Minnetonka Benchrest Association8310 Hill n Dale Dr, St Francis, MN 55330www.mgfc.org GPS: N45 23.42 W93 29.29Contact: 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 Bench Rest Rifle Club Of St Louis

2280 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 W10924 Bryer Road, Columbus, WI 53925www.csa12.com [email protected] Terry Balding 608 577-51931777 W Main St #203, Sun Prairie, WI 53590

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.org, [email protected]: Dan Zaccanti 509 733-1003

Rogue Valley Shooting Sports Assn 6900 Kershaw Blvd, White City, OR 97502Contact: Phil Grammatica 714 [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


Ranges, Clubs, and ContactsTacoma Rifle & Revolver Club

8503 Chambers Creek Rd W University Place, WA 98467www.tacomarifle.orgContact: 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: Rick DeGroat 509 308-7213 or509 396-3166 [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]

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 770 876-2351 www.rbgc.orgGPS: N34 20.198 W84 14.819Contact: Jim Andress Group/Score3605 Blackwell Run, Marietta, GA [email protected], [email protected] 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 RdWalkertown, NC 27051

[email protected] Rod & Gun Club

90 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 557-9879

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 [email protected]

Desert 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: Dan Lutke - Short Range408 241-9759 [email protected]: Bill Mellor - Short Range916 354-1782 [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

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


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WBC12 Sponsors In all the business of preparing and executing the transport of twelve fine US shooters to Sydney, Austra-lia, it is important that we recog-

nize and thank our sponsors. Their support made the trip far easier than it would have been otherwise and we are grateful for their kind donations. Here is a list of the do-nors for WBC12.

Bartlein BarrelsShilen BarrelsKrieger BarrelsBAT Machine

Kelbly’sLester & Doris Bruno

Chris HarrisFairchance Gun Club

Lowell & Barbara HottensteinTrout (Bill Green)

Dave CootsThe Shooters Corner (Bob & Edna White)

Dave & Jane WoodwardGary SullivanBart & BillyStan Buchtel

6mmppc.com (Chuck MacCluer)Harley Baker

Terry & Pam MeyerAndy ShifflettPaul Mitchell

Howard Payne, Don HartemanBill Brawand

Jerry VanSickleTwo Anonymous Donors

Larry CostaManny Garcia

We also thank Berger Bullets for supplying the Team USA shirts and Wayne Campbell for the hats. Auc-tion items were donated by Don Nielson, Nell Watson t-shirts do-nated by Clay Spencer, Dave Halb-lom and PMA Tool. Everyone men-tioned helped to send the teams to Australia and expand the sphere of benchrest influence worldwide. We humbly thank you for your support.

Jimmy Porter pass away February 26. As Tim Naugle writes, “he was a good friend, competitor and a great trav-eling buddy for many years. Jimmy was with me in Kanasas in 2001 at the Hunter Nationals when I won the long range and the Top Gun. Jimmy was more excited than I was and he made that shoot one I will never forget. He will be missed.” We extend our heart-felt condolences to the Porter family.


Officers

Committees

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] Harshman, Committee MemberRon Hoehn, Committee MemberLowell Frei, Committee Member

World Records Committee: Score David Halblom, Chairman4315 Ashby Ave, Des Moines, IA 50310 [email protected] 556-5833Dan Zaccanti, Committee MemberLarry Kuse, Committee MemberRich Carpenter, Committee Member

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

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

Long Range Measuring Committee Karl Hunstiger, Chairman602 971-4400 [email protected]

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

Gulf Coast Region Exp 2015Scott 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]

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