2015 Eastern Regional

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It was a great shoot !

Congratulations to Jim Dietlein, winner of the Eastern Regional BPCR match at the Ridgway Rifle Club in Ridgway PA, with an aggregate score of 71 for the 2-day, 80-shot match. Awesome shooting, Jim! Brian Chilson took 2nd Open with a 64, and Marshall Chase earned 3rd Open with a 57. In Scope class, Brian Chilson won 1st Scope with a 70, Debra Lee Hovatter took 2nd with a 60, and Mark Chronister placed 3rd with a 58. Complete results are below. (Please note: In double-checking the score sheets, we found a discrepancy that affected the Day 1 scope standings. No aggregate standings were affected.)

We had a total of 32 shooters (36 rifles) representing 8 states. The weather was ideal, with sunny skies and light winds the first day, and overcast conditions the second day giving way to breezy sunshine. Mirage was minimal, which may have contributed to some record-setting scores. Day 1, Jim Dietlein tied the overall 40-shot record and broke it for Senior. Brian Chilson broke the record for Senior 40-shot Scope and Senior 80-shot Scope. Debra Lee Hovatter broke the record for Women's 80-shot Scope. Congratulations for your superb shooting!

After the first day's match, we held a just-for-fun competition on Homer the buffalo at 980 yards. Homer is a ½ size Buffalo silhouette . Each competitor had 7 minutes 30 seconds for sighters and 5 shots for score. Greg Lauver hit Homer 3 times with iron sights, and so did Mark Chronister with scope. Gentlemen, enjoy your bragging rights.

We were pleased to welcome Gordon Clefton, a brand new BPCR shooter, to our match, and we had some interested observers who we hope to see behind a rifle soon. We also had a special guest, PA Congressman Glenn “GT” Thompson . GT is a staunch 2A supporter. He watched part of the match, made some remarks, and then got down and cracked off a few rounds. Glenn was shooting my 40-65 at the 300 meter pigs and within a couple of shots had the swine seriously concerned.

Thank you to our prize sponsors:

Schuetzen Powders Energetics
Starline Brass
Roto Metals
SPG
Brownells
Shiloh Sharps
And the various private sponsors who donated.

As always, thank you to the Ridgway Rifle Club and all the folks who set and painted targets, weighed rifles, cleaned the club house, called relays, did paperwork, and took out the garbage. It's a lot of work to run a match, and your help made it a success.

The 2015 season's last match is on Sunday Oct 25. Hope to see you there!
Sincerely,

Craig Duncan
Match Director, Ridgway BPCR
cduncan@duncansauto.com
603-434-5796 (weekdays)
603-845-9727 (cell)

   

[Don McDowell]

Thanks Craig for posting these. Keep em coming. We really appreciate being able to have folks post shoot anouncements, and it's even better when they take the time to post the results.