Fellow Shooters,
Saturday's match went well. The wind made things a little tough, but it didn't end up blowing as hard as I was worried it was going to. I think the wind peaked at about 30 mph. We were able to put weights on the target stands and they stayed up. Because of the wind we decided to shoot 100 yard targets at 100 yards. These German Ring targets have a 3/4" 25 ring and successively smaller 3/8" rings out to 10, instead of the 1 1/2" 25 ring and 3/4" successive rings on the normal German Ring target. We had the fire burning hot and we were able to stay relatively comfortable even with the outdoor temperature in the 20's.
Five riflemen braved the weather to shoot. We shot two 10 shot bench targets and two 10 shot offhand targets. Encouraging news is we had a couple of new shooters this month. Jim Rodebaugh fired his first schuetzen style match with his CPA in 32-20 CPA. Jim has some bugs to work out, but I am sure will be back with a vengeance. Travis Purdum also fired his first full center fire schuetzen style match. He was using his brand new to him Schuetzen High Wall in 32-40. We had a bit of a challenge getting brass and a breach seater to work, but we did figure it out and I am sure we will see Travis's scores improve as he gets used to his new gun. Travis's Dad, Dave Purdum, was also there for the entire match and tried out the schuetzen rifle a bit himself. Maybe we will get him hooked? Jim "Jimbo" Terry made it over from Saratoga for his first match at Smithmoor. He and his friend Laura were welcome additions to the match and hopefully we see them again sometime. Jim was shooting his Ballard 22 long rifle. Dad, Gary, shot his Stevens 44 1/2 in 28-30 and I was using my trusty schuetzen Highwall in 32-40.
Coralee and Momma Lorraine made my favorite chicken and sliders soup with home made whole wheat bread and a pan of super frosted chocolate brownies. We took a break from shooting to enjoy the lunch. Steve Anderson of "Wyoming Sight Drifter" fame must have smelled lunch cooking and he stopped by to see what these Historic Target Rifle Matches were all about. We will keep working on him and maybe he will enter up sometime. Thanks for stopping by Steve and for all of your support for our matches! We are planning on holding these on the fourth Saturdays of the month as often as we can. We hope to see you on February 25th, if not sooner. Check out the facebook page for some good pictures.
take care, Cody Smith
match sponsored by:
Wyoming Sight Drifter, Steve Anderson 307-421-2127
Cal-Graf Design, Travis and Dawna Purdum
http://www.cal-graf.com/
Versatile Ag Systems Well Service
Shooter Bench #1 Bench #2 Bench Total Offhand #1 Offhand #2 Offhand Total Agg Total
Cody Smith 244 237 481 208 217 425 906
Travis Purdum 231 226 457 162 152 314 771
Gary Smith 210 219 429 No offhand
Jim Rodebaugh 220 220 440 191 195 386 826
Jim Terry 215 216 431 143 0 143 574
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