Richard Hicks Memorial Match - Canal Fulton

[Dan]

2012 Richard Hicks Memorial
King of the Slug gunners and
Muzzleloader vs. Black powder Cartridge Match

When: Saturday September 22 thru Sunday September 23, 2012

Shooting hours: 9am-5pm Saturday and 9am-3pm Sunday. Shooting
will be in 1/2hr relays

Dinner: Pot luck dinner on Saturday evening at 5:30. Club will supply hot dogs, buns, and place settings. Everyone is asked to bring a covered dish to share.

Display: We highly encourage anyone having a nice old rifle to display
to please bring it. We would also like to have a show and tell
of rifles and or original tools during our pot luck Saturday.

Where: Canal Fulton Ramrod Club, 5651 Erie Ave. N.W. Canal Fulton Ohio.
corner of Erie Ave. & Butterbridge Rd.

Entry fee: flat fee of $15 for both aggregates, or $10 for one aggregate
$5 for 220 yd re-entry
$1 for 100 yd re-entry

Match #1 slug gun 100 yds 10 shots 6 bull slug target
Match #2 slug gun/ cartridge 220 yds on 200 yd NMLRA target 10 shots
Match #3 slug gun/ cartridge 100 yds 10 shots 6 bull slug target
AGG A King of the slug gunners agg. of matches #1 & 2
AGG B muzzleloader vs. black powder cartridge agg. of matches #2 & 3
Match #4 slug/cartridge 220 yd 10 shots string measure 2 widest shots, cash re-entry
Match #5 slug/cartridge 100 yds x target 3 shots closest to center, cash re-entry

Prizes: agg a: 1st: possession of rotating trophy for 1 year and $20
2nd, $10, 3rd $5, 4th $5
agg b: 1st: possession of rotating trophy for 1 year and $20
2nd $10, 3rd $5, 4th $5
high agg a score shot by original slug gun $10 and possession of
rotating trophy for one year.


High agg. B score: shot with black powder cartridge rifle; $10 and possession of rotating trophy for 1 year.



RULES: We want this to be an enjoyable day of friendly competition, so we are going to try to have as few rules as possible.

Per Richs original rules:

Round ball rifles can shoot in agg b and will receive the same handicap as spelled out elsewhere
Double rests (bag under the rear of gun) or gloved hand is allowed, shooters choice.
No machine style rests.
Muzzleloader/breechloader firing plain base bullets of lead or lead alloy. Naked or patched, no gas checks or jacketed bullets.
BLACK POWDER ONLY, no duplex or black powder substitutes.
Anyone using metallic sights will get a 2x handicap.
Black powder cartridge shooters will receive a 2pt. handicap.
Anyone shooting metallic sights in matches 3 will use 2- 8 ring black 100 yd bulls, 5 shots on each.
In the king agg all tie breakers will be decided with match 2, score, then wide shot.
In the cartridge vs. muzzleloader match all tie breakers will be decided with match 2, score then wide shot.
Any Handicap applied cannot bring agg. total to more than 200 pts. Or 20xs.
Handicap will not be figured into a tie breaker target, your actual score will be used to break any tie.
Handicap will be figured in for the original slug gun and high cartridge gun awards.
The target may be shot either forward or backwards with a sighting spot at the discretion of the shooter.