1000 yard match at Harris Minnesota

[JKR]

I had the great pleasure of attending the annual 1000 yard match at Harris Minnesota this past weekend.
I won’t go on and on about how windy it was. After all, have any of you ever shot a long range match in dead wind conditions? I know I haven’t.
Suffice it to say that on Saturday it was just about unreadable and Sunday wasn’t much different. All of us suffered elevation shots that left us scratching our heads.

I think everyone dug themselves pretty deep holes on Saturday. Mine being somewhat deeper than usual. Raymond Hansen managed to keep his not so deep as the rest of us.

On Sunday I managed to claw my way up for a comeback but not enough to catch up to Ray who finished on top. One of the visiting Norwegian international shooters finished in third place and I managed to finish second. We were all shooting paper patched bullets. Raymond and the shooter from Norway shot muzzle loading rifles and I shot a 74 Sharps.

The greatest thing about these matches is the new people you meet and the friends you make. I had the great pleasure to have Ed Decker for my shooting partner. I was fascinated by his stories of his life in the mountains of East Tennessee and his experiences on the international muzzle loading team.

My thanks to all the Minnesotans who work hard putting on this match. I’m looking forward to shooting their next long range match on August 20&21.

JKR

[Don McDowell]

Thanks for that report.
Ed and his wife are both great people.

[beltfed]

Nice shooting, Jim especially for a guy about to have a hip replacement
Arnie

[Kurt]

Dave was kind enough to send me the finals.
They did some fine shooting with the conditions that they had.
Harris MN is a fine range.

NAME..... #1 #2 Sat. #3 #4 TOTAL
RAY HANSON 104-1x 78-1x 182-2x 99 110 391-2x
JIM RUCH 74-1x 69 143-1x 111 106-2x 360-3x
HENNING LANGNES 96-1x 84 180-1x 90-1x 77 347-2x
BOB SAATHOFF 93-1x 70 163-1x 106-1x 59 328-2x
LYNN O DEAN 80 69 149 86-1x 76-1x 311-2x
RON WALTERS 81 75-1x 156-1x 79-1x 69-1x 304-3x
NATHAN BOREGA 77 61 138 65 78 281
RIK RARICK 78 81 159 74 43 276
TOM MACE 94 77 171 57 34 262
LOWELL ROGERS 28 80 108 30 71 209
DAGFINN TORP 47 48-1x 95-1x 53 60 208-1x
AL LOQUASTO 64 55 119 38 22 179
ED DECKER 64-1x 33 97-1x 60 7 164-1x
RICHARD SCHAAF 60 10 70 21 14 105
RANDY FEDDER 25 40 65 DNF DNF 65
KIRK SOLMONSON 53 8 61 DNF DNF 61
BARB WALTERS
LON SASH

[JKR]

Thanks Arnie! The laying down is easy. It’s the gettin’ up that’s hard.
Those guys shooting muzzle loading rifles get up to load for every shot. I’d need someone to load for me!

Jim

[beltfed]

I was on a target at Lodi some years ago with a fellow who was shooting
a self built muzzle loader. It was like a "Chineese fire drill" . I sure sympathize with them in matches like we run.
In "the old days" the shooters took turns shooting in a rotation and so not so much of a hustle
for the reloading process.
Arnie

[JKR]

Yes. These guys pair fired with an 80 minute block time. So plenty of time.

Jim