To all: I guess when you have a lot of snow birds come to Arizona from Chicago they bring something with them. In our case it is the WIND. Again this month the wind was howling and it was the last chance to get in some practice for the upcoming State Championships. We had a good turn-out but by the time we decided to start the match most had bailed out for the comforts of home leaving twelve hardy souls to try to shoot the match. At the finish it was Craig Buchanan the winner turning in a pretty respectable score of 28X40. After lunch we lost a couple of more competitors but those who stayed we treated to some nice weather as the wind subsided allowing some pretty good scores. Once again it was Craig Buchanan at the top of the page with a fine 35X40 proving to everyone he deserves his Master classification. There are still entries available for the State Championships. If you want to shoot contact me this week. Otherwise I'll see all those who have entered on Friday the 10th for the Smallbore State Championship Steve Rhoades Match Director
BEN AVERY .22/PISTOL 1/28/2012 CRAIG BUCHANAN MASTER 7 6 8 7 28 M/WINNER DAVE PEDERSEN AA 2 7 4 5 18 1ST AA IVAN DICE AA 4 6 2 5 17 2ND AA BILL DENNY AAA 3 10 3 3 16 1ST AAA ORRIS GRESS AA 1 2 4 8 15 BERNIE SAKOWITZ A 3 3 4 5 15 1ST A CHUCK CAMPBELL A 3 4 3 5 15 WARREN BARE AA 3 7 2 3 15 ROLAND WONG A 5 3 2 2 12 RICH BLOUNT AA 3 1 3 4 11 PAUL TUFANO B 0 2 3 4 9 1ST B DWIGHT SISSELL A 2 2 1 2 7
RIFLE CALIBER 1/28/2012 CRAIG BUCHANAN MASTER 10 10 6 9 35 M/WINNER BILL DENNY MASTER 7 7 8 8 30 1ST MASTER CHUCK CAMPBELL A 7 8 6 7 28 1ST A BERNIE SAKOWITZ AA 6 8 4 4 22 1ST AA DAVE PEDERSEN AA 7 6 3 5 21 2ND AA IVAN DICE AA 4 5 4 3 16 3RD AA RICH BLOUNT AA 4 2 3 6 15 ROLAND WONG AA 6 5 1 1 15 ORRIS GRESS AA 6 4 3 0 13 DWIGHT SISSELL A 3 1 2 1 7
JANUARY BPCR SILHOUETTE RESULTS
To all: The first match of 2012 and I can’t believe I’ve been putting on the matches at Ben Avery for twelve years!! I think the first match I was actually the match director had somewhere between six and eight shooters show up. Some of those original shooters are still showing up but sadly their numbers are dwindling. Today we had 28 shooters which is about par for our January match but at one time 5-6 years ago we set our all time high with 48 shooters! What a nightmare that was trying to issue new NRA score books, sign up and squad everyone in about one hours time. Things have changed a little and everyone now knows the drill so today was pretty smooth even though we did finish up a little later than usual. Ron Calderone was back on the top of the score page but he was challenged by Trent Lawrence and Bob Delatorre. Bob had the match win sewed up until the last shot when he was called of the shot by his spotter. Oh yah, his spotter was Match Winner Ronbo and to quote him when asked about his bad call on the last shot: “I didn’t drive all the way to from Tucson to let Bob beat me” I may be embellishing this account a bit but it does make a good story. Good friends, good food, cold beer after the match along with a few tall tales are what make good shooting matches. Today we had a good shooting match. See you at the range in February. Steve Rhoades Match Director
BPCR SILHOUETTE 1/21/2012 RON CALDERONE M/SCOPE 4 9 8 7 28 M/WINNER TRENT LAWRENCE AAA-SCOPE 3 10 7 8 28 1ST AAA BOB DELATORRE AAA 2 10 9 7 28 2ND AAA SMOKEY SLAUGHTER AAA-SCOPE 5 6 8 8 27 3RD AAA BOB HITCHENS AAA 2 9 6 10 27 PERRY SHIRLEY AA 1 10 7 9 27 1ST AA PAUL GIERASCH AA 4 8 7 7 26 2ND AA RICK GREY AAA 2 9 10 5 26 DWIGHT SISSELL A-SCOPE 2 10 8 6 26 1ST A DICK WILKES AAA 4 9 7 5 25 IVAN DICE AAA-SCOPE 2 9 9 5 25 STEVE RHOADES AAA 1 7 8 8 24 JASON BLOHM AAA 0 8 9 7 24 MIKE WHITESELL AAA 2 9 6 6 23 DOUG HART AAA-SCOPE 1 8 6 8 23 JIM DODSON AA 2 7 5 8 22 PAT TAYLOR MASTER 2 8 5 7 22 KEN GOSE AA-SCOPE 1 9 5 7 22 JEFF BLOHM AAA-SCOPE 3 10 3 5 21 JIM DORRELL AA-SCOPE 0 9 6 6 21 AL LAPORA A 2 10 6 2 20 LARRY WILKES AAA 0 7 8 5 20 PAUL BARROW AA 1 9 5 4 19 DONN HANKS A 1 8 4 6 19 DENNIS HALL AA 0 9 4 6 19 KEN NELSON A 3 8 5 2 18 ORRIS GRESS A-SCOPE 0 8 6 3 17 KEITH ZIMMERMAN B 1 6 4 2 13 1 ST B FRED STANSBURY AA 1 3 2 5 11
DECEMBER BPCR SILHOUETTE RESULTS
To all: It’s a week before Christmas and warm in my house The wind is blowing outside, am I a man or a mouse? I’ve made chili for the guys who’ll be at Ben Avery At least it’ll be hot and hopefully savory. I arrive before dawn and start unloading my truck What, no paint for the targets? Just my luck! I run up the flags as the guys start to arrive Chip and Ronbo from Tucson have made the long drive. Pat and Lee from Payson, Perry and Dennis from Flag Dennis Wiley from Idaho thinks this wind is a drag. Rick, Trent and Ken roll in from Prescott The heaters in their trucks are turned on full HOT. I collect their books and hand out score cards The only good thing today is I’m shooting with my pards. Noticeably missing are some of the usual guys I’m sure they have an excuse but is that wise? The abuse they’ll get the next time we meet Won’t make up for their comfort staying home in the heat. We shoot the morning targets through eyes full of tears Streams of water flowing all the way back to our ears. It’s time for lunch and the chili is hot Like it or not, it’s all we’ve got. The afternoon targets are easier to see and go pretty fast We realize it’s starting to warm up at last. Scores are added up and Ronbo is tops among the shooters. But we all know he’d rather have spent the day at Hooter’s. As we load up our trucks and head home for dinner I realize shooting with my friends makes me the real winner. It’s the last match of the year but that’s alright. Merry Christmas to all And to all a good night! Steve Rhoades Match Director
BPCR SILHOUETTE 12/17/2011 RON CALDERONE MAS/SCOPE 5 9 8 10 32 M/WINNER TRENT LAWRENCE AAA/SCOPE 3 10 7 9 29 1ST AAA LEE BUMBALOW AAA/SCOPE 4 10 4 9 27 PERRY SHIRLEY AA 3 8 6 9 26 1ST AA CHIP MATE MASTER 5 9 6 5 25 1ST MASTER PAUL BARROW AA 1 9 9 6 25 DENNIS WILEY MAS/SCOPE 3 7 7 7 24 STEVE RHOADES AAA 2 9 5 7 23 RICK GREY AAA 1 9 6 6 22 PAT TAYLOR MASTER 2 10 4 5 21 MIKE WHITESELL AAA 1 9 4 7 21 JIM DORRELL AA/SCOPE 0 9 7 5 21 WARREN BARE A 4 8 5 3 20 1ST A AL LAPORA B/SCOPE 1 9 5 3 18 1ST B DAVE MAURER MAS/SCOPE 1 5 5 5 16 SHERMAN BROWNLEE A 1 6 6 2 15 KEITH ZIMMERMAN B 0 4 4 6 14 DENNIS HALL AA 1 4 4 5 10 KEN GOSE AA/SCOPE 0 4 3 0 7
DECEMBER CREEDMOOR RESULTS
To all: This was our last scheduled match for us to practice before the March Regional and we all got some lessons in wind calling AGAIN! Starting in our face during the first relays and then switching to a 90 degree crosswind for the 900-1000 yard stages it appeared to be fairly easy to call but the constant let-offs in velocity really make it tough to stay on top of. Holding 10-12 minutes of wind for one shot the next shot would only require 3-4 minutes and the indicators for this change were hard to find. Some of us, like me, were right on top of the changes and I was able to assist Chip Mate in shooting the match winning score. Others never had a clue as to what was going on and their shooter’s score suffered accordingly. I’ll leave it up to the reader to figure out who shot with whom. LOL! Seriously, it was pretty tough conditions and everyone did a pretty good job considering. I think we all had a good time (I know I did) and other than the bone chilling cold 40 degree temperatures (LOL) in the morning it was a nice December day in Arizona. The extreme cold made us think of all our friends in Montana and Wyoming that suffer through the same kind of adverse conditions during this time of the year. During January and February it’s very difficult to book range time at Ben Avery for Creedmoor practice but I’ll continue to work on that problem so we can get in some more trigger time before the Regional Creedmoor in March. For those interested in the Vintage Sniper matches, the annual Washington’s Birthday Match Feb. 4-5 is holding a side match for those rifles. You can also shoot them in the 4-man Team Main Match on Sunday. Let me know if you are interested. Hope to see you all next week for the BPCR Silhouette match. Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. Steve Rhoades Match Director
BEN AVERY12/11/2011CREEDMOOR CHIP MATE44-7798-4X80-0X75-0X253-4X BOB HITCHENS45-7092-1X82-1X77-1X251-3X ZACK TAYLOR90-2X66-0X86-2X242-4X KEN GOSE45-9088-1X78-1X76-0X242-2X TRENT LAWRENCE45-90 P/P83-0X81-1X64-1X228-2X PAUL BARROW83-1X79-0X66-0X228-1X STEVE RHOADES40-8286-0X76-0X61-0X223-0X BOB DELATORRE45-9088-4X76-0X59-0X223-0X RICK GREY82-1X85-1X55-0X222-2X MIKE WHITESELL45-9091-0X67-0X62-0X220-0X DONN HANKS40-7077-0X76-0X65-0X218-0X JIM DORRELL45-70 P/P80-0X68-0X69-0X217-0X
NOVEMBER LEVER ACTION SILHOUETTE RESULTS
To all: The days don’t get much better in Arizona than the day we had on Saturday for the Lever Action match with one small exception, THE BLANKING WIND!!!!!!! Can you believe we shot in that BLANK? And can you believe Craig Buchanan won the morning match in that BLANKING wind shooting a BLANKING .22 rimfire??? And can you believe most everyone stayed for lunch and the afternoon match with the BLANKING wind blowing like that? And then Craig shot a BLANKING 33 in that BLANKING wind to whip everyone’s BLANK in the afternoon match? Well that’s what happened and I don’t BLANKING believe it!!! Thanks to all that showed up and stuck it out though that BLANK and thanks to Kathleen Garvin for calling the afternoon match. And a special thanks goes to everyone for finishing off the turkey soup so I didn’t have to eat BLANKING leftovers for the next week. I’ve moved up the State Championship to the 10th of February and I’ve sent the forms to everyone on my email list. If you didn’t receive the entry forms please send me an email and I’ll add you to the list and send you the forms. We have one match before then on the 28th of January which will be the last chance for practice before the State Championships. For those that I won’t see until then, please have a Merry Christmas and pray for BLANKING calm weather in 2012. Steve Rhoades The BLANKING Match Director LOL
.22/PISTOL CALIBER 11/26/2011 CRAIG BUCHANAN AAA 8 9 6 7 30 M/WINNER JOHN CULLUM AA 9 10 5 5 29 1ST AA MARC JABLONOWSKI AA 9 8 4 6 27 2ND AA CHIP MATE MASTER 3 7 6 8 24 1ST MASTER BILL COLE MASTER 5 9 4 6 24 JOEL CULLUM AAA 7 5 4 7 23 1ST AAA LEE O'NEIL MASTER 5 9 4 4 22 BUBBA DANIELS AA 6 6 3 7 22 3RD AA FRED STANSBURY AA 6 8 2 6 22 TIM FINLEY AAA 2 7 5 7 21 ALEX JABLONOWSKI A 4 8 3 6 21 1ST A JOY COX MASTER 6 6 3 6 21 ROLAND WONG A 7 7 3 4 21 RADA PLESINGER AAA 8 7 3 3 21 CHUCK CAMBELL AA 4 8 7 1 20 KATHLEEN GARVIN AAA 5 9 2 3 19 JIM CROSSON AA 5 7 1 5 18 FRED PAXIA AAA 4 6 3 4 17 DAVID WEBER AA 4 6 2 5 17 ROGER MAZE AA 5 4 1 6 16 JIM FLEMING AAA 2 7 5 0 14 ORRIS GRESS B 6 6 0 2 14 1ST B STEVE RHOADES AAA 1 5 4 3 13 BARB BURTON A 3 5 2 3 13 RICK BURTON AA 2 5 3 2 12 BOB MCINTOSH B 6 4 2 0 12 CHUCK ZUFALL AA 1 4 2 1 8
RIFLE CALIBER 11/26/2011 CRAIG BUCHANAN MASTER 8 9 9 7 33 M/WINNER TIM FINLEY AAA 9 8 3 7 27 1ST AAA BUBBA DANIELS AA 8 8 7 3 26 1ST AA CHIP MATE AAA 8 9 5 4 26 2ND AAA BILL COLE MASTER 7 9 6 1 23 1ST MASTER JOHN CULLUM AA 9 7 3 4 23 2ND AA STEVE RHOADES AA 4 7 6 5 22 3RD AA LEE O'NEIL MASTER 8 5 5 3 21 CHUCK CAMBELL A 8 5 4 4 21 1ST A ORRIS GRESS AA 7 5 3 6 21 JOEL CULLUM AAA 7 7 3 4 21 FRED PAXIA AAA 8 6 3 4 21 ROLAND WONG AA 5 5 3 5 18 DAVE WEBER AA 5 6 3 4 18 FRED STANSBUTY AA 8 6 1 2 17 RICK BURTON AA 4 5 4 3 16 JIM CROSSON AA 5 3 5 2 15 CHUCK ZUFALL AA 5 4 1 4 14 BOB MCINTOSH B 5 5 1 3 14 1ST B RADA PLESINGER AAA 7 5 1 1 14 ROGER MAZE AA 3 4 2 4 13 ALEX JABLONOWSKI B 4 4 1 4 13 JIM FLEMING AAA 4 1 5 2 12 MARC JABLONOWSKI A 4 1 2 2 9 BARB BURTON A 3 1 2 1 7
2011 ARIZONA STATE SCOPE AND IRON SIGHT SILHOUETTE CHAMPIONSHIPS
To all: It’s scary to change something that has worked so well for ten years but this year I thought it was time to make a match format change to accommodate the ever increasing number of scope shooters. At Raton, during the Nationals, I ran my idea for a three day combined iron sight/scope match past the old-timers in attendance to see what their reaction would be and to my surprise there wasn’t a negative response from anyone. Now that the 11th Annual Arizona State BPCR Championships are complete I feel the new match format is a success and I plan on continuing with it next year. Shooting side by side for three days in the same conditions gave everyone a chance to see if using a scope was really an advantage along with allowing those with weaker eyes to shoot competitively. The final scores give a slight edge to the scope shooters but not by much! Last years Arizona State Scope Champion, Ted “Snake Hips” Tompkins from Montana, looked like he was on his way to another championship by shooting a 34X40 on Friday. But shooting good scores for three days is pretty challenging. While Ted was struggling in the next two matches Al Sledge was getting better thanks to some good coaching from his partner Kelley Roos. Al and Kelley saved their best for last and shot a 31X40 on Sunday for the Arizona State Championship win. Putting the pressure on Al was a young lady from Montana Jen Oliva who established a new 120 shot women’s record while securing the 2nd Overall position. Everyone knows you can’t make a 40-70SS shoot but nobody bothered to tell Dave Swenson that because the 3rd Overall trophy went back to California with him. While Al was showing everyone the way with his MVA scoped High Wall, Mike Patterson from Kentucky, Chip Mate from Arizona and Texan David Burger were locked in battle for the Arizona State Iron Sight Championship. Chip and Mike are both past Arizona State Champions but this was David’s first trip to Ben Avery so the pressure was really on him to shoot well in unknown conditions. In the end it was Mike Patterson winning the Championship, assisted by some expert coaching from Georgia’s Doug Gazaway, with Chip and David tied for second. A shoot-off on the chicken line established Chip as the 2nd Overall award winner. It was an outstanding performance by David and I’m pretty sure he’ll be looking for a rematch next year. Again this year we were able to award a Shiloh rifle to a lucky shooter thanks to the generosity of the Bryan family. Both Kirk Bryan and his sister Lucinda Klostermeier were here to shoot the match and award the rifle. Gene David’s name was on the winning ticket but Gene surprised everyone by handing over the certificate for the rifle to his brother and shooting partner Dave Davids. Dave has really struggled with some health issues and to have his big brother turn the rifle over to him was a pretty emotional event. Watching Gene perform an unselfish act like that made him the winner of this match in my eyes. As usual we had a large amount of prizes to hand out during the BBQ on Saturday night and the following made that possible: Shiloh Rifles-MVA Scopes-Titan Propane-Jim Kelley Sights-Schuetzen Powder-Baldwin Sights-Buffalo Arms-Brooks Bullet Moulds-Paul Huard-Birchwood Casey-Bryan Youngberg-Gentleman Jim Products-Cabela’s-Cistern Publishing-DGL Lube-Dixie Gun Works-Green Mountain Rifle Barrels-Hornady Mfg.-Jim Dorrell-John King-Lee Precision-Midway USA-Mike Venturino-Pro Shot Products-Glen and Alden Franks-Woody’s Wood Products-Redding Hunter-Dave Maurer’s Shooter 2-Starline Brass-Treebone Carving-Pat Connan’s BPCR Targets-Walter’s Wads-Pioneer Products Bullet Moulds-Wolf Publishing-SPG Products. We thank those that provided products and gift certificates to the shooters and we ask that the recipients of those prizes take the time to contact the manufacturers and thank them for their contribution. The matches went especially smooth thanks to the Wickenburg High School Rifle Team who provided the target setting for us again this year. They were rewarded for their efforts by a full tip jar which amounted to just over $2100.00. This money went to the kids along with a check for their team from the Arizona Sharpshooters. These kids are a class act and they’ll be back with us next year thanks to the shooter’s generosity. We made some new friends around the camp fire after the matches and we toasted some old friends who couldn’t make it. Let’s hope they’ll be with us next year. They missed a good rifle match. Have a Happy Thanksgiving and I’ll see you next year. Steve Rhoades Match Director
2011 SCOPE CHAMPIONSHIP A. SLEDGE MASTER SR. CA. 28X40 2ND M 30X40 M/W 31X40 M/W 89X120 STATE CHAMPION J. OLIVA AAA WM MT. 30X40 2ND AAA 27X40 3RD AAA 29X40 86X120 2ND OVERALL D. SWENSON AAA SR. CA. 29X40 3RD AAA 26X40 30X40 1ST AAA 85X120 3RD OVERALL T. TOMPKINS MASTER MT. 34X40 M/W 22X40 28X40 84X120 1ST MASTER D. TONN MASTER SR. ID. 27X40 3RD M 28X40 2ND M 29X40 1ST M 84X120 2ND MASTER K. SCHATTLEITNER AA SR. CO. 29X40 1ST AA 26X40 28X40 1ST AA 83X120 1ST AA J. BUTTS MASTER TX. 25X40 29X40 1ST M 28X40 3RD M 82X120 3RD MASTER V. BALLEW AAA TX. 28X40 28X40 2ND AAA 26X40 82X120 1ST AAA L. BUMBALOW AAA SR. AZ. 30X40 1ST AAA 23X40 29X40 3RD AAA 82X120 2ND AAA T. LAWRENCE AAA SR. AZ. 25X40 29X40 1ST AAA 27X40 81X120 3RD AAA J. DORRELL AA SR. AZ. 23X40 2ND A 21X40 1ST A 27X40 3RD AA 81X120 K. GRIGGS AA KS. 25X40 1ST A 28X40 2ND AA 28X40 2ND AA 81X120 D. YOUNT MASTER SR. WA 26X40 27X40 3RD M 26X40 79X120 TOP SENIOR J. EGGLESTON MASTER SR. CA. 29X40 1ST M 24X40 23X40 76X120 M. JACKSON MASTER SR. CO. 25X40 25X40 25X40 76X120 D. HART AAA AZ. 21X40 24X40 29X40 2ND AAA 74X120 K. DURHAM MASTER SR. ID. 22X40 24X40 28X40 2ND M 74X120 F. KASE MASTER SR. ID. 23X40 24X40 25X40 72X120 D. DAVIDS AAA ID. 23X40 25X40 24X40 72X120 J. TAYLOR AA SR. AZ. 19X40 26X40 25X40 70X120 D. MAURER MASTER SR. MI. 24X40 24X40 21X40 69X120 J. BLOHM AA AZ. 27X40 23X40 18X40 68X120 K. WASSERBURGER AA WY. 23X40 23X40 22X40 68X120 P. HUARD AAA SR. CA. 15X40 25X40 23X40 63X120 S. SLAUGHTER AAA SR. AZ. 20X40 20X40 20X40 60X120 B. HIGHTOWER AAA SR. CA. 18X40 21X40 19X40 58X120 R. MAZE AAA SR. MI. 23X40 18X40 17X40 58X120 W. GIPSON A SR. AZ. 15X40 21X40 2ND A 20X40 1ST A 56X120 1ST A D. SISSELL A SR. AZ. 21X40 18X40 17X40 56X120 W. LIEBZEIT A SR. AZ. 16X40 16X40 15X40 47X120 R. BLOUNT AA SR. AZ. 13X40 16X40 12X40 41X120
2011 IRON SIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP M. PATTERSON MASTER KY. 32X40 1ST M 28X40 1ST M 25X40 84X120 STATE CHAMPION C. MATE MASTER AZ. 32X40 M/W 27X40 2ND M 25X40 84X120 2ND OVERALL D. BURGER MASTER TX. 29X40 27X40 3RD M 28X40 2ND M 84X120 3RD OVERALL R. WILKES AAA AZ. 29X40 2ND AAA 24X40 30X40 1ST AAA 83X120 1ST AAA B. HITCHENS AAA AZ. 31X40 1ST AAA 26X40 2ND AAA 25X40 82X120 2ND AAA L. WILKES AAA AZ. 27X40 3RD AAA 29X40 M/W 24X40 80X120 3RD AAA R. GREY AA SR. AZ. 30X40 1ST AA 29X40 1ST AA 21X40 80X120 1ST AA M. RIX MASTER CO. 27X40 21X40 31X40 M/W 79X120 1ST MASTER B. ULSHER MASTER SR. MT. 29X40 2ND M 23X40 27X40 3RD M 79X120 2ND MASTER M. VENTURINO MASTER SR. MT. 27X40 27X40 24X40 78X120 3RD MASTER D. GAZAWAY MASTER SR. GA. 22X40 27X40 28X40 1ST M 77X120 TOP IRONS SPOTTER P. TAYLOR MASTER SR. AZ. 29X40 3RD M 24X40 24X40 77X120 TOP SENIOR K. ROOS MASTER SR. CA. 24X40 25X40 25X40 74X120 TOP SCOPE SPOTTER J. BLOHM AAA AZ. 24X40 24X40 26X40 3RD AAA 74X120 G. DAVIDS AAA SR. ID. 27X40 24X40 3RD AAA 23X40 74X120 B. MILLER AAA KS 23X40 22X40 28X40 2ND AAA 73X120 K. BRYAN AAA MT. 26X40 28X40 1ST AAA 18X40 72X120 O. SHOCKLEY AAA WY. 25X40 21X40 25X40 71X120 B. DELATORRE AAA AZ. 24X40 23X40 23X40 70X120 G. GIPSON AA SR. AZ. 24X40 2ND AA 24X40 2ND AA 22X40 3RD AA 70X120 2ND AA R. WILKES A AZ. 21X40 21X40 25X40 1ST A 67X120 1ST A G. VERNON AAA SR. UT. 22X40 17X40 24X40 63X120 P. SHIRLEY AA AZ. 20X40 21X40 3RD AA 21X40 62X120 3RD AA P. CONNAN AA CA. 20X40 19X40 21X40 60X120 D. MITCHELL AA WA. 23X40 14X40 23X40 1ST AA 60X120 G. FRANKS AAA SR. CA. 22X40 20X40 17X40 59X120 J. NEUFELD AA SR. MT. 20X40 16X40 22X40 2ND AA 58X120 D. HANKS A SR. AZ. 23X40 1ST A 18X40 16X40 57X120 D. HALL AA SR. AZ. 15X40 21X40 20X40 56X120 L. KLOSTERMEIER AA WM. MT. 23X40 3RD AA 17X40 15X40 55X120 TOP WOMAN K. MCDONALD A NV. 20X40 22X40 1ST A 13X40 55X120 F. STANSBUTY AA SR. AZ. 18X40 20X40 15X40 53X120 J. DODSON AA AZ. 16X40 18X40 18X40 52X120 S. BROWNLEE A AZ. 12X40 13X40 22X40 47X120 D. MITCHELL AA WM. WA. 14X40 16X40 16X40 46X120 T. MACE AA SR. MN. 12X40 13X40 20X40 45X120 R. WINN AA CA. 19X40 14X40 11X40 44X120 R. MCCOLLUM A SR. AZ. 18X40 14X40 10X40 42X120
SCOPE EQUIPMENT LIST:
AL SLEDGE WINCHESTER 1885 45-70 18 TWIST BADGER MVA SCOPE 70 GRS. SWISS 545 JONES PATCHED
JEN OLIVA MEACHAM HIGH WALL 45-70 16 TWIST KRIEGER MVA SCOPE 540 JONES SWISS BLOW TUBED DAVE SWENSON MEACHAM HIGH WALL 40-70 SS GREEN MOUNTAIN 1-14 MVA SCOPE 58 GRS 2F SWISS SAECO 415 GR. DGL LUBE BLOW TUBED
IRON SIGHT EQUIPMENT LIST:
MIKE PATTERSON WINCHESTER 1885 45-70 16 TWIST SMITH BALDWIN SIGHTS PATTERSON 590 MOULD 1 ½ SWISS BLOW TUBED
To all: I know hunting season is important to the Arizona shooters and we did lose some competitors for the October Lever Action matches who had hunts planned. But for those of us that did shoot, going without Virginia Spurlock brownies was almost unbearable!! I hope Dave and Virginia had a good trip to Wyoming and that they were able to fill their tags but next year please bake ahead and make sure we have brownies. Now back to the second most important thing, the shooting. Jeanie Hershey was still on a roll after winning the Silver Medal for second overall at the Pala Regional last month and she carried that over to our .22/Pistol match this month shooting a 32X40 for the morning match win over Eric Sundstrom by one shot. In the afternoon match Eric was out for revenge but he was only able to tie Jeanie with 34s a pair. The tie was down to the last animal which meant the only way to break it was a shoot-off. Eric and Jeanie squared off on the turkey line and after shooting a bank of five Jeanie was the afternoon match winner as well. Way to go girl! Next month the match will follow Thanksgiving and we should be back to normal with cool weather and Virginia Spurlock brownies. Have a Happy Thanksgiving and I’ll see you at the range. Steve Rhoades Match Director
.22/PISTOL SILHOUETTE 10/22/2011 JEANIE HERSHEY AAA 7 9 8 8 32 M/WINNER ERIC SUNDSTROM MASTER 7 7 8 9 31 1ST MASTER CRAIG BUCHANAN MASTER 8 7 6 5 26 TIM FINLEY AAA 7 8 4 6 25 1ST AAA GEORGE HESTER AAA 4 8 8 4 24 MARC JABLONOWSKI B 4 8 5 6 23 1ST B ROLAND WONG A 3 9 5 6 23 1ST A ORRIS GRESS AA 5 7 5 5 22 1ST AA ROGER MAZE AA 3 9 5 4 21 2ND AA JIM CROSSON AA 6 7 5 3 21 CHUCK ZUFALL AA 4 8 4 4 20 ALEX JABLONOWSKI B 6 9 2 3 20 WARREN BARE A 5 5 4 5 19 FRED STANSBURY AA 4 8 1 4 17 BOB MACINTOSH B 3 3 1 5 12 ROB JOHNSON B 3 4 1 1 9
RIFLE CALIBER 10/22/2011 JEANIE HERSHEY AAA 10 9 7 8 34 M/WINNER ERIC SUNDSTROM MASTER 10 9 7 8 34 1ST MASTER CRAIG BUCHANAN MASTER 8 10 7 7 32 ROLAND WONG AA 9 5 7 7 28 1ST AA GEORGE HESTER AAA 8 8 7 5 28 1ST AAA TIM FINLEY AAA 8 7 5 4 24 JIM CROSSON A 8 6 3 7 24 1ST A FRED STANSBURY AA 9 6 4 3 22 2ND AA DAVID WEBER AA 8 5 3 4 20 ORRIS GRESS AA 8 6 2 4 20 ROB JOHNSON A 7 4 3 5 19 WARREN BARE A 7 4 5 1 17 ROGER MAZE AA 3 6 4 4 17 CHUCK ZUFALL AA 2 2 4 3 11 BOB MACINTOSH B 1 1 3 1 6 1ST B
OCTOBER BPCR SILHOUETTE
To all: There are three shooters that deserve recognition this month. First off we have Chip Mate who is a perennial winner of the matches in Arizona but Chip has been suffering with a bad knee for the last couple of years and he finally decided to have it replaced. After a pretty quick recovery it’s good to see back to his winning ways. Second I want to congratulate Ross McCollum for an outstanding job by taking 2nd overall this month. Ross has worked his way from the B class up to the A class and if he keeps shooting like he is it won’t be long before he makes AA or AAA. The third person on my list should really be the first based on his persistence. Sparkie Sparks is battling some real health issues but he keeps finding the strength to come to the matches and compete in the sport he loves. Sparkie’s job is made a bunch easier by his good friend Jim Betush who helps him with loading his ammo, driving him to the range and serving as his spotter. All of us have our little crosses to bear but these guys are good examples of what you can accomplish if you just keep trying. Next month is the Arizona State Championship which is shaping up to be an outstanding match. We already have a pretty good list of top shooters so if you are planning on joining in the fun send your entry in. We still have openings but it’s filling fast. It appears the scope shooters really like the new format as the entry count for the scope class is neck and neck with the iron sight class. Thanks to everyone who came out this month and contributed to another entertaining BPCR get-together. I’ll see you at the range in November. Steve Rhoades Match Director
CHIP MATE MASTER 3 10 10 6 29 ROSS MC COLLUM A 3 9 7 8 27 JIM EGGLESTON MAS-SCOPE 0 9 8 8 27 PAT TAYLOR MASTER 5 8 6 7 26 RICHARD WILKES AAA 4 8 6 8 26 TRENT LAWRENCE AAA 2 10 8 6 26 SMOKEY SLAUGHTER AAA-SCOPE 0 8 8 10 26 KEN GOSE AAA 4 7 6 8 25 RICK GREY AA 3 10 5 7 25 MIKE WHITESELL AAA 1 10 8 5 24 BOB DELATORRE AAA 2 9 6 6 23 STEVE RHOADES AAA 2 8 7 5 22 LARRY WILKES AAA 1 8 6 7 22 DOUG HART AAA-SCOPE 1 6 8 6 21 PAUL BARROW AA 1 9 7 4 21 DONN HANKS A 0 8 7 5 20 JUSTIN BEAULIEU AA 0 8 5 7 20 BOB HITCHENS AAA 2 8 1 8 19 ROGER MAZE AAA-SCOPE 1 7 8 3 19 JIM DORRELL A-SCOPE 3 9 4 2 18 WARREN BARE A 2 5 6 5 18 JIM BETUSH AAA-SCOPE 0 5 3 7 15 PERRY SHIRLEY AA 2 8 2 2 14 ORRIS GRESS AA 1 5 3 2 11 DENNIS HALL AA 1 6 0 4 11 JEFF BLOHM AA-SCOPE 0 7 2 1 10 AL LAPORRA B 1 3 2 3 9 KEITH ZIMMERMAN B 0 0 1 3 4 SPARKIE SPARKS A-SCOPE 0 1 0 0 1
OCTOBER MID-RANGE RESULTS
To all, Well, I just wrote a good story for this month’s Mid-Range match and then accidentally deleted it!!! Basically, I touched on the nice weather we had for a change along with some winds that were pretty tricky at the 300 and 600 yard lines which kept everyone on their toes. In my case they had me on my heels!!! Bob Delatorre, Rick Grey and Trent Lawrence seemed to have a handle on the wind as all three shot good scores and were only separated by one point. Trent was shooting his paper patched 45-90 and it shot real well along with winning the LOUD award for the day with a supersonic crack at 200 and 300 yards. Ken Gose was back on track after getting the sights fixed on his favorite High-Wall. Ken shot the only 100 for the day on the 200 yard line. Donn Hanks is with us again after getting a couple of new knee joints installed and his intensions are to get his strength back so he can compete at Raton again next year. Oh, by the way, Donn is 82 years old and is still a great competitor. This was Ross McCollum’s first Mid-Range and Bob Delatorre helped him get started on the right foot. Ross also pitched in this week to help prepare targets for the match so special thanks goes to him for making my job a bunch easier and giving everyone new targets to shoot on. The attendance wasn’t large but it was a good bunch of guys and if you want to join in the fun we are shooting a Creedmoor on the second Saturday in December. Load up some long range ammo and I’ll see you at the range. Steve Rhoades Match Director
BEN AVERY10/9/2011MID-RANGE BOB DELATORREPRONE45-7099-3X93-1X85-0X277-4X RICK GREYPRONE40-6599-4X96-1X81-0X276-5X TRENT LAWRENCEPRONE 45-90 PAPER/P99-4X92-1X84-0X275-6X KEN GOSEPRONE40-65100-5X96-3X75-0X271-8X BOB HITCHENSPRONE45-7098-2X87-2X74-3X259-7X STEVE RHOADESPRONE45-7097-1X85-0X59-1X241-2X ROSS MC COLLUMPRONE45-7089-0X86-0X55-0X230-0X DONN HANKSPOSITION38-5576-0X73-0X57-0X206-0X
SEPTEMBER LEVER ACTION SILHOUETTE RESULTS
To all: It’s not uncommon, when you reach the age of the majority of the silhouette shooters, to hear conversations concerning a change in eyesight. Saturday was no exception as one of our better shooters was complaining about his inability to see the targets in the morning practice and was deciding whether it was time to visit his optometrist or if it was a dry eye condition due to the weather. I was really feeling sorry for this guy because he is a fierce competitor and not being able to see would definitely be hard for him to handle. Well, my sorrow for him only lasted until I read the scores at the finish of the morning .22/Pistol match and realized this guy was the match winner! Craig Buchanan’s eyesight problems must come and go though. He whipped us all pretty good in the morning match but he didn’t fair as well in the afternoon Rifle Caliber match. Jeanie Hershey only needed a ten-in-a-row on the turkeys to fill out her Grand Slam for the Rifle Caliber Class and you guessed it, she missed the 10th turkey but turned in a nice 34X40 for the match win. Hot on her heals was AA shooter John Nesbitt who missed winning the match on ram count. John shot the Rifle Caliber match with a stock Winchester 1894 rifle using a buckhorn barrel sight and a stock blade on the front! Hope no one tells him it’s legal to use a tang or receiver sight. The hot weather has to break soon but even though it warmed up pretty good in the afternoon we had a nice turn out at the match and I want to thank all that showed up. Kathleen Garvin assured me that she has ordered cool weather for the October match. I really hope she comes through on that promise. See you all next month and don’t forget your sweatshirts. Steve Rhoades Match Director
.22/PISTOL SILHOUETTE 9/24/2011 CRAIG BUCHANAN MASTER 9 9 8 8 34 BILL COLE MASTER 7 9 9 7 32 GEORGE HESTER AAA 10 7 8 4 29 ROBERT HERSHEY AAA 10 8 6 5 29 JEANIE HERSHEY AAA 8 9 4 7 28 STEVE RHOADES AAA 5 9 6 7 27 ERIC SUNDSTROM MASTER 6 9 6 6 27 DAVE SPURLOCK AAA 7 7 5 8 27 TIM FINLEY AAA 9 8 3 7 27 FRED PAXIA AAA 4 10 6 5 25 GREG SMITH AA 10 8 3 4 25 JOHN NESBITT AA 5 7 8 4 24 CHUCK ZUFALL AA 5 8 5 6 24 RADA PLESINGER AA 4 9 4 6 23 VIRGINIA SPURLOCK AA 5 9 3 6 23 KATHLEEN GARVIN AAA 7 7 3 6 23 FRED STANSBURY AA 4 7 6 5 22 DENNIS PALAGI AAA 6 7 3 6 22 BRYON MCBURNIE AAA 4 7 6 4 21 JIM CROSSEN AA 3 8 5 5 21 ED BIANCHI AA 5 8 4 3 20 ORRIS GRESS AA 5 8 2 5 20 BARB BURTON A 3 5 5 5 18 JOHN ORN AA 4 5 3 4 16 ROLAND WONG A 4 6 3 2 15 ROB JOHNSON B 4 4 3 2 13 STEVE DILLON B 3 4 3 1 11 RICK BURTON AA 4 7 6 2 10
RIFLE CALIBER 9/24/2011 JEANIE HERSHEY AAA 9 9 9 7 34 JOHN NESBITT AA 10 9 9 6 34 BILL COLE MASTER 10 9 8 6 33 ERIC SUNDSTROM MASTER 10 8 8 6 32 TIM FINLEY AAA 8 8 7 8 31 FRED PAXIA AAA 6 10 7 7 30 GEORGE HESTER AAA 9 9 5 6 29 BOB HERSHEY AAA 8 7 6 6 27 KATHLEEN GARVIN AAA 8 9 5 5 27 CRAIG BUCHANAN AAA 9 8 3 6 26 JIM CROSSON A 8 6 6 5 25 DAVE SPURLOCK AA 7 8 4 6 25 ED BIANCHI AA 7 8 4 5 24 DENNIS PALAGI AAA 8 7 4 3 22 ROLAND WONG AA 6 10 2 4 22 FRED STANSBURY AA 8 6 4 3 21 STEVE RHOADES AA 7 6 4 3 20 RICK BURTON AA 6 4 3 7 20 VIRGINIA SPURLOCK AA 7 5 3 5 20 ORRIS GRESS AA 5 4 3 6 18 ROB JOHNSON A 7 3 2 2 14 BARB BURTON A 8 5 1 0 14 CHUCK ZUFALL AA 4 3 0 0 7
AUGUST AND SEPTEMBER SILHOUETTE RESULTS
To all: Someone sent me an email the other day saying that they sure missed my monthly match reports for the Lever Action and BPCR silhouette matches. I didn’t realize that I hadn’t posted the results for both matches in August and now the match this weekend in September! Attending the Raton Nationals and the Big Whiskey Shiloh match took a lot of bullet casting and loading effort so I guess that’s my excuse. Anyway, I’ve posted the results for August and the first match of September and as you can see the attendance was a little sparse for all the matches. I’m sure this is due to some really hot weather we experienced this summer. I want to thank those that braved the heat to support the matches and I also want to recognize the winners for their good shooting. It’s good to see new names at the top of the result page so I want to congratulate Trent Lawrence for his first match win with a scope, Tim Finley for winning the .22/Pistol Lever Action match, Chris Spurlock for his first match win in the Rifle Caliber Lever Action match and last but not least Richard Wilkes from Flagstaff for his first win in the BPCR match this weekend. The conditions were not easy at any of these matches and all of these competitors have worked long and hard to be able to shoot their match winning scores. Hopefully things will start to cool off and settle down a little so I’ll be able to keep current with the match reports. Thanks for reading and I’ll see you at the range. Steve Rhoades Match Director,
BEN AVERY BPCR SILHOUETTE 8/20/2011 TRENT LAWRENCE AAA-SCOPE 2 10 10 6 28 RICK GREY AA 4 8 8 7 27 MIKE WHITESELL AAA 3 8 7 6 24 JEFF BLOHM AA-SCOPE 2 10 5 7 24 JIM DORRELL B 3 8 5 7 23 PAUL BARROW AA 1 4 8 8 21 JASON BLOHM AA 1 8 4 8 21 DONN HANKS B 1 6 6 6 19 BOB DELETORRE AAA 0 5 8 6 19 BOB HITCHENS AAA 4 5 4 5 18 STEVE RHOADES AAA 1 5 4 8 18 ROSS MC COLLUM A 0 5 8 5 18 KEN GOSE A-SCOPE 0 5 5 7 17 FRED STANSBURY AA 0 4 4 6 14
BEN AVERY .22/PISTOL SILHOUETTE 8/27/2011 TIM FINLEY AAA 7 10 9 7 33 CRAIG BUCHANAN AAA 9 8 7 8 32 DAVE SPURLOCK AAA 7 9 7 6 29 STEVE RHOADES AAA 7 8 6 8 29 CHIRIS SPURLOCK AA 7 7 9 5 28 RADA PLESINGER AA 8 9 2 9 28 BILL COLE AA 6 9 6 5 26 DAVE NATER AAA 9 8 3 6 26 JOHN NESBITT AA 6 8 8 3 25 GREG SMITH AA 7 7 6 4 24 BOB DELATORRE AA 5 9 6 4 24 ORRIS GRESS AA 7 7 5 5 24 CHET BROWN AA 4 8 4 6 22 VIRGINIA SPURLOCK AA 1 7 5 7 20 JIM CROSSEN AA 4 7 4 4 19 ROLAND WONG A 6 5 3 4 18 FRED STANSBURY AA 3 6 1 6 16 WARREN BARE AA 5 5 1 5 16 ROB JOHNSON B 2 4 3 6 15 STEVE DILLON B 1 4 2 3 10
RIFLE CALIBER 8/27/2011 CHRIS SPURLOCK AAA 8 7 8 6 29 RADA PLESINGER AAA 9 8 6 6 29 BILL COLE MASTER 9 6 8 5 28 CRAIG BUCHANAN AAA 7 8 6 7 28 DAVE WEBER A 9 10 3 5 27 CHET BROWN AA 5 10 5 5 25 ORRIS GRESS AA 8 4 6 5 23 STEVE RHOADES AA 6 7 4 6 23 TIM FINLEY AAA 7 6 4 6 23 ROLAND WONG AA 5 5 5 7 22 DAVE SPURLOCK AA 6 7 6 1 20 JOHN NESBITT AA 8 5 2 5 20 ROB JOHNSON A 5 4 4 3 16 VIRGINIA SPURLOCK AA 7 6 2 1 16 FRED STANSBURY AA 5 5 1 3 14
BEN AVERY BPCR SILHOUETTE 9/17/2011 RICHARD WILKES AAA 2 9 9 9 29 BOB HITCHENS AAA 2 9 8 9 28 JASON BLOHM AA 2 10 7 9 28 RON CALDERONE MASTER 5 9 7 5 26 TRENT LAWRENCE AAA-SCOPE 1 9 8 7 25 JIM DORRELL A 4 7 8 4 23 BOB DELATORRE AAA 1 5 9 8 23 JEFF BLOHM AA-SCOPE 1 9 5 8 23 MIKE WHITESELL AAA 0 9 8 6 23 SMOKEY SLAUGHTER AAA-SCOPE 0 9 8 6 23 PAUL BARROW AA 1 10 5 6 22 LARRY WILKES AAA 2 9 2 8 21 DOUG HART AAA-SCOPE 1 7 4 9 21 KEN GOSE AAA 2 7 5 6 20 AL LAPORRA A 3 5 6 2 16 JIM DODSON AA 0 4 5 6 15 JERRY LATSCHER AA 0 4 3 5 12
JULY LEVER ACTION SILHOUETTE RESULTS
To all: When it’s July in Arizona, shooting a rifle match outdoors doesn’t sound very intelligent. Maybe so, but those who chose to stay home in the air conditioning missed a good match! In the .22/Pistol morning match Eric Sundstrom was on his game and showed us how it’s done by firing an outstanding 37X40 with his Winchester 94-22 Mag. Eric was followed by his shooting partner Craig Buchanan with another pretty good score of 33X40 and the third overall position was filled by A shooter Ken Gose from Prescott. The rest of us followed with scores in the mid-20s and high teens. After everyone enjoyed a fried chicken and cole slaw lunch with some outstanding zucchini bread desert provided by Virginia Spurlock it was time to shoot the rifle caliber match. The temperature was starting to rise but Eric was cooling off which left the door open for someone else to have a shot at the match win. Surprisingly it didn’t come from one of the regulars but instead from AA shooter John Cullum who shot a nice 31X40 to take his first match win. For all of those who decided to stay home this month to avoid the heat you not only missed a pretty good match but a good time as well with a good group of shooters. Hopefully we’ll see you next month. Steve Rhoades Match Director
ERIC SUNDSTROM MASTER 10 10 9 8 37 M/WINNER CRAIG BUCHANAN MASTER 7 10 9 7 33 1ST MASTER KEN GOSE A 8 9 4 9 29 1ST A CHET BROWN AA 6 8 6 8 28 1ST AA DAVE NATER AAA 5 6 8 8 27 1ST AAA RADA PLEASINGER AAA 5 8 8 6 27 2ND AAA JOHN CULLUM AA 6 8 6 7 27 2ND AA DAVE SPURLOCK AAA 7 9 5 6 27 3RD AAA JEANIE HERSHEY AAA 3 9 6 8 26 JOEL CULLUM AAA 7 7 5 6 25 STEVE RHOADES AAA 7 10 3 5 25 TIM FINLEY AAA 5 7 7 5 24 ROBT. HERSHEY AAA 5 9 4 6 24 RICK GREY A 7 9 4 3 23 BUBBA DANIELS AA 8 5 3 7 23 2ND AA DAVE WEBER AA 5 7 4 6 22 3RD AA DAVE PEDERSEN AA 4 7 3 5 19 WARREN BARE AA 5 2 4 5 16 CHRIS SPURLOCK AA 3 4 3 5 15 VIRGINIA SPURLOCK AA 6 5 1 3 15
RIFLE CALIBER 7/23/2011 JOHN CULLUM AA 8 9 6 8 31 MATCH WINNER CRAIG BUCHANAN AAA 10 9 5 6 30 1ST AAA TIM FINLEY AAA 8 8 6 7 29 2ND AAA JOEL CULLUM AAA 10 7 6 6 29 3RD AAA DAVE NATER AAA 9 9 5 6 29 DAVE SPURLOCK AA 9 8 5 6 28 1ST AA BOB HERSHEY AAA 8 10 4 6 28 JOHN NESBITT AA 7 7 6 6 26 2ND AA CHET BROWN AA 8 8 6 3 25 RERIC SUNDSTROM MASTER 7 7 4 6 24 1ST MASTER CHRIS SPURLOCK AAA 8 8 5 2 23 DAVE PEDERSEN AA 8 8 2 3 21 3RD AA DAVE WEBER A 7 7 3 3 20 1ST A WARREN BARE AA 8 4 4 2 18 BUBBA DANIELS AA 10 5 0 2 17 RADA PLESINGER AAA 5 5 3 3 16 RICK GREY AA 9 5 0 1 15 VIRGINIA SPURLOCK AA 5 2 2 4 13
JULY BPCR SILHOUETTE RESULTS
Steve, Here is the match commentary:
We painted targets and went through the safety procedures. All was going fine until someone asks, “What are we going to do about the burro?” He appeared from behind the chicken line. Instead of running away, he decided to come closer. He was eventually standing in front of the shooting line, about 50 yards away. Jim Dodson (he had the biggest cowboy hat on) volunteered to go out and speak to the intruder about moving out of the line of fire. Jim Dorrell said “just shoot the sum bitch!” After a continued range delay, he (the burro, not Dorrell) eventually sauntered off, perhaps influenced by the sound of Rick Grey loading up a .45 caliber 560grain Postell. The burro was last seen moving behind the chicken berm. Where was Calderone and Bullet when you need them??????????? We shot all four target distances, (2) relays and broke for lunch after the last relay. This way, we were done before it got to the worst heat of the day. It was a hot day just the same, the usual switching wind from 6 o’ clock, causing some folks to have vertical problems and everyone to have really hot barrels. Everyone seemed to have a good time. We were done by 1:00PM and into beer by 1:30PM. Match winner, Bob De La Torre, used the Rhoades technique: New stocked rifle, 38-55, no sight settings, and an untested load. The method seemed to work really well with Rick Grey spotting extremely well. I learned from the best!!
Bob Delatorre Match Director
BEN AVERY BPCR SILHOUETTE 7/16/2011 BOB DELATORRE AAA 4 10 5 8 27 M/WINNER BOB HITCHENS AAA 1 10 5 8 24 1ST AAA RICK GREY AA 3 4 8 8 23 1ST AA DOUG HART AAA-SCOPE 1 8 8 5 22 MIKE WHITESELL AAA 1 7 5 8 21 PAUL BARROW AA 2 6 8 4 20 SMOKEY SLAUGHTER AAA-SCOPE 1 8 5 6 20 LARRY WILKES AAA 2 7 4 6 19 TOM LEWANDOWSKI AAA-SCOPE 2 9 4 4 19 JIM DORRELL A 2 6 4 6 18 1ST A JIM DODSON AA 0 7 7 2 16 DONN HANKS A 0 4 2 7 13
JUNE LEVER ACTION SILHOUETTE RESULTS
To all: This month was the last chance to get in some practice for the Nationals at Raton. With the controversy over the fiber optic front sights, some of the normal attendees from Arizona will be setting out the Nationals this year. The NRA just doesn’t get it! We also received some sad news at the match. Past Arizona State Champion Rex Ward from New Mexico passed away from a heart attack during a lineman certification drill at his job with the New Mexico Power Company. Rex was a great competitor and an even greater individual and all the Lever Action shooters will miss him. Our condolences go out to his wife and family. The most challenging aspect this month was the heat. With tempts reaching 107 degrees by the afternoon match I think summer has arrived. Thank God and Bill Cole for the automatic resetting targets!! Speaking of Bill Cole, not only did he get the targets fixed for us this weekend but he managed to give everyone a shooting lesson in the combined .22/Pistol morning match. Bill shot 9s across the board for a 36X40 total and a pretty impressive match win. I even got him to accept the Match Winner pin! After lunch and the repair job by Bill and George Hester on the pig line Bill almost made it two in a row when he turned in a fine 32X40 in the big bore match. Eric Sunstrom was hot, literally, and shot ten straight on all the animals except the rams for a match winning 34X40. The ten in a row Turkeys also completed Eric’s Grand Slam for the Rifle Caliber class. I want to wish all that are going to Raton good luck and for those setting the match out I want you to know we are going to do everything we can to resolve the equipment issue with the NRA this year at the Silhouette Committee meetings in October. This sport needs shooters, not controversy, and we’ll do our best to get that idea across to the NRA. Thanks to everyone that battled the heat to attend the match and we’ll see you back here in July after the Nationals. Steve Rhoades Match Director.
.22/PISTOL 6/25/2011 BILLL COLE AAA 9 9 9 9 36 M/WINNER CRAIG BUCHANAN MASTER 9 8 7 10 34 1ST MASTER ERIC SUNDSTROM MASTER 9 10 5 9 33 JEANIE HERSHEY AAA 6 10 6 9 31 1ST AAA TIM FINLEY AAA 8 8 5 10 31 2ND AAA GEORGE HESTER AAA 9 9 6 6 30 3RD AAA KATHLEEN GARVIN AAA 6 9 7 7 29 KEN GOSE A 6 6 8 7 27 1ST A TRENT LAWRENCE AAA 6 9 8 4 27 DAVE PHILLIPS MASTER 4 9 6 8 27 ROBT. HERSHEY AAA 5 10 4 8 27 STEVE RHOADES AAA 5 9 5 7 26 DAVE PEDERSEN AA 9 6 5 5 25 1ST AA CHET BROWN AA 6 8 4 7 25 2ND AA RICK BURTON AA 7 9 5 3 24 3RD AA RADA PLEASINGER AAA 5 9 3 7 24 DENNIS PALAGI AAA 6 9 5 3 23 BUBBA DANIELS AA 7 8 2 6 23 WARREN BARE AA 5 5 6 6 22 DAVE SPURLOCK AAA 3 7 5 6 21 FRED STANSBURY AA 4 7 7 2 20 JIM CROSSEN AA 5 7 5 3 20 VIRGINIA SPURLOCK AA 3 8 3 5 19 RICK GREY A 3 7 2 4 16 ROLAND WONG B 3 5 3 4 15 1ST B DAVE WEBER AA 1 5 4 4 14 BARB BURTON A 4 4 3 3 14 GIDEON BULLOCK B 2 3 1 2 8
RIFLE CALIBER 6/25/2011 ERIC SUNDSTROM MASTER 10 10 10 6 34 M/WINNER BILL COLE MASTER 10 10 6 6 32 1ST MASTER DAVE PHILLIPS MASTER 9 8 9 5 31 TIM FINLEY AAA 9 10 6 5 30 1ST AAA GEORGE HESTER AAA 8 9 6 6 29 2ND AAA CRAIG BUCHANAN AAA 10 8 4 6 28 3RD AAA JEANIE HERSHEY AAA 10 8 6 3 27 ROLAND WONG AA 8 7 5 7 27 1ST AA KATHLEEN GARVIN AAA 9 7 5 5 26 DAVE SPURLOCK AA 7 8 6 4 25 2ND AA DENNIS PALAGI AAA 9 8 6 2 25 RADA PLESINGER AAA 6 4 6 8 24 ROBT. HERSHEY AAA 6 8 6 4 24 RICK BURTON AA 9 8 5 2 24 3RD AA JIM CROSSEN A 8 7 3 6 24 1ST A STEVE RHOADES AA 9 6 5 2 22 DAVE PEDERSEN AA 5 7 4 6 22 RICK GREY AA 7 6 4 5 22 FRED STANSBURY AA 7 9 1 5 22 BUBBA DANIELS AA 6 10 3 2 21 BARB BURTON A 4 8 5 2 19 DAVE WEBER A 6 6 4 3 19 CHET BROWN A 10 5 4 0 19 VIRGINIA SPURLOCK AA 6 4 2 5 17 TRENT LAWRENCE AA 5 7 2 2 16 WARREN BARE AA 5 5 1 0 11 GIDEON BULLOCK B 2 1 0 0 3 1ST B
JUNE BPCR SILHOUETTE RESULTS
To all: Well it’s finally happened. Our worst nightmare. We’ll never hear the end of this! DOUG HART WON THE MATCH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Actually the weather was pretty mild for Arizona in June but after lunch the winds picked up from the South and it became pretty challenging as the scores reflect. But Doug and his spotter/partner Smokey Slaughter had everything under control and Doug not only won the match but he spanked us pretty soundly. I understand that Doug gave up on his .40 caliber for this match and decided to bring out the .45-70 and that turned out to be the secret of his success. Even though Chip Mate didn’t make the match due to a fire closing the highway on him Doug turned in a pretty good score and even Chip would have struggled to out shoot Doug. Congratulations to Doug for his first match win and my suggestion is to keep shooting that 45-70! It was good the see Sparkie show up for the match. He’s going through a pretty rough time with his health and thanks to Jim Betush he is able to come out and shoot. His determination is inspiring. I’m going to be in Raton during the match next month so Bob Delatorre and Rick Grey stepped up and offered to run the match. The alternative was canceling so please pitch in and help them out if you are shooting in July. A tip for those that are shooting next month, you might want to wear double ear plugs to prevent any hearing damage from Doug passing along his match winning shooting tips! I’m telling you, we’ll never hear the end of this!!!!!!! Good job though Doug, God bless you Sparkie and good luck to all of you that are going to the Raton Nationals. See you at the range. Steve Rhoades Match Director
DOUG HART AAA-SCOPE 3 9 9 8 29 M/WINNER RON CALDERONE MASTER 3 9 4 9 25 1ST MASTER STEVE RHOADES AAA 3 8 7 6 24 1ST AAA SMOKEY SLAUGHTER AAA-SCOPE 3 8 7 6 24 2ND AAA BOB HITCHENS AAA 1 9 7 7 24 3RD AAA RICK GREY AA-SCOPE 0 9 9 6 24 1ST AA TRENT LAWRENCE AAA 2 8 5 8 23 BOB DELATORRE AAA 2 9 4 8 23 PAUL BARROW AA 2 10 5 5 22 ZACK TAYLOR AAA 2 7 3 9 21 KEN GOSE AAA 5 7 1 7 20 LARRY WILKES AAA 2 7 5 6 20 JIM BETUSH AAA-SCOPE 0 9 7 4 20 JAMES KEENAN A 3 7 5 4 19 1ST A ROSS MC COLLUM A 1 6 7 5 19 2ND A MIKE WHITESELL AAA 0 9 5 5 19 WARREN BARE A 1 7 7 3 18 JIM DODSON AA 2 6 7 2 17 DONN HANKS A 1 9 3 2 15 JIM DORRELL A 0 6 4 5 15 JERRY LATSCHAR AA 1 8 4 1 14 FRED STANSBURY AA 0 5 6 2 13 MELINDA KEENAN B 0 5 1 5 11 1ST B SPARKIE SPARKS B-SCOPE 0 0 1 0 1
MAY LEVER ACTION RESULTS
To all: Usually by this time of year I’m complaining about the heat but this year the weather in Arizona has taken a change for the good. It’s the end on May and we have only had a couple of days that the temperature has reached the 100 degree mark. This makes for outstanding shooting conditions. Good conditions mean good scores and that’s what we had in the morning combined .22/pistol caliber match. Eric Sundstrom, who was still on a roll after winning the California State Smallbore Silhouette Championship last month, really gave everyone a shooting lesson in the morning match by firing an outstanding 37X40. Eric decided to give us a break in the afternoon Rifle Caliber match. His rifle is in for some work with Bill Cole so Eric decided to set out the match. Instead he let his partner Kathleen Garvin whip up on the rest of us with a match winning score of 31X40. The wind had picked up considerably in the afternoon so Kathleen’s score was pretty remarkable considering the conditions. Having the match on Memorial Day weekend gives us a chance to reflect on how lucky we are that those in the military, past and present, have given their time and some their lives so we can enjoy ourselves shooting rifle matches. I hope everyone enjoyed the match and their holiday weekend and never forget those that fought and died for our country. See you at the range. Steve Rhoades Match Director
.22/PISTOL SILHOUETTE 5/28/2011 ERIC SUNDSTROM MASTER 9 10 8 10 37 M/WINNER TIM FINLEY AAA 9 10 8 7 34 1ST AAA DAVE NATER AAA 7 10 8 8 33 2ND AAA BILL COLE AAA 6 9 8 8 31 3RD AAA KATHLEEN GARVIN AAA 7 10 8 6 31 CRAIG BUCHANAN MASTER 5 8 8 9 30 1ST MASTER ORRIS GRESS AA 8 8 8 5 29 1ST AAA DAVE SPURLOCK AAA 4 10 5 7 26 RADA PLESINGER AAA 6 10 5 5 26 CHRIS SPURLOCK AA 8 9 4 3 24 2ND AA BUBBA DANIELS AA 3 6 7 7 23 3RD AA VIRGINIA SPURLOCK AA 7 8 3 5 23 RICK BURTON AA 5 7 6 3 21 RICK GREY A 7 5 5 4 21 1ST A ROBERT HOWARD AA 6 7 1 7 21 ED BIANCHI AA 3 5 6 6 20 DENNIS PALAGI AAA 6 4 5 5 20 TRENT LAWRENCE AAA 2 8 5 5 20 JOEL CULLUM AAA 5 8 4 3 20 KEN GOSE A 3 5 6 5 19 JIM CROSSEN AA 3 5 5 6 19 JOHN ORN AA 3 8 5 3 19 STEVE RHOADES AA 3 6 3 6 18 ERIN O'NIEL AA 6 5 3 3 17 BARB BURTON A 3 4 2 5 14 DAN ALCORN AA 2 2 3 3 10
RIFLE CALIBER 5/28/2011 KATHLEEN GARVIN AAA 10 9 5 7 31 M/WINNER DAVE NATER AAA 9 9 7 4 29 1ST AAA BILL COLE MASTER 8 9 6 4 27 1ST MASTER CRAIG BUCHANAN AAA 9 10 4 4 27 2ND AAA CHRIS SPURLOCK AAA 8 7 7 4 26 3RD AAA JOHN ORN AA 9 7 5 5 26 1ST AA RICK GREY AA 9 7 5 4 25 2ND AA STEVE RHOADES AA 8 9 4 3 24 3RD AA TIM FINLEY AAA 9 7 3 4 23 JOEL CULLUM AAA 7 6 5 4 22 DAN ALCORN AA 7 5 4 6 22 KEN GOSE A 6 7 4 5 22 1ST A ERIN O'NEIL A 9 6 3 4 22 DAVE SPURLOCK AAA 5 4 6 6 21 RADA PLESINGER AAA 8 7 3 3 21 DENNIS PALAGI AAA 7 8 3 3 21 VIRGINIA SPURLOCK AA 6 4 5 5 20 ROBERT HOWARD A 9 6 2 3 20 ORRIS GRESS AA 9 7 1 3 20 JIM CROSSEN A 8 7 1 2 18 ED BIANCHI AA 5 0 5 6 16 BARB BURTON A 7 5 2 1 15 BUBBA DANIELS AA 5 2 4 3 14 RICK BURTON AA 5 7 4 3 10
MAY BPCR SILHOUETTE RESULTS
To all: “You can buy them books and send them to school but they rip out the pages and…………” To learn the rest of this old saying you’ll have to ask Bob Hitchens and Tom Lewandowski at the next match. Also, when you finish shooting chickens at the next match, stop one of them and ask what animal you should shoot after Chickens. Some things become legend and this is one of them! Our shooting conditions for the month of May have been exceptional. It’s the middle of the month and the thermometer hasn’t toped 100 deg. yet! Chip Mate still continues to dominate the matches and although he has the best spotter his ability to make good shots is phenomenal. He’s on a roll at the local level winning the State Silhouette Championships last November and then coming back with a win in the Regional Creedmoor in March. Let’s just hope that carries through to Raton and Chip can win another National Championship. Next Sunday is Memorial Day so let’s all remember that we wouldn’t be enjoying ourselves at the range if it wasn’t for those who sacrificed it all. God bless America and God bless the American servicemen and women! Steve R. Match Director
BPCR SILHOUETTE 5/19/2011 CHIP MATE MASTER 4 10 7 9 30 M/WINNER TOM LEWANDOWSKI AAA-SCOPE 1 10 8 7 26 1ST AAA BOB DELATORRE AAA 2 10 6 8 26 2ND AAA RON CALDERONE MASTER 4 9 6 6 25 1ST MASTER STEVE RHOADES AAA 1 10 4 10 25 3RD AAA DAVE NATER AA 3 9 8 4 24 1ST AA ORRIS GRESS AA 2 7 9 6 23 2ND AA TRENT LAWRENCE AAA 2 7 6 8 23 KEN GOSE AAA 3 6 7 6 22 SMOKEY SLAUGHTER AAA-SCOPE 2 7 5 8 22 PERRY SHIRLEY AA 2 6 6 6 20 RICH WILKES AAA 1 7 5 7 20 DOUG HART AAA-SCOPE 1 8 5 6 20 LARRY WILKES AAA 2 10 4 4 20 WARREN BARE A 1 9 3 3 16 1ST A BOB HITCHENS AAA 2 0 5 7 14 JIM CROSSEN AA 0 7 5 2 14 PAT TAYLOR MASTER 2 5 3 4 14 DENNIS HALL AA 1 5 2 4 12 JIM DORRELL A 0 5 3 3 11 AL LAPORA A 1 2 6 5 10 JERRY LATSCHAR AA 0 5 3 2 10 FRED STANSBURY AA 0 6 3 0 9 DAN ALCORN B 0 1 0 0 1 1ST B
MAY MID-RANGE RESULTS
To all: “I CAN SEE CLEARLY NOW” Those are not only the words of a popular song but they are the words that describe our match winner at the Mid-Range match this Saturday. Tom Lewandowski has had a pretty rough time with his eyes this year causing him to miss a lot of matches. He suffered from a detached retina which is pretty serious stuff but surgery to repair the damage was successful and after a lengthy recovery period he is finally able to shoot again. He’s still using a scope but after looking at the score he turned in at this match we are going to start riding him about switching to iron sights in order to give the rest of us a chance! The match conditions were about as good as you could get at 200 yards but by the time we moved back to 300 yards the notorious Ben Avery winds were starting to do their thing. All the flags were pointed straight down the range but you needed 2 ½ to 5 minutes of windage depending on the angle and velocity which was changing rapidly. Some of the guys were right on top of it and others, like me, seemed to be one shot behind! There were a lot of 5s and a few misses shot at 600 yards in this match. Three of the shooters were practicing their position shooting looking forward to the Iron Man competition at Raton. Trent Lawrence will be a first time shooter at Raton this year and his first attempt at shooting Mid-Range Position looked pretty good considering he was able to outshoot Pat taylor on X count. Pat is a long time Mid-Range Nationals competitor and National record holder. Pat’s partner Lee Bumbalow had the best 200-300 yard scores and would have posted a REAL good position score if he hadn’t stumbled at 600 yards. I already talked about the tricky wind conditions so I think Lee was also the best spotter at 600 yards. Just kidding Pat! Next month we don’t have anything scheduled on the high-power range but I’m considering reserving the 2nd Saturday for a 1000 yard only match so we can get some more range time before Raton. We’ll only shoot at 1000 yards and each relay can have one hour which should be more than enough time for two shooters and still get us off the range before it gets too hot. Email me before the end of May if you are interested and I’ll reserve the range. I’ll also make sure we have cold water and plenty of cold beer. Next week BPCR Silhouette and the week after is Lever Action Silhouette. No one can complain about a lack of shooting opportunity in Arizona. See you at the range. Steve Rhoades Match Director
BEN AVERY5/14/2011MID-RANGE TOM LEWANDOWSKIPRONE45-70 SCOPE100-5X96-3X89-0X285-8X CHIP MATEPRONE44-7798-2X94-2X88-4X280-8X KEN GOSEPRONE40-6599-3X93-2X88-1X280-6X BOB HITCHENSPRONE45-70100-5X96-3X82-0X278-8X PAUL BARROWPRONE100-3X93-1X80-0X273-4X ZACK TAYLORPRONE96-1X96-1X76-1X268-3X STEVE RHOADESPRONE40-6599-1X88-1X75-0X262-2X WARREN BAREPRONE96-2X92-4X72-0X260-6X AL LAPORAPRONE40-7095-0X96-0X65-0X256-0X DONN HANKSPRONE40-6594-1X90-2X71-0X255-3X TRENT LAWRENCEPOSITION45-7078-1X83-0X85-2X246-3X PAT TAYLORPOSITION70-0X96-2X80-0X246-2X LEE BUMBALOWPOSITION89-0X88-1X68-1X244-2X MIKE WHITESELLPRONE96-1X65-0X65-0X226-1X
To all: Finally after a two month wait we got to shoot Lever Action Silhouette again! Ben Avery is so crowded during February and March with the Cowboys and the Muzzleloaders, the range isn’t available for our Lever Action match. It’s obvious though that Jeanie Hershey has found time to practice during the two month layoff as she whipped a pretty good bunch of shooters in both the .22/Pistol and Rifle Caliber matches with back to back 32X40s. Now that fiber optic front sights are no longer allowed some of the shooters had to switch back to regular post front sights and that seemed to lower the scores for some of the top shooters but they will eventually figure it out and find their way back to the top. They had better hurry up as Jeanie is a serious shooter and she’s not going to make it easy for anyone. It’s frustrating for some whose eyesight is not so good to adapt to the regular front sights. I encourage those shooters to keep the pressure on the NRA to get this stupid ruling reversed so the older shooters can continue to enjoy shooting rifle matches with open sights. We had a good turnout with some new shooters joining us so it looks like rest of the year will be good for Lever Action Silhouette. See you next month. Steve Rhoades Match Director
BEN AVERY .22/PISTOL CALIBER 4/23/2011 JEANIE HERSHEY AAA 6 10 7 9 32 M/WINNER ERIC SUNDSTROM MASTER 8 10 7 7 32 1ST MASTER DENNIS PALAGI AAA 8 10 8 5 31 1ST AAA JOHN CULLUM AA 8 8 7 7 31 1ST AA JOEL CULLUM AAA 9 9 7 6 31 2ND AAA BILL COLE AAA 5 8 8 8 29 3RD AAA KEN GOSE AA 8 8 6 7 29 2ND AA STEVE RHOADES AA 5 10 6 7 28 3RD AA CHIP MATE MASTER 8 9 6 5 28 RICH BLOUNT AA 8 9 5 5 27 TRENT LAWRENCE AAA 6 7 6 7 26 DAVE SPURLOCK AAA 3 10 6 6 25 CHRIS SPURLOCK AA 5 8 5 7 25 DAVE NATER AAA 7 7 5 6 25 KATHLEEN GARVIN AAA 6 9 5 5 25 CRAIG BUCHANAN AAA 6 6 4 8 24 DAVE PEDERSEN AA 3 8 5 7 23 ROBT. HERSHEY AAA 5 7 5 6 23 RADA PLESINGER AAA 6 6 5 5 22 RICK GREY A 5 7 4 5 21 1ST A LANA CANATSEY A 7 4 5 4 20 JOHN CANATSEY A 5 7 5 3 20 ED BIANCHI AA 9 2 3 5 19 JIM CROSSEN AA 6 5 1 7 19 BUBBA DANIELS AA 3 7 3 4 17 JIM KEENAN B 3 9 2 3 17 1ST B ROLAND WONG B 5 4 4 3 16 FRED STANSBURY AA 3 8 1 4 16 DWIGHT SISSELL A 6 5 0 5 16 ROGER MAZE AA 5 5 3 2 15 WARREN BARE AA 5 4 1 5 15 JOHN ORN AA 4 6 1 4 15 MELINDA KEENAN B 2 3 3 4 12 GIDEON BULLOCK B 3 5 1 1 10 ROB JOHNSON B 0 4 0 0 4
RIFLE CALIBER 4/23/2011 JEANIE HERSHEY AAA 8 9 8 7 32 M/WINNER JOEL CULLUM AAA 10 9 6 7 32 1ST AAA BILL COLE MASTER 8 9 6 7 30 1ST MASTER JOHN CULLUM AA 10 7 7 5 29 1ST AA KATHLEEN GARVIN AAA 10 8 5 6 29 2ND AAA CRAIG BUCHANAN AAA 9 8 4 7 28 3RD AAA RICH BLOUNT AA 9 6 7 5 27 2ND AA ERIC SUNDSTROM MASTER 9 8 6 3 26 FRED STANSBURY AA 8 5 5 8 26 3RD AA DAVE NATER AAA 9 5 5 7 26 BUBBA DANIELS AA 6 8 4 7 25 ED BIANCHI AA 6 7 5 6 24 DENNIS PALAGI AAA 9 9 4 2 24 WARREN BARE AA 8 8 4 3 23 RADA PLESINGER AAA 9 8 4 2 23 CHRIS SPURLOCK AAA 8 8 4 2 22 STEVE RHOADES AA 8 7 4 2 21 ROBT. HERSHEY AAA 6 8 4 2 20 TRENT LAWRENCE AA 9 5 2 4 20 DAVE SPURLOCK AA 6 3 6 4 19 JIM CROSSON A 7 5 4 3 19 1ST A JOHN ORN AA 4 7 2 6 19 ROLAND WONG AA 7 6 4 1 18 DAVE PEDERSEN AA 6 7 3 2 18 ROGER MAZE AA 7 5 1 5 18 RICK GREY AA 6 7 3 1 17 GIDEON BULLOCK B 7 5 0 4 16 1ST B ROB JOHNSON A 5 3 2 5 15 DWIGHT SISSELL A 5 5 3 0 13 JOHN CANATSEY A 4 5 3 0 12 LANA CANATSEY A 2 6 0 4 12
To all: Finally we got to shoot a match! Last month for the first time in 10+ years of shooting BPCR silhouette at Ben Avery we had to cancel a match due to weather. It began raining and blowing during the lunch break and when it was time to resume the match the shooting line was under water. No one wanted to lie in the water so we called the match at that point. I figures that would happen, as I was two shots ahead of Chip Mate at that point and felt confident that I would be the match winner. This weekend turned out to be one of the better weekends for shooting with light winds and warm temperatures and although the turn out was small we all had a good time, especially Ross McCollum. Ross has really been working hard to get out of the “B” class and this weekend he accomplished his goal of moving up to “A”. Also adding to his day was shooting his first “Ten-In-A-Row” by cleaning the pig line. That was no small feat as most shooters failed to knock down all the pigs today, myself included. Another happy camper was Richard Wilkes who shot his third AAA score which moved him up as well. A nice added bonus was also shooting five chickens. He shot four straight in the second bank and choked on the fifth chicken!!!! Next month Rich! Next week is the Lever Action silhouette match and we will try again on the second Saturday of May to shoot a Mid-Range match, so mark your calendars as that will be your last chance to test your loads on paper before Raton. See you at the range. Steve Rhoades Match Director
BPCR SILHOUETTE 4/16/2011 CHIP MATE MASTER 3 10 10 7 30 M/WINNER RICHARD WILKES AA 5 8 6 8 27 1ST AA TRENT LAWRENCE AAA 3 8 7 8 26 1ST AAA BOB HITCHENS AAA 2 10 4 10 26 2ND AAA STEVE RHOADES AAA 6 7 7 5 25 3RD AAA JASON BLOHM AA 2 9 7 6 24 2ND AA LARRY WILKES AAA 2 9 5 7 23 SMOKEY SLAUGHTER AAA-SCOPE 0 9 5 8 22 JIM BETUSH AAA-SCOPE 1 7 7 6 21 DOUG HART AAA-SCOPE 2 9 3 6 20 MIKE WHITESELL AAA 1 10 6 3 20 ROSS MC COLLUM B 1 10 2 7 20 1ST B KEN GOSE AAA 0 6 9 5 20 BOB DELATORRE AAA 2 6 6 5 19 ORRIS GRESS AA 0 7 4 8 19 PERRY SHIRLEY AA 2 8 3 5 18 JEFF BLOHM AA-SCOPE 3 5 4 4 16 DENNIS HALL AA 1 9 2 3 15 ROGER MAZE AAA-SCOPE 1 9 1 4 15 FRED STANSBURY AA 3 5 2 0 10 WALT GIPSON A 1 1 1 1 4 1ST A SPARKEY SPARKS A-SCOPE 0 0 1 3 4
AMERICAN CREEDMOOR CUP-WINTERNATIONAL REGIONAL CREEDMOOR
To all: It’s exciting to see the anticipation on the internet forums for the results of the American Creedmoor Cup and the Winter National Creedmoor as those not able to attend wait anxiously by their computers for the final tally. No one was on the edge of their seat more than past champion Doc Lay. Doc had to stay home this year to attend to his ailing father and we all missed him. He is a formidable competitor! The weather was pretty warm on the first day of the American Creedmoor Cup even by Phoenix standards. Temperatures were in the high 80 deg. range, so not only did the shooters have to make their own wind calls and keep themselves hydrated but they had to make sure their between shot maintenance controlled the fouling. Blow tubes were as scarce as an honest politician on the Ben Avery shooting line. I don’t know if it was the Arizona heat causing it but Eron Ahmer, the Colorado Master Gunsmith, was “ON FIRE” Shooting a 98-3X at 800 yards was pretty good and his 85-0X at 900 was about middle of the pack but with the Phoenix afternoon winds picking up Eron’s 83-1X at 1000 yards for a 266-3X gave him the match win and a 6 point advantage over 2nd place Dave Gullo and 3rd place Chip Mate. Dave and Chip tied with 260s a pair but Dave got the 2nd spot on X count. Friday’s match started with three shooters that still had a chance at the overall win. Eron had a 6 point lead over Dave and Chip but all it would take was one bad shot and that lead would be gone. Eron and Chip were tied at 800 with Dave one shot back. At the end of 900 yards Dave had made that up on both of them so it was once again going to be the 1000 yard score that would determine the 2011 American Creedmoor Cup Championship. Whatever Eron had for breakfast was the right stuff as he was able to record an outstanding 93-3X in challenging wind conditions for the match winning 279-10X and the American Creedmoor Cup Championship score of 545-14X. Chip Mate secured the 2nd overall position with a very solid 265-3X and an aggregate score of 525-6X. During all the drama surrounding the fight for the overall win, match founder, Mike Rix, continued to shoot solid scores for the two day competition. When those scores were added up he had won the 3rd Place Overall award in spite of fighting a bad flu bug. Mike was almost speechless during the award ceremonies and I’m not so sure it was the flu bug causing that. The award ceremonies and steak fry followed Fridays match and the awards for the American Creedmoor Cup were handed out along with a great meal prepared by Carolyn and her daughter Steph. Sherri Taylor and Judy Atkinson also jumped in to help Carolyn and Steph with the meal. I can’t thank them enough for their efforts every year to make the awards dinner an enjoyable experience for us all! Also helping them with the dinner were granddaughter Reilly and grandson Justice. They also helped me with handing out some nice door prizes donated by the following manufactures: Baldwin Sights, RCBS, Corbin, Wolf Publishing, Bryan Youngberg, Gentleman Jim Products, Goex Powder, Walter’s Wads, Buffalo Arms, Lee Precision, Kermit Hoke Sights, SPG, Shooter-2 and Starline Brass. If you were one of the recipients of a prize, please take the time to contact the donor and thank them for their contribution. Come Saturday morning and it meant it was time to contest the Winter National Regional Creedmoor. The slate was wiped clean for this match and everyone had a partner to help with the tricky wind calls. Piece of cake right; NOT!! The weather had cooled off a bit but the winds were more of a challenge at the shorter distances. The trick to shooting good Creedmoor scores is to stay on paper for both days of the match. Those that can do that are assured of a finish in the top ten if not the top five positions. Chip Mate had his sights set on the overall win and he went to work by shooting the high score at 800 yards a 97-2X followed by John Venhous’ 96-1X and Paul Barrow and Kelly Roos’ 95-1Xs. At 900 yards Dave Gullo and Ray Hanson tried to make a run on Chip by firing a 93-1X and a 91-2X respectively. But in this game it’s always decided by the score at the 1000 yard line and that’s where Chip and his Shiloh 44-77 really stretched it out over the competition. Chip fired a remarkable 83-1X in extremely tough conditions to take the match win at 271-6X and an eleven point lead over first year shooter Bob Hitchens. Bob is new to the sport and has been working hard on his combination. Bob’s also one of those guys that just make you shake you head as he only has one rifle, a Shiloh Creedmoor 45-70 and one bullet mould a Paul Jones Creedmoor. Goes to show that more stuff isn’t always better maybe just more confusing! Bob also has a secret weapon and that’s his spotter Tom Lewandowski. They have both put a lot of effort into their shooting and it shows. Sunday arrived at last and it was a perfect day for a rifle match. It was actually cool with temperatures in the 60s and overcast skies. The mirage was not visible so the flags would have to provide the indicators for wind changes. Although the winds were very light they were subtle so it was a challenge to stay in the middle of the target. Dave Gullo and Klaus Shattleitner shared the lead after 800 yards with a pair of 98-3Xs. At 900 yards the high scorer was Sharpshooter Eric Halter who was the top scorer with an outstanding 92-2x. Chip had started the match with the goal of just staying on paper and shooting solid scores. He knew that the scores would be higher on Sunday for everyone but he had an eleven point lead and for someone to close that gap it could only happen if Chip made a mistake. Chip Mate doesn’t make mistakes! Even with an outstanding finish by Dave Gullo at 1000 yards with a 90-4X and a one point victory over Chip for the Sunday match win, Chip’s 546-9X aggregate score maintained his eleven point lead over second place Dave Gullo and the Winter National Regional Creedmoor Championship. Chip was the first resident to win an Arizona State Silhouette Championship last year in November and now he has put that together with an Arizona Regional Creedmoor Championship. Arizona salutes you Chip! You are a true Champion. We also instituted a new scoring method at this match based on suggestions from a group of shooters headed up by Doc Lay. The intension was to assure all competitors that the scores that were being turned in for record were accurate, not a product of “Creative Scoring”. Basically it entails having one shooter remain on the firing line to score for a pair of competitors and the other shooter carrying out the target pulling duty. This worked pretty well for our first effort with a surprise bonus of providing new shooters the opportunity to observe the seasoned veterans at work on the firing line. I will continue with this method of scoring my matches and I encourage the NRA and other match directors to adopt it as well. It’s a win-win deal. This was a very enjoyable match for me and I hope everyone enjoyed it as much as I did. It wouldn’t happen without you. Thanks for choosing to come to Arizona and I hope to see you back next year. Steve Rhoades Match Director.
2011 CREEDMOOR CUP
COMPETITORCLASS800 YRD900 YRD1000 YRDTOTAL800 YRD900 YRD1000 YRDTOTALAGGR.AWARD ERON AHMER98-3X85-0X83-1X266-3X98-5X88-2X93-3X279-10X545-14XM/WINNER CHIP MATE99-1X89-1X72-1X260-3X98-2x89-1x78-0X265-3X525-6X2ND OVERALL MIKE RIX94-0X89-1X69-0X252-1X95-0c85-0X79-0X259-0X511-1X3RD OVERALL DAVE GULLO99-4X88-1X73-1X260-6X97-3x90-3x63-0x250-6X510-12x BRYAN YOUNGBERG97-4X83-3X70-0X247-7X90-1x83-0X76-0X249-1X496-8X RON CALDERONE95-5X89-1X41-1X225-6X92-1x86-1x60-0X238-2X493-8X ERIC HALTER91-2X82-0X63-0X236-2X99-4x85-0x61-0x255-4X491-6X RAY HANSON94-1X83-0X57-0X234-1X92-1x84-0x79-0X255-1X489-2XHI SENIOR STEVE RHOADES92-1X89-1X45-0X226-2X86-1x90-4x83-1X259-6X485-8X PAT TAYLOR91-0X85-1X55-0X231-1X94-3x88-0X65-2X247-5X478-6X TOBY CRISTLER90-3X70-0X65-0X225-3X90-1x82-0x81-0X253-1X478-4X STEVE BALDWIN98-3X86-0X72-1X256-4X93-2x85-1x40-1X218-4X477-8X K. SHATTLEITNER93-1X70-0X70-1X233-2X93-0x78-1X73-0X244-1X477-3X RICK GREY92-2X77-1X65-0X234-3X91-1x87-1x62-0x240-2X474-5x BOB ENGLEBACH77-0X78-0X63-1X218-1X88-0x83-0x82-1X253-1X471-2XHigh PP JOHN VENHOUS80-0X72-1X59-0X211-1X91-1x83-1X73-0X247-2X458-3X TRENT LAWRENCE87-1X82-1X57-2X226-4X85-0x90-0x52-1X227-1X453-5X JIM TERRY87-0X83-0X26-0X196-1X92-3x86-1X75-1X253-5X449-6X D. WEESE90-1X72-0X52-1X214-2X91-1x84-1X56-0X231-2X445-4X K/ WASSERBURGER80-1X78-1X49-1X207-3X89-1x84-0X64-0X237-1X444-4XHIGH SCOPE DAN THEODORE93-1X71-1X54-0X218-2X73-0x82-0X66-0X221-0X439-2X KIRK MARTIN87-2X64-0X63-1X214-3X81-1x81-1x60-2X222-4X432-7X AL SLEDGE65-0X68-0X66-0X199-0X91-2x82-2X57-0X230-3X429-3X ZACK TAYLOR74-2X61-1X54-0X189-3X87-0x82-1X64-0X233-1X422-4X DARRELL TONN82-0X82-0X48-0X212-0X74-1x64-0X63-1X201-2X413-2X GLEN GIPSON76-0X83-0X37-0X196-0X87-1x86-2x34-0x207-3X403-3x BOB DELATORRE60-0X53-1X31-0X144-1X89-0x75-1x60-0X224-1X368-2X DAVE MAURER79-1X51-0X48-0X178-1X79-1x74-0x23-0X176-1X354-2X PAUL LAWRENCE73-0X50-0X36-0X159-0X71-0x60-0x60-0X191-0X350-0X DOUG GAZAWAY79-0X24-0X13-0X116-0X92-1x94-1x67-0X233-2X349-2X DICK FOSTER72-0X27-0X17-0X116-0X90-2x77-2x50-0X217-4X333-4X COLIN WEISZ73-0X24-1X40-0X142-1X66-0x68-0X54-0X188-0X330-1X KENT SAVAGE78-1X33-0X13-0X124-1X87-0x88-1X25-1X200-2X324-3X TOM MACE77-1X45-0X6-0X128-0X74-0x67-1x34-0X175-1X303-1X KEN HEIER51-0X34-0X14-0X99-0X72-0x70-0x21-0X163-0X262-0X KELLY ROOS89-0X36-0X24-1X149-1XDNFDNFDNFDNF149-1X STEVE LORENZDNFDNFDNFDNF48-0x51-0x43-1X142-1X142-1X
2011 WINTERNATIONALS REGIONAL CREEDMOOR
COMPETITORCLASS800 YD.900 YD.1000 YD.TOTAL800 YD.900 YD.1000 YD.TOTALAGGR.AWARD CHIP MATEMASTER97-2X90-1X84-3X271-6X97-2X91-1X87-0X275-3X546-9XM/WINNER DAVE GULLOMASTER92-1X93-1X74-0X259-2X98-3X88-0X90-4X276-4X535-6X2ND PLACE BOB HITCHENSEXPERT94-0X89-1X77-0X260-3X92-2X90-1X85-1X267-4X527-7X3RD PLACE RAY HANSONMASTER/SR.91-0X91-2X66-0X248-2X95-1X86-1X84-2X264-4X513-6X1ST MASTER PAT TAYLOREXPERT/SR.84-0X88-2X72-0X244-2X97-3X80-1X85-0X262-4X506-6X1ST EXPERT ERON AHMERMASTER89-1X67-0X80-0X236-1X96-3X90-0X83-0X269-3X505-4X2ND MASTER STEVE BALDWINMASTER81-0X78-0X83-2X242-2X95-3X85-0X81-0X261-3X503-5X3RD MASTER RON CALDERONEMASTER94-0X74-0X72-0X240-0X93-2X89-1X79-1X261-4X501-4X MIKE WHITESELLEXPERT89-0X78-0X78-0X245-0X92-2X83-0X79-1X254-3X499-3X2ND EXPERT STEVE RHOADESTOLLOFSON91-1X78-0X71-0X240-1X90-0X85-1X80-0X255-1X495-2X1ST TOLLOFSON K. SHATTLEITNERMASTER/SR.91-1X63-0X73-0X227-1X98-3X85-0X84-2X267-5X494-6XHIGH SENIOR MIKE RIXMASTER91-0X74-2X78-1X243-3X96-4X76-0X77-0X249-4X492-7X JIMBO TERRYTOLLOFSON96-6X75-2X73-2X244-10X93-2X75-1X80-0X248-3X492-13X2ND TOLLOFSON BOB ENGLEBACHMASTER/PP/SR.94-2X73-2X66-0X233-4X87-0X86-2X85-2X258-4X491-8XHigh PP DAN THEODOREMASTER80-2X71-0X76-0X227-2X90-1X86-0X88-1X264-2X491-4X BRYAN YOUNGBERGEXPERT85-0X83-1X65-0X233-1X95-3X80-1X78-0X253-4X486-5X3RD EXPERT JOHN VENHOUSMASTER/SR.96-1X68-0X86-1X250-2X84-0X78-0X71-1X233-1X483-3X DOUG GAZAWAYEXPERT/SR.90-2X81-0X50-0X221-2X87-0X86-1X82-2X255-3X476-5X DARRELL TONNMASTER/SCOPE86-2X77-0X66-0X229-2X93-3X75-0X77-2X245-5X474-7XHIGH SCOPE DALE WEESEM/M79-0X58-0X72-1X209-1X92-1X85-1X85-2X262-4X471-5X1ST MARKSMAN TOBY CRISLERMASTER87-0X73-0X47-0X207-0X95-3X83-0X94-0X262-3X469-3X ERIC HALTERS/S89-3X63-0X50-0X202-3X95-2X92-2X79-2X266-2X468-9X1ST S/SHOOTER KIRK MARTINMASTER87-1X76-0X53-0X216-1X89-2X76-0X84-1X249-3X465-4X KELLY ROOSMASTER/SR.95-2X71-0X50-0X216-2X94-4X69-1X83-1X247-6X463-8X ZACK TAYLOREXPERT/SR.83-0X74-2X59-1X216-3X86-0X79-1X80-1X245-2X461-5X GLEN GIPSONS/S SR.84-0X80-2X56-2X220-4X89-1X81-1X69-0X239-2X459-6X2ND S/SHOOTER DICK HANSENEXPERT/SR.79-0X81-0X57-0X217-0X78-1X90-2X73-0X241-3X458-3X RICK GREYEXPERT/SR,87-0X73-0X36-0X196-0X92-2X82-0X80-1X254-3X450-3X K. WASSERBURGERTOLLOFSON90-1X76-0X65-0X231-1X72-1X71-1X71-0X214-2X445-3X BOB DELATORREEXPERT/PP89-1X54-0X65-0X208-2X87-0X65-0X83-0X235-0X443-2X PAUL BARROWS/S95-2X77-1X35-0X207-3X90-3X81-0X61-0X232-4X439-7X KENT SAVAGEEXPERT82-2X73-0X49-0X204-2X87-2X78-0X64-0X229-2X433-4X AL SLEDGEMASTER/SR.87-1X55-0X56-0X198-1X93-4X75-1X66-0X234-5X432-6X KEN HEIERS/S SR. P/P86-0X58-0X75-1X219-1X81-2X57-0X71-1X209-3X428-4X PAUL LAWRENCEEXPERT/SR.83-1X76-0X33-0X192-1X86-1X64-0X72-1X222-2X414-3X CORKY ATKINSONM/M SR.87-0X53-0X47-0X187-0X77-0X82-1X65-1X224-2X411-2X DICK FOSTERM/M SR.84-1X65-0X59-0X208-1X75-1X54-0X50-0X179-1X387-2X LEE BUMBALOWM/M SR.80-0X58-0X57-0X195-0X83-1X69-0X35-1X187-2X385-2X TRENT LAWRENCETOLLOFSON89-1X58-0X53-0X200-1X92-0X79-0X6-0X177-1X377-2X DAVE MAURERMASTER/SR.74-0X32-0X48-0X154-0X82-1X79-1X38-1X199-3X353-3X TOM MACES/S SR.60-0X51-0X49-0X160-0X83-0X51-0X43-0X177-0X337-0X COLIN WEISZM/M SR.67-0X55-0X26-0X138-0X76-2X57-0X62-0X195-2X333-2X STEVE LORENZS/S56-0X35-0X36-0X127-0X70-0X25-0XDNF95-0X222-0X
ERON AHMER Browning BPCR 45-90-Baldwin sights-Starline brass-Fed 150M-88 grs. 1 ½ Swiss-B&D 530 gr. bullet-patched w/cotton patches and soluble oil.
DAVE GULLO Meacham High Wall 45-90-Kelly sight-BACO brass-Fed 150M-82 grs 1 ½ Swiss-BACO 542 bullet-SPG-Poly wad-Patched w/MPro7
BOB HITCHENS Shiloh Creedmoor 45-70-MVA sights-Starline brass-CCI BR2-75 grs 3F Swiss-Paul Jones Creedmoor 540-SPG-.060 Walter’s-Patched w/Arsenal patches and AZ. Sharpshooter Supply solution.
MIKE RIX Browning BPCR 45-90-Browning sights-BACO brass-Rem. 2 ½ -83 grs. 1 ½ Swiss-BACO 545-Eagle lube-Patched w/soluble oil
RAY HANSON Winchester BPCR 45-90=Baldwin sights-Starline brass-Fed 210-83 grs. 1 ½ Swiss-Brooks 540-SPG-Walter’s .030 wad-Blow tube
STEVE BALDWIN Winchester 45-90-Baldwin sights-Starline brass-Fed-Swiss-P/Jones 580-Home made lube-Walter’s wad-Patched
STEVE RHOADES Shiloh 15# Tollofson 40-82-MVA Scope-BACO brass-CCI BR 2-80 grs. 1 ½ Swiss-BACO Money 400 gr.-Dago Red lube-Walter’s .060 wad-Patched w/Arsenal patches and AZ. Sharpshooters Supply solution
BOB ENGLEBACH CPA Stevens 45-90-Gain twist barrel-MVA/Baldwin sights-Rem. brass-CCI BR 2-99 grs. 1F Swiss-Tom Ballard 538 Paper Patched-.030 LDPE-Patched w/Arsenal patches and Moose Milk
KENNY WASSERBURGER 25# Shiloh Tollofson 45-110-MVA scope-Norma brass-WLR-109 grs 1F Goex Express-BACO 540 paper patched-Patched w/Pro-Shot and NAPA WSO.
JIMBO TERRY 25# Shiloh Tollofson 45-100-MVA iron sights-Starline brass-Fed 210M-85 grs. 1 1/2F Swiss-P/Jones Money 538-Walter’s .060-Patched w/Sagebrush and WSO.
To all: The only results this month will be for the Creedmoor practice match we shot at Ben Avery on the 12th. We had to cancel the BPCR silhouette match yesterday due to bad weather. Everyone was able to shoot until the lunch break in really tough wind conditions but then the rains came while we were serving lunch and that was the end of the deal. With shooters having to drive home to the mountains, it was a good thing we pulled the plug. The highway to Flagstaff was closed later in the day and those going home to Payson and Prescott had to travel in snow as well. It was shaping up to be a good match with several out of state shooters in attendance. Too bad they came all the way to Arizona to get out of the cold only to be rained out. Hope they can come back next year. The Creedmoor match we shot on the 12th was pretty well attended with 14 shooters. For the locals it was the last chance to test loads before the Regional Creedmoor and the Creedmoor Cup next month. If your name wasn’t Taylor then you were a loser in this match! Both Pat Taylor and Zack Taylor, who aren’t related, fought it out to the end and shot some good scores on the way. Zack Taylor was top dog at 800 yards with a 95-1X and Pat Taylor was the high scorer at 900 yards with a 95-3X. They were pretty even going into the 1000 yard stage but Pat sealed the deal by shooting a 79-0X from the 1000 yard line for the match win. I was able to tie Pat for high score at 1000 yards with my 40-82 after I figured out that my rifle was fouling out at 800 and 900 yards. I was fire forming brass and figured that was my problem. The windy conditions drying my barrel and the 78 degree temperatures drying out my patches caused the ups and downs I experienced at the shorter yardages. Once I got those issues solved my new 40-82 came back to life and I’m hoping to give everyone a run for the money next month in the Regional. Excuses-Excuses-Excuses! The infamous Ben Avery winds were in attendance at the Creedmoor and gave all of us a wake-up call about wind calling. Hopefully practice makes perfect. I want to thank everyone for showing up for the shortened silhouette match and I especially want to thank Rick Grey, Trent Lawrence, Bob Hitchens, Tom Lewandowski, Ross McCullum and Al Lapora for their help last Monday fabricating new targets for the Creemoor matches next month. We should be able to finish all of the 30 new targets tomorrow if it quits raining. We’ll have brand new targets for both the Creedmoor Cup and the Regional Creedmoor so if you haven’t sent in your entry for the matches please get them in the mail soon so I can finalize the details. See you in March. Steve Rhoades Match Director
BEN AVERY2/12/2011CREEDMOOR PAT TAYLOR83-0X95-3X79-0X257-3X ZACK TAYLOR95-1X88-1X65-0X248-2X TRENT LAWRENCE85-1X80-1X77-0X242-2X CHIP MATE89-1X81-1X71-0X241-2X BOB HITCHENS86-1X82-1X67-0X235-2X RICK GREY91-2X83-1X59-0X233-3X PAUL BARROW94-2X86-0X50-2X230-4X MIKE WHITESELL87-2X69-0X65-0X221-2X WARREN BARE63-1X81-0X73-2X217-3X LEE BUMBALOW79-1X65-0X67-0X211-1X STEVE RHOADES74-0X54-0X79-0X207-0X ELLIS60-0X43-0X33-0X136-0X ROSS MC CULLUM60-0X24-0X24-0X108-0X KEN GOSE85-1XDNFDNF85-1X
To all: I thought last year’s ArizonaState Championships for Lever Action Silhouette was a tough match for the competitors but 2011 was a real challenge as well. For two years in a row we have suffered through rough weather conditions but the results are always the same; good shooters end up on the top of the page. After Thursday’s practice day was blown out by 30-40 mph winds we arrived Friday morning for the Smallbore match with the wind still blowing hard. We had already lost three good competitors; John King from New Mexico had called in sick, Chip Mate went home with a severe respiratory condition and Lee O’Neil was tied up with a business deal. They were the lucky ones! Those that were left were faced with trying to shoot a .22 in gale force winds but there was no complaining from anyone as the match got under way. When you look at the scores it’s obvious who started the match on turkeys and rams as their scores were less than spectacular in match number one. As the match progressed the winds started to subside and by the finish of first match the wind had almost disappeared allowing us to enjoy the lunch break in relative calm conditions. As always the good shooters rise to the occasion and this year was no exception. At the end of match number two the perennial Smallbore contest between New Mexico’s Rex Ward and Arizona transplant Eric Sundstrom had taken a different turn with Eric coming out on top for his first Arizona State Smallbore Championship and the “Cowboy” trophy that goes with it. Saturday was the Pistol Caliber Championships and what a change from the previous day. Although it was a little chilly the wind was gone and everyone was anxious to get started. Match number one was a chance for the ladies to show their stuff with Arizona’s Joy Cox taking the win with a 36X40 followed closely by Jeanie Hershey with a 34X40. The position between the two ladies was held by a pretty good shooter from California, Tony Tello. The chance for an Arizona sweep of the Pistol Caliber Championship looked pretty good after Eric Sundstrom and Joel Cullum turned in outstanding scores of 37X40s in match number two but Tony Tello with another solid 35X40 took the “Cowboy” trophy home to California. Two down and one to go but when we all arrived at the range Sunday morning for the Rifle Caliber Championships there was a real doubt that that match would even be held. The winds were back and with a vengeance! 30-40 mph with no let up in sight so it was decided to go somewhere warm and return at noon to make the decision to shoot or cancel. To my surprise all of the competitors returned to the range at noon and even though the wind was still blowing down the targets the decision was made to shoot one 60 shot match for the Championships. Thank God for automatic resetting targets! It became a contest to see who could actually hit a target before it was blown down by the wind but with everyone’s cooperation the first couple of relays were finished without any real complications and the wind was starting to cooperate enough that everyone was able to shoot at a full bank of targets. This was a winner take all deal and the normal cast of characters was fighting it out for the win. Eric Sundstrom shot fifteen chickens and fifteen pigs in a row but trouble on the turkey line dropped him back to fourth behind Rex Ward and Joy Cox. Also shooting solid scores was sophomore AAA shooter Craig Buchanan. Craig has really worked on his Lever Action skills since taking up the sport a couple of years ago and 2011 looks to be his breakout year. Craig shot an outstanding 51X60 to secure his first State Championship and with his dedication and skill this won’t be the last “Cowboy” trophy he will be taking home. Although the conditions were pretty severe for this years matches the cooperation of ALL of the competitors made it a positive experience. The only negative result from the 2011 Championships was the loss of Kathleen Garvin’s Winchester Model 94-22M rifle. The rifle was in a black soft case and we all believe someone picked it up by mistake after Friday’s match. Please check your gun cases and make sure you didn’t accidentally pick it up. If you have it please contact me at bpsteve@cox.net. Thanks to all that braved the conditions at this years match and with what we have had to contend with for the past two years I’m looking into changing the dates for the 2012 ArizonaState Lever Action Championships. We are limited in our selection of dates at Ben Avery and I don’t want to conflict with other State Championships so I’ll keep everyone posted about a change. Thanks for attending, thanks to Jim Goodnight and Jeanie Hershey for helping with the match chores and thanks to everyone for being ladies and gentlemen. See you at the range. Steve Rhoades Match Director.
SMALLBORE COMPETITOR CLASS C P T R C P T R AGG. AWARD E. SUNDSTROM M SR 10 10 9 8 37 8 10 9 9 36 73 AZ. STATE CHAMPION R. WARD M SR 9 10 9 8 36 8 9 9 8 34 70 1ST MASTER T. TELLO M SR 9 9 8 7 33 8 10 10 8 36 69 2ND MASTER T. LAWRENCE AAA SR 6 10 7 7 30 9 9 7 9 34 64 1ST AAA J. GOODNIGHT M SR 7 10 8 2 27 7 10 10 9 36 63 HIGH SENIOR G. HESTER AAA SR 9 10 9 6 34 7 9 7 6 29 63 2ND AAA K. GARVIN AAA WM 6 9 5 9 29 9 10 10 5 34 63 3RD AAA J. CULLUM AAA 9 8 6 8 31 8 9 7 7 31 62 J. HERSHEY AAA WM 8 9 5 8 30 6 8 5 6 25 62 HIGH WOMAN T. FINLEY AAA 7 10 5 8 30 8 6 6 8 28 58 J. CULLUM AA 8 10 4 4 26 8 9 7 8 32 58 1ST AA M. DUCHENE AA WM 5 9 8 9 31 5 6 7 9 27 58 2ND AA J. COX M WM 7 9 6 6 28 10 9 6 4 29 57 C. BUCHANAN AAA SR 9 6 5 7 27 8 9 5 8 30 57 D. PALAGI AA 8 10 4 7 29 6 10 4 7 27 56 3RD AA W. DENNY AAA SR 6 9 3 5 23 7 8 5 10 30 53 D. OSTLER AA 5 8 3 8 24 7 8 7 7 29 53 B. COLE M SR 8 9 4 7 28 3 7 7 7 24 52 D. ALCORN AA 7 9 7 8 28 7 7 3 7 24 52 F. STANSBURY AA SR 5 7 5 5 22 8 8 9 5 30 52 D. SPURLOCK AAA SR 8 7 5 5 25 7 8 5 6 26 51 R. HERSHEY AAA SR 7 9 4 5 25 6 8 5 6 25 50 J. NESBITT AA 5 8 7 6 26 7 7 7 3 24 50 J. EGGLESTON AAA SR 5 10 5 4 24 6 8 5 6 25 49 V. SPURLOCK A WM 8 7 4 8 27 6 7 4 5 22 49 1ST A E. O'NEIL A WM 5 6 6 4 21 6 8 6 7 27 48 G. FRANKS AA SR 4 8 4 7 23 5 7 5 6 23 46 T. MORROW AAA 6 10 3 1 20 5 8 3 7 23 43 J. DUCHENE A 5 7 7 2 21 6 5 5 4 20 41 R. MAZE A SR 5 6 1 2 14 8 9 5 5 27 41 R. BURTON AA SR 7 4 3 5 19 6 6 5 2 19 38 B. DELATORRE AA 3 7 4 2 16 5 7 4 6 22 38 K. GOSE A SR 3 8 5 4 29 4 2 2 5 13 33 B. BURTON A WM 4 5 3 3 15 3 6 3 4 16 31
PISTOL CALIBER COMPETITOR CLASS C P T R C P T R AGG. AWARD T. TELLO M SR 8 10 9 8 35 10 9 7 9 35 70 AZ. STATE CHAMPION J. CULLUM AAA 6 10 7 7 30 9 10 9 9 37 67 1ST AAA J. HERSHEY AAA WM 7 9 9 9 34 9 10 8 6 33 67 2ND AAA E/ SUNDSTROM MASTER SR 7 7 8 7 29 10 10 9 8 37 66 1ST MASTER T. FINLEY AAA 8 10 7 8 33 8 9 9 7 33 66 3RD AAA J. COX AAA WM 9 10 7 10 36 6 8 8 7 29 65 HIGH WOMAN R. WARD AAA SR 9 8 8 9 34 8 7 9 6 30 64 HIGH SENIOR J. GOODNIGHT MASTER SR 4 10 8 6 28 9 9 8 8 34 62 D. PALAGI AAA 8 10 5 7 30 7 9 6 9 31 61 W. DENNY AAA SR 8 8 8 7 31 7 10 7 6 30 61 G. HESTER AAA SR 6 9 7 6 28 8 9 6 9 32 60 C. BUCHANAN AAA SR 9 10 6 4 29 6 10 7 8 31 60 R. HERSHEY AAA SR 9 8 9 9 35 6 7 7 5 25 60 D. PEDERSEN AA SR 6 9 7 6 28 9 10 7 6 32 60 1ST AA C. SPURLOCK AA 6 8 6 9 29 5 10 8 7 30 59 2ND AA B. COLE AAA SR 8 9 8 5 30 7 9 6 5 27 57 T. LAWRENCE AAA SR 8 10 4 4 26 8 9 8 6 31 57 J. CULLUM AA 6 7 5 7 25 7 10 8 6 31 56 3RD AA K. GARVIN AAA WM 5 9 5 8 27 6 9 5 8 28 55 V. SPURLOCK AA WM 6 8 0 5 19 5 7 6 6 24 53 I. DICE AAA SR 7 8 5 5 25 9 5 6 7 27 52 T. MORROW AAA 6 9 6 3 24 7 7 8 6 28 52 D. OSTLER AA 9 6 5 6 26 7 7 7 5 25 51 J. NESBITT AA 7 6 6 6 25 5 8 6 7 26 51 O. GRESS AA SR 5 6 7 7 25 4 6 7 8 25 50 K. GOSE A SR 4 9 5 6 25 7 7 6 5 25 50 1ST A R. BLOUNT AA SR 5 8 5 3 21 7 9 7 5 28 49 M. DUCHENE AA WM 8 7 6 6 27 5 9 3 5 22 49 F. STANSBURY AA SR 5 8 7 3 23 5 9 2 7 23 46 D. ALCORN AA 6 8 5 5 24 6 6 4 6 22 46 B. DELATORRE AA 4 9 1 6 20 7 8 4 6 25 45 B. DANIELS AA 5 7 4 7 23 4 8 5 5 22 45 D. SPURLOCK AAA SR 3 9 5 3 20 6 7 7 5 25 45 J. DUCHENE AA 6 5 3 6 20 8 9 5 3 25 45 G. FRANKS AAA SR 7 9 6 4 26 3 10 2 2 17 43 R. MAZE AA SR 8 9 2 7 26 3 6 3 4 16 42 D. WEBER A SR 2 7 2 6 17 6 6 4 8 24 41 S. RODRIGUEZ A 8 5 3 4 20 6 5 3 6 20 40 B. BURTON A WM 3 5 5 4 17 8 7 3 4 22 39 E. O'NEIL A WM 4 2 3 4 13 6 9 3 7 25 38 R. BURTON AA SR 4 5 2 5 16 3 8 6 1 13 34 D. SISSELL A SR 3 6 4 4 17 3 4 3 2 12 29 J. EGGLESTON AA SR 5 6 1 1 13 4 5 1 4 14 27
RIFLE CALIBER COMPETITOR CLASS C P T R AWARD C. BUCHANAN AAA SR. 12 15 11 13 51 AZ. STATE CHAMPION R. WARD MASTER SR. 15 14 10 11 50 1ST MASTER J. COX MASTER WM 13 14 12 11 50 HIGH WOMAN E/ SUNDSTROM MASTER SR. 15 15 8 11 49 K. GARVIN AAA WM. 14 14 9 12 49 1ST AAA T. TELLO MASTER SR. 15 12 9 13 49 HIGH SENIOR B. COLE MASTER SR. 11 14 10 12 47 J. CULLUM AAA 13 12 9 8 42 2ND AAA W. DENNY AAA SR. 15 14 4 8 41 3RD AAA G. HESTER AAA SR. 12 12 8 8 40 C. SPURLOCK AA 12 10 11 7 40 1ST AA J. GOODNIGHT MASTER SR. 12 11 9 7 39 J. CULLUM AA 12 10 10 7 39 2ND AA D. OSTLER AA 13 9 8 9 39 3RD AA D. PALAGI AAA 9 10 9 9 37 T. LAWRENCE AA SR. 9 10 10 7 36 W. BISSONNETTE AA SR. 12 12 4 8 36 R. HERSHEY AAA SR. 6 10 7 10 33 D. PEDERSEN AA 8 11 7 7 33 G. FRANKS AA SR. 8 11 5 9 33 F. STANSBURY AA SR. 11 7 5 9 33 T. FINLEY AAA 12 10 3 7 32 D. ALCORN AA 11 10 4 7 32 E O'NEIL A WM. 9 8 7 7 31 1ST A M. DUCHENE AA WM. 11 6 5 9 31 J. NESBITT AA 8 12 5 6 31 J. HERSHEY AAA WM. 14 3 7 6 30 O. GRESS AA SR. 10 12 4 4 30 D. SISSELL AA SR. 7 11 5 7 30 I. DICE AA SR. 13 8 5 3 29 R. BLOUNT AAA SR. 10 11 5 3 29 V. SPURLOCK AA WM. 12 9 3 4 28 D. SPURLOCK AA SR. 9 7 6 6 28 T. MORROW AA 10 11 3 4 28 R. BURTON A SR. 4 9 7 6 26 J. DUCHENE AA 8 5 4 6 23 R. MAZE AA SR. 6 9 1 4 20 J. EGGLESTON AA SR. 5 6 2 6 19 B. BURTON A WM. 5 8 4 0 17
EQUIPMENT LIST
ERIC SUNDSTROM SMALLBORE- Winchester 94-22-Federal ammo-
Redfield rear-Lyman post front.
PISTOL CAL.-Winchester 94-22M-Federal ammo-
Williams rear-bead front.
RIFLE CAL.-336 Marlin 30-30-150 gr. w/4895-
Williams rear-post front
JOY COX SMALLBORE-Winchester 94-22-Eley ammo
Marble rear-bead front.
PISTOL CAL.-Winchester 94-22M-Federal ammo
Williams rear-bead front.
RIFLE CAL.-336 Marlin 30-30-150 gr. w/4895
Williams rear-post front.
REX WARD SMALLBORE-Marlin 39A-Eley ammo-Tang rear
Fiber optic front.
PISTOL CAL.-Marlin 357 Mag.-Hornady w/4227
Tang rear-Fiber optic front.
RIFLE CAL.-Marlin 336 30-30-Speer w/XMR 4064
Williams rear-Fiber optic front.
TRENT LAWRENCE SMALLBORE-Marlin 39A-Federal Gold Medal
Marble rear-Marble front.
PISTOL CAL.-Marlin 32-20- Saeco cast bullet
3F Swiss black powder-Marble rear
Marble front.
RIFLE CAL.-Marlin Cowboy 38-55- Lyman cast bullet
2F Swiss black powder-Williams rear
Marble front.
To all:
Things are still hectic again this month as I’m preparing for the State Lever Action Championships next week, so the story for the Creedmoor that we shot on the 8th and the BPCR Silhouette we shot this Saturday is combined. I would like to point out an exceptional score shot in the Creedmoor by Chip Mate and his 44-77 Shiloh of 278-3x! It was a nice job of shooting by Chip and a nice job of spotting by his partner Ken Gose. In our silhouette match this weekend, Harvey Trace didn’t win again. I have to accept the blame for that as I spotted for him this month. He also managed to outshoot me on the chickens again. I’m starting to get a complex! The “Big Dog” this month was first time match winner Bob Hitchens. Bob also shot his first Master score of 31X40 in winning the match in spite of some MAJOR wind conditions in the early relays. Spotting and coaching was handled by Tom Lewandowski who is recovering from eye surgery. Tom won’t be able to shoot for another couple of months but he still comes to the matches and spots for his shooting partner. It was a good team effort that really paid off this month for Bob and Tom. Next week is the Cowboy Lever Action Silhouette State Championships followed next month by another Creedmoor on the 12th and a BPCR Silhouette on the 19th. See you at the range. Steve Rhoades Match Director
BEN AVERY BPCR SILHOUETTE 1/15/2011 BOB HITCHENS AAA 6 10 6 9 31 CHIP MATE MASTER 6 8 9 6 29 HARVEY TRACE AAA-SCOPE 5 6 6 10 27 STEVE RHOADES AAA 2 7 8 10 27 SMOKEY SLAUGHTER AAA-SCOPE 2 9 9 6 26 JACK PAULING AA 3 9 9 4 25 LARRY WILKES AAA 2 10 10 3 25 RICK GREY AA 2 10 8 5 25 RON CALDERONE MASTER 5 6 6 7 24 ZACK TAYLOR MD. AA 4 10 4 6 24 PAUL BARROW AA 2 9 5 8 24 ZACK TAYLOR AAA 1 9 4 10 24 RICHARD WILKES AA 5 9 5 4 23 DAVE NATER AA 6 8 1 7 22 LEE BUMBALOW AAA-SCOPE 3 8 5 6 22 TRENT LAWRENCE AAA 2 8 7 5 22 MIKE WHITESELL AAA 2 8 6 6 22 DAVE MAURER MASTER 5 6 6 4 21 DENNIS HALL AA 1 8 8 3 20 JIM DORRELL A 1 6 6 7 20 RICH BLOUNT AA-SCOPE 5 8 2 4 19 KEN GOSE AAA 1 7 5 6 19 DOUG HART AA 0 10 8 1 19 PERRY SHIRLEY A 2 7 5 4 18 DWIGHT SISSELL A-SCOPE 1 8 2 7 18 PAT TAYLOR MASTER 0 8 2 8 18 JIM DODSON AA 3 6 3 5 17 IVAN DICE A-SCOPE 1 10 2 4 17 WARREN BARE A 2 7 6 1 16 DAVE PHILLIPS AA 2 7 3 4 16 JACKIE TAYLOR B-WOMAN 0 3 1 0 4
BEN AVERY1/8/2011CREEDMOOR CHIP MATE44-7798-1X95-0X85-2X278-3X ZACK TAYLOR94-1X94-2X78-1X266-4X RON CALDERONE45-9088-1X91-2X82-3X261-6X ZACK TAYLOR MD.90-3X78-1X81-1X249-5X STEVE RHOADES40-8296-1X81-1X71-0X248-1X RICK GREY80-0X88-3X78-0X246-3X TRENT LAWRENCE45-9074-1X88-1X70-2X232-4X MIKE WHITESELL45-90-SCOPE75-1X77-1X75-0X227-2X WARREN BARE72-0X82-1X56-1X210-3X KEN GOSE45-9077-0X77-0X58-0X202-0X JIM DORRELLPAPER PATCH89-0X47-0X46-0X182-0X AL LAPORRADNF61-0X29-0X097-0X
