2014 Colorado State Silhouette Championship

[Michael Rix]

Golden Gun Club – Charlie Semmer match report – Colorado State Championship – 9/6-7/2014 -results



About thirty five determined riflemen and rifle-women (is that a word?) turned out for the 2-day Semmer memorial BPCR Silhouette match. We need not have worried about the rainy forecast for the weekend-everything turned out wonderful. The match was shot in cool weather and mild winds on Saturday and then Sunday was slightly warmer with trickier winds but nothing too difficult.

The state championship was always Charlie’s match and he was very much missed by those of us that know him! So many of his longtime friends came to either shoot or visit. Stories and laughter filled both days of competition. Alumni from out of state and as far away as Kansas, Wyoming, Indiana and Alabama showed up as well as the more likely Colorado regulars who were in attendance. Marty was there as range officer and it was really great to have his voice and steady command running the place for the two day event. Of course he and Hugh Wilson were in the tower at the silhouette nationals for 25 years (Raton) and whose voices are so familiar to us.



Not only did we contest the State BPCR silhouette championship but we had a number of side matches and personal matches within the structure of the two day event. Many friendships renewed and gentleman revived old bets on their shooting skill. You could tell this was a group with a lot of history and those new the group were welcomed and got right into the swing of it.



Of special note, on Sunday Charlie’s son Paul and grandson showed up and we stopped the match long enough for them to shoot Charlie’s match rifle at a chicken and Woody presented them with special chicken pins. It was a nice touch and they were smiles ear to ear.



Full details of the match can be viewed on the excel scoreboard, however, in short, the iron sight winner is Cody Smith with a two day agg of 65 and Joe Scott – scope class match winner shooting an agg of 62.

Cody Smith (jackrabbit) wanted me to make darn sure I mentioned the great job Travis Purdum did for him spotting/coaching Cody into the iron sight Match Winners spot! Travis is a fast study and really kept Cody on target. It is really great when a rifleman remembers to publicly thank his spotter and that reminds me, Thank you Woody! Thanks for having my back all weekend.

Cody came up with some wonderful door prizes provided to us by the following venders, many who are supporting us at every event I attend and I hope that we will remember to thank them by supporting them as well.


They are as follows: Travis and Dawna Purdum of Cal-Graf Design, Gary Ladd of Cat's Shooting Sticks, Brooks Moulds, Woody's Shooting Boxes, Montana Vintage Arms, SPG, DZ arms,Green Mountain Barrels, Redding Reloading Equipment, John Olsen of BSC Lube, Hornady products, Powder Inc, and Schuetzen Powder.

-Michael Rix ps I have the excel scoreboard and I will see if I can have it posted.

[jackrabbit]

Name Class Chickens Pigs Turkeys Rams Total Place Chickens Pigs Turkeys Rams Total Place Grand agg
Master -Iron
Eron Ahmer 1 9 5 7 22 DNF 22
Rick Moritz 3 10 8 9 30 3 10 9 6 28 58
Jack Odor S 5 10 7 9 31 1st M 2 10 7 8 27 58
Brad Rice 4 10 6 7 27 5 10 8 8 31 58
Michael Rix S 3 10 9 7 29 2 10 10 10 32 1st 61 1st M
Gary Schweitzer S 1 10 5 7 23 2 10 4 5 21 44
Joe Scott S 5 10 6 8 29 5 10 6 8 29 58

AAA
Sam Chips S 1 7 8 5 21 2 7 4 3 16 37
Bill Jarvis S 1 8 6 7 22 2 3 4 6 15 37
Barry Miller S 2 8 7 7 24 2 8 7 7 24 48
Ty Rice 1 9 9 9 28 1st AAA 2 10 10 8 30 1st 58 1st AAA
Cody Smith 4 10 10 9 33 MW 4 10 9 9 32 M W 65 M W
Chris Stubbs S 2 7 6 2 17 3 8 6 8 25 42
Hugh Wilson S 2 10 6 7 25 3 10 5 10 28 53

AA
Shirley Jarvis WS 0 6 1 5 12 0 4 4 6 14 26
Pierce Pritchett 2 7 7 7 23 5 10 5 7 27 49
Gene Snyder 3 8 7 8 26 1st 4 10 5 7 26 52 1st AA
Lee Wolff 0 6 5 7 18 3 9 4 10 26 1st 44

A
Travis Purdum 1 9 6 7 23 1st 1 9 5 7 22 1st 45 1 AA
Don Rippe 0 8 4 7 19 DNF 19

B
Mike Kelly WS 2 4 5 2 13 1st 1 6 1 3 11 24 1 B
Carol McDowell 0 3 2 5 10 1 2 1 2 6 16
Don McDowell S 0 2 2 2 6 1 7 4 3 15 1st 21

Scope -Master
Michael Jackson 1 9 2 4 16 5 7 5 9 26 42
Richaed Wood S 5 9 4 7 25 1st 5 7 5 3 20 45
Klaus Schattleitner S 1 9 5 8 23 1 10 9 9 29 52 1st M

Scope AAA
Dale Bement 3 9 6 7 25 2 10 7 9 28 1st 53
Richard Bement 0 8 3 5 16 3 9 4 5 21 37
Kiven Griggs 4 8 7 7 26 2 9 8 8 27 53 1st AAA
Carol Scott W 1 10 8 9 28 1st 1 10 4 8 23 51
Joe Scott S 6 10 8 8 32 MW 3 10 9 8 30 MW 62 M W
Jeff Woodring 3 8 6 6 23 2 6 8 6 22 45

Scope -AA
Lars Olson S 2 10 5 3 20 2 8 6 6 22 42
Jim Nonnemacher 0 4 6 6 16 3 9 6 8 26 1st 42
Jason Porter 1 7 5 8 21 1st 2 7 4 10 23 44 1st AA

Scope A
Jim Faust S 2 9 6 5 22 0 6 1 8 15 37 1st A

Thanks again Michael for organizing a great match!

[Woody]

It was kind of like old home weekend for me. Got to shoot again in Watkins with people I have not seen since I moved 7 years ago. Thank you Michael for hosting the match and Cody for the meal.

Woody

[lefteye]

The Watkins Silhouette Match has been a favorite of mine for 14 years.
Thanks for re-vitalizing the State Championship, Michael.
Great match, good to see old friends - BPCR at its best!

Klaus

PS: Super score Cody Smith and Joe Scott - Congratulations!

[krgriggs]

Thanks Michael for a great shoot. My first time at the Colorado range. Had a really good time, I was most impressed with Carol Scott's spotting abilities, she spotted Joes two guns and shot too. I believe she will be doing the same at our Great Plains regional Match where the wind is your friend!

[jackrabbit]

My wife posted some pictures from the match on the Blackpowder silhouette facebook page. On the left side of the home page click on Posts to Page and a scroll down and a series of pictures will be there. There are some good ones.
Take care, Cody