Eastern Nationals - results

[SSShooter]

Could not ask for a nicer day-1, weather-wise. Mild breezes and sunny skies with temps topping out around 82F, or so.
Brian Chilson continued his winning ways on the 1st day of irons, hitting 12 chickens in a row for a 53 total. Dave Heeter was 2nd HOA with a 50 and Jim Deitlein was 3rd HOA, besting John Bly (both with 49s) in a shoot-off. John Haagen was 1st master with a 48, John Bly was 1st AAA with a 49 and Vince D'Alessandro was 1st AA with a 35. Another great day forecast for day-2.

[BFD]

Amazing scores. I can't imagine shooting a 50 and coming in second and 3 points behind. That's crazy stuff.

Go Brian! Man he can shoot those birds.

[Jim Kidwell]

Twelve chickens in a row??????????? Give me a break.......................That is some shooting....................

[desert deuce]

I saw Bryan Youngberg down two chickens with one shot at Perry Utah.

[desert deuce]

Yep, knocked both of them down with one bullet.

[SSShooter]

BrianC led the way on another beautiful day. Wind picked up as lunch ended and impacted everyone's' scores. Again, BrianC was HOA with a 49 and 2-day total of 102. Dave Heeter was 2nd HOA with a 48 and 2-day total of 98.
Jim Deitlein was 3rd HOA for the match with an 89, again besting John Bly in a shoot off. John Bly was 1st AAA with an 89 and Vince D'Alessandro was 1st AA with a 62. Details to follow and congrats to all.
Grilled BBQ chicken dinner was provided by the Ridgway Rifle club and it was delicious, as was the Straub dark lager.
Tim Giffords won the drawing for the CPA rifle. Was a very timely win as Tim was ordering a new rifle for his son next week and that is now taken care of. Thanks to Paul & Gail Shuttleworth, Schuetzen Powder, MVA, Green Mountain and all the other prize donors.
Scope starts tomorrow with a forecast of clouds, lttle wind and a high of 70F. Fall is in the air. More fun.

[jackrabbit]

How many entries were there?

[powderburnt]

Whew,glad to see the national scope championship will not be contested! Brian Chilson , National champ, East and West!!
What about irons?

HG

[SSShooter]

54 entries if I counted correctly.
BrianC won irons, which was shot first, with his 102.
After day-1 of scope, BrianC is 1st HOA with a 48 (10 chickens), Marshall Chase 2nd with a 45 and Randy Barton 3rd with a 44. Greg Vest is 1stmaster & Ken Pointer 2nd courtesy of a shoot off win with Ken White & Steve Decker. Glenn Davis is 1st AAA with a 41, besting Ernie Bennett in a shoot off. Cool start and Ratonesque wind from mid-morning to mid-afternoon. Wonderful cool weather with a high around 70F. Cooler and, hopefully, calmer winds tomorrow. That's as much as I can recall.

[SSShooter]

Again, we had some mild, but crazy conditions with ups & downs for no obvious reason and everyone suffered. Brian Chilson posted another 47 on day-2 for the scope win. Rather than get the order wrong, will wait for the official results to be posted. But, Ken White, for all you paper-patchers, did very well throughout the match. Not only did Ken shoot paper-patch, but believe he breech-seated, as well.

[Farmallfan]

Thanks Craig and Carolyn for organizing a great match!! I had a great time. Congratulations to Brian Chilson, MW Chase, and Kenny White for their 4 day "iron man" accomplishments.

Thanks to CPA, MVA, Green Mountain, Swiss & Schuetzen Powder, and all those who donated to the match. It was above my wildest dreams to be called "lucky" all weekend. I look forward to getting a scope gun for next year, as well as having a son get started in the sport. Hope to practice chickens with that CPA rifle too.

Thanks to Ridgway Rifle Club and their many volunteers and target setters for hosting this great event.

[SSShooter]

Hi Tim - good to see you & Jim at Ridgway and here on the forum. And congrats on winning that CPA rifle. Very timely draw for your son. Look forward to seeing you and Jim and your son at KY or Friendship or Michigan or wherever next season.

[bruce m]

ken obviously knows a few things that others don't.
as more people rediscover these techniques it will be interesting to see what happens, particularly on paper shoots.
keep safe,
bruce.

[45bpcr]

2016 Eastern National BPCR Results

The 2016 Eastern Nationals is in the books! Congratulations to Brian Chilson, winner of each day's match as well as the overall Iron Man. We had a total of 52 rifles on the line over the course of four days, 31 shooting Iron sights and 23 shooting scope. Not everyone shot both days hence the number of 52.

The weather was outstanding with warm days and cool nights. The temperature swings did make for some interesting conditions with mirage being the main culprit. The conditions are easily seen in the aggregate scores - Iron sight scores on Thursday and Friday were higher than scope on Saturday and Sunday. There were many 15 pins awarded, though none for chickens. (Brian came close on Thursday with 12.) See the complete results below.

Shoot-offs
With so many talented competitors, shoot-offs were inevitable. And we had many! Unless otherwise noted, everyone shot chickens to determine the winners, indicated in bold below.

Thursday (Iron sights)
John Bly and Jim Dietlein with 49s for 3rd Open
Jim Radcliffe and Greg Vest with 41s for 3rd Master

Friday (Iron sights)
John Bly and Greg Lauver for 2nd AAA
Bob Clipp and Larry Kiehl with 31s for 2nd AA

Aggregate Iron Sights
John Bly, Jim Dietlein, and Kenny White with 89s for 3rd Open
Vince D'Allessandro and Larry Kiehl with 64s for 1st AA

Saturday (Scope)
Steve Decker, Ken Pointer, and Kenny White with 40s for 2nd Master
Ernie Bennett and Glenn Davis with 41s for 1st AAA

Sunday (Scope)
Marshall Chase and Mark Chronister with 44s for 2nd Open*
Brad Ryan and Kenny White with 43s for 1st Master

*Marshall and Mark shot chickens starting with 5 animals in 7 minutes. They both hit 1 and moved to sudden death - 1 animal in 1 minute - and both shot 1. So they did it again. Marshall came out on top.

Aggregate Scope
Rodney Barton and Glenn Davis had 75s for 2nd AAA, settled by coin toss.


Great shooting, everyone! Again, see below for complete results.

Prizes and Sponsors
After Friday's match, we were off to the BBQ and prize drawing. The club put on a great meal with chicken, fixings and free beer. The prize table was well stocked and folks all got several cracks at it. (We award all prizes by drawing names.) In a separate drawing, Tim Gifford, AKA "Mr. Lucky" had his name drawn to win a 22 Silhouette rifle courtesy of CPA Rifles. Thank you to Gail and Paul Shuttleworth for your generosity!

Thanks to our other sponsors. In no particular order:
Swiss Power for the powder, coffee mugs and other items
Wolfe Publishing for the books and magazines
Brownells for the hearing protection and 22 ammo
SPG for the gift certificates and posters
Starline Brass for the gift certificates
Green Mountain Barrels for the gift certificates
MVA sights for the gift certificate
Circle Fly Wads
Walters Wads
Boomers Moulds for the gift certificate
Steve Brooks Moulds for the gift certificate
Distant Thunder for the sight inserts
BPCN for the subscriptions
603 Brewery for the beer
And a friend here in NH for the antique powder tins and reloading equipment
Special Guests
We usually have spectators at our matches and this month was no exception. My back-of-the-napkin calculations put the number at 46. Most of the folks coming to watch are interested in getting started in BPCR Silhouette. I work hard to get them back and shooting.

On Saturday, we had 3 guys from the PA school of gunsmithing. They ended up staying for the day so they could try our rifles first hand. Many thanks to all who offered their advice, knowledge and experience - I'm sure they won't forget it.

Last but not least, Representative GT Thompson from the PA 5th. Congressional district stopped by on Sunday to try his hand at BPCR Silhouette. GT is a strong advocate for our 2nd amendment rights.

Thank-Yous
I'd like to thank the Ridgway Rifle Club for all their help in hosting the event, and volunteers who devoted their time to make the event a success, and the NRA for sending Greg Connor up to help us in keeping it official.

2016 seemed to be a great year for our sport thanks to the efforts of Match directors nation wide. 2017's going to be better!
Sincerely,

Craig Duncan
Match Director, Ridgway BPCR
45bpcr@gmail.com
603-845-9727 (cell)

Here's a Photobucket link to all the results.

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[45bpcr]

Sorry for the bad link, try this one.

Craig

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