Ridgway 2017

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Ridgway 2017

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Hello Shooters,

The first BPCR match of 2017 is in the books. Congratulations to Brian Chilson, match winner with a score of 33. Dave Heeter took 2nd Open with a 32, and John Sweka was 3rd Open with a 25. (Note that Shaun Latham also scored a 25, with chickens as the tiebreaker.) In Scope, Brian Chilson was on top with a 33, followed by Greg Lauver with 23 and Lester Henry at 22. See below for complete results.

We had a total of 23 shooters and 25 rifles, which is a typical turnout for April, but unusual in that several of the "usual suspects" were unable to attend and instead we added 3 brand new shooters to our ranks along with some returning newcomers from last year. It's been fun helping people learn and watching them improve. On that note, congratulations to Brian Wakefield for up-classifying to A.

It was a gorgeous day. The previous day's practice had been cloudy and chilly, but we enjoyed a day of blue skies and warm sunshine. Winds were light and variable but mirage was definitely a challenge, especially at the ram line, which can be seen in the lack of 5- and 10-pins.

As always, thank you to everyone who helped with the match, from range work to administrative help to emptying the trash. A special thanks to those who coached the new shooters. We couldn't do it without you!

Hope to see you all at our next match on May 28!

Sincerely,

Craig Duncan
Match Director, Ridgway BPCR
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May 2017 BPCR Match Results


Congratulations to Brian Chilson, this month's match winner with a score of 34. Dave Heeter was 2nd Open with a 31, and Carolyn Snyder (aka darling wife) was 3rd Open with a 28. Carolyn also earned a grand slam for rams. In Scope, Brian Chilson came in first with a 34, followed by John Haagen with 28 and Rodney Barton with a 25. See below for complete results.

We had a total of 24 shooters and 26 rifles. For the first time since Carolyn and I have been running the matches, the scope shooters outnumbered the iron sights.

The rain that was predicted for match day never materialized, so conditions were better than expected. The day was mostly overcast with light winds and little or no mirage, though visibility was affected by damp earth and drifting smoke. In contrast, the previous day's practice featured some of the worst boiling mirage we've seen at Ridgway - like a fun house mirror, except without the fun.

This month we were more proactive about asking for help, and people responded. Thank you to all those who helped with setting and painting targets, office work, and cleanup. One of the Ridgway club members told us he can tell when we've been there because we leave the range and clubhouse cleaner than anyone else. Thank you, all!

Last but not least, thank you to all our current and past military service members on this Memorial Day weekend. Wishing everyone a safe and enjoyable holiday!

Sincerely,


Craig Duncan

Match Director, Ridgway BPCR

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Oh, and, because I'm proud of her, here's a video of my wife earning her Grand Slam on Rams. Pardon the poor cinematography.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yuQacD- ... e=youtu.be

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June 2017 BPCR Match Results

Congratulations to Brian Chilson, winner of the Eastern Regional BPCR match at Ridgway PA, with an aggregate score of 59 for the 2-day, 80-shot match. I was 2nd Open with a 56, followed by Dave Heeter with a 53. In Scope, Brian Chilson was first with an aggregate 69, Ed Heeter, earned 2nd with a 54, and John Haagen took 3rd Scope with a 53. Complete results are below.

We had a total of 23 shooters (25 rifles) each day.

Our turnout was light, which is OK as there were many other BPCR Silhouette matches going on in the region before and after our match. Shippensburg, McDonald, Kentucky, Michigan and others I'm sure I'm missing. There are a plethora of BPCR Silhouette matches here in the East, pick several, shoot your heart out and have a ball with like-minded people

Someday I want to shoot each and every one of them.

Practice day which was Friday. We had sun, rain, sun, wind, more rain etc. The PA weather couldn't make up its mind - perfect conditions for practice as you didn't know what was coming next.

Saturday morning dawned foggy, burned off early, and the weather was beautiful - partly sunny and in the 70s - but made for tricky conditions with the constantly changing wind, mirage, light and the steam floating up from the wet berms.

Sunday was a perfect day to shoot. It might have been the Apple Moonshine, the Chocolate Stout, or the good friends and good times shared the night before, but I won, for the first time ever. Either that or it was the conditions between banks 4 through 6.

I want to say Thank You to our prize sponsors, We truly appreciate everything you do to help and promote our sport.

Jim at Swiss Powder http://www.schuetzenpowder.com/swiss-black-powder
Green Mountain Barrels, Made in NH http://www.gmriflebarrel.com/
CPA Rifles, Made in PA https://www.cparifles.com/
Montana Vintage Arms http://montanavintagearms.com/
Brownells http://www.brownells.com/
Larry Baker and SPG http://www.blackpowderspg.com/
John Walters of Walters Wads
Lee Shaver and the Single Shot Exchange http://www.singleshotexchange.com/
Jim at Distant Thunder Products http://www.distantthunderbpcr.com/dtpages/dtproduct.htm
Shiloh Rifles https://shilohrifle.com/
Starline Brass https://www.starlinebrass.com/

Just a reminder that the July match is on the 5th Sunday of the month, July 30, rather than the usual 4th Sunday.

The Ridgway Rifle Club will be hosting the Small Bore Nationals and the High Power Nationals with a VBR shoot shoot the 23rd.

http://www.ridgwayrifleclub.com/Calenda ... hedule.pdf

Feel free to call or write with any questions you may have.

Sincerely,

Craig Duncan
Match Director, Ridgway BPCR
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I should add this. I recorded it with a little Panasonic video camera, but you'll get the idea.

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July BPCR Match Results 2017

Sorry to take so long to post these results, I spent extra time staying in Ridgway shooting :-)

Our July match is over, one week later than usual.
It was a busy couple of weeks at Ridgway with the NRA Small Bore and High Power National Matches, followed by the VBR shoot on Sunday.

Now on to the important stuff.

A BIG congratulation to Lester Henry! Lester won the match with a score of 31 shooting 10 Turkeys and 10 Rams.

Good shooting Lester!

Dave Heeter took 2nd Open with a score of 30.
Yours’s truly was 3rd Open with a score of 29.

We had 26 competitors shooting 27 rifles this month. It was a good turnout considering some of the other matches happing around the country.

Practice day on Saturday was sunny, warm and very windy. Like lean into the wind shooting off hand windy.

Sunday was just about perfect shooting weather. We had comfortable temperatures, very little wind and steady sunlight. Even the mirage co-operated.

The match ran surprisingly fast thanks to the Awesome Ridgway Target Setters. Thanks Guys!

We started shooting at 9am and were done by about 12:30. We ran 2 relays on 2 banks of animals. And to our competitors, Thanks for your Tip Jar generosity, it’s why we get good target setters.

I’d also like to thank all those who helped out during the match. Sam, folks appreciate your line calling abilities.
Without the help we receive from our shooters the matches wouldn’t happen.

I’d also like to mention that due to previous commitments in NH, and my extended stay at Ridgway, our Chief Statistical Officer, Carolyn Snyder was not able to attend.
Any ”misteaks” made in scoring, recording, writing, ect. rest squarely on my shoulders.

Our August match will be held on the customary 4th Sunday of the month. The range will be open for practice the Saturday before.
We hope you’ll join us!

Yours Truly,

Craig Duncan
Ridgway BPCR Match Director
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Ridgway August BPCR Match Results

The August match is in the books!
We had beautiful sunny mild weather with the typical challenging Ridgway conditions. The wind was gentle to us for the most part however. The nights and mornings were chilly with temps dipping into the high 40’s

Thirty one competitors were on the line, including four Father and Son teams.
We also had an old shooter return, Welcome Back Ross!
Scope rifles outnumbered Iron sights by a total of one rifle. I guess it’s a trend that will continue.
We had many ties that were decided by class and animal count, but no shoot-offs.

Brian won both iron sights and scope.
In Iron sights, yours truly was second with Dave Heeter third.

Scope class had Lester Henery in second place with Ross Aknfield hot on his heels for third.

Great Shooting Guys!

I have the complete results listed below and have separated them for Iron Sights and Scope.

Next month will be the PA State Championship. It’s a two day match with 40 shots fired per day for score. The dates are September 23rd and 24th. The range will be open for practice on Friday the 22nd. There’s no pre-registration and you don’t have to be a PA resident to shoot. You do need to be a PA resident to be the State Champion though.

There’s plenty of parking for RV’s on the High Power range and at the main club house.
Come join us at Ridgway in September. It’s beautiful in the early fall. Cool days, crisp nights and color in the trees. If you can, add a few days to your stay and see the things the area has to offer.

Yours Truly,

Craig Duncan
Match Director
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2017 BPCR Silhouette PA State Championship


My apology’s in taking so long to get the results from the PA State
Championship together.

It’s been a busy Autumn.

We had 34 shooters and 36 rifles on the line at Ridgway this month.
Two were first timers to the BPCR Silhouette sport and two were
retuning shooters who’ve been away from Ridgway for a while.

I trust you gentlemen enjoyed yourselves and hope your “hooked” and
planning on returning in the future.

The weather was beautiful, warm days and cool nights with temps. in
the mid 80’s during the day. Pretty warm for Ridgway at the end of
September. It did lead to some strange mirage though.
The stellar weather allowed several shooters to up-class.

John Bly made Master.

John Sweka Jr. made AAA
.
Our youngest shooter Joe Hemm went from B to AA
.
It was good to see our friends from Michigan. Watch out for these guys
if you ever have to shoot against them. They might be flat landers but
they’re a good bunch.

Match Results are posted below.

I’d like to thank our sponsor’s and competitors for thier generous donations to our sport.

Schutzen energetics for the powder and mugs.
http://www.schuetzenpowder.com

Green Mountain Barrels for the gift certificates.
http://www.gmriflebarrel.com

Montana Vintage Arms for the gift certificates.
http://montanavintagearms.com

Starline Brass for the gift certificates.
https://www.starlinebrass.com

Brownell’s for the hearing protection
http://www.brownells.com

SPG for the gift certificates.
http://www.blackpowderspg.com
O’hare Tool for the sight inserts.
http://www.distantthunderbpcr.com

Shiloh Sharps for the hat and the t-shirt
https://shilohrifle.com/


John Walters for the wads.

John Bly for the LARGE lead ingot.

Rich McKinnis for the two handmade wooden mallets
Not to be left out, the Ridgway Rifle Club and its target setters for
providing the finest range on the East Coast and hosting our event.
http://www.ridgwayrifleclub.com

A special thanks to Sam Marshall (nuclear cricket) for calling the line
Mark Chronister who kept track of score books.
Darlene Lauver and Deb Chilson for doing the work with pins and certificates.
Greg Lauver for organizing target painting on Friday night.
All the folks who helped to clean up after the match
All of the folks who attended and helped with all the little
incidentals of running a match, right down to making coffee in the morning.
Thanks Grant and Rich.

It’s the competitors that make our sport what it is. They’re the folks
who show up, pay their money to shoot and then work to make it a
better experience for everyone involved.

Yours Truly,
Craig Duncan
Match Director
45BPCR@Gmail.com

Here's Iron Sights first.
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These are the results from the Scope class.
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Craig - great match. Congrats to BrianC and the other top shooters. Thanks for doing all the work. Much appreciated. See you in the spring.
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The 2017 BPCR season has come to a close at the Ridgway Rifle Club.
We had a great match last weekend with 23 shooters in attendance.
The weather was phenomenal with little wind and warm sunshine.

Dave Heeter won Iron Sights shooting a score of 32.
Shaun Letham took second with a score of 31 and yours truly place third with a 30.

In Scope, Brian Chilson won shooting a 30
Rich Paquette had a great day taking second with a 28.
Rich McKinnes shot a 28 as well but didn’t do so well on chickens

We had two new shooters and one returning shooter.
Shawn and Mark, welcome back and welcome to. You didn’t write down your scores but you both left smiling.

Jordan Paquette shot his first match with a 21. He also put lead on Homer AND the small swinger next to Homer. For those not familiar with Ridgway, Homer is a ½ scale buffalo at 980 yards.

Complete results are listed below.

We had a good year at Ridgway. It seemed like all our matches were blessed with sunny weather. We didn’t break any National Records but there were some very good scores and everyone had fun. We had quite a few new shooters in attendance this year. It seemed as though there were one or two at every match.

I’d like to say “Thanks” to everyone who helped make our season a success. There’s always quite a bit of work to put on a match and it’s wonderful to have the help.

Our Match dates for 2018 have been submitted to the club and are approved. I’ll make sure to get them out soon so folks can start planning for next year.
On that note I want to get together with other match directors in the area and try to coordinate our schedules. I think it would be great if we could list all our matches in one place so competitors could see them and make an informed decision as to which ones they wish to attend. Please feel free to contact me with any thoughts you may have on this.

I hope everyone has a good winter and we'll see you next year.

Craig Duncan
BPCR Match Director
Ridgway Rifle Club
45bpcr@gmail.com
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