Hosted at the Midland County Sportsman’s Club (mcsc.info)
Four matches into January: Grand Rapids added eleven (7) new scores, Monroe twelve (12), Howell eight (8) and Muskegon four (4).
Next matches in February are Muskegon 3rd and 17th, Monroe 10th, Howell 10th. Program is here: 2023-2024 Snow Country English Match Series
Ten (10) stubborn competitors and Ray’s Golden came out to the Midland County Sportsman’s Club for the Annual New Year’s Eve Rifle Match.
The four (4) F-Open shooters were lead by Cruz Stoneburner with a score of 399-23X.
In F-TR there were three (3) shooters lead by Richard Dixon with an outstanding 400-24X.
There were three (3) Service Rifle shooters, and this group was lead by Kyle Matzelle with a 396-20X.
Ray Gross provided awards for the competition:
Final Results: 2023 New Year’s Eve Rifle Match
Next potential match will be on February 3, 2024. Program is: 2024 Winter Mid-Range Prone League Program 2
Matches through December 17, 2023:
Next Dates: Muskegon; December 16. Program is: 2023-2024 Snow Country English Match Series
On Saturday, November 25, 2023 eight (8) shooters came out to fire the Annual Foul Weather Rifle Match. With temperatures that rose all the way to 27 F it identified with the match name. No tent, yet. So the shooters were out in the open, and subject to the low temperatures.
Cruz Stoneburner was high F-Open in a field of three (3) with a 398-17X. Robin Retzloff was high and only F-TR with a 397-18X. Ray Gross was high and only Palma Rifle shooter with a 395-18X. Lastly Robert Dotson was high Service rifle in a field of two (2) with a 385-18X.
2023 Annual Foul Weather Rifle Match
Our next match will tentatively be the New Year’s Eve Rifle Match. Watch here to see if it will be held.
The 2023-2024 Snow Country kicked off with all matches for November complete. Of particular note is Cam Zwart’s 626.9 sling score. Nice Job.
The program for the remaining matches that run through March of 2024 is: 2023-2024 Snow Country English Match Series
On what many thought was going to be a rainy day, four (4) competitors fired the 2023 Halloween BSA Charity Match. We put up our rain pop-ups, and ran four (4) targets in the air. It didn’t rain at all. It may have rained around us, but we didn’t even need the pop-ups. Just a gentle day to shoot.
With only four (4) shooters, we ran a single relay, and completed before 11:00 AM. The results are below:
2023 Halloween BSA Charity Match
Solomon Diving contributed $300, MCSC provided $80 ($20/competitor), and another competitor kicked in another $20. So, the Venture Crew walked away with $400. Additionally, Pierce Engineering has committed to providing an additional $300 to the Venture Crew.
Next match will be the Annual Foul Weather Rifle match on November 25, 2023. Program is: 2023 Annual Foul Weather
On a very nice Saturday morning we fired the fourth match of the 2023 Suburban Mid-Range Prone League. Fourteen (14) competitors came out to enjoy one of the last days of summer.
We had only two (2) sling shooters, one firing an Any Rifle and one a scoped Service Rifle. Mike Quillinan led this group with a 589-26X.
Next in AR-Tactical, only two (2) shooters, again. Tanner Brenton led with a 586-30X. Leading the second place shooter by only a point and a few “X”s.
There were six (6) F-Open shooters, led by Marcel Bollinger with a 599-45X leading Don Hicks who finished with a 599-37X.
F-TR had four (4) shooters, led by Mike Boughner with a 599-44X. Notably Mike’s score was only one (1) “X” shy of the F-Open winner.
Our next match will be the Halloween BSA Charity Match on October 14, 2023. The program is: 2023 Halloween BSA Charity Match
On the Saturday of Labor Day Weekend we ran our annual Mid-Range Prone Championship at the Midland County Sportsman’s Club. Twenty-four shooters participated on a day with rare Michigan Fall Weather. It was glorious.
In Any Rifle (a combination of Any Rifle and Palma Rifle Categories we had five (5) competitors. Jamie Root emerged the winner with a 598-30X. He was chased by Jack Abrams with a 594-28X and Charles Reynolds with a 591-28X.
In F-TR Larry Remsnyder lead the field of six (6) competitors with a 593-23X ahead of Mike Broughner with a 590-25X, and Richard Dixon with 588-21X.
In F-Open Mike Ruhlman beat a group of seven (7) with a score of 597-32X. ahead of Dave Monette with a score of 597-29X (a damnly close match), and Don Hicks with a 595-33X.
In a new category of three (3) competitors, Tanner Brenton led the way with a 598-35X in AR-Tactical (AR platform rifles fired with simple bipods, tactical back bags, and scoped).
2023 Michigan Mid-Range Prone Championship
Sorry for the delay in posting these. My schedule had me return home to pack for heading to the NRA Whittington Center near Raton, New Mexico for a combined practice of the U.S. Palma Team and U.S. Veterans team. As such, my Sunday was taken up with travel, and Monday during the day with running the practice. I will get awards ordered as soon as my schedule permits.
On a mostly rainy day, ten (10) motivated competitors fired the third match of the Suburban Mid-Range Prone league. It was still raining at 9:00 AM, so we waited for a let off. At 9:10 AM we decided to go. The rain held off while both relays finished and only started again around noon. Only two persons were finishing up when those rain drops started.
I will for reporting roll Any Rifle and Palma Rifle together. Peter Church firing an iron sight Palma rifle posted the high score with a 594-31X. High F-TR was Leo Cebula with a 579-11X. High Junior was Leo’s grandson, Reece Pippin with a 576-21X.
Of particular note was Peter Church’s first stage was a 200-15X with an iron sighted Palma Rifle. Not bad at 84 years old.
We had eighteen (18) competitors come out for the second Suburban Mid-Range Prone League match. We were greeted with a day that was absolutely delightful, except for a switchey wind during the later stages of fire.
We had another six hundred (600) posted. Valerie Marshall posted a 600-40X to be high F-Open competitor. Great job, Valerie! She was trailed by Nick Nadenoff with a 596-37X, and Mike Ruhlman with a 592-24X.
For F-TR, Leo Cebula was high with a 580-18X, followed by Dan Kramer with a 570-7X and Robing Retzloff with a 557-11.
Target Rifle had only three competitors, they were lead by Peter Church with a 594-25X. Additionally, there was one Any Rifle competitor, Roger Franklin who posted a 577-14X.
For the first time we had a couple of Tactical Rifle Competitors. High was Bartt Brenton with a 596-31X.
2023 Suburban Mid-Range Prone Match 2
The next Suburban Mid-Range Match is Saturday, July 15, 2023. Program is: 2023 Suburban Mid-Range Prone League 2. Please note the next MRPA Match at MTC is July 8 and 9, 2023. Program is: https://mrpa.wildapricot.org/resources/Documents/2023%20Matches/MRPA%20LR%20July%202023%20Match.pdf