How do you measure the success of a rifle match? Is it by the number of registered shooters? If so, our overall entering numbers are improving. However, the cartridge shooters have dropped off. If we use fine shooting, good sportsmanship, generosity, and beautiful weather as the gauge, then our match was outstanding. The food was tremendous! However, the wind was very strong and unpredictable.
November 2nd Inline Silhouette Match at the Walter Cline Range
Congratulations to Bob Wetzler for taking top honors today at NMLRA inline silhouette match.
Some incredible shooting today by all competitors.
3 shooters went 19 for 20 and came down to shoot off for the win.
Course of fire was
5 chicken 200m
5 pigs 300m
5 Turkey 420yds
5 rams 500 yds
Shoot off at 500 yds was
Ram,Turkey, pig,chicken first to miss was out and Bob put on a shooting lesson all fell out at Turkey at 500 except Bob smoked it.
Special thanks to Dan Thomas and Rod Scobee for there time to host match and Walter Cline Range
Thank you to Be Still Custom Creations Muzzleloaders for providing us with this coverage of the Inline Match on Saturday.
The October Miami Black Powder Cartridge Match
We had a great weekend in Friendship!
Here are the scores from Sunday.
Congratulations to our Match Winner, Mel Barnell.
Also, thank you to the Miami Black Powder Cartridge Rifle Club for providing lunch for everyone on Saturday. We appreciate all you do.
Good shooting everybody
Camp Atterbury Longrange Match Report from Ray Hopkins
This past weekend, September 14th and 15th, the five ten shot 1000 yards match was held. There were three relays of ten shots on Saturday and two relays on Sunday.
Kenn Heisman was in first place in the muzzle loading class, followed by Dan Bredberg in second. Ian Egbert was first in the cartridge rifle class. Second was Jim Davis followed by his son Jim W Davis. Forth was Kim Kelly and Willard Lamb in fifth.
There were two Muzzle Loading shooters. One was shooting an original Ingram rifle and the other was a replica of a Gibbs made by Pedersoli. The remaining ten shooters were shooting cartridge rifles, from what I saw all were 1874 Sharps Rifles.
Camp Atterbury's mist in the morning cleared and we proceeded to shoot the first three relays of the day. The humidity had relented and with a few clouds, had a nice day for shooting. The next day started well and we were done by 01:30 hours with all then heading to Friendship for the fall shoot.
Since this is a new match, records were set for muzzle loaders and cartridge shooters. The record for aggregate for the muzzle loaders was set by Kenn Heismann with 309-3. He also set the 1000-yard record of 78-1. A new shooter at Camp Atterbury, and he shot with a cartridge rifle, was Ian Egbert. He had an aggregate of 431-7 and a 1000-yard record of 92.
Kenn Heisman was in first place in the muzzle loading class, followed by Dan Bredberg in second. Ian Egbert was first in the cartridge rifle class. Second was Jim Davis followed by his son Jim W Davis. Forth was Kim Kelly and Willard Lamb in fifth.
I do have to say that Dan Bredberg was a great help, he took the Camps' range safety course. He also came in early and helped prep the Connex container that Camp Atterbury provided. Then helped with setting up the range set up and take down.
The Spring shoot will consist of an 800, 900, and a 1000-yard, ten shot relays on Saturday and two 1000 yards ten shots relays on Sunday.
Next year’s fall shoot will be the same as this year. If I can have people contact me at my email address (mrhoppy1@netzero.com) I can send them information about each shoot, besides being put on Camp Atterbury's gate list.
This coming Joe Hepsworth's Memorial will remain the same as it has in the past and anticipate the same for next year. Which will be the tenth anniversary.
Ray
Don’t forget! The Joe Hepsworth Match will be held at Camp Atterbury October 12-13, 2019! You must call 10 days prior to register. Call Ray Hopkins 740-868-2474 or 740-616-6627
Thank you Ray Hopkins for your continued efforts to organize matches at Camp Atterbury and for your writing of this report.
All Rifles 1,000 Yard Match!
The 2019 National Muzzle Loading Rifle Association (NMLRA) All 1,000 yards Black Powder Target Rifle Match will be held at Camp Atterbury, IN., on 14-15 September 2019.
Shooting is at 1,000 yards. Permitted rifles: Any safe original or reproduction traditional muzzle loading style of firearms fired from the shoulder in the mid - late 1800’s era of International Rifle Matches or breech loading single shot rifle chambered in an original black powder cartridge.
Targets are 6’ high by 10’ wide. New NMLRA records will be established for these size targets for both muzzle loading and cartridge rifles.
New Video! This episode covering the competition at the .22 Longrange Silhouette Shoot!
NEW June 6-7, 2020 .22 Silhouette Match
The NMLRA is excited to be hosting a .22 silhouette match on June 6-7 in conjunction with our Center Fire Shoot the same weekend.
The .22 shoot is being organized by Jim Davis
Match fee will be $25 per day. We will have target setters for both days. We will start signing up at 9:00am and start the match at 10:00am. We will still have two classes, modern and traditional. Saturdays match will be the regular silhouette match but Sunday will be an all prone match using the same animals. We will shoot chickens at 100 yards, pigs at 150 yards, turkeys at 200 yards, and rams at 300 meters.
Dan Thomas is having a centerfire shoot Saturday so bring your gear if you would like to shoot after our Saturday match, fee to shoot centerfire is $10. This is a special introductory price. Membership to the NMLRA is required. You can purchase a membership for $35 which will include your $10 registration.
Silhouettes will be set out to 500 yards for you to play with. The Gongs are fun at 500, but you’ll quickly become addicted to the soda can silhouettes!
You can also practice and get sight setting for Sunday's silhouette match. Food trailer will be there both days. Any questions call me 812-371-5262. Centerfire questions call Dan Thomas 812-667-6192 or the NMLRA main office at 812-667-5131.
