September 28, 2015
I woke up today to the sound of thunder,
How far off, I sat and wondered.
– Bob Segar (approximately)
Dear Fans, Friends, and Foes of .22LR 50yd Bench Rest Shooting:
I was up at 0530 this morning to drive my 15 year old to swim practice. (You have to be impressed by the dedication of these girls on the swim team.) There was a slight rain falling and lightning far to the northwest. By the time I got back home (and back to bed) at 0600, the storm had moved it – rain, wind, lightning and thunder. But the Weather Underground still forecast great conditions for this afternoon’s final .22LR 50yd Bench Rest Fun Shoot.
And why would anyone doubt a smartphone weather app? By match time the temperature had reached the mid 70’s, the sky was sunny, and the wind was light. A great day to be at the range. The scores reflected these favorable conditions.
There were forty matches logged, but mechanical issues caused one DNF (Nancy York), one partial score (Jack Mease), and took one rifle out of action (Tom Spriggs’ Kimber – Tom compensated by shooting his 40X more times than usual in Irons).
We had a return visit form Tom Cahill, a friend of the York’s visiting from California. Hopefully he will plan future visits to coincide with our Monday matches.
Many thanks are owed to all who helped in the many chores it takes to run a successful match. Many thanks are owed to all who took their chances on the firing line.
Thank you all for a successful season.
Charlie Piette
Match Director
The following shows the round 1, round 2, and aggregate scores and X counts. Ties are listed alphabetically by the shooters’ last names.
Irons
Tom Spriggs 3 200 13 200 17 400 30
Tom Spriggs 1 200 16 198 15 398 31
Tom Spriggs 4 198 14 199 17 397 31
Bruce Campbell 198 7 199 16 397 23
Tom Spriggs 2 197 13 198 15 395 28
Tony Cross 194 8 192 9 386 17
Mark Farris 138 1 131 1 269 2
Scopes
Ron Valentine 3 200 18 200 19 400 37
Ron Valentine 2 200 18 200 18 400 36
Ron Valentine 1 200 16 200 17 400 33
Mike Spriggs Kim 200 15 200 13 400 28
Charlie Piette Lux 2 199 16 200 17 399 33
Tom Spriggs Kim 199 15 200 17 399 32
Ted Cadman 2 199 13 200 16 399 29
Bruce Berg 200 11 199 13 399 24
Rodger Mardock Ans 2 200 10 199 13 399 23
Jared Beck 198 15 200 16 398 31
Joe Bautz 200 10 198 18 398 28
Bob Hede 10-22 199 17 199 11 398 28
Jerry York 198 12 200 16 398 28
Bob Hede CZ 198 14 200 11 398 25
Tom Cahill 198 11 200 13 398 24
Rodger Mardock Ans 1 200 11 198 12 398 23
Charlie Piette Lux 1 200 16 197 14 397 30
Rodger Mardock Ans 3 199 11 198 15 397 26
Ted Cadman 1 198 9 199 9 397 18
Larry Crismon 196 11 200 16 396 27
Tony Cross 1 200 14 196 12 396 26
Kent Schmidlin 198 10 198 14 396 24
Jack Mease BSA 199 9 197 13 396 22
Donn Molyneux 198 12 197 12 395 24
Tony Cross 2 198 11 197 10 395 21
Dallas Baker 198 12 195 7 393 19
Mike Spriggs 52 196 11 196 11 392 22
John Shade 195 7 196 6 391 13
Kelsey Beck 190 8 199 10 389 18
Byrl Nichols 189 7 194 8 383 15
Arne Moilanen 192 6 189 4 381 10
Jack Mease Spl 200 20 – – – –