North Dakota mid range championship

[Ironramrod]

The North Dakota mid range championship match will be held on 17 Aug 2014 at the W. G. Coulter range, Grand Forks, ND

The match will consist of 4 sighters/10 record shots prone, and 4 sighters/10 records shots position; both at 200, 300 and 600 yards. A total of 84 shots will be fired. Shooters will also have pit duty. Firing starts at 8 am, and the stat. office opens at 7 am. Dry camping and limited electrical hookups are available at the range. Lunch will be provided.

For more information contact Tom Reiten at 701-775-0008 or email at tomreiten@gra.midco.net

[Ironramrod]

Whoops, I left out a couple of important details this match announcement. This a NRA sanctioned BPTR match, and all NRA rules BPTR rules will be in effect. Sorry about that; must be an older boy thing?

Regards
IR

[Don McDowell]

Just wish Grand Forks wasn't on the backside of the moon from here..

[Lumpy Grits]

Just wish Grand Forks wasn't on the backside of the moon from here..

Your a bit closer than I be--
Guess that would be the back side of Mars for me.--
Gary

[Ironramrod]

Guys,

I gotta agree that Grand Forks is a long ways away from a lot of places. In the past there has been a little discussion re: moving the mid-range match to Bismarck. Then there might be more interest if it were declared an NRA 3 day regional mid-range and silhouette championship match and maybe something like a .22 rimfire silhouette championship to boot.

Something like that could get big fast, and require a match committee to pull it all together rather than a 1-2 man match crew. However, it would avoid the state championship format where the championship is awarded to the highest state resident, and give plenty of opportunity to shoot.

Also, some thought on getting some of the NRC/WSU paper target string measure matches started. These would probably be the easiest to get started to see how all the match logistics would work out. These matches are fairly brutal, because one needs to shoot good groups and put them in the middle to boot; many silhouette hits wouldn't really cut the mustard.

Time will tell.

Regards
IR

[Ironramrod]

Guys,

I gotta agree that Grand Forks is a long ways away from a lot of places. In the past there has been a little discussion re: moving the mid-range match to Bismarck. Then there might be more interest if it were declared a 3 day regional mid-range and silhouette championship match and maybe something like a .22 rimfire silhouette championship to boot.

Something like that could get big fast, and require a match committee to pull it all together rather than a 1-2 man match crew. However, it would avoid the state championship format where the championship is awarded to the highest state resident, and give plenty of opportunity to shoot.

Also, some thought on getting some of the NRC/WSU paper target string measure matches started. These would probably be the easiest to get started to see how all the match logistics would work out. These matches are fairly brutal, because one needs to shoot good groups and put them in the middle to boot; many silhouette hits wouldn't really cut the mustard.

Time will tell.

Regards
IR

[Don McDowell]

Bismark would be a bit more doable than the 12 hours to Grand Forks.

[Don McDowell]

Don't be forgetting about this one. It's in a fairly handy location for a lot of folks that think going south of the Montana/Dakota state line is to far.