RIGHT ON TARGET

May, 2010

 

We had a full slate of shooting events this month, so let’s get right to it and start with the long range match that was held on May 8.  We had 15 shooters show for the long range match.  13 of them were F class shooters and a lot of new faces.  The weather was cold and guess what, yeah breezy to say the least.  Freddy Haltom of Midland won the FTR class in the plama match and Timothy Brewer from Carlsbad won the F open class in the plama match.  Paul Myers from Alamogordo beat Bill Rodolph for the iron sight win in the palma match.  In the 1,000 yard any/any match, there were only F class shooters.  Bryan Chatwell of Midland won the open division and Freddy Haltom won the FTR.  Thanks to all the shooters that came out and supported our programs, we sure do appreciate it.  Special thanks to Mike Irish for coming out and running the line for the match.

PALMA MATCH, F CLASS

1.                   Timothy Brewer               425-10                   8.            Ben Milan                           375-5

2.                   Bryan Chatwell                 418-10                   9.            Jeremy Schappell            374-2

3.                   Mark Harrington               414-10                   10.          Ted Seirocinski                 354-3

4.                   Freddy Haltom                  404-6                     11.          Dick Dommers                  316-0

5.                   Robert A West                  387-0                     12.          Tim Click                              333-1

6.                   Brian Callison                    381-1                     13.          Ron Wagner                       126-2

7.                   Robert C West                   381-0

PALMA MATCH, IRON SIGHTS

1.                   Paul Myers                         422-7                     2.            Bill Rodolph                       414-10

1,000 YARD, F CLASS

1.                   Bryan Chatwell                 185-4                     7.            Ben Milan                           169-1

2.                   Timothy Brewer               185-3                     8.            Jeremy Schappell            164-1

3.                   Freddy Haltom                  184-3                     9.            Ted Sierocinski                 161-0

4.                   Mark Harrington               178-2                     10.          Dick Dommers                  156-1

5.                   Tim Click                              169-4                     11.          John Van Marter              147-1

6.                   Robert A West                  168-0                     12.          Robert C West                   143-0

 

 

We finally had great weather for the across the course match in Roswell.  It was a great day to shoot.  I don’t think that Bill Lamb is going to be an expert for very long.  Jerry King files this report.

 SOUTHEASTERN NM HI POWER RIFLE LEAGUE, May 15, 2010

By Jerry King

  When I arrived at the range at 6:55A.M., it was a very misty and overcast morning. Shooters started showing up after 7:30 A.M.  We got the targets and everything set up and then I started signing everybody up.  By the time we started shooting, it had stopped misting and there was no wind.  It was a great morning to shoot.

    We had a fair turn out.  We only had 8 shooters.  We finish around 12:45 PM. 

    The weather was great for shooting and there was a slight breeze with about 3-8 mph wind back at the 600 yard line.

MATCH WINNERS

Bill Rodolph           Match Winner        772 – 23

Bill Lamb                Expert class winner 770 - 15

MATCH SCORES

 

1.   Bill Rodolph     772 – 23

2.  Bill Lamb           770 – 15

3.  Dave Crider        748 – 15

4.  Gary Shaver       743 – 13

5.  Steve Jones        738 – 12

6.  Phil Overly        697 – 5

7.  Scott Landry      680 -8

8.  Jarrod Shaner     661 – 8

 

Well, heck!  We couldn’t have two matches in a row with nice weather!  The across the course match in Capitan on the 22 was marred by high winds and the scores really showed it.  Awful hand was, well, AWFUL! It didn’t get much better after that although I did have a decent 600 yard match.  I was match winner with a whopping 751-12.  Walt Garfield won the combined high master, master, unclassified class with a 742-19 and Rick Gage won the expert class with a 711-10 after not shooting for a year and a half.  It was good to see Walt and Rick on the range again.  Daniel Castelo won the Marksman class with a 602-1.  Daniel is one of several students from New Mexico Tech that Jim McLemore has got started coming over and shooting.  Thanks go to Jerry King for coming up and running the match for us.  It sure helps things go smoother when we have someone running the line.  And thanks to all the shooters that came and supported the program.  Scores to follow.

1.                   Bill Rodolph                       751-12                   7.            Phil Overly                         621-1

2.                   Walt Garfield                     742-19                   8.            Daniel Castelo                  602-1

3.                   David Crider                       724-13                   9.            Jim Mc Lemore                 497-0

4.                   Rick Gage                            711-10                   10.          Jeremy Brewster             479-1

5.                   Dale Barry                           682-7                     11.          Jarrod Shaner                    464-1

6.                   Scott Landry                       679-3                     12.          Aaron Greenwood          434-1

We held our inaugural small bore prone match on Sunday the 23rd.  It was a beautiful morning to shoot.  We had 5 shooters come and give the course of fire a try.  Small bore prone is shot at 50 and 100 yards, all prone and all slow fire.  Some matches are iron sights and some are any sights (meaning you can use a scope).  We shot two, 40 shot matches for a total of 80 shots for record.  This day, 40 shots at 100 yards and 40 shots at 50 yards with iron sights.  I would like to thank the 5 people that came out, thanks very much for supporting the match.  I was match winner and Paul Myers won the unclassified class.  Scores to follow.

 

1.                   Bill Rodolph                       786-31                   4.            J. D. Roehrig                       531-2

2.                   Paul Myers                         708-4                     5.            Mike LaChance                 419-2

3.                   Dick Dommers                  643-5

FROM THE PRESIDENT’S SHOP

As you can see, we had a full schedule of events and will continue to do so throughout the summer.  The first weekend of June is the Alien Regional in Roswell.  Programs are available at our website.  The second weekend is long range at Capitan; the third weekend is a league match at Roswell, the fourth weekend is high power league at Capitan and small bore league at Capitan.  So grab a rifle and come out and shoot!

Please, if you haven’t, take a look at the schedule that is posted on our website.  I have added the small bore matches and the Ruidoso police have an upcoming sniper school on June 7 thru 10.  The range will be closed for those days while the police use the range.

I would again like to thank everyone who has come out to work and everyone who has come out to shoot and support the matches.  We really don’t mind putting them on as long as people come and support them.  Over the winter I was thinking of dropping the long range due to low turnout and look at the surprise I got this month!  Way to go!

Hold hard and favor center!

Bill Rodolph, President

Capitan Hi Power Shooting Club, Inc.

www.capitanhipower.com