July Varmint Rifle Match

Saturday’s turn out for the Varmint Rifle match was excellent. There were 14 shooters in all with several shooting in more than one class. It was great to see so many AR shooters (9 total); the most at one shoot, so far. For those who don’t think that an AR is up to the task, Tom Eckroth shot a 240-0x score with his. Sam May fired a 205-0x for second place and Jay McNamara shot 195-0x for third. I want to give a cheer to Amanda Hintz for shooting her second match with us. It’s good to see young ladies taking an interest in our sport. Keep coming back, Amanda!

The weather was great, with the usual 6-10 mph wind to throw a wrench into some scores. I think I scored the worse I’ve ever shot. However, David Rohrich broke 300 in the Custom class with his .308 Win. Troy Schwarz and Jay McNamara pulled in behind him with 295-1x and 220-0x, respectively. Mind you, we’re shooting at targets that are little more than dots to the naked eye. Just goes to show that, on this range, reading the wind is key. One shot is dead on and the next off a couple inches just for misreading the wind. Very humbling.

In the Factory class, Troy Schwarz took first with 295-0x. There was an interesting turn of events though. The brothers Liebel ended up in a shoot off for second and third place. Tim won for 2nd place, but not by much!

Looking forward to see you all at the next match on August 24!



Gary Vennie