Varmint Rifle Match – May

Another cold and windy spring day in good ol’ North Dakota. At least it didn’t rain and it wasn’t all that cold. For once, I got there before everyone else (put a gold star on the calendar!) I took advantage of the situation and got my zero and shot a good group, for all the good it did. Conditions are always changing out there.

In about an hour, people started to show up. I was pleased to see our core shooters and some new faces. Derle and Ryan came back for another go. Troy Dutchuk and Chad Banner tried their hand as well. As many of you know, it’s not an easy course to shoot. But, to paraphrase one of our shooters, “All trigger time is good time.”

There were 11 competitors this match. This time we had only three shooters in the Custom class. Usually, the AR class has only three to four. However, there were seven in AR and eight in Factory. That was a nice change.

Scores averaged a little lower this match but Tim, Collin, and Doug are still pulling lead with the high scores. Tom better get some practice in because his brother is doing some fine shooting.

Custom: Colin took 1st with a 565, Doug 2nd with 420, and Don came in 3rd with 200.

Factory: Tim topped out with a 440, Colin 2nd with 400, and Doug 3rd with 385.

AR: Doug in 1st with 360, Colin 2nd with 210, and Don 3rd with 205.

Next match is June 27. The match starts at 10:00 a.m. and you can sight in up to 9:30 a.m. Hope to see you there!

Gary Vennie