Varmint Rifle Match – May 2014

The first Varmint Rifle Match for the year had a surprisingly good turn out in spite of the lousy weather. We put up with the intermittent rain and some cold wind gusts. Nevertheless, the shooters were in good spirits and ready to compete. Thanks to Jim Vollmer for firing up some hot coffee.

With a top possible score of 800, there were some shooters that were pushing close. The variable wind gave the advantage to those more experienced at reading it. That will always be the challenge on our range due to the number of berms we have. Still, high scores are there and it doesn’t take the heavy calibers to get them. Have a look at the score Doug Kitzan shot with his AR 15 in .223.

Wind affects all bullets. Learning to read it is the key. These links might help:

Determining Wind Values And Making Your Shots

Horizontal Wind-Drift vs. Distance

Wind Drift

Reading The Wind

Reading Wind: There are no flags on the battlefield

There were, also, several targets that had only 1 or 2 hits and others that had more than 10. That’s not the wind. It’s cross fire. Check your target number before each shot!

Congratulations to David Rohrich, Tyler Halverson and Jay Christiansen for taking the top 3 places, respectively, in the Custom class; David Rohrich, Tim Liebel and Doug Kitzan in the Factory class; Doug Kitzan, Jay McNamara and Collin Weisz in the AR Class, and our two shooters in the Youth class, Ryan Grensteiner and Jalen Granlie.

Thanks to all the participants who helped keep the match running smoothly and for showing up!

Don’t forget, next match is on June 14. Hope to see you there.

Gary Vennie