Short range rifle match in Gander!

[viper7]

See the details under "Events and gatherings"!

PICS ADDED AT POST # 9

 

[rnbra-shooter]

Great!

Here's the link to it, so that others don't have to look it up:

http://www.canadiangunnutz.com/forum/showthread.php?t=473023

Hope you have a great time, sound like you're bringing a good attitude to it! Good luck, and here's wishing you a good turnout!

 

[ron hilchey]

Any chance of the search and rescue helicopter picking up a shooter or two in the Halifax area.
Good luck guys, keep them in the V.

 

[mpwolf]

that's a grand idea Ron. The NB shore isn't far from Halifax either. Could even start out in teh boat to help justify a "rescue".

 

[ron hilchey]

You shooting the Victoria Day matches at NSRA?

 

[viper7]

I'm still planning on coming over!

 

[Ganderite]

When I was in Gander there was no range. We just shot in an empty filed near Deadmans's Pond.

What distances do you have?

 

[viper7]

The range is down by the shore of Gander Lake, basically in the runway lights of runway 03 that comes in over the lake. Same road as the 101st Airborne crash site and memorial.

We have a trap house and a 100m range presently, but we are looking at pushing the range out to 300m very shortly as we have to do some pretty serious upgrades to meet the CFO's specs. Might as well expand while we have the heavy equipment there.

We also have a dandy clubhouse with full services.

It has been there for a while too, you may be dating yourself a little!

Best,

Pete

 

[viper7]

!!pics and results!!

Poor, drizzly, cold weather did not deter the swarthy folk who turned out for the first Gander Rod and Gun Club bullseye match. Spirits were dampened early in the morning by the discovery of a break-and-enter at our club with about $1000 of equipment stolen.

We endeavored to perservere and despite the 3 degree temperatures and light rain proceeded to shoot the following scores:


Rimfire:
Terry Babstock 9V0 83V1 = 92V1
Wayne Lorenzen 10V0 60V0 = 70V0

Iron Sights:
Dylan Driscoll 84V1 DNF = 84V1

Optics:
Greg Saunders 6V0 30V0 = 36V0

Open:
Pete Savage 100V8 100V9 = 200V17
Ben Savage 99V3 98V7 = 197V10
Scott McDougall 93V1 100V7 = 193V8

Here are some pics of the days proceedings, if someone knows how to import them properly into CGN, be my guest:

http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=432455&id=787315611&saved

 

[ron hilchey]

Great to see you guys out on the range.
Too bad about about your break in.

 

[DATAM]

Nice to see my mate Pete keeping his skills up ;-)

 

[CV32]

Good to hear about the shoot. Bummer about the break in.

 

[Ganderite]

I left in 1956. I think there was a skeet range behind the RCAF radar base.