Saturday, December 10, 2011

New shelter

Got ALOT done on the new shelters today! would have got them totally done but ran out of steel sheeting. Mark LeFebre, Joe Schere, Carl winterburg, Colin Miliken, Richard Fransen and Kelly Landis worked most of saturday getting them up.












































































































Sunday, October 23, 2011

Spent a part of saturday along with Richard Fransen, Colin Milliken and Carl Winterburg and got all the poles for the range shelter expansion drilled in and set in concrete. Hard work but we got ALOT done in just a day.













Sunday, September 25, 2011

2011 championship video





Great shoots both days this weekend. We had an excellent turnout for both shoots and much fun was had by all. Here are pics from both shoots and ill put the video up when i get it edited. Thanks all for coming and thanks to those who donated prizes.

This was the closer for our shooting season so thanks everyone for a great year!










































































































































Sunday, August 7, 2011

Great shoot today! Excellent weather and a good turnout of shooter for both military and lever action. A Lunch of spaghetti casserole, buns, veggies and cupcakes was enjoyed by all.


Scores

Lever

Match winner - Tim Frank - 27
1st AA Richard Fransen
2nd AA Carl Winterberg
1st A Collin Weise
2nd A Mark LeFebre
3rd A Don Granlie
1st B Diane fransen
2nd B Jeff Burgois

Military


Match Winner - Collin weise - 30
1st AA Gene Perkins
2nd AA Kirk Caldwell
3rdAA Tim Frank
1st A diane Fransen
2nd A Jim Stam
3rd A Todd Zorn
4th A Kent Geffre
1st B Jim Vollmer
2nd B Tom Leibel


pics from match day


















Saturday, June 11, 2011

honor flight shoot pics




































Honor Flight Shoot

Smashing success! We had 48 shooters of all ages show today! Thanks everyone for coming. i will get some pics up when i get them sorted out.

Friday, June 10, 2011

2011 BPCR long range shoot

Thanks to Gregg Simon for the great writeup!

For the second year in a row Mother Nature raised havoc with this year’s match! In spite of the weather a record number of 33 shooters came from six states. Six new shooters who had never been to the Sage Brush Rifle and Pistol club’s annual event helped boost the numbers. Unfortunately, six shooters who had planned to shoot the Sunday portion of the event, were not able to shoot. The second day of the 2-day match had to be cancelled due to rain. Favorable weather conditions on Friday allowed early shooters an opportunity to practice and get sight settings on their rifles. Sustained northwest winds of 22 miles per hour with gusts in excess of 26 miles per hour made shooting challenging on Saturday. After watching the rainy weather for nearly two hours on Sunday morning, the majority of shooters agreed to cancel the second day of the match.

Even though Saturday’s conditions were very tough to shoot in, the cream of the crop rose to the top. Most notably on the 1,000 yard Circle, Bob Blattenbauer from Moorhead, MN, a new participant at the club’s event, demonstrated his skill by hitting the target 7 out of 7 shots. Don Wiechmann from Wagner, SD managed 5 hits out of 7 shots on the same target. Prior to the match, Mike Buchholz of Mike’s Shooter’s Shop of Hot Springs, SD, provided a special donation to be awarded to the shooter with the most hits on the Elk during the high wind conditions. Mike dubbed the award the “Elk in a Hurricane” award. At 732 yards, the Elk target is generally considered the most difficult target on the range. Mark Wiechmann of Armour, SD and Bob Blattenbauer both hit 5 out of 7 shots. This award went to Blattenbauer after breaking the tie with more hits on the 1,000 yard target than Wiechmann. At a distance of 589 yards, the Hostile target was a very tough target except for one of the first time attendees, Wade Wiechman of Sioux Falls, SD. Wade showed the rest of the shooters how to hit this target by hitting it 6 out of 7 shots. Ron Williams from Rosemont, MN and Gregg Simon of Mobridge, SD both managed to run the Coyote target at a distance of 326 yards 7 out of 7 shots. Ron also managed to have the highest number of hits on the bucket target at a distance of 238 yards from the standing offhand position with 3 out of 7 shots.

During this 2-Day event shooters take aim with iron sights and a few scoped rifles at six different shaped steel targets. Each day shooters fired 7 shots at each of the targets consisting of a bucket at 238 yards, a coyote at 326 yards, buffalo at 900 yards, a circle at 1000 yards, an elk at 732 yards and a hostile at 589 yards. The bucket shaped target which was inspired by the movie Quigley Down Under, is a common target at events of this type. The bucket was shot from the standing position while the rest of the targets were shot from seated cross sticks. Shooters usually use large caliber black powder type cartridge rifles similar to those used in the buffalo harvest of the 1870’s and early 1880’s and therefore a buffalo shaped target is also a common target for events of this type.
The format of this event provides for a cash payback of 70% of the total entry fees to the shooters. This payback is designed to reward shooters on a sliding scale based on the number of shooters. The scale allows the club to pay down farther into the field of shooters and reward more shooters for their efforts. The scale has a payback for each day and the aggregate 2-day score. Shooters are not required to shoot both days to participate in the payback. This feature of the event continues to be successful as 11 shooters out of 27 received cash awards from $65 to $10.

The 33 shooters from Minnesota, Wisconsin, Montana, Wyoming, North and South Dakota were Ross Christen – Germantown WI, Edwin Steffes – Sheboygan WI, Ron Williams – Rosemount MN, Bob Van Cleve – West St Paul MN, Don Wiechmann – Wagner SD, Gregg Simon - Mobridge SD, Mark Wiechmann – Armour SD, Tom Mace – Clearwater MN, Cecile & Doug Wiechmann – Worland WY, Bruce Anderson – Nicollet MN, Mike Buchholz – Hot Springs SD
Chunks & Rocky Fritz – Belfield ND, Nick Hoffman – Armour SD, Russel Denekamp – St Paul MN, Roger Buechler – Dell Rapids SD, Elwyn Brunner – Forsyth MT, Dwayne Wiechmann – Brandon SD, Wade Wiechmann – Sioux Falls SD, Don Hubbard – Wagner SD, Jack Sauter – Carson ND, Keith Erdman – St Anthony ND, Dan Clark – Carson ND, Ken Heier – Bismarck ND,
Bob Blattenbauer – Moorhead MN, Joe Barland – Hazen ND, Joe Blotske – Underwood ND, Don Granlie – Underwood ND, Craig Siem – Underwood ND, Jess Wilkinson – Brookings SD, Morry Egna – Isabel SD and Brad Kern – Isabel, SD
Match Awards went to:
High Overall: Bob Blattenbauer – 24/42
2nd Overall: Ron Williams - 22/42 (3 buckets)
3rd Overall: Wade Wiechmann – 22/42 (0 buckets)
1st Senior: Russell Denekamp – 17/42
2nd Senior: Mark Wiechmann – 15/42
1ST Scope: Bruce Anderson – 11/42
1st Lady: Chunks Fritz – 11/42
Elk In A Hurricane: Bob Blattenbauer – 5/7
Cash Awards went to:
Bob Blattenbauer, Ron Williams, Wade Wiechmann, Don Wiechmann, Russell Denekamp, Bob Van Cleve, Gregg Simon, Nick Hoffman, Mark Wiechmann, Elwyn Brunner and Ken Heier.
Awards and Door Prizes Donated for this match by:
Buffalo Arms, Brownell’s, Brooks Moulds, CH Tool & Die, SPG, C Sharps, Shiloh Sharps, Redding, Starline, Lee Precision, Midway USA, Montana Vintage Arms & John Walter’s Wads.
honor flight match tomorrow! Dont miss out!

Sunday, May 15, 2011

May 15 high power shoot

Had a good shoot today. Very good conditions and a good turnout of 12 shooters for both classes.



Kelly Landis won the heavy rifle with a score of 24 and Richard Fransen won light/hunting rifle with a score of 15.



Chicken fried steaks, mashed potatoes and cake was enjoyed by all for lunch.




















Saturday, May 14, 2011

Hi power shoot tomorrow! I will be there to shoot and take some pics. Hopefully the weather will cooperate!

Saturday, April 30, 2011

Don't forget our first shoot of the season is tomorrow (weather permitting). Hope you can make it!

Tuesday, January 25, 2011

2011 shoot dates added

Shoot dates for 2011 are up! thanks to Joe Scherer for passing them along.

Monday, January 17, 2011

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2011 Annual Meeting

Meeting was called to order at 7:30 Pm by Colin Miliken, President. there were 16 people in attendance.

Carl winterberg gave the financial report, and there was some explination and discussion on the finances.

Colin described range improvements made at both ranges over the course of the last year including covers on the smallbore range and new bathroom facilities at both ranges.

Mark LeFebre gave report on the blog and user activity. there was some discussion on pictures and content. Jeff Jensen suggested a Facebook group and Mark said he was working twoards that end, but was waiting for a current group named "Sage Brush" to expire and he would put our group up as soon as possible. There was some other discussion on the lack of cooperation from local newspapers with our club, with many members echoing the sentiment they felt shorted by the papers lack of interest in our club, vs other sports in the area.

Discussion was held on the yearly bonus to the cooks. Same as last year it was voted for a bonus of 100$ and the money was awarded on the spot.

Carl brought up a financial point about how the IRS handles small clubs like ours. To the knowledge of all present our club was expemt from all requirments.

Kelly Landis brought up a point that some shooters at both the Lever and Military championship had driven some distance and had said it would be nice if they were on the same weekend, one on saturday and one on sunday. There was discussion on this and the club voted to make it so.

There was discussion on the outcome and quality of this years Honor Flight Shoot. All present agreed it was a good benificiary of our help and it was voted to do again for the next season.

Jeff Jensen then discussed getting representatives from our state government to visit and participate in our shoots. There was significant discussion who and when to invite them. club voted to invite whomever was interested in coming.

Doug Delori then gave a report on the Northern Oahe Sport Fest that was held last season. He described activities that went on including field dressing a deer, fishing, rimfire shooting, shotgun shooting, waterfowl hunting and other outdoor activities. He reported there had been very good response from all parites involved and thanked all there who had helped make it an excellent expierience. The club voted to do it again next year and Jeff jensen reported he had talked to Freinds of NRA TV about coming ot next years sport fest to shoot video. He said we were on a tentative list of shooting locations, but nothing concrete yet. he said he would keep up on it and let us know any further developments.

Kelly and Colin then brought up insurance for weather damage to the ranges. Kelly and Colin said they would look into cost and availability.

There was some discussion on making windguards for the shooting positions at the high power range. There was discussion about cost and design. Kelly and Colin will look into them and study the feasibility of such.

Discussion was held on the subject of junior shooters using rest bags during shoots. Last season there was some discontent at this fact, and significant discussion time was denoted to this subject. THe club decided that keeping juniors interested was paramount and the following rule be followed at all shoots.

age 10 and under - may use bags at all stations
age 11 - 1 station offhand, 3 staions bags
age 12 - 2 stations offhand, 2 stations bags
age 13 - 3 stations offhand, 1 station bags
age 14 and above - all offhand

Ther was some discussion on how the NRA formats match bulletins and how our clubs shoots would be included on them.

Kelly Landis brought up our clubs affiliation with the CMP needing renewed. It is a 30$ fee. Kelly described the 10% discount on purchases our club recives through this and it was unanimously voted to renew. kelly is the designated contact person for all CMP matters pertaining to the club.

Gene Cox gave a short report on a donation to the library fund.

Carl notified the club he would be stepping down as the club treasurer. A replacment was discussed and nominations were held. Joe Scherer was nominated and unanimously approved. Carl acted as treasurer for teh remainder of the meeting. Joe asked to be added to teh signature card for the bank account and all present approved.

Colin then suggested next year (funds allowing) making the annual meeting a supper event. he discussed whathe thought could be done for food and other items. ALl thoguht it a good idea as long as there were proper funds available.

Kelly Landis discussed getting a NRA instructor into the area to train and certify some of us as NRA certified firearms instructors. Kelly said there is a chance we could get an instructor come to Pierre and put on a classs if we could get enough people together to cover the cost. There was discussion on the need for a local concealed carry class that shoehorned in with the need for an NRA instructor to run it. Kelly and Jeff Jesen said they would keep up with this issue. There was also discussion on the rise in pistol shooters and the possibility of adding some sort of pistol course to the club.

Kelly Lanids discussed the sucess of the 2010 NRA calenders and reported the 2012 calender pictures were almost complete.

At this time Gregg Simon asked about the club buying a commercial style mower to help maintain the ranges. Currently it is done by members with personal equipment. Gregg expressed that he thought that, while this approach worked, the club should be proactive in maintenance issues as our club is the "cleanest and neatest" of all teh clubs he visits, and he would like to see that continue. He felt that perhaps a club owned mower would be a solution to keeping our clubs appreance top notch. There was discussion on type and cost, and kelly said he would check into costs of ATV or tractor mounted mowers.

There was discussion on expanding the covered areas at the high power range. Kelly led the discussion with plans for further covered areas similar to what is there now. All presnt thought further covered areas a good idea, as long as appropriate funds were available.

There was discussion on the length of the smallbore championship held at teh Timber Lake range. Some competitors found it "too long a day" in its current configuration. There was some further discussion and it was deicded to have all the smallbore competitors discuss it and make a decision at one fo the smallbore shoots, to have the most people invovled as there werent many smallbore shooters present.

Scheduling of the next seasons shoots was discussed. It was decided to keep the same format as last years shoots and Kelly had the majority of them preplanned and laid out. Schedule will be forthcoming.

Colin thanked everyone for coming and hoped we have a good season ahead of us.

Metting was adjorned at 8:35PM.

Thanks all for attending the meeting even though we did have some bad weather we had a good turnout! I will post the schedule as soon as i get it and any other updates.

If anyone has photos, video or other items they would like posted, email them to me at siliconwolverine@yahoo.com and ill be sure to get them on.

Thanks again and lets have a good season of shooting fun!