The Montana State Championships has come and gone. All I can say is what a GREAT TIME I had. Jeff W and myself were the lone shooters from north of that horizontal line. I fell in love with Yellowstone Rifle Club. It is a picturesque place to shoot as well as challenging. The openness of the home club shooters made it that much better. They were more than willing to share some of the secrets of the range. We had many many laughs. More against the Canadians than the Americans. Heck Jeff even taught Roger how to count in Canadian. One Eh...... Two Eh...... Three Eh....... It was great to feel like I was at home amongst this great group of guys. I have always felt at home in the Northern US. I MOST DEFINATELY will be back.
Russ Cree, with the assistance of some of his family members and Audrey Brown (NBRSA Office Manager) who scored the match, ran a great show. Everything ran smoothly. The weather pretty much cooperated. We had one brief thunder shower Sunday afternoon but conditions pretty much returned to the same as it had been all weekend. Tricky at times, okay usually, with the brief and I mean brief honey hole conditions.
The clubhouse accomodations were pretty good. I even had a chance to do some load development in there indoor shooting facility in the evenings................ Okay not....... ;=). The indoor range was the perfect place to call home for 3 nights. It was even better with the fully equipped kitchen facilities and washroom minus the shower.
Anyways I just want to say that if anyone is ever looking for a fun time and great shoot, I would fit Yellowstone Rifle Club in. Keep in mind the Montana State for 2012. I most definately am.
I did learn a few things, I will never ever trust my 100 yard load development without testing at 200. The other is that I most definately have 1 rifle that shoots better than the other...................... It showed in the results Sunday. Going from dead last Saturday to as high as fourth at one time Sunday only to see it slip away with a bad and I mean bad last group. Why could the conditions not have been the same as when I shot my first group a .141............. All part of the game I guess.
Oh and thanks to Rob Seelye for making my pants pockets a bit heavier ($$$$$$) and taking the time and effort to learn how to pronounce my last name............... until next time Rob. Paul Holland it was a pleasure to meet and camp out with you at the range. Sorry I did not spend more time in the BS department. Yes I do tend to work to hard at this game trying to get better.
Some snapshots of Yellowstone.
2 GUN RESULTS
Calvin(Klondike)Yanchycki
Topic: Billings Montana Match Dates (Read 12400 times)