Time is Nigh! Don't miss out on the 2014 BRSC Nationals taking place June 28/29 at the Rosebud Silhouette & Benchrest Club. This event is not to be missed! Your Grand-kids will sing songs about it in the years to come! All kidding aside, it is shaping up to be a great turnout. If I haven't spoke to you already please let me know if you will be attending.

Usual format, practice day on Friday, Saturday will be LV100 and HV100 followed by a BBQ (bring your own meat, club will supply everything else), then on Sunday we shoot HV200 and LV200.

Hope to see you there.

Rick
rickpollock@shaw.ca
403-650-6650

 

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LOTW Spring 2014 Results

Rosebud Silhouette and Benchrest Club is pleased to announce we will have an OPEN HOUSE on May 10th, from 9am-4pm.

This will appeal to anyone interested in learning about the Club and trying their hand at BR or Silhouette. The Club will have rifles and instructors on hand, all you need to do is bring hearing and eye protection.

There will be a BBQ on site.

Vendors will also be on site with shooting related products for sale.

The OPEN HOUSE is free of charge, and everyone is welcome to attend.

Pre-registration is advised so that we have an idea of numbers planning to attend. Please send an e-mail to ROSEBUDOPENHOUSE@GMAIL.COM to pre-register.

Hope to see you there!

BR 101 Invitation

Following on the heels of the wildly successful BR101 Clinic in 2011, 2012 and 2013, The Rosebud Silhouette & Benchrest Club is pleased to announce it will hold a Benchrest 101 Clinic on May 24, 2014 at the club. This clinic provides an introduction to competitive Benchrest shooting. The focus will be on short range (100-200 yd) group shooting using center fire BR rifles.

This clinic will appeal to the accuracy enthusiast who is serious about entering the world of competitive BR shooting. The Clinic will provide the first step of many steps in learning to shoot groups at a national and international level. The clinic is available to shooters who have not taken the clinic in previous years. You do not have to be a Rosebud member to attend.

If you are the type of shooter who takes great pains in loading your ammo, measuring your groups, recording and analyzing load data, and strives to find the next improvement in grouping capability we want you! If going to the next level means competition, then we want you!  If you have heard about BR but didn’t know how to get involved, then we want you!

The Clinic takes the better part of a full day, so you will need to plan accordingly. We will start at around 8:00 AM with part of the morning taken up in the clubhouse discussing the basics of Benchrest shooting, such as suitable cartridges, rifles, reloading, the match format, among many other topics. We will also use the morning to set up wind flags and bench rest equipment such as front rest and rear bags.

There will be a 30 minute lunch break and then in the afternoon there will be an informal group shoot competition where the students will compete using actual BR rifles and rests, wind flags, and all other associated equipment. Each student will shoot 3 targets, and they will be scored, with aggregates given, just like a regular match. This will also be a good time to see what BR relaoding at the range is al about, and to see what BR bore cleaning is all about.

For the informal group shoot the rifles will be provided, along with all the other equipment necessary to shoot a match. A coach will be assigned to each student. There is no need to bring a rifle or sand bags etc., the coaches will provide that.

All you need to do is bring your hearing protection, eye protection, lunch and refreshments. We expect to be done at about 4:00 PM.

Depending on availability of spare rifles, coaches etc we will likely limit this to about 10 shooters. I would recommend people sign up early.

To register please contact me at the phone number or e-mail below. Feel free to contact me if you have any questions.

Rick Pollock
VP Benchrest  - Rosebud Silhouette & Benchrest Club
rickpollock@shaw.ca
403-650-6650

February 2014 Results

Courtesy of Jim Latham

January 2014 Results
 

Well gang despite the weather we had a decent turnout for the final monthly match of the year last Sunday.


December 2013 Results
 
We followed up with a lunch at Mission Springs.
 
Enjoy the photo of the stalwart shooters that made the event. They are
Back row Left to right:   Art Harder, Michael Boyce, Jim Latham, Lowell Boyd, Sam Parrotta
Front Row:                    Mel McIntosh, Joe Mendham and Sue Parrotta



 
We start the New Year off on Sunday January 5th. In 2014 we shoot on the first Sunday of each month.
 
Thanks to all for a good year; we look forward to an even better one in 2014.
 
Jim and Joe

Please take note of Dave's instructions below. As OFHA is our delegated organization for the WBC, interested shooters need to be members of OFHA to be considered for the 2015 World team. OFHA has been very supportive of the Canadian Team and we would like to see this relationship continue. I won't post the form online as it has some personal information on it, you can always e-mail me to get the form: rickpollock@shaw.ca or Dave at his e-mail below. It is $37 and needs to be mailed to Bill Gammon, his address is on the form.

Rick


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Please see attached from OFHA. It is the renewal for some of the shooters
interested in maintaining their status with the Canadian Benchrest Group.
For those with dates expiring in 2014 please forward your cheque to BILL
GAMMON in London, On. If you send it through directly your name never shows
up on our listing. Why I don't know, just the way it is.
If there are new shooters interested in being considered, please forward to
them so they may join. Also, Rick please forward to Dan Opel for me, don't
have his address. Bill please forward to John Van Middlekoop. Does anyone
have an email address for Dave Holmes?

So this gets done in a timely fashion, let's put a prior to date of December
15th, 2013. The pricing, and forms are part of the attachment.

Best Regards

Dave Abbott
Dave.abbott@abbotts-air.ca

Hot off the presses, Paul Ross advises the following BRSC records have been confirmed by the record committee:

10 Shot Unl. 200 yd Agg - Rob Seemann - .3171"
10 Shot Unl. 200 yd Agg - Rick Pollock - .3233" (also a record but Rob's will go in book)
10 Shot Unl. 200 yd Group - Rick Pollock - .383"
5 Shot Unl. 100+200 Grand Agg - Rob Seemann - .2221"

Certificates and updated record book to follow.

Rick