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Hello everyone, I am pleased to bring some exciting news to you today as I introduce a new bench rest association here in Canada, the Southern Alberta Bench Rest Association, SABRA. This is going to be a lengthy post, but I hope you will take the time to read it through, and that you are excited about this development as well.

There has been discussion of starting a group like this for approximately two years now, in early October several of us met in Lethbridge to have the first meeting and get the ball rolling. We have been in discussion with members and leadership of the BRSC and are happy to have their support and look forward to working together.

Who are we?

A simple association has been established, it consists of seven members, all of whom are local to Lethbridge and most of whom are BRSC members and active competitors. The three-member executive is:

Tony Jansma, chair. Email: chair.sabra@gmail'dot'com
Tony began shooting the Lethbridge BR for score league 8 years ago. Many of those years he included his three daughters and one son, many hours at the reloading bench for multiple shooters and guns resulted in several awards for him and the kids over the years. The past few years have seen Tony fall deep down the BR rabbit hole, he now owns several competition guns and recently a rail gun. This past year saw Tony starting to travel to matches in Canada and the U.S.

Kelly Norgard, secretary. Email: secretary.sabra@gmail'dot'com
Several years of hunter and hunter varmint class in the Lethbridge score league led to the purchase of a LV competition rifle and everything that goes with it. Kelly has attended matches at Rosebud for two years and looks forward to attending matches in other provinces.

Madeline Balla, treasurer. Email: treasurer.sabra@gmail'dot'com
Madeline has been the organizer of the Lethbridge BR score league and the Frank Leffingwell Memorial match for many years in Lethbridge. One of her many roles for the Lethbridge Fish and Game Association has been that of treasurer, the role she eagerly accepted for the new SABRA group as well.

The remaining four members are long time, active members of the LFGA, and active competitors and members with BRSC, they are eager to get this new chapter started. They are Dean Weger, Dave Fisher, Tim Janzen, and Dwayne Rogness.

The SABRA group has two primary goals; promote and grow BR shooting in Southern Alberta, and bring a new range into the rotation, a place where sanctioned matches can be held. We feel there are people in Southern Alberta that could get excited and interested in BR shooting if they gain some exposure to what we do.

The original thought was that the Lethbridge range would be the host location for SABRA, we have not entirely closed the door on that possibility, but after having a tour of the MD of Taber Sport Shooting Complex, the decision was quickly made to pursue this as our likely location. A meeting with the promotional coordinator of the Taber range proved to be very promising, the Taber range is less than 10 years old, and they are excited at the opportunity to be involved and host matches. It is an ideal range setup, very well constructed, and they have expressed an eagerness to work with us on any changes that might be needed for adequate target holders, cleaning benches, and reloading facilities.

I am almost finished, hang in there!

We have several goals for the coming year, some of them have financial considerations and limitations, while others are dependent on the coordination of time, materials, and work. A simplified version of what we hope to accomplish this year is:

    -Build a portable target and backer system.
    -Build cleaning benches at the Taber range.
    -Hold a small 1-day match to test everything.
    -Host a sanctioned group match.

One of the main talking points in the past two years has been that of the backer system that is needed to host group matches. Last year BRSC purchased a ShotMarker system (digital target). They have tested it, as have we in Lethbridge, the consensus is that this system can act as a backer for a registered match. 

Thanks to generous donations from the BRSC executive and an active member, several SABRA board members, and the Southern Alberta Rifleman?s Association (SARA), we have already ordered four ShotMarker systems. This will allow us to have sixteen shooters per relay, which works with the number of benches in both Taber and Lethbridge. We are in the early stages of designing a frame that is both sturdy and portable.

Another big expense we are facing is the purchase of an enclosed trailer that can act as transportation and storage for the target boards.

Other immediate needs include raw materials for the target boards and frames, as well as welding and constructing possibly.

Here is where you come in, if you would like to support us and help with any of these goals, we would love to hear from you!

Several people have expressed interest in helping with the expenses, we are most grateful, and anything will help. A bank account has been set up in the name of the association, EMT donations can be accepted as direct deposit. All donations and expenses will be monitored by the executive and approved by the board. The email address for donations is: treasurer.sabra@gmail'dot'com . (you need to correct the 'dot' to . )

If you have materials that might be useful in constructing target frames, or a great idea on how to design them, let us know.

If you want to help with some work party days, we can certainly let you know the when and where.

We hope you are all as excited about this as we are, if you have any questions or suggestions, please let us know.

Thank you,

SABRA

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BR Equipment + Components / WANT TO BUY - GRID TARGETS
« on: July 10, 2024, 09:52:41 AM »
I'd like to buy a stack of quality 'grid targets' if someone is willing to part with them. I have bought several types of paper over the past year and had grids printed on them, but nothing I have tried will print a nice hole.

I would prefer the older style paper if possible, maybe that's an unrealistic goal I'm not sure.

I'll be at Rosebud this weekend and the remaining matches of the year, cash in hand. As for quantity, whatever I can get I suppose... 50, 100, 200?

Thanks,
Kelly

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BR Equipment + Components / LE Wilson dies - 17 sets - PRICE DROP
« on: July 09, 2024, 01:16:10 PM »
I'd like to get these sold, price drop to $350 for the whole works.

Edit to add: Just noticed after posting this (which took a very long time), the pics are wider than what's shown on the screen, there's a left/right scroll at the bottom of the post which will move everything, allowing you to see it all.

Selling what I don't need from a large lot of dies I purchased some time ago. These are older dies, I've spent many hours doing my best to clean up some surface rust. I'll do my best to list condition for each die, they still have some slight staining on the outside, but remain fully functional in my opinion. There are a couple that are rougher than the rest, and will be noted. Attached is a picture to show what I mean by "some surface rust".

Most are complete, if not it will be noted in the description. There are no 'cups' with the dies, I have a a few available to include with a sale of multiple dies.

There are a few oddballs, some cartridges I'm not familiar with - I'll do my best to note what I believe it to be. If you have questions or want pics of a specific die let me know. All dies are arbor/press style, full length sizers included.

I'm happy to ship ($17 up to 5 dies in one order) or meet face to face in/near Lethbridge, or at the Rosebud range during one of the upcoming matches.

Prices are listed per die with a total of $825. I feel these are reasonable prices at less than 50% new cost, but if you feel I'm out to lunch let me know.
  • Buy the entire lot for $500 shipped (40% savings)
  • Buy 5 and subtract 25%
  • Buy 3 and subtract 15%



" some surface rust "


What's available


Unknown hand seater - .222-5


Homemade neck sizer - .240 COY







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Club Events / Cactus Classic 2024
« on: March 09, 2024, 07:48:41 AM »
One of the biggest events of the year kicks off today, just want to say good luck to all the guys who made the trip down. I have no doubt they will do a great job and have a good time, I believe there's about a dozen which is awesome.

Have fun everyone, stack em up!

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I'm hoping it's okay to post a link here, the site is a collection of old editions of Precision Shooting Magazine, as well as some others. The collection is being put together by a fellow by the name of Stu Redman on the Accurate Shooter forum. He's looking for missing editions of the magazine, maybe some of you here have some?

https://archive.org/details/@sturedman2021?&sort=titleSorter&page=2

Kelly

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Off Topic / Camping while attending shoots?
« on: January 24, 2023, 12:22:32 PM »
I'm hoping to attend an event or two this year, most likely just at the Rosebud range as that is closest to me. My understanding is that it's possible to camp there with a trailer.

I'm wondering:

- how many people actually do?

-is there a fire pit?

We are planning camping trips for the coming season and I'm trying to figure out what 'the experience' of camping at the range is. If there's no one else there it might make for 3 or 4 lonely nights. For example, we are hoping to book a week in Kananaskis July 5-12, the Stampede Shootout starts on the 13th with the BR201 clinic which I would like to attend- that means the day of the 12th would mean getting up and breaking camp early, drive back to Lethbridge (3.5 hours), drop the wife off, dump and fill the trailer, then drive back up to Rosebud to be ready for the next morning. Long day, and if the camping isn't great (other people, beer at the fire..) ditching the trailer and going to a hotel would make things easier.

Also facing a similar situation in September possibly.

I'd appreciate any thoughts.
Kelly


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Centerfire Discussions / Dry fire practice?
« on: December 18, 2022, 02:37:26 PM »
Any concerns with dry fire practice with a 2oz. Jewel trigger?

To expand on my question, being new to BR I would like to spend time during the winter practicing getting the bags set up properly, dry fire, return the gun to position, reload...etc.

With the Jewel trigger being as sensitive as it is, some hands on practice with it would likely be beneficial as well, as long as it's ok to dry fire. With it being so 'delicate', is there an issue with practicing/dry firing with it?

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Centerfire Discussions / Panda action spring?
« on: December 11, 2022, 09:49:43 PM »
Anywhere in Canada that I could get a new firing pin spring for a Stolle 6PPC action?

If not, I don't assume there would be any issue ordering direct from Kelblys?

From what I've read this is an item that should be changed out periodically, might order a few and keep some on hand - change yearly perhaps.

Kelly

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Off Topic / Cases for front rest and accessories
« on: October 08, 2022, 09:31:21 PM »
While attempting to create some type of order in my garage today I found a set of plastic ammo boxes I had purchased at Princess Auto a couple years ago. Looking at the size I was immediately hopeful one would work for my JJ Lo front rest, and one for the rear rest and some odds and ends.

The front rest is a perfect fit other than the lid on the box was 1/2" low. I was able to correct that by heating the lid with a heat gun and closing the lid with a spacer, this bent the lid enough to create about 1/4" gap on the top. A few pieces of foam glued to the corners where the feet of the rest are and it is perfect.





The second box I fitted some new foam in (also from PA), cut a recess for my rear bag, it also holds a couple boxes of ammo, a metal ammo stand, and the base for the front rest. Items in this case may change, but it's a good start.





I think I paid $30 for these boxes, they also com with 3 smaller ammo cans inside each one (set of 4) - pretty hard to beat for the price. Before this I had the front and rear rests in a large Rubbermaid type box, it was quite heavy and awkward.

Nice little project for a Saturday afternoon, and a good way to distract myself from a few chores that are calling my name!


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Off Topic / New guy from Lethbridge
« on: September 09, 2022, 09:10:15 AM »
Good morning everyone,
I've been watching this forum for a few years now, figured it's time to officially join since I finally bought an actual BR rifle a few days ago!

I have been shooting in the Lethbridge league (hunter varmint/modified) for 3 years now and really enjoy it, just a few weeks ago I was finally able to shoot in our Leffingwell Memorial Shoot for the first time and naturally I had a great time, also got meet a few of you which was nice.

Looking forward, I hope to make it to the BR101 and 102 next year (also been trying to get to those for a couple years) and to haul my trailer to the occasional shoot - still warming my wife up to that idea! She's currently more concerned with how I'm going to replace the money I just took out of our savings to buy the rifle.  :o ;D

Seems like lots of helpful people here (most gun-folks are) and I look forward to learning lots and hopefully being able to contribute myself someday.

Kelly

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