With so many of our benchrest friends and acquaintances having "left the range," I thought it would be nice to have a somewhat comprehensive list of them.
2023
Joe Maisto - 89
Al (alinwa) Matson - 61
Hal Drake - 52
Margaret (Peggy O'Keefe) Stickley - 58
Glenn Olenick - 61
Ken Lewis- 76
Wayne Lewis- 79
Kay C. Young - 88
Tom Dickson - 85
I see Tom Dickson on the list for 2023. In 2009 while at the Coors Range I bought a really nice HV rifle from a gentleman whose name I can't recall. Bat action in a nice, laminated stock in 6PPC. Shot very well. Eventually I put a 30BR barrel on it and have been using it in score competition. The serial number on the action was unusual, TD2, and I finally called BAT and inquired about it. They said it had been built by Tom Dickson, a Bat employee. Another time at the Coors range someone saw the rifle and said that Tom had made three actions, TD1, TD2 and TD3. He said that he had TD1, and nobody knew who had TD3. My memory is fuzzy so that could have been the other way around. Anyway, that's a nice way to leave a legacy.