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The staff and I from the Iowa 1000 Yard Club want to thank the following sponsors who donated prizes and helped us put on a great 2009 IBS 1000 Yard Nationals. Please note those who donated and support them - they are helping the future of our sport in a very unselfish way and their generosity...

Luckily, this year they planted beans by the firing line and in front of the target line, so we didn't have to remove hardly any crops to run our matches. The corn started about 400 yards out, and went down to where the flooding was earlier this summer, then planted beans down there after the...

The 2009 Nationals in Iowa went very well. The competition was fierce, the notorious Iowa winds (which actually were quite calm most of the time compared to what we often shoot in) caused quite a few DQ's on some relays, and quite a few screamers were fired also. The Thursday evening...

Yes, you will be able to do that, Tim. I'll have the forms there when you sign in. Gordy

Here's a brief update on the upcoming IBS 1000 yard Nationals in Pella Iowa on Sept 3-5. We plan on shooting a 4 target agg over 3 days, with Sept 6 and 7 as rain dates. Hopefully the weather will cooperate so everyone can make it home for the holidays. Lee has been working hard with the...

We had a great time shooting Saturday and the conditions were quite good for the most part. Lee has the match results from matches 7 and 8 on Iowa’s web site www.iowa1000ydbenchrest.com from this past Saturday’s matches. Hopefully next year we can schedule our July match on another weekend from...

Hog roast at the Nationals Thanks for the reminder Rob. Someone (or several someones) suggested having a hog roast at the 1K Nationals awhile back already, and we thought that sounded like a wonderful idea and are definitely working on that. We will probably do that on Friday evening...

Sorry, but we are not able to get to our mile berm this time of year, so we will not be able to do any mile shooting at the Nationals just LOTS of 1000 yard shooting!!!!! Gordy

We now have the registration forms and info on our Iowa 1000 Yard Club website ( www.iowa1000ydbenchrest.com ) for those planning on coming to Iowa for the IBS 1000 yard Nationals on September 3, 4 & 5. Remember, we are going to make this a bigger Nationals than has ever been done before in the...

I think you're right, Fitch I use the Gre-tan reamer holder most of the time and make sure my lathe is perfectly leveled and the tailstock aligns perfectly to my headstock. If your tailstock cannot be aligned perfectly to the headstock, then you'll need to use a floating reamer holder, which...

It's OK if you do it correctly! I am in the process of producing a DVD on this very subject as part of my "Extreme Accuracy Series" of custom gunsmithing DVD's coming soon. We finished filming the "Slugging and Hand-lapping Rifle Barrels for Accuracy" video this week and it shouldn't be too...

Hello, All It looks like we will have to change our scheduled August 15 date, probably to September 19 if the IBS approves this. We ran into there being no motel rooms available in the area that weekend due to the Knoxville Sprint Car Nationals being the same weekend. Knoxville, the Sprint Car...

We had a great day for shooting in Iowa at our last match of the year on Sept 27. The conditions were better than normal in the morning and there were a lot of small groups and good scores posted, and there were a number of club and a couple IBS records broken. We have the results posted on our...

No john boats - just lots of targets and lots of fun!!:) Seriously, we are considering going to a four target agg for the 2009 IBS 1000 Yard Nationals. This will make for more shooting and even out the effects of getting stuck in a "bad" relay - the wind has been known to blow in Iowa, you...

We have our last match of the 2008 season this week Saturday, Sept 27. Remember we will run a full two match schedule (including full match points) to make up for the 2 matches flooded out by over 10 feet of water on our range in June. We will also be giving out all the years awards and plenty...

Just a reminder that the Iowa 1000 yard State Championship match is this Saturday, July 12. The floods are gone, thankfully the heavy rains missed us last night, the forecast is great for the rest of the week, and it's looking good down on the range - finally!! So hopefully everyone is able to...

Looking good!! Yes, we will be holding our July 12 match as scheduled - this will be our Iowa State Championship match since this was flooded out in June. I was out at the range yesterday looking things over. Most of the water has gone back into the river, and the ground is still too muddy to...

Please keep Darin Wurzer's wife Monica, his kids, and the rest of his family in your prayers. Darin was tragically killed in a traffic accident yesterday in northeast Iowa. Please also pray for all his many friends and fellow competitors, and especially his close friends, Mike Spurgeon, Dennis...

Finally got ahold of Lee a few minutes ago and we've decided to hold our rain date for the State Championship match on our regularly scheduled July 12 match instead of on June 21, so you Missouri guys can calm down. You guys must not know me very well, because if you'd have made a quick phone...

Actually, Mike and Darrell have a point here - I'll take the blame for this one. I've been gone most of the week and when I got back to the shop I quick drove out and checked the range, saw the condition of the flooding, and realized we had to call the match off (in fact, right now a couple...