Jack Neary
Member
450 eager shooters arrived at the Fairchance Gun Club on Weds. and Thursday last week to find the range and grounds in immaculate condition ready for the start of this year’s 2014 NBRSA Eastern Region 3-Gun Championship.
As always, we enjoy a great turn-out of all shooters from all NBRSA regions. It was great to have our very good friends, Clayton Martin, Alex Calder and Bill Mitchell from Canada! Never a dull moment or dry eye with these guys around… Sadly, no sight of Gammon or George or Vera Carter? Wayne Campbell and Jeff Thompson both made cameo appearances from the NBRSA SE region as well...
Rumor has it Andy Shiflet (Did you know he won the Cactus? Just ask him! LOL) was halfway to Fairchance and heard how stiff the competition would be so he turned-around camper on the turnpike and went back home…. I guess water always finds its level… Love you, Andy!)
We enjoyed mild temperatures and manageable winds all weekend long to put our Light Varmint, Heavy Varmint and Rail Guns through their paces to try and capture the 3-Gun winning title! It was great to get our Rail Guns out again in preparation of both upcoming IBS and NBRSA Nationals.
Here’s the recap from our match!
Started off Friday morning with the HV100 aggregate and once again we enjoyed some very benign conditions. The light conditions agreed with Wayne Campbell as he took the first place win with a .2048” agg!
HV100 Agg:
1.) Wayne Campbell: .2048”
2.) Charlie Gough: .2078”
3.) Little Joel Nader: .2170”
4.) Al Auman Sr.: .2366”
5.) Dale Woolum Jr.: .2408”
The calm winds disappeared on Friday afternoon and were replaced by a hard Mr. 9 o’clock condition with some diabolical angle changes for the LV100 aggregate…
Danny Pritt rose to the occasion in mastering the hard crosswind conditions in winning the LV100 with a .2526” agg!
LV100 Agg:
1.) Danny Pritt: 2526”
2.) Floyd Cline: 2758”
3.) Jeff Pinehardt: .2772”
4.) Little Joel Nader: .2824”
5.) Paul Whitt: .2870”
On Friday evening, the Fairchance Gun Club provided the shooters with a spaghetti dinner with all the fixing’s. As it always happens at Fairchance, many shooters’ stay late at the range sharing stories of shooter’s and matches gone by. A speciall thanks to all the wives who prepared lots and lots of great food for us all to enjoy each evening! Al Auman, Sr. is everyone’s best friend, as Al freely shares his homemade wines! The evening parties at Fairchance are something to behold as no one ever wishes them to end….
On to the LV 200yd stage….
Saturday morning greeted us with some warm temperatures and mild winds for the start of the LV200 agg….
Fresh off his (rocker) 95th Birthday, Stan Buchtel displayed some of his talented 200yd. shooting skills in winning the LV200 with a fine .2212” agg. using his own freshly baked bullets!
Well done, Stan! We were all very happy for you with your LV200 agg win! Always glad to have you at the matches to show us all how to shoot!
1.) Stan Buchtel: .2212”
2.) Wayne Campbell: .2361”
3.) Charlie Gough: .2453”
4.) Dominic Grunas: .2481”
5.) Dan Garfield Shelhamer: .2495”
The LV Grand Agg. – Top 10 Places
1.) Wayne Campbell: .2659”
2.) Little Joel Nader: .2747”
3.) Jeff Pinehardt: .2801”
4.) Jeff Thompson: .2826”
5.) Dan Garfield Shelhamer: .2849”
6.) Harley Crown Royal Baker: .2874”
7.) Paul Whitt: .2881”
8.) Floyd Cline: .2886”
9.) Mark Shepler: .2904” (Great job, Mark!)
10.)Bill Mitchell: .2912”
On to our final 2-Gun aggregate, the HV200 aggregate…
The winds returned Saturday afternoon making all of us pay very close attention to the pick-ups during the HV200 aggregate.
We were all very proud to see Paul Whitt break-through with his very first agg win amongst some very strong competition! Well done, Paul!
1.) Paul Whitt: .2492”
2.) Jeff Thompson: .2600”
3.) Wayne Campbell: .2609”
4.) Charlie Gough: .2616”
5.) Bill Mitchell: .2661”
The final HV Grand Agg: Top 10 Places:
Congratulations to Wayne Campbell for winning both Grand Aggregates! Well done, Wayne!
1.) Wayne Campbell: .2329”
2.) Charlie Gough: .2347” (Great shooting, Charlie!)
3.) Jeff Thompson: .2537”
4.) Wyatt Pinehardt: .2601”
5.) Dale Woolum Jr.: .2698”
6.) Bill Mitchell: 2708”
7.) Joel Mr. Vegas Nader: 2717”
8.) Paul Whitt: .2748”
9.) Al Auman, Sr.: .2792”
10.)Jeff Pinehardt: .2909”
The 2-Gun Top 10 Places:
1.) Wayne Campbell: .2494”
2.) Jeff Thompson: .2682”
3.) Mr. Vegas i.e. Joel Nader: .2732”
4.) Dale Woolum, Jr. .2810”
5.) Bill Mitchell: .2810”
6.) Paul Whitt: .2815”
7.) Wyatt Pinehardt .2827” (How about trying some golf?)
8.) Jeff Pinehardt: .2855”
9.) Al Auman, Sr.: .2863”
10.) Charlie Gough: .2864”
On to Sunday with our final 3-Gun Grand Aggregate, the Unlimited class…
Sunday brought more mild temperatures and manageable wind conditions for the start of the Unlimited 200yd class. The shooter’s elected to start Sunday’s Unlimited competition with the 200yd agg first, as everyone’s flags were already set-up for 200yds. from Saturday’s LV and HV 200 aggs.
Jeff Thompson showed he could tune his Rail Gun and hit the conditions better than the 17 shooter’s who stayed to shoot their Rail and/or Heavy Cruiser guns with his winning .2417” agg.
Here are the top 5 places in the Unlimited 200yd agg…
1.) Jeff Thompson: .2417”
2.) Jack Neary: .2577”
3.) Joel Nader: .2849
4.) Jeff Pinehardt: .2888”
5.) Al Auman, Sr.: .2908”
On to the final 100yd Unlimited aggregate…
Jeff Pinehardt showing that all his hard work is beginning to pay off in winning the Unlimited 100yd Unlimited agg. in mastering the very switchy winds on Sunday afternoon with a .2722” agg.
1.) Jeff Pinehardt: .2722”
2.) Jack Neary: .3024”
3.) Wayne Campbell: .3088”
4.) Jeff Thompson: .3120”
5.) Harley Baker: .3260”
Here’s the top 10 in the Unlimited Grand Aggregate…
1.) Jeff Thompson: .2769”
2.) Jack Neary: .2800”
3.) Jeff Pinehardt: .2805”
4.) Wayne Campbell: .3034”
5.) Al Auman, Sr.: .3133”
6.) Joel Nader: .3194”
7.) Harley Baker: .3279”
8.) Danny Pritt: .3353”
9.) Andy Laidlaw: .3446”
10.) Frank Marks: .3563”
The final crescendo…. The 3-Gun Grand Aggregate… Here’s the top 10…
1.) Wayne Campbell: .2674”
2.) Jeff Thompson: .2711”
3.) Jeff Pinehardt: .2838”
4.) Joel Nader: .2886”
5.) Al Auman, Sr.: .2953”
6.) Harley Baker: .3032”
7.) Jack Neary: .3041”
8.) Danny Pritt: .3125”
9.) Andy Laidlaw: .3311”
10.) Pando Vasilovsiu: .3553”
I would like to congratulate Wayne Campbell and all the winners and also thank all the NBRSA shooters who attended and supported our annual NBRSA Eastern Region Championship Match.
A very special thanks to Match Director, Bill Reahard and Jerry Van Sickle and the entire membership of the Fairchance Gun Club for their Scoring, Kitchen and the Target crews for all their tireless efforts in hosting this annual match!
Would also like to thank Dr. Marsh, of Marsh Industries, LLC for his generous donation of one of his fine Saguaro Actions. Congrats to Clayton Martin for winning the Saguaro Action!
Fairchance Gun Club will also be hosting this year’s IBS Group Nationals on August 4th thru August 9th.
Looking forward to seeing everyone again at Fairchance for the IBS Nats!
Jack Neary
NBRSA Eastern Region, Director
As always, we enjoy a great turn-out of all shooters from all NBRSA regions. It was great to have our very good friends, Clayton Martin, Alex Calder and Bill Mitchell from Canada! Never a dull moment or dry eye with these guys around… Sadly, no sight of Gammon or George or Vera Carter? Wayne Campbell and Jeff Thompson both made cameo appearances from the NBRSA SE region as well...
Rumor has it Andy Shiflet (Did you know he won the Cactus? Just ask him! LOL) was halfway to Fairchance and heard how stiff the competition would be so he turned-around camper on the turnpike and went back home…. I guess water always finds its level… Love you, Andy!)
We enjoyed mild temperatures and manageable winds all weekend long to put our Light Varmint, Heavy Varmint and Rail Guns through their paces to try and capture the 3-Gun winning title! It was great to get our Rail Guns out again in preparation of both upcoming IBS and NBRSA Nationals.
Here’s the recap from our match!
Started off Friday morning with the HV100 aggregate and once again we enjoyed some very benign conditions. The light conditions agreed with Wayne Campbell as he took the first place win with a .2048” agg!
HV100 Agg:
1.) Wayne Campbell: .2048”
2.) Charlie Gough: .2078”
3.) Little Joel Nader: .2170”
4.) Al Auman Sr.: .2366”
5.) Dale Woolum Jr.: .2408”
The calm winds disappeared on Friday afternoon and were replaced by a hard Mr. 9 o’clock condition with some diabolical angle changes for the LV100 aggregate…
Danny Pritt rose to the occasion in mastering the hard crosswind conditions in winning the LV100 with a .2526” agg!
LV100 Agg:
1.) Danny Pritt: 2526”
2.) Floyd Cline: 2758”
3.) Jeff Pinehardt: .2772”
4.) Little Joel Nader: .2824”
5.) Paul Whitt: .2870”
On Friday evening, the Fairchance Gun Club provided the shooters with a spaghetti dinner with all the fixing’s. As it always happens at Fairchance, many shooters’ stay late at the range sharing stories of shooter’s and matches gone by. A speciall thanks to all the wives who prepared lots and lots of great food for us all to enjoy each evening! Al Auman, Sr. is everyone’s best friend, as Al freely shares his homemade wines! The evening parties at Fairchance are something to behold as no one ever wishes them to end….
On to the LV 200yd stage….
Saturday morning greeted us with some warm temperatures and mild winds for the start of the LV200 agg….
Fresh off his (rocker) 95th Birthday, Stan Buchtel displayed some of his talented 200yd. shooting skills in winning the LV200 with a fine .2212” agg. using his own freshly baked bullets!
Well done, Stan! We were all very happy for you with your LV200 agg win! Always glad to have you at the matches to show us all how to shoot!
1.) Stan Buchtel: .2212”
2.) Wayne Campbell: .2361”
3.) Charlie Gough: .2453”
4.) Dominic Grunas: .2481”
5.) Dan Garfield Shelhamer: .2495”
The LV Grand Agg. – Top 10 Places
1.) Wayne Campbell: .2659”
2.) Little Joel Nader: .2747”
3.) Jeff Pinehardt: .2801”
4.) Jeff Thompson: .2826”
5.) Dan Garfield Shelhamer: .2849”
6.) Harley Crown Royal Baker: .2874”
7.) Paul Whitt: .2881”
8.) Floyd Cline: .2886”
9.) Mark Shepler: .2904” (Great job, Mark!)
10.)Bill Mitchell: .2912”
On to our final 2-Gun aggregate, the HV200 aggregate…
The winds returned Saturday afternoon making all of us pay very close attention to the pick-ups during the HV200 aggregate.
We were all very proud to see Paul Whitt break-through with his very first agg win amongst some very strong competition! Well done, Paul!
1.) Paul Whitt: .2492”
2.) Jeff Thompson: .2600”
3.) Wayne Campbell: .2609”
4.) Charlie Gough: .2616”
5.) Bill Mitchell: .2661”
The final HV Grand Agg: Top 10 Places:
Congratulations to Wayne Campbell for winning both Grand Aggregates! Well done, Wayne!
1.) Wayne Campbell: .2329”
2.) Charlie Gough: .2347” (Great shooting, Charlie!)
3.) Jeff Thompson: .2537”
4.) Wyatt Pinehardt: .2601”
5.) Dale Woolum Jr.: .2698”
6.) Bill Mitchell: 2708”
7.) Joel Mr. Vegas Nader: 2717”
8.) Paul Whitt: .2748”
9.) Al Auman, Sr.: .2792”
10.)Jeff Pinehardt: .2909”
The 2-Gun Top 10 Places:
1.) Wayne Campbell: .2494”
2.) Jeff Thompson: .2682”
3.) Mr. Vegas i.e. Joel Nader: .2732”
4.) Dale Woolum, Jr. .2810”
5.) Bill Mitchell: .2810”
6.) Paul Whitt: .2815”
7.) Wyatt Pinehardt .2827” (How about trying some golf?)
8.) Jeff Pinehardt: .2855”
9.) Al Auman, Sr.: .2863”
10.) Charlie Gough: .2864”
On to Sunday with our final 3-Gun Grand Aggregate, the Unlimited class…
Sunday brought more mild temperatures and manageable wind conditions for the start of the Unlimited 200yd class. The shooter’s elected to start Sunday’s Unlimited competition with the 200yd agg first, as everyone’s flags were already set-up for 200yds. from Saturday’s LV and HV 200 aggs.
Jeff Thompson showed he could tune his Rail Gun and hit the conditions better than the 17 shooter’s who stayed to shoot their Rail and/or Heavy Cruiser guns with his winning .2417” agg.
Here are the top 5 places in the Unlimited 200yd agg…
1.) Jeff Thompson: .2417”
2.) Jack Neary: .2577”
3.) Joel Nader: .2849
4.) Jeff Pinehardt: .2888”
5.) Al Auman, Sr.: .2908”
On to the final 100yd Unlimited aggregate…
Jeff Pinehardt showing that all his hard work is beginning to pay off in winning the Unlimited 100yd Unlimited agg. in mastering the very switchy winds on Sunday afternoon with a .2722” agg.
1.) Jeff Pinehardt: .2722”
2.) Jack Neary: .3024”
3.) Wayne Campbell: .3088”
4.) Jeff Thompson: .3120”
5.) Harley Baker: .3260”
Here’s the top 10 in the Unlimited Grand Aggregate…
1.) Jeff Thompson: .2769”
2.) Jack Neary: .2800”
3.) Jeff Pinehardt: .2805”
4.) Wayne Campbell: .3034”
5.) Al Auman, Sr.: .3133”
6.) Joel Nader: .3194”
7.) Harley Baker: .3279”
8.) Danny Pritt: .3353”
9.) Andy Laidlaw: .3446”
10.) Frank Marks: .3563”
The final crescendo…. The 3-Gun Grand Aggregate… Here’s the top 10…
1.) Wayne Campbell: .2674”
2.) Jeff Thompson: .2711”
3.) Jeff Pinehardt: .2838”
4.) Joel Nader: .2886”
5.) Al Auman, Sr.: .2953”
6.) Harley Baker: .3032”
7.) Jack Neary: .3041”
8.) Danny Pritt: .3125”
9.) Andy Laidlaw: .3311”
10.) Pando Vasilovsiu: .3553”
I would like to congratulate Wayne Campbell and all the winners and also thank all the NBRSA shooters who attended and supported our annual NBRSA Eastern Region Championship Match.
A very special thanks to Match Director, Bill Reahard and Jerry Van Sickle and the entire membership of the Fairchance Gun Club for their Scoring, Kitchen and the Target crews for all their tireless efforts in hosting this annual match!
Would also like to thank Dr. Marsh, of Marsh Industries, LLC for his generous donation of one of his fine Saguaro Actions. Congrats to Clayton Martin for winning the Saguaro Action!
Fairchance Gun Club will also be hosting this year’s IBS Group Nationals on August 4th thru August 9th.
Looking forward to seeing everyone again at Fairchance for the IBS Nats!
Jack Neary
NBRSA Eastern Region, Director
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