Eric Stecker
New member
The Arizona Benchrest Shooters held the Sporter and Unlimited 5 Shot Arizona State Championship on November 8-9. This Championship combined with the LV/HV 2 Gun Arizona State Championship held on October 4-5 to make the 4 Gun Arizona State Championship. We welcomed 32 shooters from Arizona, Colorado, Utah, Idaho and California. Day 1 was 100 yards for both Sporter and Unlimited 5 Shot. Bob Brackney raised the flag that morning and then proceeded to get some great groups, including one that measured at 0.49” that has been submitted for a possible record! We were happy to see Bruce Newell come out to attend his first benchrest match. Bruce even won one of the matches with a 0.133” group, great shooting! Thanks to Lester Bruno for helping Bruce get into Benchrest and for inviting him out to the match.
On Day 2 the wind picked up a little and quite a few matches had fishtailing flags. Shooters were happy to see a water truck came out to keep dust down from target crew travel. In the end, Bob Brackney won the Grand Aggs for Sporter and Unlimited 5 Shot. Gary Ocock ended up taking home both the 3 and the 4 Gun Grand Agg. For this Championship, the Arizona Benchrest Shooters came out with some new awards for those who are on top of the Ironman Running Agg as well as an award that was presented to Garett Atkins for being the top Junior Shooter. Thanks to Chuck Miller and Tom Debacco for bringing junior aged shooters to the match. With the introduction of this new award, we hope to see more shooters bringing juniors for the next match.
The next match will be the Unlimited 5 Shot Invitational on December 6th and 7th. Those who would like to spend two solid days shooting 5 shot groups with Unlimited rifles are invited and encouraged to attend.
Regards,
Eric
On Day 2 the wind picked up a little and quite a few matches had fishtailing flags. Shooters were happy to see a water truck came out to keep dust down from target crew travel. In the end, Bob Brackney won the Grand Aggs for Sporter and Unlimited 5 Shot. Gary Ocock ended up taking home both the 3 and the 4 Gun Grand Agg. For this Championship, the Arizona Benchrest Shooters came out with some new awards for those who are on top of the Ironman Running Agg as well as an award that was presented to Garett Atkins for being the top Junior Shooter. Thanks to Chuck Miller and Tom Debacco for bringing junior aged shooters to the match. With the introduction of this new award, we hope to see more shooters bringing juniors for the next match.
The next match will be the Unlimited 5 Shot Invitational on December 6th and 7th. Those who would like to spend two solid days shooting 5 shot groups with Unlimited rifles are invited and encouraged to attend.
Regards,
Eric
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