zippy06
Ths is the Truth. When I was the NBRSA/IBS Shoot Director for 11 years of Registered Shoots at San Gabriel Valley Benchrest Shooters, the last 4 years I had were Shooter Appreciation Shoots. The Appreciation Shoots were always in November. Some years NBRSA some years IBS. I carved out $100 dollars from each Shoot we had during the year to buy the give away BR stuff, I ended each year with a $100 to the good on purpose to help start the next year's Shoots. We shot 12 Shoots a year, 11 Registered.and I set money aside to buy merchandise for the November Merchandise Shoot from each Shoot. I bought BR stuff for the November Shoots and my official scorer bought handy tools for the shooters. Several years we had raffles for new Krieger barrels that Lester gave us a discount on. For the 2005 Shooter appeciation Shoot I counted $14,000 of merchandise we give away, free gratis. We had 47 shooters for that Shoot our largest ever. Lou Murdica brought 8 shooters counting himself and Tom Libby donated 10,000 Don Spencer bullets the good ones. Berger's donated bullets, shirts, and whatever. I made 500 bullets to donate. ZIA donatedbullets. cheek donated bullets. We also had several gunsmithing certicates. Mike Bryant donated a free barrel chamber job. Bruno, Hoehn, Allied- Krazinski and Russ Haydon donated Merchandise. We had well over 200 items to choose from each shooter chose 3 items and I had so much left over that I gave the rest away in a couple Shoots the next year.
This was in addition to our 2 BR Schools in 2004 and 2006 where I taught bullet making with my equipment, jackets and wire free gratis from my stash. Instructors I lined up to teach bullet making were Walt Berger, Don Spencer, Perry Morton and Eric Stecker. I had my Tony Boyer interview tape Tony and Faye made at the Super Shoot maybe 2004, I played the tape several times during the School. I brouht out all my Rifle, Handloader, Precision Shooting, Shooting News, and NBRSA News magazines and all my BR books. Filled 2 folding tables. Louie said lots of reading was going on. We also fed everybody with a barbeque chicken lunch the works and all the drinks. I paid for everything out of the profits. We have group pictures for both under San Gabriel Valley BR School 2004 and 2006. Notable instructors were Don Nielson, Perry Morton HoF, Dennis Thornberry, Lou Murdica, 6mmBR, Gary Sinclair, Jon Loh, Walt Berger HoF, Lester Bruno HoF, Mike Sosenko, Tom Libby, Lawrence Weisdorn, Gene Deloney, Danny Moscaritolo, Don Jackson, Dave Blazzard, Mike Marcelli. I'm sure I forget some instructors but I'll check my history on the Schools. These were all the instructors from 2 Schools most instructed at both schools. I instructed and planned both Schools. All these instructors were from the SW Region except Perry Morton who I flew in for the 2004 School, Perry and I have been friends since 1977. All kinds of highlights were at the Schools but bullet making and gunsmithing were most notable for me. Don Nielson attended both and taught case prep with his neck turning tools.
The 2006 San Gabriel Benchrest School is on 6mmBR in the Archived Article section easy to find. I charged the same $35 for each School and the students got to Shoot an afternoon agg coached by most of the Instructors. To be honest I got my idea for the Schools from the first couple IBS BR Schools.
To get this clear I ain't no hero, I just care about our guys and benchrest.
Where there is a will there is a Way. I am a talker but am more a doer and finisher more. When Angeles BR starts up next year I will be NBRSA Shoot Director again, we will plan for another BR School and I'll teach bullet making again.
Done.
Stephen Perry
Angeles BR