2025 Michigan Fullbore Rifle Prone Championship

Saturday, May 24, 2025 was a cool, overcast day with variable, gusty winds. Twenty (20) competitors came out to test their marksmanship at 300, 500 and 600 yards.  Ten (10) shooters fired F-Open, eight (8) F-TR, one (1) AR Tactical, and one (1) lonely Palma Rifle competitor.

We had two (2) perfect scores fired. One (1) with F-Open, Seth Stoneburner, and one (1) by our lonely Palma Rifle shooter, Ray Gross.

Seth won the F-Open category with a 450-34X, followed by Cruz Stoneburner with a 449-31X, and Nick Nadenoff with a 449-29X. Seth’s score maybe a new National Record. We are reviewing it for submittal to the NRA.

In F-TR, Richard Dixon set the pace with a 448-19X, followed by Leo Cebula with a 444-14X, Paul Phillips with a 443-21X and Mike Boughner with a 441-20X. I mistakenly misfiled Paul’s score card and failed to recognize him as third during the awards ceremony. Mea Culpa….

2025 Michigan Fullbore Rifle Prone Championship

 

A few shots that Tony Perry took during the match:

Our next match at the Midland County Sportsman’s Club will be on June 28, 2025. Program is:  2025 Suburban Mid-Range Prone League 2

2025 Suburban Mid-Range Prone League Match 1 Results

On a damp, windy day ten (10) competitors came out for the first Suburban Mid-Range Prone League Match of 2025. When we started it was noted that rain was likely by 2:00 PM. Some fast shooters were able to stay dry; however, the final relay of stage 3 got some rain. Not a gully-washer, but enough that your clothes felt damp and your equipment had raindrops on it.

Oh, yeah, it was windy. Not a tornado, but windy. Trying to follow the flags was difficult. Moreover, they didn’t seem to be truthful. Mirage? Not on a day like today. Maybe some were able to see barrel mirage, but down range it just never got warm enough with cool winds and overcast.

Enough complaining…. We had six (6) F-Open shooters. The high competitor was Cruz Stoneburner with a 593-24X, followed by Nick Nadenoff with a 592-26X, and Seth Stoneburner with a 592-18X.

For F-TR there were four (4) competitors led by Richard Dixon with a 583-18X and Mike Boughner with a 581-21X.

For a twenty second external ballistics chat, I noted that Mike Ruhlman’s F-Open 284 Winchester had down range velocity with a 184 gr bullets just over 400 fps faster than my 185 gr bullets out of my 308 Winchester.  I didn’t realize the margin was so great….

2025 Suburban Mid-Range Prone League Match 1

The next Suburban Mid-Range Prone League Match will be held on Saturday, June 28, 2025. Program is:  2025 Suburban Mid-Range Prone League 2

Please note: The Michigan Fullbore Rifle Prone Championship is scheduled for May 24, 2025. You can enter on-line at Michigan Rifle and Pistol Association – 2025 Michigan Fullbore Rifle Prone Championship. Program is:  2025 Michigan Fullbore Prone Championship 2

 

2025 Winter Mid-Range Program Match 6 Results

We had fourteen (14) competitors come out for the sixth and last Winter Mid-Range Prone league on Saturday, April 19, 2025.

In F-Open it was a contest between the Stoneburner’s. Seth came out on top with a 397-22X over Cruz with a 397-17X. In third was Scott Rehkopf with a 396-19X.

In service rifle the high shooter was Kyle Matzelle with a 394-14X.

For Palma Rifle, Any Rifle, and F-TR we had only one shooter in each category. However, Ray Gross posted a 399-29X with his Palma Rifle.

2025 WMPR Match 6

Now the Winter league matches are complete. However, the Suburban Mid-Range Prone matches are about to start.  Program is:  2025 Suburban Mid-Range Prone League 2.  The first match is on May 17, 2025. Remember, the Suburban starts at 9:00 AM with squadding at about 8:15 AM. Additionally, the Suburban is three twenty shot strings.

2024-2025 Snow Country English Match Series – Shoot-Off Results

For the 2024-2025 season Cam Zwart won the sling and Steve Jones won the F-Class in the Shoot-off.  Final Results below:

Category Name First 60 Second 60 Aggregate
F-class Steve Jones 637.7 637.7 1275.4
Dave Strycharz 637.7 636.7 1274.4
Bret Solomon 638.5 635.0 1273.5
Eric Moe 632.7 637.4 1270.1
Wayne Haase 633.2 636.1 1269.3
Ed Gostomski 632.0 633.6 1265.6
Sling Cam Zwart 627.8 622.4 1250.2
Tim Sarchett 621.1 621.5 1242.6
Matt Wieczorek 620.7 619.4 1240.1
James Root 613.8 613.2 1227.0

We thank all of the competitors that made this seasons Snow Country a success. We look forward to seeing you next season!

2025 Winter Mid-Range Prone Match 5 Results

Twelve (12) Shooters came out for Match 5 of the Winter Mid-Range Prone League on April 5, 2025.

Nick Nadenoff firing F-Open led the pack with a 397-25X followed by Randy Budde and Marcel Bollinger both with a 396-17X,

In F-TR, Mike Boughner set the pace with a 396-20X followed by Rich Dixon with a 390-10X.

2025 WMRP Match 5

One more Winter Mid-Range Match is scheduled for April 19, 2025.

2024-2025 Snow Country English Match Series – Shoot-Off Competitors

F-Class:

Dave  Strycharz
Wayne Haase
Eric Moe
Steve Jones
Ed Gostomski
Bret Solomon

Sling

Timothy Sarchett
Cameron Zwart
Jamie Root
Joe Bakies
Matthew Wieczorek
Baron Whateley

Reminder: The Shoot-Off will be held at the Jackson County Sportsman’s Club at 500 Mantle, Jackson, Michigan on April 12, 2025 at 9:00 AM. The range will open at 8:00 AM and shooting will commence at 9:00 AM or when everyone is ready if earlier.

Corrected 3/30/25.

2024-2025 Snow Country English Match Series – Final Results

Please look over carefully to find any omitted or incorrect information.

2024-2025 SC Match 1

2024-2025 SC Match 2

2024-2025 SC Match 3

2024-2025 SC Match 4

2024-2025 SC Match 5

2024-2025 SC Match 6

Final High Four (4) Matches:

First Last Category High 4
Adam Radomski Collegiate/Junior 2059.2
Dave Strycharz F-Class Prone 2556.7
Wayne Haase F-Class Prone 2556.1
Eric Moe F-Class Prone 2554.2
Steve Jones F-Class Prone 2553.4
Ed Gostomski F-Class Prone 2548.1
Bret Solomon F-Class Prone 2539.7
Jim Kampman F-Class Prone 2530.3
David Kottke F-Class Prone 2525.4
Mark Javit F-Class Prone 2524.5
Randy Budde F-Class Prone 2520.3
Steve Fenske F-Class Prone 2502.8
Jack Baker F-Class Prone 2471.5
Mark Achatz F-Class Prone 1820.7
Timothy Sarchett Sling Prone 2504.4
Cameron Zwart Sling Prone 2493.3
Jamie Root Sling Prone 2483.8
Joe Bakies Sling Prone 2466.1
Matthew Wieczorek Sling Prone 2458.1
Baron Whateley Sling Prone 2450.6
Gary Duda Sling Prone 2445.1
Dan Altman Sling Prone 2440.5
Larry Remsnyder Sling Prone 2432
Timothy Knapp Sling Prone 2391.2
Fred Juziuk Sling Prone 2362.6
Trevor Gersch Sling Prone 2332.6
Steve Fenske Sling Prone 2308.7
Timothy Rinker Sling Prone 2277.1
Bob Grove Sling Prone 2225.9
Jeremy Jahr Sling Prone 2133.4
Roger Franklin Sling Prone 2080.1
Charlie Reynolds Sling Prone 1735.7
Adam Baker Sling Prone 1547
Robert O’Donnel Sling Prone 617.5
Aron Freitag Sling Prone 597.2
Vallee Hennebohn Sling Prone 529.8
Don Morgan Sling Prone 518.8
Tony Smith Sling Prone 179.8

Corrected 3/30/25.

2025 Winter Mid-Range Prone Match 4 Results

On Saturday, March 22, 2025 ten (10) competitors braved the cold (34 F) and wind to complete match 4 of the Winter Mid-Range Prone League.

In looking at the scores my immediate conclusion was that they shot in a tornado. However, Seth corrected my opinion and corrected me that it was only a function of the temperature and the cold, switchy wind that was blowing in their faces.

Eight (8) F-Open competitors were led by Nick Nadenoff with a 393-12X. He was followed by Seth Stoneburner with a 392-17X and Randy Budde with a 389-12X.

2025 WMRP Match 4

The Winter league continues in April with matches on the 5th and the 19th. Program is here:  2025 Winter Mid-Range Prone League Program 2

2023-2024 Snow Country Preliminary Final Standings

These should be the aggregate of the high four matches fired updated to March 24, 2025

First Last Category High 4
Adam Radomski Collegiate/Junior 2059.2
Dave Strycharz F-Class Prone 2556.7
Eric Moe F-Class Prone 2554.2
Steve Jones F-Class Prone 2553.4
Wayne Haase F-Class Prone 2553.3
Ed Gostomski F-Class Prone 2548.1
Leo Cebula F-Class Prone 2540.6
Bret Solomon F-Class Prone 2539.7
Jim Kampman F-Class Prone 2530.3
David Kottke F-Class Prone 2525.4
Mark Javit F-Class Prone 2524.5
Randy Budde F-Class Prone 2512.4
Steve Fenske F-Class Prone 2493.6
Jack Baker F-Class Prone 2471.5
Mark Achatz F-Class Prone 1820.7
Timothy Sarchett Sling Prone 2504.4
Cameron Zwart Sling Prone 2493.3
Jamie Root Sling Prone 2483.8
Joe Bakies Sling Prone 2466.1
Matthew Wieczorek Sling Prone 2458.1
Baron Whateley Sling Prone 2450.6
Gary Duda Sling Prone 2445.1
Dan Altman Sling Prone 2440.5
Larry Remsnyder Sling Prone 2432.0
Timothy Knapp Sling Prone 2391.2
Fred Juziuk Sling Prone 2362.6
Trevor Gersch Sling Prone 2332.6
Timothy Rinker Sling Prone 2277.1
Bob Grove Sling Prone 2225.9
Jeremy Jahr Sling Prone 2126.7
Charlie Reynolds Sling Prone 1735.7
Steve Fenske Sling Prone 1688.6
Roger Franklin Sling Prone 1554.1
Adam Baker Sling Prone 1547.0
Robert O’Donnel Sling Prone 617.5
Aron Freitag Sling Prone 597.2
Matt Kelgreen Sling Prone 591.7
Vallee Hennebohn Sling Prone 529.8
Don Morgan Sling Prone 518.8
Tony Smith Sling Prone 179.8

The final composition of the Shoot-off will be announced at the end of March, but it will consist of 6 sling shooters, and 6 F-Class Shooters. The Shoot-off will be held at the Jackson Sportsmans Club, 500 Mantle, Jackson, MI on April 12, 2025. The range will open at 8:00 AM and firing will commence not later than 9:00 AM (if everyone is ready and available it will start sooner).