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The 2019 Schedule for outdoor Mid-Range Prone and Fullbore Prone matches at the Midland County Sportsman’s Club has been posted under “Events” on this site.

We have planned:

Every Saturday in March and April are potential dates for the Winter Mid-Range Prone League.  These are 2×600’s, for F-Class and Sling.  They run dependent on weather.

May 11, June 15, July 6, September 28, October 12 for the Suburban Mid-Range Prone League (3×600’s, F-Class and Sling)

May 25 Michigan Fullbore Championship (300, 500, 600, F-Class and Sling) Enter at http://www.michrpa.org.

August 31 Michigan Mid-Range Prone Championship (300, 500, 600,  F-Class and Sling) Enter at  http://www.michrpa.org

October 26 Halloween BSA Charity Match (3×600’s, F-Class and Sling)

November 30 Annual Foul Weather Rifle Match (2×600’s, F-Class and Sling)

We haven’t posted anything for a New Year’s Eve Match, but there is still time!

See you at the range!

The 2018 New Year’s Eve Match is ON. We expect to have temperatures in the 30’s F, and no rain or snow until afternoon.

So, for your last chance in 2018 to shoot a rifle match, come on out.

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Scores so far this year:

2019 Snow Country Match 1

2019 Snow Country Match 2

2019 Snow Country Match 3

Merry Christmas!

Next matches are in January 2019:  January 12 – Monroe and Muskegon; January 26 – Howell.  Program is here:  2018 Snow Country English Match Series

We saw an opportunity with a nice Saturday in December and decided to shoot a match.  Small turn out, only five (5) competitors.  However, we enjoyed a day that was only slightly cool.

In terms of milestones it was the last time that our original Silver Mountain Targets were used in a match.  We used two (2) of our original five (5).  After the match all five (5) were packed to be shipped to another club.  When the transaction is complete we will be replacing our original targets with Shot Marker eTargets.  We expect to be using them for our Winter Mid-Range Prone league starting in March of 2019.

Our high F-TR competitor was Jim Grissom with a 399-10X.  High Sling Shooter (Palma) was Ray Gross with a 399-22X.

2018 Pre-New Year’s Eve Rifle Match

We may try to run a New Year’s Eve match.  If so, it will be run on December 31, 2018 (is there anyone who was surprised by the date?).  It is entirely dependent on the weather.  Last year we ran it on a day that dropped to -5 F at starting time.  So, it will not be a function of temperature driving our decision.  However, heavy snow, or ice would cause us to pass on running the match.

If 70 degrees F sounds better, I recommend our Snow Country English Match Series, program:  2018 Snow Country English Match Series

The Winter Mid-Range Prone League Match dates are posted.  The following are potential dates (depending on weather):

March 2, 9, 16, 23, and 30, 2019

April 6, 13, 20, and 27, 2019

Program is available here: 2019 Winter Mid-Range Prone League Program

Watch this site for information about weather and match status (on or postponed).

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Match One (1) of the 2019 Snow Country was fired at Muskegon and Monroe this morning.  A total of twelve (12) competitors competed.

Of note in F-Class, Steve Jones fired two 10X cleans to start the year.  Quite a performance, moreover he finished the day with a 599-52X.  Makes you wonder what happened with the one nine (9)….

Next scheduled matches are in December.  Howell has the first of December, and then Monroe on the 22nd.  Look in “Events” for more information about future matches.

2019 Snow Country Match 1

Our annual charity match for Midland Explorer Crew will be held on November 3, 2018.  This is a 3×600 fired on electronic targets, with scoring provided by members of the Midland Explorer Crew.  The program is available here:

2018 Halloween BSA Charity Match

This year we will be providing a custom hat to the “Top Ten” competitors in the match.  This will be regardless of rifle category, it will simply treat all competitors as being the same, and the top ten scores will receive a “Top Ten” hat.

On Saturday, October 13, 2018 the Final Match of the 2018 Suburban Mid-Range Prone League was conducted at the Midland County Sportsman’s Club.  Surprisingly given the temperature we had seventeen (17) competitors.

During the match I took a couple of interesting pictures:

We had four sling shooters (including Josh), the high shooter was Ray Gross with a 597-35X.  The high F-Open competitor was Bill Stumpf with a 590-21X.  The high F-TR competitor was Christine Howe with a 585-19X.

Results are here:

2018 Suburban Mid-Range Prone Match 6

The next match will be the Annual Halloween BSA Charity Match on November 3, 2018.  The program is available here:  2018 Halloween BSA Charity Match

Please note:  MSU upset Penn State 21-17.  So, I didn’t need to use too many of these:

Go Green!

Remember:  Get out on November 6, 2018 and VOTE!!!