Category: Winter Mid-Range

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2026 Winter Mid-Range Prone League Match 1

Thirteen (13) competitors came out for the first Winter Mid-Range Prone League match of 2026. They were faced with 35 degrees F, and a light to moderate head wind.

Randy Budde lead five (5) F-Open shooters with a 399-17 chased by Nick Nadenoff and Pete Stumpo both with 396s.

In F-TR Seth Stoneburner was high with a 394-18 followed by Mike Boughner with a 390-17.

Kyle Matzelle lead the Service Rifle shooters with a 392-19, and Ray Gross the sole Palma Rifle Shooter fired a 398-20.

The next Winter Mid-Range Prone match will be on March 7, 2026. Program: 2026 Winter Mid-Range Prone League Program 2

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2026 Winter Mid-Range Prone League Dates

The 2026 Winter Mid-Range Prone League will be conducted at the Midland County Sportsman’s Club on the following dates:

Saturday, February 21, 2026
Saturday, March 7, 2026
Saturday, March 21, 2026
Saturday, April 4, 2026
Saturday, April 18, 2026

As in previous years this will be a 2×600 and start firing at 10:00 AM. Squadding will start around 9:15 AM. Program is:  2026 Winter Mid-Range Prone League Program 2.

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2025 Foul Weather Rifle Match Final Results

Pete Stumpo, high F-Open and Robin Retzloff, high F-TR

Nine (9) hardy souls came out to Midland County Sportsman’s Club and fired our Annual Foul Weather Rifle Match.

Pete Stumpo led a field of five (5) F-Open Shooters with a perfect 400-30X. He was followed by Seth Stoneburner with a 399-23X, and Cruz Stoneburner with a 398-24X.

In F-TR, Robin Retzloff led three (3) shooters with another perfect 400-27X. In Palma, Ray Gross fired a 399-24X.

Our next competition is on the Saturday after New Year’s Day. We have the New Years Rifle Match, a 2×600 fired from the delights of our heated GP Tent on the 600-yard firing line.  Program:  2025 New Year’s Eve Rifle Match

Get away from the family, come out and shoot. Leave the stress of the holidays behind. You’ll feel better for it.

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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

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2025 Winter Mid-Range Prone Match 1 Results

We had twelve (12) competitors come out for the first Winter Mid-Range Prone League match for 2025.

High F-Open was Randy Budde with a 400-26X. He was followed by Peter Stumpo with a 399-18X.

In Service Rifle David Richmond was high shooter with a 398-21X, followed by Kyle Matzelle with a 397-18X.

Tony Perry was high F-TR with a 395-11. Ray Gross was the sole Palma rifle shooter and finished with a 399-23X.

2025 WMRP Match 1

The next scheduled match is February 22, 2025. Program is: 2025 Winter Mid-Range Prone League Program 2

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2024 New Year’s Eve Rifle Match Final Results

We had eleven (11) competitors come out to brave the rain and fire the 2024 New Year’s Eve Rifle Match.

Winners with a bottle of bubbly, (l-r) Kyle Matzelle – Service Rifle, Cruz Stoneburner – F-Open, and Matt Wein – F-TR

In F-Open we had two 400 possibles fired. Cruz Stoneburner placed first with a 400-29, followed closely by Randy Budde with a 400-26.

In F-TR Matt Wein finished first with a 397-10, followed by Leo Cebula with a 392-22.

In Service Rifle we had Kyle Matzelle placing the high score over his dad, Al. Kyle had a 394-12.

2024 New Years Eve Rifle Match

The question was asked at the end of the awards ceremony:  “When is the next Match?” We didn’t have an answer at that time. However, today we do. It will be February 8, 2025. The program is: 2025 Winter Mid-Range Prone League Program 2.

 

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2024 Annual Foul Weather Rifle Match Final Results

Fourteen (14) stalwart competitors braved the cold and snow to attend the Annual Foul Weather Rifle Match, aka “Get away from the in-laws match”.

Ray Gross (r) congratulates Pete Stumpo for the high score for the day.

We had three (3) 400’s posted. Peter Stumpo, who was the high shooter for all categories had a 400-28, followed by Nick Nadenoff with a 400-24. Both were firing F-Open. Additionally, Ray Gross fired a 400-27 with his Palma Rifle. All impressive scores.

In F-TR the top two scores were Robin Retzloff with a 399-19 and Mike Boughner with a 395-21.

All the scores:

2024 Annual Foul Weather Rifle Match

Strictly speaking this ends the outdoor Mid-Range for the year, but there is always the potential of a New Years Eve match. Watch this spot for details!

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2023 Winter Mid-Range Prone League Match 4

Nine (9) competitors came out for the fourth Winter Mid-Range Prone Championship.

We had four (4) F-Open shooters lead by Don Hicks with a 396-10X.  Two (2) Service Rifle shooters lead by Kyle Matzelle with a 392-20X.  Then there were a group of cats and dogs with one each:  Ray Gross 394-13X with Palma, Mike Quillinan with a  384-7X with Any Rifle, and Charles Hayes with a 390-10X shooting F-TR.

2023 WMRP Match 42023 WMRP Match 4

The last Winter Mid-Range prone match will be held on April 29, 2023. Great time to tune up for the summer matches.

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2023 Winter Mid-Range Prone Match 3 Results

Nine (9) competitors turned out for the April Fool’s Day Winter Mid-Range League at the Midland County Sportsman’s Club.

We had three (3) F-Open, two (2) F-TR, two (2) Service Rifle, one (1) Palma, and one (1) Any Rifle.  The high F-Open was Dave Monette with a 395-20X. High F-TR was Jeremy Jahr with a 370-4X. High Service Rifle was Kyle Matzelle 387-12X. High Palma (and only) was Ray Gross with a 387-15X. High Any Rifle (and only) was Roger Franklin with a 370-11X.

2023 WMRP Match 3

The next Winter Mid-Range will be held on April 15, 2023.

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2021 New Year’s Eve Rifle Match Results

On a relatively nice day (for December 31, in Michigan) twelve competitors came out to wish 2021 off into history.

High F-Open Shooter was Don Hicks with a 400-29X.  High Service Rifle was Kyle Matzelle with a 386-8X.

2021 New Year’s Eve Rifle Match

And a couple of pictures:

In the tent at MCSC
Another shot inside the Tent
The Winners of a bottle of Brut: L-R: Mike Ruhlman, Don Hicks, Kyle Matzelle, Al Matzelle

This ends the matches for 2021.  Watch this spot for information about matches in 2022.  The Winter league generally starts in March and runs through April.