Historical Winter Shoot

January 15, 2011

The Arms Collectors would like to publicly thank the Association of New Jersey Rifle and Pistol Clubs for the use of their Cherry Ridge Range Facility, located near Vernon, NJ. Due to circumstances beyond our control, we could not hold this shoot without their greatly appreciated help.
In memory of the hardships faced by friend and foe alike in the many winter campaigns from the American Revolution through present day hunting in Winter Alaska, The New Jersey Arms Collectors Club was proud to sponsor our Annual Historical Winter Shoot featuring arms used in
Winter Conflicts 1775 - 2003.


Shooters were encouraged to wear appropriate battle dress for this occaision. Weather reports placed the early morning temperatures in the single digits, but by the time shooting started, the temperature had risen to the mid 20's.

Ross Smith arrived early and was totally prepared for the cold. He had a charcoal fired stove to heat a large pot of soup, and smaller propane stove to heat water for coffee, and hot chocolate. We had 29 shooters on the line, and many a cup of soup and coffee was served. - Thank you Ross.

Stan Gurski, our shoot chairman ran the line as usual. Following a quick meeting to disuss procedures and safety, the shoot got underway about 10:00AM.

In addition to the Usual Suspects, we had a new Young Warrior, and a couple of women shooters as well.




Once again, Joe Lutz provided us his magical baked beans, chili, and hot dogs. Due to the large crowd, Joe's assistant, Chuck Collins had to run to the store for more dogs and rolls. Overall it was a very fun and successfull day for all.

Shooters were asked to score their own targets, and Rich Gajda and Tom Plante verified the scores. Several targets actually scored higher than inidcated. The matches ended by 3:00 but scoring was just completed by 3:45. Trophies were handed out and everyone went home happy.

This year, we again used the silhouet targets. Scoring was so good in the Afghan Hills Match, we had 7 perfect scores and one unbelievable group by Troy Iloski.

Most of the benches were used as we had 29 shooters enter the match.

This year, we opted for reasonable calibers for Alaska Hunter and Polar Bear. We had several high scoring entries on these matches for Alaska Hunter, but no one turned in a target for Polar Bear.

You do not have to take my word on the quality of shooting. I have copies of each winning target on line with the scores. Just click on the scores to see the target.


HISTORICAL WINTER SHOOT RESULTS

Saturday
January 16, 2010

ANJRPC Cherry Ridge Range
Canistear Road, Vernon, NJ

PUBLIC WAS INVITED

ENTRY FEE:
Members: $5 /Event or $20.00 for 5 or more events, $2.00 Reentry
Non-Members: $10.00.Event or $30 for 5 or more events, $2.00 Reentry
(Included lunch and hot beverages)
PRIZES:
TROPHY TO BEST IN EACH CLASS
FIREARMS:
Curios and Relics of the period-Original Stocks and sights
CONTESTS:
All contests are 10 rounds in 2 Minutes at 100 Yards - Any position including bench rest* unless otherwise noted.
*NOTE: All guns must be fired from shoulder unless excused for medical reasons
SHOOT CHAIRMAN Stan Gurski GurskiLTC@aol.com

SUMMARY

Some of our past regulars were notably absent this year. Four matches had no entrants - Returning champion Troy Ilioski captured several events just edging out some shooters with a tighter group.

One of the best scores of the match went to our Sarah Palin Trophy Winner, Debra Dempsey. shot a couple perfect fifties and outscored her husband, Ed. WAY TO TO Debra!! Mrs. Dempsey shot excellent scores in all the events she entered.

Troy Iloski proved to be the top shooter again this year. He won so many events we may have to rename the shoot The Troy Ilioski competition. Troy's groups were consistantly tight. Troy won the Balkan Front, Chosin Reservoir, and Afghan Hills. He could have won more, but failed to turn in properly identified targets. matches.

Troy also took a lot of photos of the shoot and posted them on face book. You can find them at this link:
You Tube Photos

Winning Results are below:

CONTEST WINNER / Firearm Score
1) Battle of Trenton
Any Flintlock
No Entry  
2) Mountain Man
Civilian Percussion Rifle
No Entries  
3) Fredricksburg
Any Civil War Muzzloader
No Entry  
4) Winter War
Any Finnish or Russian Mosin Nagant
Dan Shannahan
Finnish Mosin Nagant
47
5) Balkan Front
Any Yugoslav, Austrian, Italian, Bulgarian, Romanian or Greek WWII bolt action rifle
Troy Ilioski
Yugo 1924
50
6) Eastern Front Semi-Auto
G-41, G-43, Tokarev 38 and 40
Bryan Thompson
SVT-40
45
7) Battle of the Bulge Bolt
98K, 'O3 Springfield, Enfield III, IV, M17 Enfield
Rich Choate
'K98 Mauser
49
8) Battle of Heurtgen Forest
M1 Garand, G-43, G-41
Jim Maraska
M1 Garand
49
9) Scandanavian Bolt
Swedish Mauser, Norwegian or Danish Krag
Andy Gisondi
Swedish Mauser
50
10) Alpine Defense
Any Swiss, Italian French, Austrian
Mil. Bolt or Semi Auto
Paul Anderson
96/11 Swiss Schmidt-Rubin
48
David Wiernaki
Sig Sauer
48
Rich Choate
K31
48
11) Chosin Resevoir
M1 Garand, Mosin Nagant, Japanese 38, 99, or Mauser 98
Troy Iloski
Mosin Nagant
50
12) Afghan Hills
Any NJ Legal Semi Auto in
5.56, 7.62 Nato, 7.62 x 39, 5.45 x 39
Troy Iloski
AR-15 -100 Yards
50
Deb Dempsey
AR-15 - 50 Yards
50
Ed Dempsey
AR-15 - 50 Yards
50
Bill Dis
AR-15 - 50 Yards
50
Alex Ferbach
AR-15 - 50 Yards
50
Walter Merz
AR-15 - 50 Yards
50
13) Klondike
Any Black Powder Cartridge Firearm
David Weise
96-6X
14) Alaskan Hunter
Any Sporter Rifle in Sporterized Military (iron sights)
Deb Dempsey
35 Lever Rifle
49
ED Dempsey
35 Lever Rifle
49
Winter Sniper
Orig. Military Sniper Rifle w/orig. Optics
1 Shot -100 Yards
Andy Gisondi
Mosin-Nagant 91/30
X
17) Gene Ratzer
M1A(100 Yards)
5
16) Polar Bear
Orig. Military Sniper Rifle w/orig. Optics
1 Shot -100 Yards
No Entry  
17) Sarah Palin Trophy
Any Female Shooter
Debra Dempsey
AR-15
50
18) Young Warrior
Any Shooter Under 18 Years Old Shooter
Luke Vedder
.22
79
19) Winter Plinker
Any .22 Rimfire
Ed Dempsey
Mossberg 42
45
19) Winter Olympian
Any .22 Rimfire
Amanda
Winchester Wildcat
60

Click Here for a PDF file of all Scores Submittted

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Tom Plante
and he will make the changes.