Evil Empire Shoot 05 - Results

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In Celebration of the

END OF THE EVIL EMPIRE

October 30, 2010

At The
Association of New Jersey Rifle and Pistol Clubs
Cherry Ridge 100 Yard Range

10:00am - 3:00pm

LUNCH WAS INCLUDED WITH ALL PAID ENTRIES

In celebration of the End of the Evil Empire, the fall of the Soviet Union, the Arms Collectors Club conducted our annual shoot featuring weapons prevalent during the period of Soviet Influence. Arms of the period range from the bolt action Mosin-Nagants of 1891, 1930, 1944 and others to modern Kalishnikov type semi-auto rifles
The New Jersey Arms Collectors Club held its traditional End of the Evil Empire Shoot at the ANJRPC Cherry Ridge Range again this year. Realizing that turn of the century Mosin Nagant rifles and recently imported Rumanian SAR and the common SKS were not competitive against Match grade ARs and M1A's the club sponsors shoots with equal firearms.
Many people collect firearms from the former communist bloc and buy modern variations of current issue infantry rifles and sniper rifles. Since the New Jersey Arms Collectors Club is organized for collectors and shooters it has offered competition with period firearms. Since shooters compete with similar firearms, the competition does not go to the more expensive equipment. It also gives collectors and bargain gun hunters an opportunity to fire vintage firearms. (Or give you another reason for buying Jersey legal AK look alikes).

In spite of the great weather, we only had 10 participants at the shoot. We needed 15 participants to break even. However the left-over Kielbasi, Rolls and soda can be used at our next shoot.

One participant is joing the club and gave me his check and application. Four shooters under the age of 30 showed up and are interested in more. We invited them to the seminar and they were interested.

Several events were scheduled that featured the arms of specific eras in Soviet History. The guns were limited to curios and relics of the period with original iron sights. Each contest was a two minute timed fire event requiring ten shots at 50 yards except for the the sniper match, which required a military issue sniper rifle and scope and was limited to a single shot at 100 yards.

Only one event went unfilled this year- Young Pioneer Instructor.

We did however, have a Young Pioneer entrant, and an entrant for the LYUDMILA PAVLICHENKO Trophy.

A new match was added this year: "Secret Police" featuring Soviet Bloc Handguns.
We had one score entered.

We had cool, clear, but breezey shooting conditions down on the range.
Ten shooters joined the fun and put lead down-range.

The Shooting Line was managed by Stan Gurski. Score keeper was our secretary, Tom Plante, and our chef-du-jour for this shoot was Our Chef, Joe Lutz, who provided an excellent lunch of Kielbasa, and pierogies.

The old silohuette targets were used this year. The targets have no "X" ring and were scored 2-5. Several targets tied, but we awarded the tighter groups the win. In one contest, the groups were so equal, we issued trophies to both shooters.

We used our "Official NJACC Sniper Target" with the 3/8" X Ring for the Sniper Match.

The Shoot

Once again, we had a couple of returning champions.

Paul Murphy edged out Russ Pastina and Troy Iloski to win
Match #1- BOLSHEVIK REVOLUTION RIFLE
All three shot 50s, but Paul's group was the tightest and smallest of the three.

Troy Iloski and Russ Pastina tied in Match #4: SIMONOV CARBINE.
(Both shot perfect 50s.)
Troy just edged out Russ Pastina in Match #2- MOSIN NAGANT RIFLE, with a M-N 91/30,

Troy also won Match #5 COMBLOC CARBINE with his M44.
Again both shot perfect 50s

A "chip off the old block", Brian Iloski, shot well with his SKS to win the trophy in Match #9- "YOUNG PIONEER."

Perrennial sharp-shooter, Andy Gisondi scored an "X" to capture Match #8 -SOVIET SNIPER.

Herb Kuehne and Jeff Cohen entered Match #3-TOKAREV RIFLE Match.
Herb won with 43 to Jeff's 36.

We had two shooters for the Match #7 - KALISHNIKOV. Andy Gisondi, and Amanda McFree.
As the only woman contestant, Amanda shot two great targets in Match #5: Combloc Carbine and Match #7- KALISHNIKOV.
Not only did Amanda earn the LYUDMILA PAVLICHENKO award for top female shooter, she also beat Andy to win the KALISHNIKOV Match.

New-comer George Hatch entered several events and won Match #11: SECRET POLICE.

The results follow:

End of the Evil Empire
CONTEST / Guns of the Era	Winner / Rifle	Score
1) Bolshevik Revolution Rifle Mosin-Nagant M 1891 Long Rifle or Winchester 95 in 7.62 x 54 Russian Rimmed	Paul Murphy Mosin Nagant 1891	50 / 50
2) Mosin-Nagant Rifle M 1891 Dragoon, 91/30	Troy Iloski - 91/30	50 / 50
3) Tokarev Carbine Any SVT Type M1938, M1940	Herb Kuehne SVT 40	43 / 50
4) Simonov Carbine Any SKS w/o Detachable Box Magazine	Troy Iloski Russ Pastena	50 /50 50 /50
5) Comblock Carbine Any Mosin Nagant Carbine,(M38,M44,Type 53) or cut down rifle (91/30/58)	Troy Iloski Mosin Nagant M44	50/50
6) Soviet Sniper Dragunov, Mosin or Tokarev Rifle with any scope	Andy Gisondi Mosin Nagant	X
7) Kalishnikov Jersey Legal Equivalents	Amanda McFree AK-47 type	46 / 50
9)Young Pioneeer Jersey Legal Equivalents	Brian Iloski SKS	44 / 50
9) Secret Police Jersey Legal Equivalents	George Hatch CZ52	65/ 100
11) "Heroine of Soviet Union" Any Female Shooter	Amanda McFree M-N M44	48/50