Shooters were encouraged to wear appropriate battle dress for this occasion. Friday's evening temperatures
were hovering in the low twenties with high winds and temps were forcast to drop much lower.
Temperature on the range in the morning were around 8 degrees, but it not windy.
IT WAS STILL FRIGID!! Fortunately, it warmed up a little later.
In spite of the low temps, we had over 25 shooters on the line.
Dave Johnson manned the Soup Kitchen, doling out a great venison stew, coffee and tea.
Tom Plante ran registration and collected the shoot fees. (Just like last year,
Tom stayed out of the cold, in his truck, scored and recorded the targets.)
Most of the targets were scored at lunch, and several matches were completed after lunch.
Chuck Collins, our club president, filled in in the kitchen, and made more than
enough food for all. He cooked up a baked beans, hot dogs, chili, and kraut.
Stan Gurski, our shoot chairman ran the line as usual. The PA system installed in 2013 is in place
on the line and is still working great. We had no problems with range safety at all.
Following a quick meeting to discuss procedures and safety, the shoot got underway about 9:30AM.
Two ANJRPC Range Officers were in attendance to keep an eye on safety, and were greatly appreciated.
When the shooting was done, most of the targets had been scored and the trophies ready to be handed out.
There was some confusion on some of the scores, as the matches that were indicated were wrong for the
weapon used. For example, a Mosin Nagant 91/30 is not a Black Powder Cartridge Rifle for Klondike.
Once the confusion was settled, trophies were awarded.
We had several new shooters this year along with some perennial winners.
Here is a special image for a Fredericksburg target. Tony S. did not
win, but the target he submitted was shot from an 1860 Remington repro percussion
revolver at 50 yards and scored a respectable 48 .
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