Looking For N. Illinois & S. Wisconsin smallbore shooters

[pccraig]

I’ve posted this on as many Rimfire / Smallbore forums as I could find, so forgive me if you see this everywhere.

Just wondering if there’s any smallbore / rimfire shooters out there in N. Illinois or S. Wisconsin looking to get together for some “unofficial” matches. Nothing fancy. I got this idea when I joined a group of fellow bass fishermen this summer. We’d get together on a scheduled basis at a pre-determined lake or pond and fish for bragging rights. Biggest catch, total weigh, etc.

There seems to be a few ranges in the area with 50 to 100 yd lines, and I was wondering if anyone would be interested in doing something like this. There’s a few good formats we could follow:

Smallbore 3P / Smallbore 4P / Mini Palma / CMP Sporter / Benchrest / Etc.

Or, to start, we could just agree to attend any of local ranges who host their own matches:

Bristol / Sycamore / ISRA Range / Beloit / Racine / St Charles / Aurora / etc.

Thoughts ????

 

[JohnMill]

Try Aurora Sportsmens Club ( in Waterman, Il). Sunday rifle and pistol matches. Open to the public. Good shooting benches on all ranges. If you are not a member you must sign up for a match. Allison Hartman, the R/P chairman starts sign up at 10:00AM. We have fun with guns.
BR for score, BR for group, OH for score. RF and CF There is a range fee and a match entry fee. You must sign a liability waiver.
Hope to see you there. Bring your friends.

John

 

[pccraig]

Thanks JohnMill,

If I can get this off the ground ... Aurora will definetly be part of the "tour"

 

[JohnMill]

Well come see us this Sunday (13th) and we'll talk. We're eager for anything that leads to greater participation.

John (& Allison)

 

[timeout]

Just wondering where in N, IL. you are located? I am in extreme Southern WI., about center East to West. I would be interested in some informal shoots nearby. In other words, fun shoots not dictated by overly stringent technical rules. I shot local muzzle loader shoots years ago. Am retired now and would like to do some shooting. Aurora is quite a drive for me. This is probably the wrong forum for me to inject informal, fun shoots. If so, just ignore the post. No harm or disrespect meant to any organized shooters or clubs, just personally not looking to get too swept up in rules and rifle regulations. Thanks.

 

[JohnMill]

We are on US30, 19 miles east of I 39. BP is on the 3rd Sunday.

John