Match Results: 600 Yard Benchrest--Prince Range--May 19, 2018

[walker2713]

Here are the results for yesterday's 600 yard benchrest match at the Howard Prince Memorial Gun Range near Pioneer LA. We had a sunny buy windy day with a good turnout of shooters.

The first group of six shooters were in the Factory class....the following #1-27 were Custom class.

Come join us on the third Saturday of every month, all year long.

JAMES HOWARD PRINCE MEMORIAL GUN RANGE, 600 yd. BR Score Match, 05-19-18
(Matches held: 3rd. Saturday, 8:30 AM, January-December, Pioneer, LA 71266)
(.35Cal.Max.) 4 -Match 200 -Pt. Score Agg.
Rnk Cl Bnch Rifleman Rly Tgt Cartridge M#1 M#2 M#3 M#4 Agg

#1 F 3 Johnny Costello, Oak Grove 2 3 6 BR 42-1 47 42 45-1 176-2
#2 F 13 Jeff Turner, Monroe 2 13 6 BR 43 46 43 44 176
#3 F 12 Jim Lingo, Oak Grove 2 12 6.5 Creed 36 44 39-1 43 162-1
#4 F 7 Randy Graham, Raymond, MS 2 7 260 Rem 32-1 44 39 43 158-1
#5 F 11 Lindy Lingo, Oak Grove 2 11 6.5 Creed 30 43 33 28 134
#6 F 19 David Smith, Quitman 1 19 260 Rem 39 0 29 0 68

#1 C 6 Len McCollum, Terry, MS 1 6 6.5x47 44 49-1 48 46-1 187-2
#2 C 12 Ricky Reeves, Haynesville 1 12 6 Dasher 44 48-1 46-2 48-1 186-4
#3 C 4 Doug Wasson, Greenville, MS 1 4 6 Dasher 47 47-1 46 43 183-1
#4 C 10 Mike Jones, Monroe 1 10 6 BR 46 49-1 42-2 45 182-3
#5 C 18 Jim Gregory, Malvern, AR 1 18 6 Dasher 49-1 45 44-1 43 181-2
#6 C 9 Tim Smith, Jonesboro 1 9 6.5x47 46 43 47 45-1 181-1
#7 C 7 James Mock, Baskin 1 7 6 BRI 40 47 46 45 178
#8 C 11 John Taylor, Blanchard 1 11 6 Dasher 47-1 49-1 34 46-1 176-3
#9 C 1 Sandy Costello, Oak Grove 1 1 6 BR 39 47-1 45 44-1 175-2
#10 C 4 Dustin Ballance, W.Monroe 2 4 6 BR 49-1 40 43 43 175-1
#11 C 14 Tom Sutton, Jackson, MS 2 14 6 BR 44-1 42 43 45-2 174-3
#12 C 13 Jeff Turner, Monroe 1 13 6 Dasher 43 44-1 41 46-1 174-2
#13 C 17 Neacie Turner, Monroe 1 17 6.5x47 46 39 42 47-1 174-1
#14 C 19 Ed Rich, Quitman 2 19 6 Dasher 46 37 47 42 172
#15 C 14 Scott Goodman, Natches 1 14 30-06 45 45 36 46 172
#16 C 3 Johnny Costello, Oak Grove 1 3 6 Dasher 46-1 42 45 38 171-1
#17 C 8 George Walker, Monroe 2 8 6 BRX 46 45 42 35 168
#18 C 5 Buddy Hoar, Hot Springs, AR 1 5 6 Dasher 28 46 43 48 165
#19 C 2 Henry Childs, Downsville 1 2 6-270C 42-1 42-1 37 42-1 163-3
#20 C 1 Tommy Ramage, Mer Rouge 2 1 6 BR 43 40 43 36 162
#21 C 15 Jackie Goodman, Natchez, MS 1 15 6 Dasher 39 40 37 40 156
#22 C 6 Todd Ballance, West Monroe 2 6 6.5x47 18 31 44-1 42 135-1
#23 C 20 John Bullen, Natches, MS 2 20 300 Win M 15 39 37-2 43-1 134-3
#24 C 8 Matthew Hedrick, Baskin 1 8 6 BR 14 38 38 35 125
#25 C 9 Bobby Jones, Jackson, MS 2 9 6 Dasher 0 42 43 40 125
#26 C 2 Bo Ballance, W. Monroe 2 2 6 Dasher 46-1 16 5 40 107-1
#27 C 16 John Costello, Oak Grove 1 16 6 Dasher 36 12 19 26 93

 

[CaptainMal]

Kind of like this. First you seem to have had a good attendance with lots of shooters. No clue what rules you run by as I see you are posting scores only. IBS is big on group sizes. I like scores as it is a focus on actually hitting the center of the target as opposed to just hitting paper somewhere.

Shooting pictures are always appreciated. It's nice to see what the better shooters look like and the rest of us might even see a picture of our losing mugs to spur us on. My opinions are not always shared by others so decide if it's faint praise.

 

[jamesdmock]

Kind of like this. First you seem to have had a good attendance with lots of shooters. No clue what rules you run by as I see you are posting scores only. IBS is big on group sizes. I like scores as it is a focus on actually hitting the center of the target as opposed to just hitting paper somewhere.

Shooting pictures are always appreciated. It's nice to see what the better shooters look like and the rest of us might even see a picture of our losing mugs to spur us on. My opinions are not always shared by others so decide if it's faint praise.

Mal, we shoot a club match the 3rd Saturday of each month. We shoot the IBS target for score only. We have considered shooting sanctioned matches, but have not "got around" to doing so. Henry Childs normally runs the 600 yard matches and George Walker, the 300 yard matches (1st Sat of each month). Over the last 6 or 7 years, the shooting (along with the equipment) has really improved. The picture below shows Henry Childs (our resident ballistic expert) shooting his 6mm/.270 (shortened) wildcat.

 

[walker2713]

Mal: thanks for your post...I'm going to try to make a more regular posting of our Prince 300 and 600 yard bench rest matches.

My friend and colleague James Mock, one of our most distinguished and accomplished shooters, was good enough to chime in with some information on our matches. For those of you who haven't met him, here's a photo I took of him at the bench last Fall.



We shoot total of 20 rounds for score, and use steel gongs for sighting in. We have 20 concrete benches, and almost always have a second relay.

Between strings the scorers and shooters go down to the 600 yard line to either celebrate or weep and gnash their teeth over their targets. Some of us drive down ourselves, but there are always a couple of pickups available for the usual suspects.

The winners of the match this past Saturday were Len McCollum (left) and Johnny Costello (right)

Even a blind hog picks up an acorn now and then, and I occasionally take a placque home.....that' me on the left and Mark Kurtz on the right in the last pic.

 

[CaptainMal]

Reads like you have a very large line of benches. You sure could put on a sanctioned shoot. Only thing there is the rules and regiment may be a bit daunting to some of the fun competitors. Of course, others may come in and thrive on that.

Thanks for the information and pictures.

 

[walker2713]

Reads like you have a very large line of benches. You sure could put on a sanctioned shoot. Only thing there is the rules and regiment may be a bit daunting to some of the fun competitors. Of course, others may come in and thrive on that.

Thanks for the information and pictures.

That has been pretty thoroughly investigated and discussed. We believe that it would result in driving away a number of our faithful shooters, and that we should leave "well enough" alone.

We have 20 benches, and have had as many as 37 shooters at a match.