Mike Lowitz "Ices" Manatee IBS

[Karndt]

Great match, great food.

 

[Mlow]

Good shooting guys ! Going to try to make it down there sometime.

Live good shoot often

 

[quest450]

Nice work Mike, great shooting !!

Congrats to all winners and thanks to all who made it happen and thanks to Mike's lovely wife Denise for some great food, BTW the carrot cake wasn't that good .......just kiddin Al

Mark Niez

 

[Rat Rifle]

Jim Hoffman created this "creature". Think he mentioned it weighs 36 lbs. Well I do know he modified the stock from ...

... a Crossman air rifle. Seriously, he made liberal use of epoxy to sculpture items from his collection of stuff to make that stock. Then he fit it to a Savage action. Using a bolt from an older Savage marked Stevens, he sorted out some leftovers to complete the action. I do not know the history of his barrel and am not sure of what cartridge it is chambered for.

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Did take a close-up picture of Jim's craftsmanship for all to enjoy. His tracking plate on the butt is straight from American Bridge Division of U.S. steel. Jim must have been an engineer in his other universe.

It works. That's the important thing to remember. Jim is such a pleasant fellow to know and shoot with you just don't take the opportunity to recognize his craftsmanship and innovative contributions to our shooting sports.

Thanks for all the comments to this informational posting of the Manatee IBS. Sometimes I wonder if many pay attention to these and if they are worth the effort to create. All of you that responded to this posting on the forum make it worthwhile.

CaptainMal

CaptainMal, You are way too kind, but thank You.

The barrel is a 6mmBR, Criterion prefit, from Jim Kessler @ Northland Shooting Supply. It just hit 1,900 rounds at this match. I was on track to win a relay necklace with a 2.098, but CAPTAIN MAL aced Me out with a 2.079. That was the highlight of My shooting. I’ll blame the rest of My targets on the mirage. Uh wait, there was no mirage. More excuses to follow.

After seeing those pictures, I am inspired to get the belt sander out and smooth the Rat Rod out. But I just hate to mess up such a good paint job.

In all seriousness, Congratulations to Mike L and all the winners this weekend. Great shoot, great food, and great fellowship.

Thanks a Million…Jim Hoffman

 

[senderoll]

That’s the guy who’s partitioning the IBS to institute a “HOBBY CLASS”

Keep after it Jim!!!

 

[Rat Rifle]

Keep after it Jim!!!

Not to worry Fred!, I’ll be there nipping at Your heels. Learning all I can from You. I’ll see You in the spring !!!

 

[mikecockcroft]

I thought we had a rough looking bunch of shooters. LOL

 

[Bob Longo]

Congratulation to all of the winners. Definitely a good time had by all who attended. Worth putting a Manatee match on your bucket list.
Special thank you to Denise for her fantastic meal and Al Kelly wife for making the carrot cake.
Also thank you to Eric Bostrom for scoring.
Along with Al and Larry for orginizing the matches and putting up with all of us.
Hope to see you all next month.

 

[Dave Way]

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He wants you to know he can be a force in the IBS and a well-deserved one. His wife Denise did the cooking of the food but Mike "cooked" all 31 shooters today.

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Think there are 38 photos for you to see in this link. Both Light and Heavy gun score sheets are included here so you can view all the results and the points. Bit of a chilly day with temperatures that stayed right around 58 degrees. There was a hint of rain and a cold north wind blowing. Thinking some of you up north must have been trying to blow Mike off his victory pace. Mike ruled. He even took the money in one class of "Closest To the X", as you can see in the link pictures.

IBS MANATEE 1-22-22

Explore this photo album by Larry Malinoski on Flickr!

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Did you click on and view the photos above? Well ... go ahead and enjoy.

Our next IBS will be February 26th. Denise Lowitz is proposing Pierogi, cabbage, sausage etc. Good "old country" cooking for us all, you if you get here.

Short and simple - IBS 600 is "cooking'" at Manatee this winter season. Be there or be square. Enjoy.

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Denise will tell you - shooting at Manatee is a piece of cake. Yeah right.

I’m jealous to say the least. We had 18 below Saturday morning. I wish it wasn’t so far away. Great to see all the smiling faces. Congratulations to all the winners, no congratulations to everyone. It looks like you had a blast and that’s what this is all about. Doing what we love while having fun with friends.

Keep the photos and results coming to help get the rest of us through winter!

Dave.

 

[Rat Rifle]

Good shooting guys ! Going to try to make it down there sometime.

Seth, the March shoot is the Florida state. That would be a good one for You and Jeff to make, or anyone else from Your neck of the woods. Not that we want to get our butts beat but You guys are certainly welcome I’m sure. I’m sure anyone down this way would be glad to make it easy for You to attend. Hope to see You in March!

Jim Hoffman

 

[DJB]

Congrats to Mike on some fine shooting. I also want to thank Al and Larry for running a great match. Eric Bostrom does an excellent job of scoring our matches.. Thank you Eric. Mikes wife Denise did the cooking, and always does a super job. Thank you. It takes a lot of help, and work to make these shoots happen. We are getting more shooters all the time due to all our efforts to make it all happen. Thank you all for making these shoots such a great success. Doug

 

[Mlow]

I thought we had a rough looking bunch of shooters. LOL

If it ain’t rough it ain’t right