THE SIERRA DESERT GUN CLUB

MATCH RESULTS

 

SIERRA DESERT GUN CLUB
HOSTS FIRST BENCH REST RIFLE MATCH
IN NEARLY 17 YEARS

The Sierra Desert Gun Club hosted a bench rest rifle match on Saturday, July 30
at the club’s shooting facility.

This facility is part of the major shooting range operated by the
Ridgecrest Gun Range Association on South Brown Road.

The day dawned relatively cool and cloud free with the temperature rising to
about 90 degrees before the match ended.

Ten competitors registered to fire a variety of rifles with which they wanted to
test their shooting skills and the accuracy of their rifles and ammunition.

The categories available included .22 rimfire in both iron sight and scope sight;
and centerfire rifles in both iron sight and scope sight divisions.
Unfortunately, not enough competitors signed up for the iron sight divisions,
so the two scope sighted rifle categories were the only ones fired for record.

The winners of all awards are listed below.
Scores are the sum of the smallest of two 5 shot groups fired at 50 yards and 100 yards.

.22 RIMFIRE SCOPE DIVISION:

Bob Gould - 1.105 inch 1st Place
Dave Ciaramitaro - 1.235 inch 2nd
Ron Swor - 1.242 inch 3rd
Elvy Hopkins - 1.373 inch 4th
Phil Archibald - 1.716 inch 5th

CENTERFIRE SCOPE DIVISION

Phil Archibald - 0.657 inch 1st Place
Ron Swor - 0.933 inch 2nd (tie)
Dave Ciaramitaro - 0.933 inch 2nd (tie)
Gary Speegle - 1.169 inch 4th
Frank Gonseth - 1.702 inch 5th

All of the shooters were pleased with the gun club’s new covered firing line
and were enthusiastic about having a place to shoot again.

The club’s former range was located on the NAWCWD China Lake
and has been closed since 1991.

The construction of the covered firing line was financed by two grants from the NRA Foundation that totaled nearly $18,000

Anyone interested in the club’s various shooting opportunities
should contact Bob Gould at 446-7475

.22 RIMFIRE DEWAR COURSE - May 14, 2005

NAME - 50 YARDS PRONE - 100 YARDS PRONE - AGGREGATE
Swor, Ron - 184-6X 3rd - 186-4X 3rd - 370-10 2nd
Ciaramitaro, Dave - 176-2X - 188-4X 2nd - 364-6X
- Dickus, Bob - 187-5X 2nd - 183-2X - 370-7X 3rd
Speegle, Gary - 180-1X - 186-2X - 366-3X
Gould, Bob - 191-6X 1st - 192-4X 1st - 383-10X 1st
Thompson, Sam - 180-3X - 161-1X - 341-4X
Hopkins, Elvy - 177-2X - 183-2X - 360-4X


Other recent matches

NRA BULLSEYE PISTOL 4/9/05

.22 RIMFIRE

NAME - 50 YARDS S.F 25 YARDS T.F. 25 YARDS R.F. AGGREGATE
Legler, Ralph - 88-2X 1st - 96-1X 1st - 84-2X - 268-5X 1st
Hopkins, Elvy - 77-2X - 90-0X - 88-1X - 255-3X
Minnich, Rod - 81-0X 2nd - 93-0X 2nd - 86-1X 2nd - 260-1X 2nd
Cox, Bob - 66-0X - 66-0X - 65-0X - 197-0X
Speegle, Gary - 76-1X - 86-1X - 68-0X - 230-2X


CENTERFIRE PISTOL

Legler, Ralph - 89-1X 1st - 81-0X 2nd - 79-1X 2nd - 249-3X 1st
Hopkins, Elvy - 54-0X - 65-0X - 69-0X - 188-0X
Minnich, Rod - 78-0X 2nd - 88-0X 1st - 80-0X 1st - 246-0X 2nd
Speegle, Gary - 48-0X - 61-1X - 65-0X - 174-0X


HIGHPOWER RIFLE 3/26/05

100 YARDS ON REDUCED TARGETS

NAME - PRONE S.F - PRONE R.F. - SITTING R.F. - STANDING - AGGR.
Dickus, Bob - 153-2X 87-0X 91-1X 2nd - 84-0X 2nd - 415-3X
Plett, Lloyd - 28-0X - 0-0X - 64-0X - 78-0X - 170-0X
Minnich, Rod - 168-0X - 91-0X - 84-0X - 74-1X - 417-1X 2nd
Gould, Bob - 182-2X 2nd - 93-0X 1st - DNF - 83-0X - 358-2X
Legler, Ralph - 189-6 1st - 91-1X 2nd - 91-1X 1st - 88-1X 1st - 459-10X 1st

NRA BULLSEYE PISTOL, February 12, 2005

RIMFIRE

Name - 50 yd Slow - 25 yd Timed - 25 yd Rapid - Aggregate
Christiansen Aaron - 40-0X - 70-0X - 76-0X - 186-0X
Legler, Ralph - 89-0 - 92-0 - 94-1 - 273-1 1st
Hall, Bill - 35-0 - 68-0 - 50-0 - 153-0
Minnick, Rod - 86-1 - 88-1 - 93-1 - 257-3 2nd
Gould, Bob - 69-0 - 88-3 - 86-2 - 243-5 3rd
Hopkins, Elvy - 60-0 - 87-2 - 73-1 - 220-3
Gonseth, Frank - 57-0 - 50-1 - 75-1 - 182-2

CENTERFIRE

Christiansen, Aaron - 16-1 - 65-0 - 35-0 - 116-1
Legler, Ralph - 87-2 - 85-3 - 74-0 - 246-5 1st
Hall, Bill - 29-0 - 34-0 - 46-0 - 109-0
Minnick, Rod - 73-0 - 91-2 - 71-0 - 235-2 2nd
Gould, Bob - 48-0 - 86-0 - 77-2 - 211-2
Hopkins, Elvy - 40-0 - 70-0 - 76-0 - 186-0
Gonseth, Frank - 40-0 - 68-0 - 57-0 - 165-0

A.22 Rimfire Dewar Course Match match was held on Saturday, Jan. 29.
Results are as follows:
Competitor - 50 Yards Prone - 100 Yards Prone - Aggregate
Swor, Ron - 190-5X 2nd - 185-4X 2nd - 375-9X 2nd
Rosenthal, Mark - 146-1X - 84-0X - 230-1X
Ciaramitaro, Dave - 176-1X - 143-0X - 319-1X
Dickus, Bob - 186-0X 3rd - 167-3X - 353-3X
Hall, Bill - 178-1X - 177-0X - 355-1X
Gould, Bob - 196-5X 1st - 190-4X 1st - 386-9X 1st
Sutton, Steve - 185-4X - 173-0X - 358-4X 3rd


RESULTS ~ SMALLBORE RIFLE METALLIC SILHOUETTE MATCH

The Sierra Desert Gun Club held its first match on the new range (still under construction) on Saturday, July 24th. Participation was limited by heat and
summertime vacations, but the five shooters who competed enjoyed the experience.

This was a 40 shot course of fire: 10 at chickens at 40 meters, 10 shots at pigs at 60 meters, 10 shots at turkeys at 77 meters and 10 shots at rams at 100 meters.
This was a very challenging competition fired from the standing position with no artificial support (sling).

The results were:
FIRST PLACE: STEVE SUTTON - 15 HITS
SECOND PLACE: DON HERIGSTAD - 11 HITS (with iron sights, not a scope!)
THIRD PLACE: MIKE MARTYN - 9 HITS
Ron Swor - 9 hits
Elvy Hopkins - 6 hits


MATCH RESULTS: .22 CAL. PRONE 50 YARD AND 100 YARD MATCH - 21 AUGUST 2004

COMPETITOR 50 YARD 100 YARD AGGREGATE

HERIGSTAD, D - 173-0X - 162-1X - 335-1X
SWOR, R. - 179-0X - 177-1X - 356-1X
WIGLEY, R. - 127-2X 167-0X - 294-2X
SILLIMAN, K - 151-2X - 153-0X - 304-2X
SPEEGLE, G - 185-6X (3rd place) - 179-4X - 364-10X (3rd place)
HOPKINS, E. - 173-0X - 182-4X (2nd place) - 355-4x
GOULD, R. - 193-7X (1st place) - 189-2X (1st place) - 382-9X (1st place)
COX, R. - 192-6X (2nd place) - 181-1X (3rd place) - 373-7X (2nd place)

It was fun to be back shooting this type of match after a 12 year forced hiatus.


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