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Kenmore October HighPower Newsletter

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Are we having fun? – Looks like Milt has his game face on.  For the record, this photo was before the match – even if your score is not as you wished, be happy, you’re burning powder with friends.  Left to right (no one confessed to being in the WPP) – Klaus Brauer, Milt Schneider, Bryan Schremp, Andrew Hermer and Stan Vlcek.

Notable for attending this match, Klaus Bauer rejoins us as a CMP Game is his Game, Milt Schneider would typically be shooing steel with Jo, who was getting ready for a business trip, so she was kind enough to let Milt come join us – Thanks Jo.  A very special guest – Stan Vlcek, the club’s long time emeritus High Power Match Director, joined us as well.  Great to have had Stan join us as he has been away for quite a while, years!

This game had a broad spectrum of rifle representation, yet sadly no Garands or Springfields.

In the old smoke pole category – correctly named Vintage Military in the rule book, Milt Schneider used a Swedish Mauser and Klaus Brauer had his Krag.  Both these guys had really high scores for the prone matches and I thought that award pins were a given, yet those old guns couldn’t hang with the rapid fire and standing matches – oh so close.  Oh well – there’s November.

Andrew Hermer and Stan Vlcek were in the Modern Military category, about 20 years apart, in rifle design that is.  Andrew was using his new M14 (he told me that M1A, is proprietary name to Springfield).  He had evaluated that the M14 was more operator friendly to a lefty and apparently from his score was correct.  Andrew earned a Bronze Award pin yet was just 2 points short of crossing over into Silver Medal category by firing a 442-7X.  Very good for a first outing with the M14.

Stan Vlcek being a combat veteran of the South African Army used an AR 15 instead of what I assumed a preferred FN FAL.  Maybe he didn’t have the ammo for it?  Anyway, no matter.  After a very long hiatus from the WCW Kenmore matches, Stan still had his MOJO firing a 448-8X, earning a Silver Award Pin.

At the top of the score sheet yet at the bottom of this article, is Bryan Schremp.  Bryan’s rifle is in the new for 2019 category of Unlimited Modern Military.  What’s that you ask?  AR rifles with optic sights (4 power is the limit) and or that weigh more than 7.5 pounds are categorized as “Unlimited”.  Bryan, an unclassified – not for long shooter, fired a 477-9X earning a Gold Award pin in this category.  Note to other match directors, if you have any Modern Military Gold pins, let me know – Bryan snatched the last one that I had.

If you are interested in past WCW match results, see the bulletin board on Range 1 – all of CY 2019 match results are posted.  Bring your glasses, as I choose to print the match results on letter size paper, so the font is necessarily small.

Our next match will be a CMP Game on November 10th.  My standing guidance for interested participants is bring what you have, and we’ll figure out the category.  If we can’t – come shoot anyway.  Games are just $20 and if you shoot well enough in a recognized category, you will qualify for an award pin, hopefully I won’t have to issue any IOUs for Modern Military Gold.  Also, don’t forget, the club has M-1 Garands to use in a WCW match.  Simple rules to use one:

  1. Let the match director know in advance of the match that you want to use one.
  2. Remind the match director to bring clips (if you don’t have any) for a Garand.
  3. Come early for registration to give us time to open the vault to retrieve one.
  4. Use approved Garand Ammo (available for sale at the range office)
  5. Clean the rifle after the match – remind the match director to bring cleaning materials or better yet bring your own.

Two last announcements:

  1. The 2020 WCW High Power matches are already on the club’s web calendar (Thanks Martin).
  2. CY 2020 is the last year that I will serve as the WCW High Power Match Director.  If you are interested in taking over the reins, let me or Martin Morehouse know.

See you on the range.

George G. Smith

Kenmore September Highpower Newsletter

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Chalk it up to the threat of rain – why, beats me as our firing line is covered – OR – more likely the start of the NFL season.  In either case, participation was abysmal.  Only 2 competitors braved the mist to show up.  Actually, in thinking of the post-match results, these guys could have quite possibly scared others away.  Chickens.

Bruz Marzolf fired a 485-12X while Bryan Schremp, having been absent for a while, fired a respectable 438-2X.

If you are interested in past WCW match results, see the bulletin board on Range 1 – all of CY 2019 match results are posted.  In the past the NRA had a horse blanket size Bulletin called a SR31 that was used to post match results.  Well, welcome to the electronic age, almost, the SR31 has gone the way of the DoDo and is no longer available.  Now, in rather small print as I choose to print the match results on letter size paper, the bulletin is generated courtesy of Microsoft Excel.  A much faster process than manually transferring data to the SR31.

Our next match, will be a CMP Game on October 13th.  CMP Games are a little different than NRA Matches though most get the hang of it without difficulty.  All the remaining WCW matches for 2019 are CMP Games.  The Games are intended specifically for Garands and Springfields, though the rules permit a wide range of other military style rifles, including foreign and modern military (US and Foreign) rifles e.g. AR-15.  My standing guidance for interested participants is bring what you have, and we’ll figure out the category.  If we can’t – come shoot anyway.  Games are just $20 and if you shoot well enough in a recognized category, you will qualify for a marksman ship pin.  There are 3 levels of pins, Bronze, Silver and Gold.  They are not easy to come by, yet I would encourage you to give it a try.  Also, don’t forget, the club has M-1 Garands to use in a WCW match.  Simple rules to use one:

  1. Let the match director know in advance of the match that you want to use one.
  2. Remind the match director to bring clips for a Garand.
  3. Come early for registration to give us time to open the vault to retrieve one.
  4. Use approved Garand Ammo (available at the range office).
  5. Clean the rifle after the match – remind the match director to bring cleaning materials.

One last announcement, that I have previewed to the Rifle Committee Chair and to today’s competitors – CY 2020 is the last year that I will serve as the WCW High Power Match Director.

If you are interested in taking over the reins, let me know.

See you on the range. George G. Smith

Kenmore August Highpower Newsletter

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Seven competitors for the WCW NRA National Match Course, held August 11th.

Two returning from a long absence, very glad that they were able to find their way back.  Two that were brand new to the game. A big welcome to those folks as well, hope all will return for next month’s National Match Course on Sunday, September 8, 2019.  In October, we’ll switch to a CMP Game which is an opportunity to bring out your Garand – if you have one – if not remember the club has loaners – let me know if your interested and I’ll fill you in on the particulars and make the arrangements.

For this match, good news all where on the paper!  Some better than others.  Top score was 475-9X.  Three others had scores surpassing the 450 mark.  These folks are tough!

As I was turning in paperwork at the range office I notice that one of our range masters was wearing a hat that read 2K65 – I asked what is that?  It was the range in yards to a group he fired using a 6.5 Creedmoor.  At that range I’d think the target was a bucket to catch the rounds as they fell out of the sky from exhausted velocity and being just plain tired.  Whoa what a shot – next time you see the hat you should address them as Master 😉

See you on the range. George G. Smith

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