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2024 Open Precision Rifle Match (NSRA)

PR NSRA Open Match Nova Scotia Rifle Association

Date: Saturday, September 6th, 2024 – 9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.

Location: Bull Meadow “A” Range, Upper Rawdon, NS 

Registration: 08:15 am at the target gallery
Match fee: $30.00 for non-members; $20.00 for members

MRPC members register with Gary Latimer: gwlatimer@gmail.com

Eligibility rules:
– No NSRA membership required.
– NSRA Precision Rifle Rules.

Course of fire (might be slightly different this year): 

– Everyone shoots the 500m 1-shot match  
– Relay 1 shoots the 200m Rapid, 300m Snap, 400m Snap and 400m Mover matches 
– Switch Relays 
– Relay 2 shoots the 200m Rapid, 300m Snap, 400m Snap and 400m Mover matches 
– lunch 
– Relay 1 shoots the 500m Snap, 600m HF, 700m Deliberate and the 800m Snap matches 
– Switch Relays 
– Relay 2 shoots the 500m Snap, 600m HF, 700m

-CANCELLED- 2024 McDonald / Selig Open Matches (NSRA – 22LR)

+++ CANCELLED +++

McDonald Challenge Match
This is an ISSF .22 calibre 25m Standard Pistol Match. It is shot one handed and may be shot with either a pistol or revolver.​

20 Precision shots – 4 relays of 5 shots. They are taken over 150 seconds for each relay.
20 Timed shots. 4 relays of 5 shots. They are taken over 20 seconds for each relay.
20 Rapid shots. 4 relays of 5 shots. They are taken over 10 seconds for each relay.

SELIG Free Pistol Match

This is a .22 calibre, one handed shoot. 60 shots in 2 hours. It is shot at a distance of 50m.

Bull Meadow Range Complex
East Hants, NS B0N 1P0
Canada

Details at: https://www.nsrifle.org/events-2

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Sept. 24, 2023 – PPC Provincials

Firsts and Firsts -  Part 2

Warm guns back in their cases after a great evening practice: Sitting around the campfire, cooking, talking to friends, laughing. I imagine that’s the future, the founders of the Nova Scotia Rifle Association had hoped for way back in 1860; they wouldn’t be disappointed.
 
That’s exactly how Metro started the PPC Provincials.  Joe, Andy, Terry, Jack and Stephanie, Gary, and myself were grilling steaks, potatoes, chanterelles picked earlier in the day, now drenched in butter, on hot maple coals. We laughed and poked fun at each other about missed shots and other screw-ups we had under the pressure of practice. And Gary, who looked like 50 Cent with all the bling; 2 precision rifle medals around his neck from the afternoon shoot! Silver in the open and Bronze in the Mountford-Twinning match. Ohhh Metro just rocks the Mainland eh!
 
When the campfire weened so did we, into tents right on the range that night. It was a great evening, a cheap relaxing way to prepare for the Provincials the next day. 
 
As the first flickers of sunlight pierced through the trees, you could feel anticipation in the air!  Everyone was up rarin’ to go!  PPC Provincials attract a mishmash of talent from all the shooting sports, all striving for excellence. PPC is the culmination, the mixed martial arts so to speak, of the pistol shooter world. All the sports think they will dominate because of their speed or accuracy; However all the sports get reminded of Mike Tyson’s immortal words “no plan survives the first shot!”
 
Free Pistol champions, like NSRA’s own Bullseye Bob Selig, thinking accuracy will be the key to winning the match… but will it…
The IPSC Shooter‘s, like Hnatiuk’s own Fast Felix (Chris) think their speed will dominate… will that prove true…
Newbies like Cracker Jack McCarron, his Stephanie cheerleading in the background, believe sheer tenacity will guide him towards victory; but the outcome is far from determined, it’s fragile really!
 
The leaders during the match were in a constant state of flux with scores bouncing up and down faster than a hospital elevator on a full moon Friday night!  In the end, Terry took Bronze, Joe Silver, and I took the Gold.  All our scores were close, it could have been any of us that took that Gold!

Age and experience turned out to be of the most valued asset; combined, our competitive shooting experience is starting to get close to a century!  Andy missed the podium by but a handful of points, and took 4th, Gary took 7th overall with newbie Jack on his heels is now ranked 8th in Nova Scotia!  Again, Metro shined bright taking 6 of the top 8 spots in the 2023 PPC Provincial Championship!  We are the dominant shooting club in Atlantic Canada!  What a great wrap to a summer shooting season!

A great big thanks goes out to Daniel Zaenker at the NSRA for hosting this match!  It was AWESOME Daniel!!!
 

Regards 

Mike

PPC 2023 Provincials Match Results
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NSRA Gammell + Sirtonski Matches – Sept. 9, 2023

Fast, and Furious Firsts

The older I get the more I take joy in the simple pleasures of life, like attending events, spending time with friends, shooting.  Metro R&P recently received an invitation from the Nova Scotia Rifle Association (NSRA).  The NSRA Handgun Section Chair Daniel Zaenker put on the Nova Scotia Provincials (Gammell Memorial) for the Olympic Sport of Rapid Fire Pistol, on Saturday morning past and also another match, the Sirtonski Cup in the afternoon. My self and Joe MacHoll went as ambassadors for Metro. Joe journeying up from the Cape Friday and camped right on the range, I drove to Halifax in the wee morning hours. 

At Sunup, Joe started a fire, then put on a pot of coffee and breakfast.  As the sun climbed higher competitors started to trickle in, their first sight being ‘Quick Draw Joe’ with a coffee sitting by a fire as he slowly drawled, “Mornin”; Man it was a scene out of a Western. 

It’s the simple things, like watching the loss of all hope in the eyes of the mainlanders upon seeing Joe. It’s the simple things, like overhearing whispers, “The Capers showed… lost another one…”. Yes it’s the simple things that I find pleasure in as I age. 🤣

As always, Metro R&P put on a great showing, we were in the Metals for the sport of Olympic rapid fire pistol. Shooting 5 targets, a third of a football field away, in 4 seconds, from the draw is something let me tell ya! Especially when athletes that compete on the National Circuit arrive, like Glenn from Pictou and René from Quebec! That puts tension on the competitors! How did it pan out? Well, we actually won the event, keeping a provincial record score intact and taking home the Cup… again…

The Sirtonski Cup was a new experience for Joe and I as neither of us had shot it before or even knew the complicated course of fire. It went from very precise headshots behind hostage targets to smokin’ hot-speed shooting requiring multiple targets while changing magazines, to man-against-man shoot-offs. That separates the ‘wheat from the chaff’ man let me tell ya! Shooting a shot with an audience behind you hootin’, knowing full well if you miss you are out; shooting until only one person is left! Bob Selig, a legend at the Bull Meadow Range won that round by a quarter of an inch! Whoo!

Since we weren’t really sure about the match and the different stages we just shot all ‘bulls-eye’s’ (almost). Needless to say… We medaled. Actually, we won that trophy and, coincidentally, set the Provincial record score for the event as well. Yes as I age, I find solace in the simple things in life…

Regards 

Mike

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NSRA Open Handgun Matches

NSRA will be hosting two Open Handgun matches.

When: Saturday, September 9th, 2023
Where: Bull Meadow Range Complex, B-Range

Range Set Up: 8:00 am
Registration: 8:30 am (for the morning match)

Match 1
Gammell Memorial – ISSF 25m Rapid Fire

Match begins at 9:00 am.
Shot with a pistol or revolver in caliber 22LR.
Shot one-handed.

4 times 5 shots in 8 seconds.
4 times 5 shots in 6 seconds.
4 times 5 shots in 4 seconds.

A total of 60 rounds on target + sighters

(There will be no alibis. Try to bring a gun that is clean enough to function reliably and combine it with quality ammo)

There is a a BBQ planned for around noon.

Match 2
Sirtonski Memorial – Centerfire Pistol

Match begins at 1:00 pm.

Shot with a centerfire pistol or revolver at distances between 5m and 35m.

100 rounds should be sufficient.

Please bring:

  • a holster
  • 2 magazines if you are shooting a semi-auto
  • at least 1 speed loader if you are shooting a revolver
  • a shooting mat if you need one (there will be some shooting prone, kneeling, sitting from the range floor)

Infos at: https://www.nsrifle.org/handgun-match-descriptions

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2023 NSRA McDonald Challenge / Selig Free Pistol Match

Another two glorious matches on the mainland and another glorious showing for the Metro R&P Club!

It started in the morning with the ISSF 25m Standard Pistol Match. Shooting 12 times 5 rounds in 150, 20 and 10 seconds. One hell of a competition, scores were flipping back and forth like a sail in a hurricane! The leads changed multiple times over the course of the match but when the dust settled youth won out!

Young wiper snapper René DeHaitre (NSRA) nudged into first place on the last target’s in the 10 second runs to capture the cup! Sometimes the young do something right! This years McDonald Cup champion was René Dehaitre, Silver Medalist me (Mike Kelly), Glenn Hicks took a point from our own Joe MacHoll to take bronze. 

The afternoon ISSF match, the Selig 50m Free Pistol Match: Same order as in the morning. After many years the trophies stay on the Mainland for the next 12 months  😁

Great Fun, Great Sportsmen, good food (a fantastic BBQ with homemade burgers, sausages, hot dogs, beverages, and deserts), and overall an awesome match! Thanks Daniel for hosting and the NSRA!

Open Precision Rifle Match (NSRA)

PR NSRA Open Match Nova Scotia Rifle Association

Date: Saturday, 8 July, 2023

Location: Bull Meadow “A” Range, Upper Rawdon, NS 

Registration: 08:15 am at the target gallery
Match fee: $30.00 for non-members; $20.00 for members 

Single/Pairs: Shooters will be shooting as individuals without spotters/partners.

Eligibility rules:
– No NSRA membership required.
– NSRA Precision Rifle Rules (PR Rifle definition: http://nsrifle.org/PRrule.htm) 

Course of fire: 

– Everyone shoots the 500m 1-shot match  
– Relay 1 shoots the 200m Rapid, 300m Snap, 400m Snap and 400m Mover matches 
– Switch Relays 
– Relay 2 shoots the 200m Rapid, 300m Snap, 400m Snap and 400m Mover matches 
– lunch 
– Relay 1 shoots the 500m Snap, 600m HF, 700m Deliberate and the 800m Snap matches 
– Switch Relays 
– Relay 2 shoots the 500m Snap, 600m HF, 700m
July 08, 9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.

Bull Meadow Range Complex, East Hants, NS B0N 1P0, Canada

Details at: https://www.nsrifle.org/revised-events

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2023 PPC Training

The Club is sending a Team to the PPC Match (Provincials) in Halifax
PPC – Police Practical Combat Shooting
 
Since the 1940’s this was the required shooting qualification for Law Enforcement. It is shot with a service sidearm, centerfire revolver traditionally but most now use centerfire semiautomatic pistols. Red Dot sights are  allowed the last few years because Police are now using them. Recently .22 caliber rimfire pistols became an allowed firearm as well. Rimfire pistols shoot the same course of fire but aren’t able to win the Provincial Trophy, only centerfire pistols compete for this. 
 

Combat Pistol Course – An Introduction
Wednesday, August 23rd, 5:00 pm. Limited to 12 people. Email to register: president@metroriflepistolclub.ca

Practice Times:
Wednesday, Sept. 6th 5:00 pm till dusk
Wednesday, Sept. 13th 5:00 pm till dusk

PPC Provincials

NSRA Bull Meadow Range
Sunday, Sept. 24th 9:00 am

The course of Fire for PPC Matches

Stage 1 (1st event)
12 shots from 5m Standing
3shots in 3 seconds
3 shots, reload and 3 more in 10 seconds
3shots in 3 seconds

Stage 2
12 shots from 7m Standing
6 shots reload 6 in 20 seconds

Stage 3
12 shots from 15m Standing
6 shots reload 6 in 20 seconds

Stage 4
18 shots 25m kneeling – Standing
6 shots kneeling(1) in 30 seconds
12 shots standing no support 35s

Stage 5
12 shots 25m standing
6 shots reload 6 shots in 35 s

Stage 6
24 shots 50m standing supported (1), sitting(1) & prone(1)
6 shots left hand supported 6 R hand 80s
6 shots sitting, go prone 6 shots 80 s.

Stage 7
12 shots 25m standing (sup)(1)
6 shots left hand reload 6 shots R, 60s

Stage 8
12 shots 3m standing
2 shots right hand 2s for both. 3 times.
Reload
2 shots left hand 2s for both. 3 times

Stage 9
12 shots 7m standing unsupported
Shoot 6 reload, shoot 6 more in 20s.

Stage 10
18 shots 25m kneeling(1) and standing supported (1)
6 shots kneeling in 30s
6 shots right hand (sup), reload 6 left

Stage 11
6 shots 25m kneeling (1)
6 shots kneeling in 12 seconds

(1) means you can be aimed on the target when the match starts.

150 rounds total for the match.

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2023 MRPC Pistol Training + Competitions (ISSF)

The Club is setting up some issf pistol training sessions for free

Our president Mike Kelly (countless National and Provincial Pistol Champion) will hold an introduction course and practise sessions for all levels – beginners to long-time shooters – on the ISSF pistol competitions 50m (Free) Pistol and Standard Pistol.

Start date: Wednesday June 7th, 5:00 pm. Limited to 12 people. Email to register at president@metroriflepistolclub.ca

Practise sessions will be on June 14th and June 21st, 2023 at 5:00 pm at our new range.

Metro Rifle & Pistol Club Match at our own range (50m Pistol and Standard Pistol) on July 19th at 5:00 pm. We will have free T-Shirts and other surprises.

The Provincials Championships (very relaxed competition for first-timers) will be held at the NSRA on Sunday, July 30th, starting at 9:00 am. We will send a team!

 

Here is a short description:

ISSF Standard Pistol 

This is a .22 caliber (22LR) 25m Pistol Match. It is shot one-handed and may be shot with either a pistol or revolver with open sights.

Target: Standard 25m rimfire pistol target

  • 20 Precision shots – 4 relays of 5 shots. They are taken over 150 seconds for each 5-shot relay.

  • 20 Timed shots. 4 relays of 5 shots. They are taken over 20 seconds for each 5-shot relay.

  • 20 Rapid shots. 4 relays of 5 shots. They are taken over 10 seconds for each 5-shot relay.

 
ISSF 50m Pistol

This event, formerly and unofficially still often called Free Pistol, is one of the ISSF shooting events. It provides the purest precision shooting among the pistol events, and is one of the oldest shooting disciplines, dating back to the 19th century and only having seen marginal rule changes since 1936.

This is a .22 caliber (22LR) match. It is shot one-handed and may be shot with either a pistol or revolver with open sights. 

Target: same as 25m Centerfire Pistol Target​

The course of fire: Unlimited sighters in a 10-minute period,  then 60 precision shots over 2 hours.

2023 McDonald / Selig Open Matches (NSRA – 22LR)

McDonald Challenge Match
This is an ISSF .22 calibre 25m Standard Pistol Match. It is shot one handed and may be shot with either a pistol or revolver.​

20 Precision shots – 4 relays of 5 shots. They are taken over 150 seconds for each relay.
20 Timed shots. 4 relays of 5 shots. They are taken over 20 seconds for each relay.
20 Rapid shots. 4 relays of 5 shots. They are taken over 10 seconds for each relay.

SELIG Free Pistol Match

This is a .22 calibre, one handed shoot. 60 shots in 2 hours. It is shot at a distance of 50m.

Bull Meadow Range Complex
East Hants, NS B0N 1P0
Canada

Details at: https://www.nsrifle.org/revised-events

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