F-Class Match No. Five
Western PA 30 Cal. League
Sept. 12, 2002
Twas a bad day, rainwise. The forecast was for statewide rain for the entire day, starting in the very early morning. As it was, the rain held off until the second relay began to fire it's first stage. The match was ended after that stage and after every (all six!!) competitors had fired 20 shots for record.
Scores were as follows:
|
Name |
Rifle |
1st Stage - And Total |
|
Steve Wagner |
Turk/22-250 |
195-7x |
|
Tom Ferraro |
Custom Win 7mm08 |
186-3x |
|
Ron Yingling |
Win/? |
184-3x |
|
John Gardner |
Stevens 44 ½ 38-55 Black Powder |
168-3x |
|
Nate Ferraro (12 years old !!!) |
308 |
159-1x |
|
Lorren Brown |
CORRECTION Lorren was using a Black Powder Rifle |
128 |
OK some pictures: (thanks to my Wife, Sandra)
Above you can see John Gardner firing his Stevens 44 ½ in 38-55 cal using 350 (more or less) grain cast lead bullets ahead of a stiff charge of black powder.
This is Lorren Brown, also shooting a Black Powder rifle. It was Lorrens' intention to shoot his next 20 shots with a more "modern" rifle, but the rain won out. Those are the number boards in the distance, all eleven of them, and three targets below.
by STEVE WAGNER