NEW MEXICO, STATE SILHOUETTE CHAMPIONSHIPS FOR HUNTERS PISTOL & COWBOY LEVER ACTION. JUNE 29,30, & JULY 1, & 2, 2011

THIS EVENT WILL BE IMMEDIATELY PRECEEDING THE LEVER ACTION NATIONALS.

Location: NRA Whittington Center Raton, NM 87740

Sponsor: New Mexico State shooting association.

Hosted by: Whittington Center gun club

Open to: Any righteous shooter, NON CITIZENS WELCOME

Entry fee: 1st gun $55.00 2nd gun $45.00 & $25.00 each additional gun or all 7 for $200.00.

Entry close: June 15, 2011. Late entry will be accepted at additional $10.00 as space allows.

Rules: Current NRA silhouette rules apply. Classification system will be used. Anyone not having a classification booklet will have to buy one. IHMSA shooters welcome.
Foreign citizens not required to buy A book but must have proof of classification.

Practice: Range open match days from 7 to 7:45 AM & after conclusion of day’s matches. Entry fees do not include practice other than match days. Long runs as time allows in aft.

Schedule: 1st relay will start daily at 0830. 200M event will be fired on Wed June 29 on the long range pistol range. All other events fired on hunter pistol range the following 3 days.

Course of fire: Equal # of ½ scale targets at 40, 50, 75, & 100M, on hunter pistol range, Full scale targets at 50, 100, 150, & 200M ON LONG RANGE PISTOL RANGE, ALL TARGETS WILL BE BLACK. 3 relays mornings & 2 in afternoon on hunter pistol range. Does not apply on long range pistol range. 1-60 shot match each event.

Equipment: Guns must meet NRA rules, will be weighed & certified before the match. Uncertified guns will not be allowed on the firing line. Any parts removed from guns to allow certification will be held at stat. Office until the conclusion of matches. It is the responsibility of the competitor to reclaim these parts.

Ties: All championship ties will be shot off. Reverse animal count for all other ties. turkeys, rams, chickens, & pigs. It is the responsibility of the competitor to be available to the firing line for any/all shoot offs or suffer forfeiture.

Awards: Will be given, 1 for every 3 competitors in class. Need not be US citizen or resident to win state champion. Resident & non-resident champion awards will be given as will class, junior, woman, & senior champion. Top juniors will be given a free entry for 2011 national championships in those events. State champion will be declared in all 7 events. 5, 10 & 15 in a row pins will be given to B, A, & AA class. All other competitors can purchase pins for $2.50 each, if earned. No team awards but eligible for national record.

Safety: NRA Whittington Center rules will be enforced. Failure to comply will be cause for disqualification with no return of fees. Eye, ear protection & open chamber indicators are mandatory. Spotting without glasses will not be tolerated.

Housing: RV parking, housing & camping is available. Early reservations are advisable. Call NRA Whittington center at 575-445-3615. Email address is [email protected] Phone call is best & confirm your reservations.

General: Toilets & water, available on site. Range located on highway 64, 10 miles SSW of Raton, NM 87740. List of Raton motels available on request. This is a proceeds match with all profits going to the NRAWC. There will be a raffle during dinner & awards ceremony on Sat. July 2. No checks will be cashed before JUNE 15, 2011 the close of entries regardless of when they are received. Please include check with entry forms. Any competitor having preference on day & times to shoot (morn or afternoon) let us know & we will try our best to accommodate you. See SHOOT SCHEDULE on entry form. 200M EVENT WILL BE FIRED ON WED JUNE 29 ONLY.
A 22 LEVER ACTION RIFLE WILL BE GIVEN AWAY, TO BE ELIGIBLE A COMPETITOR MUST HAVE SUBMITTED CHECK WITH ENTRY FORM, BE IN ATTENDANCE AT AWARD CEREMONY & ELIGIBLE FOR LEGAL FFL TRANSFER. Guns & ammo may be shipped ahead to NRA Whittington center at no charge for FFL use to competitor.

Contact: Ron Stryker P.O. Box 700 Raton, NM 87740. Phone is 208-413 2444 cell
or email [email protected]

ENTRY FORM NEW MEXICO STATE SILHOUETTE CHAMPIONSHIP
JUNE 29, 30, & JULY 1, & 2, 2011
IMMEDIATELY PRECEEDING THE COWBOY LEVER ACTION NATIONALS. A GREAT TUNEUP OPPORTUNITY

Name______________________________________________Phone________________ please print

Address_________________________________________________________________

City_____________________________________State________________Zip_________

Email address______________________________________________________________



I wish to enter the following disciplines
Hunter pistol any sight class M AAA AA A B IHMSA

Hunter pistol metallic sights M AAA AA A B IHMSA

Smallbore hunter pistol any sights M AAA AA A B IHMSA

Smallbore hunter pistol metallic sights M AAA AA A B IHMSA

Cowboy lever action M AAA AA A B

Pistol cartridge cowboy lever action M AAA AA A B

Smallbore cowboy rifle M AAA AA A B

Open sight revolver may be shot as either smallbore hunter pistol metallic sights or hunter pistol metallic sights TIME PERMITTING THERE WILL BE A SIDE REVOLVER EVENT. Gun may be sb or hp.

Special category, circle if applicable WOMAN JR. SUB. JR. INT. JR. SR. SSR date of birth_____________________

Entry fees are waived for all juniors. Any junior needing equipment or financial help contact Ron & we will do our best to help. I WILL BE SHARING EQUIPMENT WITH OR WISH TO BE SQUADED WITH_______________________ 3 relays in morning & 2 only in afternoon on hunter pistol range
STEAK OR CHICKEN FRIED STEAK DINNER with award ceremony a cost of $15.00 each. Number of dinners__________________
Unknown if food will be available on ranges. BE PREPARED
1st gun $55.00______
2nd gun $45.00______ CLOSE OF ENTRY JUNE 15, 2011 NO CHECKS CASHED PRIOR
3rd gun $25.00______ REGARDLESS OF WHEN RECEIVED. LATE FEE $10.00
4th gun $25.00_______
5th gun $25.00_______
6th gun $25.00_______
all seven guns $200.00 TOTAL ENCLOSED $____________
NOTE: If you want to shoot A different schedule just ask
1ST DAY CLA 2ND DAY PCCLA, HPMS 3RD DAY HP, SBHP 4TH DAY SBCR, SBHPMS (SAT)

If those are the dates. Then when can people coming for the nationals get site settings?

You can get sight settings before and after the NM state matches, also remember that the rifle caliber range is separate and only used one day, in the past I was able to get sight settings and practice there for all three matches although there are no berms or targets for 40 and 75 meters (I had my own set of gongs for SB/PC). There is also one day between the state and the nationals to sight in.

Thank You. This will be our first time out there and was just wondering how it would work.

44 Mag, I have to be truthful and tell you that as shooting ranges used for nationals go the Whittington Center leaves a lot to be desired when it comes to shooting silhouettes with iron sights. They refuse to groom the back stops for no good reason and early in the morning is very hard to see the targets because of the shadows on the holes created by the bullets that missed the targets in the berms.
There are no benches at the SB/PC range and very few at the rifle caliber range. There are gongs between the banks but they do not in very good condition so its hard to spot your hits once they have been shot a few times, bring your own paint if you are planing on practicing and don't be shy to ask others on the firing line to stop for a few minutes to paint gongs, other wise you will be shooting at the gongs without really knowing where you are hitting them.

And as I recall if you want to hang paper need your own target carrier. I have always used cardboard boxes sitting on the rail.

Boats

We will have our site settings from here in cold PA. Just not sure how much change we will need to make out there. It will be interesting to see how much the elivation change will efect our settings.

Mike, I'd be really suprised if you had to change your setting much from Pa. to Raton. You will be coming from shooting in warm weather ( well maybe not in Bradford ) and if you have good zeros they should not be that different at Raton. I have never had to change anything, but I hold on the center of all the animals. That aiming point is more forgiving to a little change than say aiming at the foot. Al

44 mag,

When I first shot at the Whittington Center in 2000, I found no elevation difference from my back east sight settings. This was true of my lever guns and my BPCR single-shot rifle. Now I live two hours north of the center and shoot their monthly matches as well as the nationals. When I returned to Pennsylvania last May my western settings were spot-on with the single-shot black powder rifle at Shippensburg and Ridgway. I wasn't able to get to a lever action match, but I'm sure my settings would have been the same.

Thanks guys. My wife and I are looking forward to coming. The only thing that mite change is I find out Monday if I need another hip replacement.That may be A determining factor. My wife said if i couldnt shoot that I could spot for her {ya rite if I can walk I can shoot}. Hope to see everybody there.

HP Silhouette our home range is in yards, Shot a few out of town matches before going to Raton first time, ranges in meters, once I had the meter settings no change at all from East Coast to New Mexico. Short distance like CLA doubt if there is any at all.

Still good to confirm on paper before any match, Club range were I pratice and have shot many matches not always but new one always.

Boats

Lone Ringer

Thanks for posting the info on the New Mexico State Match at Raton. We've extended our stay at the Whittington center to shoot this match also and Have left a message for Mr. stryker to contact us so we can get the paperwork in on time. We will contact our other friends in Oklahoma to try to bring a bigger crowd.
Did you ever find a good bullet for your 25-20?

glen ring, I went back to my old load and the problems I had went away. Shot a pair of 35X40 to win the AZ state last month
I have a few Rem 86gr bullets left and 2000 Speer 75gr that I have not tried out yet.

I have never shot hunter pistol, although I would be interested in shooting the 3 lever guns. Would like to know which days I would shoot if I shot Rifle , pistol, sb lever guns?

I took the liberty of creating a PDF file out of the entry form. It can be downloaded at this URL:
http://temple6.fatcow.com/silhouette/20 ... ouette.pdf

-Tim