August 20 & 21, 2016 – Forks Mid-Range Rifle Regional
Mid-Range Regional Participants
Rifle Class Winners
Left to Right:
Bob Peasley, Coby Dalgliesh, Duane Holien,
Eric Johnson, Brian Suhr, Garald Gillies, Todd Zaun
August 13th – 2016 ND State Championship Vintage Rifle Match
Medal winners in the Vintage Sniper Rifle Match.
Back row Left to Right:
(Gold Medal Winners) Kevin Fire & Tom Reiten both shooting 1903 A3-A4 Sniper Rifles.
Front Row Left to Right:
(Bronze Medal Winners) Ron Depue shooting a 1903 Marine Corp Sniper Rifle; Rick Kraft shooting a 1903 A3-A4 Sniper Rifle
(Silver Medal Winners) Coby Dalgliesh, Don Grunlie, both shooting 6.5 X 55 Swedish Sniper Rifles
These are a few of the pictures of the match
July 30th – 2016 Summer Sizzler F Class Rifle Match
Fred Martinez Fred Martinez shooting a rifle chambered in 260 Remmington.
The Summer Sizzler F Class Rifle Match was held at the Forks Rifle Club. Match Director Mike Cobert put on the 60 shot, 600 yard NRA Classification F Class Match on July 30, 2016. Fred Martinez was the marksman class winner. Other class winners were not present for pictures.
July 19th – 2016 New Club Trap Thrower
The Forks Rifle Club has added a Trap Thrower for instructional purposes:
This is an electric thrower powered by a solar charger to keep the battery fuly charged.
To operate it take off the cover and fill the magazine it takes standard size pigeons. Members are to provide their own pigeons. The round piece on the front of the machine is a safety guard to remind shooters to stay clear of the throwers arm which could cause serious injury.
There are two switches to operate the thrower. First turn on the power on the main disconnect (the large silver ON/OFF switch). Then turn the toggle switch to the “ON” position (staying clear of the throwing arm).
The operating switch is located on the end of a 25 foot cord, this can either be operated by hand or by foot. The machine is mounted to throw straight away targets which is best for beginning shooters as it is the best way to establish the proper sight picture and for side shots simply move to either side.
When done shooting turn the toggle switch to the bottom position to release the arm then turn the main disconnect switch to the “OFF” position and put the weather cover back on.
Click here to see more photos of the new machine.
June 25-26th – 2016 ND Regional Hi Power Match
On the 25th and 26th the Forks Rifle Club hosted the ND Regional Hi Power Match. Just like the May 21st match, it was also a Civilian Marksmanship Program (CMP) MI match followed by a leg match.
Andy Johnson had the Hi Score with an MI rifle for the CMP match.
These are a few of the pictures of the match. Note the wind flag in the background
May 21st – First Civilian Marksmanship program (C.M.P.) match of the season
On May 21, 2016 the Club put on the first Civilian Marksmanship program (C.M.P.) match of the season. These C.M.P. matches are done with vintage rifles of WWI and WWII. These rifles must be all original and are done from 200 yards. The first string is 15 shots prone with a sling. The first 5 shots are your sighters and 10 shots for record. The next string is 10 shots with sling in 80 seconds. The third string is offhand standing, no sling for a total of 30 shots for rapid fire score.
Winners of these catagories are:
Back Row – Gene Norheim; Tom Reiten (match director); Joey McGregor; James Ladwig.
Front Row – Kevin Fire; Coby Dalglish
This match was followed by a MI carbine match. All carbine matches are shot at 100 yards
That afternoon Match Director Tom Reiten put on a vintage sniper match which is done at 300 and 600 yards a vintage sniper rifle is any military sniper rifle used up to 1954.
Click here to see some photos from the match in our photo gallery.