THIRD ANNIVERSAY OF THE BLOG

It has been 3 years on May 10th that Daniel Chisholm started this web-site/blog as an aide to communication among Fullbore shooters in New Brunswick. Thanks Daniel - I don't know what you had in mind at the time but hope that the blog is doing all it was intended to do.
Since the beginning, lots of interesting things have been posted and the blog has become a running history of Fullbore shooting in New Brunswick as well as a place to find information, schedules and links to other sites related to the shooting we do. We post brief results of our matches and some pictures of our shooters in and out of action - all in good fun! We also try to post results of matches in our sister provinces and on the national level.
The blog has generated some interest in Canada, the USA and several other countries around the world. Here are some statistics about the number of times the blog was read by people in other countries - (total = 9640 "pageviews"):



"The future of Fullbore Shooting in New Brunswick?"

Canada - 7585                United States- 970

Russia - 405                   Germany - 205

United Kingdom - 61        France - 42 

Latvia - 28                       Taiwan - 24

Australia - 17                  China - 16

India - 15                        Ukraine - 7

Romania - 4                    Phillipines - 4

Italy - 4                           Georgia - 3

Turkey - 3                       Hungary - 2

Poland - 2                       Thailand - 2

Nigeria - 2                       Japan - 2

Portugal - 1                     Sweden - 1

Spain - 1                         Ireland - 1

The most popular and most read posts have been the Annual Provincial Prize Meets for the Maritime Provinces with PEIRA leading the pack with the most "hits". The RNBRA and NSRA follow close behind. Readers have also been very interested in the Inter-Maritime and British Team Match posts, the World F-Class announcements and then in a variety of specific matches.
In the next 3 years we hope to have 3 times as much fun shooting and many more shooters enjoying our sport - a main goal should be to bring young shooters into the sport. We, given the apparent attitude of the general public toward firearms and shooting sports, also need to visibly re-affirm our sport as the honourable discipline it has always been and as a good place for our youth to be.  
We hope for many more members/followers to sign up on the blog and also that readers will use the "comment" section and make the blog more interactive.
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NOVA SCOTIA SMALLBORE 50M OPEN COMPETITION - MAY 5, 2013 - RESULTS

Our good friends in Nova Scotia report that the NSRA Smallbore 50m Open Competition held

on 5 May 2013 at Bull Meadow “B” Range, was a success with 12 shooters competing.

The results  are as follows: 

(HPS 600 all matches; note that awards were issued only where there were sufficient competitors in a class) 

Match Rifle - Prone                          Sporting Rifle - Prone

Jeff Jenkins 579-21x /gold                   Bob Collicutt 593-32x

Andrew Vaughan 553-9x                     Jim Humphrey 580-20x

Peter Dobson 541-8x

                                                   

F-Class - Prone                                 Sporting Rifle - 3 Position                          

Bob Collicutt 580-23x /gold                  Dave Grantham 510-10x
Al Mutch 578-26x /silver                      Jim Humphrey 500-8x
Dave Beaulieu 575-14x /bronze     
Sonny Desrosiers 569-21x                   Practical Rifle - Prone

Glen Gorveatte 567-11x                       Al Mutch 562-15x

Denise Desrosiers 455-2x                    Patrick Stanbrook 535-8x
                                                             

                                                         Practical Rifle - 3 Position

                                                         No competitors

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ELECTRONIC TARGET TRAINING DAY - MAY 5, 2013 - SAINT-ANTOINE

This was absolutely the most gorgeous and beautiful day of the year. As the following pictures show, the temperature was somewhere around 22 degrees with no cloud in the sky. The wind, when it was noticeable, was a slight whisper. Spring sounds and smells pleased the senses - it was a good day to be on the range.


"It's really quite simple - if you squeeze the trigger a hole will
appear in the bull. You look on your screen for your score.
And no! No extra points if you shoot the microphones."



 This day was hosted by the Saint-Antoine  Gun Club. Michelle C. and Ron S. were the Range Officers for this event while Daniel C. was the Match Director. Daniel C. also was the Instructor. Eleven shooters were on hand from all over the province.  Everyone had a tremendous time.



After careful observation, I believe the real question is -

"Is it possible to shoot a possible with this gizmo?"



 

REMINDER: EASTERN F-CLASS REGIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS

In order to help with your planning for the 2013 shooting season, keep an eye on this

Link to Eastern F-Class Website

which is dedicated to the Eastern F-Class championships,

(ps. you can follow the discussions about this on Gunnutz Long Range/Precision Forum too)



                                                                     Tentative dates 

June 29th to July 1rst 2013

Location 

the Connaught Ranges in Ottawa.

Proposed Schedule and Course of Fire for 2013 is :

           Friday June 28th        3PM

           Registration, Rifle Weigh-In, Practice Session (subject to range availability)

           Saturday June 29th    9AM

           AM     2+15 @ 700m; 2+15 @ 800m

           PM      2+15 @ 900m; 2+15 @ 900m

           Sunday June 30th    9AM

           AM     2+15 @ 700m; 2+15 @ 800m

           PM      2+15 @ 900m; 2+15 @ 900m

           Monday July 1st        9AM

           AM     2+15 @ 900m (Team); 2+15 @ 900m

Because of sheduling problems few (if any) F class shooters from the Maritime Provinces were able to attend last year. We were missed last year and the organizers would like as much participation from Eastern Provinces Shooters in 2013 as possible.
In 2012 Will Chou won the FTR match with an aggregate of 430.18  and Leo D'Amour won FO with 464.15. (HPS was 525.105).
In 2011 the HPS was 630.130 with Kenny Proulx winning FTR with a score of 556.20 and Ralph Colgan winning FO with a score of 583.25. That year, several Maritimers shot the Eastern F-Class Championships and New Brunswickers shot well in FTR with Matt Wolf placing third (548.19); Mark Cormier placing sixth (525.29) and Ken Kyle placing fourteenth (497.18).

It would be great if a lot of us could make it in 2013.

Contact Scott Bissett  > easternfclass@gmail.com

or Barry Price  >  continental@bellnet.ca

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REMINDER: CHANGE TO SHOOTING SCHEDULE - JUNE 2013

PLEASE NOTE THAT THE SIERRA ISSF MATCH IN ST. ANTOINE

HAS BEEN CHANGED

FROM: JUNE 1ST 2013  

TO:      JUNE 2ND 2013

PLEASE ADJUST YOUR SCHEDULES ACCORDINGLY

RNBRA MEMBERSHIP and FORMS - 2013

Please note that Don Coleman, Membership Secretary of the RNBRA, (dscole@nbnet.nb.ca) is looking for renewed memberships from all Long Range and Fullbore shooters for the year 2013. In order to shoot in RNBRA Sponsored matches, you must have an individual membership to the RNBRA.
Memberships to the DCRA will also be processed for you - this is handled at the provincial level and sent on to the DCRA and this uses the same membership form.

Click on this link to reach the RNBRA site and the membership form you'll need. 

This link has also been permanently installed at the right under "New Brunswick/Maritime Useful Things". Print off the form and send it with the appropriate amount to the RNBRA address.

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Some CHANGES and IMPROVEMENTS to the Blog

Please note that there are some revisions and additions to the blog site.These have to do with the links and services which are available and are all listed on the right hand side of the page.

New  At the very top at the right is a new link to the Benchrest shooting site
Then, next is the link to the weather service.
Below that is the option to translate the page from English to any other language.
Third from the top is the option to have each new post arrive in your e-mail inbox automatically. 
Next is the option to search the blog-site (as well as the links).

SEASON'S GREETINGS TO SHOOTING COLLEAGUES AND FRIENDS

 TO ALL 
FULLBORE

AND

PRECISION SHOOTERS IN

New Brunswick
Nova Scotia
Prince Edward Island
and to our friends in
other provinces
and the USA

We extend
 best wishes
for a joyful 
Holiday Season
 and for a 

Happy 
New Year


We hope to see you all 
                at the range in
   2013      

ANNUAL MEETING & SCHEDULING MEETING - FULLBORE SECTION

The Annual meeting of the RNBRA - Fullbore Section was held on Sunday, December 16, 2012 at the Blue Bird Motel in Sussex. The following members were present :
Daniel Chisholm, Don Coleman, Wayde Clifford, Bert deVink, Brian Doherty, John Holleran, Conrad  Leroux, Michael Lutes, Ron Mason, Paul McIlveen, Tom Nowlan, John Stamp,  Steven Stewart, Ron Surette.
The chairperson for the meeting was Daniel Chisholm and the recording secretary was Bert deVink. The meeting was called to order at 10:00 am. The agenda was as follows:

1.      Treasurer's Report
2.       Insurance
3.       Mandatory Membership to DCRA
4.       Electronic Targets
5.       Match Fees, Budgets, Awards
6.       Nomination and Election of Officers
7.       Batouche - DRSOs
8.       First Aid Courses
9.       Trophy Book, Blazer Crests         
10.     Membership List
11.     Pre-registration For RNBRA Fullbore Section APM
12.     2013 Shooting and Match Schedule

New RNBRA Executive

Here is the new (for 2012 - 2013) executive of the RNBRA. These folks have already worked hard on behalf of shooters across the province and continue to do so. Hearty congratulations from the fullbore/long-range crowd.
                                  

Bob Kierstead - president   bullsi_2000@yahoo.com

Steve Stewart - past president  smskew@rogers.com

Paul Richie - 1st vice president  kritchie@nb.sympatico.ca

Morrill Sisk - 2nd vice president  morrill.sisk@nrc-cnrc.gc.ca

Lorraine Chapman - recording secretary  edwach@nb.sympatico.ca

Don Coleman - membership secretary  dscole@nbnet.nb.ca

Bobby Jones - treasurer  urjones@unb.ca

Matt Wolf - director at large  greenscove@gmail.com

Ed Chapman - director at large edwach@nb.sympatico.ca

Wayde Clifford - director at large  jwclifford@xplornet.ca

Michael Lutes - fullbore section liaison shooter55520@hotmail.com 

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