March 2016 Results

Weather held off today and we just got a bit of sprinkle on the last stage of the pistol match.  We had 7 shooters for the first match and all but one was shooting the rifle of the month, springfield rifles.  It was nice to see Jason again.  Allen shot a very nice score and a great V count to win the rifle match, congrats!  Pistol had four shooters with a mix of weapons from a Norwegian contract Belgian Nagant pistol from 1893 to a star super B.  Curtis shot his best score ever!

Thanks to all who came, next month will be a 40 shot match, no theme, followed by pistol.

Frank

Rifle Results:

Allen Flanagan 1903 388-24V 
Frank Burke 1903A3 386-16V
Ted Schrader 1903 172-11V
Jason LeCorre 1903A3 366-10V
Allen Harper 1903 360-11V
Steve Christiansen 1903A3 351-8V
Curtis Choy 91/30 nagant 322-6V

Pistol Results:

Frank Burke Norwegian Nagant 478-33X
Allen Flanagan Hi-Power 447-15X
Curtis Choy Star Super B 435-9X
Steven Christiansen SAA 336-6X

October 2015 Match Results

We had awesome weather and our best turnout in a long time.  Was great to see everyone and welcome to Christie and Don.  They came with Bob and shot the rifle and pistol match for fun to try it out.  Tim brought a neat wood stocked ar-15 match rifle for fun as well.  Scores were really great today, Curtis shot a great score with his 1911 swiss long rifle.  Pistol scores were very close today as well.  Tim shot the pistol match for the first time and did very well, and Niko shot a very solid score as well.  Everyone seemed to like the door prizes.  We'll schedule a target party in February to replace cardboard and targets before the March match.  Have a good winter season and see you next year.

Rifle Results:

Frank Burke M-16A1 194-8V 1st
Allen Flanagan M-39 190-5V 2nd
Curtis Choy Swiss 1911 188-8V 3rd
Ted Schrader M1 187-7V 4th
Bob Etzkorn M1 186-8V 5th
Steve Christiansen 1903A3 183-4V 6th
Eric Johnson M-39 180-5V
Allen Harper M1 175-2V
Niko Grimanis 1903A3 173-4V
David Knight 1903 163-1V
Will Muller  1903A3 134-2V
Dennis Gorra M1 119-0V

For fun:

Tim Roark AR-15 196-14V
Don  AR-15 170-2V
Christie AR-15 NFS

Pistol Results:

Frank Burke SAA 479-32X 1st(tied record)
Eric Johnson 1907 Swede 458-13X 2nd
Tim Roark M-92 453-17X 3rd
Bob Etzkorn M&P 451-14X 4th
Niko Grimanis M&P 447-14X 5th
Allen Flanagan CZ-82 433-7X
Allen Harper 1911A1 422-8X
Steve Christiansen SAA 412-9X
Curtis Choy CZ-82 407-3X

for Fun

Don Ruger Blackhawk 449-10X
Christie Taurus snubnose NFS

Match Information

Vintage Military Rifle/Pistol is a fun way to use those military collectibles in a competition environment. Rifles and pistols for the match should have been designed/issued before 1961 and were general issue to troops.   

Rifles must be in as-issued configuration and caliber, no bedding or match parts, original barrel contours and original style battle sights. 

Rifle Targets are set at 200 yards on the 200/300 rifle range.  We shoot 10 rounds for record in each position including slow fire prone, rapid fire prone, rapd fire sitting, and slow fire standing.  Rapid fire stages require a reload, and slings may be used for all positions except standing.  The 1950's era 5V target is used. Sign up at 8:30, shoot at 9 on the 200/300 bigbore range.  Round count is 40 shots plus 2 optional sighters before shooting for score in prone only.

Pistols should be as close to as-issued configuration as is practical and with fixed metalic sights.  Makarovs, Sig 220, CZ-70's, CZ-82's, and standard M9 style pistols are also allowed. 1911/1911A1 pistols should meet the following criteria:  fixed sights, 5" barrel/slide, no beavertail grip safeties or adjustable triggers.

The vintage pistol match is shot in bay 10 of the action range and the course of fire includes both left and right hand shooting,  at 7, 14 and 21 yards. Each string of fire is 6 shots and total round count is 36 rounds.  There are no rapid reloads, so only one magazine is needed if shooting a semi-auto. The NRA B-27 target is used. No holster is required, all shooting starts from the low ready position.  You do need a case that can cover the pistol when moving to and from the line. 

Matches are held at a private club open to members and their guests.

September 2015 Match Results

We had really nice moderate weather and a very nice turnout today.  Theme was "sniper" and we had five shooters.  The other 5 shooters were shooting normal vintage rifles.  Ed had a very nice original 1903A4, three of us had repro Mosin PU snipers and Eric had his Swede 41B replica that he had put together from pieces.  He was shooting vintage swede match ammo as well!.  Curtis just out V'd Allen to take 3rd place in sniper. In his defence, however, something happened inside Allen's scope during the match that turned part of the optics blurry, and he had to finish with it that way.  We welcomed Will as an official tcgc member, unfortunatley he didn't notice the round count was 60 shots today so had to skip the rapid fire stages.  Dennis was our new shooter,so he was getting used to things but hopefully he'll be back.  I awarded top 3 in both sniper and vintage class since we had enough turnout. The pistol match had 9 people and scores were really great today with only 1-2 points separating 2nd-4th and 5th through 8th place!  Eric had a nice score with his australian lend lease victory model with actual 1944 australian holster. Niko shot a great score for the first time shooting his M&P.  My wife Sophie came out and shot my VZ-61 really well with no misses, and she hasn't shot for two years!  She also was nice enough to pull targets for me so I could run the rifle match and shoot. We just celebrated 26 years together!

Remember our final 2015 match will be the 1st saturday in October, 40 shot rifle and 48 shot pistol.

Rifle Results:

Sniper:
Frank Burke 91/30 PU 294-16V 1st
Eric Johnson Swede 41B 287-20V 2nd
Curtis Choy 91/30 PU 281-10V 3rd
Allen Flanagan 91/30 PU 281-6V
Ed Perry 1903A4 268-3V

Vintage:
Allen Harper 1903 271-2V 1st
Niko Grimanis 1903A3 240-2V 2nd
Steve Christiansen 1903A3 227-1V 3rd
Dennis Gorra M1(308) 151-0V
Will M 1903A3 143-2V

Pistol:
Frank Burke French 1873 465-23X 1st
Eric Johnson S&W victory 460-17X 2nd
Ed Perry SAA 459-13X 3rd
Sophie Burke VZ-61 458-13X 4th
Steven Christiansen SAA 442-6X 5th
Allen Flanagan Tokarev 441-7X
Niko Grimanis M&P 438-15X
Allen Harper 1911A1 436-8X
Curtis Choy Beretta 92 389-8X

Current Match Schedule

Matches: See tcgc member calendar for time and dates, March-October

Entry fee is $5 which covers both the rifle and pistol match.

August 2015 Vintage Military Rifle match results

It was a very nice day, no wind, just a little smokey from the nearby fire.  Theme was semi-auto battle rifle, represented by two M1's and two M1A's.  We had one new shooter, whos name I already forgot, sorry, who was shooting an enfield but had some issues with his reloads, I think he will be back, he had a taste of what it was like, and had fun.  Scores were good today with the 2-4th place very close. Ted gave us a quick update on his and Jason's Camp Perry experience. I had a very good day today, setting a new record for slow fire prone 100-12V and a new overall match record with 397-30V.  I dropped the three points in offhand, which wasn't very good today, I threw a lot of shots, but fortunately they were still barely in the 5 ring.

Results:

Frank Burke M1A 397-30V 1st
Allen Flanagan M1 382-11V 2nd
Ted Schrader M1 379-15V 3rd
Allen Harper M1A 373-8V
Curtis Choy M-48 353-4V

August 2015 Military Rifle/Pistol match results

We had very nice weather, but a light turnout today.  We had two more people show up to shoot the pistol match and welcome to Tan!  Eric brought his very nice 1868 trapdoor springfield, I had my 1898 Krag, we had a 1917, and an ishapore 2A1.  David brought his match service rifle for fun and shot his best score yet.  Eric brough out his new vaquero and shot a very nice score, David shot his best pistol score and Tan placed fourth in his first match!

See you at the end of the month where the theme is Semi-auto Battle Rifles

Frank

Rifle Results:

Frank Burke Krag 194-12X 1st
Allen Flanagan Ishapore 2A1 179-6V 2nd
David Knight AR-15 176-11V
Allen Harper 1917 enfield 174-1V 3rd
Eric Johnson 1868 Trapdoor 172-3V

Pistol Results:

Frank Burke Webley MK V 469-9X 1st
Eric Johnson Vaquero 455-15X 2nd
David Knight 92F 447-9X 3rd
Tan Nguyen Hipower 425-13X 4th
Curtis Choy P64 419-7X
Allen Flanagan CZ-52 398-5X
Allen Harper 1911 364-6X

July 2015 Vintage Military Rifle match Results

We had 8 shooters for the match today.  Theme was "Korea/Vietnam" and every shooter shot an elgible rifle.  We had many M1A's, along with two M1's, a soviet SKS and an AK, and a colt SP1.  I apologize for not having score sheets and for leaving one of the radios dead, we managed to make due in any case.  I also did not notice that there was a tie for a record score by Allen Flanagan with 100-9V slow fire prone with a semi-auto, and a new record by Eric Johnson with 100-8V for prone rapid with a semi-auto, congrats to both!  Eric also had a great offhand score of 94-3V!

Results:

Frank Burke Colt SP1 392-19V 1st
Allen Flanagan M1 382-15V 2nd
Eric Johnson M1A 380-17V 3rd
Allen Harper M1A 375-14V 4th
David Knight M1A 360-13V
Curtis Choy SKS 336-5V
Steve Christiansen M1 334-4V
Frank Calistro AK-47 178

July 4, 2015 Match Results

We had beautiful weather, about 75-80 degrees in the morning and 8 shooters came to enjoy what is left of our second amendment rights on this Independence day!  One of my Nephews from France was visiting and he tried both the rifle and pistol for the first time and did great.  He had no misses with the rifle, including offhand!  His pistol score was also great, he had four misses because he was pressing the trigger so lightly he was doing double taps accidentaly...but otherwise had no shots outside the scoring rings!  Thanks to Allen to bringing an American flag for everyone!  I got the OK from the doctor to start shooting again and I could tell it had been a while.  Bobby Keet came to shoot again, been a while since we had seen him.  Ed finally found all the parts for his revolver and was able to join us in the pistol match.


Results:

Rifle:

Frank Burke Swede 96 194-5V 1st
Allen Harper M-1A 187-8V 2nd
Ted Schrader 1903 186-4V 3rd
Allen Flanagan 1917 182-5V 4th
Curtis Choy Swede 96 179-4V
Ed Perry 1903 179-4V
Steve C. 1903A3 167-2V
Julien Delagrange Swede 96 153-1V

Pistol:(I forgot to bring the score sheet home so I am guessing at the results..forgive me if they are wrong)

Frank Burke VZ-61 477-32X 1st
Ed Perry SAA 442 2nd
Allen Flanagan 1917 429 3rd
Allen Harper 1911A1 414 4th
Curtis Choy Feg P9 412
Julien Delagrange VZ-61 406-6X
Bobby Keet Luger 350
Steve C M&P 329

june 2015 rifle match results

results courtesy of Allen Flanagan

Summary:  Good shoot, small but dedicated turnout, some nice, very old, very good shooting 100 YO rifles.  Was warm but not as hot as predicted.  5 Shooters shooting for score all had Rifle of the month to start.  David Knight had to call in reinforcements with his 1903A3 coming in relief of his vintage 1903 that came up with some ejection issues during the rapids.  John Benjamin shot 2  impressive rounds of exhibition with his Space Guns.

Rifle of the month:  100 Years Old vintage rifle

Results:  Allen F. Swiss M96/11   375-21 1st
Erik J.  US Krag         369-10 2nd
Allen H.  1896 Swede    366-14 3rd
Curtis C.  1896 Swede 356-6
David K.  1903 + 1903A3   363-6

exhibition:  John Benjiman (shooting a 10X target without puller)
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June 2015 Military Rifle/Pistol Results

We had beautiful weather and a very nice turnout today, glad to see everyone and the new shooters.  Welcome to Geoffrey and Luke, hope to see you again.  Eric brought a very nice sig barreled Remington 91 mosin that was converted by the finns to an M-24 guard rifle, very unusual.  Bob shot a very respectible score to win the rifle match.  Pistol scores were very good today.  Eric shot a personal best with his Lahti.  Since I was recovering from my bicep surgery I shot the match one handed, but my old colt still shot very well.

Rifle Results:

Bob Etzkorn M1 190-9V 1st
Allen Flanagan K-31 181-7V 2nd
Geoffrey Liljenwall 179-1V 3rd
Allen Harper 1903A3 178-3V 4th
David Knight 1903 176-2V 5th
Eric Johnson Finn M-24 173-8V
Niko Grimanis 1903A3 168-1V
Steve Christiansen 1903A3 167-1V
Curtis Choy 159-1V

Pistol Results:

Frank Burke Colt 1903 472-26X 1st
Eric Johnson Swedish Lahti 470-23X 2nd
Bob Etzkorn M&P 453-17X 3rd
Ed Perry SAA 427-14X 4th
Steve Christiansen SAA 407-5X 5th
Niko Grimanis P-38 399-12X 6th
Allen Harper 1911 397-6X
David Knight M9 196-6X
Geoffrey Liljenwall 362-5X
Curis Choy P-1 345-4X
Luke Liljenwall XDM 249-3X

May 2015 Rifle match results

Allen F ran the match since i was out recovering.

Allen wrote: 

We had 4 people show up not including me.  Since I only had 3 shooters going for score, we decided to forego awards and the $5 fee and just did a fun shoot.  We used minimal supplies - if there is a cost, i'll cover it.    Jon B. showed up and shot with his own materials and targets along with us - He said he'd like to do it again.  All shooters except Jon had a WW2 gun.

Attendees and scores:

Allen Harper                 M1 Garand     362-6 1st

Steve Christenson      M1 Garand      351-7 2nd

Curtis Choy                    Finn M 39   349 -7 3rd

Allen Flanagan              M1 Garand  385-23

Jon Benjamin              AR Spacegun (WW3 Class :))  793-46

May 2015 Military rifle/pistol match results

Where the heck was everyone?  They must have been fishing for salmon or dancing around the May-Pole, but they weren't shooting....sigh....Allen, David and I duked it out and we had Christopher join us for the pistol match.  Weather was great.  I had a really great day, considering my bicep problem, but forgot to bring any sighter ammo.  My swiss 96/11 was really on however, as my first shot was a 5 and I just kept going.  I was able to set a new record for bolt gun in the prone/offhand aggregate with a 199-9V dropping just one point in offhand.  Allen shot a very respectible score and David is starting to get his old form back with some practice and coaching.   Pistol was short and sweet, with David shooting his M-9 for the first time and Christopher joining us with a springfield mil-spec 45.

Results:

Rifle:
Frank Burke Swiss 96/11 199-9V 1st
Allen Flanagan M1 187-7V 2nd
David Knight M1 172-7V 3rd

Pistol:
Frank Burke Swiss 1892 Revolver 472-15X 1st
Allen Flanagan CZ-82 446-10X 2nd
David Knight M-9 411-5X 3rd
Christopher Ohland 1911A1 335-3X

Remaining rifle of the month themes..
May ww2
June 100 years or older
July Korea/Vietnam
August Semi-Auto Battle Rifles
October Sniper

April 2015 Military Rifle Match results

We had beautiful weather for the match today, match theme was ww1 and only one person was not shooting the rifle of the month.  Steve had some problems with his sight slipping so didn't finish this month.  Welcome to Ezra, and welcome back to David.  We were very close with Bob, Me and Allen just one point apart.  Allen shot a great score to win the match today, including a clean rapid fire prone with a very nice tight group in his rapid fire, and setting a new bolt RF prone record with 100-6V  Congrats!

Results:

Allen Flanagan 1903 385-22V 1st
Frank Burke 1888 Commission rifle 384-15V 2nd
Bob Etzkorn 1903 Mark 1 383-17V 3rd
Eric Johnson 1903 371-10V 4th
Allen Harper 1917 350-4V
David Knight 305-7V
Ezra ? Yugo Mauser 261-4V
Steve Christianson 1903 DNF

April 2015 Military Pistol and Rifle match Results

Nice day and turnout, Rob had his Uzi out and had a challenge getting it sighted in at 200 yards, but once he did he got several 4's and 5's in a row offhand, and also got two V's!   Eric had a very nice 100-10V prone and Steve Hodge had a great second match placing third.  Curtis had a beautiful Star Super Model B in the pistol match, very reasonably priced, very well made, a beautiful 9mm in a 1911 style grip frame.  Eric shot a great pistol score with his new Victory model.

Rifle Results:

Frank Burke Danish Krag 188-2V 1st
Eric Johnson 1903A3 185-10V 2nd
Steve Hodge M1 185-9V 3rd
Allen Flanagan 1903 184-7V 4th
Allen Harper M1(308) 179-7V 5th
Curtis Choy 1911 Swiss 176-4V
Ed Perry #4 enfield 172-4V
Steve Christianson M1 169-2V
Rob George Uzi 2V's

Pistol Results:

Frank Burke Colt 1903 475-31X 1st
Eric Johnson Victory Model 464-17X 2nd
Allen Flanagan Victory Model 442-9X 3rd
Ed Perry SAA 441-9X
Steve Christianson SAA 438-3X
Curtis Choy Star Super Model B 434-13X

March 2015 Vintage Military Rifle Match Results

Small turnout today, but nice weather and good scores.  Seems like half of us were suffering from shoulder, elbow or back pain:) but we struggled through.  Rifle of the month was "Mosin" represented by a few shooters.  Here are the results:

Frank Burke Finn M-39 383-20V 1st/ROM
Bob Etzkorn M1 377-16V 2nd
Ted Schrader M1 374-9V 3rd
Allen Flanagan Finn 28-76 373-11V
Steve Christianson M1 346-6V
Curtis Choy 91-30 341-5V 2nd ROM

March 2015 Military Rifle/Pistol match results

We had a great turnout and perfect weather today!  We met some new shooters, welcome Steve and the Knight father and son, and welcom back to Dan Lurvey  Hope to see you back again.  Steve Hodge's score was added incorrectly and his placement moved but didn't impact the awards.

Rifle Results:

Frank Burke Commission rifle 195-6V 1st
Ted Schrader 1903 185-5V 2nd
Allen Flanagan Finn 28/76 181-7V NFS
Ed Perry 1903 179-4V 3rd
Niko Grimanis 1903A3 177-3V 4th
Steve Christianson 1903A3 171-4V
Steve Hodge M1 170-7V
Allen Harper 1903 168-4V
Dan Lurvey M1 167-3V

Pistol Results:

Frank Burke VZ-61 476-28V 1st
Ed Perry SAA 453-14X 2nd
Allen Flanagan Highpower 453-12X 3rd
Steve Christianson SAA 440-9X
Niko Grimanis P-38 379-8X
Matt Schrader M&P 323-3X

February 2015 Match results

For our first informal match of the year we had a great turnout.  We had two shooters using military match rifles and the rest using legal vintage military rifles.  Curtis brought the "Flame thrower" M-44, Robert was getting so jumpy shooting next to him we asked him to yell "fire in the hole" before he shot, that seemed to help. Unfortunately Curtis forgot to unfold his bayonet for offhand and didn't figure out why he was getting so many shots way off center till halfway through.  I was able to shoot my 91/30 that I won back in 2006 in the first tcgc 5V match which is what started me on this whole rusty gun obsession.....It seemed to like the Hornady 150 .312 SST bullets just fine.  We issued the new awards this week, a pin with the V logo and people seemed to like them. Thanks to all who showed up and we'll see you next week for the official start of the season.

Frank

Results:

Frank Burke 91/30 192-1V 1st
Tim Roark Swede 96 match 187-12V
Ted Schrader M1 182-2V 2nd
Allen Flanagan Finn 28/76 178-5V 3rd
Dean Wygal 1903Mark1 178-4V 4th
Allen Harper 1917 Enfield 173-5V 5th
Robert George M1A 167-4V
Steve Christianson 1903A3 166-3V
Curtis Choy M-44 125-2V
Frank Calistro M1 110

October 2014 Rifle Match results

We had our final match of the year today, fortunately the rain held off till we were finished.  We started the match with offhand this time since the sun was out, and didn't shoot any sighters.  Everyone seemed to like this as they weren't so tired in the offhand stage.  Rifle of the month was "100 years or older" and was represented by two swede 96's and a swiss 1911 rifle.  Bob brought out his new special grade cmp M1 rifle.  Steve had a bit of trouble with a reload that cost him a few points, and Allen Harper had two PPU swede bullets go missing in an otherwise great rapid fire target.  Congrats to the top shooters, and hope to see you next March.

Frank

Results:

Frank Burke Swede 96 387-16V 1st, 1st ROM
Bob Etzkorn M1 372-15V 2nd
Allen Harper Swede 96 356-6V 3rd, 2nd ROM
Curtis Choy Swiss 1911 353-12V  3rd ROM
Steve Christiansen 1917 Enfield 333-2V

October Vintage Military Rifle/Pistol Match results 2014

What a perfect beautiful day!  10 shooters had a great time.  Scores were pretty close in both rifle and pistol.  Congrats to the top 50%.  Bob kept us awake with his M-44 "boomer"...and Ed shot a very respectible score with his Carbine and was joined by Will also shooting a carbine.  4th saturday of the month will be the final match of the season, ROM is 100 years or older, so your rifle has to be at least 100 years old.  That is just the theme, you are welcome of course to shoot any other eligible vintage military rifle. In pistol scores were close as well.  We had two yugo M-57's, Allen Just eaking out the other Allen for 4th place.  Bob shot a great score with his M&P.

Results:

Rifle:

Frank Burke Swiss 1870 Cadet Rifle 191-9V 1st
Allen Flanagan Swiss 96/11 188-9V 2nd
Curtis Choy M-48 Yugo 180-3V 3rd
Allen Harper 1917 Enfield 179-3V 4th
Steve Christiansen 1903A3 177-3V 5th
Ed Perry M1 Carbine 171-3V
Rob George M1 168-3V
Daniel Lurvey M1 167-5V
Bob Etzkorn M-44 mosin 162-2V
Will Muller M1 Carbine 137-2V

Pistol:

Frank Burke Radom P35 474-23X 1st
Bob Etzkorn M&P 464-9X 2nd
Ed Perry SAA 446-16X 3rd
Allen Flanagan Yugo M-57 424-7X 4th
Allen Harper 1911A1 423-9X
Steve Christiansen M&P 381-3X
Curtis Choy Yugo M57 351-3X