May 20/21, 2023 is in the books.  Nine brave souls decided to battle it out this weekend.  The weekend started out Friday with many coming in early to practice and for some of us load develop as well.  Wind was twitchy as usual with the Alberta wildfire haze in the air.  Some struggled and some felt okay going into the first match Saturday AM.  Conditions for the day were high teens to low 20 with some switchy winds.

Saturday greeted us with cooler temps in the morning for the LV100.   It warmed up to around 26deg by early afternoon.  Winds were readable and very consistent.  There was none of this quick, switchy wind direction changes.  With the smoke and cloud cover mirage was basically non existant.  Some shot slow and steady across the board whilst not shooting anything really small or anything really big.  Phil Nick came out on top.  Then there were those of us who struggled.  As for me, if I was a better keeper of notes, things may go differently.  Thus, I decided to switch rifles as I did have notes for a load that worked.  Glad I did.

After a short lunch break it was into the HV100.  Again conditions were mild and readable.  This time Grant Schick had his heavy working for him as he was top dog in the HV100.  For the mild conditions there were a lot of puzzled looks at various times.  Was it load, was it me, is it the scope, did I miss something in the wind, is it my front bag or rear bag.  Regardless, there was a lot of chuckles and heckling along the way.

Sunday morning greeted us with much cooler temperatures and the wind.  Yes the ever changing switchy Selkirk winds.  Today there was no such thing as consistent winds and flags.  The mirage also decided to show up.  You had better be on the ball.  When the dust settled in the HV200, Tory Phinn  was the only one who managed to not shoot a group over 1" and became the HV200 winner.

The afternoon brought us to the final leg and the LV200.  The conditions never let up.  Unfortunately for Selkirk's newest BR shooter Curtis Peyson, whom  was recruited thru BR101, Target 1 was not so forgiving.  He managed to get 2 shots before trouble insued.  Missing primers in loaded cases.  Unfortunately for Curtis this would have a hug impact.  By the time the nearest shooter realized he was in some sort of trouble it was basically to late to lend a rifle to finish the group off.  Thanks Tory for trying.  Curtis ended up with a dreaded 6" penalty.  If it not for this penalty on the first target he was well on his way to give us a beat down in the LV200.  The eventual winner was myself, Cal Yanchycki

After the scoring was all tabulated, the HV Grand went to Grant Schick, the LV Grand to Ron McDaniel, and the overall 2 Gun to Grant Schick. Small group awards went to LV100 Tory Phinn, LV200 Cal Yanchycki, HV100 Grant Schick and HV200 Grant Schick.

The decision was also made to award the Everett Amundgard HV Grand Aggregate award along with the Jim Smola 2 Gun award.  Both of these gentlemen were long time shooters in Selkirk during the early years.  Grant told a little history about them.  Grant was fortunate to win both of the awards.  Grant last won these in 1993 and 1991 respectively.  1993 the Everett Amundgard and 1991 the Jim Smola.  It was a long time come for him.  Traditionally these are awarded in August after the Selkirk Provincial match.  Due to hosting the BRSC Nationals the end of July, the decision was made to not have the August Provincial Match.

Regardless of everything that went on, good, bad, or ugly I am sure we all enjoyed the weekend of Heckles and chuckles.  Thanks go out to Tory and Curtis for providing donuts and muffins.  Chelsea Schick for running and scoring the match.  Carmen McDaniel for helping Chelsea and learning how things run on Sunday.   She may be our future scorer.

The next and final match of the year will be the BRSC Nationals July 29/30, 2023.  Hope to see everyone from far and wide there.  Currently we have 27 registered of a possible 28.  Registrations run from NW Ontario all the way to Vancouver Island.  Sure would be awesome if everyone could make it.  It looks to be a great shoot.  I will be touching base with all registrants in early July to confirm.

Final note, not mentioning any names, we currently have 4 prize donors that are worth the price of admission alone and waiting to hear from a few more.

Hope to talk and see y'all soon.

Cal Yanchycki



 

This year only 2 group matches are planned.  The matches are as follows:

May 20/21 LV/HV 100/200

July 28-30 BRSC Nationals  28th practice day followed by
29th LV100 and HV100
30th HV200 and LV200

The usual format for the matches and practice for those wanting the day B4.

Hope to see everyone in May & July

Calvin

Only a few days away.  Looks like it is still going to be wet and rainy.  Rain starting today with it getting heavier throughout the weekend.  Bring your boots,
raingear, and umbrellas......😭😭

The dates are as follows:

May 14/15 LV/HV 100/200 Yard
Aug 13/14 LV/HV 100/200 Yard Provincials

Practice will be on the Friday of the match weekend.

Saturday will be LV 100 in AM followed by HV 100
Sunday will be HV 200 AM followed by LV 200

Match fee is $40.00/day, $80.00 for the entire weekend.

This is a BRSC Sanctioned match so a current BRSC membership is required unless a 1st time shooter to a BRSC Match.  Membership is $25.00/year.  They can be paid prior to match or better yet read the Membership renewal post and pay directly to the membership chair.

Coffee and water is on hand.  Food is your responsibility.

Accommodations at the Selkirk inn, Canalta or South Beach Casino.

As a FYI, after range upgrades and CFO orders, intermediate backstops were installed at 25, 50 and 100 yards.  Standard length poles approx 4' are good to 100 yards.  Beyond that, 6' to 8' required.

Hope to see some of you out.

Looks like another good series.

https://youtu.be/qFTypsX0wqo

What is there to say?

As you may well know MB is looking like one of the last provinces to start opening up.  As of 12 AM Saturday,  outside group sizes are increasing for up to 5 people from 2 different households plus your individual household.  This is a great thing.

Grant and I have been on the fence of whether or not this will happen.  I have corresponded with a few people on this and they have asked that we hold off making a decision.  The hardest part is trying to decide how long to wait to make a decision.  We want to be fair to those that plan on traveling.

What I will say is of you have had your shot and not your second, my suggestion get the second.  If you have not heard, MB is in talks with the provinces to open up inter provincial travel with no isolation time if you have both shots.  Currently if you travel to MB you are to self isolate for 10 or 14 days.  If you have had the shots they are planning to drop that requirement.

Fingers crossed that this will pan out.

Calvin
 

Just checking to see if anyone may happen to have any of the following.

30BR Wilson in-line seater
Harrel's #3 sizing die
Neck bushings in .324, .325, .326

Maybe even a box of NEW lapua 6BR brass

Text  1-204-570-1956
email  cyanchyc@live.ca

Thanks in advance

Calvin

As usual 2 matches this year.

May 16 & 17 2020
LV & HV

August 15 & 16 2020
Selkirk Benchrest Shooters Provincials
LV & HV

The usual practice will be on Friday.  Coffee and doughnuts will be on.

Hope to see you there the good Lord willing.

Calvin

Does anyone have one at a reasonable price they are willing to part with?

3/8x16

Calvin
1-204-570-1956

After almost 40 years the Selkirk Game and Fish has had a firing line facelift.

A lot of money and effort has gone into the rebuild for the membership.  Hopefully the membership will enjoy for another 40 years. 

A few photos.