Historical Winter Shoot

January 14, 2012

The Arms Collectors would like to publicly thank the Association of New Jersey Rifle and Pistol Clubs for the use of their Cherry Ridge Range Facility, located near Vernon, NJ. Due to circumstances beyond our control, we could not hold this shoot without their greatly appreciated help.

In memory of the hardships faced by friend and foe alike in the many winter campaigns from the American Revolution through present day hunting in Winter Alaska, The New Jersey Arms Collectors Club was proud to sponsor our Annual Historical Winter Shoot featuring arms used in Winter Conflicts 1775 - 2012.

Shooters were encouraged to wear appropriate battle dress for this occasion. Weather reports placed the early morning temperatures in the teens, but by the time shooting started, the temperature had risen to the low 20's.

Lou Sonnenberg arrived early and was totally prepared for the cold. He had a Coleman stove and coffee pot and offered up some great Chicken Noodle Soup, coffee and hot chocolate. - Thank you Louis.

Dave Johnson and Rich Gajda handled targets and registration. We had over 40 participants in the shoot and all but one contest had entrants. Tom Plante brought the target frames. Rich Gajda helped Tom with the scoring.

Our usual "chef" Joe Lutz was out with a severe cold, so Chuck Collins filled in with cooking Hot Dogs, Kielbasa, Kraut, and beans. Chuck did an excellent job and there were no complaints.

Stan Gurski, our shoot chairman ran the line as usual. Following a quick meeting to discuss procedures and safety, the shoot got underway about 10:00AM.

In addition to the Usual Suspects, we had a new Young Warrior, and a couple of women shooters as well. However, our women shooters never turned in a score, so the Sarah Palin Trophy was not awarded.

We had one entry for Balkan Front, but the rifle used was wrong for the match, so we had no entries for that match either.

Shooters were asked to score their own targets, and Rich Gajda and Tom Plante verified the scores. Several targets actually scored higher than indicated. The matches ended by 3:00 but scoring was just completed by 3:45. Trophies were handed out and everyone went home happy.

Most of the benches were used as we had more than 35 shooters enter the match.

Copies of all winning targets have been scanned and can be seen by clicking on the score.

HISTORICAL WINTER SHOOT RESULTS Saturday January 16, 2010 ANJRPC Cherry Ridge Range Canistear Road, Vernon, NJ PUBLIC WAS INVITED
ENTRY FEE:	Members: $5 /Event or $20.00 for 5 or more events, $2.00 Reentry Non-Members: $10.00.Event or $30 for 5 or more events, $2.00 Reentry (Included lunch and hot beverages)
PRIZES:	TROPHY TO BEST IN EACH CLASS
FIREARMS:	Curios and Relics of the period-Original Stocks and sights
CONTESTS:	*All contests are 10 rounds in 2 Minutes at 100 Yards - Any position including bench rest unless otherwise noted.** *NOTE: All guns must be fired from shoulder unless excused for medical reasons
SHOOT CHAIRMAN	Stan Gurski GurskiLTC@aol.com

SUMMARY

Some of our past regulars were notably absent this year. Top shots, Troy Iloski, and Russ Pastena were absent. However several of our perrennial champions returned this year.

Andy Gisondi won Winter Sniper and Heurtengen Forest

Paul Murphy won FIVE events (3 uncontested - but still with excellent scores)

Matt Belcastro brought his Brown Bess, Kentucky Rifle, and his IV Enfield to win three events.

John Rountree and his son entered the "Fredricksburg" Contest and shot great scores. John shot a 90, but Scott won with a 93!

Winning Results are below:

CONTEST	WINNER	FIREARM	Score
1) Battle of Trenton Any Flintlock Smoothbore	Matt Belcastro	Brown Bess Musket	13
2) Mountain Man Civilian Percussion or Flint Rifle	Matt Belcastro	Kentucky Rifle Flint	83
3) Fredricksburg Any Civil War Muzzloader	Scott Rountree	C-W Musket	93-1X
4) Winter War Any Finnish or Russian Mosin Nagant	Dan Shannahan	Finnish Mosin Nagant	46-2X
5) Balkan Front Any Yugoslav, Austrian, Italian, Bulgarian, Romanian or Greek WWII bolt action rifle	No Entries
6) Eastern Front Semi-Auto G-41, G-43, Tokarev 38 and 40	Herb Kuehne	Tokarev SVT-40	36
7) Battle of the Bulge Bolt 98K, 'O3 Springfield, Enfield III, IV, M17 Enfield	Matt Belcastro	IV Enfield .303 Cal	45-3X
	Ralph Gianella	#4 MK1 Enfield .303 Cal	45-1X
8) Battle of Heurtgen Forest M1 Garand, G-43, G-41	Andy Gisondi	M1 Garand	35
9) Scandanavian Bolt Swedish Mauser, Norwegian or Danish Krag	Paul Murphy	Swedish Mauser	40-2X
10) Alpine Defense Any Swiss, Italian French, Austrian Mil. Bolt or Semi Auto	Paul Murphy	K11 Swiss Schmidt-Rubin	42-3
11) Chosin Resevoir M1 Garand, Mosin Nagant, Japanese 38, 99, or Mauser 98	Paul Murphy	Mosin Nagant 91/30	49-5X
12) Afghan Hills Any NJ Legal Semi Auto in 5.56, 7.62 Nato, 7.62 x 39, 5.45 x 39	Jack Stankiewicz	AR-15	50-6X
13) Klondike Any Black Powder Cartridge Firearm	Paul Murphy	Winchester 1886	38-2X
14) Alaskan Hunter Any Sporter Rifle in Sporterized Military (iron sights)	Paul Murphy	Winchester 1886	36
15)Winter Sniper Orig. Military Sniper Rifle w/orig. Optics 1 Shot -100 Yards	Andy Gisondi	Mosin-Nagant 91/30	X
16) Polar Bear Any Sport, Military or Police Rifle W/Iron Sights or Scope (Non-GI Optics, .270 Cal or Larger)	Martin Masters	8mm Mauser	41
17) Sarah Palin Trophy Any Female Shooter	No Entries
18) Young Warrior Any Shooter Under 18 Years Old Shooter	Will Cunningham	.22 Mag (Winter Olympian)	72
19) Winter Plinker Any .22 Rimfire	Ben Masters	.22 Rimfire	45
19) Winter Olympian Any .22 Rimfire	Jack Stankiewicz	Savage .17 HMR	50-3x

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