2019 Cowboy Silhouette
2019 Cowboy Lever Action Silhouette and Hunter Pistol Silhouette
Matches at Haltom City Rifle and Pistol Club
Location
Haltom City Rifle & Pistol Club, 2100 Minnis Drive, Haltom City, Texas 76117-0291.
Range Telephone: 817-834-8498
Match Dates
2nd Saturday of most months: January 12, February 9, March 9, April 14, May 13, June 8, August 10, September 14, October 12, 2019.
Match Times
Matches will run concurrently in Cowboy Lever Action and Hunter Pistol disciplines.
The range will be accessible at 8:00 a.m. for setup and practice.
Smallbore Cowboy Rifle and Smallbore Hunter Pistol matches will begin about 9:00 a.m.
Pistol Cartridge Cowboy Lever Action and Hunter Pistol matches will follow immediately at the conclusion of the Smallbore matches. The intention is for the range to be cleared by 2 p.m.
Rules
Current NRA Silhouette Rules will apply.
Classifications
Appropriate NRA Rifle Classification Systems will be utilized in these matches. There will be a separate class for unclassified competitors provided there are three or more unclassified shooters present; otherwise, unclassified competitors will compete in the highest available class. These matches are open to all.
Entry Fee
Entry fee will be $6.00 per person, per gun.
Fun Match
Targets will be available for non-competitors in a Fun Match Category using approved calibers.
The entry fee will be $6.00 per person, per gun.
Course of Fire
The course of fire will consist of ten or fifteen shots at chickens (40 meters), pigs (50 meters), turkeys (75 meters) and rams (100 meters), for a total of forty or sixty shots. Shots will be in five shot strings with a time limit of two minutes per string preceded by a thirty second ready period. Any competitor knocking down ten/fifteen straight animals will be allowed to fire at the conclusion of the match for national long run records.
Awards
Awards will be given to the high overall winner of the match and to the winners of each NRA classification provided there are at least three competitors in a class. Any class with less than three entries will shoot in the next higher class. Approximately half of the entry fees will be returned to the shooters.
In-A-Row pins will be awarded.
For further information contact:
Jerry Boydstun, HCRPC Silhouette Match Director
Phone: 817-738-7292 Cell: 817-980-1624
Email: j260boydstun@sbcglobal.net
August Silhouette Results
What heat advisory? Later in the day was only 100 and index over that. I do confess to my ‘northern’ friends who complain of the summer temperature here that it’s just like their nine months of winter: you just stay inside (here, after noon or so).
Greatly appreciate the help setting up, Friday afternoon (see above) was not the time to set up. Just shot 40 to get out as early as practical.
Notable: Steve Arceneaux drove from Brownwood to compete with us.
Smallbore Silhouette
High Over Everyone Else Preston Gibson 38 x 40
Next
Another Master Jerry Boydstun 31 (8 turkeys)
Not 2nd Master Kimbal Markwardt 31 (7 turkeys)
Most targets out of AAA Roy Shepard 29
Top AA
Close but not Top AA John Kemp 31
Centerfire Silhouette
Had the Best Spotter Rod Wooley 37 x 40
Good but Still Second Kimbal Markwardt 35
Again Top of AAA Roy Shepard 29
Also Again top of AA Steven Arceneaux 27
July 2019 Silhouette at HCRPC
Bright light to partly cloudy skies and COOL, for July temperatures made for a great day for shooting at the metal animals. Lots of help in setup and tear down was appreciated. Close competitions, forced us to lots of tie breakers, even to second animals tie breakers.
Match One
Smallbore Cowboy Silhouette Rifle
High Overall Preston Gibson 57 x 60
1st Master Larry Weir 55 (13 turkeys)
2nd Master Jerry Boydstun 55 (11 turkeys)
1st AAA David Briggs 43 (9 turkeys, 11 rams)
Vern Eaton 43 (9 turkeys, 8 rams, sorry Vern)
1st AA Chris Webster 37
High Unclassified Buster Roop 19
Smallbore Hunter Pistol
High Overall Mike Mosier 41
Fun Match
Winner Roy Shepherd 43 (scoped lever action .22)
Match Two
Pistol Cartridge Lever Action Silhouette Rifle
High Overall Mark Sternglanz 35 x 40 (9 turkeys, 9 rams)
1st Master Preston Gibson 35 (9 turkeys, 8 rams)
1st AAA Roy Shepherd 31
1st AA/A Chris Webster 20
High Unclassified Buster Roop 11
Hunter Pistol
High Overall Mike Mosier 21
HCRPC Half Scale Silhouette June 2019 Match
First time I DON’T set out both sets of animals and a whole bunch of shooters show up. Great crowd, 18 for Smallbore, 13 for Centerfire. New shooters from Lake Kiowa and Denison, existing shooters from Carrolton, Alvord, and Waco; enough Unclassified shooters to make their own class.
State Lever Action Silhouette Rifle match next weekend, maybe there was ‘practicing’ going on today.
Smallbore Cowboy Silhouette Rifle
High Overall Jerry Boydstun 37 x 40
1st Master Rod Wooley 34
1st AAA Vern Eaton 32
2nd AAA David Briggs 28
1st A John Kemp 30 Breaks out to AA with a AAA score
1st Unclassified Steve Doty 25 (Starts in AA class
2nd Unclassified Steve Davis 21 (starts in A)
Smallbore Hunter Pistol- Metallic Sights
High Overall Scott Clay
Pistol Cartridge Lever Action Silhouette Rifle
High Overall Preston Gibson 36 x 40
1st Master Jerry Boydstun 33
1st AAA Vern Eaton 32
2nd AAA Lorraine Markwardt 28
1st A Anthony Campus 24
2nd A John Kemp 22
1st Unclassified Steve Davis 21 (starts in A class)
May 2019Silhouette Report
Rain, rain, go away. Heard even the farmers are tired of it.
Range was all set up, thank you Mark Sternglanz for the help, overhead kept it off us, save a little water running through the firing line, but where were the shooters?
Rain quit in time to put it all away.
Everyone that shot won, something.
Smallbore Cowboy Silhouette Rifle
High Overall Mark Sternglanz 53 x 60
High Master Jerry Boydstun 47
First AAA Vern Eaton 51
First AA John Kemp 34
Fun Match Winner Charlie McClure 45
Pistol Cartridge Lever Action Silhouette Rifle
High Overall Mark Sternglanz 38 x 40
High Master Jerry Boydstun 37
First AAA Vern Eaton 30
First AA John Kemp 22
Fun Match Winner Charlie McClure 34
Hunter Pistol
High Overall Roy Shepard 28 x 40
April 2019 Silhouette Report
‘a whole lot of the city shut down’ was a quote I heard last Saturday. Weatherpersons were right for once, got 2.5”.Sure glad setup was Friday, and sure appreciated the help from Mark Sternglanz.
Rain, yes. Yes it did, but shooters stayed dry (save for the soles of our boots) under the overhead. Pull the reset ropes, shoot again. No Problem.
Smallbore Hunters Pistol
High Overall Roy Shepard 20 x 40
Smallbore Cowboy Silhouette Rifle
High Overall Jerry Boydstun 36 x 40
2nd
3rd
4th
Hunter Pistol
High Overall Roy Shepard 19 x 40
Pistol Cartridge Lever Action Silhouette Rifle
High Overall Kimbal Markwardt 35 x 40
2nd
3rd
4th
Got a .22, play our games or just come shoot for fun, first time’s free.
March 2019 Silhouette Report
Skeered of the forecasted rain, got the range setup Friday night. The line of thunderstorms had passed by match time, leaving bluebird skies, but many shooters reported waiting out or driving through rain, hail etc. to get here. Only had to endure a little (remember this is Texas) wind for the centerfire matches and wade the reappearance of the swamp/mud to paint and clean up.
One fun match shooter, one new shooter and one club member that got drafted to spot hits (and misses); interested enough to say he’d bring his own gun next month to try these half scale targets.
Smallbore Hunter Pistol
High Overall Roy Shepard 24 x 40
Smallbore Cowboy Silhouette Rifle
High Overall Charlie McClure 36 x 40
1st AAA Vern Eaton 25
1st AA Link Smith 25
1st A Vianney Bond 23
Hunter Pistol
High Overall Roy Shepard 30 x 40
Pistol Cartridge Lever Action Silhouette Rifle
High Overall Thomas Johnson 30 x 40
2nd David Briggs 26 (7 turkeys)
3rd Vern Eaton 26 (4 turkeys)
February 2019 Silhouette Report
Must have scared most of the shooters off with the mid-week weather report (29-44 degrees).
Heck, only 37 when we started, 37 with drizzle when we finished!
Eight hardy souls braved it all and it even took decent scores to win.
Smallbore Cowboy Silhouette Rifle
High Overall Joe Atwood 36 x 40 9 turkeys, 8 rams
High Master Jerry Boydstun 36 9 turkeys, 7 rams
1st AAA Roy Shepherd 32
Pistol Cartridge Lever Action Silhouette Rifle
High Overall Kimbal Markwardt 36 x 40
High Master Joe Atwood 34
1st AAA Roy Shepherd 32
January 2019 Silhouette Report
Welcome the New Year!! First match of the year, old guard, new shooters, even one watcher. All came out in the cold, wind and mud. Lots of wet and mud. Thanks to the diesel buggy we got all the targets placed, and to the resettable targets, we didn’t have to go downrange very often.
Smallbore Cowboy Silhouette Rifle
High Overall Jerry Boydstun 36 x 40
1st Master Preston Gibson 34
2nd Master Rod Wooley 32
1st AAA Roy Shepard 33
1st A Lincoln Smith 27
Pistol Cartridge Lever Action Silhouette Rifle
High Overall Thomas Johnson 32 x 40
1st Master Jerry Boydstun 28
1st A Lincoln Smith 22