Well, I made it home from Missoula through all the rain. We all had a great time and Mike Cassidy says that attendance was at an all time high for the Iron Man Northwest Regional Match. Weather was mild with some light rain. Shooting conditions were actuall very nice. So was the steak barbeque of course, thank you to Monica and everyone else who helped there.

Eric Boos won the Iron Man. Mind you that is a 320 shot aggregate score of both smallbore and high power. Shooting both rifles the same day can be a real head banger, at least it is for me. I don't have all the scores. I took the camera this time just for that purpose but Junior spent so much battery life looking at his photos in the camera that it died during the awards ceremony.

While we don't have the high jinks common to other matches we do have our own traditions and this year I believe I out did Crackers for equipment issues. It isn't that he didn't try, it's just that I believe I have attained Master class when it comes to failure. Crackers was sure he had a genuine crisis when the the JB's smeared patches he was putting through his barrel kept coming out black. Sorry Crackers, you gotta try harder than that to beat my high power gun on which Everything came loose, the action screws, the upper scope ring screws and the ring-to-base screws. At one point I had to leave the firing line for a screw driver because the gun was rattling each time I mounted it and no, you can't hold it together with your fingers when you shoot. For those who complained about the alabi shots, don't worry, I didn't have the gun rezeroed and didn't get any points. JerryG though was actually able to get me back on target after a few shots with his knowledge of what the approximate come ups some great spotting and we finished the high power matches having created three different sets of zeros! Thanks, Jerry, I owe you a lot. I really would have bought you good beer for all that work but you insisted on that thin stuff. Word to the wise, clean the screws with acetone or lacquer thinner when installing.

Thanks also to all the folks around the campfire each night. It was lots of fun as were all the good friends.

Would some one please post all the scores?

Glad to hear you made it home safe Dave. I'll have to agree this is one of the funest matchs I have been to. Thanks to Mike and Monica, and all the other people who helped with the steak dinner, it was awesome. I got to Missoula on friday afternoon, went to the range to site in the highpower with 78 degree weather and mosquitos so thick it was almost impossible to shoot and swat them away. Saturday it turned out to be in the upper 40's low 50's brrrrrrrr, needles to say didnt need the bug spray from walmart . Congrats to Eric and all the Pe Ell boys who managed to take home most of the awards. I'll also have to agree with Dave its not easy to shoot smallbore in the morning and highpower in the afternoon, I could barely hold the gun up sunday afternoon. Oh by the way Dave at least you rememberd to load powder in all your rounds , its a funny thing when the gun goes click and you try to put another round in the camber but cant because the bullet got pushed out from the primer and now you need to hurridly find a cleaning rod to get the bullet out. One out of ten rams is no fun. But had a great time none the less and will definatley be back next year.

Yeah, that stuck bullet trick was my only real competition in the race for the bottom. The trick is not to let it get to your head. I saw Jared Perry use a borrowed gun to win the Bernhart cup when his scope went south. If he can do it then we can too. Besides, now you got a good story and I bet you bring a cleaning rod to the next match!

Iron Man Scores

Smallbore Standard Rifle
Name Class Match 1 Match 5 Aggr Placing

Bickel, Sam M 12 20 32
Boos, Eric M 32 36 68
Cairns, Keith M 30 32 62
Davis, Paul M 33 38 71 1st overall
DeJean, Rich M 23 13 36
Hall, Mathew M 32 30 62
Kamp, Tyler (Jr) M 37 32 69 3rd overall - shoot-off
Martinen, Dennis M 32 37 69
McAbery, Chuck M 32 32 64
Perkins, Eric (Jr) M 32 25 57
Terzi, Pete M 28 33 61
Wooster, Steve M 29 27 56


Doerr, Gary AAA 19 20 39
Galleger, Bruce AAA 18 23 41
Grenz, Jerry AAA 21 28 49
Kamp, Ron AAA 28 32 60
Larned, Dave AAA 25 20 45
Link, Kendall AAA 23 23 46
Link, Kurt AAA 29 29 58
Malmberg, Gary AAA 16 18 34
Marsh, Rocky AAA 26 26 52
Mellor, Ernie AAA 24 25 49
Mullins, Jim AAA 28 28 56
Peter, Loren AAA 33 34 67 1st class
Sebesta, Roger AAA 31 32 63
Smith, Gerry AAA 29 22 51
Snider, PJ (Jr) AAA 28 35 63 2nd class - shoot off
Throop, Wes AAA 21 23 44
Wilson, ReAnn (Jr) AAA 34 35 69 2nd overall - shoot-off


Cassidy, Mike AA 28 26 54 2nd class
Cassidy, Monica AA 19 16 35
Jeffrey, Bob AA 24 24 48
Kien, Terry AA 23 29 52
Mobley, Bryson (Jr) AA 24 25 49
Mulkey, Jerry AA 19 19 38
Porter, Tom AA 21 21 42
Rayment, Rachel (Jr) AA 24 24 48
Schofield, Gordon AA 15 21 36
Wilson, Jenna (Jr) AA 30 27 57 1st class


Marsh, Sarah A 14 12 26
Nelson, Ticer (Jr) A 18 21 39 1st class
Rayment, Fay A 16 12 28
Rayment, Harry A 18 20 38 2nd class


Cole, Larry B 9 9 18
Nelson, Lee B 8 11 19 2nd class
Yager, Rachel (Jr) B 15 18 33 1st class

Smallbore Hunter Rifle
Name Class Match 2 Match 6 Aggr Placing

Bickel, Sam M 17 16 33
Boos, Eric M 37 37 74 1st overall
Cairns, Keith M 35 30 65
Davis, Paul M 34 36 70 2nd overall
DeJean, Rich M 25 16 41
Hall, Mathew M 29 31 60
Kamp, Ron M 28 31 59
Kamp, Tyler (Jr) M 30 33 63
Marsh, Rocky M 25 24 49
Martinen, Dennis M 30 34 64
McAbery, Chuck M 26 29 55
Perkins, Eric (Jr) M 31 31 62
Peter, Loren M 34 34 68 3rd overall
Sebesta, Roger M 27 29 56
Snider, PJ (Jr) M 33 30 63
Terzi, Pete M 30 32 62
Wilson, ReAnn (Jr) M 35 26 61
Wooster, Steve M 27 30 57



Doerr, Gary AAA 19 19 38
Galleger, Bruce AAA 14 21 35
Grenz, Jerry AAA 20 15 35
Jeffrey, Bob AAA 22 22 44
Kien, Terry AAA 22 18 40
Larned, Dave AAA 31 28 59 2nd class
Link, Kendall AAA 25 19 44
Link, Kurt AAA 34 28 62 1st class
Malmberg, Gary AAA 14 19 33
Mellor, Ernie AAA 26 25 51
Mullins, Jim AAA 23 25 48
Smith, Gerry AAA 27 28 55
Throop, Wes AAA 17 31 48



Cassidy, Mike AA 17 21 38
Cassidy, Monica AA 20 23 43
Mobley, Bryson (Jr) AA 22 28 50 1st class
Mulkey, Jerry AA 14 18 32
Mullins, Jeanie AA 20 21 41
Porter, Tom AA 16 21 37
Rayment, Rachel (Jr) AA 22 20 42
Wilson, Jenna (Jr) AA 24 23 47 2nd class
Rayment, Harry A 18 16 34



Cole, Larry B 7 9 16
Nelson, Lee B 11 7 18
Nelson, Ticer (Jr) B 17 18 35 1st class
Rayment, Fay B 14 14 28 2nd class - shoot off
Rockwell, Sunny B 12 16 28
Yager, Rachel (Jr) B 12 13 25


Highpower Standard Rifle
Name Class Match 3 Match 7 Aggr Placing

Boos, Eric M 32 31 63 1st overall
Cairns, Keith M 25 30 55
Davis, Paul M 30 28 58 3rd overall
Martinen, Dennis M 32 17 49
Terzi, Pete M 20 25 45
Wooster, Steve M 29 30 59 2nd overall


Bickel, Sam AAA 16 18 34
DeJean, Rich AAA 21 18 39
Kamp, Ron AAA 18 23 41 2nd class
Kamp, Tyler (Jr) AAA 25 26 51 1st class
Peter, Loren AAA 23 --- 23
Mulkey, Jerry AAA 12 16 28


Hall, Mathew AA 21 13 34
Kien, Terry AA 17 19 36 2nd class
Malmberg, Gary AA 14 10 24
Marsh, Rocky AA 18 --- 18
Mullins, Jim AA 22 20 42 1st class
Sebesta, Roger AA 14 19 33
Smith, Gerry AA 16 15 31
Throop, Wes AA 12 5 17


Cassidy, Mike A 11 10 21
Doerr, Gary A 19 17 36
Larned, Dave A 22 16 38 2nd class
Link, Kendall A 24 15 39 1st class
Link, Kurt A 12 17 29


Church, Roy B 2 1 3
Rayment, Fay B 10 12 22 2nd class
Rayment, Harry B 12 12 24 1st class
Rayment, Rachel (Jr) B 9 5 14


Highpower Hunter Rifle
Name Class Match 4 Match 8 Aggr Placing

Boos, Eric M 28 31 59 1st overall - shoot off
Cairns, Keith M 26 31 57 3rd overall
Davis, Paul M 31 28 59 2nd overall - shoot off
Martinen, Dennis M 23 26 49
Terzi, Pete M 26 24 50
Wooster, Steve M 25 24 49


Bickel, Sam AAA 18 15 33
DeJean, Rich AAA 16 17 33
Hall, Mathew AAA 25 22 47 2nd class
Kamp, Ron AAA 28 20 48 1st class
Kamp, Tyler (Jr) AAA 21 20 41
Peter, Loren AAA 21 --- 21
Throop, Wes AAA 21 25 46
Mulkey, Jerry AAA 17 17 34


Doerr, Gary AA 20 19 39 2nd class
Jeffrey, Bob AA 15 20 35
Kien, Terry AA 18 17 35
Malmberg, Gary AA 15 8 23
Sebesta, Roger AA 19 15 34
Larned, Dave AA 23 21 44 1st class


Cassidy, Mike A 15 21 36 1st class
Link, Kendall A 19 -- 19
Porter, Tom A 9 13 22
Rayment, Harry A 14 8 22 2nd class
Rayment, Fay B 7 10 17

Iron Man Aggragate


Eric Boos 264 The Iron Man

Tyler Kamp 224 The Iron Man Junior

Dennis Martinen 231 The Iron Man Senior

ReAnn Wilson 130 The Iron Man Woman

Congrats to Byrson with his Wooster rifle on his fine score. Keep it up Byrson.

Innocent Mary

WHOA - what's with all the Juniors??? Good Gravy. Someone needs to cripple these guys... Us old guys don't stand a chance!

Seriously though, that's just awesome they're doing so well at these events!! You guys have pics to post?

Good job guys!!!

I have only a few. See above regarding Junior's use of the camera. An appeal to Harry might get some photos online. He's our official photographer which helps with us compulsive obsessives who can only think of shooting guns and eating steak.

BTW, Mordecai, where where you?

I keep trying to post my few photos but can't get it to work. Any instructions?

You may have thought the weather was nice but I froze to death. It rained but the wind was nice to us. My personal highlight was finaly shooting a AAA score again. It has been a long struggle for me.

For only having a few highpower matches under his belt, Dave impressed me with his holds so we could "0" his rifle while shooting the match. By the way, he got bumped a class during the match because of his scores.