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2009 MT State High Power Shooting Schedule
2009 MONTANA HIGH POWER SCHEDULE
As of 11 May 09


(* and BOLD type indicates addition or change from last schedule posted to MtRPA website)
Be sure to contact the match sponsor for a program and for preregistration

HPR – High Power Rifle (XTC – Cross the Course; LR – Long Range); VMR – Vintage Military Rifle;
Leagues and Postal Matches:
none
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Practice Matches:
Billings: High Power Rifle: 1st weekend of Jan, Feb, Mar –YRC range, High Power Practice 500 Agg NMC matches: depends on weather conditions, Not NRA Approved -- Steve Albright

*Logan: MWA range: High Power Rifle Practice Matches:. contact Merrill Arbuckle
Scheduled dates are: April 2, 16, 30; May 14,28;June 11, 25; July 9, 23; and August 6 and 20


Fired Matches: 2009
****JANUARY–FEBRUARY-MARCH
Jan 3-4; 10-11; 17-18; 24-25; 31-

Feb 1; 7-8; 14-15; 21-22; 28-
(Feb 16 – Presidents Day)

Mar 1; 7-8; 14-15; 21-22; 28-29
(Mar 8 - Daylight Savings Time Begins)

****APRIL
Apr 4-5

Apr 11-12 (Apr 12 – Easter)
Apr 18-19

Apr 25-26
Apr 25 HPR: Butte: Spring Warm-up Match. (includes High Power Training) ; NRA Approved 800 Agg; Don Strom (MRPA AR-15 Service rifles issued at this match – --contact Matt Egloff or Zona Mowrer for details on issue and use of these weapons)
(Apr 25 HPR: Cody WY: High Power Rifle XTC –Dave Ferante)

****MAY
May 2 HPR-LR: Billings-YRC: 3X600yd Prone; Match, Service, F-Class, 600 Agg - Steve Albright/Neil Adams
May 3 HPR: Billings-YRC: High Power; 800 Agg, NRA Approved – Steve Albright
(May 2-3 HPR Bismarck ND: 2nd Long Range, 3rd 800 Agg – Leon Nesja)

May 9-10 (May 10 – Mother’s Day)
Cancelled(May 9-10 HPR: Worland WY: 9h XTC High Power, 10th 1000yd LR, -- Nick Nickerson )

May 16-17
May 16 HPR: Anaconda: High Power; 800 Agg, NRA Approved – Dick Miller (200 yd course)
May 17 HPR-LR: Butte: High Power; 800 Agg, NRA Approved + Long Range Match – Don Strom
May 16 HPR: Circle: High Power; 800 Agg, NRA Approved – Mitch Olson (300 yd course)
May 17 HPR: Glendive: High Power; 800 Agg, NRA Approved – Terry Pedersen (100 yd course)


May 23-24 (May 25 – Memorial Day)
May 24 HPR: Missoula, Deep Creek Range; 800 Agg, NRA Approved - Matt Egloff
May 25 HPR: Missoula, Deep Creek Range; Long Range-Palma Format, NRA Approved - Matt Egloff

May 30-31
*May 30 HPR: Baker, MT -- 800 Agg High Power rifle, 100 reduced? - contact Mike Stark
(May 30 HPR: Cody WY: High Power Rifle XTC –Dave Ferante)


****JUNE
June 6 VMR: Billings-YRC: Vintage Mil Rifle, 500 agg - Steve Albright
June 7 HPR: Billings-YRC: High Power; 800 Agg, NRA Approved – Steve Albright

June 13-14
June 13 HPR: Anaconda: High Power; 800 Agg, NRA Approved – Dick Miller (200 yd course)
June 14 HPR+VMR: Butte: High Power; 800 Agg, NRA Approved + Vintage Military Rifle Match – Garand and Earlier, US and Foreign – Don Strom
(June 13-14 HPR: Cody WY: WY State Prone Champs. 300, 600, 900yd –NRA Match Rifle or F-Class-- Dave Ferrante)
(June 13-14 HPR: Bismarck, ND: 13th Palma, 14th 800 Agg – Leon Nesja)

June 20-21 (June 21 – Father’s Day)


June 27-28
June 27-28 HPR: Missoula, Deep Cr Range: MT State High Power Championships, NRA Registered, 1000agg , Rifle EIC LEG match: -- Matt Egloff
(June 27-28 HPR Grand Forks, ND: HP Regional w LEG, Team – Denny Coulter)

****JULY
July 4-5 (July 4th – Independence Day)

July 11-12
July 11 HPR: Anaconda: High Power; 800 Agg, NRA Approved – Dick Miller (200 yd course)
July 12 HPR+LR: Butte: High Power; 800 Agg, NRA Approved + Long Range Match – Don Strom
(July 11-12 HPR: Cody WY: WY State High Power Champs, -- Dave Ferante)
(July 11-12 HPR: Bismarck, ND: 11th Palma, 12th 800 Agg – Leon Nesja)

July 18-19
July 17 Opening Ceremony for Big Sky State Games – See State Games Program for complete listing of Shooting Events and Entry
July 18 SB-R: BSG- Laurel – Smallbore Rifle Prone and Position
July 19 HPR: BSG Billings-YRC, High power rifle – AM, 500pt Agg – Steve Albright


July 25-26
July 25 HPR: Butte: High Power; 800 Agg, NRA Approved - Don Strom
July 26 HPR-LR: Butte: Aggregate 600-800yds (match rifle, service rifle and F-class)– Don Strom
(July 25-26 HPR Grand Forks, ND: ND St HP Champs w LEG, Team – Denny Coulter)

Camp Perry, OH -- dates for 2009 National Matches: (dates as of 5 Dec 08)
(July 13-14- Pistol SAFS; July 14-18 - NRA Pistol Matches; July 19 – National Trophy Pistol Matches; July 22-25 - SBR 3 Pos Matches; July26-30 – SBR Prone; Aug 1-2 – HP SAFS; Aug 3-8 – CMP Rifle Matches; Aug 5 - Whistler Boy HP match; Aug 9 – NRA/Springfield Armory Match; Aug 10-14 - NRA Natl HP Matches; Aug 15-19 – NRA Long Range Matches)


****AUGUST

Aug 1 VMR: Billings-YRC: Vintage Mil Rifle, 500 agg - Steve Albright
Aug 2 HPR: Billings-YRC: High Power; 800 Agg, NRA Approved – Steve Albright

Aug 8-9

Aug 15-16
Aug 15 HPR: Circle: High Power; 800 Agg, NRA Approved – Mitch Olson (300 yd course)
Aug 16 HPR: Glendive: High Power; 800 Agg, NRA Approved – Terry Pedersen (100 yd course)
Cancelled(Aug 15-16 HPR: Worland WY: 15h XTC High Power, 16th 1000yd LR, -- Nick Nickerson)

Aug 22-23

Aug 29-30 HPR: Billings-YRC; Regional High Power; NRA Registered, 1000 AGG + Team + LEG, -- Steve Albright

****SEPTEMBER
Sept 5-6 (Sept 7 – Labor Day)

Sept 12-13
Sept 12 HPR: Butte: MT State Service Rifle Championships, NRA Registered, 800 AGG +LEG, Don Strom; (MR&PA DCM rifles turned in at SSR match)
Sept 13 HPR: Butte: SSR CMP Rifle EIC 500 Agg (morning)– Don Strom
Sept 13 VMR: Butte: Vintage Military Rifle, 500 agg (afternoon)– Don Strom

(Sept 12-13 HPR: Bismarck, ND, Long Range Regional – Leon Nesja)

Sept 19-20

Sept 26-27
Sept 26-27 HPR: Missoula, Deep Creek Range: MT High Power Long Range Champs – Matt Egloff
Sept 26 HPR: Glendive: The Garand Match (CMP approved) 500 Agg, (100yds) -- Terry Pedersen

****OCTOBER
Oct 3-4
Oct 4 HPR: Billings-YRC: The Billings Garand Match (not approved) 500Agg-- Steve Albright

Oct 10-11; 17-18; 24-25; 31

****NOVEMBER-DECEMBER
Nov 1; 7-8; 14-14; 21-22; 28-29
(Nov 1 -Daylight Savings Time Ends)
(Nov 10 - USMC B-Day)
(Nov 11 – Veteran’s Day)
(Nov 26 – Thanksgiving Day)


Dec 5-6; 12-13; 19-20; 26-27
(Dec 25th Christmas Day)

2010
Jan 2-3

Sponsor Information
NAME City phone email _____________ club website
**************Anaconda Rifle Club-- Anaconda
Dick Miller HPR Anaconda (406) 536-2532 warbucks@imine.net
Bill Bisch SB-R Anaconda (406) 563-3161 no email

****************Baker Rifle Club - Baker, MT
Mike Stark HPR 406-588-3861

****************Bozeman Rifle Club – Fair Grounds -- Bozeman
Don Strom Pistol Whitehall (406) 490-2303 ratgun6@hotmail.com
Tom Everett SB-R Bozeman (406) 388-9076 teverett@bigsky.net

**************Butte Gun Club -- Rocker Range www.buttegunclub.org
Matt Egloff HPR Butte (406) 782-5704 Kragjorgensen@bresnan.net
Don Strom HPR Whitehall (406) 490-2303 ratgun6@hotmail.com


**********************Circle Rifle Club ---- Circle
Mitch Olson HPR Sidney (406) 488-4233 mitch@midrivers.com


*******Headwaters Rifle Club – MWA range -- Logan www.manhattanwildlifeassociation.com
Merrill Arbuckle – High Power Merrill4055@aol.com

**************Hellgate Civilian Shooters -- Missoula
Matt Egloff HPR Butte (406) 782-5704 Kragjorgensen@bresnan.net


**************Great Falls Shooting Sports Complex.-- Great Falls
Hal Evans VMR G Falls (406)454-2906

**************Trails End Rifle and Pistol Club -- Glendive
Terry Pedersen HPR Glendive (406) 377-6836 tpedersen@midrivers.com

*************Yellowstone Rifle Club -- Billings www.yrc.org/
Steve Albright HPR Billings (406) 652-6768 brasscap@180com.net
Neil Adams HPR Billings fivering1@bresnan.net
Terry Smith BSG Billings (406) 245-8867 xo@yrc.org

**************** Montana Army NationalGuard Marksmanship
Bob Evans Helena (406) 475-9256 bncevans@juno.com (Rifle, Pistol, Combat)
Steve Martinka Helena (406) 949-3822 Steven.martinka@us.army.mil (Biathlon)


**************** Wyoming Matches
Worland Shooting Complex www.geocities.com/worlandshootingcomplex
Wade “Nick” Nickerson HPR Worland, WY (307) 347-8852 scarecrow45@rtconnect.net
Cody Shooting Complex www.codyshootingcomplex.org
Dave Ferrante HPR Cody, WY (307) 754-1555 crookedbrookfarm@yahoo.com

****************North Dakota Matches
Leon Nesja HPR-LR (701) 663-8818
Denny Coulter HPR Grand Forks (701) 746-6959

*********************Idaho Matches
Steve Brooks HPR Rexburg, ID (208) 522-6645 col181@cableone.net
Dave Brown HPR Boise ID (208) 642-3556 djbrown1@srvinet.com
Dave Crandall HPR-LR (208) 524-1752
Richard Blake VMR (208) 624-3304[/b]
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