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As Promised here is the first entry for 2024.



Jack Lambert from WVa. shot a 64 in the 60 club at his last match. It was an interesting 60 club on several fronts. Jack is using one of the new SSK-50 stainless Contender clones and man are they sweet. CNC tolerances and all the parts are interchangeable with the original Contender. All the blue and stainless barrels from both G1 and G2 Contenders will fit the SSK-50. I do not know if Armor Alloy barrels will fit.

The other interesting item about Jacks record is the calibers he is using. The PAS score was a 33 and was shot with a 25-20 barrel made by Bullberry. I personally have fallen in love with the 25-20 and and am shooting it myself. I even went so far as to buy as Marlin lever gun in 25-20. Several people have extolled the virtues of the ancient 25-20 for the Field Pistol game. Mr. Steve Ware championed it for years and he was kind enough to send me some of his brass recently.

Jack's Prod score was a 31and is even a tad more interesting. Jack had a .270 Ren barrel made by MGM back in the day when he was shooting NRA Hunter Pistol. 12" barrels were legal for NRA at the time so thats how Jack ordered his barrel. That was a few years ago so to make it legal for IHMSA rules of 10 3/4", he sent it back to MGM to be cut and crowned. If you are not familiar with the .270 Ren, it is a .22 hornet blown out straight walled. Think of a .32 HR except in .270 caliber. It too is an excellent cartridge for IHMSA Field Pistol and if you shoot on ranges with sticky rams you might want to consider the 25-20 or the .270 Ren. Both start with heavier bullets than the Hornet and you can move the bullet a lot slower. Recoil on both is negligible.

The Final 2024 Presidents club standings

Prod 32+

Jared Richards. 38 Winner
Jim Kesser 36
A. J. Richards. 32


PAS 36+

Jack Lambert 36 Winner 3 way tie
Doug Edney 36 Winner 3 way tie
Jared Richards. 36 Winner 3 way tie



60 CLUB

Jared Richards. 74 Winner
Jim Kesser 69
Doug Edney 67
A.J. Richards. 65
Jack Lambert 64
John Weaver. 62

Awesome Shooting JACK

We have another entry for 2024 and this one is mine;

Shot a 35 Prod and a 25 PAS to just barely make 60 club. This was on Jack Lambert’s range in WV. Jack duplicated his last score with a 64 and he is still in first place in the agg.

Jim

Great Shooting JIM

Nice shooting Jim! Congrats to Jack, solid and consistent cores!

Here is another score to report.

I shot a 36 P and a 33 PAS at LHA for a 69 agg.

Jack and I need some company. Send me your President club scores.


Jim Kesser

Two more scores to report.

Jack Lambert shot a 36 at Tusco in PAS at the June match.

Doug Edney shot a 36 in PAS at the same match so technically they are tied for first in PAS 36 and over. I listed Jack first because he beat Doug in reverse count to win PAS for the match.

Doug also shot a 31 Prod at this same match to give him a 67 agg and second place so far.


Great shooting guys!! Congratulations.

Jim

Couple of new scores. The Richards all went to the big Pringle match and shot some terrific scores.

Jared shot a 38 in Prod. and a 36 in PAS for a 74 agg

A. J. shot a 32 in Prod. and a 33 in PAS. for a 65 agg

This puts Jared in first place in Prod and in the aggregate and tied for first in PAS.

IHMSA has had some father/son combos who were excellent shooters but I cannot remember a trio from the same family that were such great shooters. Particularly in the standing categories. Here is a tip; they shoot a lot of air pistol.

John and I chat occasionaly and he told me they have made up a set of 1/20 scale air targets. If you are familiar with the sizes of our animals; small bore are 3/8 scale, the little small bore is 1/5 scale, normal air targets are 1/10.

A 1/20 air target chicken wouldnt be much bigger than a pellet!

Might be one of the reasons they all shoot so well!

Congratulations to all the Richards! Those are impressive scores!

Jim Kesser

Impressive indeed! See you guys next week.

We had several very good scores posted for the National Championships.
Doug Edney won both the Prod. And PAS so of course won the aggregate championship.

Congratulations Doug!

John Weaver turned in a plus 60 agg at 62 in a converted score and he will be added to the 60 club standings.

A.J. Richards also turned in a plus 60 club.

Send me any scores that qualify and I will get them posted.

Thanks

Jim