We held our second muzzle loader turkey plank match yesterday at the Valley County Rifle and Pistol Club range in Glasgow, MT. We had 10 shooters which is a good turn out for us, this match seems to be catching on up here. We have been using Steve Garbe's format from his matches in Cody, with a couple exceptions. We shoot the match at 50 yards rather than 60 yards because we have target backers at that distance and I have not yet built portable backers for 60 yards. We are not too strict on equipment as long as the rifle is a traditional style muzzle loader shot with patched round ball. We shoot 10 shots with each shot being a seperate match, the winner being the closest shot to the center of the turkey head with the same target as Cody is using.
The weather was good but windy, a fairly steady 15-20 mph from 3:00.
Here are the results and a very limited equipment list:
Jerry Ketchum - 1 match win, .58 cal imported percussion rifle
Mike Otterberg- 3 match wins .50 cal Hopkins and Allen sidehammer Minute Man rifle Numrich Arms
Howard Pipin- 1 match win .50 Cal. Thompson Center flintlock.
Gene Sipe- 1 match win , .45 Cal. Thompson Center percussion.
Vern Copenhaver -0 match wins .50 Cal Thompson Center percussion.
Emery Brelje -2 match wins .58 Cal Pedersolli Enfield percussion.
Wes Scott-0 match wins, .50 Cal. Lyman Great Plains percussion.
Kelvin Morehouse-0 match wins, .50 Cal. CVA full stockpercussion.
Kent Morehouse- 0 match wins .50 cal Pedersolli half stock percussion.
Mike Peterson- 2 match wins .50 Cal. Lyman Great Plains percussion.
A good time was had by all.
Mike Otterberg
