Historical Winter Firearms Marksmanship Contest, Saturday, Jan. 14, 2017: Cherry Ridge Range, Open to Public

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In Honor of the Men and Women Who Endured The Rigors of Winter Combat from Valley Forge to Korea

And To Demonstrate Personal Skill with Relics of History 

The New Jersey Arms Collector’s Club Inc.

Invites You to Participate With Historical Winter Firearms

In A Marksmanship Contest on Saturday, January 14 , 2017

SNOW DATE JAN 21st (CALL RANGE at 973 764-1333 for closings)

ANJRPC CHERRY RIDGE RANGE

 Highland Lakes, NJ -- Off Canistear Road, 4 Mi. North of Rt. 23

SIGHT-IN:  9:00 am – 10:00 am          MATCHES:  10:00 am - 3:00 pm  Lunch: 12:00 – 1:00

ENTRY FEES*

$30 ($10 discount to NJACC members and active, reserve, retired military with ID card)

Family rate-$50 for two benches (children, in-laws, grandparents, etc.) plus $5 for each meal

Full Entry Fee includes Lunch in Club House & VENISON STEW and Hot Beverages during shoot ($5.00 Lunch Only)

*Note:  Price Differential for Non-Members is applicable towards Membership Dues.

PRIZES:  Trophies to Best in Each Class (plus best female and youngster)

FIREARMS: Repro or original BP.  Curios and Relics of the Period.  Original style Stocks and Sights

Winter  trigger guards acceptable. Winter triggers if approved by range safety officer.

YOU ARE ENCOURAGED TO WEAR WINTER COMBAT UNIFORMS OR CIVILIAN EQUIVALENT

Don’t forget Hats, Gloves and Boots as well as hearing and eye protection!!!

VENISON STEW, HOT CHOCOLATE, TEA, CIDER AND COFFEE AVAILABLE IN PARKING LOT AS PART OF FEE

Contests Require 10 Shots in 2 Minutes at 50 Yards(except #12,15,16&20)

Any Position Including Bench * Rifles must be fired from shoulder unless medically excused (no sleds)

 1.  BATTLE OF TRENTON                               Any Smoothbore Flintlock  - 5 shots in 15 minutes

 2.  MOUNTAIN MAN(Revenant award-new)   Any Civilian  Flint or Percussion Rifle - 10 Shots / 15 Minutes

 3.  FREDERICSBURG                                      Any C W Battle weapon not using fixed ammo  - 10 Shots / 15 Minutes                           
 4.  WINTER WAR                                             Any Finnish or Russian Mosin Nagant,Suomi 31 semi auto.         

 5.  BALKAN FRONT                                         Any Yugoslav, Austrian, Italian, Bulgarian, Romanian or Greek WWII era bolt action rifle (post  war rebuilt Yugos are OK)

  6.  EASTERN FRONT SEMI-AUTO                 G-41, G-43, Tokarev 38 and SVT-40, Suomi M31 Semi Auto

  7.  BATTLE OF THE BULGE BOLT                 98K, Springfield ’03,03A1,03A3 Enfield P14/1917 MK III and IV

  8.  BATTLE OF HUERTGEN FOREST           M1 Garand, G-43, G-41

  9.  SCANDANAVIAN BOLT                              Swedish Mauser, Norwegian or Danish Krag

10.  ALPINE DEFENSE                                      Any Swiss, Italian, French, or Austrian Mil. Bolt or Semi Auto

11. CHOSIN RESERVOIR                                 M1,SAFN, Mosin Nagant, Jap 38, 99, Mauser 98,SKS,Enfield #3,4

12  AFGHAN HILLS                                          Any NJ Legal Semi-Auto, 5.56, 7.62 Nato, 7.62 x 39, 5.45 x 39(100yds)

13. KLONDIKE                                                  Any Black Powder Cartridge Firearm(smokeless/duplex ammo OK)                                                        

14. ALASKA HUNTER                                      Any Sporter Rifle, inc Sporterized Military, (Iron Sights)

15. WINTER SNIPER (SIMO HAYHA AWARD)     Military Sniper Rifle w/Original style Optics, FINN 28/30-1 Shot 100yd.

16. POLAR BEAR                                            Any Sport,Sporterized Military  Rifle with Scope 30 cal or+.(100 yds)

17. CPT GRIEST 1LT HAVER TROPHY          Best Female Shooter  (in honor of the Ranger School graduates)

18. YOUNG WARRIOR                                    Any Shooter Under 18 Years -any event

19. WINTER OLYMPIAN                                   Any Rimfire /pellet Rifle( 17 or 22), -no magnifying optics

               20. WINTER  PLINKER                                     Any scoped Rimfire (17 or 22)  Rifle (100 yards)

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REMINDER: Winter match is about one month away on Saturday, January 14.

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Yes its that time of the year again. The decorations are down and your toys are in the safe and need a work out. A chance to break bread with fellow hobbyists and take out the safe queens. As always we will have hot drinks and soup or stew  in the parking lot behind the firing line. Dress warm and have a good attitude. This is low level competition. If you are looking for Camp  Perry you will be disappointed. No participation trophies just ones for the best shots in each category.Bring the family. Cure that cabin fever. 
 

Stanley Gurski
[email protected]

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Forecast for Saturday is uppers 30s and partly sunny. VENISON STEW, HOT CHOCOLATE, TEA, CIDER AND COFFEE AVAILABLE IN PARKING LOT AS PART OF FEE.  Good chance to get out for some fun on Winter day!

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Zero'd mostly everything for Saturday, my Fiancee and I plan on being there!

 

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Looking forward to seeing you there! Nice photos. New message today from Stan Gurski to eveyone: Please familiarize http://www.anjrpc.org/?rangerules yourself with the rules of the Range prior to arrival . If you are not a Cherry Ridge regular we have 20 loaner frames. We supply targets but you supply staple gun or make friends with people who bring them. In the parking lot we have scheduled hot drinks and stew. Club house has heated indoor rest rooms. cold porta potty is near range.  Try to complete your shooting by 1PM. Lunch is 1-2PM. We reopen the range for an hour if necessary 2-3 for late comers and fanatics. Hope to start handing out trophies at 3 to get you home before dark. If no one needs to shoot after 2pm or in limited contests we will hand out trophies for settled events early. 

 

Stanley Gurski

[email protected]

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Message from Stan: Weather report is COLD. Chance of snow showers late in the afternoon. We will due a minor hours change to increase safety. We will be shooting from 9-1. Lunch 1-2. Start to give out awards at 2 with the goal of clean up and completion no later than 3PM. There will be hot drinks (coffee, tea, chocolate and cider) on the line until 12:30. Dress warm. This is the WINTER Shoot.

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Shoot Report: http://www.njacc.info/2017/AllShootReports/2017-WinterShoot-report.html

 

 

In Honor of the Men and Women Who Endured 
The Rigors of Winter Combat from Valley Forge to Korea 
And To Demonstrate Personal Skill with Relics of History 

 

The New Jersey Arms Collector's Club Inc.  Invited One and All To Participate With  HISTORICAL WINTER FIREARMS 

 

A Marksmanship Contest  Saturday, Jan 14, 2017  ANJRPC CHERRY RIDGE RANGE
Highland Lakes, NJ -- Off Canistear Road, 4 Mi. North of Rt. 23

 

On Saturday January 14, 2017 the New Jersey Arms Collectors Club (NJACC) sponsored its 20th annual Historical Winter Firearms Match in honor of the American men and women who endured the rigors of winter combat from Valley Forge to Korea and to allow participants to demonstrate their personal \ marksmanship skills using the relics of history. 

Thirty six stouthearted military arms collectors, reenactors, weaponologists, and friends came from the hinterlands of New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and New York to brave the early morning bone chilling sub-arctic like temperature of 19°F and coalesce at the Association of New Jersey Rifle and Pistol Clubs' (ANJRPC) range at Highland Lakes, New Jersey for a day of friendly marksman competition and fine post match cuisine. 

Match participants brought prized examples of the now collectable rifles used by soldiers in long ago winter war confrontations to compete for trophies and the chance to become world famous in New Jersey by being mentioned in this report. With the exception of three events requiring the use of scoped rifles, contest rules required shooters fire 10 rounds in 2 minutes at a standard SR21-C target placed at the 50 yard line. Targets for the scoped rifle contests were placed at the 100 yard line. 

This year there were a total of twenty (20) events in the course of fire consisting of fourteen (14) military battle themed rifle contests along with six (6) additional matches specifically designed to test the participant's skill in the cold hand use of civilian target or hunting rifles in typical winter survival like conditions. 

A quick tour of the benches disclosed participants brought a gun show-like assortment of U.S, British, German, Finnish, Russian, Swiss, Swedish, and Yugoslav military rifles along with a respectable collection of civilian hunting and target firearms including several fine replica Sharps model 1874 sporting rifles in 45-70.  

The US was well represented by Springfields, Garands,and ARs. There were several very nice Swiss Schmidt Rubin straight pull rifles including a K31 carbine and a large assortment of .22 caliber rifles both civilian and military trainer models. One shooter brought a rare pre-war Simpson DSM34 .22 caliber rifle in excellent condition. These seldom seen German traing rifles closely resemble the venerable 98K and are highly prized among collectors There were also several of the superbly accurate Swedish model M96 and M38 Mausers seen on the line. For the aficionadoes of the exotic and funky there was a Mauser 98 carbine that has been converted to fire .45 ACP using 1911 Colt magazines. Ultra-cool even though it was not eligible to be used in any contest. 

Dwayne P. shot as good as he looked in the Mountain Man contest. And special recognition goes to Glenn and Lizzy who were absolutely awesome in their authentic WWII US Army combat uniforms. Their appearance was one of the high points of the day.

     

The match commenced more or less precisely at around 10:34A just in time to prevent glaciation from setting in. The matches were conducted under the sharp eyes and joint supervision of ANJRPC Range Safety Officers Cletis D., Cyrus M., and NJACC Shoot Chairman Stan G. NJACC's own mighty hunter Dave J. once again helped fortify shooters on the line by providing the best venison stew this side of Buttzville, NJ. Dave also provided hot coffee for those entrants needing a warm-up and break from the cold. 

Deputy Shoot Chairman Steve S. once again provided the unheralded but extremely valuable service of registering participants and collecting their money. He also scored targets thereby expediting the end of match results tallying and the awards process. 

The rifle events were followed by a hearty lunch prepared lovingly for the match participants in the club house by the NJACC's own Gourmand Tom P. standing in for NJACC Madam leChef Barbara F who was otherwise occupied. This year's near Michelin award winning menu featured traditional boiled military grade keilbasa and 100% pure beef hotdogs on buns, slathered with either warm and crusty chili or smothered in sauerkraut and mustard along with a helping of gourmet pork and beans, all washed down with the finest soda available and followed by a wholesome desert of assorted cakes and pie. 

At the conclusion of this banquet , the winners of the rifle events were announced by Shoot Chairman Stan G. with some notable achievements.  

High scores were the order of the of the day despite the frigid temperature. Top shooter was Greg M. who scored 100-7X in the Battle of the Bulge Bolt contest. He was followed closely by Dan S. in the Winter War contest with a 100-5X, Glenn in the Afghan Hills contest with a 100-3X, and Jay R. in the Alpine defense match also with a 100-3X. Dennis J. and Joe T. both scored 100 with Xs using .22s but unfortunately on targets that were incorrect for the match.  

Andy G. won the Simo Haha Winter Sniper match with an "X" firing his supremely accurate scoped Mosin Nagant 91/30 sniper rifle. 

The Cpt. Greist/1Lt. Haver Trophy was awarded to Isabel J. who used a S&W MP15-22 for the highest score by a female shooter by firing an impressive 97-1X and the Young Warrior contest for the highest score for a shooter under 18 years old. 

Also worthy of note, Jay R. and Jeff A., were both the big winners of the day with two (2) trophies each. 

The NJACC extends a big thank you to all match participants, ANJRPC range officials, and everyone else that came out and helped make the day a big success.  

The next NJACC vintage military rifle match which is conducted under the aegis of the Shongum Sportsmen's Association will be held in March or April at the their range in Oxford NJ. A flyer with details will be posted on the NJACC website at www.njacc.info when the match details and logistics are finalized.  

The Arms Collectors would like to publicly thank the Association of New Jersey Rifle and Pistol Clubs for the use of their Cherry Ridge Range Facility, located near Vernon, NJ. Due to circumstances beyond our control, we could not hold this shoot without their greatly appreciated help. 

 

 

Click Here All Scores Submittted 

 

 

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It's such a funny photo with me shooting a flintlock in WWII uniform!  It's a time warp with a twist lol.

 

Had a great time!  

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I'll have to check this out next time.  I'll use my Winchester 1873 Musket with black magic in 44.40.