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OBITUARY: Jim Cambern

The California Black Powder Cartridge Rifle Silhouette Championship Match will be held April 9th through April 11th 2010 at the Avenal Gun Club.

Pre-registration will be required with a limit of 60 shooters each for Scope and Iron Sight matches. Registration forms and fees can be submitted in person at any of the monthly Avenal BPCR matches or mailed. Registration forms with fees need to be received no later than March 27, 2009. We are expecting a big turn-out for this event so please send in your forms and fees in early.

Further information may be obtained by contacting any of these individuals: Bob Goodner in Clovis at 559-298-9230 home or 297-0204 work, or Tom Patton in Arroyo Grande 805 489 6726

2009 - JUL - Raton, NM - BPCRS National Championships

	BPCRS Match Results
	BPCRS Scope Match Results
	BPCRS Equipment Survey
	What the Top Ten BPCRS Competitors used

Thanks go out to Hugh Wilson for providing the results.

2009 - JUN - Quigley Match Tabulations in MS Excel format (540K file size)
Click tabs at bottom of results to see other sheets... (Get free MS Excel Viewer, here.)

Thanks to Tony Nielson, for providing the results.

Chicken Bowling - How the Sport Began - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RZq5FLNfseg (I loved the line "Sure we have an accent, but it is included in the match fee.") Thanks for the BPCR.NET link in the credits, folks. - Rick

Medal of Honor for MA2 Michael Monsoor - U.S. Navy SEAL

New Vendor: Bullshop Bullets and Lubes

OBITUARY - Howard G. Staub

TECH: Dan Theodore - The Paper Patch Chronicles III

TECH: Dan Theodore - Another Day the Paper-Patch Way

TECH: Dan Theodore - American Creedmoor Cup - Paper Patch Discussion

New vendor to BPCR.net: Distant Thunder Shooting Products

TECH: Dan Theodore - A Tale of Three PP'ed Bullets

TECH: Physical Training for Rifle Shooters

TECH: A Champion Talks about Offhand Practice (an 80K PDF file)

Since the .22 Rimfire silhouette matches are becoming more popular these days,
this book could give you a jump start into better .22 shooting.
(Click on the image, below, to jump to the book site.)

OBITUARY - Dr. Richard Gunn

Old West Bullet Molds now has a Web site: Old West Bullet Molds, Bullet moulds are personally handcrafted individually by Bernie Rowles, and are custom cherry cut brass moulds

On-Line Auction Sites of interest to Shooters

Memorial for Navy SEAL Danny Dietz, GM2

TECH: Reamer Design for BPCR - by Dan Theodore

Some match schedules, results, and entry forms are in Microsoft Word, Excel, or Acrobat PDF formats that cannot be opened without the appropriate program - or the free viewers that are available for downloading. Here are three viewers that are helpful and are totally free:

MS Word Viewer 2003: Open, view, print "DOC" documents, even if you don't have MS Word installed. http://snipurl.com/mum8 (11.7 MB)

MS Excel Viewer 2003: Open, view, and print "XLS" documents, even if you don't have MS Excel installed. http://snipurl.com/c2p0 (9.9 MB)

Adobe Acrobat Reader 9 : Open, view, or print PDF documents (33.5MB download)

Announcement from Dan Zimmerman of D.Z. Arms: I have posted on my web site 3 cad files of the 2 long range targets free for anyone who needs the files for a CNC cutter to cut them out. They are scaled for 50 Meters, 100 meters, 150 meters and 200 meters. The web page is at D Z arms. www.hepman.com/dzarms.html (Scroll down to find the drawing link.)

Paul Jones Moulds announcement

TECH: "How Bullets Fly" (from the good people at Fulton Armory)

TECH: Pedersoli Barrel Break in Recommendations - by Dick Trenk

TECH: Double and Single set Trigger Adjustment - by Dick Trenk

Interested in Schuetzen? Take a look at Wyoming Schuetzen at: www.wyomingschuetzen.com

TECH: Air Rifle Training, in Three Parts - "Canadian Cadet Movement" Instruction Manuals

Here is a very interesting article on BPCR in long-range warfare by Dick Trenk - "The Plevna Delay - Winchesters and Peabody-Martinis in the Russo-Turkish War," A small Turkish army is trapped, but with the help of surprising firepower, they hold up the entire Russian campaign for over five months. Check it out.

Dan Theodore - An Analysis of and Recommendations for the New NRA/Whittington Center Pit Safety Rules for BPCR Longrange Matches

The Future of .38 in Creedmoor at Raton

Dave Crossno's 22 Rimfire Silhouette Rules, Targets, Forms, etc. (526 KB PDF document)

TECH: David Tubb Articles on Competitive Shooting: The 11-Time National Champion writes on improving your shooting

Support for our Military Men and Women: Please take a look at this page, having several good organizations supporting our troops. These fine men and women serving to protect this great country could use your support. Your assistance with any of these efforts will be incerely appreciated.

TECH: How to Use Tang Type Rear Sights and Insert Type Front Sights - A new tech article by Dick Trenk (some information is presented with the kind permission of Dan Theodore.)

Buffalo Hunting A page of Buffalo hunt outfitters.

Check out the items on the "For Sale or Wanted" page link at the left. Send items for inclusion to me at: webmaster@BPCR.net (There is no charge for this service, but donations are gratefully accepted.)

BPCR Lube page (send your favorite formulas to the webmaster: webmaster@BPCR.net )

Club match results are posted as soon as I can get to them after they are received here.

I would like to hear from you folks on your recommendations about BP gunsmiths, stockmakers, and other artisans -- those ladies and gentlemen who are providing us with quality work on our rifles, etc. We also need to see more clubs and ranges listed, so please send those along, too.

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