Category: Events

This is where public or private events that are outside of the Gemmer club will be listed. Events can include shooting events or muzzleloader show type events.

October 18-20, 2024 – Woods Walk and Camp Event and Results

What a beautiful Fall weekend for our event! Mike Briscoe setup our range and woods with 21 shooting target stations with distances ranging from 15-50 yards. These are mostly steel targets but they are Rendezvous style targets that include clay birds, splitting a round ball on an axe blade, shooting from a saddle, shooting through a window, and many more. Mike has done a wonderful job putting together great targets and setting up a very fun event. You do not need to be a Gemmer club member to participate, but just an invitation from a Gemmer club member. Camping is optional. Primitive and modern campers allowed. Congratulations to Darren Heaton for winning the match with 24 points, only missing 2 targets. Great shooting!

Rules:

Rifles or smoothbores, with percussion or flintlocks, are allowed. You will need to shoot a maximum of 25 round balls to complete this match. Loading from a pouch is required because you will be walking from station to station with no loading benches.

Cost:

$25 blanket prize is the cost to participate.

Schedule:

Friday Morning: Camp Setup

Friday Afternoon 2pm to 5pm: Clay Bird Shooting

Saturday 9am – 3pm: Woods Walk Line is Open. Takes about 2 hours to shoot and can start anytime during this period.

Saturday 5pm: Blanket Prizes and Scores given out.

Sunday Morning: Camp Breakdown

Clay Bird Shooting

Scores:

1st: Darren Heaton – 24

2nd: Mike Briscoe – 23

3rd: Ron Lawrence – 22

4th: Bob Coffelt – 20

5th: Grant Metzler – 18

6th: Bob Vogt – 18

7th: Glenn Baer – 17

8th: Fred Engelhard – 16

9th: Dean Hahn – 16

10th: Dean Venardos – 13

11th: David Brandenburger – 13

12th: Jim Feeney – 12

Bryan Johnson – Didn’t Shoot

Over the Log World Championship – Oct 12, 2024 Results

There was a total of 11 shooters for this year’s event. We had a great time and we thank Joel Gard for hosting the event again this year. This is a 10 shot event, shot prone from a chunk of wood at a target 60 yards out.

Scores:

1st: Tim Turnbull – 5.340”

2nd: Joel Gard – 5.483”

3rd: Dave Brandenburger – 6.924”

4th: Bob Browner – 7.253”

5th: Bob Vogt – 10.677”

6th: Rick Weeks – 10.990”

7th: Sam Gard – 11.416”

8th: Walter Fett – 11.686”

9th: Tom Goden – 13.528”

10th: Collin Kitzerow – 17.959”

11th: Clint Cummings – 17.988”

Sweetest Shot: Sam Gard – 0.031”

Scores
Gemmer Group
Shooting During the Event
Tim Turnbull – World Champion
1st – Tim Turnbull
2nd – Joel Gard
3rd- David Brandenburger
4th – Bob Browner
5th – Bob Vogt
6th – Rick Weeks
7th – Sam Gard
8th – Walter Fett
9th – Tom Goden
10th – Collin Kitzerow
11th – Clint Cummings
Prizes

New Additions to the Hawken Classic Rifle Display for 2025

For the last three years Greg Grimes, Bob Browner, and Dean McKibben have generously been sharing their gun collections with us at the Hawken Classic. This has resulted in a once in a lifetime display of original and contemporary Hawken and Missouri made rifles that the public has the opportunity to see.

Greg has informed me that he has five new additions that he will be bringing to the last Hawken Classic for 2025, on May 16-18. Dean McKibben also has been given a larger space for displaying his collection, so we should see many more new displays there as well.

Here is a preview of the new pieces Greg will be showing:

S. Hawken, St. Louis , .50. Caliber, Brass Mounted , Heavy Barrel Rifle
S. Hawken, St. Louis , .54 caliber, Plains Rifle
H.E. W , St. Louis, Brass Mounted,.50 Caliber, Plains Rifle
H.M. Brown , St.Louis , .50 cal. , Presentation Plains Rifle
S. Hawken, St. Louis, .44 Caliber, Belt Pistol
H.E. Dimick, St. Louis, .44 Caliber, Pocket Pistol
T.J. Albright, St. Louis, .44 Caliber, Pocket Pistol
H.E. Dimick St.Louis . 44 Caliber, Pocket Pistol
Pistol Stamp
Pistol Stamp
Rifle Stamping
R. Beauvais Stamp
Barrel Stamps
S. Hawken, St. Louis , .54 caliber, Plains Rifle
H.E. W , St. Louis, Brass Mounted,.50 Caliber, Plains Rifle

This year is going to be the biggest and best Hawken Classic yet, so please mark your calendar and come visit us. The location is the Lewis and Clark Boat House and Museum in St. Charles, Missouri. The dates are May 16-18, 2025 and the times are 10am to 5pm each day.

The museum will be open and FREE to visit during these 3 days of the Hawken Classic thanks to the support from the NMLRA, The Hawken Shop, The Gemmer Muzzle Loading Gun Club, Powder Horns and More, and the other vendors and supporters of the Hawken Classic.