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Bloomsdale Board Match Spring 2023

The Bloomsdale Board Match was held again this year at the Dew Drop Inn, in Bloomsdale, Missouri.  We had 49 shooters, 20 of which were Gemmer members or family.  4 of the 9 meat prizes went to Gemmer members.

The Gemmer Muzzleloading Gun Club had the following shooters:

Tom Goden (3rd Place)
* Matt Caldwell (4th Place)
Joe Kelly (5th Place)
Bob Browner (tied for 8th or 9th Place)
Robert Vogt (tied for 8th or 9th place)
Ted Sanders
Clint Cummings
Richard Weeks
Mike Briscoe
Art Buckowitz
Rhonda Buckowitz
Mike Buckowitz
*Payton Buckowitz
Jim Hubbman
Ken Hubbman Jr
*Barb Hubbman
Ken Hubbman
David Brandenburger
Rusty Caldwell
Ron Lawrence

Margie Browner attended but did not shoot this time.

* Family of Gemmer Members

Mike Briscoe
Dave Brandenburger
Rick Weeks and Clint Cummings
Bob and Margie Browner
Joe Kelly
Ted Sanders
Mike Briscoe
Joe Kelly
Mike Briscoe
Rusty Caldwell
Matt Caldwell
Matt Caldwell

Missouri State Rifle – The Hawken

Update 6-1-2023 – The bill was added to SB139 and passed the Senate. Now it is just waiting for the Governor to sign it into law. Here is the latest text of the complete bill: https://legiscan.com/MO/text/SB139/id/2811640/Missouri-2023-SB139-Enrolled.pdf


This week Missouri State Representatives, Mazzie Boyd and Doug Clemens, presented their bills, HB224 and HB 530, before the Missouri House Tourism Committee. These are identical bills and they propose to name the Hawken rifle as the official state rifle for Missouri. Art Ressel, Paul Fennewald, Brian Flowers, and Kyle Carrol presented testimony as to why these bills should be passed. You can watch the complete hearing below:

Video Link

The March 2023 issue of MuzzleBlast has an article about how both Tennessee and Missouri are currently attempting to pass bills adopting the Tennessee Longrifle and the Hawken Rifle as official state rifles, respectively.

Gemmer Muzzleloading Gun Club member, Bob Browner, is currently building a reproduction of a Hawken rifle that will be potentially presented to the Governor as part of the celebration once this bill is approved. We would like to tie all of this into the Hawken Classic held August 25-27, 2023 at the Historic Daniel Boone Home in Defiance, Missouri.

Sergeant Alvin York Memorial Match 2023

The Gemmer Club was well represented at the 30 Year Anniversary Sergeant Alvin York Memorial Match. We had a great time and we took lots of pictures. Check out all the pictures and videos here.

The following members attended: David Brandenburger, Bob Browner, Brad Dickinson, Jim Feeney, Walter Fett, Tom Goden, Ron Kaiser, Bob Vogt, and Rick Weeks.