May 2024 – Memorial Match Results

The Memorial Match is a 5-position match shot at 50 yards from the bench, off-hand, cross sticks, seated, and with a range rod.

Congratulations to Mike Briscoe, Glenn Baer, Ted Sanders, Rusty Caldwell, and Ron Lawrence for getting 1st place in each of the matches!

Here are the results from the match:

1st Place Target – Mike Briscoe

Open Match
1st: Mike Briscoe – 72
2nd: Bob Vogt – 70
3rd: Ken Hubbman – 65
4th: Brad Dickinson – 60
4th: Ron Lawrence – 60
4th: Rusty Caldwell – 60
7th: Art Buckowitz – 57
8th: John Michalka – 56
8th: Bob Browner – 56
10th: Bryce Stroup – 55
11th: Joe Kelly – 47
11th: Mark Tremusini – 47
11th: Robert Roth – 47
14th: Glenn Baer – 44
15th: Mike Buckowitz – 39
16th: Darren Heaton – 36
17th: Rick Weeks – 35
18th: Clint Cummings – 33
19th: Jim Feeney – 31
19th: Rhonda Buckowitz – 31
21st: Justin Emerson – 30
22nd: Dave Brandenburger – 24

Senior Match:
1st: Glenn Baer – 44
2nd: Clint Cummings – 33
3rd: Jim Feeney – 31

1st Place Super Senior Target by Ted Sanders
Super Senior Targets shot this month from 25 Yards

Super Senior Match
1st: Ted Sanders – 50
2nd: Mike Petersmeyer – 43
3rd: Dennis Quinn – 31

Pistol Targets shot at 25 Yards

Pistol Match
1st: Rusty Caldwell – 55X
2nd: Justin Emerson – 48X
3rd: Darren Heaton – 43
4th: Glenn Baer – 42
5th: Ron Lawrence – 34

Smoothbore Match
1st: Ron Lawrence – 43
2nd: Mike Briscoe – 42
3rd: Walter Fett – 36
4th: Mike Petersmeyer – 35
5th: Jim Feeney – 33

50-50: Dave Brandenburger $55

Schuetzen Powder Give Away: Bob Browner and Clint Cummings

As far as Aggregate score go, here is a preliminary breakdown on the top scores. Scores are subject to change based upon a review of the range officer.

2024 General Aggregate
1st: Mike Briscoe – 231
2nd: Bob Browner – 214 2X
3rd: Bob Vogt – 214
4th: Ken Hubbman – 204
5th: Ron Lawrence – 203
6th: Brad Dickinson – 199
7th: Bryce Stroup – 186
8th: Art Buckowitz – 176
9th: Joe Kelly – 169
10th: David Brandenburger – 161

2024 Senior Aggregate
1st: Glenn Baer – 146
2nd: Tom Goden – 122
3rd: Clint Cummings – 110

2024 Super Senior Aggregate
1st: Ted Sanders – 94
2nd: Mike Petersmeyer – 90
3rd: Dennis Quinn – 48

Pistol Aggregate
1st: Rusty Caldwell – 109
2nd: Justin Emerson – 98
3rd: Darren Heaton – 91

Smoothbore:
1st: Ron Lawrence – 91
2nd: Walter Fett – 83
3rd: Mike Briscoe – 79

Ashley’s Return

In 2019 a group of men set out on a journey retracing the steps taken by General Ashley traveling from the Rocky Mountains to St. Louis, Missouri. In 1823 Ashley was setting up a trade route for the trappers and mountain men. Along the route there were Rendezvous locations where the beaver furs were traded for supplies needed by the mountain men. Gerry “Lucky” Messmer, the owner of Powder Horns and More, was one of these men that undertook this adventure and he wrote these articles chronicling the trip and what they learned along the way. These articles were published in MuzzleBlast as a five part series discussing the trip. Afterwards Gerry continued to publish articles about Trekking called Lucky’s Trekking Tips. I have pulled all of these published articles into the following two documents so that you can easily read them as a book. Enjoy!

Gerry has attended the Hawken Classic each year and has shared his adventures as one of our seminar presentations. He will be back for the Hawken Classic 2024 on May 17-19, 2024 at the Lewis and Clark Boat House and Museum in St. Charles, Missouri.

Missouri State Rifle Gift Ceremony

On Wednesday, April 24, 2024, Bob Browner donated the Hawken rifle he built to the State of Missouri. The rifle will be displayed at the Missouri Capital Museum for all to see. On August 2023 the Hawken rifle was named the official state rifle for Missouri. Next time you’re driving through Jefferson City, Missouri stop in at the capital museum at see this rifle. Seeing the important role that the Hawken rifle played in the westward movement and the mountain man is why the Hawken was named the Missouri State Rifle.

Representatives Doug Clemens and Mazzie Christensen hosted this event.

Paul Fennewald took this video of the ceremony and provided it to me to share below:

https://youtu.be/Y1-CkW-EoEQ?si=26ddxiZXvvSC3NAF

The video is about 12 minutes long with pictures of the rifle during the build process as well as photos taken while the bill was presented to the Missouri Congress.

The pictures above were provided by Greg Grimes.