August 2024 Mystery Target Match Results

Today we had 36 matches shot for our Mystery Match. The match was a buffalo target with 2 bulls. The left bull had 5 shots from 35 yards offhand, and the right bull had 5 shots from 50 yards offhand. We voted in a new member today, Dave Williamsen. Welcome to the Gemmer Club Dave! Great shooting today.

Congratulations to all the winners in each match category:
Mike Briscoe, Ted Sanders, Dave Yahne, and Walter Fett.

Open Match:
** 1st: Mike Briscoe – 88
2nd: Bob Vogt – 85X
3rd: Bryce Stroup – 83X
4th: Joe Kelly – 81
5th: Ken Hubbman – 81
6th: Glenn Baer – 80X (Senior 1st Place)
7th: Jim Hubbman – 73
8th: Darren Heaton – 73
9th: Bob Browner – 70
10th: Bob Coffelt – 69
11th: Brad Dickinson – 69
12th: Rick Weeks – 69
13th: Art Buckowitz – 62
14th: Dave Brandenburger – 60
15th: John Michalka – 55
16th: Walter Fett – 50
17th: Mike Buckowitz – 47
18th: Payton Buckowitz – 43
19th: Clint Cummings – 40 (Senior 2nd Place)
20th: Rhonda Buckowitz – 37
21st: Ron Lawrence – 25X
22nd: Robert Downs – 25 (Senior 3rd Place)
Visitor: Stan Pontius

Super Senior Match
1st: Ted Sanders – 37
2nd: Dennis Quinn – 23
Visitor: Dave Williamsen – 42 (New Member)

Pistol Match
1st: Dave Yahne – 47X
2nd: Darren Heaton – 42X
3rd: Ron Lawrence – 42
4th: Glenn Baer – 15

Smoothbore Match
1st: Walter Fett – 46X
2nd: Mike Briscoe – 45
3rd: Ron Lawrence – 40
4th: Dave Yahne – 39
5th: Dave Brandenburger – 37
6th: Brad Dickinson – 31

Schuetzen Black Power Give Away:
Walter Fett and Robert Downs

50/50: Jim Hubbman $58

2024 Preliminary Aggregate Top Ten
1st: Mike Briscoe – 462
2nd: Bob Vogt – 428
3rd: Bryce Stroup – 417
4th: Brad Dickinson – 403
5th: Ken Hubbman – 397
6th: Joe Kelly – 369
7th: Art Buckowitz – 367
8th: Bob Browner – 362
9th: Ron Lawrence – 356
10th: Dave Brandenburger – 336
Aggregate scores are subject to adjustment based upon dropping lowest months score at the end of season. Highest score used on Peep sight matches.

Long Time Gemmer Members Recognized

The Gemmer Muzzle Loading Gun Club is for many members a large extended family. Today we have 69 members, 8 of which are honorary. The latest member, Tim Turnbull, was added just this month. Tim is retired and lives in Atchison, KS. That is about a 4.5 hour drive away!

I was going through our roster and wanted to share a few names of members that have very long time memberships.

Don Franke – 52 years
Clint Cummings – 50 years
Dennis Barnes – 49 years
Dennis Quinn – 48 years
Greg Grimes – 40 years
Bob Browner – 39 years
Rusty Caldwell – 35 years
Rick Weeks – 35 years
Ron Kaiser – 33 years
Jim Feeney – 32 years
Mike Petersmeyer – 32 years
Margie Browner – 31 years
Mike Zemann – 28 years
Ted Sanders – 26 years

Most of these long time members are regularly at our matches and work days.

We also have 23 newer members that have joined in the last 5 years. We are grateful to have such a group of people that share and help those new to this sport! If you are new, please talk to the long timers and ask questions. Everyone is always willing to share their experience and provide pointers.

July 2024 – Buffalo Re-Entry Match

Excellent turnout for today’s match! Congratulations to all the winners! We had a total of 40 matches shot today. Tim Turnbull was voted into the club, so welcome. As you will see below, Tim is a great shooter and will provide a lot of good competition.

Thank you Rhonda Buckowitz for the lunch at today’s match.

Open Match (21 Shooters)
1st: Bob Vogt – 84
2nd: Ron Lawrence – 80
3rd: Joe Kelly – 80
4th: Bob Browner – 78
5th: Mike Briscoe – 78
6th: Clint Cummings – 71 (Senior)
7th: Ken Hubbman – 69
8th: Kenny Hubbman – 68
9th: Bob Coffelt – 67
10th: Art Buckowitz – 65
11th: Dave Brandenburger – 64
12th: John Michalka – 61
13th: Darren Heaton – 58
14th: Walter Fett – 56
15th: Jim Hubbman – 52
16th: Bryce Stroup – 44
17th: Rhonda Buckowitz – 40X
18th: Jim Feeney – 39
19th: Bruce Brutsman – 7
Visitors:
Connor Whalen
Jim Turnbull – 84X

Peep Match: (7 Shooters)
1st: Mike Briscoe – 96 3X
2nd: Dave Brandenburger – 96 2X
3rd: Brad Dickinson – 95 2X
4th: Bryce Stroup – 93 X
5th: Darren Heaton – 69
6th: Glenn Baer – 63
Visitor: Tim Turnbull – 96X

Super Senior: (3 Shooters)
1st: Mike Petersmeyer – 41
2nd: Ted Sanders – 36
3rd: Dennis Quinn – 21

Smoothbore: (5 Shooters)
1st: Ron Lawrence – 43
2nd: Mike Petersmeyer – 41
3rd: Walter Fett – 40
4th: Mike Briscoe – 35
5th: Jim Feeney – 30

Pistol: (4 Shooters)
1st: Darren Heaton – 49
2nd: Ron Lawrence – 45X
3rd: Glenn Baer – 33
4th: Don Walker – 31

50/50: Bruce Brutsman – $58

Powder Giveaway – Mike Petersmeyer, Dennis Quinn, Glenn Baer
Thank you Schuetzen Powder and Tim Turnbull for your powder donation.

2024 Season Aggregate:
1st: Mike Briscoe – 382
2nd: Bob Vogt – 343
3rd: Brad Dickinson – 334 2X
4th: Bryce Stroup – 334 1X
5th: Ron Lawrence – 331
6th: Ken Hubbman – 316
7th: Dave Brandenburger – 308
8th: Art Buckowitz – 305
9th: Bob Browner – 292
10th: Joe Kelly – 288

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