Monthly Archives: August 2008

Fall Foliage Registration Open

It’s a little over 30 days until the 2008 Fall Foliage Match and entries are now open. You can register for this regional at the match registration page. The match is limited to 70 competitors and shooters who register by … Continue reading

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Thanks for a great HPM season!

Well, we wrapped up the 2008 HPM season in style last night—New York strip steak, BBQ salad, fire roasted corn, and steamers. We had a little trouble getting the water hot enough for the steamers, but we improvised (as you … Continue reading

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Junior 3P Match in Taunton

Taunton Rifle and Pistol Club will be hosting a Junior 3-position match on September 20th. You can view the match bulletin below:  Taunton Match Bulletin

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Match tonight, bring knife

We’re ready to roll for the final HPM match of the season. We’ve got 40 shots prone, steak, BBQ salad, fire roasted corn, and fresh steamers….all for the low,low price of $15. Please RSVP–if you haven’t already–and be sure to … Continue reading

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Nite Owl Match #17 Results

Nite Owl league match #17 results have been posted on the league page here.

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Last HPM match of the season + steak

This Thursday is the last Hopkinton Prone Match of the season. To reward you for all your hard work–or lack of–we are going to do a steak dinner after the match. The cost for the match and dinner will be … Continue reading

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Nite Owl Match #16 Results

Nite Owl league match #16 results have been posted on the league page here.

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Pimpin’

Erik and I decided to do a little “mental training” this weekend.

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Home-owner’s Insurance and Firearms

The other day I learned that my home-owner’s insurance (Arbella Mutual) has a cap of $2,000 on stolen firearms. My agent told me that it is quite common for many insurance companies to do this and if you have firearms … Continue reading

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HPM 8/21 Results Posted

We had great conditions last night, clear and calm. It’s beginning to get darker earlier so plan on starting to shoot at 6pm next week (the last match). Erik Hoskins won last night with a 400-36x and I was second … Continue reading

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2008 RI Prone Regional and State Championship

The 2008 Rhode Island Outdoor Conventional Smallbore Prone Regional and State Championship will be held at the Newport Rifle Club on September 7 this year. You can register for the match by contacting Joe Graf at jrgrafATacm.org. The match bulletin is below.  2008 … Continue reading

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Match tonight

Tonight (8/21) is the second to last HPM match of the season. After the match we’ll be ordering pizza (I’m too lazy to cook this week). The weather is going to be beautiful, see you there!

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New look to pronematch.com

I’m currently making some changes to the software and the style sheets that drive pronematch.com. I think you’ll like the the new look and it should be easier to navigate. I’m also in the process of merging foliagematch.com website INTO … Continue reading

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8/14 Results Posted

Last night we had some great conditions…no wind and flat light. Erik Hoskins won with a 400-32x and I came in second with a 399-31x. Complete results can be viewed here.

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Match Tonight

Match tonight at 6pm, see you there. Weather forecast for today is: Today Cloudy early with isolated thunderstorms developing this afternoon. High 76F. Winds light and variable. Chance of rain 30%. Tonight Cloudy with a few showers. Low 61F. Winds light … Continue reading

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Nite Owl Match #15 Results

Nite Owl league match #15 results have been posted on the league page here.

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Match this Thursday, 8/14

We’ll be shootin’ from our bellies again this Thursday at Hopkinton Sportsmen’s. You’re running out of time if you’ve been wanting to come out and shoot but haven’t been able to make it…there’s only 3 matches left! So why not … Continue reading

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Olympic Coverage

Both Erik Hoskins and Rich Girvin sent me this link for coverage of the shooting sports at the olympics. http://www.odcmp.com/OlympicShooting.htm Gary Anderson is posting the daily updates from Beijing.

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Let the games begin!

The 2008 Summer Olympic Games begin today. Below is the NBC schedule for airing of all the shooting sports. Word on the street is that Lones Wigger will be narrating a live feed from China daily on the internet…most likely the … Continue reading

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Hilarious Recoil Videos

I’m sure a lot of you have seen these before, but they are definitely worth watching again!  

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8/7 Results

We managed to squeeze in the match last night, starting at about 6:30pm. There was some lingering showers but all of the severe weather had passed through (thanks go to Rick Johnson, our pronematch.com meteorologist). The conditions were pretty good … Continue reading

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