Freedom Benchrest: Match 1, 4-05-25
- columbussportsmans
- Apr 11
- 4 min read
The 2025 Freedom Benchrest Season opened on Saturday April 5. Match One is done.
Five to go.
The camaraderie and sportsmanship were inspiring. Despite the challenging wind, the
competition was impressive.
I would like to recognize the outstanding turnout of volunteers who showed up and
made it possible to run a smooth and efficient Match for our guests.
The Target Crew was singled out in post-match feedback as “hitting it out of the Park”.
You certainly did. Your efficiency allowed the Scoring Team to perform at the top level.
Veteran RSO Ed Stehling “Called The Line” for us. Thanks, Ed, for keeping things Safe
and orderly.
The collective knowledge and ability to solve problems as a team is commendable. You
never complained and ran your tails off. You make it possible. It is a pleasure working
with you.
Recap
Marathon County Rifle and Pistol Club President and Benchrest Director Jerry
Brickheimer made his first trip to CSA. Jerry got off to a rough start in the LG Class
but came back in the HG Class with a 3 rd best smallest group at 1.899” (.30 MOA).
Curt Knitt had his traditional good day and went home with top scores in LG Group
Agg, HG Group Agg and HG Overall. He also had the only perfect 50 score (plus
2X) on his #2 HG Target that was grouped at 2.104” ( .35 MOA). He also swept the
Tactical Class with 1 st place honors in Tac Score AGG, Tact Group AGG and
Overall. He was top Dog in Tactical claiming Best Score of 47 and the top two Smallest
Groups, 2.084”( .33 MOA ) and 2.235” (.36 MOA).
Rob Unertl Performed well but couldn’t capture top aggregate or group honor from Knitt
or Matt Koohy. Rob did capture 3rd place across the board in Heavy Gun and 2 nd place
across the Board in the Tactical Class including 2nd and 3rd Best High Single Target
Scores and 3rd best Single Target Smallest Group at 2.422” (.39 MOA). A very
respectable day.
Veteran Dave Lockman is back and came out strong in the LG Class managing a 3rd
place finish in the LG Aggregate and 4th in the Overall. He also was 23rd place LG
Single Target High Score with a 48 and second LG Smallest Single Target Group of
2.177 (.35 MOA) group. If you want a spot in the top five you need to get by Dave
first.
CSA’s Paul Genz had a very good day. In the Light Gun Class Paul pulled down a 2nd
place finish in the Light Gun Score Aggregate and a 3rd place Light Gun Overall. He
also managed a 2nd place Smallest Group of 1.796 (.28 MOA) in the Heavy Gun Class.
Paul has set a goal to win a Screamer Patch this year. I think that’s very likely. Good
luck Paul! Come and get it!!
Ziggy has returned! Ziggy had a strong showing in the LG Class. He went home with
the best Light Gun Smallest Group at 2.042 (.32 MOA) with a score of 48. The score
also took 2nd place for top Light Gun Single Target Score. Ziggy, like Dave Lockman,
is a gatekeep in the top 5. You must get by him too.
Matt Koohy came to win, and he won a lot in the Light Gun, Heavy Gun and Tactical
Classes. He went home with top honors in LG Score Agg, LG Overall, Best LG
single Target score (49), HG Score Agg and 2nd and 3rd in HG Agg and 2nd in HG
Overall. Matt scored the Smallest Group of the day at 1.295” (.21 MOA) on HG #3
Target. An impressive feat. Matt won 3rd place in Tac Score Agg, Tac Group Agg
and Overall.
Paul Koohy entered the top 5 in Light Gun with a 4 th best Group Ag Score of 3.704 “.
His smallest group was 2.473 “(.39 MOA). He also earned 5th in the Light Gun
Overall. Well done, Mr. Koohy.
Dustan Koohy Competed in all three disciplines. He managed to top his Elder in the
Light Gun Score Aggregate. Dustan finished in the top ten in Light Gun and Heavy
Gun and the top five in Tactical.
John Koch returned to compete in the Tactical Class. John Scored in the top 5 in all
Tactical Scoring Categories earning a finish of 4th in Tactical Score Aggregate and 5th in
both Tactical Group Agg and Tactical Overall.
Our next Match is May 3, 2025. Please visit our club Webpage for more information:
https://freedombenchrest.com/ Rules, Ranges, Schedules and the rest.
Thank you
Dean Fuller
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