CENTRAL SIERRA SCHUETZEN CLUB                        
                       HUTCHISON RANGE                        
                       April 22, 2023                        
                                               
                       CF 200 YARDS                        
                                               
     MATCH #1      10 Shots Benchrest  Any Sights                                    
     *      Jerry  Hartwig                        246      -7       x 250
     *      Rich Davis                        242      -3      
     *      Jerry Cleave                        241      -3      
                                               
     MATCH #2      10 Shots Offhand  Any Sights                                    
           Jerry  Hartwig                        180             x 250
     *      Jerry Cleave                        174            
                                               
MATCH #3      10 Shots Benchrest  Iron Sights                                    
     *      Jerry  Hartwig                        246      -6       x 250
     *      Jerry Cleave Irons                        229      -1      
                                               
     *      Quarter Bore                                    
                                               
     BUFFALO                                          
           Jerry  Hartwig                        64            
           Rich Davis                        49            
           Steve  Stewart                        40            
           Mark O'Brien                        20            
                                               
     EQUIPMENT                                          
                                               
           Jerry Cleave            Stevens 44 1/2, Pedersen, 10", 25-20 SS, Mos 118 gr (BR), Doughty 103 gr (OH), Javelina S/L, B/S,                        
                       CCI BR4, 8.3 gr H108, Lyman STS 20x (BR), Unertl 10x (OH)                        
                                               
           Rich Davis            FBW K, BRC, 10”, 25-35, Mos 120 gr, Javelina S/L, B/S, F215, 300MP, 11.2 gr, Lyman STS 20x.                        
                       Springfield Trapdoor, 45-70, Lyman 390 gr, Javelina, Fixed, Fed 210, 3031, 34 gr, TP wad                        
                                               
           Jerry Hartwig      BR            CPA 44 1/2, Douglas, 10", 25-20 WCF, Mos 120 gr, JSL, B/S, CCI BR4, AA 4100, 9.6 gr, Lyman STS 20x.                        
                 OH      Ballard, Peterson, 14”, 32-40, Darr 199 gr, B/S, Javelina S/L, Fed 210, 300 MP, 13.9 gr, Unertl 16x.                        
                       Ballard Pacific, 45-70, Lyman 457193 415 gr, Javelina, Fixed, F210, XMP 5744, 28 gr.                        
                                         
           Mark O'Brien            Shiloh Sharps, Shiloh, 45-90, Lyman 457193,  410 gr, SPG lube, Fixed, Fed 215, FFG Black, 80 gr,                           
                                               
           Steve Stewart            Rem RB, Douglas, 40-65, Fixed, 4227, 21 gr, F150.                        
                                               
           A good day on the range with “readable” wind....at least sometimes. We shot the offhand as any sight, with no separate                                    
           iron offhand to allow ample time for the Buffalo match in the afternoon.  This hasn't been held for nearly 20 years, but was                                    
           always popular with the participants.                                     
           The buffalo hunt is a combination of shooting cardboard buffs at various ranges, and then steel “hostiles”.  Rifles are Class II                                    
           with fixed ammo. We hope to have another next fall.                                    

It's a hoot! What the course of fire doesn't show is that the buffalo, close hostiles, and chief are at unknown ranges. The far hostiles are on top of our 200 yard berm. 40 caliber or better, iron sights, no sighter shots, and no rangefinders. Cross sticks for the buffalo only. Prone or sitting is allowed. Get a 100 and 200 yard setting and hold under or over if you want to keep the time down. Sight adjustments add penalty points because of the extra time used. You do have a spotter that's supposed to be helping.

My belt-fed Ballard () served me well. Right at 4 shots per minute.

The Buffalo Hunt reads like great fun. Curious to know if there were any leading problems due to the rapid firing.

Premod70 wrote on Apr 29^th, 2023 at 7:31pm:


It definitely is fun! I can't wait until the fall when we can shoot again. The grass is already brown and dry at the range (one week later) so we don't dare shoot anywhere except into our 200 yard berm. Fires in this area can be devastating.  

I can't speak for anyone else but I had no leading at all. I believe that the Javelina Lube (50/50, not the 75/25 Javelina Schuetzen Lube) I use is why I had no leading. 

We decided to start having "The Buffalo Hunt" again knowing it was late in the season. We thought we might get in one more "Hunt" before it got dry, but no luck. We'll start again in early spring of next year and should have at least three months to hunt buffs.

The buffalos are 24" high, hump to hoofs, and 37 1/2" long, head to tail.

In northern Europe they have speed matches where two shooters are pitted against one another firing at multiple targets at various distances; first to hit all the targets is the winner. Time is first and foremost in the shooters minds next to the bullet hitting the target. No timers are needed nor computations, just good shooting. It is a great spectator sport as well and could easily be adapted to any type rifle, single shots included.