Larry has received word from Chuck Meyer regarding our 2008 Indoor Prone Sectional. It will be held the next three Friday nights March 28th, April 4th, and April 11th . You can shoot any-sight, irons or both, $5.00 per entry.

Spread the word and come on out. Dust off your prone rifles and join us for some fun. The targets used will be the USA 50 foot smallbore rifle target. These are a humbling target to shoot on but make for some interesting results.

Third Military Bolt Action Rifle shoot
April 20th, 2008 on the Rifle range
Any Military Bolt Action rifle in original configuration with original iron sights
Any safe correct ammunition
10 shots Offhand at 50 yds. 10 shots from the bench(your rest) at 100yds.
10 shots prone at 150 yds.
Shooting mats allowed, No jackets or slings at any time.
20 minute relays for each course, with a 20 minute sight in relay before the match starts.
Shooting starts at 8:30 A.M.
Entry fee $10.00, prizes for 1,2,and 3 place, 50% of the entry fees given out as prizes,
PLUS bragging rights till next match, name and photo put on website WOW
Here are last year's lovely top finishers l to r
Joe Emmanuel Charles Tacke Eric Fingerle Questions to Bill Koppos 631-475-7606
Get that Boltgun out and site her in! Old guns need love too

The 22 Mini-match is done. 4 brave souls made it out for the shoot. The rain held off for us and for the first time in years there was no wind to contend with.
The match was a lot of fun, the scores were,

Kevin M 291
Doug H 285
Jim C 281
Mark M 275

The tactical match went well today. Six intrepid shooters braved the elements and the match directors targets. We will plan another shoot for the winter. We also are thinking about running a match for rimfire shooters, if there is enough interest.

Brian Hogan won the match with a 291
Mark Moscarillo was second with a 252
Chris Drake was third with a 221

Special thanks to Joe Kreutz who did a heckuva job as line officer/cigar smoking bon vivant.

The 2007 Empire State Games Shooting events produced some of the greatest results ever for Long Island Smallbore and Air Rifle shooters. Valley Stream's Blake McCauley and Roslyn Club's Pete Olensky coached the competitors from the Long Island region. Their expertise really paid off this year as can be seen by the outstanding finishes posted by the competitors. Pete and Blake’s coaching skills and dedication to our Long Island shooters is just amazing and should be commended.


Roslyn Clubs Ray H. and Larry P. - ESG 2007

In the teams division the following results were posted.

Open Smallbore 3p:
Steve W. and Jen B. - Silver Medal

Open Smallbore Prone:
Larry P and Ray H. - Bronze Medal

Open Air Rifle
Steve W. and Jen B. - Bronze Medal

Scholastic Smallbore 3p:
Quinn F. and Nick N. - Gold

Scholastic Smallbore Prone:
Steve Z. and Abby M. - Silver Medal

Scholastic Air Rifle:
Steve Z. and Nick N. - Gold

In the individual competition the following was posted.

Scholastic Smallbore Prone:
Steve z. - Gold

Scholastic Smallbore 3p:
Nick N. - Silver

Scholastic Air Rifle:
Steve Z. Silver
Nick N. - Bronze

Congratulations to all of our Long Island competitors!

On Saturday June 23, 2007 the Roslyn Club held an NRA 800 Metric Prone Iron Sights only match. Who would have thought we would have had such a great turn out for an Iron sights only match.

Sixteen shooters completed the 80 shot course at 50 yards and 100 yards. The new guy Bryan W. took first place with a 755 10x Larry P. took 2nd place with 750 13x, and Pete O. took 3rd place with 741 9x.

We had ONE OF THOSE DAYS on our Roslyn range with the wind changing direction after every shot, and the scores reflect that fact. Thanks to Bart L. we have some great pictures to share in the PHOTO GALLERY. Here is just one picture that I think should be titled "A tight Line" (check the club calendar and join us for a match)

As a safety precaution we have shortened the target frames from 72 inches to 64 inches. This will keep the ricochets down and also prevent damage to the berms.

If you have a personal frame that is over 64" please cut it down.

Thanks for your help with this, Kevin

Please do not drive out on the Rilfle range at the Calverton Facility. The berms have been repaired and the ground out on the range is very soft. If you take your car out there you will get stuck.

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