Can you please share where you live?
Lorane, Oregon
What Range(s) do you host as a Match Director?
Tri-County Gun Club in Sherwood, Oregon
How many years have you been a NBRSA Match Director?
Going on 2 years now.
Which Benchrest shooting discipline matches do you host at your range? Long Range? Score? Group?
Long Range Benchrest 600 yard.
Favorite NBRSA registered match you host each year?
My favorite match is the September match which is the first one after our summer break.
What makes this match so special?
I like it because you get to see what everyone has been working on all summer and re-connect with your shooting buddies.
Do you personally shoot any Benchrest matches? If so, which matches?
I shoot all our local matches and NBRSA 600 and 1000 yard Nationals.
What rifle components do you use (Scope, Stock, Action, Barrel, Trigger)?
Stock – Wheeler LRB
Action – Neuvo LR & Bat M
Barrels – Krieger and Bartlein 1.250 & 1.450 Straight
Trigger – Bix n Andy
Scope – March
Greatest benchrest match memory to date?
My greatest memory was setting a new world record for heavy gun score even though that record was recently beat.
Funniest Benchrest match memory to date?
One time I brought one of my friends Johnny to experience benchrest. During his first sighter period, he shot his first shot about a foot high. When he saw the spotter disc, he thought he was supposed to aim at the orange spotter, so he shot at the spotter and hit a foot higher than that. This continued until Bill Johnson called up from the pits and said “Cease fire, Cease fire!! Bench 6 is totally off target, pieces of the frame are raining down on us, and he just blew the number board off the frame! I’ve never seen anything like this, cease fire!” Bill Johnson is always so steady Eddie, and to hear him get so excited as that was hilarious. The look on the Johnny’s face was priceless. I haven’t laughed that hard in a long time, and everyone still laughs about it to this day.
How can the NBRSA assist you in making your matches more successful?
Maybe the NBRSA could start a match directors forum or quarterly news letter that allows match directors to share ideas and best practices with each other.
