PICS from Lever Action Jubilee Ridgway, PA added

w30wcf · Post by **w30wcf** » Fri Sep 27, 2013 8:34 am

This is a nice get together for folks who like leverguns and steel targets. Lots of fellowship and fun!

Shoot at your own pace. Lots of talk about leverguns.!

Shoot at the first target until you hit it, then the next 9 in a row.

2013
Lever Action Jubilee
Bring your Marlins / Winchesters / Savages, etc.
& numerous rounds of ammunition
(jacketed or cast bullets)

To: Ridgway Rifle Club, Ridgway, PA
October 12 & 13
For some lever action silhouette fun!
- Bring as many rifles as you want! Some for show too!
- Two classes: iron sights / scope
- Use a different rifle at each distance if you want to
- Entry fee: $5.00 per day - shoot one or both days
- Cartridges may be single loaded

Saturday, October 12
Course of fire: chickens - 200m / pigs - 300m / turkeys - 385m / rams - 500m
Shooting position: freestyle (no cross sticks, etc. but slings are ok)
Shoot at the first target until hit, then the next 9 targets in succession
Match = 40 shots + all the sighting shots you need – no time limit
Side match - Tres Banditos - Fastest time on five targets @ 300 meters
8:00 - Range open for sighting in & practice
1:00 - 1st relay to the firing line.

Sunday, October 13
Course of fire: ½ size chickens - 40m / pigs - 50m / turkeys - 75m / rams - 100m
Shooting position: offhand (standing) NOTE: .22 R.F. & Pistol Ctg. only
Shoot at the first target until hit, then the next 9 targets in succession
Match = 40 shots + all the sighting shots you need – no time limit
Side match - Tres Banditos - Fastest time on five targets @ 75 meters
8:00 - Range open for sighting in & practice
10:00 - 1st relay to the firing line
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The clubhouse is open to anyone who wants to stay there. Bring your sleeping bag.
Nearby Motel - Royal INN - Rt219 South - 4 Miles from the range - 814-773-3153
Please contact John Kort if you need additional information or directions. jkort43@roadrunner.com
Hope to see you there!
w30wcf

FatJackDurham · Post by **FatJackDurham** » Fri Sep 27, 2013 10:19 am

Sounds awesome!!!!

Sixgun · Post by **Sixgun** » Fri Sep 27, 2013 1:53 pm

Oooooooooooooooo.........I'm getting excited..........It's hard to contain myself..........

I gotta make this one.........

Nothing pushing me........

Got time, Jeep, and bucks........and the most important.....leverguns and ammo......

Jack Sr., are you camping?.. Where is most of the action? Up top or the lower range? Just trying to figure where to camp at. --------Jack Jr.

w30wcf · Post by **w30wcf** » Sat Sep 28, 2013 8:25 am

Howdy Sixgun,
Hope you can make it. Most of the action - probably on Sunday at the lower range.

I'm planning on camping in the clubhouse. You are more than welcome to join me.....just keep the gas level down.....

w30wcf

6pt-sika · Post by **6pt-sika** » Sat Sep 28, 2013 4:29 pm

I've been wanting to come up a do another of these ! Think it's been 7 years since I was there last . And this year I won't be able to attend either ! The 13th I'll be in Cambridge hanging a stand for the following Fridays early ML hunt on the Bkackwater NWR .

AJMD429 · Post by **AJMD429** » Sat Sep 28, 2013 7:04 pm

They should have included 'Rugers' in the list to bring...

Sixgun · Post by **Sixgun** » Sat Sep 28, 2013 7:31 pm

Lookee here guys. I believe any brand of leverguns is welcome. We will not be shooting for Cadillacs!

It's a fun shoot and will be especially good for getting rid of ammo that's been sitting around. This ain't no shoot where you put on starched shirts, have a gun bearer, drive a Lexus, or have a high faluton female hanging on your arm.

By dang it Jack Sr., Ill be a coming, but....I'm camping. No rules that way. If I want to be a pig in my own tent, I can do it. If I decide to leave 6,000 cubic feet of methane into the atmosphere, I'm doing it!!!!!!

I'll try to talk "the Gunny" into coming, but lately he has been playing that 1000 yard silhouette stuff, which I'm not into.

I got lots of new toys to show off..........Jr.

w30wcf · Post by **w30wcf** » Sun Sep 29, 2013 8:34 am

AJMD429 wrote:They should have included 'Rugers' in the list to bring...

Thank you for the reminder. I added, "etc."

Sixgun wrote:Lookee here guys. I believe any brand of leverguns is welcome. We will not be shooting for Cadillacs! It's a fun shoot and will be especially good for getting rid of ammo that's been sitting around. This ain't no shoot where you put on starched shirts, have a gun bearer, drive a Lexus, or have a high faluton female hanging on your arm.

By dang it Jack Sr., Ill be a coming, but....I'm camping. No rules that way. If I want to be a pig in my own tent, I can do it. If I decide to leave 6,000 cubic feet of methane into the atmosphere, I'm doing it!!!!!!

I'll try to talk "the Gunny" into coming, but lately he has been playing that 1000 yard silhouette stuff, which I'm not into.

I got lots of new toys to show off..........Jr.

I'm looking forward to seeing your new toys!

Hopefully one of them will be your '73 with the rare spoon type tang sight. It would be fun to see how it works at 500 meters......

WOW!

6,000 cu ft of methane....don't light a match

ps: it will likely be warmer in the clubhouse ..... good for my older bones.....

6pt-Sika - Hopefully you can make it again one of these years. Among the leverguns I'm taking is my '92 Marlin .32 Colt. I have a new bullet from an Accurate mold that I want to try out. As I recall you brought along a similar '92 in really nice shape when you were there last.

w30wcf

Sixgun · Post by **Sixgun** » Sun Sep 29, 2013 12:47 pm

Ok, I'll bring the '73 with the funny sight. I guess I'll include a few heavy barreled '86's for the long range stuff too.----6

steve817 · Post by **steve817** » Sun Sep 29, 2013 2:06 pm

Looks fun, wished I lived a little closer.

Griff · Post by **Griff** » Sun Sep 29, 2013 2:49 pm

Good luck guys. Sounds like fun. Have ammo, toys, just not enough time to get there. Have to see the docs and have new scars made!

Borregos · Post by **Borregos** » Sun Sep 29, 2013 3:15 pm

I'd love to get there, I've got all the cross border paperwork but unfortunately it is our Thanksgiving weekend and my eldest grandsons birthday, I promised I would do something with him and that would not be one to break! Maybe next year.

Griff · Post by **Griff** » Sun Sep 29, 2013 3:18 pm

Borregos wrote:I'd love to get there, I've got all the cross border paperwork but unfortunately it is our Thanksgiving weekend and my eldest grandsons birthday, I promised I would do something with him and that would not be one to break! Maybe next year.

I'm sure you know the answer... take the grandson with ya! What a special birthday that would be!!!

6pt-sika · Post by **6pt-sika** » Sun Sep 29, 2013 8:55 pm

w30wcf wrote: 6pt-Sika - Hopefully you can make it again one of these years. Among the leverguns I'm taking is my '92 Marlin .32 Colt. I have a new bullet from an Accurate mold that I want to try out. As I recall you brought along a similar '92 in really nice shape when you were there last.

w30wcf

Yes that was a Model 92 and then a few years back I got another that was a Model 1892 . Never got a little 32 in the Model 1891 !

I sold the 1892 and the 92 to a fellow at the Baltimore Gun Show 3 years ago I believe .

6pt-sika · Post by **6pt-sika** » Sun Sep 29, 2013 9:00 pm

Sixgun wrote:Ok, I'll bring the '73 with the funny sight. I guess I'll include a few heavy barreled '86's for the long range stuff too.----6

Yup an 86 in 50-110 would be grand and while you were at it a 76 in 50-95 would be "kinda intrestin" also

Very very strange , I likes the big ones and the little bitty ones the most I think !

Post by **Ysabel Kid** » Mon Sep 30, 2013 1:41 pm

Have fun fellas!

Sixgun · Post by **Sixgun** » Mon Sep 30, 2013 5:36 pm

6pt-sika wrote:
Yup an 86 in 50-110 would be grand and while you were at it a 76 in 50-95 would be "kinda intrestin" also

Very very strange , I likes the big ones and the little bitty ones the most I think !

6 Point, I never did have an 1886 in 50. Always wanted one but I found them in either junk condition or pristine, outta my league. Same goes for any caliber 1876.

Kid,
Come on up! The only thing you will need is yourself. I got the tent, food and the guns & ammo. The only thing you will have to share is the GAS, the methane kind.

-------6

6pt-sika · Post by **6pt-sika** » Tue Oct 01, 2013 8:53 am

Sixgun wrote:
6pt-sika wrote:
Yup an 86 in 50-110 would be grand and while you were at it a 76 in 50-95 would be "kinda intrestin" also

Very very strange , I likes the big ones and the little bitty ones the most I think !
6 Point, I never did have an 1886 in 50. Always wanted one but I found them in either junk condition or pristine, outta my league. Same goes for any caliber 1876.

-------6

Never had an 86 50 in my hands !

But about 9 years ago I had a rather decent 76 50-95 in my hands . Overall decent working shape and the bore was shootable . Guy wanted $6500 , the neat thing was it was about 3 miles from my house !

3leggedturtle · Post by **3leggedturtle** » Wed Oct 02, 2013 11:19 am

Is this shoot in October every year? Roughly the same date within reason? Give me something to plan for next year.

Sixgun · Post by **Sixgun** » Wed Oct 02, 2013 8:28 pm

3leggedturtle wrote:Is this shoot in October every year? Roughly the same date within reason? Give me something to plan for next year.

Yepper! Same place, same date, same channel. Although I am aware of it every year, there's always something that screws it up.

You can go to their website and check out the info. Just google "Ridgway Rifle Club" in Ridgway, pa.----6

6pt-sika · Post by **6pt-sika** » Wed Oct 02, 2013 10:12 pm

Sixgun wrote:
3leggedturtle wrote:Is this shoot in October every year? Roughly the same date within reason? Give me something to plan for next year.

Yepper! Same place, same date, same channel. Although I am aware of it every year, there's always something that screws it up.

You can go to their website and check out the info. Just google "Ridgway Rifle Club" in Ridgway, pa.----6

Always in October perhaps .

But the year I went it was Halloween weekend , so that would make it the end of the month where as this one is a bit earlier .

w30wcf · Post by **w30wcf** » Fri Oct 04, 2013 1:08 pm

3leggedturtle,

At this point, we have pretty much standardized on the 2nd weekend in October. As 6pt-sika indicated, we have had it as late as the last weekend in Oct or the 1st weekend in Nov. in the past.

Of course, if I was better organized, I would have posted the match announcement a few months ago........

w30wcf

3leggedturtle · Post by **3leggedturtle** » Fri Oct 04, 2013 2:58 pm

Thanks, it wouldn't of mattered if I had known about this in January. Too much other mindless stuff to do and take care of.

Sixgun · Post by **Sixgun** » Fri Oct 04, 2013 3:52 pm

3leggedturtle wrote:Thanks, it wouldn't of mattered if I had known about this in January. Too much other mindless stuff to do and take care of.

Turtleman,
You just said "mindless". That means you can come! I have a mighty big tent and right now, I'm by myself so......For the small fee of $488, you can bunk with me

For the first time, the fee will be waved. I always say, "Life is short----Play hard.-------6

3leggedturtle · Post by **3leggedturtle** » Sat Oct 05, 2013 8:22 pm

Sixgun wrote:
3leggedturtle wrote:Thanks, it wouldn't of mattered if I had known about this in January. Too much other mindless stuff to do and take care of.
Turtleman,
You just said "mindless". That means you can come! I have a mighty big tent and right now, I'm by myself so......For the small fee of $488, you can bunk with me For the first time, the fee will be waved. I always say, "Life is short----Play hard.-------6

If I don't involve shooting, loving, reloading, women, traveling, camping and fires; its mindless. Bad attitude I know but aint changing my thought process anymore. Except I am slowly coming around to my thoughts about accepting a certain rimless lever rifle caliber with a short neck.

Thanks for the offer but I am going to stay put, work and play house with GF until next May.

Sixgun · Post by **Sixgun** » Sun Oct 06, 2013 8:45 am

I hear ya Turtle! That's cool! My attitude changes like the weather and its usually because a woman says things to me that makes it that way.

On to this Jubilee thingy, I'm thinking with all the s-t I wanna bring, I'll need my little trailer that I pull with the Jeep. Then I said "screw that", I'm gonna make it simple---------Me, Jeep, guns, ammo, cot/sleeping bag, food---------done, I'm bunking in the clubhouse. Jack Kort.......you better be ready...........................cause I headed your way with gas weapons of major destruction

------6

Sixgun · Post by **Sixgun** » Thu Oct 10, 2013 4:13 pm

Three days of rain have forced me to cancel this thing. They claim cloudy on Sat., but rain Fri. And Sun. I ain't driving 10 hours up and back in the rain. Dang!----6

w30wcf · Post by **w30wcf** » Thu Oct 24, 2013 9:31 am

As it turned out Saturday was the finest kind of weather .... right around 70 degrees with hardly a cloud in the sky and almost no wind.
Sunday was a bit overcast with a couple of sprinkles here and there but everything turned out just fine.

I arrived Friday afternoon to test some loads and sight settings.

13 lever action enthusiasts came for fun and fellowship and lots of shooting. We missed seeing Sixgun due to the bad weather forecast that he had read. Thankfully the weatherman was wrong....as they sometimes are.

Calibers used among the fellow Lever Action Jubileers:
.30-30 / .303 Savage / .38-55 / .45-70 / 250-3000 / .358 / .357 / .44-40 / .45 Colt / .22 LR
Mucho fun was had by all.

Here are a few pics from Saturday on the High Power Silhouette Range..

Here's a short video of the range taken on a different day by the BPCR folks...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=pl ... rWCAE_aCNg

w30wcf

w30wcf · Post by **w30wcf** » Thu Oct 24, 2013 9:51 am

From Sunday on the Cowboy Silhouette range....

Can't wait until next year......

w30wcf

Borregos · Post by **Borregos** » Thu Oct 24, 2013 10:17 am

Nice pics

Going to try and make it next year

GoatGuy · Post by **GoatGuy** » Thu Oct 24, 2013 11:19 am

Sure seems ya'll were having fun and that range is a beauty!
One thing though, it's for certain the club is a back East affair. Not a single cowboy hat amongst all the the crew, ...just "blankety blank" ball caps.

41 Redhawk · Post by **41 Redhawk** » Thu Oct 24, 2013 1:13 pm

John,

I see at least 2 from SW pa. Do you know how many were from down here?

3leggedturtle · Post by **3leggedturtle** » Thu Oct 24, 2013 1:20 pm

GoatGuy wrote:Sure seems ya'll were having fun and that range is a beauty!
One thing though, it's for certain the club is a back East affair. Not a single cowboy hat amongst all the the crew, ...just "blankety blank" ball caps.

Have you ever tried to swat a fly with a 10 gallon hat?

WHO was shooting the 250-3000?

Can you put names to the faces?

Twodot · Post by **Twodot** » Fri Oct 25, 2013 9:41 am

Ho hum, just a bunch of old guys shootin' old guns

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Looks like an enjoyable way to spend a nice day.
..

Griff · Post by **Griff** » Fri Oct 25, 2013 3:19 pm

Sixgun · Post by **Sixgun** » Fri Oct 25, 2013 10:54 pm

I'm really burnin up now. I have not seen a forecast that bad in 20 years. That Friday morning when I was originally going to leave looked like monsoon season and it was supposed to stay that way for 3 days, on and off.

I'm smoking hot!

Nice pics Jack. Other than Brian, I did not recognize the others. Locals?

Oh well, glad you boys had a good time.------6

steve817 · Post by **steve817** » Sat Oct 26, 2013 3:05 am

Maybe one of these days I will be able to make the pilgrimage and join you fine folks.

w30wcf · Post by **w30wcf** » Sun Oct 27, 2013 9:00 am

Borregos,
Hope you can make it next year. As you probably know, to bring rifles into the US from Canada requires special paperwork from the US.
If you are not familiar with the procedure, let me know and I will find out more about it.

41Redhawk,
Just Chuck Blender & Lou Sellman were the two from the Pittsburgh area.

3leggedturtle,
Ed, the fellow in the suspenders, was shooting the 250-3000, a .303 and a .358.....all 99's. He is a collector of 99's.
There were 2 fellows from New Jersey .... the fellow with the pipe and the fellow standing on the right of the Ridgway sign.
Steve, the fellow with the Ram is from Indiana.
The rest are from PA.

Sixgun,
Well....there's always next year. In addition to Brian, Jim Snyder & Chuck Blender are regulars at NRA Cowboy matches.

Steve,
That would be great!

w30wcf

41 Redhawk · Post by **41 Redhawk** » Tue Oct 29, 2013 12:22 pm

w30wcf wrote:41Redhawk,
Just Chuck Blender & Lou Sellman were the two from the Pittsburgh area.

I see Chuck at Irwin, Coraopolis and Dormont / Mt Lebanon quite often.

Lou I see at various gun shows. He used to shoot Cowboy but I haven't seen him at a match in years

rbertalotto · Post by **rbertalotto** » Wed Oct 30, 2013 12:32 pm

Fantastic facility!

I'm bringing a busload of folks next year......I've got a dozen or so shooting buddies up here that all have severe cases of "leveritis"

Can't wait for next year!

w30wcf · Post by **w30wcf** » Wed Oct 30, 2013 9:26 pm

Roy,
That would be great!

Sixgun,
"I'm bunking in the clubhouse. Jack Kort.......you better be ready...........................cause I headed your way with gas weapons of major destruction

------6"

Ok "Capt'n Methane" we'll be ready in 2014!

w30wcf