The rules for this match are simple: Any rifle or revolver, old or new, that is safe to shoot with, loaded with black powder or pyrodex, and sights. For more information on this event, call Jim Branham 247-8770 or Chuck Steed 357-2241. Muzzleloading rifles and cap-and-ball revolvers are great for this event. You are invited as a competitor or spectator, to share our fun. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- BLACK POWDER CARTRIDGE RIFLE & REVOLVER MATCH 20 October 2001 (Fine fall weather, cool morning but warmed to shirt sleeve weather.) 1st Revolver 25-yd Slowfire 2nd Revolver 6 Shots in 20 Seconds Jim Branham 55-1x Jim Branham 51 Carl Brown 50 Clayton Upchurch 46 Clayton Upchurch 47-2x Robert Rose 40 Robert Rose 47 Hal Salley 40 3rd Revolver 2 Shots in 2 Seconds Jim Branham 44 Carl Brown 33 Hal Salley 18 Clayton Upchurch 16-1x 1st Rifle 100-yard Buffalo Benchrest 2nd Rifle 100-meter Pig Offhand Hal Salley 49-1x Jim Branham 50 Bob Burgess 46 Chuck Steed 40 Hal Newman 45 Carl Brown 30 Clayton Upchurch 40 Hal Salley 30 3rd Rifle 150-meter Turkey Offhand 4th Rifle 200-meter Ram Offhand Hal Salley 40 Jim Branham 30 Jim Branham 30 Chuck Steed 30 Hal Newman 30 Bob Burgess 20 Clayton Upchurch 20 Tom Fugate 20 Match Aggregate Year-To-Date Aggregate Jim Branham 280 Jim Branham 1981 Hal Salley 236 Clayton Upchurch 1743 Carl Brown 213 Hal Salley 1268 Clayton Upchurch 209 Hal Newman 1035 Chuck Steed 181 Chuck Steed 1023 Hal Newman 154 Carl Brown 824 Bob Burgess 149 Colin Mullins 592 Randy Rose 121 Randy Rose 508 Robert Rose 107 Don Dimmick 416 Jim Fleenor 89 Kevin Jones 392 Tom Fugate 72 Bob Burgess 360 Kevin Jones 68 Tom Fugate 260 Robert Rose 257 Kevin Brummitt 104 Jim Fleenor 89 Match Proceeds--$112.00 ------------------------------------------------------------------- BLACK POWDER CARTRIDGE RIFLE & REVOLVER MATCH 15 Sept 2001 (Fine fall weather, moderate wind.) 1st Revolver 25-yd Slowfire 2nd Revolver 6 Shots in 20 Seconds Jim Branham 59-2x Jim Branham 51 Clayton Upchurch 49-1x Bob Burgess 49 Hal Newman 49 Clayton Upchurch 41-1x Bob Burgess 42 Chuck Steed 40 3rd Revolver 2 Shots in 2 Seconds Jim Branham 35 Hal Salley 21 Clayton Upchurch 18 Carl Brown 15 1st Rifle 100-yard Buffalo Benchrest 2nd Rifle 100-meter Pig Offhand Hal Salley 47-1x Jim Branham 40 Hal Newman 42 Hal Salley 30 Clayton Upchurch 41 Clayton Upchurch 30 Bob Burgess 40 Chuck Steed 30 3rd Rifle 150-meter Turkey Offhand 4th Rifle 200-meter Ram Offhand Clayton Upchurch 40 Chuck Steed 20 Carl Brown 20 Tom Fugate 20 Chuck Steed 20 Clayton Upchurch 20 Jim Branham 20 Bob Burgess 20 Match Aggregate Year-To-Date Aggregate Clayton Upchurch 239 Jim Branham 1701 Jim Branham 221 Clayton Upchurch 1534 Bob Burgess 211 Hal Salley 1032 Chuck Steed 184 Hal Newman 881 Hal Salley 180 Chuck Steed 842 Hal Newman 157 Carl Brown 611 Carl Brown 139 Colin Mullins 592 Tom Fugate 104 Don Dimmick 416 Randy Rose 66 Randy Rose 387 Kevin Jones 324 Bob Burgess 211 Tom Fugate 188 Robert Rose 150 Kevin Brummitt 104 Match Proceeds--$90.00 ------------------------------------------------------------------- BLACK POWDER CARTRIDGE RIFLE & REVOLVER MATCH 18 August 2001 (Fine, warm, moderately windy weather.) 1st Revolver 25-yd Slowfire 2nd Revolver 6 Shots in 20 Seconds Jim Branham 58-1x Jim Branham 50 Chuck Steed 47 Robert Rose 40 Clayton Upchurch 46 Hal Salley 40 Hal Salley 45 Clayton Upchurch 37 3rd Revolver 2 Shots in 2 Seconds Jim Branham 40 Hal Salley 34-1x Clayton Upchurch 23 Robert Rose 8 1st Rifle 100-yard Buffalo Benchrest 2nd Rifle 100-meter Pig Offhand Chuck Steed 43-1x Robert Rose 40 Hal Salley 43 Jim Branham 40 Clayton Upchurch 42 Carl Brown 40 Hal Newman 40 Chuck Steed 30 3rd Rifle 150-meter Turkey Offhand 4th Rifle 200-meter Ram Offhand Hal Newman 30 Clayton Upchurch 30 Carl Brown 30 Randy Rose 30 Robert Rose 20 Hal Newman 20 Jim Branham 20 Hal Salley 20 Match Aggregate Year-To-Date Aggregate Jim Branham 245 Jim Branham 1480 Hal Salley 212 Clayton Upchurch 1295 Clayton Upchurch 208 Hal Salley 852 Carl Brown 179 Hal Newman 724 Chuck Steed 160 Chuck Steed 658 Robert Rose 150 Colin Mullins 592 Hal Newman 147 Carl Brown 472 Colin Mullins 145 Don Dimmick 416 Kevin Jones 105 Kevin Jones 324 Randy Rose 85 Randy Rose 321 Robert Rose 150 Ken Brummitt 104 Match Proceeds--$100.00 ------------------------------------------------------------------- BLACK POWDER CARTRIDGE RIFLE & REVOLVER MATCH 21 July 2001 (Hazy, partly windy: this was Fun Fest Balloon Race Day.) 1st Revolver 25-yd Slowfire 2nd Revolver 6 Shots in 20 Seconds Clayton Upchurch 51 Jim Branham 52 Jim Branham 49 Carl Brown 37 Carl Brown 39 Clayton Upchurch 32 Randy Rose 38 Hal Salley 31 3rd Revolver 2 Shots in 2 Seconds Jim Branham 45 Hal Salley 25 Colin Mullins 19 Carl Brown 14 1st Rifle 100-yard Buffalo Benchrest 2nd Rifle 100-meter Pig Offhand Hal Newman 47-2x Hal Salley 50 Hal Salley 47-1x Jim Bramham 40 Don Dimmick 44 Clayton Upchurch 40 Clayton Upchurch 44 Don Dimmick 40 3rd Rifle 150-meter Turkey Offhand 4th Rifle 200-meter Ram Offhand Jim Branham 40 Clayton Upchurch 40 Hal Newman 30 Tom Fugate 30 Clayton Upchurch 30 Hal Newman 30 Hal Salley 30 Colin Mullins 30 Match Aggregate Year-To-Date Aggregate Jim Branham 266 Jim Branham 1235 Clayton Upchurch 247 Clayton Upchurch 1087 Hal Salley 219 Hal Salley 640 Colin Mullins 172 Hal Newman 577 Carl Brown 162 Chuck Steed 498 Chuck Steed 154 Colin Mullins 447 Hal Newman 147 Don Dimmick 416 Don Dimmick 124 Carl Brown 293 Tom Fugate 84 Randy Rose 236 Kevin Jones 55 Kevin Jones 219 Randy Rose 54 Ken Brummitt 104 Tom Fugate 84 Match Proceeds--$100.00 ------------------------------------------------------------------- BLACK POWDER CARTRIDGE RIFLE & REVOLVER MATCH 16 June 2001 (Hot, partly cloudy, windy, variable weather with a front moving through.) 1st Revolver 25-yd Slowfire 2nd Revolver 6 Shots in 20 Seconds Jim Branham 59-3x Kevin Jones 45 Clayton Upchurch 49 Jim Branham 42 Chuch Steed 38 Chuck Steed 35-1x Kevin Jones 35 Clayton Upchurch 30-1x 3rd Revolver 2 Shots in 2 Seconds Jim Branham 19 Kevin Jones 10 Carl Brown 8 Chuck Steed 7 1st Rifle 100-yard Buffalo Benchrest 2nd Rifle 100-meter Pig Offhand Clayton Upchurch 39 Chuck Steed 50 Chuck Steed 38 Carl Brown 40 Hal Newman 38 Jim Branham 40 Jim Branham 35 Ken Brummitt 20 3rd Rifle 150-meter Turkey Offhand 4th Rifle 200-meter Ram Offhand Jim Branham 30 Hal Newman 20 Clayton Upchurch 30 Clayton Upchurch 20 Hal Newman 30 Jim Branham 20 Ken Brummitt 10 Randy Rose 10 Match Aggregate Year-To-Date Aggregate Jim Branham 245-3x Jim Branham 969 Chuck Steed 178-1x Clayton Upchurch 840 Clayton Upchurch 178-1x Hal Newman 430 Carl Brown 131 Hal Salley 421 Kevin Jones 110 Chuck Steed 344 Hal Newman 107 Don Dimmick 292 Randy Rose 99 Colin Mullins 275 Randy Rose 182 Kevin Jones 164 Carl Brown 131 Match Proceeds--$76.00 ------------------------------------------------------------------- PERFECT TOP 4 EVENTS TIME TARGET POSITION SCORE AVERAGE 1st Revolver 25-yd Slowfire slowfire bullseye standing 60 47 2nd Revolver 6 Shots in 20 Seconds time limit bullseye standing 60 37 3rd Revolver 2 Shots in 2 Seconds time limit bullseye standing 60 18 1st Rifle 100-yard Buffalo Benchrest slowfire bullsyes sitting 50 43 2nd Rifle 100-meter Pig Offhand slowfire knockdown standing 50 40 3rd Rifle 150-meter Turkey Offhand slowfire knockdown standing 50 30 4th Rifle 200-meter Ram Offhand slowfire knockdown standing 50 30 The highest possible score for revolver is 3 x 60 or 180. The highest possible score for rifle is 4 x 50 or 380. The highest possible score for both is 3 x 60 + 4 x 50 or 380. The average of the top four match aggregates for six months was 200. The top four averages are a six-months average for the four top scorers in each event. No competitor does equally well in all events and some shoot revolver only or rifle only. And a lot of us don't compete but just shoot for the fun of it.