Well, we're not close to central Louisiana but every January we have a match for vintage military bolt action rifles in St. Bernard Parish in Poydras. We call it the "Salami Match" because we award food prizes. This match goes way back predating the CMP Vintage Matches by many years.
There is...
A rifle match for competitors shooting the M1 Garand rifle is scheduled for Sunday 15MAY2022 at the St. Bernard Pistol and Rifle Range. This will be the 50 shot National Match course of fire. A sight in period will precede the match. The match will be fired at 200yds on the SR target.
After the...
Next High Power Rifle Match at the Poydras Range will be on Halloween - 31OCT2021. Y'all come! In the meantime, regular matches will be held at the Sheriff's Range in Gonzales as well as Palo Alto near Donaldsonville.
Thanks to all participants for making the Match a success!
Mike, For saving me the 20-30 minutes it would have taken me to peck out the response you gave, Yes, I will buy you lunch.
Slight corrections-- standing and sitting rapid fire will use the SR target vice the SR-1 target.
Prone rapid fire will be fired on the SR-42 target vice the SR-21...
There will be a High Power Rifle Match this coming Sunday 30MAY2021 down in "da Parish". The St. Bernard range is located directly behind Richards RV Park, 350 Bayou Road, St. Bernard (Poydras) LA 70085. Take the road adjacent to the RV Park all the way back and over the old RR tracks to the...
Cleaning them in a vibratory tumbler might round the exposed lead tip a bit but you never see any difference on target and no deer will be able to tell the difference, Walnut media is more aggressive than corn cob and may work better on some of the most grungy bullets. If the bullets are pitted...
You would be welcome to shoot your M1 Garand but only shooters shooting ex military bolt action rifles are eligible for food prizes.
Course of fire is the (modified) National Match Course. 50 shots plus sighters.
10 shots slow fire single load standing offhand in ten minutes
10 shots rapid fire...
It's time again for the "World Famous" (well almost) former Military Bolt Action Rifle "Salami" Match at the St Bernard Pistol and Rifle Range in Poydras LA. Other rifles are welcome but the food prizes will be awarded to shooters using former military bolt action rifles. So get out that...
My Compass Lake dedicated uppers ( https://compasslake.com/?product_cat=22-dedicated-uppers-complete-upper ) will put 10 shots into one slightly enlarged hole at 25yds with el-cheapo Aquila standard velocity ammunition. Haven't tried it with the high dollar Match .22lr - why bother, it is 100%...
Four more things: (1) The range has porta potties but no running water so bring your hand sanitizer. (2) Don't forget your staple gun and staples to attach your targets to your target frame. (3) Bring a big hammer or mallet to set your target frame securely. And (4) Waterproof shoes or boots...
The annual (World?) Famous Salami match will be held next weekend on Sunday 12JAN2020 down in "da Parish" at the Saint Bernard Pistol and Rifle Range. This rifle match is for military bolt action rifles. Other rifles are allowed but prizes will be awarded for military bolt actions only. Course...
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