Monthly Shoot Reports
Check out the action either on the 2nd Tuesday night Pistol shoot or at the 3rd Saturday Rifle shoots at MatValley Sportsmens Range in Palmer, on the Glenn Highway.
Monthly Pistol Shoot October 13th 2026
Our first month back inside with everything at 25 yards nice and warm, no wind and yet we mourn the passing of seeing your sights with the indoor lighting. Maybe a future upgrade at the range?
All targets were slow fire at 25yards so the scores were pretty high which was to be expected. I brought out the ten-ring percussion and used a different powder for each round trying to find the perfect combination. In the end God humbled me when Mike Grigsby helped me determine it is just me and not the gun by shooting a solid 10. Thanks Mike.
Mike Grigsby did squeak out a win with all three targets in the 90’s and a final score of 276xx even though Augustus Topp had high single score on the night with a 95x and a total of 273xxxxx. Nice work both of you. Mike Evers and Bart Topp also shot very well, scoring 262xx and 267 for the night. Steve Anderson had consistent scores in the 70’s for a total of 228x and Pat Butler and Jeff Binegar also shot respectable scores with 188x and 167x for totals. Pat Reed came out and helped score targets keeping us all honest and even used a scoring ring to limit any challenges.
Monthly Rifle Shoot August
Another great sunny day relaxing at the range. One more month outdoors on the 100 yard side before we move back indoors and everything becomes 25yds.
There were 7 shooters and we created some entertaining shooting with one target shot supported. I say supported because I got lazy and did not want to take turns with the bench so I broke out my tripod. Obviously there was no advantage shown by my poor score but at least I had one good target for the day.
After adding up scores and picking up my pride, Augustus Topp took top shot for the day with 215x for the 4 targets and a sweet 80 for the single buffalo @100yd. Bart Topp took second with a score of 203xxx with consistent scores and a score of 30 on the standing bear @100yd. That bear looks a bit thin with open sights. Beans took 3rd place with 171x and had high score of 36 with the standing bear. Time Evers was next with 153x followed by Steve Anderson at 133x, JP Wood with 52 and Mike Grigsby with 49. Mike was shooting postal targets so he did not shoot the single buffalo for score and his best target of 43xxx was for the crow that we did not score.
Reviews
Steve A.
“It is really great to get together with the guys from the club and swap stories and get advice on loads and different powder patch combinations. It appears that there are as many different combinations as there are shooters”
Jeff B. “Beans”
“I just come to burn powder and have a good time”
Pat R.
“Did someone say smoothbore?”
