ReeseBottom | Site-Wide Activity http://www.reesebottom.com/activity/ Activity feed for the entire site. Fri, 07 Aug 2026 02:23:06 -0500 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-US 30 hourly 2 799aa6bf984330f94acd7802d1f378b0 Jonathan Jones replied to the topic August 2026 Mid-Range Prone Match in the forum Reese Bottom Chat Room http://www.reesebottom.com/forums/topic/august-2026-mid-range-prone-match/#post-14803 Thu, 06 Aug 2026 03:54:12 -0500 Jonathan Jones- 6mm open
Katelyn Jones- 6mm open

]]> 0 73eb7605900d6d190805332b546469e3 Albert Pitchford replied to the topic August 2026 Mid-Range Prone Match in the forum Reese Bottom Chat Room http://www.reesebottom.com/forums/topic/august-2026-mid-range-prone-match/#post-14802 Thu, 06 Aug 2026 00:25:24 -0500 Albert Pitchford 6-Dasher

Eli Pitchford 6-BRA

]]> 0 cf6902c4a2bb5ba5cc54a87faad109e1 Steve Howell replied to the topic August 2026 Mid-Range Prone Match in the forum Reese Bottom Chat Room http://www.reesebottom.com/forums/topic/august-2026-mid-range-prone-match/#post-14801 Tue, 04 Aug 2026 19:11:59 -0500 Boot Fulton, 308, FTR

Steve Howell, 6.5×47, Bench

]]> 0 f32b90ed14722ba6afedb0ce54ffd230 Richard Slaton replied to the topic August 2026 Mid-Range Prone Match in the forum Reese Bottom Chat Room http://www.reesebottom.com/forums/topic/august-2026-mid-range-prone-match/#post-14800 Mon, 03 Aug 2026 14:41:17 -0500 Richard Allen 6br bench

]]> 0 fff698efd4c20282bf133633b9d228c9 KStewart replied to the topic August 2026 Mid-Range Prone Match in the forum Reese Bottom Chat Room http://www.reesebottom.com/forums/topic/august-2026-mid-range-prone-match/#post-14799 Mon, 03 Aug 2026 13:20:44 -0500 Kevin Stewart
300 WSM
Open

]]> 0 9e62fd31b4036ce16216862f078c84b8 Barry Holcomb replied to the topic August 2026 Mid-Range Prone Match in the forum Reese Bottom Chat Room http://www.reesebottom.com/forums/topic/august-2026-mid-range-prone-match/#post-14798 Mon, 03 Aug 2026 03:11:16 -0500 Barry Holcomb
300wsm
Open

Doug is coming out of retirement!!

]]> 0 8d59b1aecc6637d7d9aa5a55d65fb7b8 Wynne Echols replied to the topic August 2026 Mid-Range Prone Match in the forum Reese Bottom Chat Room http://www.reesebottom.com/forums/topic/august-2026-mid-range-prone-match/#post-14797 Mon, 03 Aug 2026 02:41:43 -0500 Wynne Echols, FTR, .223

]]> 0 14e6a9b59d6406bdc5b5ff210fdfae15 Wynne Echols replied to the topic West Alabama Long-Range Championship in the forum Reese Bottom Chat Room http://www.reesebottom.com/forums/topic/west-alabama-long-range-championship/#post-14796 Mon, 03 Aug 2026 02:39:52 -0500 My hope is that many of you good shooters are as excited about this opportunity as I am. Remember, this is a first for me so please offer patience. I will be posting over the coming days as things come to mind. For those traveling from a distance, I would recommend that you get reservations at a motel in Demopolis, Al. They are all within…[Read more]

]]> 0 b753bafc3a406e44c1fea3c9b69bdca6 Doug Pugh replied to the topic August 2026 Mid-Range Prone Match in the forum Reese Bottom Chat Room http://www.reesebottom.com/forums/topic/august-2026-mid-range-prone-match/#post-14795 Mon, 03 Aug 2026 02:21:55 -0500 Doug Pugh FTR 308

]]> 0 aaef08d5d89d70cea7e5a8bed78fd5c8 Richard Slaton replied to the topic August 2026 Mid-Range Prone Match in the forum Reese Bottom Chat Room http://www.reesebottom.com/forums/topic/august-2026-mid-range-prone-match/#post-14794 Mon, 03 Aug 2026 02:20:36 -0500 Richard SLATON 6BrX bench

]]> 0 a4d8dae377f4755c00b6faf9cd200c3a Kenneth Thomas replied to the topic August 2026 Mid-Range Prone Match in the forum Reese Bottom Chat Room http://www.reesebottom.com/forums/topic/august-2026-mid-range-prone-match/#post-14793 Mon, 03 Aug 2026 02:01:58 -0500 Kenneth Thomas F Open 6BRX

]]> 0 9586dc7f1e1dd34b2ee33955a55768d9 Wynne Echols replied to the topic August 2026 Mid-Range Prone Match in the forum Reese Bottom Chat Room http://www.reesebottom.com/forums/topic/august-2026-mid-range-prone-match/#post-14792 Mon, 03 Aug 2026 02:00:09 -0500 If you remember, I announced a few months back that I intend to hold matches through 2030. That would be the remainder of this year and four more years. The good Lord willing. Just turning 75 has brought on a few more aches and pains. Anyway, I wish for this time to be both fun for the good shooter and competitive for all. A couple of things…[Read more]

]]> 0 dd36f5596b090d60239d4d8453c9e141 Wynne Echols started the topic August 2026 Mid-Range Prone Match in the forum Reese Bottom Chat Room http://www.reesebottom.com/forums/topic/august-2026-mid-range-prone-match/ Mon, 03 Aug 2026 01:39:59 -0500 Please use this topic to register for the August Mid-Range Prone match to be held at Reese Bottom on Saturday, August 15, 2026. Registration for the match will close Thursday night August 13 at 7:00 pm. We can take up to twenty good shooters with five able to shoot from a bench. Please be ready to go by 8:00 am. 3 X 20 X 600. I will have a…[Read more]

]]> 0 79f7d20e8e44b64bc33c460bfce00b4e Wynne Echols replied to the topic West Alabama Long-Range Championship in the forum Reese Bottom Chat Room http://www.reesebottom.com/forums/topic/west-alabama-long-range-championship/#post-14790 Mon, 03 Aug 2026 01:25:48 -0500 Just a reminder that registration for the Alabama Long Range Championship opens at 7:00 pm on Sunday night August 16, 2026. A lot of the details are in the topic above. I will have a lot more to say in the days to come. Please do not confuse this with the registration for the August Mid-Range Prone match to be shot the day before. WWE

]]> 0 478b32a923705d68507bca1b76cc52b3 Steve Howell replied to the topic July Mid-Range Prone Match in the forum Reese Bottom Chat Room http://www.reesebottom.com/forums/topic/july-mid-range-prone-match/#post-14788 Thu, 16 Jul 2026 21:11:34 -0500 Sorry we’re not going to be able to make it. Other commitments and work getting in the.

]]> 0 eb4a2af02a0aec4b272b3bf2a02ee901 Wynne Echols replied to the topic July Mid-Range Prone Match in the forum Reese Bottom Chat Room http://www.reesebottom.com/forums/topic/july-mid-range-prone-match/#post-14787 Thu, 16 Jul 2026 03:45:37 -0500 Good Shooters, I am cancelling the July Mid=Range Match. I know that I asked everyone to register before tomorrow night at 7:00 pm but I have heard from enough good shooters to know already that we are not going to have enough to have a competitive match. I will try to get up with those registered for the match tomorrow and if any of you talk…[Read more]

]]> 0 8b8c544c0ba89acc62b672b5ba82e55a Richard Slaton replied to the topic July Mid-Range Prone Match in the forum Reese Bottom Chat Room http://www.reesebottom.com/forums/topic/july-mid-range-prone-match/#post-14786 Thu, 16 Jul 2026 02:04:22 -0500 Sorry but I will not be able to make it month

]]> 0 f13b48c9077489fd76a9c55e57a05e1a Kipp Charlton replied to the topic July Mid-Range Prone Match in the forum Reese Bottom Chat Room http://www.reesebottom.com/forums/topic/july-mid-range-prone-match/#post-14785 Sun, 12 Jul 2026 03:43:30 -0500 308 ftr

]]> 0 8d7f474e2ff3940b6b28a91018195e78 scott parten replied to the topic July Mid-Range Prone Match in the forum Reese Bottom Chat Room http://www.reesebottom.com/forums/topic/july-mid-range-prone-match/#post-14784 Sat, 11 Jul 2026 11:55:43 -0500 Scott Parten

.308 FTR

]]> 0 bd35d16042e24e0371b32a49700cae37 Kenneth Thomas replied to the topic July Mid-Range Prone Match in the forum Reese Bottom Chat Room http://www.reesebottom.com/forums/topic/july-mid-range-prone-match/#post-14783 Tue, 07 Jul 2026 01:43:24 -0500 Kenneth Thomas
F OPEN
6MM BRX

]]> 0 cc8df900258bb182204900d84f754b46 Barry Holcomb replied to the topic July Mid-Range Prone Match in the forum Reese Bottom Chat Room http://www.reesebottom.com/forums/topic/july-mid-range-prone-match/#post-14782 Mon, 06 Jul 2026 18:59:08 -0500 Barry Holcomb
7mm
Open

]]> 0 194bafa40e991f233ca0692b0ca247c9 Wynne Echols started the topic July Mid-Range Prone Match in the forum Reese Bottom Chat Room http://www.reesebottom.com/forums/topic/july-mid-range-prone-match/ Mon, 06 Jul 2026 00:52:06 -0500 Suze and I both hope that all of you good shooters have had a fun, safe 4th of July celebration and now it is time to turn our attention to the July 18, 2026, mid-range prone match to be held at Reese Bottom. We will host the usual three divisions[bench, open, and ftr] We will take up to twenty good shooters with five able to shoot from a bench.…[Read more]

]]> 0 0a8c42b9026725268e8b575198ef8293 Wynne Echols replied to the topic How Important is the 'X' Ring in the forum Reese Bottom Chat Room http://www.reesebottom.com/forums/topic/how-important-is-the-x-ring/#post-14779 Fri, 26 Jun 2026 01:33:06 -0500 Just a comment on the ‘hold off’ thing. I just now noticed that I had not turned my turrets back to zero. I shot the match with six clicks of left dialed in and I think all of my shots but two were aimed at the ‘X’ ring. Those two were hopefully aimed at the ‘X’ but for some reason decided to go low. For information purposes only: Shot 2 and…[Read more]

]]> 0 a57360ad061478650cded147d5d7b07d Wynne Echols started the topic June Match Follow-up!! in the forum Reese Bottom Chat Room http://www.reesebottom.com/forums/topic/june-match-follow-up/ Fri, 26 Jun 2026 01:04:30 -0500 Last Saturday in all of the confusion and rain, I lost a battery to the saw and a blue sensor. Suze and I have enjoyed a few days at the beach so tonight after dinner I had her ride with me to see if we could find the lost pieces. We just got home and can report that we batted 100%. I had thrown the battery out speeding around a curve going to…[Read more]

]]> 0 00eaa2a0659b17df0c4416c851e5e05c Richard Slaton replied to the topic How Important is the 'X' Ring in the forum Reese Bottom Chat Room http://www.reesebottom.com/forums/topic/how-important-is-the-x-ring/#post-14774 Tue, 23 Jun 2026 17:48:14 -0500 Scott, Barry you both answer a question I meant to ask in my reply “ how much were you having to hold off” thanks for doing that. Really I thought The wind was real mild in all three of my relays but I couldn’t the the flags but I doubt they would’ve been any help. I really didn’t see any Maroge. I personally think other than the rain and not g…[Read more]

]]> 0 3c649672596f16f119a5c30419e297ed Barry Holcomb replied to the topic How Important is the 'X' Ring in the forum Reese Bottom Chat Room http://www.reesebottom.com/forums/topic/how-important-is-the-x-ring/#post-14773 Tue, 23 Jun 2026 03:27:52 -0500 When I started shooting 12 or 13 years ago, you could drop 5-6 points in open and win a match and I don’t ever remember shooting above 40 x’s either. I’ve noticed just in the last two years at Reese bottom how the scores have gotten so much tighter and everyone has upped their game. Mr. Richard, what you do with that pistol is honestly impre…[Read more]

]]> 0 16bd3c835598a59b95aac4f2b773a439 Barry Holcomb replied to the topic Fuzzy Photos in the forum Reese Bottom Chat Room http://www.reesebottom.com/forums/topic/fuzzy-photos/#post-14772 Tue, 23 Jun 2026 03:20:02 -0500 It wouldn’t be the first or the last time. lol.

]]> 0 1a3314324b912c873948a22cfa54c915 scott parten replied to the topic How Important is the 'X' Ring in the forum Reese Bottom Chat Room http://www.reesebottom.com/forums/topic/how-important-is-the-x-ring/#post-14771 Tue, 23 Jun 2026 00:43:40 -0500 It was a really good day for shooting Mr. Richard. Best I remember the most I held off was the ‘0’ of the ten on the right side. The last relay I shot as fast as I could, the wind really laid down for that one.

]]> 0 6e9855ef175e6b0f4ad055c34da460c0 Richard Slaton replied to the topic How Important is the 'X' Ring in the forum Reese Bottom Chat Room http://www.reesebottom.com/forums/topic/how-important-is-the-x-ring/#post-14770 Mon, 22 Jun 2026 22:24:55 -0500 Mr. Wynne you hit me with very got point, before I started shooting at Reese Bottom about all of my competition shooting revolved around handgun silhouette were I just needed a hit that would knocked it over until Shooting FClass thats really my first time shooting for score. Thinking back when we shot at Moundville I shot well when we shot at…[Read more]

]]> 0 a00952fd66a481c44a9e4a5c6aac08ef Wynne Echols started the topic Fuzzy Photos in the forum Reese Bottom Chat Room http://www.reesebottom.com/forums/topic/fuzzy-photos/ Mon, 22 Jun 2026 14:30:24 -0500 Sorry for all of the fuzzy photos. It has been suggested that the photo below is what broke the camera. Anyway, sorry it happened, and everyone taking pictures will be required to be attend a ‘camera usage class’ before the next match. A big ‘Thank You’ to all that support our matches at Reese Bottom. WWE

]]> 0 343dd513198e0a531debca89c4f30171 Wynne Echols started the topic How Important is the 'X' Ring in the forum Reese Bottom Chat Room http://www.reesebottom.com/forums/topic/how-important-is-the-x-ring/ Mon, 22 Jun 2026 14:12:35 -0500 Be sure and study the results of the match held last Saturday at Reese Bottom. You should notice how many of the top three positions in each division were won or lost by the ‘X’ count. I remember probably twelve or so years ago a group loaded up and went to Tullahoma, TN. for my first match ever. The .223 and I posted a 564 with very few ‘Xs’…[Read more]

]]> 0 ecf9ed90c4aa87313546bfaf9c0a0919 Wynne Echols replied to the topic Match report from bench #1 in the forum Reese Bottom Chat Room http://www.reesebottom.com/forums/topic/match-report-from-bench-1-3/#post-14766 Mon, 22 Jun 2026 02:54:23 -0500 Thanks Mr. Richard. First off, I hope that all of you daddys have had a wonderful Father’s Day. I have not heard otherwise, so I assume everyone got home okay. Was the worst weather that we have ever had to shoot in at Reese Bottom. I thought the shooting was great, when you could see the rings on the target. Be sure and visit the home page,…[Read more]

]]> 0 349192510168627aa66ab3810d2f2d25 falconpilot changed their profile picture http://www.reesebottom.com/activity/p/9460/ Mon, 22 Jun 2026 02:24:23 -0500 0 c45fc5298572cb8a513069f53376db21 Richard Slaton started the topic Match report from bench #1 in the forum Reese Bottom Chat Room http://www.reesebottom.com/forums/topic/match-report-from-bench-1-3/ Sun, 21 Jun 2026 00:49:51 -0500 Well, I had just finished loading my ammo for the match when I read Wynne‘s post about the possibility of a cyclone and I got to remembering when I was a small child my grandparents talking about the cyclone they live through in the 1940s in north Alabama they had no warning now my phone starts blowing up telling me what time the rain will s…[Read more]

]]> 0 c8691cb1ff674e7a06cdb99dee396d44 Wynne Echols replied to the topic June 2026 at Reese Bottom in the forum Reese Bottom Chat Room http://www.reesebottom.com/forums/topic/june-2026-at-reese-bottom/#post-14752 Fri, 19 Jun 2026 01:08:23 -0500 The registration door has been closed for the June Mid-Range Prone Match. We have twelve good shooters registered for the match. The match will go forward, rain or shine. Reese Bottom and the entrance into are beyond wet. Thankfully, I was able to get some of the grass cut yesterday. We have five Open shooters, four FTR, and three Bench…[Read more]

]]> 0 31a3a5106dbe4eba6f2fe40be758dd90 Nathanhowell79 replied to the topic June 2026 at Reese Bottom in the forum Reese Bottom Chat Room http://www.reesebottom.com/forums/topic/june-2026-at-reese-bottom/#post-14751 Thu, 18 Jun 2026 19:40:02 -0500 Nathan
Open 6 BRA

]]> 0 aece95a58bccb12168a6a9b87cbd0209 falconpilot replied to the topic June 2026 at Reese Bottom in the forum Reese Bottom Chat Room http://www.reesebottom.com/forums/topic/june-2026-at-reese-bottom/#post-14750 Thu, 18 Jun 2026 15:34:37 -0500 Jim Fowler

6 Dasher

FOoen

]]> 0 738b3eb5e047e121845a882d7645cad9 Wynne Echols replied to the topic June 2026 at Reese Bottom in the forum Reese Bottom Chat Room http://www.reesebottom.com/forums/topic/june-2026-at-reese-bottom/#post-14749 Tue, 16 Jun 2026 18:40:52 -0500 Weather Watch!! Fellows, I know that it is just noon Tuesday, but this weather is going to require a good watch. We were just looking at the weather for the rest of the week and they are talking a cyclone. Whatever that is. We will watch things over the next couple of days before making a call. We have already had 3 + inches and it is raining…[Read more]

]]> 0 543fc634f6768fa6ce7e1e673f7f7721 Wynne Echols replied to the topic June 2026 at Reese Bottom in the forum Reese Bottom Chat Room http://www.reesebottom.com/forums/topic/june-2026-at-reese-bottom/#post-14747 Mon, 15 Jun 2026 19:20:57 -0500 Toby Powell, Open, 6 X 47

Bill Griswold, FTR, .308

Excited that it is finally match week. Seems to me like it has been forever since we were all at Reese Bottom. There are nine spots still available and one bench available. WWE

]]> 0 9830fa5caaf3c612fe71345a2b4e8c6b Kenneth Thomas replied to the topic June 2026 at Reese Bottom in the forum Reese Bottom Chat Room http://www.reesebottom.com/forums/topic/june-2026-at-reese-bottom/#post-14745 Fri, 12 Jun 2026 02:22:05 -0500 Kenneth Thomas F OPEN 6BRX

]]> 0 a8bfe9c6c17870d248bce88124332da9 Richard Slaton replied to the topic June 2026 at Reese Bottom in the forum Reese Bottom Chat Room http://www.reesebottom.com/forums/topic/june-2026-at-reese-bottom/#post-14744 Tue, 09 Jun 2026 15:17:42 -0500 Richard Allen 6br. Bench

Richard Slaton 6BrX Bench

]]> 0 40075bc7389d07b747b85f96f80fc543 scott parten replied to the topic June 2026 at Reese Bottom in the forum Reese Bottom Chat Room http://www.reesebottom.com/forums/topic/june-2026-at-reese-bottom/#post-14743 Mon, 08 Jun 2026 21:25:39 -0500 .308 FTR

]]> 0 d446572b98ff00a829f93fe4cb352251 Kipp Charlton replied to the topic June 2026 at Reese Bottom in the forum Reese Bottom Chat Room http://www.reesebottom.com/forums/topic/june-2026-at-reese-bottom/#post-14742 Mon, 08 Jun 2026 03:08:23 -0500 308 ftr

]]> 0 a2fcc532802853a159e00bb821a63a6a Barry Holcomb replied to the topic June 2026 at Reese Bottom in the forum Reese Bottom Chat Room http://www.reesebottom.com/forums/topic/june-2026-at-reese-bottom/#post-14741 Sat, 06 Jun 2026 02:35:48 -0500 Barry Holcomb
6 dasher

]]> 0 27a454d602800ff91937100a988f7e14 Steve Howell replied to the topic June 2026 at Reese Bottom in the forum Reese Bottom Chat Room http://www.reesebottom.com/forums/topic/june-2026-at-reese-bottom/#post-14740 Fri, 05 Jun 2026 13:54:00 -0500 Steve Howell 6.5×47 bench

]]> 0 fe65bfe0ce22ba0c644fbc2fc0e18ce4 Budbillftr replied to the topic June 2026 at Reese Bottom in the forum Reese Bottom Chat Room http://www.reesebottom.com/forums/topic/june-2026-at-reese-bottom/#post-14739 Fri, 05 Jun 2026 13:40:52 -0500 Boots Fulton FT-R 308

]]> 0 db58d42343374c73167ed1e12e40bdcf Wynne Echols replied to the topic June 2026 at Reese Bottom in the forum Reese Bottom Chat Room http://www.reesebottom.com/forums/topic/june-2026-at-reese-bottom/#post-14738 Fri, 05 Jun 2026 01:56:39 -0500 An extra week between matches slipped in here somehow. Oh, and I forgot to mention that Wynne will shoot the .223 in the FTR Division.

]]> 0 685a309867bb5ca54d0d0e443754d0c6 Wynne Echols started the topic June 2026 at Reese Bottom in the forum Reese Bottom Chat Room http://www.reesebottom.com/forums/topic/june-2026-at-reese-bottom/ Fri, 05 Jun 2026 01:50:36 -0500 Please use this topic to register for the Mid-Range Prone match to be shot at Reese Bottom on Saturday June 20, 2026. Please be ready to go by 8:00 am. I will have some food and drinks, so just bring your A game. The match will be 3 X 20 X 600. We only have four targets at 600 yards so we will take up to twenty good shooters for this match.…[Read more]

]]> 0 88efda08c75e11e7c3bc23b8bb4c1f87 Richard Slaton replied to the topic Take With a Grain of Salt, Please in the forum Reese Bottom Chat Room http://www.reesebottom.com/forums/topic/take-with-a-grain-of-salt-please/#post-14735 Mon, 25 May 2026 04:46:57 -0500 I feel better about getting beat by shooters that finished high on the list at that national match, good job guys

]]> 0 eff8259403cd4859722a9a9e87a3322f Wynne Echols replied to the topic Take With a Grain of Salt, Please in the forum Reese Bottom Chat Room http://www.reesebottom.com/forums/topic/take-with-a-grain-of-salt-please/#post-14733 Mon, 25 May 2026 01:31:07 -0500 His name is Boots, but they call him Bill. Nathan is obviously better at shooting Xs than he is pigs. Congratulations fellows on your outstanding showing at the Sierra Cup. Lots of familiar names near the top. The results are posted on Accurate Shooter to see.

Remember, I have a pair of Walker Firemax earmuffs that have still not been claims…[Read more]

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