Well, the 2016 season has arrived. Reese Bottom will host the first match of the year this Saturday February 20, 2016 with registration beginning at 8 am and hopefully be shooting by 9:00 am. The weather forecast looks good for now[70’s]. The match will be a 3 X 20 X 600 Mid Range Prone Match. I have heard from many good shooters already so we…[Read more]

Well, the 2016 season has arrived. Reese Bottom will host the first match of the year this Saturday February 20, 2016 with registration beginning at 8 am and hopefully be shooting by 9:00 am. The weather forecast looks good for now[70’s]. The match will be a 3 X 20 X 600 Mid Range Prone Match. I have heard from many good shooters already so we…[Read more]

Being as the first match of the year at Reese Bottom will be a mid range prone match, I found the below link to be an interesting read. Please take time to read, there is something to be learned here. WWE

http://forum.accurateshooter.com/threads/scoring-duties.3894139/

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Being as the first match of the year at Reese Bottom will be a mid range prone match, I found the below link to be an interesting read. Please take time to read, there is something to be learned here. WWE

http://forum.accurateshooter.com/threads/scoring-duties.3894139/

I have seventy something rounds of .223 ammo that I plan on shooting at the February Mid Range Prone match that I actually loaded for the November match and for some reason did not shoot. That will put this ammo having been loaded for approx. three months. Question is: what should I expect? Does anyone have any experience with ammo loaded for…[Read more]

Reese Bottom hopes that all of you good shooters had a wonderful holiday season, maybe got some new stuff, or cleaned up your old stuff. Anyway, a new season is almost upon us. I noticed that Mr. Collins says that he is going to have to locate his rifle. Sure hope everybody finds everything in good, clean working order.

My son-in-law is…[Read more]

The event schedule for 2016 has been updated on the ‘events page’ Please notice that there are changes from this past year. The main difference is that we eliminated the mid-range prone match in July. The monthly matches will remain on the 3rd Saturday of the month. The mid-range prone matches are early and late in the shooting season to try…[Read more]

I received a phone call this morning from a gentleman that is looking for some 38 wad cutters. I had never heard of these, but he tried to explain and I told him that I would ask. Any of you fellows know where a person might find some of these? Thanks, WWE

I spent some time this afternoon going through the registration book to see how the year went. I do not remember, but I assume that the April shoot got rained out. It was determined that 5 Mid Range Matches were shot and 4 Benchrest Matches were shot. The Mid Range Matches averaged 12 shooters while the Benchrest Matches averaged 16 shooters.…[Read more]

Some of the locals are reporting that we have had as much as 7″ on rain over the last few days, and more predicted. I rode over to the bottom this afternoon and took a few photos. You may click on each photo to enlarge. The water got in the little house for the first time but thank goodness the pits were spared any apparent damage. I am…[Read more]