NRA High Power Rifle Matches

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The Polk County Gun Club (NRA #B0380) will be holding approved high power matches on the following dates:

Third Saturday from April to September.

We have a 300 yard range with 18 firing points.

Competition is open to everyone. Entry fee is $20.00 which includes the NRA fee.
All NRA high power rules will apply. National Match Course of Fire

You can register by mail:

Polk County Gun Club Inc.
c/o Sam Summey
103 Gordon Drive
Flat Rock, NC 28731

Send your entry fee by check or money order. Please note on envelope attention High Power Registration. You can also register up to 9:00 AM on the day of the match.

There will be a 10 minute sighting in period beginning at 9:30 AM with the match following afterwards.
The course of fire will be as follows:
20 rounds standing slow fire at 200 yards 20 minutes
20 rounds rapid fire sitting/kneeling at 200 yards in 60 seconds per 10 round string
20 rounds rapid fire prone at 300 yards in 70 seconds per 10 round string
20 rounds slow fire prone at 300 yards using reduced targets for 600 yards in 20 minutes.

Directions:
(From the North and West) Interstate I-26 E to Exit 1 in South Carolina (Hwy 14)
Turn NE (left), 3.5 miles to Little Mountain Rd, turn left (NW) 0.8 miles
Polk County Gun Club is on the right (look for red flag, red sign and red gate).

(From the East) US74 W to Exit 167 (Hwy 9) turn left (SE) 3.2 miles to Hwy 14 (Landrum Rd.) turn right (SW) 2.4 miles to Little Mountain Road turn right (NW) 0.8 miles PCGC is on your right (look for red flag, red sign and red gate).

Please click here to get Google Maps directions to the club.

For information contact Sam Summey 828-606-3080 or by email http://www.spsummey@bellsouth.net

[Sam Summey]

Polk County Gun Club will be holding matches for 2017.
Polk County Gun Club 2017 High Power Rifle Schedule
The Polk County Gun Club (NRA #B0380) will be holding approved high power matches on the following dates: April 15, May 20, June 17, August 19, September 16.

[Sam Summey]

Results for the first match of the 2017 season April 15 2017.
Great day for competing in a wonderful outdoor Rifle Competition.
We hosted 13 competitors.

[Sam Summey]

Saturday May 20, 2017 PCGC held the second match of the High Power Rifle Season. There were 13 competitors 6 Of our Juniors and 7 adults. The weather was bright, hot and ended with partly cloudy. The temperatures were in the 90s.
Of the Junior competitors we had two first timers, this was their first formal match. Sarah and Harley, Harley is the newest addition to the Junior Team. All competitors for the most part shot scores exceeding their classifications and are to be commended for their efforts.

[Sam Summey]

PCGC got back to conducting XTC High Power Rifle matches in the traditional manner on August 12, 2017. We really regret that we could not hold the match in June but no one wants to sit and stand in mud. With herculean effort by a number of members and a whole bunch of effort, we laid approximately 1000 pieces of sod on the new elevated firing points. The match Saturday was the first time we used the "down range" firing point. It was relatively smooth without dips and holes.
The match date Saturday was set back a week due to a scheduling snafu, hopefully no one will be disappointed next Saturday if they show up and are greeted by the 4-H Competitors.
It turned out to be a sunny 87-91 degree day with humidity at 100%. Muggy to say the least. We had 12 people attend mostly PCGC people except for Steven (Bear) Lewis and Tom McManus. The people that shoot with are top notch, the fellowship and camaraderie is excellent. After the match the firing line converged on El Chili Rojo for lunch.
Below are the results from the match.

[Sam Summey]

The final NRA High Power Rifle XTC Match for the 2017 was held Saturday September 16.
Turnout continues to be on the slack side we had only 7 competitors for September. It was a wonderful comfortable day in the mid to high 80s.
The construction on the range is 95% completed with the handicap ramp walls up, the pouring of the actual ramp floor to commence in the next few weeks. The range berm is grass now with all the mud gone on the two firing lines. The firing point at 200 yards is comfortably smooth with a slight back slope for drainage.
The CMP GSM "wood gun" matches are scheduled to commence the the 3rd Saturday in October and will run until the 3rd Saturday in February.
The match winner this month was Haley Robinson, a Jr. Competitor, with a score of 780-15x. Thomas McManus was the winner of the Master Class with a score of 770-17x.
Harley Jones another Jr. Competitor was the winner of the Sharpshooter Class with a score of 732-12x. This is only the 4th or 5th match Harley has competed in, she should be receiving her NRA Classification card soon.

In 2018 we will start our NRA High Power Rifle season in March, PCGC intends to hold 6 matches weather permitting.