Gulf Rifle & Pistol Club​

 

 Fellow Shooters, the match today went well, other than being a little warm it was a nice day

 Today we had a good turn out with 15 shooter who shot 27 guns earning the club $210.00.

 Below are the match scores, if you see any errors please email me and I will correct them.

 Thanks to all that helped set up and pick up the four stages we shot today.

 Also want to thank everyone that helped keep scores and helped RO at the match.

 

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 We had the perfect day for the match , then we started and the wind changed immediately…… little back n forth through the entire match .  

Bobby had the best target of the match and ended 2 of the best targets of the day , side note - he won the match with that . Geat job Bobby . I took second place with Charles and KC in 3rd and 4th respectively. 

Great day and awesome help through the whole day - thank you guys and Cheryl for settling up and clean up 👍👍. 

We will do it again next month and the July match we will try the Sporter match once again.

 

 

 

Kind of a nasty day for the match, we had two showers pass through, one in the second stage and another during the third stage.We pressed on and got the match in.

Yours truly won the custom rifle division followed closely by KC Majors. The Production division was won by Andy Krapcka, great shooting Andy!

We had a new shooter join our league, Francis Ainsworth, welcome aboard Francis!

 

 

 

Today started out with rain, thunderstorms and unseasonable low temperatures for May.

We had 12 shooters that braved the bad weather who shot 21 guns earning the club $165.00

Below are the match scores, if you see any errors please email me and I will correct them.

Thanks to all that helped set up and pick up the four stages we shot today.

Also want to thank everyone that helped keep scores and helped RO at the match.

The next Steel Challenge Match is scheduled for June 6th, hope to see you there.

 

 

 

 Great day for a match except for the wind ,  temperature wonderful and inviting.   Bobby was our match winner with Billy 2nd place waiting for him to make a mistake . Tom and Charles complete the top four as Tom took the best target of the match  244-12X and Charles just 2 x’s down at  244-10-X . 

Great shooting and great to have Jeff and Cheryl back once again .   We missed all who could not make it , see you next month. 

 

 

 

Today was another great day at the Gulf Rifle and Pistol Club for shooting steel.

We had 18 shooters who shot 31 guns earning the club $245.00

Below are the match scores, if you see any errors please email me and I will correct them.

Thanks to all that helped set up and pick up the four stages we shot today.

Also want to thank everyone that helped keep scores and helped RO at the match.

The next Steel Challenge Match is scheduled for May 2nd, hope to see you there.

Kerry

 

 

 

Guys and lady’s , 

        The match results are in for the 3rd match this year . Beautiful day with occasional windy gusts made it challenging.   

   Bobby had the best target of the day and was our match winner .  K C  came in second with Houston and Tom rounding out the top 4 today .   Houston took home the cup for UL3 Heavy , and Tom was the only shooter in Outlaw so took that without any challengers .  

    Robert , Harvey & Al came and joined in today so all benches were full . 

    A big thank you to Academy sports and outdoors for the donations for our prizes , that makes the match a little more rewarding for all . 

 

 

 

We tried something new today, we shot at 100 yards, it was a lot of fun! We shot 12 rounds per stage and scored 10 points per bullseye.

Dennis Massey left everyone in his dust with a great score of 334, way to go Dennis!

 

 

 

Today was another great day for shooting steel. We had 14 shooters who shot 24 guns earning the club $190.00

Below are the match scores, if you see any errors please email me and I will correct them.

Thanks to all that helped set up and pick up the four stages we shot today.

Also want to thank everyone that helped keep scores and helped RO at the match.

The next Steel Challenge Match is scheduled for April 4th, hope to see you there.

Kerry

 

 

 

 Great day for a match ,  the rain held off all morning and wind wasn’t too bad . 

K C Majors  was our  match winner and also had the best target of the day .   We had 2 new shooters at the match ,  John Shell  and Will Barry  , Will B.  did well with a 2nd place finish and Toms good friend Adam Metcalf came down for a visit and join’s us for the match and took 4th place . 

Thank you to all for helping with setup and cleanup and see you again next month. 

 

 

 

Pleasant temperatures greeted us yesterday, Partly cloudy with a light wind.

 

Your's truly won the match followed closely by Dennis Massey and Andy Krapcha, Great shooting guys!

 

 

 

   Today was a great day for a pistol match, a little cool this morning and the wind made if feel cold at times. We had the largest group of   shooters at the Steel Challenge Match that I know of. We had 20 shooters who shot 34 guns earning the Club $265.00.

 Below are the match scores, if you see any errors please email me and I will correct them.

 Thanks to all that helped set up and pick up the four stages we shot today.

 Also want to thank everyone that helped keep scores and helped RO at the match.

 The next Steel Challenge Match is scheduled for March 7th, see you there.

 Kerry

 

 

 

Temperatures in the high sixties made a very comfortable day at the range but a gusty wind gave us some troubles. Andy Krapcha and Dennis Massey tied for the match with Andy winning with the higher "X" count, congratulations Andy!

 

 

Today we had 15 shooters who shot 26 guns earning the Club $205.00. We also had 4 shooters who were new to our Steel Challenge match and hope they become regulars.

 

Thanks to all that helped set up the four stages and when the match was over raced to pick up all four stages minutes before the rain hit.

 

Also want to thank everyone that helped keep scores and helped RO at the match.

 

Kerry

 

 

We had a great day that started kinda cold but warmed up nice with no wind what so ever ………until the minute we heard the start buzzer then the wind blew switchey for the rest of the match .  We had a full bench of ten and out big winner of the year was the winner today   Bobby Mooneyham earned his 6th win for the year KC was next for the year with 3 wins then Houston Charles and Billy shared one win each . 

   If you weren’t there we missed you , Merry Christmas 🎄 🎄 to all and happy new year . 

 

    PS. Next match will be our Sporter match In January  … see you all then. 

 

 

We had a very comfortable morning, light winds and a lot of mirage.

Todd Layman and K C Majors tied for match with Todd winning with "X" count total (31 over 30).

 

 

Thanks to the 12 shooters who braved the rainy weather we had today. We shot 21 guns earning the club $165.00.

 

            Below are the scores from today. Look over the scores and contact me if I have made errors recording our scores. The score

            Sheets were wet and some of the entries were hard to read as the ink did not work that well on wet paper.

 

            Thanks to all who helped set up the stages and for everyone who help pick up all the steel.

 

            The next Steel Challenge will be January 3rd 2026

 

 

       Caulk up another win for Bobby that makes 5 this year  , nice score and shot the best target of the day……247-13X   , Great job Bobby .   Houston was on top of the UL3 division and Tom RULED the Outlaw Heavy class but also was the only one shooting that . Nice work guys .  Great job Cheryl winning our women's division with a mer 6 months experience. 👍👍

13 shooters today so  Burkan and Charles changing up by shooting a 2nd round with a different rifle.  

         We had a good day so after the match we brought chilli for lunch and talked about how good we think we did  . 

 

 

The weather prediction was for rain but we got a great morning instead, look at all the "150" scores!

KC Majors took  the match followed closely by Todd Layman, great shooting!

 

 

 

Fellow shooters, we had 14 shooters who shot 26 guns earning the Club $200.00.

I hate I missed the match. The weather was perfect and want to thank everyone who helped out with the setup, running and scoring for the match.

Special thanks to Ron for stepping up and running the match in my absence.

I filled out the score sheet while watching football so If anyone finds errors in the scores or how they are grouped, email me and I will correct.

 

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BR 50  results are in .  After a beautiful day and 11 shooters  wind in all directions, KC was our match winner 3rd time this year  with Charles Borders  just one point behind but Charles also having the best target of the day 247-13x - just dropping 3 points ( AWESOME JOB) , Houston and Billy falling 3rd and 4th respectively.  Houston won the UL3 heavy class and Tom winning the OUTLAW class without any challengers . 

   November’s match we are planning on having  chilly for lunch ,  if everyone that signed up will bring your part ,we’ll have a great time after the match ….

 

 

Very windy conditions and a nasty mirage greeted us Saturday morning but it did not seem to bother Ron Ricketts. He shot an excellent 448 with 28 X's! He was followed by yours truly (Jerry Jessen).

 

 

Fellow shooter,

 Today was a nice relief from the summer heat we have experienced in the past few months.

 Today we had 12 shooters that shot and 22 guns earning the club $170.

                      

Thanks for everyone pitching in helping to set up, put up and keeping scores.

  Please check the attached sheet and let me know if I have anyone in the wrong group or any other errors you find.

  The next Steel Challenge match is scheduled for 1 November.

  Kerry Anthony

 

 

Guys  if you missed it , this was a perfect day comfortable temps and an occasional  lite breeze , we didn’t even run the fans today .     Bobby and Charles battled for the win today ,neck and neck with 489 and Bobby taking it with 22X verses Charles with 18X .    Charles did have the best target of the match with a single target score of   246-12X . 

Welcome back Jeff and Cheryl , enjoyed talking at lunch after the match . Looking forward to see everyone next month . 

P.s.   door prize winners were Cheryl and Charles B  before and after match .

Great job guys and again thanks for helping set up and tear down . 

Thanks for all you do ! 

 

 

Beautiful day for a match, mild temperatures, light wind blowing directly in our faces and plenty of sun with a bit of mirage. Todd Layman absolutely ran away with the match victory - in one of his stages he shot 14 X's!

Dennis Massey tied with yours truly and won second place with a higher X count.

 

 

Fellow shooter,

We had 11 shooting and 17 guns.

Thanks for everyone pitching in helping to set up, put up and keeping scores.

 Please check the attached sheet and let me know if I have anyone in the wrong group or any other errors you find.

 

The next match is scheduled for 4 October so hopefully it will be cooler.

 

Kerry

 

 

For those who didn’t attend , we had great match with a full bench of 10 marksman today , including a new to the match couple Jeff and Cheryl , thank you for comming .  It was warm and the wind was switchy but Bobby had an impressive first round with the  best target of the day 247-11x and he won the match with a total of 487-21X  .    KC was a close second and Houston in third , Huston also won his Class and took home a “class winner” mug 😉😀.   Cheryl was our female match leader of the day and she and Jeff said they will be shooting more with us in the future. 

Here are your scores and see ya next month . 

 

 

Perfect day for a match, overcast skies, low 80 degree temp and a light wind.

Ron Ricketts and yours truly tied with clean scores, Ron took the match with an X count of 28. Great shooting Ron!

 

 

Fellow Pistol Shooters,

We had a hot, but comradery filled match on 2 August 2025 with 16 shooters using 25 guns and earning $205.00 for the club.

Thanks for everyone turning up.

 

I'll miss you all, but Mr. Kerry Anthony has the helm now. I know you will support him as you have supported me.

Please join him on 6 September for the next GRPC Steel Challenge Match.

Here are the results.

 

 

Beautiful day with little to no wind but very  HOT ! 

KC Majors was our match winner today,   He also had the best target of the match with a 247-9X  ( single target) and a match score of 481-11X  followed by Houston with a  477-11X , we had a full bench of ten shooters .

          I introduced our new sponsor Academy sports and outdoors that donated some nice door prizes of which we had two drawings so  Bobby and KC were allowed to pick from our basket of prizes including , knives , sharpeners, thermal cups , fishing supplies, targets etc. 

     See y’all next month to do it again . 

Ps. I had a correction with place 5 and higher so 5-10 are different than at the match . If you took a picture of scores before we left - this is the correct score now .  Sorry for the mistake 

 

We had a warm, humid day with light winds. KC Majors won the match followed by a tight group of shooters.

On a personal note, Erland Graham will be going under the knife with three separate back operations, Our thoughts and prayers go to Erland.

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Fellow pistol shooters,

We had a great Steel Challenge Match on Saturday.

24 shooters, guns, raising $180.00

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If you missed it , we ran a great match 8 shooters today . 

      We had a warm day with a nice 4-5 mph breeze ,clear and  pretty  

John Fadio got the B.O.M.  award  = “Best target Of the Match “ single target -  245-6X 

KC Majors  was match winner with  483-15X     Followed closely by Mr Bobby Mooneyham with a 483-12X . 

 

We had great conditions for the match - cloudy, low winds and lots of heat.

Yours truly took the match with a clean score followed by Dennis Massey.

 

Fellow Shooters,

We had a great Steel Challenge Match on 7 June.

Great to welcome new shooters: Ken Emerson and Garrett Bowden.

We had 14 shooters, 25 guns and raised $195.00 for the club.

Thanks to everyone that participated. See you on 5 July.

Here are the results:

 

Great day for a match, we had three shooters with a score of 475, Nice!

 

John Fadio took the Sporter Class, uncontested.

Charles Border won the Sharp Shooter followed closely by Rick Greer.

Houston Whitfield got the Outlaw class.

Tom Disanto took the Outlaw Heavy, uncontested.

 

Fellow Shooters,

We had a great Steel Challenge Match on 3 May.

Great to see the Shipes family back and welcome to new shooter Alex V.

We had 12 shooters 20 guns and raised $140.00 for the club.

Thanks to everyone that participated. See you on 7 June.

Here are the results:

 

Saturday started as a great day for shooting but turned windy making it a changeling day.

 

John Fadio won the Sporter class uncontested

Bobby Mooneyham took the Sharp Shooter class

Bill Dennison got the Outlaw class

Tom Disanto won the Outlaw Heavy class uncontested

 

It was a great day for shooting, cool temperature, light winds, bright sun and some mirage to keep us on our toes.

Yours truly won the match with a personal best - a clean score of 450 and all X's (44) except for one that got away from me in the third set! 

I was followed closely by KC Majors, Ron Rickettd and Dennis Massey. Andy Krapcha is back from shoulder surgery and posted a nice score of 444/15.

 

Fellow pistol shooters,

The club “Steel Challenge pistol match" on 5 April was a wonderful event.

We had 15 shooters with 23 guns competing in 9 categories that raised $185.00 for the club.

We welcomed new shooters: Matt Rotan, Keri Carpenter, Bryan Grannan and Kristian Miloatovic.

Apologies for getting this out late. No excuses. If someone has David Swedberg, Keri and Kristian's emails, please forward this to them.

I hope to see you all on 3 May.

Semper Fidelis,

 

A very windy day at the range today but the scores were outstanding!

Ron Ricketts won the Sporter Class uncontested

Bobby Mooneyham squeaked by with a X count win in the Sharp Shooter Class followed by KC Majors and Charles Border

Houston Whitfield won the Outlaw Class

 

Fellow pistol shooters,

Above are the results for the 1 March 2025 GRPC Steel Challenge Match

Excellent weather and comradery with 14 shooters wielding 22 guns and raising $180.00.

Thanks to all who participated. Welcome to our new shooters: Dylan Baker, Matt Hetrick, Gage Lang Dane Maglich and John Westervit.

Semper Fi, 

Joe Murray

 

Saturday's shooting conditions were breezy and overcast.

 

Ron Ricketts won the Sporter class uncontested

Bobby Mooneyham toke the Sharp class

Billy Dennison had a close battle with Houston Whitfield for the Outlaw class win

Rick Greer toke the Outlaw Heavy class uncontested

 

Great shooting guys!

 

Results for the 1 February 2025 GRPC Steel Challenge Match

Excellent weather and comradery with 11 shoots wielding 18 guns and raising $145.00.

Thanks to all who participated. Welcome Back to our Match Director Emeritus: Harvey Brewton 

Semper Fi, 

Joe Murray

 

Our first Sporter Class only event and we got the match in before the rains arrived! Huston Whitfield took the match followed by Bobby Mooneyham.

 

Fellow pistol shooters,

 

Excellent but chilly match on Saturday.

 

We had 7 hearty shooters and 13 guns.

 

Very windy and cold conditions but Rick Greer dominated the competition with 10 points over the next shooter. Congratulations Rick!

 

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Saturday's match conditions were slightly overcast with temperatures in the low 70's but gusty winds kept us guessing. KC Majors won the match followed closely by Dennis Massey and Ron Ricketts.

 

Shooters,

Above are the results of GRPC's 2 November 2024 Steel Challenge Match.

12 shooters with 21 weapons.

Note:  I may have misplaced some of the pistol shooters in the wrong categories (holster and low-ready) due to poor data collection on my part. 

Apologies in advance,

Joe Murray

 

Cool start for the morning but turned out to be a very nice day. Gusty winds made for a tough day of shooting.

Bobby Mooneyham took the Sharp Shooter class and Houston Whitfield grabbed the Outlaw class, great shooting guys!

 

The weather Saturday was as good as it will ever be - low winds, low 70's and just a hint of mirage.

Yours truly took the match with a clean score of 450. Look at the X count that Todd Layman posted - 40 X's - that's five rounds NOT in the X ring!

 

Great shooting conditions lead to a tie between K C Majors and Todd Layman, clean scores of 450 / 30 X's.

Ron Ricketts just missed it by one point 449 / 31 X's and Dennis Massey is back with a 447, his personal best in three years of F-Class shooting!

 

GRPC,

 

On a rain threatening day, we had eleven shooters, seventeen guns. and a great match.

 

Here are the result

 

Bright, hot and sunny with very little breeze!

Rick Mattela got an uncontested win in the Sporter class.
Billy Dennison is the big winner taking the Sharp Shooter class.
Tom Disanto took the Outlaw class.

Great shooting guys!

 

Thanks to our eight shooters with new joins Josh Taunton and Rusty Bohrer for a hot but well-run match

 

We drove through rain storms to get to the range but once there it cleared and we had very nice shooting conditions.
Charles Borders won the Production class uncontested,
Bobby Mooneyham won the Sharp Shooter Class.
Houston Whitfield won the Outlaw class uncontested.

 

We had 10 shooters enjoying a warm, relatively calm day. Geoff Adams won an uncontested sporter class, Charles Borders took the popular UL-2 class and Houston Whitfield won the heavy class.
Interesting note, three of the shooters had the same score on stage as stage two, go figure. 

 

Sorry I am late getting the score out (Moffitt Cancer Center For Monday + Tuesday) And Thank you all for braving the rain storm.

 

The skies were threatening rain but held out until the match was completed. Geoff Adams took an uncontested win in the Sporter Class while Bobby Mooneyham won the UL-2 10.5 lb Class.

 

We good shooting conditions starting with temperatures in the low 70s and light winds but by Stage 3 the mirage had  arrived. 
Todd Layman had a clean score with 34 X's. KC Majors and yours truly tied with the decision made by the X count, followed closely by Andy Krapcha.  Eric Stiffler shot a 310 with his Gerand using iron sights!

 

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The storm blew through and we had a nice, dry, cool shooting day.
Yours truly won the event with a clean match score of 450 followed by a tie between Todd Layman and KC Majors, look who's in fourth place!
It was nice to see Scott and Lorna Hopkins visiting us from New Mexico and Ron Ricketts returning after back surgery

 

We enjoyed nice shooting conditions with light winds, light overcast and temps in the low 70's.

There were no Sporter class shooters.

Bobby Mooneyham won the UL-2 class and the overall match followed by Shanna Whitfield. 

Tom Disanto took the Heavy class followed closely by Houston Whitfield

 

We had a great showing Saturday, ten shooters competed using every target we had! 

Charles Borders won the Sporter Class, Bobby Mooneyham took the heavily contested 10.5 lb class and Tom Disanto got Heavy class.

 

New shooter are:

Shanna Whitfield

Geoff Adams

KC Majors

 

The match worked out very well - the forecast was for rain all day. Instead, it was a pleasant morning with moderate wind to keep us on our toes. We got a nice tight match and as we left the range it started to rain and heavily!