My 1874 Sharps 45/110
Montana Black Powder Cartridge Rifle

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The weather was normal for Butte... Constantly changing. Thursday and Friday were amazing for Butte with very calm conditions
mixed with major rain/sleet/hail/wind storms. One storm blew through that threatened to flatten all the tents but was timed between
two relays, then there was dead calm on the other side. Scores were quite high for Butte during the scope match with 12 master scores
and six scores of 30 being shot. Lots of great competitive shooters attended the event!

Note that for the State Scope Championships Darrell Smithson set 2 new National records.
Senior 40 shot match record, score of 35.
Senior 80 shot match record, score of 68.

Congratulations Darrell, great shooting!!

Saturday and Sunday were back to normal for Butte weather with lots of wind changes not only causing continuous windage adjustments
but also causing considerable up and down problems. The potluck on Saturday was held in the Schuetzen House to let everyone have a
chance to get out of the wind. The food and company was great and provided leftovers for Sunday. Doug Gazaway carried the overall
and took the Iron Sight Championship trophy with him back to Georgia. Good shooting Doug!!

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2014 Montana State Championships Match Scores
Scope
Shooter Thursday Friday 2 Day Aggregate
Name Class Type Chicken Pig Turkey Ram Total 1st Day Winner Chicken Pig Turkey Ram Total 2nd Day Winner Two Day Total Overall Place
Smithson, Darrell Master Senior 4 10 10 9 33 5 10 10 10 35 Match Winner 68 1st Overall/High Senior
King, John Master Senior 6 9 10 7 32 6 9 9 7 31 63 2nd Overall
Tompkins, Ted Master 4 10 9 10 33 3 10 8 9 30 63 3rd Overall
Eichenlaub, Dave Master 2 10 9 10 31 3 10 10 5 28 59 1st Master
Griffis, Mark Master 4 10 9 8 31 1 9 9 8 27 58 2nd Master
Gazaway, Doug Master Senior 3 10 9 9 31 0 10 7 8 25 56 3rd Master
Hanson, Ray Master Senior 1 10 7 7 25 5 8 9 8 30 55
Morris, Steve Master 5 7 8 6 26 2 8 8 8 26 52
Oliva, Jen Master Woman 4 10 6 8 28 1 9 5 8 23 51
Savage, Grant Master 4 9 6 4 23 3 10 6 6 25 48
Davids, Gene Master Senior 1 5 7 6 19 4 10 6 7 27 46
Ulsher, A.P. Master S.Senior 0 10 7 5 22 3 10 5 5 23 45
Eggleston, Jim Master S.Senior 2 8 4 7 21 0 5 3 4 12 33
Smith, Howard AAA 5 10 10 9 34 Match Winner 2 10 7 9 28 62 1st AAA
Hegdahl, Wayne AAA Senior 5 9 9 9 32 3 10 8 8 29 61 2nd AAA
Neustrom, Steve AAA 3 9 10 6 28 2 10 10 9 31 59 3rd AAA
Venturino, Mike AAA Senior 2 9 9 10 30 1 9 10 8 28 58
Ackerlund, Larry AAA S.Senior 1 10 9 7 27 3 10 9 8 30 57 High Super Senior
Crisler, Toby AAA Senior 3 9 9 6 27 2 10 9 9 30 57
Swenson, David AAA Senior 0 10 8 8 26 3 9 9 10 31 57
De La Torre, Robert AAA 0 10 7 9 26 2 10 7 9 28 54
Griffis, Heather AAA Woman 5 9 8 6 28 2 8 7 7 24 52 High Woman
Mondloch, Mike AAA 2 10 6 9 27 1 7 8 9 25 52
Rhoades, Steve AAA Senior 2 7 6 9 24 1 10 9 8 28 52
Morris, Beth AAA Woman 0 9 9 9 27 3 8 5 8 24 51
Burrill, Jim AAA Senior 1 8 6 6 21 3 9 10 5 27 48
Otterberg, Mike AAA Senior 1 7 8 6 22 3 8 6 7 24 46
Williams, Tom AAA 1 7 9 8 25 3 8 7 3 21 46
Cumming, Charles AAA S. Senior 4 10 5 7 26 1 10 4 4 19 45
Lawrence, Paul AAA S. Senior 4 9 6 6 25 1 8 4 7 20 45
McKee, David AAA 4 8 6 4 22 4 8 5 6 23 45
Davids, Dave AAA 0 10 2 10 22 1 9 7 3 20 42
Outler, Charles AAA S.Senior 1 6 5 7 19 0 9 7 4 20 39
Cudworth, R.J. AAA S. Senior 1 3 8 4 16 1 7 8 5 21 37
Beems, John AAA S.Senior 0 1 5 5 11 1 9 3 3 16 27
Niemeyer, Del AA 0 8 4 7 19 3 7 10 10 30 49 1st AA
Hanson, Margo AA Sr/Woman 0 10 6 6 22 0 9 7 8 24 46 2nd AA
Engelbach, Bob AA S.Senior 1 10 0 7 18 1 9 9 4 23 41
Richard, Logan B Junior 0 6 2 2 10 0 7 1 2 10 20 1st B/ High Junior
Iron Sights
Shooter Saturday Sunday 2 Day Aggregate
Name Class Type Chicken Pig Turkey Ram Total 1st Day Winner Chicken Pig Turkey Ram Total 2nd Day Winner Two Day Total Overall Place
Gazaway, Doug Master Senior 8 8 7 7 30 Match Winner 4 6 9 9 28 58 1st Overall/High Senior
Griffis, Mark Master 6 10 8 6 30 2 8 7 9 26 56 2nd Overall
Hanson, Ray Master Senior 3 10 8 7 28 2 10 7 9 28 56 3rd Overall
Smith, Howard Master 2 10 8 7 27 1 10 9 8 28 55 1st Master
Tompkins, Ted Master 4 10 8 6 28 4 9 6 6 25 53 2nd Master
Morris, Steve Master 3 10 6 8 27 2 8 7 7 24 51 3rd Master
Eichenlaub, David Master 5 8 8 8 29 1 8 4 8 21 50
Smithson, Darrell Master Senior 5 8 8 4 25 2 10 5 8 25 50 Lead Slinger Award
De La Torre, Robert Master 2 10 5 6 23 1 10 9 6 26 49
Neustrom, Steve Master 5 9 4 3 21 4 7 9 7 27 48
Ulsher, A.P. Master S.Senior 2 6 5 4 17 4 10 7 9 30 Match Winner 47 High Super Senior
Crisler, Toby Master Senior 3 9 8 8 28 1 8 4 2 15 43
King, John Master Senior 2 9 5 4 20 0 8 6 6 20 40
Venturino, Mike Master Senior 2 9 7 4 22 1 8 5 4 18 40
Venhous, John Master Senior 1 10 7 7 25 0 9 4 1 14 39
Radmer, Ron AAA 2 9 6 8 25 4 9 5 8 26 51 1st AAA
Daems, Wes AAA 0 10 7 6 23 3 9 8 6 26 49 2nd AAA
Swenson, David AAA Senior 4 8 8 6 26 2 9 9 2 22 48 3rd AAA/High Turkey
Smith, Rick AAA Senior 3 9 7 9 28 1 10 4 4 19 47
Niemeyer, Del AAA 0 9 6 7 22 3 10 6 5 24 46
Harris, Justin AAA 3 10 4 2 19 0 9 9 8 26 45
Cumming, Charles AAA S.Senior 2 8 7 2 19 0 9 8 8 25 44
McKee, David AAA 2 8 6 8 24 1 9 5 5 20 44
Paulsen, Tasha AAA Woman 1 9 7 4 21 0 10 6 7 23 44 High Woman
Davids, Gene AAA Senior 3 9 4 7 23 1 8 5 6 20 43
Dowell, Paul AAA 2 8 8 3 21 2 9 7 4 22 43
Otterberg, Mike AAA Senior 3 9 3 7 22 1 9 8 3 21 43
Rhoades, Steve AAA Senior 3 7 6 9 25 0 9 3 6 18 43
Eggleston, Jim AAA S. Senior 1 9 4 8 22 1 7 3 9 20 42
Griffis, Heather AAA Woman 2 8 8 4 22 0 6 6 7 19 41
Lawrence, Paul AAA S. Senior 0 8 5 7 20 1 7 5 6 19 39
Ackerlund, Larry AAA S. Senior 2 8 7 5 22 1 8 2 4 15 37
Burrill, Jim AAA Senior 3 5 5 5 18 2 6 6 5 19 37
Mondloch, Mike AAA 3 8 3 5 19 0 9 3 6 18 37
Morris, Beth AAA Woman 0 9 5 6 20 1 7 4 5 17 37
Schieffert, L.J. AAA Senior 0 8 6 5 19 1 7 4 6 18 37
Cudworth, R.J. AAA S.Senior 2 4 1 2 9 2 5 4 4 15 24
Savage, Grant AAA 0 8 5 0 13 00000 13
Hegdahl, Wayne AA Senior 2 9 5 8 24 4 7 5 5 21 45 1st AA
Spratling, Johnny AA 2 10 1 10 23 1 8 6 6 21 44 2nd AA
Outler, Charles AA S.Senior 1 10 4 4 19 2 9 2 7 20 39
Mondloch, Mick AA 1 9 4 3 17 2 7 7 5 21 38
Carter, Austin AA 0 6 7 5 18 1 7 4 7 19 37
Menahan, Patrick AA 1 9 5 8 23 1 6 3 4 14 37
Englebach, Bob AA S. Senior 1 6 6 3 16 0 10 4 5 19 35
Davids, Dave AA 0 3 1 3 7 1 8 5 3 17 24
Barger, Flint A 1 7 7 3 18 1 7 4 5 17 35 1st A
Smrdel, Dan A Senior 1 8 4 5 18 0 7 6 2 15 33
Schieffert, Carol A Sr/Woman 1 8 3 6 18 1 7 3 4 15 33
Spratling, Amber A Woman 0 7 4 5 16 0 7 1 2 10 26
Harris, Lucas B Junior 0 5 5 0 10 0 4 6 4 14 24 1st B/High Junior