Author Topic: Any results from NRA Lever Action Nationals? (Read 517 times)

AMB · « **on:** August 09, 2004, 03:23:58 AM »

Does anyone have any results from the Lever Action Nationals that were held in Raton this past weekend?

hueyw · « **Reply #1 on:** August 09, 2004, 03:40:05 AM »

ron troyer from raton was the champion. this was the agg. of all three matches. score was 194x220
approximately 20 years ago ron was the main force behind lever gun silhouette starting at whittington center. it was beginning in santa fe and denver around the same time and rapidly became popular.
john leonard of colo. took pistol cart match with 72x80, troyer won shootoff with brad rice of denver to take smallbore match. troyer took levergun match with 52x60.
each of the the matches had approx 120 entries, the inagural nationals enjoyed by many.

AMB · « **Reply #2 on:** August 09, 2004, 06:18:24 AM »

Thanks, Hueyw. What were the smallbore scores? And, how were conditions? Were you there? I understand that Troyer is tough in the Lever game. Sounds like a nice turnout. I originally planned on going out, but too much going on. I hope it can come to the East Coast sometime.

nomad · « **Reply #3 on:** August 10, 2004, 02:50:26 AM »

AMB

I don't believe that the HueyW that posts here was at Raton. (The chief range officer at Whittington has the same name but his taste in shirts and pants is so obnoxious that I find it hard to imagine that he'd be allowed to post on a cultured and sophisticated board like this one...) :-D

Conditions were 'Raton normal'. Beautifl morning, some rain/wind the afternoon of pistol cartridge. Beautiful morning & a minor monsoon that required a short shutdown the afternoon of sb. Clear with just enough wind to blow some targets down during the long range match.

Good matches. Troyer whupped on everyone and the custom spurs by Billy Mills -- look for a picture in Shooting Sports to accompany the article that Eric Poole will write -- were a really fine award for the 3-gun win.