club history
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The Sage Brush Rifle and Pistol Club built, and maintains two silhouette ranges in north central South
Dakota. The club's smallbore silhouette range is located six miles north of Timber Lake, SD while the
newest, high power/black powder cartridge silhouette range is located 18 miles west of Mobridge, SD.
The original location of the smallbore range was near Glencross, SD in 1984. This range was moved because
of maintenance issues and speculated improvements in wind reduction. However, those southeast winds
continue to be a challenge. The range currently has trees on the north and west sides, and we have added a
10 x 50 foot mobile home that we use as a clubhouse. The range consists of 80 targets with 8 firing points
and was the site of the South Dakota State Smallbore Championships in 2003, 2004,
2005, 2006 and 2007.
The high power/ black powder range was made possible by a group of 28 charter members. These visionaries
put up the necessary funds to purchase the first set of targets and as always, there was the single, very
energetic member who spent a lot of time welding everything together. Of course, there were and continues
to be those core members who can be counted on to answer the call of duty when holes have to be dug and
concrete has to be poured.
improvements and development plans
The club continues to make improvements to the facilities through the efforts of the membership and through a grant from the NRA Foundation. In 2006 an additional 40 silhouette targets added to better facilitate the lever action, high power and plack powder matches. At the end of the 2007 season a covered shelter was added to the High Power and Black Powder and Long Range/Silhouette range near Mobridge. Early in the year the long range "coyote" target was moved to a new location making it more visible. Near the end of the 2007 season the "sight-in" targets for the rams, turkeys and pigs were lowered to better facilitate sighting-in. Funding for a new gravel road into the silhouette range was approved at the 2008 annual meeting and hoped to be completed early in the year.
The Smallbore Range near Timber Lake saw a much-needed upgrade with the construction of an 80' concrete firing line.
Long-range plans call for the construction of a second "sight-in" target for each of the silhouette targets and the addition of wind flags on the range. With a little luck and a lot of work these two changes might even happen in 2008.
Sage Brush Rifle & Pistol Club works hard to accommodate local groups who wish to use their range(s). One is the local 4-H club.
our events
Bruce Plate the NRA Field Rep is on the far left, followed by Colin Milliken of the Sage Brush R&P Club, Clayton Pederson, Northwest Shooters President and Lemmon FNRA Chairman and 4th is Carl Winterberg also of the Sage Brush R&P Club.
High Power, Black Powder Cartridge Rifle-
The newest high power/black powder cartridge silhouette range has developed rapidly over the past
five
years. The first set of 40 targets were ordered in November of 2003. In April of 2004, feet were welded
on each of the targets and the rails were installed on the grounds. The first silhouette high power and
black powder cartridge rifle matches were held in June of 2004. In 2005,
an additional 40 silhouette targets were purchased and stands were
constructed to facilitate lever action rifle matches.
Black Powder Cartridge Rifle Championship-
These facilities were also used in September of 2005 for what is
believed to be the first South Dakota State Black Powder Cartridge Rifle
Championship match. The club also sponsored the South Dakota State High
Power Championship in 2004, 2005, 2006 and 2007 at this range.
Long Range Matches-
During 2005, members were busy designing and
constructing targets for Long Range Black Powder Cartridge “Gong or
Buffalo” competition. The targets for these
matches will include a “bucket” to be shot offhand at 247 yards, the remaining targets to be shot from
cross sticks will include a “coyote” at 376 yards, a target fondly referred to as a “hostile” at
approximately 589 yards, an “elk” at 765 yards, a “buffalo” at 900 yards and a
"circle" at 1,000
yards. Seven shots will be fired at each target for a total of 42 rounds
in a match.
600 Yard IBS-
In 2008 members will also be erecting a single 600 yard international Bench Rest Shooters target.
This type of shooting event requires one to shoot four groups of five
shots for record. A full match consists of Light and Heavy rifles.
matches
HELP! Our mailing list is out of control. Our list contains the names of 466 shooters in all disciplines that we sponsor and we need to reduce this list because of the increasing costs. If you would like to continue to receive a "hard copy" of any of our schedules and/or bulletins please let us know. We would prefer to send all bulletins via email if you provide us with an address. You may call, write, email or attend any event to stay on our list. If we do not hear from you or you have never attended one of our events your name will be removed from our list, which we hate to do.
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Download the FREE Acrobat Reader hereComplete 2008 Match Schedule
Click here for printable flyer
2008 South Dakota State Smallbore Silhouette Match Bulletin*
Click here for printable flyer for SB Silhouette State championship (legal size paper)
2008 South Dakota State High Power Silhouette Match Bulletin*
Click here for printable flyer for HP State Championship (legal size paper)
*Please note the State Smallbore and High Power Matches are on the same weekend- September 20th and 21st. Consider making plans to attend both events on this weekend.
2008 South Dakota State Black Powder Cartridge Rifle Silhouette Match Bulletin
Click here for printable flyer for BPCR State Championship (legal size paper)
2008 Annual BPCR Long Range and Lever Action Match Bulletin*
Click here for printable flyer (legal size paper)
*Please note the Long Range Match and the Lever Action Silhouette Matches are on the same weekend-September 13th and 14th. Consider making plans to attend both events on this weekend.
match results, news releases & photos
SD High Power Heavy Rifle
2007 South Dakota State High Power Heavy Rifle Results
2007 South Dakota State High Power Heavy Rifle News Release
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L to R Colin Milliken- SD, Doug Keller- SD |
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High Power Match Participants |
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Pawel Proszak- SK, Heavy Rifle Winner |
SD High Power Hunting Rifle
2007 South Dakota State High Power Hunting Rifle Results
2007 South Dakota State High Power Hunting Rifle News Release
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L to R Pawel Proszak- SK, Kelly Landis- SD |
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L to R Dennis Martinen- WA, Pawel Proszak- SK Canada, Marlin Flavel- SK Canada |
SD BPCR Silhouette
2007 South Dakota State BPCR Silhouette Results
2007 South Dakota BPCR Silhouette News Release
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L to R Carl Eliason- SD, Gregg Simon- SD, Carl Winterberg- SD |
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2007 Shooters |
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Shooters on the Line |
Sage Brush 2nd Annual BPCR Long Range Match
2007 Sage Brush 2nd Annual BPCR Long Range Match Results
2007 Sage Brush 2nd Annual BPCR Long Range News Release
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L to R Collin Weisz- ND 1st, Ken Heier- ND 2nd, Gregg Simon- SD 3rd |
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2007 Long Range Match Shooters |
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Long Range Firing Line |
For a full list of all NRA Sanctioned Shooting Results please visit the SDSSA page.
available facilities
One of the highlights of each of the matches is the fine dining of homemade dishes provided by the local ladies who really know how to cook. At the present time the only other modern convenience is a common outdoor restroom. At the present time there is no electricity or running water on either of the ranges.
Accomodations:
Contact the Mobridge Chamber of Commerce
for information on local restaurants and hotels.
And if you prefer to camp in one of South Dakota’s “nicest” campgrounds check out
Indian Creek Recreation
Area.
club photos
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Covered Shelter |
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Great Range! |
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September Lever Action Rifle Match |
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ND, WA, SD & Canada Attend High Power Championship |
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The view from the turkeys |
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Carl Winterberg on the firing line |
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2007 BPCR Silhouette 1st Place Award |
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Don Wiechmann Shooting Black! |
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Members after the meeting |
where to find us
The club's smallbore silhouette range is located six miles north of Timber Lake, SD while the newest,
high power/black powder cartridge silhouette range is located 18 miles west of Mobridge, SD.
Sage Brush R&P Club High Power & Black Powder Cartridge Silhouette range map
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From SD Hwys 63 & 20 junction, east 11 miles, turn right .5 mile, right .5 mile
OR
From SD Hwys 12 & 20 junction, 5.8 miles, left.5, right .5 mile.
GPS Coordinates: Longitude –100.58402, Latitude 45.48091
Sage Brush R&P Club Smallbore Silhouette range map
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From Timber Lake, SD: Three miles north and east on US Hwy 20. One mile west on gravel road, three miles
north, 2 miles west, and .5 north. The range is located 200 yards on the right. All turns are marked off
of Hwy 20 when scheduled matches are held.
GPS Coordinates: Longitude -101.11787, Latitude 45.52265
Check out the coordinates online at Microsoft's Terraserver!
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contact information
If you are interested in any of our event information, or if you are interested in becoming a member of the Sage Brush Rifle and Pistol Club, please contact one of the following individuals.
President
Colin Miliken
HCR 64 Box 102
Timber Lake, SD 57656
(605) 865-3728
Secretary/Treasurer
Carl Winterberg
HCR 64 Box 100
Timber Lake, SD 57656
(605) 865-3463
Directors
Kelly Landis
13380 Promise Rd.
Mobridge, SD 57601
(605) 845-2591
Gregg Simon
1733 Kennedy Dr.
Mobridge, SD 57601
(605) 845-2576
Doug Keller
PO Box 98
Glencross, SD 57630
(605) 865-3176
Steve Berndt
PO box 315
Herried, SD 57632
(605) 437-2222
Bill Phillips
PO Box
Trail City, SD 57657
(605) 845-7626
Meetings-
We have no regularly scheduled monthly meetings. All meetings are called on an as-needed basis.
The same holds true for the Executive Committee.
Our only regularly scheduled meeting is the annual meeting in January and the date for this
meeting is called only after we have received match schedules from surrounding clubs. This
meeting is usually called during the first or second week of January.
*Please contact one of the above individuals if you are interested in joining the club or
attending one of our meetings.
membership
Local club dues are $25.00 per calendar year of which $10.00 is collected for individual
SDSSA membership.
If anyone wishes to join and is already a member of SDSSA then the dues are $15.00.
*Please contact one of the above individuals if you are interested in joining the club or
attending one of our meetings.
