2025 Spindletop Silhouette SB Rifle Regional Match
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Regional Silhouette Air Rifle Match
Hosted by the Golden Triangle Gun Club
April 44h, 5th, and 6th, 2025
Type of Tournament: Two-day NRA Silhouette SB Rifle Regional Match & One-day NRA Silhouette Air Rifle Regional Match (Air Rifle on Friday, Standard SB Rifle on Saturday, Hunting SB Rifle on Sunday).
Host Sponsor and Location:Golden Triangle Gun Club – 7546 Erie Street, Beaumont, TX 77705. [Use the Florida Ave. exit off of Hwy 69 to get on Erie Street, travel south on Erie Street for 2 miles and the entrance to the Club range is marked on the right.]
Rules: Current NRA Air Rifle & Smallbore Rifle Silhouette Rules will apply. The use of open bolt indicators will be enforced.
Eligibility: NRA membership is required of all competitors, except for juniors, who may be members of an NRA Junior Affiliated Club.
Classification: Any competitor who does not have an up-to-date classification will be required to compete in the highest classification for the entire match. (Any classification disputes will be resolved by NRA classification card or old scorebooks for the competitor in question or be prepared to shoot in the highest classification.) Entry fees will be accepted at the Range until the first relay is called to the line Saturday morning or until 50 entries are received.
Match Schedule:
April 4th, 2025 - Range will be open for Air Rifle & SB practice 10:00 A.M. – dark.
April 4th, 2025 - Match 1 & 2 (Air Rifle) will begin at 2:00 PM
April 5th, 2025 - Match 3 & 4 (Standard SB Rifle) will begin at 9:00 A.M.
April 6th, 2025 - Match 5 & 6 (Hunter SB Rifle) will begin at 9:00 A.M.
Aggregate Match 7 - Smallbore Rifle using combined scores of Matches 3, 4, 5 & 6.
Course of Fire:
Air Rifle – Match 1 consists of 10 shots at 20 yards (Chicken), 30 yards (Pig), 36 yards (Turkey) and 45 yards (Ram) for a total of 40 shots. A second 40 round air rifle match will be fired after the completion of the first.
Shooters have a choice of shooting a Target Rifle, Sporter Rifle or an Open Rifle. Whatever rifle the shooter chooses will be the rifle classification that they are competing in.
Smallbore – Matches 3, 4, 5 and 6 are each 40 shot matches consisting of 10 shots at 40 meters (Chicken), 60 meters (Pig), 77 meters (Turkey), and 100 meters (Ram) for a total of 160 shots.
Awards:
Air Rifle – NRA Regional awards for the top (3) shooters in each of the Target, Sporter and Open, Air Rifle Categories.
Smallbore - At the completion of the match and all shoot offs, awards will be given for the following:
- Awards for Overall Champions in both Standard Rifle and Hunter Rifle.
- NRA Regional awards for the top (3) shooters in both Standard Rifle & Hunter Rifle.
- Aggregate Match 7 – Smallbore Rifle using combined scores of Matches 3, 4, 5, & 6.
- 1st in each class per rifle and then one place award per 3 shooters registered in each class.
- Awards will also be given for High Woman, High Junior, and High Senior (60 +).
- Only 1st place ties decided by shoot off, the rest by reverse animal count.
Squadding Requests: Will be accommodated as far as possible on a first come first served basis.
Entry Fees: The air rifle match fee is $20. The smallbore rifle match fees are 1st gun $70, 2nd gun $30. Junior fees are $25 for 1st gun and $10 for 2nd gun.
Please direct questions to Ronald Page at 409-659-6821, or wimpy96@hotmail.com
Please send in your Registration Form as soon as possible (by email or mailing). You can pay at the match, but we would like to have your registration as early as possible to procure awards and arrange squadding.
Click Here for Registration Form
Food and Hotel Arrangements
Lunch will be provided on Saturday and Sunday and is included in the SB registration fee.
The MCM Eleganté Hotel will be the host hotel for the match. The MCM Eleganté is offering shooters an exclusive room rate of $95.00 per night for a Deluxe King or Double or an exclusive room rate of $119.00 per night for a King Suite. When you make a reservation, ask for the Golden Triangle Gun Club Group Rate to receive your discount!
The MCM Eleganté is at 23551 I-10 South, Beaumont, TX 77705. The reservation number is 877-842-3606, and the local hotel number is 409-842-3600. It is a nice hotel, close to the range, and they have Hemingway’s Café, a good restaurant.
