Match of June 8, 2008

June 8, 2008

Now let’s see if I recall this right, April was windy, rainy and cold, May was sunny and hot so that must mean that June should be cold, rainy, sunny and hot. Well guess what, it was! The day started cold and rainy but we waited it out and it was well worth it.


We all know there was a lot going on over the weekend so we really appreciate ethe fact that everyone showed up. We even had some visitors from across the state, Trips and Chance Calhoun came in and put on quite a show. For you new shooters, Chance is the state champion, two years running. Speaking of the State Match, it is on June 20-22 in Enderlin, ND. This is going to be a lot of fun and I’m sure everyone is looking forward to it. To you new shooters, if you are looking for a weekend match to cut your teeth on, I really suggest “Bordertown” in East Grand Forks. You can check them out at http://www.egfgunclub.org/bordertown-shootout.htm or contact Brian Burkett at cowboy@egfgunclub.org. Their website has some really good pictures of last year’s match.


I’m going to take this moment to take care of some items related to our June 28th match:


Set up: we could really use help for set up the night before. Now I understand that making two trips to the range on one weekend is hard on gas, so we will meet at the Oasis on Friday, June 27th, in the west parking lot. This way, we can get as many people as possible to car pool.

We are serving lunch that day, if anyone would like to hlep out or bring something, that would be greatly appreciated. When I have cooked before I figured on feeding around 30 people. That many usually don’t show up but the rest of us eat enough to make up the difference.

Anyone interested in going to Belfield on Saturday, June 14th? I still have room in my vehicle.

You can get a hold of me by phone (701) 471-8344 or email me at peeric@btinet.net.


Just remember, you stop playing because you get old, you get old because you stop playing.


Dakota Dealer

January 18, 2026
Dear BMRPA Members, It is with a heavy heart that I am writing to let all of you know that the BMRPA has lost one of its founding fathers. Marlin Fried, the namesake of the Fried Family Marksmanship Center, passed away this week. He is survived by his wife Leanne, children and grandchildren. While Marlin has not been active as a shooter with BMRPA for several years, we would still occasionally see him at the outdoor range in his red Chevy pickup, tending to the trees he had planted. In years before, many of you might have known Marlin from Gun City, the shop he started on Main Street in Bismarck. For those of you have never made it to Gun City, it was the type of unique gun store we don’t really get to see anymore. Not all of the trees at the Fried Family Marksmanship Center were planted by Marlin but a great many of them were. He embodied the spirit of old men planting trees which they will never live to enjoy the shade of. It was that spirit of providing for future generations and his enthusiasm for marksmanship and firearms ownership that inspired Marlin to donate the land that the Fried Family Marksmanship Center sits on today. The BMRPA, a club founded by competitive shooters coming together never had its own facility before Marlin’s gift. It was that gift by Marlin and the Fried Family that was one of the greatest factors turning the BMRPA into an organization that provides opportunities for competitors, youth and female shooters and provides a space to exercise our freedom. For that gift, we are thankful and appreciate how uncommon an act such as that is.  So, Marlin and the Fried Family, we thank you! We also wish to express our condolences to the Fried family for their loss during this sad time. A memorial service will be held at 11:30AM on Monday, January 19, 2026, and visitation will be held Sunday, January 18, at 5:30PM at Bismarck Funeral Home, and 7pm prayer service. https://www.bismarckfuneralhome.com/obituaries/marlin-fried Tom Headrick President, BMRPA
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