21st Annual Frozen Mosin

The 21st Annual Frozen Mosin shoot is back for 2026!

Held annually on Presidents Day weekend.

Join us on Saturday, Feb. 14, as once again we host “The most unusual shooting event in the Northeast”.

Only fifteen bucks, your last chance to beat inflation! It would cost more to stay home!

Gate opens at 9:00, safety briefing at 09:45, matches start at 10:00.

(Rain date Feb. 15)

Fifteen dollar entry fee includes borscht, black bread or hotdogs for lunch.  Feel free to bring your favorite dish.

Events include: 100 yard rifle match, 25 yard rapid-fire match, 200 yard off-hand gong shoot & surprise matches.

Once again we’ll have some end-of-the-day surprise matches, your opportunity to win fame and fortune, not to be missed!

As always, we'll have the coolest t-shirts available, one-of-a-kind for this event only, will be $15.00 each.

Providing some clarification on the upcoming Frozen Mosin event at the club. 

Frozen Mosins isn’t Mosins only. We shoot and score in several classes for the 100 yard match as follows:

1.) Mosin class: Basically as issued Mosin Nagant rifles. We’ve been lenient in the past with Mojo sights and will allow them.

2.) General military rifles: All other military type rifles with iron sights. From Mausers to ARs, run what ya bring.

3.) Optics: All scoped/optic rifles.

4.) Youth: Aged 16 and younger, though they are welcome to be scored with adults if they can shoot to that level.

5.) Bench: We recognize that not everyone is physically capable of position shooting. In this class one shoots the course of fire from the bench using the support arm as a rest.

6.) Ladies: Women may opt for ladies only scoring, entirely at their discretion.

The gong shoot is run what ya brung.
The rapid fire match is scored by semi-auto and bolt action.
The surprise matches are just that, but basically if you brought a rifle you’re in.

Courses of fire:

5-5-5 match will be a 100 yard match, with each shooter firing from an
assigned firing position at a corresponding target a total of fifteen
rounds, consisting of five rounds standing, five rounds sitting or
kneeling, and five rounds prone. This match is fired without supports
such as bench rests or bi-pods. Slings are allowed. Shooters may sign
up for multiple classifications, at an additional cost of $2.00 per
classification, but may only fire in any individual classification once.

There will be seven shooters on the line for this event. Each shooter
will be assigned a numbered position on the line. A numbered, color
coded card will designate their relay number, firing position, and
whether they shoot at the top or bottom target. There will be a three
minute prep period prior to the line going hot. There will be no sighters.
Upon the "Fire" command, shooters will start in the standing position,
fire five shots, transition to the sitting or kneeling position, fire five shots,
and then transition to the prone position and fire five shots. Weapons
will be unloaded when transitioning between positions. There will be no
pause between positions, and shooters are allowed seven minutes to
complete the course of fire. Upon completion of the course of fire,
shooters will make their rifle safe (unloaded, bolt open, safety on,
magazine removed, chamber flag in) and may remove their rifle from
the line and rack it. When all shooters are done or time has ended,
"cease fire" will be called, and the line cleared. The next group of
shooters will be called to the line, and the course of fire will be repeated.
After the second string of fire, range officers will go down range, targets
will be removed for scoring, and new targets put in place for the next
two strings of shooters. NO SHOOTERS WILL BE ALLOWED
DOWNRANGE.

Scoring disputes will be settled as follows. Crossfire bullet holes that
are indistinguishable from the shooter's own will be assigned the higher
score. Broken line scoring results in the higher score being awarded.
Any other dispute will default to CMP Games Rules. In the event of a
draw, a five round offhand shoot off will be held.

Further clarification:

There will be the following categories:

1.) Original configuration Mosin Nagant
2.) Iron sight vintage military rifles (Mosins, Mausers, Springfields, etc.).
3.) General class, all other iron sighted rifles.
4.) Optics, all scoped rifles.
5.) Bench, for those who cannot do position shooting. No rests,
supported with arms only.

6.) Youth (16 and under), any rifle, bench okay.
7.) Women, any category, only if they wish to shoot in a separate
category and spare the guys some embarrassment.

Highest scoring original configuration Mosin shooter will be awarded
the prestigious “Simo Hayha Award”, named after the famed Finnish
Sniper of the Winter War

200 Yard sudden death 50/50 gong match:

Firing position will be off hand with no artificial support, slings are
allowed. Winner will be the shooter with the most consecutive hits on
the target by end of the day. One shooter on the line at a time. Shoot as
many times as you like, and running counter to inflation, this year it’s
$1.00 per try, but no sighters!

25 yard rapid fire match:

10 rounds fired in two stages. Best score/time wins. Bolt action and
semi-auto classes. Enter as many times as you like, $2.00 entry, winner
takes half the pot.

After lunch, Group picture at 1:00 pm, followed by surprise novelty matches. Win
fame and fortune!

Questions?  events@prfgca.org   207-497-5621

Join the PRF&GCA club during the event, and we will waive our $35 initiation fee!