June 2015 - Anne Arundel Fish and Game Association

JUNE 2015
Anne Arundel Fish & Game Conservation Association
“The strongest reason for the people to retain the right to keep and bear arms is, as a last resort,
to protect themselves against tyranny in government.”
- Thomas Jefferson
SAFETY FIRST!
From the President
A
n incident occurred recently
where a club member was
shooting .17 caliber rimfire after
Centerfire hours and during .22
Caliber Rimfire hours.
The range rules specifically
state .22 Caliber Rimfire. Of
the .22 Caliber Rimfire rounds
Please be mindful of the rules while on the range!
available, only .22 Long Rifle,
Long, and Short are authorized outside of Centerfire hours and during .22 Caliber
Rimfire hours.
No .22 Winchester Magnum Rimfire, more commonly called .22 WMR, .22
Magnum, or simply .22 Mag shooting is allowed outside of Centerfire hours.
Skip Miller
[email protected]
Take Note: The following are the remaining Sanctioned
Weekends for 2015:
June 20/21
September 12/13
October 10/11
November 7/8
Centerfire shooting hours on Sanctioned Weekends (both Saturday
and Sunday) are 10am - 8pm (daylight permitting).
Come join us for our…
Pot Luck Supper &
General Meeting
June 11th
Dinner ~ 7 PM
Meeting ~ 8 PM
Please bring a dish to share!
Fellow AA&FGers,
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about this program too.
Summer weather is here and
the days are getting longer. More
people are making it out to the
range, which is a great thing. With
many members, some new to the
club and some seasoned veterans
using ranges, the AAF&G Board
asked me to reach out to the
membership to address two issues:
Rimfire shooting and Archery
Broadhead use on targets.
AAF&G’s accepted policy
and definition of “.22 rimfire”,
“.22 caliber rimfire” and “.22 cal
rimfire” as found in our safety rules
is LIMITED ONLY to .22 LONG
RIFLE (LR), .22 LONG (L) and .22
President, continued on Page 2.
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Bullseye
Pistol Report
P. O. Box 150
Arnold, MD 21012
410-757-6800
AAF&G Range Rules:
http://www.aafg.org/safety.html#rules
Club Officers & Activities:
www.aafg.org/activities
2015 Holidays / Shooting Hours:
www.aafg.org/hours
2015 Orientation Sessions:
www.aafg.org/orientation
AAF&G Forum:
http://z13.invisionfree.com/AAFandG/index.php
Calendar
http://www.aafg.org/docs/Score/Calendar_June2015.pdf
President, from Page 1.
SHORT (S). Furthermore, .22 Magnum (22 WMR) and .22
WRF are NOT .22 LR, L or S.
ANY variant of .17 RIMFIRE (HMR, HM2 etc) is NOT
a .22 and neither is the vintage 5mm rimfire. Anyone
remember those 5mm’s?
The above policy is for the benefit of the
membership. PLEASE abide by our range rules.
We had some archery targets DESTROYED by
BROADHEAD use recently, PLEASE consider using field
points.
June 20-21 is a sanctioned weekend with many planned
activities including Vintage Rifle, Trap, Cowboy Action,
Bullseye Pistol, Appleseed Rifle, and IDPA Pistol. If anyone
has ANY questions about these programs or any other
firearm related activities please contact me.
Hope to see you on the range this month.
Stay safe and share our sport,
Walt Romaniw
[email protected]
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A
AF&G commenced the 2015 outdoor conventional
pistol season with two very successful Tournaments.
The first was a Civilian Marksmanship (CMP) Excellence-inCompetition (EIC) Tournament on May 16th, featuring the
inauguration on the east coast of the new .22 Rimfire Pistol
EIC Match and the revised and updated Service Pistol EIC
Match. The .22 Rimfire pistol EIC had 26 competitors and the
Service Pistol had 24. The winners of the 30 round matches
were: ED Hall with a 284-6 in the .22 EIC and Rich Kang with
a 291-15 in the SP EIC.
The high note of the CMP EIC Tournament was that the
top Non-distinguished competitors that earned points towards
attainment of the CMP Distinguished Pistol Shot Badge were
AAF&G’s own Mike McGrath and Steve Peters. Mike was
the top shooter of the 16 Non-Distinguished Service Pistol
competitors with a score of 253-3, earning 8 EIC points. Steve
was a close second with a 253-0, earning 6 points. Steve’s 6
points gave him a total of 30 points which qualified him as a
Distinguished Pistol Shoot – well done Steve!
On May 18th AAF&G sponsored a NRA Registered 2700
tournament followed by a .22 Rimfire Pistol EIC Match and a
Service Pistol EIC Match. The NRA 2700, which consisted of
firing 90 rounds in each of three Pistols, had 19 competitors
with Rich Kang winning with a score of 2628-118. Rich also
won the 30 round .22 Rimfire Pistol EIC (13 competitors) and
the Service Pistol EIC (11 competitors) with scores of 284-4
and 287-10 respectively.
Six more tournaments consisting of NRA and CMP
matches will be held throughout the summer and early fall.
Plan on competing, and testing your pistol skills in these
AAF&G sponsored tournaments. See you on the range.
Paul Striffler
[email protected]
2015 Bullseye Schedule
Here are the planned NRA and CMP matches:
June 6:
NRA Service Pistol Regional Championship,
CMP .22 and SP EIC, NRA DR
June 20: NRA 2700, CMP .22 and SP EIC
Aug 15: NRA Revolver Regional Championship, NRA
DR, .22 EIC
Sept 12: NRA 1800, CMP .22 and SP EIC
Oct 10: NRA 2700/IronMan, CMP .22 and SP EIC
Nov 7:
NRA 1800, CMP .22 and SP EIC Army “L”
Tournaments
Last Saturday of each month:
1800 (.22 and centerfire) (9 AM)
And here is the league schedule:
Tuesdays: Training (10 AM)
Thursdays: 1800 (.22 and centerfire)(12PM)
Saturdays: 1800 or Training/practice (when no NRA,
CMP or Army L matches scheduled) (9 AM)
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Rimfire
Action
Cowboy Action
W
ell, Riverboat Bob was still out
fishin’ and MillCreek Mona was
out visitin’ so we had kind of a light
crowd of Mill Creek Wranglers for our
May Shoot, but there were a couple
of significant events. First, it was
good to see Wicklow Wrangler
come out to shoot. And
second, he brought his black
powder cartridges and
we had calm, humid air
keepin’ the smoke from
Wicklow’s shots hangin'
over the range. He had to
bob-and-weave a bit to find
the targets through the smoke
every once in awhile. Stages were provided by Buffalo Creek
Bob, which meant lots of sweeping back and forth between
the widely spaced targets.
Match results were not available when I wrote this but
will be sent out to the Cowboy E-mail list. Bob and Mona,
and hopefully more of the Wranglers, will be back for our
next Cowboy Action Shoot on June 20th. Don’t forget our
annual Hawaiian Cowboy Action Shoot coming up in July.
That’s about it for now.
In the words of Riverboat Bob: “Remember…never
approach a bull from the front, a horse from the rear, or a
fool from any direction.”
Buffalo Creek Bob
[email protected]
R
imfire Action Shooters were greeted
with a perfect spring day for our April
match. We had 29 shooters for the match and
the stages featured vertically and horizontally
spaced targets in the Rimfire Challenge portion, and a
vertical port that really made the shooters dance in the
2-Gun part.
At the end of the day, Keith Richardson won the match
with 20 rank points, Eric Serfass was second with 31, and
Bob Yurwitz finished third with 36. Herman Floyd was the
only shooter to have a clean match. Full results were sent
out to the Rimfire Action Gmail list.
Upcoming matches are scheduled for June 28th, July
26th and August 23rd. Matches start at 10:00. If you would
like more info about Rimfire Action come out to one of the
scheduled matches or contact us at [email protected].
SHOOT SAFE…HAVE FUN
Guy Bellanca
[email protected]
DEADLINE FOR JULY SCORE
Materials is JUNE 23rd.
Send material to David Hickey
at [email protected]
A Busy Month of May for IDPA
M
ay brought delightful weather and lots of fun
on the Action Range. IDPA held five matches,
with a total attendance of 98 shooters. USPSA
had one match with 16 shooters. Steel Challenge
also held one match with a total attendance of 28
shooters. If you’re interested in joining this sport,
please go to aafgidpa.com for more information.
Bill Osborne
[email protected]
JUNE RSOs and BACKUP RSOs
06/06/2015 Primary: John Sasse
Backup: Brian Swift
06/20/2015 Primary: John Michelli
Backup: Rick Weidmann
06/13/2015 Primary: Rick Weidmann
Backup: Gordon Davids
06/27/2015 Primary: Ricky Dicken
Backup: Jim Price
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Eccles Range
Club Matches
T
he next Service Rifle/MSR/Any Rifle subject to the FSA
of 2013 (except M1A) match will be held on June 6th
from 10:00am to 12:00 noon.
The next Vintage Military Rifle Match will be held on
June 20th from 10:00am to 12:00 noon and will be for
Semiautomatic Rifles.
New Service and Vintage Military Rifle Match should
consider arriving NLT 09:30 in order to familiarize themselves
with the course of fire and get guidance in use of the sling.
A 5 minute unlimited sighter shot sighting-in period will
precede the record fire phases. For details on high power
rifle match requirements, please visit the web page at http://
aafg.org/events.html.
Match Scores on the Forum. Don’t forget, scores from
current and most preceding Service, Vintage, Very Vintage, and
Rimfire Sporter Rifle matches can be found on the AAFG Forum
(see Upcoming AAFG Events on the Home Page to enter).
Other stuff is also posted on the Forum. Give it a look-see
sometime. Sign up for members is easy! And for non-members,
nigh unto impossible! This is your exclusive AAFG members
only forum and is for all sorts of gun/shooting/2nd Amendment/
club operations info, some of which may not be for nonmember consumption. Check it out.
Thanks. A hearty thank you to John Kerrigan for
replacing the disintegrating gravel-filled/gravel-spilling milk
jugs used to keep the brass curtains from flying around with
nice sturdy concrete rounds that will stay in place and not
disintegrate too quickly. Lower center of gravity, too. Thanks
again, John!
Away Matches
F
ive AAF&G shooters competed in the CMP Eastern
Regional Games Matches at Camp Butner, NC and all
came back with their shields, not on them. Out of 8 separate
matches they brought back 11 medals – 4 silver and 7
bronze. Not all shooters competed in every match. Medals
awarded for performance are as follows:
M1 Garand
Steve Allen – Silver
Andrew Blischak – Bronze
M1 Carbine
Brian Swift – Bronze
Springfield
Brian Swift – Silver
John Kerrigan - Bronze
Modern Military
Steve Allen – Silver
John Kerrigan – Bronze
Andrew Blischak - Bronze
Rimfire Sporter
Bill Palk – Silver (O-class)
Brian Swift – Bronze (T-class)
John Kerrigan – Bronze (O-class)
For those of you who have shot the Rimfire Sporter
match and came away feeling smug with a 565 or 570, there’s
news from Camp Butner, NC and you ain’t such hot stuff
after all. While we were shooting, a 15 year old young man
from Georgia shot a 600/50X, the first time a perfect 600
has been shot on the Rimfire Sporter target. That’s 60 shots
in a 10 ring a bit smaller than a half dollar and a bit larger
than a quarter with 50 of those shots in the X ring the size
of a dime. Shooting was at 50 yds. for 40 shots prone slow
and rapid fire and at 25 yds. for 20 shots offhand slow and
rapid fire. The same young man and his dad previously drove
from Georgia to Phoenix, AZ for the CMP Western Regional
games matches, shot in one Rimfire Sporter match, and then
they drove back to Georgia. His score on that match? A very
respectable 599 (don’t have X count at hand). Ahh, young
eyes, youthful stamina...what a winning combination for the
shooting sports!
Photos of shooting on the line, pit duty, and the various
daily awards ceremonies can be seen at: http://cmp1.
zenfolio.com/f608538156
Apparently some folks don’t read the SCORE. In the
May edition we addressed a new feature on the shooting
benches at the high power range firing line. Since many of
our shooters like to practice shooting from prone, sitting,
kneeling and standing positions and the benches have to be
pulled to the rear of the firing line for this purpose, we have
tried a few different approaches to improving shooting bench
mobility with limited success, until now.
Thanks to Steve Barney, we have equipped the benches
with rubber wheel castors, the two in the front fixed and the
rear one swivels and locks. Now the benches can be moved
easily. However, remember I said the rear wheel swivels
and locks? If you like the shooting bench to provide a firm
platform, you might consider locking the rear wheel. This is
done by pushing down with your toe on the tab on the right
side of the rear wheel. To unlock, lift the tab up with your
toe. The lock might be a bit stiff to operate at first so do
what you have to to get it unlocked. Some shooters (no
names) have been observed dragging the benches to the
side. This is also evidenced by the black skid marks left
on the firing line. Doing this will also eventually make flat
spots on the wheel. So PLEASE unlock the wheels first and
then simply roll the table back and steer it to wherever
you want/need it. DON’T DRAG IT with the rear wheel
brake/lock engaged! Thank you.
Shoot Straight and Shoot Safely
Bill Palk
Chair, Eccles Range Committee
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Junior Rifle Program
O
n Saturday, June 6th the Junior shooters will participate
in the “Libby” prone match in Marriottsville, MD.
Practices sessions will be dedicated to getting ready for
this match. It’s a 160 shot match on the A-51 Metric target
at 50 yards. As of now David Pitt, Christopher Ours, Katie
Hickey, Abbie Boak, and Dolan Carella will be participating.
Good Luck!
We would like to wish
Courtney Cowger and
Paul Hicks the best at they
graduate from high school.
Courtney is graduating
from North County
High School and will be
attending the University
of Delaware studying
Mechanical Engineering.
Paul is graduating from
Broadneck High School and
will be attending Waynesburg
University in Pennsylvania
Paul Hicks
majoring in Media Production.
Courtney Cowger
Mark your calendars for the 2015 Anne Arundel County
Friends of the NRA Banquet to be held on August 22, 2015
at the Elks Club. Please support Youth in MD.
If you would like information about our program or help
finding another program in the area (I have a wait list at this
time), please email me at [email protected].
Have Fun Shooting & Remember Youth are our Future!
Andrea Miller
Chairman Jr. Rifle Program
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e got BLACKPOWDERPALOOZA 2015 underway with a muzzle loader Bullseye Pistol
Match on Sunday, May 17th. There were only 4 of us but we had a great time! The
weather was P-E-R-F-E-C-T for black powder. We had rain the night before, high humidity and
drizzle the morning of the match, and calm, still air. All that smoke just hung in the air and the
fouling in our guns stayed nice and soft…easy to clean. Although, when a slight breeze did
move in, Eric Smith was unfortunately downwind of the rest of us and it started to get a bit
KP O W D E R P AL
smoky at his end of the firing line.
We changed the match format a little from previous matches, firing three 5-shot strings, 15
minutes per string at 25 yards (REALLY Slow Fire), so a perfect score would be 150. We used
the Army “L” targets and everyone seemed to like the new format. After the shooting was
done and the smoke cleared, Matt Nolte led the day. The match
results are shown below. It should be noted that Matt was using a load in his Ruger Old Army
that he had never fired before, and did not shoot any sighters prior to the match.
AAF&G BLACKPOWDERPALOOZA
Bullseye Pistol Match Results
NAME
SCORE
Matt Nolte
139-4X
Eric Smith
125-2X
Guy Bellanca
114-2X
John Kerrigan
104-2X
Next BLACKPOWDERPALOOZA event will be another Bullseye Pistol Match on Sunday,
June 21 - the next Sanctioned Weekend. Hope to see more of you come out to shoot. Other
than strict adherence to safety rules, the atmosphere is very laid back and informal. Future
BLACKPOWDERPALOOZA events will include a muzzle loading rifle match and possibly both
rifle and pistol steel silhouette matches.
Guy Bellanca
[email protected]
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MEMBERSHIP Department
New Applicant(s) Posting
T
he following individuals have applied for membership in
AAF&G.The names below are posted in the clubhouse
for 30 days beginning May 14, 2015.
Paul D. LIGHTFOOT, Arnold
Sponsored by Jack Pinto
Paul S. FELTON, Annapolis
Sponsored by Kevin Farrell
Ricardo T. JONES, Edgewater
Sponsored by Fran Fillipelli
If you have any comments – favorable or unfavorable –
regarding these applicants, please advise Bill Palk by email at
[email protected].
AAF&G Welcomes Three
New Provisional Members
T
hree new provisional member applications were
proposed to and approved for acceptance as members
by the Board and the General Membership at the May
2015 Board and General Membership meetings. The new
provisional members are:
Charles M. Ebersberger
Richard T. LONG
Lewis H. (Chip) PALUMBO
If you see them on the range after their initial orientation
and safety walkthrough, remember that they’ll be looking
to you for guidance in following the range safety rules,
range protocol, range safety, customs, range safety, ethics,
range safety, etc., and since they cannot shoot without the
presence of a full member on that range, please help them
out if you can. Be a mentor.
Four More Provisional Members
Accepted as Full Members
T
he May 2015 Board and General Membership
meetings saw four more provisional members gain full
membership.
Ken KLOTZ, Frank LESSIAK, Dale LINDSAY
and Wayne TRAVERS
are the most recent provisional members to gain full
membership. They completed all the requirements of
provisional membership – a minimum of 6 months of
participation at AAF&G with demonstrated safe shooting in
at least 3 different shooting disciplines — Handgun, Rifle,
and Shotgun — attendance and participation in AAF&G Gun
School, and the endorsement of 3 full members in good
standing. Congratulations Ken, Frank, Dale and Wayne! We
hope you have many safe, enjoyable, and successful years
shooting with us.
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Provisional
Members – Gun
School
Gun School
W
e held our most recent
Gun School on Sunday,
May 3rd. Many thanks to
Jacqueline Small and Col. (ret) Rick Kaufmann for assisting
with the May class. They are each experienced instructors
in their own right but new to the Gun School class and their
unique perspective was a welcome addition to the class.
The next scheduled Gun School is set for Sunday, August
9th at noon. Class generally runs until 4:00. If you are a
provisional member and wish to register for the Gun School
class in August, please send me an e-mail at bambam612@
comcast.net. I will send an e-mail confirmation that you
are registered for the class. You must be a provisional
member to attend, i.e., you must have had your interview,
safety walkthrough, and have been issued your provisional
membership card.
Also, if you were confirmed to attend Gun School
previously, and missed your class for whatever reason, please
send me an e-mail as well. I will reserve a space in the next
scheduled class, but I still need you to indicate if you plan
to attend. I will send you an e-mail confirmation as well. In
either case, first time registering or making up a missed class,
please do not show up for Gun School unless you receive a
registration confirmation from me.
We can accommodate up to 20 people in the Gun
School class. If the class fills up, a waiting list will be created.
Those on the waiting list will be placed into class on a first
come, first served basis if there are cancellations. Therefore,
it is very important if you are confirmed to attend the Gun
School class on August 9th and cannot attend, that you
notify me by e-mail so that I can place someone from the
waiting list into the August class. Otherwise, those on the
waiting list will be given priority placement in the next Gun
School class, scheduled for November (date TBD).
Guy Bellanca
“Quotes to Note”
"I have a very strict gun control
policy: if there's a gun around, I
want to be in control of it."
- Clint Eastwood
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Sun
1
Mon
1900 Board Meeting
2
Tue
1000 Bullseye Training
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Wed
4
Thu
1200 Bullseye League
5
0900 IDPA
1000 Trap
Fri
6
RSO John Sasse
0900 IDPA
1000 NRA Service Pistol
1000 Service Rifle League
1000 Trap
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0930 Junior Rifle
1215 Junior Rifle
0930 Junior Rifle
1215 Junior Rifle
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Sanctioned Weekend
0830 Appleseed
0900 IDPA
0930 Black Powder BE
0930 Junior Rifle
1000 Rimfire Action
1215 Junior Rifle
1000 Bullseye Training
1000 Bullseye Training
1000 Bullseye Training
1000 Bullseye Training
1200 Bullseye League
1900 Dinner
2000 General Meeting
1200 Bullseye League
1200 Bullseye League
1000 Trap
1000 Trap
1000 Trap
Sat
RSO Rick Weidmann
0900 Bullseye League
0900 IDPA
1000 Trap
Sanctioned Weekend
RSO John Michelli
0830 Appleseed
0900 Bullseye 2700
0900 Orientation
1000 Cowboy Action
1000 Trap
1000 Vintage Rifle
RSO Ricky Dicken
0830 Appleseed
0900 Bullseye L-Match
0900 IDPA
1000 Trap