OSA NEWSLETTER Sept 2013
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OSA NEWSLETTER Sept 2013
Monthly Newsletter for the Ocala Sportsman’s Association: September 2013 Issue #2, Volume 1 The Ocala Sportsman’s Association is a private gun club, firearms training facility and outdoor shooting range. It is dedicated to the shooting sports, to preserving the rights provided by the Second Amendment and a safe, friendly facility for training in the safe use of firearms. INSIDE Shooting Activities............... 6 Suggestion Box................... 6 For Sale Items......................4 Directors‘ Message...................2 OSA Steel Shoot Report ..........5 OSA Events Calendar...............7 1 Useful Information............ 5 OSA Firing Line ............... 2 Ladies Day........................3 DIRECTORS’ MESSAGE OSA Board of Directors President Chief Instructor Jaime Acevedo Vice President Chief Range Safety Officer Mike Bryant Secretary Steel Competition Coord. Dale Gikiere Treasurer IDPA Competition Coord. Rick Stinnett Directors Ray Radank Dan Sauro John Grubb (Bowling Pin Competition Coord.) This is Issue # 2 of Volume 1 of the monthly newsletter. We are still hopping for volunteers to help edit and produce it. I spend three days a week at the range so I get to meet and talk to a lot of talented members, maybe some of you could spare a little time each month or every other month for the newsletter? Or maybe someone would like to write a letter to the club? Only nice, nice, kiss, kiss letters, the newsletter is not a complaint department, those letters go directly to the Board. I have received numerous complaints/questions from members concerning the receipt/sending of e-mails to or from the Board of Directors, if you could please contact me Ray Radank, my contact info is in the (range volunteer box) I will try to get the problem “fixed” I feel your pain because I too get my e-mail bounced back to me when I send to [email protected]. Some of you have stated that you get help from other members that forward OSA e-mails to you because you don’t receive them. The Board of Directors can be reached at [email protected] If you can’t reach the BOD’s at this e-mail, please forward it to Ray Radank [email protected] and it will be sent to the rest of the board. OSA FIRING LINE Range Volunteers (A MONTHLY SAFETY ARTICLE) NRA Chief Range Safety Officer Ray Radank ([email protected]) 804-1575 NRA Range Safety Officers Ramberto Rodriquez Tom Schulke Range Safety Officers Feg Henkel Gerry Hickey The Title for this piece of the newsletter comes to us from Ted Fries. Thanks Ted. The number one safety or rule violation we see at OSA is target placement height, mostly target position is set too low and the shooter ends up making ground hits and not the berm. Please people, it is critical that your target placement is such that your shots hit the berm from the center of the berm to just above ground level. If you set up your targets at the seven or ten yard line on the grass as a rule of thumb set the bottom edge of the target backer at the bottom of chin height (recent members remember this from orientation) then center your target on the backer and then back at the safety 2 line recheck your target height by pointing your finger at the bulls eye as if holding your gun at the target and then move it slightly left or right of the target to see where your shots will hit the berm. Target placement at the 15 and 25 yard line require target placement of bulls eye at level with your eye because it is the same level as the firing line. If you change or setup your target for a sitting or bench rest position than you must lower your target accordingly to match your sitting height or your shots will be too high or possibly even go over the top of the berm. Remember everyone, as members of OSA you have every right to approach any member that you see is unsafe in any way or target placement off to say something to that member in a very nice way or if you have a range safety officer present tell them what you see and they will handle the situation. Thank you all in advance and LETS ALL HAVE FUN!!!! ATTENTION MEMBERS We had a fantastic member turn out for the general meeting today Sunday 9/8/2013 For those of you that could not make it, I know many of you were/are out of town and even out of state enjoying other activities. OSA was just able to make a quorum so we were able to vote for the first time in almost a year! So a very BIG thank you to all that had the time to attend. We talked at length about the status of the rifle range, also many questions on the club finances were asked as well as our status with the IRS. The membership took a vote for a OSA swap meet for the morning of the December meeting or a day close to it, sadly it was voted down, sorry to Alan Densky and (I helped a little) for all the effort he put into it only to have it voted down but we will try again for some time next year and we will better prepare for it next time. We also voted to have another OSA picnic at the election meeting in December which was voted a resounding YES! I guess everybody liked it last year! So that means VOLUNTEERS PEOPLE!! To help pull it off smoothly, we already have twelve volunteers from the meeting but more people means less work and more fun for everybody, so help out if you can, and make sure you bring an appetite! Volunteers can contact coordinator ED Rood at [email protected] or any board member. LADIES DAY Ladies get your guns. Ladies Fun Day at OSA is starting up again. There is a lot of excitement and plans for another season of learning while having a good time. Some of the topics highlighted each Wednesday include: Basic gun safety, fundamentals of shooting, choosing a gun right for you, ladies holster choices, opportunities to shoot different guns and much more. Looking forward to seeing all the attendees from last season and new faces. Whatever skill level, beginner to expert, can come for fun and skill building. Ever wished you could ask any question, share an idea, get hints from someone who understands ladies' issues with shooting? THIS IS YOUR OPPORTUNITY to have FUN and share while improving your shooting skills in a comfortable non-pressured atmosphere. Starting Wednesday, October 2, 2013. 1:30 - 3:30 pm. Associate members may attend without their primary member and will be under the supervision of the activity organizer. Guests may also attend by paying the $10.00 range fee. The gate will be attended from 1:20 to 1:40 pm for attendees that do not have a key card. Joyce Schulke, 352-789-0201, will be the organizer. Call for further information. 3 For Sale Dillon reloading press RL-550B, machine with caliber conversion kit, shellplate, pins, powder funnel, powder measure, large and small priming system, with standard large and small powder bars, RCBS Chargemaster 1500 digital scale, Digital caliper, multiple die sets, bullets, powders, primers, parts and tools too much to list. Contact Sheldon Harris 352-470-4126 e-mail [email protected] Spacecoast bullets, .45 ACP 185 grain long nose semi-wad cutter hard cast lead bullets Box of 500 $50.00. Berrys Bullets plated SWC sealed box of 500 $65.00 these are not loaded ammunition, bullets only. One box of a thousand Winchester small rifle primers $30.00 Small fold up collapsible handle two wheel dolly good for hauling around range bags as new condition $25.00 Heavy plastic range box with top storage and removable tray approximately 16” long, 9.5” wide 10” deep $25.00 See Ray at the range M-W-F Or 352-804-1575 e-mail [email protected] A Custom Ordered Pair of Uberti Single Actions Serial No.s 11 & 12. 44-40’s with 44 Special cylinders One is Blued and one is Nickel Asking $1500 Call Jerry: Email: home: 352 821 0879 Cell: 352 470 9937 [email protected] 4 OSA Steel Shoot Report (8-24-2013) The OSA steel shoot had a good turnout with 25 participants. Considering the oppressive heat and high humidity with Julie Johnson so aptly stating; you have to chew the air before you can breathe it. Stock Auto, centerfire handgun with iron sites saw Eric F take top score; our own Rabbit took third place. Open 22, 22 handguns with red dot site or scope, saw our buddy Brian F take top score with Jerry S hot on his heels and Alan D taking third. Yours truly had to bow out due to gun malfunctions, seams I forgot to lube the slide when I cleaned my gun Friday before the match. 22 Rifle saw Brian F again take top score and top score overall with Jerry S breathing down his neck and Match Director Dale G rounding out the top three. Irv W had an excellent day coming in 6th. Fred J was trying out different guns, on his birthday no less, so he came in holding the tail end. Stock 22, handgun with iron sites saw Fred J rebound from the rifle to take the top spot, (HAPPY BIRTHDAY FRED!) Our Buddy Gil C behind in second with Fred’s wife JJ taking third. Congrats to all that came out to be mosquito bait and play in the heat. A Hero In Our Midst! One of our longtime members, retired military and LOE with several commendations was at the Walmart on Easy Street in Ocala recently. He noticed an individual holding a large knife to the throat of a woman. Our hero turned around when he saw this. He pulled 38 Special Detective Revolver (legally concealed) and pointed it up close to the assailant’s face and told him to let the woman go or he would “__ __ __ __”. The woman took of running as fast as she could. Our hero had the bad guy lay down on the pavement until law enforcement arrived to arrest him. Our hero has asked that he remain anonymous, but if you know who the hero is make sure you thank him and give him a pat on the back for his bravery the next time you see him. Useful Information Shooters, need magazines for your semi-auto? Two places you can try are; Gregcotellc.com stocks a large assortment of magazines and some accessories. 44mag.com sells magazines at wholesale pricing but does not have a large inventory, 44mag may or may not have what you need but what he does have is priced right! 5 MONTHLY SHOOTING ACTIVITIES 2nd Saturday of the month is the bowling pin shoot. An e-mail was sent out by the treasurer, Rick Stinnett informing every one of the start time for this event which is; Set up is at 2:00 PM followed by sign up and safety briefing and first shot at 3:00 PM. This is lots of fun! If you can hit a target at 15 yards, then you can hit a bowling pin. All handgun calibers are welcome in handgun and/or rifle. 4 stages total. a perfect score uses a total of 26 rounds so even if your conserving ammo, you can still shoot this competition. The 2nd Sunday of the month is new member orientation. If you know someone that is interested in becoming a member this is the date to do it. New member prospects need to show up at the range at 9:45 AM. Class starts at 10:00 AM, break for lunch around noon and 1:00 PM is firearm safety check out. Depending on new member turn out this lasts from one to two hours. The 3rd Sunday of the month is IDPA competition, set up is between 11:00 AM & noon followed by sign up and safety briefing with first shot at 1:00 PM. The stages for this event are always different so how you shoot it is always different and involves wearing a conceal garment, drawing from the holster and changing magazines or reloading revolvers during the course of fire. The 4th Saturday is OSA Steel Shooters; set up is at 8:00 AM followed by sign up & safety briefing, first shot at 9:00 AM. Four stages of five steel plates are used in different configurations. You will need 5 handgun magazines per stage loaded to ten rounds, if you don’t have five magazines that’s okay, somebody on your squad will help reload for you. High capacity 22 rifle magazines can be loaded to 10-20-30 rounds thus requiring less magazines. The 5th Saturday of the month is the Ruger Rimfire Challenge, (Ruger firearms are not required), the 5th Saturday of the month only occurs 4 or 5 times a year so you will have to watch the calendar.. Both 22 rimfire handgun and rifle are required to participate in this event. You may use up to 200 hundred rounds in this event. Set up is 8:30 AM followed by sign up and safety briefing, 1st shot at 9:00 AM. Questions on any of the shoots? Call or see Ray at the range on Monday, Wednesday or Friday. Suggestion Box What would you like to see happen at OSA? Are you willing to help make it happen? Send in you suggestions to the Board of Directors. Sorry….no “Ain’t it Awful” section corner! But feel free to raise your concerns at the regular membership meeting or contact the BOD. If you have a suggestion for a good, catchy, appropriate name for our newsletter let one of the board members know. 6 7 30 29 24 17 25 18 26 19 Every Thursday is reserved for maintenance, the range is not available for open shooting. 23 16 22 OSA IDPA 12:00 PM 15 Membership Meeeting 3 PM 27 20 SATURDAY OSA Steel Shooters 8:30 AM 28 21 OSA Bowling Pin League 2 PM 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 OSA New Member Orientation 9:45 AM General 7 6 FRIDAY 5 THURSDAY 4 WEDNESDAY 3 TUESDAY 2 MONDAY 1 SUNDAY September 2013 – Ocala Sportsman’s Association Event Calendar – September 2013