The Jefferson Shooter Official publication of The Jefferson State Shooting Association Inc.

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1 The Jefferson Shooter Official publication of The Jefferson State Shooting Association Inc. APRIL 2017 JSSA P.O. Box 7178 Klamath Falls, Or YOUR LOCAL SHOOTING SPORTS ASSOCIATION JSSA GUN SHOW APRIL ACCIDENTAL GUN DEATHS NEW LOW! The National safety Council has published the latest figures of accidental gun deaths and between 2014 and 2015 accidental firearms fatalities were 489 even though gun sales were at an all time high in the Obama years. The figures reflect results of the legitimate gun safety programs of the various pro gun organizations as opposed to the political mumbo jumbo touted by gun prohibitionists. Attempting to minimize the significance of the efforts of safety instruction the Coalition to Stop Gun Violence said that 20% of the total were minors and that this was still far too many. Normally they would contend that way too many children (those under 14) were the victims of accidental shootings but in this case using minors (those under 18) gave a total number about twice as high. This in keeping with their political numbers games. COMING ACTIVITIES USPSA APRIL 2ND MULTIGUN APRIL 23RD GUN SHOW APRIL 29TH & 30TH. Affiliated with the National Rifle Association of America, Oregon State Shooting Association, Civilian Marksmanship Program Member, Oregon Association of Shooting Ranges Editor-Floyd Hancock MORE ANTI-GUN GARBAGE! A bill that would cause a persons firearms to be confiscated without due process has been introduced in the Oregon Legislature Senate bill 868 is titled Process for an Extreme Risk Protective Order and would permit most any family member, present or past household member, law enforcement agency or any Petitioner to file for an Extreme Risk Protective Order if the person violated a stalking order or threatened violence against a family member or was convicted of brandishing a firearm. Also an order could be sought for the following: an offense of animal cruelty or an offense against a family member or even if a person has attempted to purchase a firearm in the last 180 days, committed an offense of cruelty to animals. The above action would be carried out without the presence of the person against whom the order is being sought thus violating his constitutional right to due process. Another bill SB1026 would mandate locking up firearms if they were accessible to a minor. Ignoring responsible gun owners who develop their own firearms storage and safety programs by their unique situations the bills author seeks to deny a persons self defense strategies for purely political reasons and have no bearing on firearm safety but will deny any means of defensive firearms use in an emergency. As a sidelight, the bills senate author is one of those state legislators shuffled into office by campaign donations from Bloomberg s Everytown For Gun Safety (control) last legislative session and that had a hand in passing the universal background check here in Oregon that the majority of state Sheriffs refuse to enforce. MONTHLY MEETING KLAMATH COUNTY MUSEUM 1451 MAIN ST SPRING ST. ENTRANCE 6PM APRIL 19TH 1

2 OFFICERS President Jim Monroe V. President Lynn Hodge Secretary Jake Nelson Treasurer Bill Watson Executive Officer John Schreiner Chief instructor Katie Fineauer Sportsman Park Phil Doddridge MATCH DIRECTORS Action Steel Bill & Larry Watson USPSA Jake Nelson Steel Charlie Halvorsen Steel Challenge Defensive Pistol Shooting Jon McKellar Multi-gun & Mixed Steel Josh Wesley Sporting Clays Bryan Vanderpol Bowling Pins Brent Glidden High power Erick Bishop Precision rifle (open) Cowboys Dave Castor Articles in this newsletter have been gleaned from the NRA -ILA website, NRA magazines and the internet and are intended for distribution to JSSA members only. VOLUNTEER POSITIONS Youth program-katie Fineauer Gun show manager Katie Fineauer Reservation line Gun show duty roster-dan Gettling Club NRA recruiter Floyd Hancock or JSSA NEWS: Greeting Shooters! Registration is now open for our annual sectional match. Follow the link below to register (the match tends to fill quickly so no lollygagging) and we'll see you at the Oregon Open in September! Thanks, -Jake ****** MATCH REGISTRATION IS OPEN for the 2017 Oregon Open Sectional Championship ****** 8 stages, 175+ round count, one day shoot format, Sept 16-17, 2017 staff/overflow shoot Saturday with main match on Sunday, Trophy/award match, Random draw for Glock gift certifications 2 - competitors and 1 for staff. Shoot for free and get stipend if you shoot and work the match. See registration for details. If you would like RO, everyone needs to sign up here. Registration is on Practiscore at the link below: 2017 Oregon Open Sectional Championship ****************************** Hello everybody I hope you all had a fun match, here is the link to results Who knew? I said bring an extra shotgun and the Kleins came prepared, well done. the last stage was a little crazy and a whole bunch of shooting. We had a little slow start/late arrivals, but everyone helped out and we got split up and caught up. I want to say Thank You to everyone that helps setup and tear down and RO and Score keep. You are the guys that match the matches work. Thank You! That was the last mixed steel match of the 2 year. The 3-gun season will start April 23rd. I don t plan on using 3 gun nation this year( probably just the remaining targets). I was looking into the outlaw 3-gun challenge rules ( mgm iron man, NW multigun, Hard as hell). I like a little more variety in targets and presentations. In going with the theme from the last match and to help ease the work load of the poor souls that volunteer to help me. I am going to start with a 3 stage match, 2 separate stages and then combine to make the 3rd stage. Nothing terribly complicated but more rounds per stage and then a monster combined stage. The resets will be fast and preload/staging areas will speed things up. I hope to see you April 23, for our first match. We will be having matches April 23, June 25, August 27, and Oct 22. I will give updates for each match as they get closer. We will again be serving lunch at the April 23rd Multigun match and match particulars and round count can be had by contacting Josh at Have a great day Josh ******************************* John Schreiner won the raffle at the March meeting. **************************** Park Report: Phil reported the annual usage report for the park as visits, which is up from 2016, and nearly double since The pistol range had 3147 users, the 200 had 3685 users, and the 600 had 2765 users. Dennis has returned and is getting around pretty good. The 600 yd range has been drained and both it and the 200 are in need of rock.

3 JOINT JEFFERSON STATE SHOOTING ASSOCIATION AND SPORTSMAN S PARK MEMBERSHIP APPLICATION/RENEWAL NRA membership required Please print: NAME ADDRESS CITY STATE ZIP PHONE NRA MEMBERSHIP # RENEWAL DATE SPORTSMAN S PARK MEMBERSHIP # (Personal information for JSSA use only) MEMBERSHIP: VALID FROM June 1 st to May 31 st of following year. Please specify category: 1. JSSA membership (NRA member) $ JSSA membership( Non NRA member) $35 3. Sportsman s park family membership $70 4. JSSA/sportsman s park family membership (NRA member) $74 5. JSSA/Sportsman s park family membership (non NRA member) $84 Mail to: Jefferson State Shooting Association P.O. Box 7178, Klamath Falls, OR, MAY- SAT. 13 th & SAT. 27 th JUNE- SAT. 10 th & SAT. 24 th JULY- SAT. 8 th & SAT. 22 rd AUG.- SAT. 12 th & SAT. 26 th J.S.S.A. SPORTING CLAYS SHOOTING SCHEDULE 2017 SEPT.- SAT. 9 th & SAT. 23 th BUDDY SHOOT & STEAK BBQ OCT.- SAT. 7 th As always, registration starts at 8:30 a.m. and shooting starts at 9:00 a.m. 3

4 Service Rifle Steel Match The Service Rifle steel match will be held on the 3 rd Saturday in April on the Wickline Range, the match starts at This match will consist of steel targets ranging from yards in distance. Shooters will shoot this match freestyle with the option to use a hasty front rest (sandbag, wood block, rucksack etc.) This will be a 30 round match. Shooters will have 30 seconds to make the designated shot and it will be scored as a hit or a miss. We will have two classifications. Vintage military bolt gun- requires rifles to be in issue condition with the exception that modifications can be made to the iron sights. Military Semi-auto which includes M1 and M14 rifles and foreign rifles of that type and AR platform rifles. The AR rifles can have optics which would be legal under standard high power rules. Basically 4.5 power magnification maximum. The course is the same for both classes and you will be on the line with shooters of either class. If you would like to enter both classes you are welcome to do so at no additional fee. We will shoot in relays and the nonshooting relay will assist in spotting and scoring. Fee $10. Please call Erick for further information BOWLING PIN MATCH MAY 21ST! FOR SALE: Posness Warren 800B Size-o- Matic 12ga progressive reloader, 1 tub AA hulls, 1 tub Federal Gold Medal hulls and misc 12ga wads included. $375. Floyd

5 APRIL SCHEDULE, 2017 DATE ACTIVITY RANGE SET UP SIGN UP START SAT 1ST Steel challenge Mason 8am 9am 9:30 High power practice Wickline 11am USPSA set up MPTR? 11am Sat 8th Youth Shooters Martin 9:30 Sun 9th Klamath Cowboys Mason 8am 9am 9:30 Thurs 13th Youth shooters Suzies 6:30pm Sat 15th Action Steel Mason 8am 8am 9:30 Service rifle silhouette Wickline 9am Wed 19th Meeting Museum 6pm Sat 22nd Youth shooters Martin 9:30 Cowboys Mason 8am 9am 9:30 Sun 23rd Defensive pistol Mason 8am 9am 9:30 Thurs 27th Youth shooters Suzies 6:30pm Fri 28th Gun show Fairgrounds 8am Sat 29th Gun show Fairgrounds 9am Sun 30th Gun show Fairgrounds 9am MATCH DIRECTORS: PLEASE NOTIFY SECRETARY JAKE NELSON WHEN YOU CAN- CEL OR CHANGE A MATCH SO THE ONLINE CALENDAR CAN BE UPDATED. (Note: online calendar is on the Klamath Sportsman s Park website) MAY SCHEDULE Date Activity Range Set up Sign up Start Sat 6th Steel challenge Mason 8am 9am 9:30 High power practice Wickline 9am Sun 7th USPSA MPTR 8am 9am 9:30 Thurs 11th JSSA youth archery Suzies 6:30pm Sat 13th Sporting clays Clays course 8:30 9am Youth shooters Martin 9:30 Sun 14th Cowboys Mason 8am 9am 9:30 Wed 17th Meeting Museum 6pm Sat 20th Action steel Mason 8am 9am 9;30 High power Wickline 9am Sun 21st Bowling pins Mason 8am 9am Thurs 25th JSSA Youth archery Suzies 6:30pm Sat 27th Sporting clays Clays course 8:30 9am Cowboys Mason 8am 9am 9:30 Sun 28th Defensive pistol Mason 8am 9am 9:30 5