The Naperville Trapshooter The Official Newsletter of The Naperville Sportsman s Club

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Thanks to all who contributed....scott Calhoun Vice President & Webmaster Father s Day - June 18, 2006 What s Inside President s Message... 1 ATA Donation... 1 The Fred Section... 2 Straight Runs.

1 The Naperville Trapshooter The Official Newsletter of The Naperville Sportsman s Club June 2006 Issue ATA Donation In Honor of Dennis I just wanted to let all of you know that I collected $593 for the ATA Hall of Fame. I rounded up and sent a check for $600. Dennis will be listed on the donation board at the Hall of Fame, and the ATA Magazine will list our contribution in an upcoming edition. Thanks to all who contributed....scott Calhoun Vice President & Webmaster Father s Day - June 18, 2006 What s Inside President s Message... 1 ATA Donation... 1 The Fred Section... 2 Straight Runs... 2 Wanted Classified... 2 Club Info... 2 Dates to Remember... 2 Reloading at Sportsman s Park... 3 Shotgun Instructor Class... 4 Classifieds... 5 Calendar Member/Board Meeting Date: 7:30 P.M. -June 13, 2006 President s Message New Board Member At the May Board of Directors meeting Ron Tanski was unanimously selected to fill the vacancy on the Board. I would like to thank Ron for agreeing to serve on the Board. Annual Dinner Please don t forget to mark your calendar and RSVP for the Annual Dinner to be held June 24, The party will start around 2:00 and dinner will be around 5:00. You can RSVP by sending an to rsvp@napervillesportsmansclub.org, by fax or leave a note at the counter. Please tell us how many guests will be attending. Barbecue on Wheels will provide a fabulous Pig Roast again. The menu will include Whole Roast Suckling Pig with Boneless Pork Loin and BBQ Chicken some Dogs and Pie. I ll talk Fred into making his famous Baked Beans. We will also have soda, lemonade, beer and wine. Guests 11 and up will be $ Children up to 10 will be free. As always members are covered by their annual membership dues. We are prepared for another great party. I hope to see you there! Specail Work Party We will have a special work party on Sunday June 11 th at 8:00 AM. We will be doing the routine maintenance on the Pat-Traps and painting the Trap Houses. Everyone interested in learning how the machines work should attend. We need as many members as we can get to help with machine maintenance and repair. Open House Volunteers Needed The Club needs a volunteer to co-chair the Open House with Jay Spitz on Sunday September 17, I also need every able bodied member to volunteer to help out that day. Please call me or me at jmonk@napervillesportsmansclub.org. If you can only help out for a couple of hours it will greatly help the cause. This is the event that shows the community what we are all about. We have had great turn outs in the past. continued on page 2

The Naperville Trapshooter 2 The Fred Section Members & Board Meeting We ll have our next members and board meetings on Tuesday, June 13th starting at 7:30 PM.

2 The Naperville Trapshooter 2 The Fred Section Members & Board Meeting We ll have our next members and board meetings on Tuesday, June 13th starting at 7:30 PM. (Members meeting followed by the board meeting.)all members are invited and requested to attend both meetings. Doors open at 7:00 PM....Fred Turek Secretary President s Message continued New Member Orientation The next new member orientation (informal history and workings of the club) will be at the club on Sunday June 25th at 10:00 AM. Please RSVP to myself at The Range Volunteer clinic will begin at 11:00 AM....Jim Monk President Flag Day June 14, 2006 The Naperville Sportsman s Club Officers & Board Members President: Jim Monk Vice President: Scott Calhoun Secretary: Fred Turek Treasurer: Tom Coleman Directors: Aaron Harriman - 06 Ron Tanski - 06 Ed Heasley - 07 Art Jablonski - 07 Bob Beyer - 08 Joe Kuhn - 08 Park District Liaison: Brad Wilson Newsletter Editor/Publisher: Rosemary Jendras Club Information The Naperville Sportsman s Club P.O. Box 27, Naperville, IL Clubhouse Phone: Hours of Operation: Thursdays: 6:00 P.M. - 10:00 P.M. Sundays: 12:00 P.M. - 6:00 P.M. Final sign up at 4:00 P.M. Board/Member Meetings: 7:30 P.M., 2nd Tuesday of every month Straight Runs Shooter s List A clip board has been posted next to the shooter s entrance at the club for a listing of straight runs by shooters. When you shoot 25, 50, or even 75 straight clays, fill out the date, your name and number of targets on the lined sheet of paper and we ll post your name in the newsletter. There s even a column to log whether your series is a personal best. First shooter to get 100 straight gets a free patch on me! Jay Spitz is first on the list with a 50! Who will be first to get 100???...Joe Kuhn Director Wanted: Remington 58, 12 ga. autoloader. Contact Joe K at the club. Dates to Remember 2006 Mark your calendars with these important dates! Graduation Day - Club Closed 6/1/2006 Member/Board Meeting 6/13/2006 Annual Dinner 6/24/2006 NPD Trap Fundamentals Class 7/9/2006 Member/Board Meeting 7/11/2006 Member/Board Meeting 8/8/2006 NPD Trap Fundamentals Class 8/13/2006 Open House 9/17/2006 NPD Trap Fundamentals Class 10/8/2006

June 2006 Issue 3 Reloading at Sportsman s Park Update: VP60 There is a new name at Sportsman s Park that many of you can expect to hear a lot about very soon.

Vagner Plast is an injection molding company that since 1986 injects molten polymer into a mold, under pressure, to produce shot shell wads.

has been communicating with Ivan Vagner, the Managing Director and Administrator of Vagner Plast, about providing an alternative to the MG42 steel shot wad that NSC reloaders have been using for

3 June 2006 Issue 3 Reloading at Sportsman s Park Update: VP60 There is a new name at Sportsman s Park that many of you can expect to hear a lot about very soon. His name is Vagner, from the Vagner Plast Company of Denmark. Vagner Plast is an injection molding company that since 1986 injects molten polymer into a mold, under pressure, to produce shot shell wads. They use polyethylene, which is environmentally neutral, according to the company website. For the past several months, Joe K. has been communicating with Ivan Vagner, the Managing Director and Administrator of Vagner Plast, about providing an alternative to the MG42 steel shot wad that NSC reloaders have been using for several years. Communications have been primarily through , with some rather rough translation in the middle. Ivan Vagner is not coming to shoot at Sportsman s Park, but 120,000 of his wads are. After examining Vagner s product line, Joe K. and Art J. expended considerable amounts of time, effort, money, and brainpower to come up with some recipes to reload steel shot with American powders and Vagner wads. Reloading recipes will not be included in this article, but can be obtained by talking to Joe or Art. Many thanks are due to Art and Joe for their efforts, so please don t forget to thank them when discussing the new recipes, or when you pick up your components. The Vagner wads have been reloaded by Joe, Art, and I with very positive reviews. Below I will summarize my reloading notes to compare the Vagner VP60 wad with the MG42 wad. Outwardly, the VP60 is very different than the Mg42. The overall length of the VP60 is slightly smaller, 50 thousandths of an inch. The Vagner wad has 4 pre-slit petals with no ridges, compared to the MG42 s two petals with multiple ridges. The VP60 petal slits are beveled. Between the shot cup and the powder cup the VP60 has straight legs, compared to the oval cushion of the MG42. The powder cup is taller on the VP60. Both wads have the same external diameter. Inwardly, both shot cups have an air vent to assist in petal opening, four in the Mg42 and one in the VP60, and both hold one ounce of steel shot. However, the VP60 has a shot cup 50 thousandths of an inch deeper. The MG42 has four plastic vertical ridges that protrude into the inside of the shot cup at the base, forming a kind of hinge for the shot cup petals, but the VP60 is smooth down to the base of the shot cup. Both wads are non-tapered. While these differences may seem very minor, they have a big impact on how the wads function on a MEC 9000G reloader. While the VP60 and the MG42 have the same external diameter, the VP60 causes less rippling of the completed shot shell. The MG42 causes at least three ripples (see above), while the VP causes only one and seems less pronounced (below). This may be why the VP60 feels easier to insert on the down-stroke. The oval cushion between the shot cup and the powder cup on the MG42 is very easily compressed, leading to a high incidence of the powder cup going into the hull slightly crooked. The more rigid, straight, and short legs of the VP60 are far more resistant to compression, and I did not observe a single crooked powder cup in the first batch of 120 shot shells. The slightly shorter overall length and the slightly deeper shot cup means that the VP60 will have greater clearance between the rammer tube and the wad guide on a MEC 900G. The 50 thousandths of an inch shorter length, added to the 50 thousandths of an inch deeper shot cup, combines to give the VP60 one tenth of an inch greater clearance over the wad guide, resulting in easier placement on the MEC. continued on page 4

The Naperville Trapshooter 4 Reloading Update continued If your wad guide fingers are going into the hull more than 1/8 of an inch, greater force can be needed to insert the wad, and accelerated

Well, it s not easy to see when the handle has been pulled down. However, you can see how far below the top of the crimp petals the outside bottom of the wad guide is.

If you are using a 12 gauge steel shot rammer tube instead of a 16 gauge rammer tube, you are going to notice a lot more clearance between the rammer tube and the wad guide with the VP60.

4 The Naperville Trapshooter 4 Reloading Update continued If your wad guide fingers are going into the hull more than 1/8 of an inch, greater force can be needed to insert the wad, and accelerated crimp wear may also result. Here is your chance to raise the wad guide due to the extra clearance. How far into the hull are your wad guide fingers going? Well, it s not easy to see when the handle has been pulled down. However, you can see how far below the top of the crimp petals the outside bottom of the wad guide is. The wad guide fingers are 1/8 of an inch higher than the outside bottom of the wad guide, so the outside bottom of the wad guide should be _ of an inch below the top of the crimp petals. If you are using a 12 gauge steel shot rammer tube instead of a 16 gauge rammer tube, you are going to notice a lot more clearance between the rammer tube and the wad guide with the VP60. This is because the MG42 has those four ridges inside the shot cup that prevent a 12 gauge steel shot rammer tube from going completely into the shot cup by about 0.2 inches. Since the VP60 does not have them, you will see 0.3 inches of increased clearance (0.1 inches due to the dimensions of the VP60, plus 0.2 due to the lack of the ridges). Use that extra clearance to raise your wad guide, since I am certain that you had to lower it too much to accommodate the MG42 wad when you set up your MEC9000G for MG42 s. The difference can be seen below: At the time of this writing, the VP60 s are expected to cost under $28 per thousand wads, compared to about $38 per thousand on our last order of MG42 s. But how do they shoot? So far, I haven t noticed any difference in performance between the two wads, but I have not patterned the VP60. Perhaps if we can get the VP60 s into the hands of some of our league-leading shooters like Bob A. or Scott C., we could get an honest appraisal. But until then, I will continue to use up the last of my MG42 wads and anticipate the arrival of the Vagners. And don t forget to thank Art and Joe for all their efforts!...tom Krolick NSC Member Perhaps due to all the above, the VP60 wads seem to crimp better. I have noticed less doming of the crimp, and it is easier to get a deeper crimp. Combined with the easier insertion into the hull, and less outward rippling, it is easy to see why many reloaders would want to switch to the VP60. If that weren t enough to make you consider switching, the cost will be lower than the MG42 s as well. Shotgun Instructor Class We are looking for people who are interested in taking a NRA certified Shotgun Instructor Class to be held at NSC. Cost is approximately $120 for the course and takes two days. We need at least 10 people to schedule the class. We always need certified instructors to help with the Trap Fundamentals classes and the Open House. Help a new shooter learn how to shoot safely and enjoy the shooting sports. If interested. please call Ed Heasley at Ed Heasley NSC Director

June 2006 Issue 5 Classifieds Many thanks to our contributors. Please support those who support our club. Complete Professional Repair Darien Automotive 2525 W.

Frazier attorney at law Civil Law International, Domestic Employment & Commercial 211 West Chicago Avenue Suite 214 Hinsdale, Illinois 60521 Phone: (630)985-5440 Fax:

net Telephone: (630) 920-8500 Facsimile: (630) 920-8607 4/06 4/06 The Premier Dining Club For Singles In The Western Suburbs!

5 June 2006 Issue 5 Classifieds Many thanks to our contributors. Please support those who support our club. Complete Professional Repair Darien Automotive 2525 W. 75th Street Darien, Illinois Mechanical And Body Shop Douglas L. Frazier attorney at law Civil Law International, Domestic Employment & Commercial 211 West Chicago Avenue Suite 214 Hinsdale, Illinois Phone: (630) Fax: (630) Mike Weresch Liz Kuhn Bookkeeping Reconciliations Receivables Payables QuickBooks Excel Quicken Word Phone (630) Fax (630) Lizakuhn@comcast.net Telephone: (630) Facsimile: (630) /06 4/06 The Premier Dining Club For Singles In The Western Suburbs! Jay Spitz, CLU Independent Insurance Broker Box 876 Naperville, IL (630) Insurance for Individuals & Small Businesses Life: Term, Cash Value & Annuities Disability: LTD, Keyman & Long Term Care Health: Individual, Group & Medicare Supplements AD SPACE FOR RENT Business Card Size Rates: $10/month - $100/year

6 Naperville Sportsman s Club P.O. Box 27 Naperville, IL PRESORTED STANDARD U.S. POSTAGE PAID LISLE, IL PERMIT NO 512 JUNE 2006 SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY Club Closed HS Graduation NSC Board & Member Meeting - 7:30PM Members welcome Flag Day Father s Day *

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