SPORTSMEN S NOTES Official Newsletter of the Dormont-Mt.Lebanon Sportsmen s Club SEPTEMBER 2014 R1 OCTOBER 2014

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1 SPORTSMEN S NOTES Official Newsletter of the Dormont-Mt.Lebanon Sportsmen s Club SEPTEMBER 2014 R1 OCTOBER 2014 SUN MON TUES WED THUR FRI SAT Yom Kippour 4 8:00AM-12:00PM - NRA Highpower All Upper Ranges Closed 5 10:00AM - Self Defense Match Smallbore Rifle 6 7:00PM - Indoor pistol (NMC) 7 7:00PM - Jr. Rifle (instruct) 7:00PM-10:00PM - Trap Range 8 Sukkot 9 7:30PM - Board Meeting :00AM - M1A Match All Upper Ranges Closed Smallbore Rifle 13 Columbus Day 7:00PM - Indoor pistol (NMC) 14 7:00PM - Jr. Rifle (instruct) 7:00PM-10:00PM - Trap Range :00AM - CMP rifle match 1:00PM-3:00PM Muzzleloading Rifle Match Upper Pistol Range Closed Smallbore Rifle 20 7:00PM - Indoor pistol (NMC) 21 7:00PM - Jr. Rifle 7:00PM-10:00PM - Trap Range :00 - Membership meeting Smallbore Rifle 27 7:00PM - Indoor pistol (NMC) 28 7:00PM - Jr. Rifle 7:00PM-10:00PM - Trap Range 29 10:00AM-12:00PM - Air Pistol/Rifle 30 31

2 2 DMSC SHORT SHOTS Work Party: Saturday, Sept 20 starng at 8am. Aenon Turkey Hunters: Paerning of shotguns is restricted to the Plinking Range. Only slug shells may be sighted in on the rifle ranges. Air Rifle and Air Pistol:.177 and.22 caliber air rifles and air pistols are now permied on the Lower Archery Range. The firing line is the pavilion, and all pellets must be fired towards the hillside. Meadow Pistol Range: The Meadow Pistol Range is officially open. The range is on the le- hand side heading towards the Plinking Range. Only pistols are permied on this range. More on page 5. Range Rule Update: Because the Meadow Pistol Range is now open, the Plinking Range has returned to its original status of a proprietary range. This means that one person/party owns the range unl they are done shoong. If the range is already in use, other shooters must either wait for them finish, or ask the occupying shooters to share the range. Leadership change: Nick Kuzy resigned from the Board of Directors due to family commitments. Nick had a big hand in se8ng up the security cameras at the club and construcng the baffles on the Upper Pistol Range. We thank Nick for his many contribuons. Elecon of Directors: Elecons are coming up at the November Meeng of the Membership. More on page 3. Chili Cooks Wanted: The October members meeng will feature the annual Chili cook off. Competors will cook up their favorite chili recipe for members to sample, and judges will decide the winner. Think you can beat the three-me defending champion Chuck Augenstein? Contact Chuck Augenstein if you would like to enter your recipe FOAC Gun Bash: Saturday, Oct 11 at Washington County Fairgrounds. $50. Some ckets are sll available. hps://foac-pac.org/gun-bash Self Defense Match: The semi annual Self Defense Rifle and Pistol matches will be held Sunday, October 5. See page 3 for details. DUES NEWS It s time to consider renewing your dues. The dues year ends January 31. Active Senior (65 years old, 10 years consecutive membership) Intermediate (18-21) Junior (12-17) $75.00 per year $30.00 per year $30.00 per year $10.00 per year Renewals need not include the one-time $10.00 charge for the gate card. Make checks payable to: Dormont-Mt. Lebanon Sportsmen s Club DMSC P.O.Box Pittsburgh, PA REMINDERS: You will not be getting back a separate membership card or year sticker. Your gate card is now your membership identification card. Your cancelled check or your hand receipt for cash will be your proof of payment. Include your address on your check so we can update our database for notifying you on newsletter postings and special alerts. If you need a club affiliation identification card for purchasing Civilian Marksmanship Program material from Camp Perry, come to a membership meeting to pick one up from Ell Vines. Communicaons: Like DMSC on Facebook or follow us on Twier for announcements and important Black Powder: The semi annual Muzzle Loading Rifle match is Sunday, October 19. See page 4 for details. Dues: 2015 Dues will be accepted Oct 1 Jan 31.. Dues may be paid at the membership meengs or by mailing a check to the club PO Box.

3 3 Annual Board of Directors Elecons Elecon of Directors: The November meeng is the annual Meeng of the Membership. Elecons for the Board of Directors will take place at the meeng. The terms of the following Board members are expiring, and all are seeking re-elecon: Marc Burnes Doug Gawronski George Taylor Bruce Ungar Open seat* The Nominang Commiee was appointed and consists of the following members: Dave Faust Chairman Brian Fink Mike Ligman Ray Nist Bill Phillips The Nominang Commiee recommends all incumbent Directors for re-elecon. A nominee for the open seat previously held by Nick Kuzy has not yet been determined by the commiee and will be announced at a later date. Self Defense Match Rifle and Handgun Stages Sunday, October 5, :00 am first shot rifle. Handgun follows rifle Please show at 9:00 for setup and mandatory safety briefing. $10 entry fee (covers both segments) A maximum of 30 Entries will be accepted Enjoy a fun match that allows to test your favorite defensive firearms and skills in realisc posions at silhouee targets under a bit of pressure. Any centerfire weapon shoong a single projecle is allowed! Any sight or opc is allowed! Match will be conducted at 25 and 50 yards for rifle, 10 and 25 yards for handgun. 60 total rounds each rifle / handgun match. Course of fire includes: Rapid fire shoong Reloads Support side shoong Malfuncon clearance Movement to firing posions Mulple Posions Precision fire This is not a beginner match. Qualifiers for this match include prior match experience or LE /.mil qualificaon. Parcipants MUST pre-register. Contact Allan Jaworski to register and for more informaon or ajaworski (at) gmail.com

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5 5 Meadow Pistol Range Grand Opening The grand opening of the Meadow Pistol Range was held on August 28th. Members Dave Carlisle and Chaz Augenstein dug out the hillside, built the berms, and moved the exisng road using a hoe and skid loader. For their efforts, Dave and Chaz were presented with club hats and shirts and cut the ribbon to officially open the range. Nice work guys, the Meadow range is a work of art. Several members fired the first shots on the new range following the ribbon cu8ng. Congratulaons to Dave Carlisle, Allan Jaworski, and Marc Burnes for winning the Shoot the balloon string challenge.

6 6 August CMP Match Results SHOOTER Rapid Prone Si4ng Prone O5and Total M1 Garand Frank Bungard Claud R. Cox Bill Fertall Tom Morley Tom Wolf H+R x 471-3x Bolt Acon Magazine Fed Bruce Long Swiss K x x Michael Ligman 1903 Mark1 Sprngfld 172-1x 142-1x x AR Miles Ford Service 187-3x 175-3x 197-5x x Bonnie Popso Bob Popso Space x 411-1x Nelson Solow FN/SCAR/5.56/Scoped x M1 Carbine.30 Carb Lylan Hunt x 291-1x A late summer, thoroughly enjoyable Sunday morning at the range. We had good light, balmy breezes, and tee-shirt temperatures. Three new shooters and the return of some missing. Tom Morley, you rock with your M1. Mr Long and Mr. Ford were on the beam. Thank you all for your cooperaon and diligence.

7 7 Dormont-Mt. Lebanon Sportsmen s Club P.O. Box Pittsburgh, PA Next Meeting: September 25, 2014 at 8pm Speaker: A Herpetologist will speak about Rattlesnakes EECUTIVE STAFF GEORGE TAYLOR IV...PRESIDENT THEODORE K. HILDABRAND... VICE PRESIDENT ELLSWORTH F. VINES... TREASURER NICK KUZY....RECORDING SECRETARY BRUCE UNGAR... EECUTIVE RANGE OFFICER ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF MARC BURNES.....NEWSLETTER EDITOR BRIAN FINK.....MEMBERSHIP CHAIR MEMBERSHIP CLASSIFICATIONS AND DUES Active (Full-fledged membership) $75.00 per year Senior (65 years old, 10 years consecutive membership) $30.00 per year Intermediate (18-21) $30.00 per year Junior (12-17) $10.00 per year Initiation fee (one time) $25.00 Computer Gate Card $10.00 AFFILIATIONS: National Rifle Association Allegheny County Sportsmen Washington County Sportsmen Metropolitan Police Revolver League Pittsburgh and Suburban Rifle League National Shooting Sports Foundation SANCTIONED BY: Civilian Marksmanship Program Pennsylvania Rifle and Pistol Association CLUB DIRECTORS CHARLES R. AUGENSTEIN, II DOUG GAWRONSKI THEODORE K. HILDABRAND ROBERT KIRSOPP NICK KUZY GARY SCHERER GEORGE TAYLOR, IV JOHN TUPTA BRUCE D. UNGAR ELLSWORTH F. VINES RONALD J. WATTON DAVE WILLARD KEN ZUPKOW JAMES EARLEY MARC BURNES CLUB COMMUNICATION Club Web Site: Club House Phone: (724) Membership Inquiries: DMSCMembers@gmail.com (412) MEMBERS ARE EPECTED TO CARRY THEIR GATE CARDS AND BE ABLE TO IDENTIFY THEMSELVES WHEN ASKED TO BY A RANGE OFFICER OR OTHER MEMBER

8 8 SHOOTING OPPORTUNITIES Program Description Contact Monday Night Pistol Outdoor Silhouette CMP Rifle NRA High Power Pittsburgh Suburban Rifle League Trap Winter Indoor Shooting League Antique Military Rifle Match Blackpowder Skirmish Indoor Air Rifle CMP Junior Rifle Program This program takes place year round. Indoors during the winter and outdoors during the summer. National Match Course. First line fires at 7pm indoors, and 6pm outdoors George Taylor (412) Bruce Ungar (412) Centerfire Pistol Rimfire Pistol Air Pistol Centerfire Rifle This fires the 4th Saturday of the month at 9 AM. April September George Taylor (412) The Civilian Marksmanship Program John Tupta (724) rifle matches occur the third Sunday teefam@verizon.net of every month January - October. Bruce Unger (412) Matches begin at 11 AM. 200 yard match season begins John Tupta (724) March 8. Matches begin at 9 AM. teefam@verizon.net March - October Our champion smallbore team practices every Sunday at 7 PM Dean Trew (724) Trap shooting will resume every Tuesday night beginning April 15 at 7 Doug Gawronski (412) PM The season runs January - March. The shooters participate and shoot Ted Hildabrand (724) concurrent with the indoor open tkhaquariusnetwk@comcast.net shoots on Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, or Sunday This program typically takes place in June and November. Any centerfire original military rifle with original Bruce Ungar (412) open sights, no scopes, manufactured Gary Sherer (724) prior to January 1, 1946 and in safe shooting condition. No semi-autos The Black Powder matches are scheduled for June 22 and October 19 this year. Wednesdays 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM. October - March Every Tuesday September - March at 7 PM. Ron Watton (724) Ted Hildabrand (724) Dave Faust (724) Miles Ford (412) Chuck Augenstein (724) Rimfire Rifle Air Rifle Shotgun Muzzleloader See our website for more detail about shoong opportunies at the club: Follow us on Twier and Facebook for announcements and important