SPORTSMEN S NOTES Official Newsletter of the Dormont-Mt.Lebanon Sportsmen s Club February 2017 Edition. March 2017 Calendar

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1 SPORTSMEN S NOTES Official Newsletter of the Dormont-Mt.Lebanon Sportsmen s Club February 2017 Edition March 2017 Calendar SUN MON TUES WED THUR FRI SAT 1 Ash Wednesday Team Frazier- Simplex@Home 2 7:00-9:00PM - Open Shoot 3 4 9:00AM-10:30 - Air 10:30-12:30-1:00PM - Air Pistol 5 12:30-3:00PM - 6:00PM - PSRL Practice 6 7:00PM - Indoor pistol (NMC) MPRL Week 8 7 7:00PM - Smallbore 8 9 7:30PM - Board Meeting Purim 9:00AM-10:30 - Air 10:30-12:30 - Open Shoot Team Irwin@Home 1:00PM - Air Pistol 12 DST begins 8:00AM-12:00 - Membership Interviews 12:30-3:00PM - 6:00PM - PSRL Practice 13 7:00PM - Indoor pistol (NMC) MPRL Week :00PM-9:00PM - New Member Basics Course 7:00PM - Smallbore 15 Valley 16 7:00PM-9:00PM - New Member Basics Course 7:00-9:00PM - Open Shoot 17 St.Patrick's Day 18 9:00AM-10:30 - Air 10:30-12:30-1:00PM - Air Pistol 19 Spring begins 11:00AM - CMP rifle match 12:30-3:00PM - Last Indoor 6:00PM - PSRL Practice 20 7:00PM - Indoor pistol (NMC) MPRL Week :00PM - Smallbore 22 Purim 23 8:00 - Membership meeting :00AM-10:30 - Air 10:30-12:30-1:00PM - Air Pistol Last Air Pistol 26 9:00AM-1:00 - RSO First Aid Training 27 7:00PM - Indoor pistol (NMC) MPRL Week :00PM-9:00PM - New Member Basics Course 7:00PM - Smallbore Last practice 29 Last Air Pistol & Rifle Last Team Allegheny@Home 30 7:00PM-9:00PM - New Member Basics Course 7:00-9:00PM - Open Shoot 31

2 2 DMSC SHORT SHOTS Membership: DMSC will be accepng new members in Those interested must aend one informaon session on February 26 or March 12. See the page 5 and website for details: mdi.net/dml Lost and Found: Hearing protecon was found on one of the ranges. Contact George Block to claim: Passing of a member: Long me club member and accomplished smallbore competor Earl Taylor passed away on January 20th in Florida. Visitaon will be held at Behm Funeral Home in Waynesburg on Feb 20th from 10am 11:30. Inurnment at Naonal Cemetery of the Alleghenies Feb 10am. See a tribute to Earl on page 3.. WPIAL Championships: Trinity took home their 18th WPIAL Rifle Team Championship by edging out Woodland Hills in a ebreaker with both teams finishing with x scores. Trinity is coached by John Husk, who graces us with his presence at NRA Highpower matches occasionally, and is a top-notch shooter on the arch-rival Frasier-Simplex PSRL rifle team. hp://triblive.com/sports/hssports/ otherhighschoolsports/ /millerteam-season hp:// trinity_wins_wpial_rifle_tle_on_ebreaker Taylor Eddy Award: Jordan Miller of Hempfield finished #1 overall in the WPIAL individual rifle event with a stunning score of x-5c. Jordan was presented with the Taylor-Eddy award by DMSC honoring former members Earl Taylor and Mike Eddy. Pictures on page 3. DMSC Conducts Safety Reviews Board appointed Range Safety Officers (RSOs) will conduct a random series of membership checks and safety reviews. RSOs will meet with members and guests while at the firing range. Each member will be given a green safety card with important safety informaon to review, membership ID s will be checked, a green scker will be affixed to the membership card, and a copy of the range rules will be made available. It s important for all members to review safe gun handling procedures and to focus on the safety rules for each range used. The RSOs will be a wearing a disncve safety vest and hat and will only ask for a few minutes of your me. KEEP IT SAFE ALWAYS keep firearms pointed in a safe direction. ALWAYS keep your finger off the trigger until you are ready to shoot. ALWAYS keep firearms unloaded until ready to use. ALWAYS unload, remove the magazine, and open the action of a firearm when someone is going down range. NEVER handle firearms while someone is down range. ALWAYS wear proper eye and ear protection at the range. PWT Training: Precision Weapons & Taclics will be holding and addional training class at DMSC on April 22. See page 4 for details This old gun: Chuck Augenstein will present a Civil War era Smith carbine.

3 3 A fine shooter and gentleman, Taylor will be missed by George Block Waynesburg High School graduate Earl Taylor was not just a smallbore shooter, but a good human being. Few people could have higher status than the rifleman from Greene County. A longme member of Dormont-Mt. Lebanon Sportsman s Club and a past officer, Taylor is no longer with us. He passed away just as he shot and served other sportsmen quietly. I can remember having a disagreement on a trivial subject with some of the club directors when Earl quietly stepped forward and with his confident but non-threatening manner, pacified me and swung the board in my direcon. When Earl spoke others listened. Earl was a member of the Naonal Indoor Rifle Championship team at Frazier-Simplex and one of the top shooters in the country during his prime. He also was a past president of Pisburgh and Suburban Rifle League. He was known to operate with intelligence and common sense. He mentored many a rookie smallbore shooter and many owe him their thanks. Like the dinosaur, men like him are becoming exnct. Rest in peace Earl. We will all see you soon. A fine shooter and gentleman, Taylor will be missed. This arcle was originally published in the Observer-Reporter on February 11, 2017 and has been republished with permission of the author. Taylor Eddy Award The newly created Taylor Eddy Award was presented to Jordan Miller of Hempfield for finishing #1 overall in the WPIAL individual rifle event. Congrats Jordan!

4 4 To all Club Members, On April 22nd, 2017 Precision Weapons & Taccs will be coming to the club to run another Frame Course. This course will be taught on the lower archery range and will run from 10am-2pm. We ask that you show up NLT 930am to get all your gear situated. To sign up for the class or call Once contact has been made with Ray Parker he will send you an invoice, either by or USPS. The cost for the course is $200, but PWT is offering this to club members for $165 if we can fill the class. You can pay by mailing a check or by credit card. Once your payment has been received you will have a slot in the course. I know there is a lot of interest in this class so sign up sooner than later. The course will fill with 18 shooters. Below is a list of the objecves taught, a required gear list, and a recommended gear list. Objec*ves -Safety -Proper fundamentals of defensive shoong -Sight acquision -Recoil management -Speed reloads -Movement -Situaonal awareness -Scanning ***This course is shot from the ready posion. Shooters will not be drawing from the holster and engaging in this course*** Required gear list -Semi auto pistol -3 magazines -eye protecon -Ear protecon -Brimmed hat -300 rounds of ammo -posive astude Recommended gear list -Wet/cold weather gear -Speed loader for magazines -Holster to carry weapon (not required, but recommended) -Magazine carrier -Sun screen

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6 6 PSRL Results February 2, 2017 vs. Murrysville Dormont-Mt. Lebanon Dean B. Trew Jason Allshouse Dan Francis Matt Piatt Tom Benedict Fritz Hempelmann Miles Ford Curtis Turner Ali Rovers Dave Willard Jim Martin Chuck Augenstein Murrysville Kevin Dufford John Funk Joe Arone Congratulaons to Jason Allshouse; taking a couple of weeks off seemed to do the trick as his 297 is his highest score yet in the PSRL. Congrats also to Dan Francis on his season high 295 and 99 standing; to Cassidy Turner on her first 50-5x prone, and special congratulaons to Chuck Augenstein, who decided to skip shoong any scores in the 270s and go straight to 280! Next week we have our mid-winter break; we will most likely have a pracce that Wednesday, and we will most likely have a pracce this Sunday. Next Sunday 2/19 is the NRA Junior 4P and PA State Junior Championship at our club, let me know if you can help out. Our next match will be 2/22 at Allegheny, I have shoot aheads from Fritz and Jim; and the week auer, mark your calendars, we will be home on 3/1 for our last home match against Frazier-Simplex. Good Shoong Everyone!

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8 8 Dormont-Mt. Lebanon Sportsmen s Club P.O. Box Pittsburgh, PA Next Meeting: Thursday, February 23, 2017 at 8pm Agenda: Nelson Solow Labradar Chronographs Menu: Sausage & peppers and potato salad EECUTIVE STAFF GEORGE TAYLOR IV...PRESIDENT THEODORE K. HILDABRAND... VICE PRESIDENT ELLSWORTH F. VINES... TREASURER DOUG GAWRONSKI....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 Spousal membership $37.50 per year Initiation fee (one time) $ CLUB DIRECTORS CHARLES R. AUGENSTEIN, II DOUG GAWRONSKI THEODORE K. HILDABRAND JOHN BRADFORD GARY SCHERER GEORGE TAYLOR, IV BRUCE D. UNGAR ELLSWORTH F. VINES RONALD J. WATTON DAVE WILLARD WAYNE THOMPSON MARC BURNES DENNIS DEE BILL FERTALL BRUCE LONG AFFILIATIONS: PA Federation of Sportsmen's Clubs Washington County Sportsmen Metropolitan Police Revolver League Pittsburgh and Suburban Rifle League National Shooting Sports SANCTIONED BY: National Rifle Association Civilian Marksmanship Program Pennsylvania Rifle and Pistol Association 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

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