Buccaneer Gun Club. P.O. BOX Wilmington, NC NOVEMBER NEWSLETTER. November 2016

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1 Buccaneer Gun Club P.O. BOX Wilmington, NC BOARD OF DIRECTORS President Ray Campbell (C) raycampbell48@gmail.com Vice President Dave Ernst abb4733@aol.com Secretary Dick Brame (C) dbrame55@gmail.com Treasurer Jim Caison (C) caisoncpa@gmail.com Wayne Aycock (C) jwayne_a@bellsouth.net Jeff DeSantis (C) plumbermedic@gmail.com Jeff Fountain (H) Tami Hahn tami.ebbets.hahn@gmail.com Tom Mix (H) lp1936@bellsouth.net Sholar Powell (H) (C) powellsh1@earthlink.net David Ruehle DavidRBFS@yahoo.com Charles White janiepwhite@gmail.com NOVEMBER NEWSLETTER November 2016 Sat. 5 IDPA Match 12:00 PM Sat. 5 CLUB WORK DAY 8:00 PM Sun. 6 Vintage Skeet 1:00 PM Sat. 12 Cowboy Action Match 8:30 AM Sun. 13 Cowboy Wild Bunch 8:30 AM Sun. 13 Skeet Match 1:00 PM Mon. 14 Gen. Membership Mtg. 7:00 PM Sat Benchrest Match 10:00 AM Sun. 20 Trap Match 1:00 PM Sat. 26 Cowboy Fast Draw 8:30 AM Sun Stand Match 1:00 PM December 2016 Sat. 3 IDPA Match 10:00 AM Sun. 4 Vintage Skeet 1:00 PM Sat. 10 Cowboy Action 8:30 AM Sun. 11 Skeet Match 1:00 PM Sun. 18 Trap Match 1:00 PM Sat. 24 Cowboy Wild Bunch 8:30 AM Sun. 23 Action Pistol Match 9:00 AM Sun Stand Match 1:00 PM Sat. 31 Cowboy Fast Draw 8:30 AM DELINQUENT SKEET ACCOUNTS Skeet Account holders must maintain a positive balance in their accounts. Accounts are reconciled quarterly and a Summary is maintained in a blue notebook in the Skeet Pavilion Desk. Members whose names appear in the Newsletter as Delinquent are subject to a fine. THE NEWSLETTER IS NOT TO BE USED AS A SOURCE FOR LEARNING THAT YOUR SKEET ACCOUNT IS OVERDRAWN. Stephen Gaskins Vic Venters STANDING COMMITTEES Club Store Reggie Fitz-Gerald (C) reggief@atmc.net Benchrest Rifle Jeff Fountain (H) Big Bore Silhouette Tom Mix (H) lp919@bellsouth.net Cowboy Jeff Holland hh.holland@embarqmail.com Field Pistol/Rimfire Silhouette Jeff Fountain (H) Membership Sholar Powell Jr (H) (W) powellsh1@earthlink.net NRA Action Pistol David Isley isleyd@hotmail.com Ransom Rest & Chronograph Wayne Aycock Jwayne_a@bellsouth.net Skeet/Trap David Ruehle DavidRBFS@yahoo.com Safety and Training Tami Hahn tami.ebbets.hahn@gmail.com OTHER WEB SITES OF INTEREST: www: packing.org; www:ccowboys.com,

2 START OF UNAPPROVED MINUTES for the 10/12/16 Meeting. Board Members Present: Dick Brame, Jim Caison, Ray Campbell, Jeffrey DeSantis, Dave Ernst, Jeff Fountain, Tom Mix, Sholar Powell, Dave Ruehle and Charlie White. There were 3 members present. President Ray Campbell called the meeting to order at 7:00 PM Previous meeting minutes - approved as read. Treasurer s report - approved as read New Business: Board Member Nominations: 4 Board members term are set to expire this year: Jim Caison Ray Campbell Jeff DeSantis Tom Mix Jeff DeSantis declined to put his name up for re-election: The Board nominated the following individuals for the 4 seats: Jim Caison Ray Campbell Tom Mix Tom Morrison Ron Waidlich Raise Membership Cap: The Board voted 10-2 to raise the membership cap from 400 to 425 in Ranges on the New Property: The Board voted to proceed with developing the property on the west side of the Club into shooting ranges. Honorary Member: The Board voted to allow Victoria Stellato to become an honorary member. Victoria is an outstanding skeet shooter (has won many local, state and national titles) and would like to attend UNCW in the fall, but that is dependent on her having a place to practice. The Board voted unanimously to allow her to be an honorary member while she matriculates at UNCW. NRA Grant: Ray Campbell informed the Board that the Club received a $5000 NRA Grant to help pay for the 5 stand pavilion. Old Business: Skeet Kiosks: Jim Caison informed the Board the new skeet kiosk machines were being accepted well by the membership. However, due to an unforeseen glitch, new tablets would have to be purchased. The Board voted unanimously to approve that purchase. The current machines will be sold.. 5 Stand Pavilion: The new 5 stand pavilion is moving along nicely, should be done soon. Meeting was adjourned at 8:10 PM.. END OF UNAPPROVED MINUTES for the 10/12/16 Meeting. SKEET MATCH The October skeet match was cancelled due to Hurricane Matthew.

3 NOTICE TO SKEET, TRAP & 5 STAND SHOOTERS A computerized Skeet Account Logbook Kiosk is now installed in the clays pavilion office and ready for your use. The system is designed to be user friendly and instructions are posted on the wall above the Kiosk to get you started. Optional use of the manual logbooks will be discontinued effective 12/31/2016 barring any unforeseen difficulties. Should you experience a screen freeze, just step back for one (1) minute and the Kiosk will return to screen saver mode (BGC Logo moving about on a black screen). The Kiosk will then be reset and you can start over. Wi-Fi is also now available in the vicinity of the clays pavilion. There are two (2) levels of service that identify on computers and smart phones as BGC CLAYS 2.4 and/or BGC CLAYS 5G. The Password is BUCC0512 (case sensitive). Questions or concerns contact: Jim Caison caisoncpa@gmail.com Vintage Skeet Match We had 4 shooters on a beautiful early fall day. The results were: A Class 1. Dave Burton Dave Ernst 39 B Class 1. Jason Harris Alex Gonzalez 24 Trap Match We had a good turn out with 4 squads with 20 shooters. We had some good scores today with a great bunch of guys. Top score for the day went to Steve Hall with a 45 to take A Class. Richie Long tied with Jeff Cole with a 44 to take B Class. Bob MacFarland took C Class with a 37. Clark Marvin tied with Wayne Averilla with a 32 for D class. My many thanks to Don Mincher and Bob MacFarland for their help to make this a good day on the trap field. Without their help it would have been a long day. A CLASS Steve Hall 45* B CLASS Richie Long 44* Jeff Cole 44* Jason Harris 42 Doug Peacock 42 Mike Petrone 42 Ron Dansitrom 41 Pat Childers 40 C CLASS Bob MacFarland 37* Dave Ernst 35 Ken Hamelin 33 D CLASS Wayne Averilla 32* Clark Marvin 32* Mike Bowers 31 Tim Howard 31 Alex Gonzalez 31 Alex Godwin 29 Bob Jeffers 28 Ken Nadler 28 Bob Mullen 20 5-Stand Match We had 13 shooters come out on a beautiful fall day for some fun and challenging targets. Ben Jones won A class with a 43. Come join us in November. A Class Ben Jones 43 Dick Brame 35 Dave Moreland 32 Kyle Hufham 31 Frank Keil 31 B Class Forrest Fallanca 28 Cameron Hufham 27 Jason Harris 27 Dave Marguccio 26 C Class Tom Smith 24 Max Ashworth 19 Deb Moreland 18 Mike Bowers 17

4 Action Pistol Match We had a perfect weather day to shoot the final Action Pistol match of the year. Had a good turnout and a couple new shooters to the match to boot. Really appreciate all the attendance and support this year, look forward to getting started again March Falling Plates - Full Match David Isley x Falling Plates - Defensive Pistol William George x, Charlie Caddon x, Ryan Merrill x, David Hommel x, Mark Hall x, Paul Lawless 70-7x Falling Plates - Defensive Pistol-Rimfire Charlie White x Moving Target - Full Match David Isley x Moving Target - Defensive Pistol William George x, Charie Cadden 398-9x, David Hommel 356-8x, Ryan Merrill 355-9x, Mark Hall 338-4x, Paul Lawless 109-1x Moving Target - Defensive Pistol-Rimfire Charlie White x.22 Benchrest Match UL-1 UL-2 UL-3 AGG CUSTOM GUNS Score X Score X Score X Score X Jeff Fountain Renae Fountain Jon Mix #1 #-2 #3 AGG PRODUCTION GUNS Score X Score X Score X Score X Bill Hahn Ken Nadler # David Smith Cowboy and Wild Bunch Match, Regulator Gazette - November 1897 Headline: Dick and his 1911 Dick Holliday walked into a crowded bar, waving his unholstered pistol and yelled, "I have a 45-caliber Colt 1911 with a seven round magazine plus one in the chamber, and I want to know who's been sleeping with my wife." A voice from the back of the room called out, "You ll need more ammo!

5 Wild Bunch 1 Null N Void WBM Kid Jallao WBM El Captain WBM SASS Cowboy 1 Jefro FCD Chance Holden S Castaway Cowboy CBY Scores go here Be with the Buccaneer Range Regulators on the second Saturday for another cowboy shoot-em-up...see you then... In the meantime don't forget to "Take a kid shooting" Respectfully submitted Ned Bluntline Cowboy Fast Draw Match Howdy all, we had a great day of shooting and the weather was just right. We welcomed new shooter Little John to the fold, and he said he will be back for more. His first shots were steady in the.8 range, could be one to watch with a little practice. Thanks for coming out, as always a great bunch to shoot with. At the end of our six round no X match Tall Pines Kid was ranked #1 with Chance Holden ranked #2, both with only 1 X. Bull #3 and Bell Swamp Charlie #4 followed with two Xs. In the 2-X Mag 7 Shoot-Off it was Bell Swamp and Bull going for the top spot. When the dust settled it was Bell Swamp Charlie taking the win with no Xs. The results of the match are as follows, with everyone's fastest shot of the day included. Good shooting pards. 1- Bell Swamp Charlie (.666) - CONGRATULATIONS - Top Gun!!!! 2- Bull (.582) 3- Tall Pines Kid (.585) 4- Chance Holden (.663) 5- Charlie Horse (.690) 6- Philadelphia Charlie (.646) 7- Uncle Jefro (.593)) 8- Kid Jallao (.707) 9- Eagle (.968) 10- Little John (.820) Congrats to "The Bull" for the fastest time of the day with a.582 shot. Come join us and try out your skills on Saturday November 25th 2016 at the Buccaneer Gun Clubs OK Corral. Want to give it a try, give me a call or me Sincerely, Uncle Jefro & Hot Lead Heather ** WHEN YOU USE THE CLUB, PLEASE LEAVE IT IN BETTER SHAPE THAN YOU FOUND IT. ** TAKE YOUR PAPER TARGETS DOWN AFTER YOU USE THEM, DON T LEAVE THEM UP TO GET WET AND BLOWN ALL OVER THE FIELD. ** PICK UP YOUR BRASS AFTER SHOOTING. ** PICK UP YOUR SHOTGUN SHELLS WHEN DONE AND RELOAD THE MACHINES. ** THE ANIMAL-SHAPED STEEL TARGETS ON THE RANGE ARE FOR PISTOL ONLY. DO NOT SHOOT THESE TARGETS WITH A CENTERFIRE RIFLE. DIRECTIONS FOR CALIBER OF PISTOL TO BE USED ON SPECIFIC TARGETS ARE POSTED ON SIGNS AT THE RANGE.