West Bend Barton Sportsman s Club February 2016 Newsletter Monthly Member Meeting at the Clubhouse, 7pm Every 3rd Monday

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1 West Bend Barton Sportsman s Club February 2016 Newsletter 2016 Monthly Member Meeting at the Clubhouse, Every 3rd Monday For the most up to date information please go to: wbbsc.com Like us on Facebook: Entry Gate The access code is on the back of your membership card. Punch in # and the access code on the security panel, the gate will open, then close behind you. If using ranges during off hours, please sign in at the stainless steel log-in box, located near the Range. Note: if you see that the gate does not close behind you, please check if the reflector or optic lens is dirty or fouled. This does happen if there is dew and/or frost on the reflector. It s appreciated if you take a moment to wipe the lens or reflector clean. High Power Rifle Range A Range Safety Barrier is present to signal that shooters or grounds keeping & maintenance workers may be down range. This red rope with red sign boards is set between the roof columns. Please raise this barrier when going down range, or leaving the range, so as to indicate an unsafe condition. Use them for everyone s safety. In addition to the Range Safety Barrier rope, RED Warning lights and a switch have been installed in the covered high power rifle range. Please turn on the red lights when going down range when posting or removing targets. PLEASE make sure to turn off the red lights when leaving the range. First Aid Kit There is a first aid kit located on a corner post of the pavilion by the Hi-Power & Rifle Ranges. The combination number to access the kit is the same as the grounds entry gate. Please notify Rick Welch or another officer if you use any materials from this kit. It needs to be fully stocked with first aid materials. Heads Up Everyone Please ensure that your contact information ( and mailing address) is updated and current. For those that are unable to make it to the monthly membership meeting, it is through s, and this newsletter, that we will keep you up to date and informed. The information that was entered on your membership form is what is being used. Please contact Rob Kubowski (262) memberadmin@wbbsc.com if your contact information has changed. Membership Applications We are still accepting new member applications. The new members will all be working members, requiring 24 hours of work per year. The base membership cost will be $100, plus an additional $174 if none of the 24 working hours are worked. Or a portion of the 24 hours should the entire 24 hours not be completed. The rate per hour is the current minimum wage $7.25 per hour. The Bylaw, that a member of minimum two years seniority may sponsor two new member applicants per calendar year. The sponsoring member is also responsible to facilitate the applicant for the new member orientation process is to be followed. Existing members will remain at the $100 dues for non-working member, $24 for working member. Any questions, or concerns, contact Rob Kubowski (262) memberadmin@wbbsc.com 1A

2 Regarding Membership Work Hours Remember that you are responsible to get your work hours done for the year. This needs to be entered and signed off in the work hours binder behind the bar in the clubhouse. If you need work hours, Sonny C. always has projects big and small for people to do, and he is usually around the club house during the day Monday - Friday. You can also see him at the Membership Meeting held on the 3rd Monday of every months at. A dry erase board has been mounted to the back of the side entry door, of the south-west equipment garage (where the pickup truck is usually parked). This board has a list of projects that need to be completed throughout the year. Work hours for 2016 are closed out on the evening of Sunday November 13th. (The last Sunday of the Sight In weekends. Welcome Aboard Please welcome the following new shooting discipline directors- Ginny Schulteis (262) vschulteis@gmail.com Outdoor Brian Schacht (262) brians51@att.net Sight-In Thank you From Don Swiertz, the Sight In director: "I would like to thank everyone that helped out at the 2015 Sightin. We had another safe and successful year. We were able to assist with more than 840 guns on the benches and 98 running deer shooters during the four days, and we did it without incident. Things can always be improved, so please give me a call or if you have any suggestions for improvements in our 2016 event. Thanks again to everyone, Don Swiertz Sight-In Chairman, donswb3@charter.net" 2016 Scheduled Range Closures and Range Reserved Dates- MARCH - Hunter Safety Education. Game Day, Saturday March 19th. All club grounds - 1:30pm MAY JUNE - ABATE of Wisconsin. Spring Shoot. Saturday May 7th. range - West Bend High School Party. Saturday June 4th. Range - Project Appleseed. Saturday June 25th, Range 7am - 5pm AUGUST - Project Appleseed. Saturday August 27th, Range 7am - 5pm OCTOBER - Project Appleseed. Saturday October 1st, Range 7am - 5pm SHOOTING DISCIPLINE AND LEAGUE INFORMATION - NEW FOR 2016: High Power Rifle UBR shooting returns to We will be utilizing UBR (Ultimate ) targets and general rules. These for fun matches will be held in conjunction with the 200 Yard Rifle matches. These matches will be initially shoot at 100 yards. To be held monthly on the third Sunday, throughout the year. Nine o clock am start. Except for the month of November due Sight-In. Shooters will fall into one of four classes: Continued on next page 2A 1B

3 Continued from previous page 1B FACTORY - Factory rifle, with any scope magnification; weight limit is 13.5 pounds; maximum.30 caliber, maximum stock forearm width of 3.0 inches. MODIFIED - Modified factory rifle, with any scope magnification; weight limit is 13.5 pounds; maximum.30 caliber, maximum stock forearm width of 3.0 inches. CUSTOM - Custom built rifle, with any scope magnification; weight limit is 13.5 pounds; maximum.30 caliber, maximum stock forearm width of 3.0 inches. UNLIMITED - Pretty much wide open, with any scope magnification; any weight over 13.5 pounds; maximum.30 caliber, one piece rests may be used. UBR targets being used are based on shooter s rifle bullet diameter. In scoring on the UBR targets there is no longer a tie breaking "X" dot like there are in other shooting disciplines. This center dot is scored as an eleven. The UBR targets have a different sized 11 dot & scoring rings for each of three rifle bullet diameters:.224 = The eleven dot is.134 inches in diameter, ten ring is.534 inches..243 = The eleven dot is.115 inches in diameter, ten ring is.515 inches..308 = The eleven dot is.050 inches in diameter, ten ring is.450 inches. Instead of a single shot fired into the scoring bullseye as done in "registered" and "approved" UBR Matches, we will be firing four rounds into each of the six scoring bullseyes, with unlimited sighters. Maximum possible total score is: 264. Visit for more information, the latest match scores and examples of the targets used. - Please contact: Richard Frank (262) rafii@wi.rr.com for more information. 2A

4 TRAP LEAGUE 2016 sixteen week league runs Tuesdays, March 29th - July 12th. The Captain's meeting is Tuesday March 22nd. The league banquet is scheduled for July 19th. Open practice shooting is from 2pm-4pm. shooters come first from 4pm-9pm. The public is welcome. practice round prices will be: Junior $3, Member $4, Non-Member $6. Ammo and refreshments are available for sale in clubhouse. The 2016 Fall ten week league starts Tuesday July 26th. SPORTING CLAYS & 5-STAND Jerry Ballering is the director. He and others put a huge amount of work into the clays leagues and registered shoots. Please offer a thank you if you can. There are 100 Bird Registered shoots and 5-Stand 50 bird registered shoots throughout the year. and Registered shoot dates are published on the Calendar. - Contact Jerry or Clint Dricken at: sportingclaysassistantdirector@wbbsc.com 22 RIMFIRE BENCHREST Held monthly on the fourth Sunday, and beginning again on Sunday March 13th. Eight o clock am start time. These matches are shot off of a bench at 50 yards, using the IBR 50 Yard target. See the website and club calendars for all shoot dates. Members and public are welcome; come on out and shoot a match. $5 per gun. Visit for more information, the latest match scores and examples of the targets used. - Contact Dave Boelter or davboelt75@att.net 100 YARD SMALLBORE (22 rimfire) F-CLASS Held monthly on the fourth Sunday, and beginning again on Sunday March 13th. Nine o clock am start. See the website and club calendars for all shoot dates. This is an NRA style Smallbore F-Class Match. The target will be the NRA A-33 fired twice at 100yds, 10 rounds each for the four scoring targets and unlimited sighters. Wind flags will be provided as personal wind flags are not allowed. We will have 2 classes, F-Open and F-TR. The cost of these "just for fun" matches is $5 per gun.. Visit for more information, the latest match scores and examples of the targets used. - Contact Ted Loehrke (920) , or tedloehrke@charter.net HIGH-POWER MILITARY RIFLE MATCH Held monthly on the first Sunday, beginning again on Sunday February 7th. Nine o clock am start time. September will be shot on the 11th to honor the Labor Day holiday. This is the three position match: offhand, sitting, and prone all shot at 100 yards. Visit for more information, the latest match scores and examples of the targets used. Come out and shoot a match - Call Steve Teiken (262) steiken313@gmail or Al Fisher (262) for more info. INDOOR AIR PISTOL & RIFLE LEAGUE By the time you receive this newsletter the league season will be coming to an end. With the last day of shooting on Thursday February 25th. With the league party being held on Saturday February 27th. Thank you to all who came out and participated in this fun indoor league - Contact Sonny Carstens (262) B

5 200 YARD PRONE RIFLE MATCH Held monthly on the third Sunday, throughout the year. Nine o clock am start. Except for the month of November due Sight-In. Shoot any rifle, iron sights, scope, front rest, sling, bi-pod, whatever works for you. Great opportunity to shoot your deer or sport rifle to see what she will do at 200. Added in 2015 is a seperate "AR" class. $5 per rifle. Remember your shooting mat or something for you to lay on at the firing line, as these matches are shot prone. Visit for more information, the latest match scores and examples of the targets used. - Contact Gary Panzer (262) , garypanzer@charter.net CMP (CIVILIAN MARKSMAN PROGRAM) s new CMP director Tom Stollenwerk is working to organize activities. Additional information will be posted on the club s website and in the newsletter when they become available. The Rifle Shooter page of wbbsc.com has information describing the Civilian Marksman Program. - Contact Tom, thowerk@gmail.com NATIONAL RIFLE ASSOCIATION Join NRA Protect Second Amendment rights. Be mindful that the NRA facilitates & promotes a huge portion of the Youth and Adult shooting sports in the USA. Hunting too Any NRA programs you d like to see presented at our club? - Contact: Tom Derzon , trderzon@charter.net, visit NOTABLE CHANGES AND IMPROVEMENTS TO IMPROVEMENTS TO CLUBHOUSE: In the fall of 2015 work began on the exterior of the clubhouse. The windows on the west side (which were covered over on the inside, were covered with siding on the outside. And all of the siding fasteners were replaced. And the entire exterior of the clubhouse was re-painted. In January of this year the roof was re-covered with new steel roofing. Thank you to Jim Ramthun for working with the various contractors Thank you to the work crew who replaced all of the siding fasteners To see more pictures of this and other happenings at, log into: or visit us on Facebook. 3A

6 IMPORTANT UPCOMING CALENDAR DATES TO NOTE - MEMBERSHIP MEETING ON MONDAY JULY 18TH. Bylaws Voting: The Bylaws committee will be presenting their recommendations for changes to the existing Bylaws to the membership at this meeting. These recommended changes will then be voted upon by the membership present at this meeting. February Stand IndoorAir I 3pm IRifle HiPower Rifle I 3pm 5Stand IndoorAir IRifle Stand IndoorAir I 3pm Member Mtg IRifle Yard 100Yard Bechrest I3pm 5Stand IndoorAir IRifle I3pm High School 5Stand IndoorAir IRifle PARTY 5pm March I3pm 5Stand High School Practice 5pm HighSchool Practice 5pm HiPower 5Stand Rifle Hunter Safety High School Practice 5pm HunterSafety Rinfire Bechrest Smallbore Hunter Safety High School Practice 5pm HunterSafety Spring 5I9pm Hunter SafetyGame DayI 1:30pm *0Grounds reserved0for their0use* Yard HunterSafety 100Yard Member Mtg Captain's Meeting Spring EASTER High School HighSchool KMHS@ Spring 3B

7 April HighSchool Ozaukee@ HighSchool KMHS@ Spring HiPower Rifle HighSchool HighSchool Practice 5:00pm Spring HighSchool Practice 5:00pm Spring Setup Yard 100Yard 100Bird I 2:30pm MemberMtg HighSchool Meet Hartford@ Spring Bechrest Smallbore HighSchool Practice 5:00pm Spring Practice May HiPower Rifle HighSchool HighSchool Practice 5:00pm 4A Spring Wk1 AbateofWI SpringShoot Reserved Spring Yard 100Yard Member Mtg Spring Setup Smallbore 100Bird I 2:30pm HighSchool PARTY 0Range Reserved00

8 June HighSchool PARTY 0Range Rerserved HiPower Rifle Yard 100Yard Member Mtg Membership to0vote0on new0bylaws Changes Setup Bechrest Smallbore 100Bird I 2:30pm Project Appleseed Range Reserved07L 5 July Smallbore 100Bird I 2:30pm 4B INDEPEDENCE DAY Wk HiPower Rifle Yard 100Yard MemberMtg Party Bechrest SmallboreI Fall Setup Bird HunterSafety Fall HunterSafety Fall

9 West Bend Barton Sportsman s Club Contacts If you have a particular question, these persons are points of contact for various activities at President Jim Ramthun (262) b4102@frontier.com Vice President Gary Panzer (262) garypanzer@charter.net Secretary Steve Duckwitz (262) Treasurer Steve Teiken (262) steiken313@gmail.com Membership Rob Kubowski (262) memberadmin@wbbsc.com Bar Sonny Carstens (262) Grounds Ted Loehrke (920) tedloehrke@charter.net Grounds Chuck Bindrich (262) bindrichbeef@gmail.com Hunter Safety Gary Panzer (262) garypanzer@charter.net NRA Representative Tom Derzon (414) trderzon@charter.net Ginny Schulteis (262) vschulteis@gmail.com Jerry Ballering sportingclaysassistantdirector@wbbsc.com Clint Dricken sportingclaysassistantdirector@wbbsc.com 3D-Archery, Archery Mike Scheffner (414) mscheffner@charter.net High Power Rifle Steve Teiken (262) steiken313@gmail.com High Power Rifle Al Fisher (262) Yard Shoot Gary Panzer (262) garypanzer@charter.net Outdoor Brian Schacht (262) brians51@att.net Yard Ted Loehrke (920) tedloehrke@charter.net.22 Bench Rest David Boelter (262) dav_boelt75@att.net Air Gun Sonny Carstens (262) UBR Richard Frank (262) rafii@wi.rr.com CMP Thomas Stollenwerk thowerk@gmail.com Deer Hunting & Firearm Sight-In Don Swiertz (262) donswb3@charter.net Communications: Web, Facebook, , Newsletter Administration Richard Frank (262) rafii@wi.rr.com and/or wbbsc@wbbsc.comm 5A

10 West Bend Barton Sportsman s Club P.O. Box 352 West Bend, WI West Bend Barton Sportsman s Club We are a Private Members Only Club for Firearms & Archery range use. We do encourage non-members to participate in the various Shooting Activities & s we have. Our Membership Meeting is held monthly on the Third Monday at 7PM. For New Membership information please see the Member FAQ tab on our website ( or memberadmin@wbbsc.com, or visit the Grounds. Daily shooting time is from -dusk. Clay leagues shoot into the evening until the session closes. 5B