SPORTSMEN S NOTES Official Newsletter of the Dormont-Mt.Lebanon Sportsmen s Club MAY 2016 Edition JUNE 2016 SUN MON TUES WED THUR FRI SAT 1 3:00-6:00PM - MTL 5:00PM - Smallbore 2 3 4 8:00AM-12:00PM - NRA Highpower All Upper Ranges Closed 5 11:00AM-3:00PM New Member Range Orientation 6 D-Day 6:00PM - Outdoor pistol (NMC) MPRL Week 5 7 7:00PM-10:00PM - Trap range 8 3:00-6:00PM - MTL 5:00PM - Smallbore 9 7:30PM - Board Meeting 10 11 9:00AM-1:00PM - AR Match Rifle Range Closed 12 1:00PM-3:00PM - Ladies Training Meadow Range Closed 13 6:00PM - Outdoor pistol (NMC) MPRL Week 6 14 Flag Day 7:00PM-10:00PM - Trap range 15 3:00-6:00PM - MTL 5:00PM - Smallbore 16 17 18 8:00AM Work Party All ranges closed 19 Father's Day 11:00AM - CMP rifle match 20 6:00PM - Outdoor pistol (NMC) MPRL Week 7 21 Summer Begins 7:00PM-10:00PM - Trap range 22 3:00-6:00PM - MTL 5:00PM - Smallbore 23 8:00 - Membership meeting 24 12:30PM-1:30PM (approx) Silhouette Setup All Upper Ranges Closed 25 9:00AM-4:00PM - Outdoor Pistol Silhouette All Upper Ranges Closed 26 11:00AM-3:00PM New Member Range Orientation 27 6:00PM - Outdoor pistol (NMC) MPRL Week 8 28 7:00PM-10:00PM - Trap range 29 3:00-6:00PM - MTL 5:00PM - Smallbore 30 6:00PM - Tres Bandidos
2 DMSC SHORT SHOTS Ladies Training: A ladies day at the range is planned on Sunday, June 12. See page 6 for details. Work Pares: Upcoming work pares will be on Saturday, May 21 and Saturday, June 18. Dump Trucks Needed: Improvements will be made to the 100 yard backstop on the Marsico range. The club is looking for two, 1-ton dump trucks to assist with the work for two days. Contact Chuck Augenstein if you can help: (724) 255-6127 America s Rifle Match (AR Match): A new type of match centered on the AR rifle will kick off on June 11. See page 5 for details Pop Tabs Wanted: Bill Phillips is promong the collecon of aluminum can pop-tops in support of the Ronald McDonald House. This is a worthy charity that provides for children suffering from cancer and their families as they deal with the struggle. A collecon jar has been placed in the clubhouse. Please bring your pop tabs to the club for meengs or organized shoots. Volunteers Needed: We are looking for a few volunteers to help with mowing. The goal is to have 2 crews so each crew only has to mow every other week. We generally mow on Monday mornings, weather permi9ng. Any member who would be interested, please call Bill Fertall at 724-288-5400 or 724-260-0693. Club Picnic: DMSC is holding a picnic this summer for club members and their immediate family members on Sunday August 14 from 11am 4pm. There will be acvies for adults and children alike. See page 3 for details. 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. Earl Taylor and Mike Eddy who had long disnguished careers in small bore shoong including youth, military, and post-military compeon. SLOW DOWN: Proceed slowly on the roads at the club. We ve received several reports of people speeding. Driving fast accelerates deterioraon of the roads, and could result in a collision around one of the blind curves. Steel Challenge Range Rules: A member reported to the Board that another member was using personal targets on the Steel Challenge Range. Only the targets placed on the Steel Challenge Range by the club are allowed to be used on that range. No personal targets are permided on this range. Disnguished Junior: Joseph Wanabow earned the Disnguished Expert rang in NRA Jr. Rifle. See page 4 for details Taylor-Eddy Award: The WPIAL Rifle championship has been hosted by DMSC for several years. DMSC has established the Taylor-Eddy award which will be presented to the individual WPIAL champion. The Taylor-Eddy award is named a@er
3 DMSC SUMMER PICNIC 2016 SUNDAY, AUGUST 16 11AM-4PM Please note that All Ranges will be CLOSED. All members, old and new, and their immediate families are welcome to a+end. Food and drinks will be provided. If possible, we ask you to bring a small, nonperishable dessert, like cookies, cupcakes, etc. Please also bring a lawn chair since sea2ng is limited to our picnic tables which will be set up under the Rifle Range roof. Menu to include: Corn on the cob, hot dogs, baked beans, chips, pretzels, soda pop and bo+led water. As always, no alcoholic beverages are allowed on club property. We plan on se7ng up some Horse Shoe pits as well as Corn Hole. The club would appreciate if any member who has possession of any similar games if they would please bring them. We could use a couple of tail gate tents to use for food in case of inclement weather. There will be ac2vi2es for the children as well. So please come by for some food and an excellent opportunity to meet other club members. We are looking for some help with the set up 9am, food prepara2on and for the clean up. Please contact John Bradford at 724-228-0545 or 412-915-1158. Email: buzz1016@comcast.net
4 Joseph Wanabow Goes Disnguished Each fall and winter, Dormont Mt. Lebanon Sportmen s club runs a program to teach youths posional marksmanship using.22 caliber rifles known as the NRA Jrunior Rifle program. The NRA establishes a rang system to measure the shooter s ability based on standard scoring of targets. The highest rang in NRA Junior Rifle is Disnguished Expert. Qualifying for Disnguished Expert requires shoong a score of 273/300 or beder on 10 separate occasions. Very few junior shooters parcipate in the program earn the Disnguished Expert rang due to difficulty. Joseph was presented with his award at the March membership meeng by program directors Miles Ford (le@ center) and Chuck Augenstein (right). Joseph s father (le@) was also present to receive the award with his son. On behalf of DMSC, congratulaons Joe on your outstanding achievement.
5 AR Match Dormont-Mt. Lebanon Sportsmen s Club is sponsoring a new marksmanship compeon developed by the NRA ulizing modern day sporng rifles such as the AR-15. Dubbed as America s Rifle Challenge (ARC), it is designed for competors at all skill levels at distances up to 100 yards and in different firing posions. DMLSC will be conducng a Basic Level Match. Date: Saturday, June 11, 2016 Time: 9:30 to 1:00 Cost: $5 for DMLSC members; $10 for non-members. Basic Match Course of Fire : 72 rounds total Stage 1: 100 yds. Prone: Fire five shots, reload, and fire five shots. Stage 2: 100 yds. Si9ng: Fire five shots. Stage 3: 100 yds. Kneeling: Fire five shots, reload, and fire five shots. Stage 4: 50 yds. Prone: (support shoulder) Fire five shots. Stage 5: 50 yds. Kneeling: (support shoulder behind barricade) Fire five shots. Stage 5a: 50 yds. Standing: (support shoulder behind barricade) Fire five shots. Stage 6: 25 yds. Standing: Fire five shots lower zone, reload, fire five shots upper zone. Stage 7: 7 yds. Standing: Fire five shots dominant target, fire five shots support target. Stage 8: 7 yds. Standing: Fire two shots lower zone, fire one shot upper zone at both dominant and support target, reload, repeat sequence. Rifle Categories: Iron Sights: a rifle that has only iron sights Opcs Limited: a rifle that has only a non-magnified opc, such as ACOG, EoTech, Red Dot, etc. Back up iron sights are allowed. Opcs Open: a maximum of two opc sights with a maximum of one being magnified. All NRA Safety Rules and DMLSC Rules apply. Competors need to arrive at 9:30 to adend a mandatory safety briefing and help with target set up. Keep all rifles cased and in your vehicles unl instructed to bring them to the firing line. Eye/Ear Protecon and Empty Chamber Indicators are mandatory (ECI s are available for a $1 charge). Rifles need to be Zeroed for 100 yards prior to the match. No spo9ng scopes or shoong jackets, but shoong mats are allowed. Rifles need to have adached slings capable of being worn across the back. Competors should have a minimum of 2 magazines (5 magazines are opmal) and need to carry them in a bandoleer, pouch, pocket, or similar device on the person for each stage. For more informaon visit: hdps://arc.nra.org/faqs/ Parcipaon in a Basic Match provides verificaon for future Advanced AR matches. No AP or incendiary ammunion is permided. Space is limited to 18 shoong posions. To ensure your parcipaon, contact John T. via email: dmlscnra@verizon.net
6 Dormont Mt Lebanon Sportsmen s Club Ladies Training When: Sunday June 12 th 1:00-3:00 Where: Meadow Pistol Range Do you have a friend you likes to hear about your shooting experiences? Here is a chance for them to come and give the shooting sport a try. We will be teaching safe gun handling and giving your friends a chance to shoot. While just a few new shooters are at the line everyone else is invited to gather around the picnic tables -- chatting and snacking. Will have some people available to answer questions about cleaning, storing, choosing ammo or anything else you have been wanting to ask. Space is limited. To register please contact lisa.forlano@gmail.com Special thanks to ACE Sporting Goods and club volunteers for sponsorship of this event.
7 CMP THE DORMONT MOUNT LEBANON SPORTSMANS CLUB MONTHLY HIGH POWER RIFLE MATCH April 17 th, 2016 TY ROUND, FOUR STAGE, THREE POSITION CONTEST OPEN TO THE PUBLIC FOCUS ON SAFETY, PROPER HANDLING OF FIREARMS, MARKSMAN AND SPORTSMANSHIP R PRONE PRONE SIT/KNEEL OFFHAND Total SLOW RAPID RAPID rand and M1A.30cal Curran personal M1 114-1x 80 70 80 344-1x e K. Hildabrand H&R Garand sg 188-3x 87-2x 78-1x 61 414-6x fin 31 19 28 10 88 fin 175 70 82 63 390 Kennedy 189-3x 95-1x 69 80 433-4x E. Ligman Springfield Armory M1 190-1x 85 83 70 428-1x ngar 107 40 43 56 246 ncheck 170-3x 77 88 84 419-3x ermantle 90 33 9 36 168 Wymer 83 46 38 13 167 ymer 105 46 49 30 230 ction ng Swiss K-31 193-6x 96-2x 86 84 459-8x ta Krag 182-1x 82 78 72 414-1x es d AR-15 Iron sights 192-5x 99-2x 89-1x 89-1x 469-9x Madar M-4 Aimpoint 193-2x 99-5x 78 71 441-7x nie Popso AR 192-3x 96 82-1x 69 439 Carbine n Lechnar 90 80 83 167 420 A beautiful balmy April spring day. Sunshine in abundance, gentle breeze, the smells of the Earth reawakening. Mr. Kennedy led the Garands but I don t think he was too happy with his sitting or offhand. Mr Long is becoming one with his K-31 and Mr. Ford, with the match high, smoothly demonstrates the effects of shooting competitive smallbore all year. Thank you all for your attention to safety and for your gracious cooperation at these matches. Bring em out in May! B.D.Ungar THE DORMONT MOUNT LEBANON SPORTSMANS CLUB
8 DORMONT-MT. LEBANON SPORTSMEN S CLUB HIGH POWER RIFLE LEAGUE MATCH APRIL 30, 2016 MATCH NO. 2 200 YARDS NAME CLASS OFF-HAND RAPID RAPID- SLOW- TOTAL SITTING PRONE PRONE MASTER M. FORD 94-3 84 90 196-6 464-9 F. HEMPELMENN 96-2 400-5 995 199-10 494-22 J. LECHNER 89 94-3 99-2 192-7 474-12 J. MADAR 88 86 90-1 183-3 447-3 T. MORLEY 97-3 95-3 93-1 196-9 481-16 B. UNGAR 92-1 85-1 80 164-2 421-4 P. WANCHECK 94 94 91-2 187-1 468-3 EPERT D. NOBLE 90 95-2 92-1 176-3 453-6 J. TUPTA 88 93-3 96-1 179 456-4 S-SHOOTER R. FODOR 84 85 64 137-1 370-1 MARKSMAN B. POPSO 72 73-1 84 158 387-1 MASTER UNC M. MACH 52 49 80 158 339 A beautiful spring day with crackle of rifle fire filling the air doesn t get much better than that. Twelve shooters took advantage of this great day to enjoy week two of the DMLSC High Power season. Welcome to Michael Mach as a first timer to our group we hope to see you more often. I had to wipe the morning sand out of my eyes twice- but NO I was not dreaming I did see Bruce Ungar on the line after a small hiatus. Fritz Hempelman once again dazzles us with an amazing 494-22 to garnish the top spot. A mere phrase of Great Shooting Fritz does not even begin to admonish that score. As always a splendid time was had by all.
9 DORMONT-MT. LEBANON SPORTSMEN S CLUB HIGH POWER RIFLE LEAGUE MATCH May 7, 2016 MATCH NO. 3 200 YARDS NAME CLASS OFF-HAND RAPID RAPID- SLOW- TOTAL SITTING PRONE PRONE MASTER C. AUGENSTEIN 88-1 92 `86 174-1 440-2 R. JANOSKI 84-1 99-2 94-1 190-6 468-10 EPERT B. LONG 88 97-2 92 188-5 465-7 J. TUPTA 80 93-1 89-2 180-3 442-6 MARKSMAN B. POPSO 72 77 98-1 168 415-1 MASTER UNC J. WELLS 6 29 14 41 90 The sky was blue, the sun was bright, and the temperature was just right. What a great day to come out and shoot. Eight shooters took advantage of such a great day to send some lead down-range. Top score was garnished by Rick Janoski with a 468-10. We also scored a hat trick of returnees with Chuck Augenstein, Rick Janoski, and Gary Scherer back onto the mat. Next match will be June 4 th All are welcome!
10 Dormont-Mt. Lebanon Sportsmen s Club P.O. Box 12692 Pittsburgh, PA 15241-0692 Next Meeting: Thursday, May 26, 2016 at 8pm Speaker: To be determined Menu: Fried chicken, spinach salad, potato salad and cake 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 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... 724-941-9538 DOUG GAWRONSKI...412-531-5043 THEODORE K. HILDABRAND...724-942-2125 JOHN BRADFORD..724-228-0545 GARY SCHERER..724-809-7358 GEORGE TAYLOR, IV... 412-855-6721 JOHN TUPTA..724-941-1494 BRUCE D. UNGAR... 412-343-2256 ELLSWORTH F. VINES... 412-721-9632 RONALD J. WATTON... 724-941-5891 DAVE WILLARD.724-941-6620 KEN ZUPKOW 724-941-8367 WAYNE THOMPSON....412-874-8888 MARC BURNES.412-580-4478 BOB KRANDEL 412-833-7746 CLUB COMMUNICATION Club Web Site: www.mdi.net/dml Club House Phone: (724)745-9794 Membership Inquiries: DMSCMembers@gmail.com (412)831-4857 MEMBERS ARE EPECTED TO CARRY THEIR GATE CARDS AND BE ABLE TO IDENTIFY THEMSELVES WHEN ASKED TO BY A RANGE OFFICER OR OTHER MEMBER
11 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 Indoor Air Pistol Silhouette This program takes place year round. Indoors during the winter and George Taylor (412) 855-6721 outdoors during the summer. Bruce Ungar (412)343-2256 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. 2014 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. Sundays @ 1pm January - March Centerfire Pistol See our website for more detail about shoong opportunies at the club: www.mdi.net/dml/programs.html Follow us on TwiDer and Facebook for announcements and important updates: @DMLSportsmen www.facebook.com/dmlsportsmen Rimfire Pistol Air Pistol Centerfire Rifle George Taylor (412) 855-6721 John Tupta (724) 941-1494 teefam@verizon.net Bruce Unger (412) 343-2256 John Tupta (724) 941-1494 teefam@verizon.net Dean Trew (724) 239-3012 Doug Gawronski (412) 531-5043 Ted Hildabrand (724) 942-2125 tkhaquariusnetwk@gmail.com Bruce Ungar (412)343-2256 Gary Scherer (724)809-7358 Ron Watton (724) 941-5891 Ted Hildabrand (724)942-2125 Dave Faust (724)225-9057 Miles Ford (412) 833-0813 Chuck Augenstein (724) 941-9538 George Taylor (412) 855-6721 Rimfire Rifle Air Rifle Shotgun Muzzleloader