Chatuge Gun Club, Inc. P.O. BOX 86 HIAWASSEE, GEORGIA 30546 Volume 18 Issue 1 January 2014 JANUARY MEETING The next meeting of the Chatuge Gun Club will again be held Tuesday, 21 January 2014 at 7:00 PM at the NEW SENIOR CENTER - Rt. 76 on the Lake in Hiawassee BE SURE TO MAKE A NOTE OF THIS! DON T FORGET..BE THERE! CLUB OFFICERS President..Ed Jones (706) 896-1783 edjones@brmemc.net Vice-president...John Case....(706) 896 1480 casecustom@brmemc.net V-P/Operations...Art Douville...(706) 374-2634 artdouville@tds.net Treasurer.A.T. Sorrells..(706) 835-2616 atsorrells@windstream.net Secretary. Frank Alexander...(706) 745-5214 frank.alex@windstream.net Range Officer. Carol Rosenqvist..(706) 379-1483 rosenqvist@ windstream.net Executive Officer Gene Blackburn.(706) 379-1707 blkbrn@windstream.net OF E ut Is Check out the Chatuge Gun Club website: http://www.chatugegun club.com/index.html For schedules, match descriptions, directions, range rules, photos, club contacts, newsletters, shooting related links and a complete UCH calendar of ALL club events and activities. Coming Events DATE EVENT START RGE CLOSED CONTACT PERSON/TEL # 12-Jan Airgun (Rifle & Pistol) 1230 N/A Bill Christine 706-781-7192 25-Jan 3-Gun Match 1000 0900-1700 Matt Van Steen 706-896-1782 NEW ELECTRONIC CHATUGE GUN CLUB KEYS 1-Feb RF/CF Fun (Iron Sights) 1000 0900-1600 Larry Mongue 352-584-0166 8-Feb Bowling Pin Match & NEW WARNING 1000 0900-1700 LIGHTS! Matt Van Steen 706-896-1782 26-Jan Airgun (Rifle & Pistol) 1230 N/A Bill Christine 706-781-7192 9-Feb Airgun (Rifle & Pistol) 1230 N/A Bill Christine 706-781-7192 15-Feb Cowboy Action 1000 0900-1600 John Sluder 706-865-1663 22-Feb Steel Plate 1000 0900-1700 Matt Van Steen 706-896-1782 23-Feb Airgun (Rifle & Pistol) 1230 N/A Bill Christine 706-781-7192 1-Mar Defense Pistol Class/Match 0900 0900-1600 Rick Klopp 706-781-4526 8-Mar RF/BR & CF/BR 1000 0900-1600 Larry Mongue 352-584-0166 9-Mar Airgun (Rifle & Pistol) 1230 N/A Bill Christine 706-781-7192 15-Mar Women on Taget 0900 0830-1600 Carol Rosenqvist 706-781-4392 22-Mar Work Party 0800 0800-1300 Ed Jones 706-896-1783 23-Mar Airgun (Rifle & Pistol) 1230 N/A Bill Christine 706-781-7192 29-Mar Smallbore Rifle Silhouette 1200 1000-1700 Carol Rosenqvist 706-781-4392 For further scheduled events for later months check the Chatuge Gun Website NOTE: The Shotgun Group shoots Trap EVERY WEDNESDAY beginning at 1000 until all squads have fired. It is recommended that you are at the range by 0930 if you want to be squadded anywhere but last. For more information: Russ Schoetker at 706-896-1645 or Dick Fille at 706-896-7538
22 Rifle & Centerfire Pistol Cartridge Rifle, Steel Plate/Bowling Pin Match Match Director: Larry Mongue 2013 HIGHLIGHTS Feb.1, 2014 Set-up 8:30 Match Starts 10am Finish 3ish. We will be having a 22 Rifle both Lever Action and Semi-Auto and Centerfire Pistol Cartridge Lever Action & Semi- Auto Pistol Cartridge Carbine Rifles iron sights only! We will be shooting both Steel Plates & Bowling Pins or a combination of both. Each shooter can shoot up to 2 Rimfire Rifles and up to 2 Centerfire Pistol Cartridge Rifles in this shoot. This will be a shootist points match. Questions Contact Larry GaMountainLife@aol.com Attention Benchrest Shooters The next RF & CF Benchrest match has been scheduled March 8, 2014 at 10 am. This will be a standard 50 yrd RF and 100 yrd CF matches. Watch the March online newsletter for all of the exact details. Until then get those Benchrest guns and yourself ready to shoot. Happy New Years! Larry The Chatuge Gun Club sends a big THANK YOU to Mountain Sports and Pawn in Cleveland, GA for generously donating 5 boxes of bowling pins for our matches. The next time you find yourself in Cleveland, stop by and thank them for their generosity and check out their selection of guns, ammo and other sporting goods or you might even stop by the local bowling alley, which they also own, and play a few games. President s Message Lookin Back?
Lookin Back? President s Message 2013 is behind us and the Chatuge Gun Club is another year older. 2013 saw the membership of the Club go to 746 in August and in this year the Club accomplished several milestones for your enjoyment and convenience. One hundred and six matches of various forms were presented for the enjoyment of the members and guests. These events were provided at no cost to the competitor with the exception of a nominal fee for trap events. Hats off to the dedicated Match Directors that present these events for your enjoyment. A benefit trap shoot was presented for the Georgia Sheriff s Youth Homes again this year producing approximately $6,000. Two Basic Pistol workshops were presented to the general public, one in May and one in October and they introduced 88 novice shooters to the sport. NRA Women on Target clinics were scheduled and 30 Ladies enjoyed the June clinic but the November clinic was canceled due to weather. Cold Firing Line indicator lights were installed to enhance safety while the firing line is cold and people are downrange. A new gate with electronic proximity-card keys was installed to save replacing over $1500 in keys along with the aggravation of distributing them each year. We need to pat ourselves on the back a little for the way the members continue to keep the range clean and safe. It takes a little effort on everyone s part and for that we thank you. If you wish to pay your dues for 2014 you may mail a check for $36 to the Club PO box and we will mail a new electronic key to you. Beat the rush but we still need you at the 2014 Annual meeting in April to win a gun and vote on new/old Officers for the New Year. With that being said, let me thank the other members of your Board of Directors of the Chatuge Gun Club. They have been a real team managing the Club with the shooter s interest and safety foremost. Seems like only yesterday (April 1996), I began as president of this body along with the two other Old Guard members of the board from that time John Case and Frank Alexander. Membership went from 61 to what we have today; and believe it or not, one can still go to the range and have a space to shoot even with the scheduled activities. Somewhere in the neighborhood of $30.000 in improvements, in addition to the everyday operation expenses, have been invested in the facility; and with the exception of the $10 surcharge voted in 2001, the dues still are $25. Finally, I plan to step down next year and cool my heels while a new Prez has the opportunity to bask in the fame and notoriety of office with all the esteem and rewards thereof. He will also be custodian of the jokes (the best part of the job). If you are interested in this or any other office in the Club, the chairman of the Nominating Committee is Nelson Fagan. Contact him with your request. Good Shooting! Regards, Ed Jones, President Chatuge Gun Club, Inc
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PHOTO GALLERY Cowboy Rifle Silhouette Dec. 14, 2013 It was cold, rainy, windy, but they still had a lot of laughs and a good time. There were 7 shooters - the first half was rainy, windy, but then the rain finally stopped. See the pix below of the hardy few! boc
SHOOK'S BODY SHOP Auto & Body Repairs + Dent Repair Paint & Collision + Restorations (706) 896-4932 (828) 835-8866 1685 Foggy Bottom Road P.O. Box 988 Hiawassee, GA 30546 Murphy, NC 28906 shooksbodyshop@gmail.com Josh Shook Mark Shook Justin Shook Tradin Table For Sale: Ruger 10/22 Standard 22 Long Rifle Carbine in New, unmarked, unmarred Condition. No manual no box. Includes two (2) ten round magazines and three (25) round magazines. Great buy at $150. For Sale: Colt Anaconda all stainless steel revolver in 44 mag cal. Oversize wood grips and 7 inch barrel. In factory Colt box. Gun is in beautiful condition. $900. Contact Red @ 706-896-1567 Wanted: Stoeger Coach Gun, 20ga, singletrigger. Contact Joan Moody 706-747-1226 joan@jwww.com For Sale: Williams receiver peep sights. Came off of a Henry lever action 22 H001. Comes with 3 Aperture 3/8/.93 black peep-3//8/.50 twilight peep & 1"/.50 target peep. Asking $50 for all. Email Larry @ GaMountainLife@aol.com Tradin : I have 9mm brass that I will trade for.44 mag and 357sig. Contact Bruce Savage at 828-361-1042 or brucesavage@brmemc.net For Sale: 303 Savage Model 99 takedown & 200 rds of ammo, $400.00. Contact D. White at (954) 249-4157 or dlwhite143@aol.com. Propane & Supplies TV/VCR Repairs The DISH Satellite Ammo Hunting Supplies Fishing Supplies CLAY COUNTY TV Area's Largest Selection of Trout Flies & Fly Tying Materials 146 Highway 64 Business Hayesville, NC 28904 828-389-8311 For Sale: New Magtech Ammo -.38 Super Auto + P - 6 boxes of 50 rds ea and 1 partial box of 35 rds. Ordered in error from Sportsman Guide and cannot return. Contact J R Moore @ 706-781-3490 or jrmoorert@windstream.net O: For Sale: New factory boxed ammunition for sale, all is of recent production and brass cased, FMJ, 230 gr.: 600 rds. Winchester 50 rds PMC; 50 rds. American Eagle, by Federal; 50 rds. GA Arms; plus 50 rds. Blazer, the only aluminum cased ammo in this lot. New ammo $40.00 per 100 Contact Rick Redd @ 706-897-2309 or rickredd@windstream.net NOTE ALL ADS MUST BE PLACED MONTHLY IN ORDER TO CONTINUE THE FOLLOWING MONTH! Send information to Editor c/o Chatuge Gun Club, P.O. Box 86, Hiawassee, Ga. 30546 or E-mail Diane @ dikita@windstream.net