Chatuge Gun Club, Inc. P.O. BOX 86 HIAWASSEE, GEORGIA 30546 Volume 14 Issue 5 May 2010 MAY MEETING The next meeting of the Chatuge Gun Club will be Tuesday, 18 May 2010 at 7:00 PM at the Senior Citizen Center in Hiawassee, Georgia. 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 Treasurer A.T. Sorrells. (706) 835-2616 atsorrells@windstream.net Secretary Frank Alexander (706) 745-5214 alex@windstream.net Range Officer Carol Rosenqvist (706) 379-1483 rosenqvist@ windstream.net Executive Officer Gene Blackburn (706) 379-1707 blkbrn@windstream.net Check out the Chatuge Gun Club website: http://www.chatugegu nclub.com/index.html It has schedules, match descriptions, directions, range rules, photos, club contacts, newsletters, shooting related links and a complete calendar of ALL club events and activities. Coming Events DATE EVENT TIME CONTACT PERSON 2 May Cowboy Rifle Sil RF & CF 1200 Hrs Gene Blackburn 706-379-1707 8 May Steel Plate RF & CF 1000 Hrs Nelson Fagan 706-781-6078 16 May 10 M Air Pistol & Rifle 1300 Hrs Bill Wendel 706-379-6666 15 May BR 50/50 1200 Hrs Harvey Ballenberg 828-389-1636 16 May 10 M Air Pistol & Rifle 1300 Hrs Bill Wendel 706-379-6666 23 May Smallbore Rifle Silhouette 1200 Hrs Carol Rosenqvist 706-379-1483 30 May Bowling Pin 1100 Hrs Keith McMahan 828-557-2160 5 June Defensive Pistol 1000 Hrs Rick Klopp 706-781-4526 11 June Sheriff s Trap Benefit Shoot All Day Ed Jones 706-896-1783 12 June Women on Target 0930-1500 Carol Rosenqvist 706-379-1483 19 June Cowboy Action Match 1000 Hrs Nelson Fagan 706-781-6078 20 June 10 M Air Pistol & Rifle 1300 Hrs Bill Wendel 706-379-6666 Trap Matches held weekly on Wednesdays at 1000 Hrs. Be there at 0930 hrs for squadding/sign-up. For additional information contact: Russ Schoetker at 706-896-1645 or Dick Fille at 706-896-7538 Wanna Have a Really Good Feeling?. Take a Kid Shooting!! Today..
Tradin Table For Sale: Super Heavy Duty C-Type Single Stage Reloading Press. Is in great shape and does a great job. $50.00 Call: Red Marshall at 706-896-1567. For Sale: "Limited Edition Ruger Vaquero, dual cylinder (32 mag and 32.20) polished stainless finish with pearl-like handle with no modifications from the factory. Have some factory ammo of both calibers. $400." Call: John Quinlan at 706-896-2430 For Sale: CZ Model 97B, 45 ACP w/3 boxes of ammo. $400. Call Tom Land at 706-781-3039 For Sale: Ruger Pistol MK III,.22 cal, never fired. $300. Call Tom Land at 706-781-3039 If you have something related to the shooting sports you wish to trade, sell or give away, let the club members know in this column. Send information to the Editor c/o Chatuge Gun Club, P.O. Box 67, Hiawassee, Ga. 30546 or phone in at 706-896-1783 or E-mail address is: edjones@brmemc.net or Fax to 706-896-1498. Computer Connection Since 1998 Where you always get more for less Robert Hicks 3022 NC Hwy 69 Phone 828-389-1065 Hayesville NC 28904 FAX 866-521-5753 Email info@inetbackups.com BENCHREST 50/50 MATCH By: Harvey Ballenberg We will be holding a B/R 50/50 Match on May 15, 2010. There is a Hunter and Open classification for the.22 cal. rifles. There will be a scoped and iron sights match for each classification. You will be shooting off a bench rest at a distance of 50 yards. The scoped rifles will shoot 1 round each at 25 very small targets. The iron sights will shoot 5 rounds each at 5 larger targets for a total of 25. Just a reminder...the bench rests must be 2 pieces--the front and rear rests cannot be connected. The match will start at noon, but I should be there about 10 A.M. Let's have a good turnout.
Silent Guns Chatuge Gun Club Board of Directors member, Larry "Bird" Prather, age 60, passed away at his home Thursday, April 15, 2010. He was a U.S. Army Vietnam veteran in the 146 th Infantry. Larry was a charter member and past President of the Chatuge Gun Club, and was an avid hunter and fisherman. He worked as a Postal Clerk for the U.S. Postal Service since the early 1970's. Everyone that had the pleasure of making Bird s acquaintance recalls his fine sense of humor, kindly disposition and keen tradin skills. Bird touched many lives every day with his smiles & laughs, jokes & good humor. Another sure way to make Bird s day was if he could make you laugh. Bird was the kind of guy you d love to joke with but watch out cause he d come right back at you. He was a good friend to the club and its members, always remembering the original goal of our founding club members, to provide a safe place to enjoy and participate in the shooting sports and the camaraderie that accompanies those activities. He was the way a real friend is supposed to be always there when you needed someone to help or talk to. Bird loved kids if he could show a child how to shoot, hunt or fish, then that made his day, even his week. He cared so much about having people enjoy nature and wildlife. Our condolences to his soul mate, Karen McKin of Young Harris, GA, and brother, Kevin Prather of Blairsville, GA. We all will miss Bird. Adieu my friend. The 2009 Shootist Award George Dazy Perry is the 2009 Chatuge Gun Club Shootist of the year. He beat out the second place by 20 points. Here are the results for the top 16 Competitors. Congratulations Dazy. MATCHES TOTAL COMPETITOR ENTERED SCORE PERRY, "DAZY" 20 92 McMAHAN, KEITH 19 72 FAGAN, NELSON 23 61 HAGAN, JOHN 13 55 KLOPP, RICK 4 55 DOUVILLE, ART 9 48 SORRELL, A.T. 10 45 SCHOETKER, RUSS 20 44 BLACKBURN, GENE 12 41 COLEMAN, JOHN 11 40 BOATRIGHT, STEVEN 6 37 DAVIS, BILL 5 32 SMITH, ROGER 10 31 CHRISTINE, BILL 9 28 HOLB, GEORGE 5 28 VAN STEEN, MATT 5 28
28 th Anniversary 2010 Chatuge Gun Club Annual Meeting The 2010 Annual meeting was held Tuesday, 20 April at the Anderson Music Hall at the Georgia Mountain Fairgrounds. More than 400 were in attendance and enjoyed the fine food catered by Brenda Swanson, the music provided by the Hiawassee Opry Band; the Swap Table manned by Larry Sorgen and paid their 2010 dues at the same time. Following the Pledge of Allegiance we were treated to a special presentation of the National Anthem played on a fiddle by Alex Thomlinson, a 15-year-old fiddler from Suches GA A few words from NRA EVP, Wayne LaPierre and the Grandson of Club Member Cheryll Thomlinson. A few guests were introduced and the Guest Speaker for the evening was Wayne LaPierre, Executive Vice President and Chief Executive Officer of the National Rifle Association. The speaker was followed by a short club meeting which included an election of officers. Guess what? We re all back!!! Door prizes were given out including 2 guns and other good stuff. In all it was a memorable evening and if you missed it: You snooze You Lose. Takin names for the food Tryin some of Brenda s great grub 15 year old Alex Thomlinson plays The Star Spangled Banner like you never heard it.
SAFETY..First, Last, and Always A continuing refresher course presented by: Nelson Fagan & Gene Blackburn These will be the last two rules of the Chatuge Gun Club. Hopefully, these articles will help to fully explain our rules and there will be no confusion as to their interpretation. Rule #2. When the range is cold all firearms shall be on the bench or in racks with magazines out and the actions open. No firearms will remain loaded or be handled for any reason while people are down range. This includes sight adjustments as well as moving firearms to or from the firing line for any reason. This seems simple enough but on a few occasions, a few shooters don t understand this. To put it bluntly, when you see people ahead of the firing line, you don t touch your gun for any reason. Seems simple enough, won t you agree? The second part of the rule states that when people are down range, your gun will be unloaded with the magazine out and the action open. It does not say that you can have the action open but with a full magazine or the under barrel tube loaded and in the gun. In short, an empty gun means there are no shells in the gun period. Rule # 10 All guests will be accompanied by a club member. Guests actions and safety are the responsibility of the club member. Club members have priority use of shooting positions and host members and guests will shoot from one firing line position. Remember, you as a member of the Chatuge Gun Club are responsible for seeing that your guest follows the rules with no exceptions. There are a few members that when taking a guest to the range will go over the range rules with them prior to any shooting but that does not always happen. Also, it seems that guests are the ones that give you the most guff when a rule infraction is pointed out to them. We have no limitations as far as the number of guests but it doesn t seem possible that a member can bring up six guests and watch them all at once. Again, these rules apply to everyone not just members. To say that you can violate a range rule because you are a captain in the Dekalb Police Dept. doesn t hold water but a guest actually used this excuse when a violation was pointed out to him. NOW THEN Often when a new member of the club signs up at our meeting there is always a lot going on and even though the new member signs the rules, he may not take the time to fully digest the rules. It is hoped, that by putting just a couple of rules in the news letter at a time, that members will have the opportunity to study the rules in a more relaxed setting such as sitting in their living room at home. May your days at the range be successful and safe. REMEMBER: Your gate key will not work after 0800 hrs 1 June 2010. The new key has a 0 stamped on the side opposite the number. If there is a 9 on the shank on the side with the number, that is last year s key. Be sure to come to the May meeting if you have not picked up your new key and paid your 2010 dues yet. Time s a getting short.
SAFETY THE FINAL DECISION IS YOURS Chatuge Gun Club, Inc. P.O. Box 86 Hiawassee, Georgia 30546 nd Annual Benefit Trap Shoot 2 nd Hosted by Towns County Sheriff, Chris Clinton Friday, 11 June 2010 8 AM until 4 PM ALL Proceeds donated to: Georgia Sheriffs Youth Homes Break Clay Targets to raise funds for the Sheriffs Youth Homes Limited to a total of 80 Competitors Free coffee, rolls, lunch, sodas and snacks for all entrants. Entry fee: $50 per person for 50 targets. Shooters will be eligible for special prizes Additionally, many items will be raffled, and auctioned Call (706) 896-1783 to reserve your shooting time Pre-registration is suggested and encouraged Have any Questions? Just Call: Sid Roberts (770) 823-4800 Sheriff Chris Clinton (706) 896-4444 Dick Fille (706) 896-7538 Gene Margelli (706) 781-1296 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 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