HCRPC News NRA Senior Club March A Publication of the Haltom City Rifle & Pistol Club 2017 First let me thank the HCRPC members who have put hours and brain strain into building our new website. Many club members have been asking since I became a board member, when are we going to be able to renew on-line? Good question and I finally have an answer. After many months of building, testing and rebuilding, we have a functional website, with membership renewal links, more user operability and a great new user interface. Thanks to Ray Price our Webmaster, Mike Durham our club Secretary, and all the board members who put hours into making this site possible. We have had a bunch of members sign up for access to the site. You do have to be a member to get to the vast majority of the web pages. Members can go to the web site homepage www.haltomcityrpc.org and follow the link to request access from the webmaster. Once in, please build a member profile for yourself and have a look around. You will find lots of info on the club, but you will not be able to access any other member s personal info. You can message other club members, but only once in the secure area for members only. The maintenance crew has installed a dead bolt lock on the community room often affectionately referred to as the geezer shack and the rest room on the ground floor of the classroom. This was done to prevent our club vagrant from using these rooms after we close the range each day. It seems to be working and we hope to have deterred our trespasser since the threat of prosecution is not very likely or severe. The frames for the baffle support post bases are in place, the holes dug and liners installed. Now comes the installation of the steel attaching the re-bar to the posts. If weather allows we should be pouring cement in the next month or so. Again, this effort is completed entirely by member volunteers. The first and third Saturdays are dedicated to maintenance and upgrades of the club. We would not be able to afford to operate without these members volunteering their time to keep the club maintained and making improvement to enhance the safety of our range. OK, it s that time of year, when we start to see more kids coming out to the range on Sunday afternoons to partake in our Junior Rifle Marksmanship program. The club bought several Civilian Marksmanship program target rifles and will train kids, aged 11 to 18, in safe handling, safe operation and marksmanship - all the things they will need to safely earn NRA marksmanship badges and break that curiosity about weapons that gets many kids without safety training in trouble. Kids who have been trained know to get away from unsecured weapons and tell an adult. We can be proud of the accomplishments of our Junior Rifle program, we have made a bunch of kids safe, competent shooters, who understand that a weapon is just a tool, and if used properly, is safer than a car. We need more kids involved in the shooting sports through the Junior Rifle program and progress them at age 18 to one of the many other shooting disciplines. As many have seen during this last election cycle, schools are not teaching the truth about firearms in America. We need more kids to experience firsthand the benefit of firearms marksmanship training for the discipline and maturity that will aid them in everything they do as an adult. So, as March begins and the Texas weather breaks to give us nicer shooting days, come on out to the range and get some practice in. Be it your License to Carry (LTC) weapon or your gopher gun, come out and practice. Use a one bullseye target only on the A or LTC range to prevent damage to the target frames. We had one shooter hit the rail on the LTC range, causing damage that had to be repaired before the position was functional again. So, yes that shooter knew they screwed up, but didn t tell anyone. They just walked off and left it. On the C or 50-yard range, please use the tall target frames that are found leaning against the fence behind firing points 2-4. These frames will keep your bullet trajectory safe at either the sitting (at the bench) or offhand positions on the C range. Please only place targets on these frame near the center, to avoid damage to the frames, and to keep your bullets hitting only the backstop, not the baffles. Just look behind your target before you shoot, do you see only the backstop? Or is it baffles or the ground? Enjoy the club, but shoot SAFE! - John
General News The February meeting had some great door prizes with $25 & $50 gift certificates for lucky members. However, Jack Parker was not present to win the monthly member drawing which was $85. From the Club Instructor Ed Benyon Please Note: All LTC classes limited to 12 students. If interested call Ed. Benyon: 817-571-2318 or e-mail: erbenyon@verizon.net March LTC Initial/Renewal Class Schedule Day One: Saturday - 25 March Class Time: 1000-1800 Day Two: Sunday - 26 March Class Time: 1000-1800 Sunday CHL Range Reserved: 1130-1330 Member FFL Holders HCRPC members who have a Federal Firearms License and wish to make this information available to other club members are welcome to submit their name and phone number to the HCRPC News for publication. The FFL holder s name and phone number will be listed starting with our September issue. Members will be able to contact those on the list to obtain information concerning procedures, cost and other details. For those wishing to participate please email your name and phone number to: hereawhile@sbcglobal.net. The following members are listed below: Ron Szybowicz: 817-726-8030 Leroy Guthrie: 214-347-2186 Ron Brown: 817-905-8218 Chuck De Rouen: 817-988-4552 Texas State Rifle Association TSRA is considered the premier firearms association in the Great State of Texas! The tens of thousands of members from across the state include individuals from all walks of life who have a common goal in protecting the rights of the law-abiding citizens to keep and bear arms. Regardless of whether you own a firearm or not, if you believe in supporting the U.S. Constitution and supporting the rights of legal, law-abiding citizens, then the TSRA is for you. Since 1919, TSRA has served Texans by: Protecting the lawful possession and use of firearms Providing gun safety training Supporting the shooting sports, hunter education and wildlife conservation efforts Member Services Offered The following members have sidelines which could be beneficial and help other members in their hobbies. Ken Wiggs - professional gunsmith with specialties in trigger honing. Contact number: 817-980-7180. Curtis Brown - Professional Knife Sharpening. From scissors to lawn mower blades-very reasonable. Contact number: 817-455-2744. John Wilde - Professional Pen Maker. Contact number: 817-301-2178. Larry Sweeney - Professional Pen Maker (using actual 3006 cases). Contact number: 817-614-8825. Buz Chamblee - Specializing in Contenders & Ruger SA s. Contact numbers: H-817-294-0958, C-817-726-7148. Tom Mann - Professional Marketing & Promotional Products. We are specialty dealers for the following: RCBS, Sellmark & Riverswest. Please visit our website for details. www.companycasuals.com/thomasmann Contact: tommann@yahoo.com; 817-485-5222 March 2017 2 hcrpc News
From the Executive Officer Drue Mosley Range Report - RO Information Anyone who is closing the Range needs to make sure the Geyser Shack and the bathroom are locked. There is an RO lock on both and your key will fit them. We are doing this to encourage our night visitor to camp out somewhere else. I would like to remind you all that full size LTC approved targets are allowed on the A Range for practice. The member must install the large full size backer before using the target. We had a member who wanted to shoot full size targets and asked the RO if it was allowed He was told no and the member complied. If you are not sure of a rule please check the rule book or call me so you can give out the correct answers. I hope everyone has joined and is utilizing our new web site where there is great information and updates available. You can access the RO hours worked list and see how many hours you have worked, as well as review your maintenance hours worked. Thanks to everyone for the wonderful job you do, Drue Mosley, Executive RO, 817-718-4260 Bullseye Matches Tom Tinkham - Match Director Conventional Bullseye Pistol is America s oldest formal pistol match program. It is a challenging game of precision, timing and fine motor control. Bullseye matches are held at HCRPC only during Day Light Savings Time (March through October), each Monday evening at 5:30 PM. and take about an hour and a half to complete. A full Bullseye Pistol match is a 270 shot, 3 gun aggregate. The aggregates are:.22, Centerfire, and.45. Each Monday night one 90 round aggregate is shot with the caliber of the shooter s choice. Many participants only shoot.22 each week, some shooters use revolvers and some shoot both the Centerfire and.45 aggregates with.45s. Any sight is allowed including red dot and optical scopes. The targets are huge - covering the entire backing of the club s target frames. The challenging part is that you can only use 1 hand to support the firearm and no support of the body from the shooting bench. This sport can be intimidating to the new shooter because of the difficulty of hitting the 50 yard slow fire target using only one hand. Give it a try and you will be amazed at how quickly you improve with a little trigger time and some match experience. Any.22 pistol is plenty accurate for this game, and will be good enough to get you started. New shooters are always encouraged. There is always plenty of spare ammo and firearms that can be loaned out. Informal coaching is always available before and after the matches - all you have to do is show up and ask. Match fees are $6 each Monday. Free for first time HCR&PC members. If you are interested in participating, please come out on a Monday night. We look forward to your participation. CMP News Paul Varga Offhand Match - 29 April 2017 Due do range construction we will be holding a 100 yard off hand match. 20 shots in 10 min. To make matters fun we will open it up to any rifle and have four categories. Rimfire Iron Sights Rimfire with Optical Sights/Laser Sights Centerfire Iron Sights Centerfire with Optical Sights/Laser Sights Cost is $10.00 for adults and $1.00 for juniors. Shooters can shoot in multiple events if time and space allows. Match starts after the swap meet March 2017 3 hcrpc News
Silhouette Report Jerry Boydstun - Match Director February Silhouette Report January was drizzle and 38 degrees, so the depth of winter, February. was 88 and bright? MUST be Texas!!! Smallbore Matches: Smallbore Cowboy Rifle (any tubular fed, non-bolt action, iron sighted rifle) High Over All Jerry Boydstun 53x60 1st Master Preston Gibson 52 2nd Master Mark Sternglanz 51 High New Shooter Ken Bonds 34 Classified to AA Fun Shoot (any.22lr) HIgh Shooter Eric Frank 24 (Beat his 10 year old son Matthew this month by ONE point!) NRA Smallbore Rifle (typically scoped.22lr Bolt Actions) Joe Atwood bested Ken Wiggs 36 to 34 Center Fire Matches Pistol CArtridge Cowboy LEver Actio (.22LR,.22 Magnum,.25-20,.32H&R,.32-20 seen on line this match) High Over All Mark Sternglanz 35x40 1st Master Joe Woody Atwood 34 2nd Master Jerry Boydstun 32 High New Shooter Ken Bonds 14 Classified to B Haltom City Rifle & Pistol Club Election 2017 /18 The following offices are up for election: Vice President Treasurer Chief Small Arms Instructor 3 Director Positions Anyone wishing to run needs to fill out a Willing to Serve form available from the nominating committee. Nominating Committee: Roger Ball Jud Park Albert Ramirez Mike Durham Drue Mosley John Wilde Nominations will close at the April 5th. Member Meeting. March 2017 4 hcrpc News
HCRPC Range Calendar J J J march 2017 Range Phone: 817-834-8498 Range Schedule Contacts: Drue Mosley: 817-718-4260 Jud Park: 817-282-8562 John Wilde: 817-301-2178 Sunday monday tuesday wednesday thursday friday Saturday March LTC Initial/Renewal Class Schedule Day 1 day 2 Saturday - 25 March Sunday - 26 March Saturday Class Time: Sunday Class Time: 0900-1900 0900-1900 Sunday CHL Range Reserved: 1130-1330 For more info: Ed Benyon 817-571-2318 8-2 till Hezell 2-6 don Upchurch 6-SS Doug Mullen 8-12 Howard Manning 12-5 dale Miller 5-7 Don Upchurch 7-SS Doug Mullen 8-12 Howard Manning 12-2 Scott Eidson 2-6 Junior Rifle Match EOM-SS Doug Mullen 8-11 Howard Manning 11-6 don Upchurch 6-SS Doug Mullen LTC Day 2 CHL Range Reserved 11:30-1:30 See Above 1-4 Ron Kersey 4-SS Ray Pierce Club Meeting 7:30pm 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 8-1 henry Sword 5-SS Jim Renieri 8-10 Jim Renieri 10-12 d. Borchett 1-5 herb Reynolds Board Meeting 7:00pm 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 8-1 don Upchurch 5:30 to Finish Bullseye Pistol Match Director Tom Tinkham EOM-SS Steve Howe 1-4 Ron Kersey 4-SS Ray Pierce 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 8-1 Jim Renieri 8-1 henry Sword 5:30 to Finish Bullseye Pistol Match Director Tom Tinkham EOM-SS Steve Howe 9-1 darwin Reeves 1-4 nick Milano 4-SS Jim Renieri 8-1 Butch Emmons 1-4 Wayne Quenichet 4-7 Greg George 8-1 Butch Emmons 1-4 nick Milano 4-SS mark ellenbarger 1-5 herb Reynolds 26 27 28 29 30 31 8-1 tommy Mann 5:30 to Finish Bullseye Pistol Match Director Tom Tinkham EOM-SS Steve Howe 8-1 Butch Emmons 1-5 wayne Quenichet 5-SS mark ellenbarger 1-4 Ron Kersey 4-SS Ray Pierce 9-12 darwin Reeves 4-SS paul Varga 8-12 J.D. Wynne 4-SS paul Varga 8-12 J.D. Wynne 4-SS beveridge 8-10 mike Law 10-12 d. Borchelt 4-SS beveridge 8-12 J.D. Wynne 4-SS beveridge Range Closed for Baffle modification 8-2 Pistol & Rifle Silhouette Matches 2-4 beveridge 4-SS Scott Eidson Range Closed for Baffle modification 1-SS Falling Plates LTC Initial/Renewal Day 1 - See Above Range Officers: Please sign up for RO Duty ASAP. Sign-up calendar will be picked up on the 16th.
Haltom City Rifle & Pistol Club, Inc. P.O. Box 14291 Haltom City, TX 76117 817-834-8498 Visit Our Website www.haltomcityrpc.org Missouri Bullet Discount for HCRPC Members HCRPC is a participating club. Their website: http://www.missouribullet.com. See upper right hand of web page for info. Our discount code is: Haltom-gc. President John Wilde 817-301-2178 Vice President Ken Keebler 817-656-5272 Treasurer John Poole 817-428-6625 Secretary Mike Durham 682-351-4977 Executive Officer Drue Mosley 817-718-4260 Club Instructor Ed Benyon 817-571-2318 Board of Directors Directors Jud Park 817-282-8562 Albert Ramirez 682-738-5101 Rodger Ball 817-832-7440 Mike Law 817-995-3099 Richard Curbello 817-614-6566 Tom Tinkham 817-485-2059 Range & Meeting Locations HCRPC News March 2017 Editor: Ron Kersey 817-281-3065 Cell: 817-205-3037 email: hereawhile@sbcglobal.net