Chillicothe Sportsmen’s

Club News June 2008

WEB PAGE  http://www.chillisportsmen.org/

 

SPECIAL NOTICES

 

Work Day:  Saturday, May 31, 10:00 A.M. RANGE #1.  Will be clearing small trees, brush, etc., from hillside on left side of Range.  Please bring appropriate tools.  Questions – contact Cliff Wilcox @ (309) 579-2793.

 

Work Day:  Sunday, June 8, 7:30 A.M. ARCHERY RANGE.  Please bring appropriate tools.  Questions – contact Larry Pollack @ (309) 274-4915.

 

Range Target Boards:  Lately we have been experiencing some shooters using the target boards, especially on Range #5, as ‘SHOT SHELL’ targets.  Remember:  1) All shotgun ‘SHOT SHELL’ shooting is to be on the Trap Range (Range #2) or Range #3-Practice Range or Range #4.  2) No one is supposed to be shooting from in front of the firing line.  Shot Shell hulls have been found from in front of the firing line all the way up to the destroyed target boards. 

 

PLEASE TAKE THE TIME TO REVIEW YOUR CLUB RANGE RULES AND TRY TO OBEY THEM.  IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, CONTACT SOMEONE FROM THE BOARD TO GET A CLARIFICATION/EXPLANATION.  THANKS!!

 

E-MAIL ADDRESS CHANGES:  Some of us have changed or will be changing our e-mail address.  Please notify Tim Vik, our Club Webmaster, webmaster@chillisportsmen.org  if yours has changed.  This will be especially important to the INSIGHTBB.COM customers who will have to change over to COMCAST.NET about the end of June.

Other e-mail address recipients, if you are no longer receiving your monthly newsletter via e-mail and have previously provided your e-mail address, please e-mail it again to Tim so that we can get everyone updated.

If you wish to start receiving your monthly newsletter via e-mail, and have not previously provided your e-mail address, please do so by e-mailing it to webmaster@chillisportsmen.org advising him of your desire.

 

Newsletters:  Postage has gone up again.  If you are receiving the monthly newsletter both via “e-mail” and regular “snail-mail”, PLEASE CONSIDER stopping the “snail-mail” version.  The monies saved during the year would be substantial and there-by available for other projects.  Just notify our Club Webmaster, at webmaster@chillisportsmen.org and he will then notify the appropriate Club individuals.

 

LEGISLATIVE UPDATE:  There are still a substantial number of ANTI-GUN bills pending in the Illinois General Assembly.  Please contact your respective representative, either in Springfield or thru his/her local office and POLITELY request that he/she vote against any and all pending ANTI-GUN legislation.  Additionally, politely request that he/she vote FOR the CONCEALED-CARRY LAW that is also pending.  The phone numbers are in your phone book.  They are also available thru the CSC, ISRA.org and NRAILA.org websites.  Follow the prompts.

 

NMO ORIENTATION 

 

NEW MEMBER ORIENTATION (NMO):  An (**) in your middle initial area means you need to attend to obtain your 2008 card & gate key.  Check the enclosed calendar for dates & times.  ADVANCE RESERVATIONS ARE REQUIRED OR NO INSTRUCTOR WILL BE AT THE CLUB FOR THE CLASS.  To make your class attendance reservation or to ask any questions - Contact Charles Varnold at (309) 697-6766 or via e-mail at tunaot@comcast.net

 

MAUSER MATCHES

 

Mauser Match rules are casual center-fire off-hand rifle matches at 50 meters for rifles with open sights and pre-1964 military bolt action repeaters.

May 10 match results:

High Raw Score: Paul Bishop          198-7X        Turk Mauser

First Place:    Jim Dieg             219-2X        .222 Remington Sporter

Second Place:   Steve Dippel         210-3X        M24/47 Yugo Mauser (Mr. Belchfire)

Third Place:    Justin Howeler       204-1X        K31 Schmidt-Rubin

Challenge (Skinny Bullet) Match Winners:    Paul Bishop   199-6X

Marty Lehman  199-2X

Chris Bach    198-2X

All participants used 6.5x55mm Mauser’s.

June 28 Special Challenge Match is “unaltered military surplus ammunition”.

Note that we will be shooting later in the month during the summer months.

Questions – contact Max Koehl @ (309) 385-1033.

 

TEMPORARILY AWAY FROM HOME/NEW ADDRESS

 

Are you going to be “TEMPORARILY AWAY” (maybe for the winter, an extended vacation or job demands)?  More and more monthly newsletters are being returned to the Club marked as “TEMPORARILY AWAY”!  When you notify the Post Office that you are going to be “TEMPORARILY AWAY” they will ONLY HOLD or FORWARD 1ST CLASS MAIL.  All other mail is returned to the sender.  Your monthly newsletter is mailed to you using Bulk Rate Postage.  Consequently, your newsletter is returned to the Club marked POSTAGE DUE @ $ .41 which the Club has to pay to retrieve it.  These newsletters cannot be forwarded, as we do not know where to send them.

Members that have “MOVED TO A NEW ADDRESS” and have not notified the Club of their NEW ADDRESS also have their newsletters returned marked POSTAGE DUE @ $ .41.  The Post Office will not forward these newsletters.  The Club then pays another $ .41 postage to forward it to you and updates your file to reflect your new address.  Please notify the Club when you move!

 

CLUB WEB SITE

 

The newsletter and calendar are available for viewing on-line at www.chillisportsmen.org  The website also lists all Club ACTIVIITIES, events, and contains periodically updated general information as well as the current CSC Membership Application. Tim Vik is the CLUB WEBMASTER and E-MAIL coordinator.  His NEW E-MAIL ADDRESS is webmaster@chillisportsmen.org

If you have any questions or concerns about your Club you may contact any Club Officer listed below or any board member.

 

President            Vice-President             Secretary            Treasurer

Charles Varnold      Jerry Oglesby              Bob Bjerke           Lowell Bennett

(309) 697-6766       (309) 274-5413             (309) 692-1800       (309) 274-5586

 

Acronyms - What the heck do they mean!!???!!?!?

Wonder what all the acronyms used out on the range and in this newsletter mean? This area of the newsletter is dedicated to helping explain these. If I forget some or misidentify them, please let me know.

SASS          Single Action Shooting Society

USPSA         United States Practical Shooting Association – Club Number #IL-08

DCM           Department of Civilian Marksmanship (old designation)

CMP           Civilian Marksmanship Program (new designation) - Club Number #52084

IPSC          International Practical Shooting Confederation

NMO           New Member Orientation

NRA           National Rifle Association - Club Affiliation Number  #R0570

 

Contact Tim Vik via e-mail at webmaster@chillisportsmen.org if you would like to receive the CSC Newsletter and calendar of events via e-mail at no cost to you.