Hunter Sight-In
By Frank Phelps

The Paul Bunyan Hunter Sight-In program will begin on Thur. Sept.17th.

The Rifle range will open to the public from 3:00PM - 7:30 PM on Thursdays Sept.17, 24, Oct. 1, 8 and Tue., Wed., and Thur. Oct. 13, 14, and 15th. The rifle range will close these days at 1:30 for maintenance and setup and reopen at 7:30

The Rifle range will be open to the public on Sat. and Sun. Sept.19 ,20 Sept.26, 27 Oct. 3, 4 and Oct. 10, and 11th from 9:00AM until 4:30PM. The rifle range will close on these days at 8:00AM for setup and reopen at 4:30PM.

Any members who would like to help on the line any of these days are welcome; your help will be appreciated.

From The Groundskeeper

By DF Shellenberger

 

GENERAL:  The club is in the process of getting baffles installed on the rifle range.  The club has allotted up to one million dollars to get the baffles installed.  I hope that the work on this project will start soon.  This is no small operation so from time to time we will need to shut down the range so certain tasks related to the baffle project can proceed.  We get very short notice as to when the range has to be closed, so it does not make the Bull Sheet.  Safety is our number one concern, so the baffle project must proceed as quickly as possible.  We are sorry to inconvenience anyone, but there is no alternative.

RANGE:  The range is getting heavy use, especially with the hunting seasons rapidly approaching.  Remember to pick up your targets before you leave and keep the range clean.  Put unwanted brass in the red cans and put the steel cases in the trash.  We cannot recycle the steel cases. 

Members using the pistol range need to exercise safe gun handling.  There have been quite a few new shots fired into the baffles, some look to be on purpose. We have 22 pistol bays and 12 of them have holes shot through the swinging doors! Two doors have several holes as it looks like some one placed the gun on the bench top, without using a rest, and fired right into the door tops two feet away. Very unsafe. 

In addition, we are finding shotgun cases on the range and there is birdshot in most of the baffles.  Members are reminded that shotguns are not allowed on the pistol range, including any of the new handguns chambered for the .410 shotgun shell.  There is a patterning board on the shotgun range.  We will be making an effort to identify these unsafe people.  Remember, all shots must impact the berms, not the grass.