Author: Scott Sampson

Thank you!  The RSOs needed for the DU shoot have been filled. Scott  

Need some service hours?  Like Ducks Unlimited?  Been qualified to open the shotgun range?  Then we need you! I need two volunteers to support a Duck’s Unlimited event being held on our skeet field August 5th.   It will run from 2 until 4:30PM.  I need someone that can open the shotgun range up for them.  The Center will provide them a card for clays. If available please contact Scott Sampson at [email protected]. Thank you! Scott    

We had 35 members (including board members) present for this morning’s election breakfast. The results have been tallied & certified and your new board for the next year is as follows: President: Art Schoner Vice President: Tim Drewry Secretary: Lena Eljaiek Treasurer: Kirk Culpepper Maintenance Officer: Cory Allen Chief Instructor: Scott Sampson Shotgun Director: Brenda Norton Webmaster: Kyle McClammy Newsletter Editor: Tom Sanford Assistant Secretary: Vacant Provost: Mark Fitzmorris Orientation Director: Gregg Shelton Director: Dale Mullin Director: Mark Lawler Director: Taylor Strickland Director: Fletcher Dunton Director: Frank Sanders Congratulations to all the new/remaining board members.

ASC is hosting a Combative Handgun Course offered by Dave Jenkins from Rochester Personal Defense, Sept 23 & 24.  This course was developed and taught by Dave Spaulding before he retired.  Dave Jenkins is one of the few instructors that Dave Spaulding certified and recommends to teach his material! This 2 day course is $450 for members and $500 for non-members.  All payments are due no later than 15 August!   To register please contact Scott Sampson at [email protected] This is a great opportunity!!!! Description: This course takes the handgun from a sporting, plinking, or recreational implement, to a tool of combat- to be ready and willing to fight if avoidance and evasion fail. The purpose of this course is to build solid essential skills (grip, trigger control, body position, holster skills, reloads, malfunction clearances, etc.) and put them in the fight! Students will be trained to anchor and improve these essential skills under set time frames established in six (6) standards that will be shot during the course combining speed and combat accuracy. This is not a course for the brand new shooter. You must have a good foundation of skills (grip, stance, sighting, trigger operation) and a desire …

June 10th, 2023 – Calling all Ladies!  Join us for Women on Target!   All women, ages 12+ are welcome and encouraged to come out to experience firearm education in a safe and supportive environment.  This women only event will cover education in pistol, shotgun, rifle and archery.  The cost is $65/person this year and will be inclusive of all firearms, ammo and lunch at the Conference Center. Women will benefit from one-on-one instruction with certified instructors in each discipline.  Participants will receive materials and a certificate of participation. This is a fantastic event for those women that have never held a firearm before to maybe those that have experience in a discipline but not another. Don’t wait, spots are limited.  Sign up here Today! ASC Women on Target 2023 Flyer

Good Evening folks, In order to ease the pain of the range being closed for repairs and renovations, our Chief Instructor Scott Sampson will be offering a FREE Online United States Concealed Carry Association (USCCA) mini class this Monday night (4/24) at 7 PM.  The class will be about 1.5 – 2 hours long.  The mini class will be on “The Legal Use of Force”.  You will be required to provide your ASC membership number and will be registered for the class with USCCA.  Again there is no fee. The link to join is meet.google.com/bnk-mqpn-gwm Hope to see you online!  

For those that have always wanted to learn how to shoot Skeet, we have our very own Dale Mullin, who is willing to teach us!  You must be comfortable with the basic fundamentals of shotgunning.  If you took the shotgun 100 class a couple months ago you are all set. If you are interested you will need to do the following: send an email to Scott Sampson ([email protected]) – confirm that spots are still open You will need: Clays Card (RFID card) at least 100 targets. eyes and ears (Recommend plugs rather than muffs as muffs can interfere with the stock) A shotgun with an open choke Four boxes of target loads size (7 1/2 shot or smaller.) Lunch, beverages, snacks. Dress in layers so that we can adapt to the weather. Hope to see you out there!  

Register now for Handgun Combatives Course Sept 23/24,  2023 ASC is hosting David Jenkins, founder of Rochester Personal Defense to put on Dave Spaulding’s Handgun Combatives Class.  Dave Spaulding retired and has only certified a few folks to continue teaching his course and Dave Jenkins is one of them.  I have known Dave Jenkins for several years and taken instructor classes with him as well as taken classes from him and can recommend Dave completely. This class is something you won’t want to miss. If interested please contact Scott Sampson at [email protected].  Once you have contacted him you will be asked to pay on the ASC Payment Portal. Enter Handgun Combatives Class in the payment description.  Your spot is not held until payment is made.  Refunds will only be considered until 1 August.  After that refunds will not be granted as we have to commit. The cost is $450 for Members and $500 for non-members.  Sorry immediate family who are not members are not eligible for the member price.  To pay the $450 price you must enter a valid membership number.  If paying for two members put that in the Payment Notes.   Here is the class description: This course …