Service Rifle / Zombie Match December CANCELLED
Temperatures are expected to be in the mid-20s and below freeaing. Match will resume in January 2017.
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Range Road Closed-Volunteers Needed!
Attention ASC Members: Due to the effects of Hurricane Michael, the range road is not safe for travel, especially cars and low to the ground vehicles. The Director of the 4-H Center, Mel Atkinson, has asked for volunteers to help with emergency repairs on the road. If you want to fulfill some ASC service hours, please contact Mel at 757-899-4901 or via email at [email protected] . Also, Mel could use volunteers to help prepare for the Boo Grass Festival coming soon to the Center. If you can help with the festival, please contact Mel. ASC service hours will be awarded when you volunteer to assist the 4-H Center. Thank you! –Tim Drewry, ASC VP
Service Rifle / Zombie Match October Cancelled
The weather forecast for 8 October 2016 is predicting “Rain showers in the morning will evolve into a more steady rain in the afternoon. High 73F. Winds NE at 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 100%. Rainfall may reach one inch.” Therefore, in light of the potential bad weather coming, the October Match is cancelled. We will have the next match on 12 November 2016.
Range Closure Friday – August 5th
RANGE IS CLOSED ON FRIDAY – AUGUST 5, 2016 FROM 12:00PM to the END OF THE DAY. Due to the need to conduct soil management work, the range will be CLOSED from 12:00pm (Noon) until the end of thr day.We will be applying chemicals and it needs to settle before the range can be used.Thank you for your understanding and we apologize for any inconvience this may cause.
Traffic Alert for Thursday April 7th
We have been advised that VDOT will be closing Turkey Pen Road on April 7th 2016 in order to replace culverts. This is the road with the entrance to the 4H Center. VDOT states that it should be a one day job only.
Women on Target 4 June 2016
Ladies ONLY Shooting Clinic – Saturday, June 4, 2016 Airfield Shooting Club is holding another Women on Target Event!! Our Women on Target events are fun and educational. Women on Target Program Page Where: Airfield 4-H Conference Center, Wakefield, Virginia 23888 Cost: $50.00 (pre-registration required). Cost includes loaner firearms, all ammunition, targets, instruction by NRA certified instructors and lunch. Attendance limited to the first 40 applicants. When: Saturday, June 4, 2016, sign-in begins at 9:00 a.m. Contact: Dale Mullin (757) 420-4419 (please, no calls after 9:30 p.m.) or via email at [email protected], registration form can be found by following the link on the bottom of this page. Agenda: 9:00 – 9:15 a.m. Sign-in 9:15 – 9:30 a.m. Safety briefing – all disciplines (Rifle, Pistol, Archery & Shotgun) 9:30 a.m. Divide into four groups and proceed to your first discipline 9:40 – 10:50 a.m. First discipline 11:00 -12:10 a.m. Second discipline 12:20 – 1:50 p.m. Lunch 2:00 – 3:10 p.m. Third discipline 3:20 – 4:30 p.m. Fourth discipline 4:30 – 4:40 p.m. How to keep improving your marksmanship skills 4:40 – 4:50 p.m. Awarding of certificates.
Women on Target 6 June 2015
Ladies ONLY Shooting Clinic – Saturday, June 6, 2015 Airfield Shooting Club is holding another Women on Target Event!! Our Women on Target events are fun and educational. Women on Target Program Page Where: Airfield 4-H Conference Center, Wakefield, Virginia 23888 Cost: $50.00 (pre-registration required). Cost includes loaner firearms, all ammunition, targets, instruction by NRA certified instructors and lunch. Attendance limited to the first 40 applicants. When: Saturday, June 6, 2015, sign-in begins at 9:00 a.m. Contact: Dale Mullin (757) 420-4419 (please, no calls after 9:30 p.m.) or via email at [email protected], registration form can be found at the following link. Agenda: 9:00 – 9:15 a.m. Sign-in 9:15 – 9:30 a.m. Safety briefing – all disciplines (Rifle, Pistol, Archery & Shotgun) 9:30 a.m. Divide into four groups and proceed to your first discipline 9:40 – 10:50 a.m. First discipline 11:00 -12:10 a.m. Second discipline 12:20 – 1:50 p.m. Lunch 2:00 – 3:10 p.m. Third discipline 3:20 – 4:30 p.m. Fourth discipline 4:30 – 4:40 p.m. How to keep improving your marksmanship skills 4:40 – 4:50 p.m. Awarding of certificates.
Defensive Pistol match season starts up … Saturaday, Jan 31st
Our Defensive Pistol match season starts up this comeing Saturday, January 31st.. This is our 1st match of 2015, come on out and see what it’s about! Defensive Pistol Shooting is a format of competitive shooting that scores the participants on the combined skills of of accuracy and speed. No prior experience is required and is open to anyone that wants to either participate or watch the event. —50 yard range in use from 08:00am till 04:00pm or whenever cleanup is done.— Match information: Set-up: 8 am – 10am on the 50 yard range. Staff and SO’s shoot: 10 am – 11 am Squad: 11 am – 1 pm (NOTE: Set up crew has priority to shoot in Squad 1) Squad: 1 pm – 3 pm Squad: 3 pm – 4 pm ASC Defensive Pistol Match on Sat. Jan. 31 Advance email sign-up for squadding opens on Jan. 23. Send email to [email protected]— STAGES: Jan 2015_all stages.pdf Stage briefs will be conducted before each new squad starts shooting. Upon request, a new shooter orientation will be conducted 15 min prior to the stage brief. Please indicate interest when signing up. ADVANCE EMAIL SIGN-UP: Send a note to [email protected] and indicate …
ASC Defensive Pistol match training session
We do not have a sufficient number of shooters for a regular ASC Defensive Pistol match, and will hold a training session instead. Stages..We will set up stages or individual props to practice specific skills (such as shooting on the move, engaging moving targets, transitions, shooting from cover etc.) based on shooters’ interests.We will time each other and use safety officers like in a regular match. Fees..We ask shooters to contribute a fee of $5 to offset costs for consumables and targets. We encourage you to bring a pistol-caliber carbine if you own one which will give you the option for training some tactical carbine shooting.No prior experience is required and is open to anyone that wants to participate. Time..Set-up will begin at 8:45 am. We will likely wrap up in the early afternoon, around 2 pm. You can join us any time. Any queations or need more info please contact Jeff or Tanja at [email protected]
New Rifle Match Opportunities
Expanding opportunities for high power sports—traditional service rifles, modern sporters and the coming zombie apocalypse Starting in November 2014, highpower modern sporting rifle and service rifle participants will have two venues to shoot; Traditional Service Rifle (using CMP rules) or the new Zombie Rifle Match (see attached article). The Airfield Shooting Club’s (ASC) primary mission is to “promote safety and shooting education” for members and non-member guests. Since taking the primary role of directing our monthly matches, a number of ASC members have talked to me and raised a number of issues that should be addressed or clarified. This article will highlight three main areas of concern that I have heard from participants in our “Service Rifle.” It is the intent that addressing these three main issues, it will allow ASC members to have greater knowledge, and feel more inclusive to our monthly event. The three main areas of concerns we will address: 1. Is “Service Rifle” just a Civilian Marksmanship Program event?; 2. What if I am not an owner of a CMP sanctioned rifle?, and finally, 3. What opportunities do I have if I am a high-power shooter wanting to shoot in a completive event, but not a …