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Are you interested helping support the shooting sports in VA?  Are you interested in winning guns and more? The Tidewater Friends of NRA is hosting its annual banquet where you can buy a table (with a gift) or you can buy individual tickets. We will give away a FOS TECH AR to one lucky attendee just for showing up.  You can find out more by clicking on the pdf below.  Purchase your ticket or table today! VAE-8 Event Flyer When: 20 May – Doors open 5:30 Where: Greenbrier Country Club For more information: Scott Sampson 757-618-1525    

Gentle Shooters, We had a nice turnout and great weather for the Bowling Pin Match. Fifteen shooters participated and there were some noteworthy performances. The indomitable Charles Langford cruised to victory in the Five Gun standings after shooting an almost entirely clean match.  I’d be remiss if I didn’t mention that Dale Mullin turned in a scorching 3.35 second carbine string with a lever action gun. Way to go Cowboy! The rest of the more plebeian results are below for your viewing pleasure. We will do it again next month on Saturday, May 7th. See you then. Steven April 2022 Results

Gentle Shooters, You’d be a fool to miss this weekend’s 2022 season opening Bowling Pin match at the soon to be famous Airfield Shooting Club range in historic Wakefield. Ammunition is now more plentiful, so you have no reason not to attend. We will begin at 9:30 this Saturday, April 2nd. For information, rules, and directions, please see our web site at www.airfieldshootingclub.org. For specific questions, our associate, adjunct, chief pinhead is always ready with pithy advice of questionable quality at [email protected]. He isn’t all that bright, but the price is right! See you at the range Steven

We have a member Jon Lester who has volunteered to run some ATA/AIM Trap shooting events.  This takes a lot of work to host, but Jon has gladly stepped up.  Anyone is welcome to come watch or shoot.  If you are not an Amateur Trapshooting Association (ATA) member,  Jon has the forms to join on site.  Cost is $20 for adults to join and $25 for youth ($12 ATA and $13 AIM).  Please bring cash – no credit cards please. These shoots are for all ages to include kids!  The kids become part of a AIM (Academics, Integrity and Marksmanship) and compete at their level.  They have the ability to go beyond just our club if they are interested as AIM is a Nation Wide competition. The two Big 50 shoots on Sunday will be a 1400 start time.  The Saturday morning shoots are at 1000.  Registration starts 30 minutes prior.  Cost is $10 per shooter to cover targets and ATA fees.  Cash only please.  Here is a schedule of the upcoming shoots. Saturday – 2 April 2022 for VYTL, week 2 (28 Mar -3 April) Sunday – 10 April 2022 – Pollenfest Big 50 [VYTL, week 3] Saturday – …

ASC Members,   Please see the below link to access this March 2022 edition of the ASC flyer. Any questions, comments, concerns or submissions to the newsletter can be sent to [email protected]. ASC Flyer March 2022

Need to get some service hours?  Here is your opportunity!  Ducks Unlimited is renting our skeet range on March 5th from 1:30-4:30.  The group will be about 15 people. Need someone to setup the range prior and operate the traps for us and then make sure they they stay safe and pick up.  Machines will have to be restocked with clays as well. Please send an email to Scott Sampson at [email protected] to volunteer.  Only need one person. Thank you in advance!!!

UPDATE: New DATE & Time!!!! Be sure that you email Dale (email below).  Please do not go out without letting Dale know.  With the weather that we are expecting, we may have to postpone.  Dale will email those that have contacted him in case of that decision. Members (and immediate family only) – Check this out!!! Shooter Tune up Shotgun! Shotgun Fundamentals – Jan 30th 1-3 pm! Do you have a shotgun that you haven’t shot or haven’t shot in some time? Now is the time! Dale Mullin, who is a very experienced shotgun instructor and a Level II shotgun coach, will be there to help you learn to hit flying targets. Dale will help you with the fundamentals – stance, pointing etc to hit incoming, out-going and slight crossing targets. Please bring your shotgun and 2 boxes (50 shells) of ammunition. The ammunition should contain any of the following shot sizes 7-1/2, 8, or 9 size shot. Boxes labeled for target shooting or “Dove or Quail” will be OK. If you have a choice, look for velocities between 1100 and 1200 feet per second. No need for any higher velocities. If you do not have a shotgun but you …

UPDATE: New Time!!!! Be sure that you email Dale (email below) in case of bad weather. Members (and immediate family only) – Check this out!!! Shooter Tune up Shotgun! Shotgun Fundamentals – Jan 29th 1-3 pm! Do you have a shotgun that you haven’t shot or haven’t shot in some time? Now is the time! Dale Mullin, who is a very experienced shotgun instructor and a Level II shotgun coach, will be there to help you learn to hit flying targets. Dale will help you with the fundamentals – stance, pointing etc to hit incoming, out-going and slight crossing targets. Please bring your shotgun and 2 boxes (50 shells) of ammunition. The ammunition should contain any of the following shot sizes 7-1/2, 8, or 9 size shot. Boxes labeled for target shooting or “Dove or Quail” will be OK. If you have a choice, look for velocities between 1100 and 1200 feet per second. No need for any higher velocities. If you do not have a shotgun but you have been craving the opportunity to see what it was about, Dale will being some club 20 gauge shotguns. You still need to bring 2 boxes of 20 gauge shotgun shells …

Gentle Shooters, As I rode back home yesterday after the last match of the season, in my mind I had prepared a long, poetic reminiscence of another season of bowling pin shooting. However, it is going to be another beautiful day and the car is loaded for a trip to the sporting clays range. I’d love to stay and chat, but daylight is burning, so here are your scores and I will see you in April, or around the range before. Practice up, because I will be! Here are your results. Steven Category Rank Shooter String 1 String 2 String 3 String 4 Total Fastest String Carbine 1 Steven Gordon 3.58 3.98 5.46 2.52 15.54 2.52 2 Art Schoner 5.15 5.00 2.91 2.62 15.68 3 Courtney Bolze 4.39 4.19 5.19 3.62 17.39 4 Frank Sanders 7.55 6.35 7.11 6.24 27.25 5 Taylor Strickland 11.15 6.65 9.55 6.39 33.74 Major 1 Terry Miltier 4.32 8.40 4.10 5.93 22.75 4.10 2 Art Schoner 5.94 7.91 5.82 7.15 26.82 3 Steven Gordon 5.56 14.36 10.17 5.68 35.77 4 Courtney Bolze 11.72 8.92 25.00 11.47 57.11 5 Taylor Strickland 10.43 11.26 25.00 25.00 71.69 Minor NFS Terry Miltier 7.03 4.30 6.35 6.35 24.03 1 …

Well Gentle Shooters, We are approaching the end of another season of Bowling Pins. As many of our experienced shooters know, the coating on the pins does not hold up in the cold winter months. So this Saturday, December 4th will be our last match until April. We will begin at 9:30 at the stunning Airfield Shooting Club range in idyllic Wakefield. Directions to the range and rules for the match are available at our web site www.airfieldshootingclub.org and individual questions can be addressed to the pinhead at [email protected]. See you Saturday, Steven