Pick Up Your Targets Quicker – NSSF Shooting Sportscast
Gil Ash of OSP Shooting Schools shares the secret to getting a hard focus on the bird faster and more clearly with this valuable tip about how the eyes work.
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Rifle Scope Sight-in Process NSSF Shooting Sportscast
Ryan Cleckner shares his process for sighting in a scoped rifle. Including bore-sighting, a short 25-yard shot, shooting groups and making adjustments at 100 yards, slipping the scales and finding mechanical zero.
Certified Instructors
As ASC’s Chief Instructor I like to keep track of who, among our members, is a certified instructor. The last time I asked was several years ago so I’d like to get an update. If you hold instructor certifications through NRA, 4-H, Virginia Hunter Education, or other certifying authority, please drop me an e-mail listing your current qualifications. [email protected] If you’re interested in becoming certified as an instructor there may be a number of opportunities during the next year. Please let me know what you’re interested in and we’ll talk about potential opportunities. Dale Mullin Chief Instructor, Airfield Shooting Club
Monthly Board Meeting – 18 February 2012
This is a reminder that the next scheduled meeting of Airfield Shooting Club will be this Saturday, 18 February 2012, from 9:30-11am, in Mill Run Room located inside of the Gray Building at the main Wakefield 4-H Center (http://g.co/maps/uhfzr). We will start the morning with a buffet breakfast in the main 4-H building (Gray Building) around 8:30AM. The cost is $8.50. Hope some members have the time to attend.
Monthly Board Meeting – 21 January 2012
This is a reminder that the next scheduled meeting of Airfield Shooting Club will be conducted on Saturday, 21 January 2012 from 9-11am, in Mill Run Room located inside of the Gray Building at the main Wakefield 4-H Center (http://g.co/maps/uhfzr). We will start the morning with a buffet breakfast in the main building (Gray Building) around 8:30AM. The cost is $8.50.
Women On Target 9 June 2012
Ladies ONLY Shooting Clinic – Saturday, June 9, 2012 Where: Airfield 4-H ConferenceCenter, 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 9, 2012, 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 12:25 – 1:30 p.m. Lunch 1:45 – 2:55 p.m. Third discipline 3:05 – 4:15 p.m. Fourth discipline 4:15 – 4:25 p.m. How to keep improving your marksmanship skills 4:25 – 4:30 p.m. Awarding of certificates.
Trap Range Open
The Trap Range has been repaired and is open for member use again. Thank you for your patience.
Don’t Look Down the Barrel – NSSF Shooting Sportscast
Gil Ash of OSP Shooting Schools demonstrates why shotgun shooters shouldn’t look down the barrel, nor at the bead. By focusing on the target you might see fewer targets but you’ll surely break more.
ASC hosts Pistol Class on October 22, 2011
The Airfield Shooting Club (ASC) is hosting on October 22, 2011, an NRA First Steps (Pistol) Class with additional sections on the Law of Concealed Carry and Self Defense and Methods of Concealed Carry. The First Steps (Pistol) Class is intended to provide hands-on orientation to one specific pistol model and includes both classroom and live-fire training. Our instructors teach both revolver and semi-auto sections in this class. In addition to the NRA First Steps (Pistol) Class, over an hour long session is scheduled with Timothy W. Drewry, a Virginia practicing attorney, who will discuss some of the legal aspects of carrying concealed firearms and self defense in Virginia. There will be a question and answer period, and the attorney will remain with the class until the very end so that he may answer questions which may arise. An additional segment of the course will include a brief discussion of some of the firearms appropriate for concealed carry and the holsters or other devices which might be suited for carrying a firearm concealed. The legal instruction and the concealed carry portions of the course are non-NRA approved, but added by the ASC to better inform pistol shooters who may …
Konus Spotting Scope Review
Up for review today is the Konus Spotting Scope 20-60x 80mm which I purchased from Midway USA on sale for $198.00. Midway has some of the best prices around and I have good experiences both of the times I have had to contact customer service. A decent spotting scope is a necessity for high power rifle shooting. The Konus scope has been talked about quite a bit with an assortment of good reviews, and Jim Owens seems to like it. The Konus has a variable zoom from 20x to 60x and an 80mm objective lens with a sun shade. It weighs just under four pounds and is about 17″ long. Here is the picture of the box that the scope comes packaged in. Once you open the box you can see the carrying case that comes with the scope. The carrying case is kind of thin and nothing special but it helps keep everything together. Unzipping the carrying case reveals the scope itself and the accessories that come with it. Included are a camera adapter and a plastic table top tripod. The tripod works acceptably on the table but it is a bit wobbly and apt to tip over. I …