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🚫 Buckshot Violation Alert 🚫 We recently discovered buckshot shell casings on the shotgun range. ⚠️ BUCKSHOT IS STRICTLY PROHIBITED ON THE SHOTGUN RANGE. ⚠️ This includes trap, skeet, and 5-stand areas. ✅ Allowed Shot Sizes: Only shot shells size 7.5 or smaller (e.g., 8, 9) are permitted. 🔍 Why? Larger shot can travel beyond our designated shot fall zone, posing a serious safety risk. 🔁 Where Buckshot Is Allowed: Buckshot, slugs, and similar loads may be used on the SRB or 25/50-yard and 100m ranges. Let’s keep our ranges safe and enjoyable for everyone. Please follow the rules and help us maintain a safe shooting environment. Violations of this rule will result in disciplinary action.

I was recently shown a video of a group on a firing line. The safety violations were staggering. These weren’t new shooters — they appeared experienced, but likely complacent. When I was flying aircraft, we had a saying: “Complacency kills.” These folks were lucky that phrase didn’t hold true. Let’s talk about firing line safety. While each range has its own rules, there should be a universal baseline of safe behavior. Here are a few fundamentals: Bringing a Gun to the Line Always bring your firearm to the line in a case, and ensure it’s unloaded. Uncasing Before touching the firearm, rotate the case so the barrel faces downrange. Otherwise, you risk pointing the gun in an unsafe direction the moment you touch it. Open the Action Before placing the gun on the bench, open the action, remove any magazines (if applicable), and lay it down with the ejection port facing up. Firearms should never be set down with a closed action or a magazine inserted — except in an emergency. If you have chamber flags, use them. Cold Line Protocol When the line is cold and someone goes downrange, step back from the shooting points. No Handling During Cold …

I was at the range today on the 100m.  I found a lot of broken clays on the crest of the slight hill just forward of the shooting points. I found bullet strikes on the ground where the shooter missed the clays.  Per our rules we prohibit shooting anything on the ground unless it is at the berm.  You cannot use portable targets anywhere other than at/in the berm.  Because the ground is not stone free, a round could have skipped off a rock and ended up in the road.  We do have cameras just for this type of situation so we will track down who did this or you could save us the trouble and let the board know if it was you. It doesn’t matter if you were shooting rifle, pistol or shotgun.  This is not allowed.

Rimfire Challenge – ARA Modified Benchrest 50-Yard Precision Skill Challenge Experience the fun of a friendly ARA-modified bench-rest shooting event uniquely designed to test and challenge your shooting skills. Join us on Sunday, September 21st, 2025, for a day of fun 22LR shooting. The shooters will follow a modified version of the ARA Benchrest Shooting Competition, shooting two to four official ARA 25 bull targets, depending on participation.  Each shooter has 20 minutes to complete each target, whether it’s a factory or unlimited target classification. The cost is $5 for ASC Members and $10 for Non-Members.  Please bring exact cash. All participants must attend the Safety Meeting to shoot!  The range set-up/sighting-in period lasts until 8:30 AM, and then the range goes cold for the 8:30 AM Mandatory Safety Meeting/Instructions. The match starts promptly at 9:00 a.m. and lasts until noon. All participants must attend the Safety Meeting to shoot!  *** The 25 – 50 Meter Range is Closed for this Event. *** For more information about this event, contact the Match Director, Tom Sanford, at [email protected].

Airfield Shooting Club Newsletter 3rd Edition.  Enjoy and feel free to contribute by taking photos of events or your day at the range, writing articles about items of interest, or sharing what you’ve been researching or learning.  Email all inquiries or submittals to the [email protected]. ASC Q2 Newsletter 2025    

Fellow members, For those that have not been following social media and news reports, the Sig Sauer P320 has come under a lot of scrutiny lately due to what appears to be un-commanded  discharges.  Currently there is no clear answer as to why this is happening.  The majority of issues we have seen are associated with the gun being in a holster.  Many of us own Sig 320 platforms and have never had an issue.  The safety of the platform however does concern us.  As a result we have done the following: Modified the range rules to include a TEMPORARY section which includes a BAN on having a Sig P320, LOADED in a holster on ASC property.  You may still shoot the gun without a using a holster.  Keep in mind that we still don’t allow any loaded gun to be set down on a bench unless it is an emergency. We have added an Sig Sauer P320 Information web page to capture information about the platform. Information about the ban is included here as well as the range rules. Please understand this ban we hope is temporary until a clear reason and solution (if applicable) is made.  We recognize …

Just to let you know, the Rimfire Challenge for this month has been canceled due to a recent death in my immediate family.   I apologize for any inconvenience caused by the late notice.  Thank you for being so supportive during this time,.  We will resume next month as scheduled.   Tom Sanford

We have posted new Range Rules.  Below is a summary of the changes. Pg 7, Section I -D1 amplified that no shooting should take place outside of 6 am to 10 pm regardless of sunrise and sunset. Pg 7, Section I-D3.   Removed Sunday noise restriction requirements. Pg 9, Section I-D15. New. Added clarity that shotguns maybe used on the SRB, 50yd and 100m ranges. Pg 10, Section E-5, Removed verbiage about secretary forwarding the waivers to the 4-H center. Pg 11, Section I-G6. Added table to describe the safe distance to shoot steel based on ammunition type. Removed paragraph wording which described the same. Pg 12, Section I-H. Added entire section about ammunition type to be used on the range to include when shooting steel targets and other than steel targets. Pg 23, Section V.  Added AED to the emergency equipment to get during an emergency. Have a Great Weekend!!!!

Rimfire Challenge – Barnyard Bash SRB – 50 yd Range is reserved for this Rimfire Challenge – The Barnyard Bash Rimfire Challenge is for 22 LR only. This month’s challenge, on Sunday, July 20th, is a speed shooting competition shooting at barnyard animals: (steel chickens, boars, turkeys & rams) in four strings to complete the match.  Each target hit is worth 1 point.  40 points total for each match.   The course of fire is designed to be completed by even the most inexperienced shooter using one 10-round magazine without reloading “on the clock.” I recommend a minimum of two magazines, each holding five rounds.  It is open to all; even the young and old can easily participate. A $5.00 entry fee applies to members, and $10.00 to guests. I need help setting up the range at 7:00 am and taking it down after the match.  Safety Meeting 8:30-9:00 am. The safety meeting is mandatory to shoot the match. The match starts promptly at 9:00 am. Contact Match Director: Tom Sanford, [email protected]

📰 Special Edition: Airfield Shooting Club Annual Breakfast & Board Elections – July 19, 2025Hello, ASC members! We’re excited to bring you this Special Edition of The Flyer dedicated to our Annual Member Breakfast and Board of Directors Elections, taking place on Saturday, July 19, 2025, at 8:30 a.m. in the Gray Building dining hall at the Airfield Center.  Join us as the Board presents updates on upcoming initiatives and facilities improvements before we cast votes to shape the leadership and direction of ASC for the coming year.  Please RSVP by July 9 to [email protected] so we can save you a seat! Special Edition 2025