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We are looking  for 6 volunteers to work the district shoot on June 21, 2025. Hours are 7 a.m. to 3 p.m.  Lunch will be provided. The point of contact is Jim Manning [email protected] Duties include escorting 2 shooters at a time to rotate through the rimfire silhouette matches. You may be asked to reset the silhouettes for the shooters. After the silhouettes matches are over, we will clear the 50 yard range and setup 3 position match. During the smallbore 3 Position Match, we will need 2 or 3 volunteers to clear the 100 meter range. The other 3 volunteers will help with the 3 Position shooters. When the 3 Position match is finished,  we will clear the 50 yard range again. At the end of the matches, we will restore the 50 yard range for general use.

Rimfire Challenge, A New Long Gong Challenge Rimfire Challenge – 100 Yard Gong shooting event is uniquely designed to test and challenge your shooting skills. Join us on Sunday, May 18th, 2025, for a day of fun 22LR shooting.  This event includes individual and two-person teams scoring each other’s hits and misses. The participants will shoot up to 5 rounds of 10 shots per round. Each round has a time limit of 3 minutes that will begin and end on the match director’s commands.  The event is shot from a bench rest and is limited to bipods or front bags only.  No front rest, sleds, or rear bags allowed. Please transport all firearms to and from vehicles in a case.   When the range is called “COLD,” actions will be open with empty chamber flags inserted.  No gun or magazine handling AT ALL when the range is COLD. That includes scope adjustment or any other form of handling. There will be enough time during a HOT range to make any required adjustments.  Eye and ear protection is required. This event is open to members of the public.  Airfield Shooting Club requires that all non-member participants fill out the Guest Waiver form.  …

June 14th, 2025 – 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 $75/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.   Find out More and  Sign up here Today! Scott Sampson Chief Instructor  

Enjoy the next edition of the newsletter! Tom Sanford, Newsletter Editor. ASC Q1 Newsletter 2025

Membership Invoices have been sent out to everyone now. If you have not received it, please check your spam and junk email. The Title of the email is “Invoice”. If you cannot find it, please contact the Secretary. She will be on vacation for several weeks so please be patient in getting a response.

Rimfire Challenge – IBS Modified Benchrest 50-Yard Precision Skill Challenge on April 20th. Experience the fun of a friendly IBS-modified bench-rest shooting event uniquely designed to test and challenge your shooting skills. Join us on Sunday, April 20th, 2025, for a day of fun 22LR shooting. The shooters will follow a modified version of the IBS Benchrest Shooting Competition, shooting two to four official ARA 25 bull targets, depending on participation.  Each shooter gets 20 mins to complete each target: factory or unlimited target classifications. The cost is $5 for ASC Members and $10 for Non-Members. 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].

Gentle Shooters, We has a nice turnout for this month’s match. I apologize for the late results and lack of witty comments for this month. Here are your belated results. ASC Bowling Pin Match Results April 2025 Finish Competitor String 1 String 2 String 3 String 4 Total Fastest String Carbine 1 Paul Lynch 3.16 3.51 2.82 2.70 12.19 2 Art Schoner 4.16 2.89 2.64 2.72 12.41 3 Courtney Bolze 3.19 3.57 4.83 6.15 17.74 4 Taylor Strickland 4.31 2.22 8.00 3.23 17.76 2.22 5 Cory Allen 5.81 6.83 4.25 6.00 22.89 6 Steven Gordon 4.82 4.71 6.60 6.96 23.09 7 Allen Moran 10.15 7.88 8.95 8.63 35.61 Major 1 Kenny Hardee 3.94 4.38 4.13 3.63 16.08 3.63 2 Paul Lynch 8.04 6.77 9.94 5.29 30.04 3 Cory Allen 6.18 6.45 10.10 10.63 33.36 4 Taylor Strickland 8.65 11.47 14.52 4.03 38.67 5 Allen Moran 10.45 11.79 25.00 7.63 54.87 6 Steven Gordon 11.63 11.24 8.03 25.00 55.90 7 Art Schoner 11.31 9.46 13.55 55.00 89.32 8 Courtney Bolze 14.17 35.00 11.57 35.00 95.74 9 David Petix III 45.00 35.00 9.72 45.00 134.72 Minor 1 Paul Lynch 7.62 6.02 6.45 5.85 25.94 2 Kenny Hardee 7.50 7.19 6.03 5.55 26.27 …

***REMINDER*** For those needing service hours, this is the last work party before renewals. There will be a work party on Sunday April 6th, 9am to 3pmish, weather permitting to start the work on the ballistic wall repairs. We will be attaching 2x6s to both sides of the wall and boring a 1/2 hole thru the wall and using carriage bolts to secure the 2x6s. We will also do a general range cleanup and can always have a few members help make up the remaining target backers. We have some tools on hand but items we will need will be listed below. If time permits we may have to remove some gravel from inside the wall to repair a few troubled spots and then restore the gravel from the top of the wall, good ole bucket brigade possibly. small generators and extension cords, 6 or 8 foot or small extension ladders , 1/2 in drills, 1/2 in wood boring bits at least 12-14 in long(we have a few), impact guns and deep well sockets(I believe it is a 3/4in nut for the carriage bolt) hammer or mallets, chop saw or skill saw, chalk strings, laser level if anyone may have …

It’s that time of year! Membership renewal invoices will be sent out beginning April 7th. There is a work party on April 6th for those of you still needing service hours! Please keep our Treasurer happy by not making any payments until you receive an invoice from me. In the meantime, if you are NOT interested in renewing your membership, please send an email to [email protected].

Due to extremely heavy rains, the road to the range is flooded.  To prevent any problems the Center is closing the road and locking the gate.  The center expects the water level to recede tomorrow and have a contract in place to have the culverts cleared and dredging performed to increase their efficiency,   Art Schoner   ASC President