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Calling all Pin Heads and members that need their service hours. Saturday March 1st, weather permitting 9am until we are done 3 pm-ish, we will be having a large work party. We will be building pin tables, frames for the all the ranges and also working on the ballistic wall repair project. We need some members to make up new target backers and also doing general range cleanup. Tools needs would be general carpentry tools for building the frames and tables also some power tools would be nice to have. For frames and tables: portable table saw, chop saw ,screw guns and extension cords. For the ballistic wall also general carpentry tools: chop saws, impact drivers with deep sockets(I believe 3/4″) extension cords, hammers or mallets and a generator if it is easily transportable. We will be boring 1/2″ holes thru the wall and sistering 2x6s to each side and using carriage bolts to secure them. We have a couple 1/2 drills and 1/2 boring bits but feel free to bring some if you have them. We will also be doing general cleanup so blowers for the leaves and debris on the range, some rakes and maybe shovels and a …

Thanks to Andy, we are back up and running on the Skeet fields.  It is back open! Have a great day!!!

Our skeet field cannot be used until further notice.  We are having issues with the machines.  Until this is trouble shot and repaired we are asking members to avoid using the skeet field to prevent potential further damage.  We are hoping to have the machines up and running soon but we are unsure of when. Thank you!

Airfield Shooting Club Members, We are sorry to have to tell you that the Rimfire Challenge scheduled for this month has been canceled.  Please watch future announcements for details on next month’s Rimfire Challenge and other sporting events. We apologize for any inconvenience and thank you for your understanding. We look forward to seeing everyone at future events. Best regards, Tom Sanford

The Tidewater Friends of NRA Banquet is Feb 1st at the Greenbrier Country Club.  We could use a couple outgoing volunteers to help run the banquet.  In particular we could use some folks to help with running games (this involves taking money basically) or being a table host (showing guests where there reserved tables are, giving them a run down of the events and activities and running their bills to them at the end of the night.  Then a little help cleaning up at the end of the night.  You will be on your feet all or at least most of the night. This does count for service hours for ASC.  The required time would be from 4pm to 10pm. If interested please contact Scott Sampson at [email protected] Thank you!  

The Tidewater Friends of NRA annual Banquet is Feb 1st at the Greenbrier Country Club in Chesapeake, VA.  This fun event raises money for grants to non-profits.  The money goes to non-profit organizations supporting the shooting sports like 4-H, Scouts, Veterans programs, and Women’s Programs.  We also have provided money to the police departments and college shooting teams.  Airfield Conference Center has benefited from several grants which have supported our club.  Would love to see some support from ASC members. You can buy individual tickets or you can purchase a Table of 8 (at different price points) which allows you to get a gun.  You can find out more about the event and purchase tickets at: https://www.friendsofnra.org/events/event-details?eventId=60851 Thank you!

ASC has published a new Range Rules document. A quick overview of the changes: Pg 10, Section I-G4 provided clarity on electrical conduit being ok to be used for supporting steel Pgs 10 and 11, have been revised to account for frangible ammo with steel.  Non-Jacketed frangible ammo is safer because the bullet is made of a compressed material that when it hits steel is breaks into particles like sand.  Please understand that there is Jacketed frangible ammo which has a jacket that will ricochet so it is NOT the same thing. Pg 19, RSO section – added additional guidance on how to run a range. Please take a look.  As always if you have any questions please feel free to give us a shout!  

Airfield Shooting Club Members, We regret to inform you that the Rimfire Challenge scheduled for this month has been canceled. Please keep an eye on future announcements for details on next month’s Rimfire Challenge and other upcoming sporting events. We apologize for any inconvenience and thank you for your understanding. We look forward to seeing everyone at future events. Best regards, Tom Sanford

Gentle Shooters, We are almost back to practice season, and judging by some of the scores, the timing seems appropriate. But yet there is time to ponder a few things. Will Art ever shoot the match clean? Will Cort ever miss again. But one thing is for certain, after Tuesday at least for TV ads it will be truck month again. Finally, the election and all of the noise that goes with it will be over. Until then, consider that our last match of 2024 will be on Pearl Harbor Day, Saturday December 7th. Whilst you wait, contemplate the results below. ASC Bowling Pin Match Results November 2024 Finish Competitor String 1 String 2 String 3 String 4 Total Fastest String Carbine 1 Cort Tompkins 3.31 3.04 2.23 2.23 10.81 2.23 2 Paul Lynch 4.84 3.11 2.32 2.30 12.57 3 Taylor Strickland 2.73 3.69 2.70 3.48 12.60 4 Kenny Hardee 4.73 3.87 3.71 5.77 18.08 5 Art Schoner 3.22 4.16 9.85 5.79 23.02 6 Courtney Bolze 7.63 8.56 5.96 3.89 26.04 7 Habib Bararat 8.71 7.78 7.66 6.81 30.96 Major 1 Kenny Hardee 4.47 6.71 3.89 5.17 20.24 2 Paul Lynch 3.97 4.23 5.85 8.02 22.07 3 Cort Tompkins 7.68 …

Gentle Shooters, We only have two more Bowling Pin Matches this season. We know the weather will be good for this one, so come on down to the idyllic Airfield Shooting Club range in pastoral Wakefield for the match this Saturday, November 2nd at 9:30 AM. If you are curious about Bowling Pin Shooting, you can get more information here. For specific questions, we have a pinhead available at [email protected]. He doesn’t know much, but that never impedes an authoritative answer. Steven