Airfield Shooting Club

Please find another great edition of the ASC Newsletter!  If you have any questions or suggestions or wish to contribute to future editions, please contact us to let us know!

Thank you to Don Aubuchon for putting this together and all the contributors!

You can see the December ASC Newsletter <Here>

Resending due some issues with server.  Apologize if duplicated.

Register now for Handgun Combatives Course Sept 23/24,  2023

ASC is hosting David Jenkins, founder of Rochester Personal Defense to put on Dave Spaulding’s Handgun Combatives Class.  Dave Spaulding retired and has only certified a few folks to continue teaching his course and Dave Jenkins is one of them.  I have known Dave Jenkins for several years and taken instructor classes with him as well as taken classes from him and can recommend Dave completely.

This class is something you won’t want to miss.

If interested please contact Scott Sampson at [email protected].  Once you have contacted him you will be asked to pay on the ASC Payment Portal. Enter Handgun Combatives Class in the payment description.  Your spot is not held until payment is made.  Refunds will only be considered until 1 August.  After that refunds will not be granted as we have to commit.

The cost is $450 for Members and $500 for non-members.  Sorry immediate family who are not members are not eligible for the member price.  To pay the $450 price you must enter a valid membership number.  If paying for two members put that in the Payment Notes.

Here is the class description:

This course takes the handgun from a sporting, plinking, or recreational implement, to a tool of combat- to be ready and willing to fight if avoidance and evasion fail. The purpose of this course is to build solid essential skills (grip, trigger control, body position, holster skills, reloads, malfunction clearances, etc.) and put them in the fight! Students will be trained to anchor and improve these essential skills under set time frames established in six (6) standards that will be shot during the course combining speed and combat accuracy.

This is not a course for the brand new shooter. You must have a good foundation of skills (grip, stance, sighting, trigger operation) and a desire to become more efficient.

This course will show you how to effectively use your handgun for real-world combat in a life-or-death situation. This includes:

• Fundamentals: grip, trigger control, sight alignment/picture, body position, etc.
• Ready positions and their use
• Holster skills
• Reloading
• Malfunction clearances

What you will need:

• A quality defensive handgun (a spare is not a bad idea)
• A quality duty or concealment holster
• Three magazines (minimum) with pouches or two speed-loaders (revolver use) with pouches. More magazines if you have a gun that holds less than 10rds (5 mags)
• Belt designed to support gear
• 800 rounds minimum
• Eye and ear protection
• Billed cap
• Clothing for weather conditions
• Water for hydration
• A folding or camp chair is recommended
• A concealing garment
• Good footwear

Good Afternoon Folks,

Last Friday we inspected the Range Separation wall between the 50 and 100.  We found very disturbing indications that people had shot the wall.  Not only had they shot the wall, but one round impacted the very top row about 18″ from the end of the wall.  It would not surprise me that rounds left the 50 and landed on the 100m range!  I shouldn’t have to tell you how dangerous this is.

I implore you to follow the rules and not shoot to the right of the white arrow on the 50 yd range!  Someone’s life may very well be at stake.  We did not make this rule for the heck of it.  There is a reason for it.

While I was there we also noted that a 50 yard target frame was in the 25 yd position.  To be fair the target frames are not labeled, however the 25 yd target frames are much taller than the 50 yd target frames.  If you use a 50 yd target frame at the 25, you may very well be shooting the ground.  PLEASE be mindful of which target frames you are using and where your rounds are impacting.

Our safety at the club depends on all of us at all times.  Please help by doing your part

The Board is investigating the range separation wall hits.

Respectfully,

Scott Sampson
Chief Instructor
ASC # 762

We are offering a Shotgun fundamentals class January 14th  for 8 people.  It will be taught by Dale Mullin. We plan on offering an advance class covering skeet and trap at some point in the near future and this class will be required to attend those classes.  If you don’t take this class you must be proficient with a shotgun and have participated somewhat regularly in shotgun sports (trap, skeet, 5-stand, sporting clays or hunt).

What to Bring:

•  4 boxes of shells with a shot size of 7-1/2 or 8.
• A shotgun. Keep in mind that a home defense shotgun is probably not the best choice. A semi-automatic or over and under field guns are desired. A pump action shotgun can be used but you will be at a disadvantage in the game of skeet.
• Shell pouch to hold your shells
• Eye and hearing protection
• Dress for the weather

You need to register for this class by contacting Scott Sampson at instructor@airfieldshootingclub.org.  Once you have contacted Scott Sampson he will let you know if there is an open space at that time you can pay.

The Cost is $20.  You must get confirmation from Scott Sampson before paying.  There will be NO refunds regardless of reason.  Once verified you have a space you will pay online via the payment portal with “Shotgun Class” put in the payment description.

Class will start at 10 and run until 3/4.

Thank you!

After careful consideration, the board has decided to close the Short Range Berm (SRB) until further notice due to safety concerns.  The wear and tear on the berm has finally exceed the allowable safety margins and we must close it until repairs can be made.  The board is currently looking to repair the berm while performing some improvements.  The board was working on some solutions, but this has accelerated the effort significantly.

The intent is to reach out to some contractors on Monday, while we draft up specifications for our needed scope of work.  The intent is to meet with folks in the beginning of Dec some time to walk through the modifications desired to establish quotes.  After that we are at the mercy of the contractor’s schedule once we select them.

We apologize for the inconvenience, but it is in all of our interest to stay safe and be a responsible gun range.