Airfield Shooting Club

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

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 one, back pack blowers and general hand tools.

If you think you can attend please send me an email or text(this is not required) or if you have any special equipment.

This is most likely the last work party before renewals so if you need service hours this will be a good opportunity to get them.

If anyone has any questions please feel free to reach out to me.

Cory

AKA the MO

Modified Metal Madness

SRB – 50 yd Range is reserved for the next Rimfire Challenge –

Modified Rimfire Steel Challenge for 22LR Pistols and/or Rifles only. This month’s challenge on Sunday, March 16th, is a speed shooting competition for 22LR pistols and rifles consisting of several modified stages with five steel targets. Competitors are scored solely by the time it takes to complete each stage by shooting five strings in order except the stop plate, which must be shot last. Throw out the worst score; the winner is the lowest overall time.

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; I suggest five. This is a timed event designed to have 90% of the shooters hit 90% of the targets 90% of the time. It is open to all; even the young and old can easily participate.

$5.00 entry fee for members, $10.00 for guests.

I need help to set up the range at 7:00 am.  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]

The semi-annual NSSA registered skeet shooting competition will be held at the Airfield Shooting Club on 22-24 March. The competition will have all categories:  12 Ga, 20 Ga, 28 Ga, .410 bore, and Doubles.

There will be a cash prize for first place in each category.

The cost is  $30.00  per gun.

In order to participate you please notify intent to shoot (day, gun, etc.) and be a member of NSSA.  Walkups are subject to waiting and possibly shifting to Sunday or Monday.

On the day of the shoot you will need:

1. Cash or check for a full amount for each gun. Checks are to be payable to Airfield Shooting Club
2. NSSA membership card. You may join the NSSA at the shoot, the yearly membership is $30.00.  Or you can just shoot for fun, not reporting the scores.  Cost is $20 for just targets.
3. Classification Sheet.

The competition will allow mixed guns each day so you may compete on any of the 3 days.  Once we have all shooters sending their preferences, a draft schedule will be made available to all.

Ties for Gun Championships will be decided by long runs from the front or back whichever is longer.

Email day(s), gun(s), NSSA number and address to:

[email protected]

Additionally, if anyone needs to get their service hours in, I will be asking for help refereeing, scoring and trapping.  Let me know which days (Saturday and/or Sunday) you can work.  Past volunteers or experienced skeet shooters preferred. Any questions, let me know.

On March 22, 2025, the Airfield Shooting Club (ASC) is hosting a Pistol Class including sections on the Law of Concealed Carry and Self Defense and Methods of Concealed Carry.
The ASC Pistol Class is intended to provide hands-on orientation to the safe handling of handguns and includes both
classroom and live-fire training. Our instructors teach both revolver and semi-auto sections in this class. In addition to
the ASC Pistol Class, over an hour long session is scheduled with Timothy W. Drewry, a Virginia licensed attorney,
who will discuss some of the legal aspects of carrying concealed firearms and self defense in Virginia. The attorney is a
certified pistol instructor too and usually remains 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.
Please note that the ASC Pistol Class, including the legal and concealed carry sections, is a non-NRA course, but it
satisfies the handgun competency requirements set forth in Virginia Code § 18.2-308.02 (B). This course is conducted
by state certified or NRA certified firearms instructors.

Those who successfully complete the ASC Pistol Class will receive a certificate which will serve as
proof of training for the purpose of obtaining a Virginia Concealed Handgun Permit.

The course is scheduled to commence at 9:00 a.m. in the Spain Building located at the Airfield 4-H
Conference Center (near Wakefield). We expect the formal portion of the course will be completed by about
4:00 p.m., however several of the instructors usually remain at the range to help those who want to get some additional
practice with their handguns. It is not necessary that you own a firearm in order to attend these courses. The
instructors will bring some of their personal firearms, which you may borrow. If you have your own firearm, you may
bring it to the range for live fire practice, but please do not bring a loaded firearm to the classroom portion in the
morning. We will do our first work with loaded firearms in the early afternoon.

Cost of the class is $65.00 per participant (nonrefundable unless directed by ASC Board). Must be 18+ years
old to attend and have no legal prohibitions to possess a firearm. Payment should be made to the “Airfield
Shooting Club” and sent attention to Timothy W. Drewry at P.O. Box 523, Wakefield, Virginia 23888. If mailing, include
name(s) of participant(s) and the following for each: phone #; address; and email address. You can also pay
online at the following: https://airfieldshootingclub.org/make-payment/ . When paying online, choose “ASC Payment
Portal.” Fill in the online payment form including your name, address, phone #, and email. Type “ASC Pistol Class fee”
as reason for paying. If you are an ASC member, insert your number, otherwise you may use “000.” Also when paying
online, send an email to Tim Drewry at his email address below and give him name(s) of participant(s) and the following
for each: phone #; address; and email address. Failure to fully identify participants may prevent them from participating
in course. The course fee includes all class materials, some .22 caliber ammunition and the attorney's fees,
but does not include the cost of any centerfire ammunition. You may bring your own centerfire ammunition to use in
your own firearm or an instructor’s firearm. Note: This course has limited space; the course is filled as payments
are received. It is best to contact Tim Drewry to verify space is still available
before making payment !!!!

If you have any questions, please contact Tim Drewry by email at [email protected]. If you
already have a concealed carry permit, this is a great refresher course, especially
if the first course you took to acquire your permit did not have a lecture on
the laws in Virginia. If you have family, friends and neighbors who wish to acquire
a concealed carry permit, then this course will fully prepare them!!! We
hope you will register for this class and join us on March 22nd !!!

Calling all Pin Heads and members that need their service hours.

We are in need of a post hole digger, I have a manual one, but if someone has a gas one that would be great. We need to bore 4 holes for 4×4 post to make frame holder for the SRB and 100.

Also of importance: I listed all the projects we would like to work on, but they are now all a must do. We need to build pin tables and frames for the range at a minimum.

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 power washer to wash the concrete by the bathrooms(time permitting). For lighter work we also have to prep the 300 or so new target backers, heavy scissors for cutting duct tape and the punching holes in the backer and installing grommets. Hopefully some of our seasoned target backer makers will show up for leadership on this. If we have the people available, we have a tree near the bathroom building that needs to be taken down. So pole saw and chain saws would be helpful to have. If we take the tree down we need to cut it into firewood size pieces for the center.

Please remember to bring all proper personal protection equipment: gloves, hats safety glasses and such.

If you have any questions or have any specialty equipment that we may be able to use please reach out to me via email.

Do we have any painters in the club? We would like to do some cleanup and painting down at the shotgun ranges(need both low and high houses cleaned and painted). We also need an HVAC technician to look at the building central air unit and do a service on it( it is currently working like it is supposed to).

Cory, aka the MO

[email protected]