The long range forecast for this Saturday, June 1st calls for sunny skies, light winds, temps in the low 80’s and times for five carbine powered pins of under two seconds. Yes, there will be a Bowling Pin Match this Saturday, June 1st at the scenic Airfield Shooting Club range in pastoral Wakefield VA. Rules for the match and directions to the range can be found on the ASC Web site. For specific questions about the match, email our resident assistant chief pinhead at [email protected].
This month’s Rimfire Challenge will be the Modified Metal Madness; it is a speed shooting competition consisting of shooting five steel targets in the proper order using a 22LR pistol or rifle. Competitors are scored solely by the time it takes to complete each stage. The course of fire is designed to be completed by even the most inexperienced shooter using one 10-round magazine per string without the need to reload “on the clock.” It is recommended to have 2 – 5 magazines; note a maximum of 10 round limits per string. The match winner is the competitor with the lowest overall time. We will set up a couple of benchrest stations and KYL “Know Your Limits” spinner targets if you want to try them.
The range is set up at 7:00 am, Safety Meeting 8:00-8:30 am, and the safety meeting is mandatory to shoot the match. The match starts immediately after the safety meeting. Contact Match Director: Tom Sanford, [email protected]
The lock combinations will be changing this coming Saturday, May 18th by mid-day. If you do not plan on renewing your membership, please email [email protected] so we remove you from the roster.
Renewals from now through May 31st will not be assessed a late fee of $25, which begins June 1st.
Far be it for me to stoke the continued fixation around the bowling pin community regarding the lowest elapsed time for a pistol caliber carbine string during a sanctioned competition. No, I am but your humble scribe. None other that our President ushered me into his home Saturday evening to tell me how it went down. Taylor Strickland had just set the club record for carbine only to have it broken the same day by Cory Allen. To paraphrase the ancient Bill Joel song, “If you want to make a hit you gotta make it fit, so they cut it down to 2.05.” Congratulations. Can 1.99 be far away? There was a bunch of other shooting, all of which is listed below. We will do it again June 1st. See you there.
Have you always wanted to learn how to shoot skeet or trap? Now’s your chance!
Corrected a couple typos from the last post.
Dale Mullin will be leading Skeet 101 on May 11th from 9-5. You must have had the Shotgun 101 or generally be proficient with a shotgun in order to take this class. Dale will take you through the game of skeet shooting while teaching you the fundamentals of shooting skeet.
Scott Sampson will be leading the Trap 101 on May 25th from 9-5. You must have had the Shotgun 101 or generally be proficient with a shotgun in order to take this class. Scott will take you through the game of Trap shooting while teaching you the fundamentals of shooting Trap.
These are two separate courses. You must sign up and pay for each.
It is time again to blast bowling pins in the name of ever lower elapsed times. This Saturday, May 4th, we will assemble at the stunning Airfield Shooting range is pastoral Wakefield VA. It will be pastoral until 9:30 when the first shots ring out. But you want to be there at 9 to help set up. Directions to the range and rules to the match can be found at the ASC web site airfieldshootingclub.org. For specific questions, contact our assistant adjunct pinhead at [email protected]
Hello all, Saturday April 27th, I made a visit to the range to place the new climate control box for the AED back at the 50. If the AED is used please advise a board member or myself so that we can reset the AED and the cable for the AED box alarm. If the AED is removed an alarm will activate and can only be silenced by replacing the cable or shutting the door on the cabinet.
When I arrived to place the new box I noticed that someone had been shooting at the drink machine end of the 50 and had left a large amount of fired brass from a shooting session on the concrete floor. While we are glad you are enjoying the range please be kind and clean up your fired casings from the range surface. If you notice any unfired rounds or misfires, please place those in the dud can, several unfired rounds were found by numerous members and myself that morning. This keeps it safe for fellow members to walk on the concrete surface. Also please clean up your target backers by removing your used targets from the backer and placing the backer back in the sign in shed when you have completed shooting. Please place all your trash in the provided trash cans. If the cans are full, you could also help out and remove and replace the bags and take them to the dumpster. Extra trash bags should be in the sign in shed. If you do take the trash off, please send me a text or email with a picture and your name and member number and you will be credited for service hours. My information is on the club home page or the sign in shed door. Remember, this is our range, please keep it clean and presentable for all to use.
We have a facebook page. If you are on facebook and haven’t joined our private group, please do so! It is another way to communicate with the club! Just search for Airfield Shooting Club and ask to join!
Have you always wanted to learn how to shoot skeet or trap? Now’s your chance!
Dale Mullin will be leading Skeet 101 on May 11th from 9-5. You must have had the Shotgun 101 or generally be proficient with a shotgun in order to take this class. Dale will take you through the game of skeet shooting while teaching you the fundamentals of shooting skeet.
Scott Sampson will be leading the Trap 101 on May 20th from 9-5. You must have had the Shotgun 101 or generally be proficient with a shotgun in order to take this class. Scott will take you through the game of Trap shooting while teaching you the fundamentals of shooting Trap.
These are two separate courses. You must sign up and pay for each.
The road to the range will be closed on Tuesday April 23 at 6PM. The culverts under the roadway at the swamp/beaver dam area will be cleaned out. Work will be completed that evening and normal access to the range will resume Wednesday morning.
