Gil Ash of OSP Shooting Schools shares the secret to getting a hard focus on the bird faster and more clearly with this valuable tip about how the eyes work.
Rifle Scope Sight-in Process NSSF Shooting Sportscast
Ryan Cleckner shares his process for sighting in a scoped rifle. Including bore-sighting, a short 25-yard shot, shooting groups and making adjustments at 100 yards, slipping the scales and finding mechanical zero.
Certified Instructors
As ASC’s Chief Instructor I like to keep track of who, among our members, is a certified instructor. The last time I asked was several years ago so I’d like to get an update. If you hold instructor certifications through NRA, 4-H, Virginia Hunter Education, or other certifying authority, please drop me an e-mail listing your current qualifications. [email protected]
If you’re interested in becoming certified as an instructor there may be a number of opportunities during the next year. Please let me know what you’re interested in and we’ll talk about potential opportunities.
Dale Mullin
Chief Instructor, Airfield Shooting Club
Monthly Board Meeting – 18 February 2012
This is a reminder that the next scheduled meeting of Airfield Shooting Club will be this Saturday, 18 February 2012, from 9:30-11am, in Mill Run Room located inside of the Gray Building at the main Wakefield 4-H Center (http://g.co/maps/uhfzr).
We will start the morning with a buffet breakfast in the main 4-H building (Gray Building) around 8:30AM. The cost is $8.50.
Hope some members have the time to attend.
Monthly Board Meeting – 21 January 2012
This is a reminder that the next scheduled meeting of Airfield Shooting Club will be conducted on Saturday, 21 January 2012 from 9-11am, in Mill Run Room located inside of the Gray Building at the main Wakefield 4-H Center (http://g.co/maps/uhfzr).
We will start the morning with a buffet breakfast in the main building (Gray Building) around 8:30AM. The cost is $8.50.
“Monthly Board Meeting – 21 January 2012”
Women On Target 9 June 2012
Ladies ONLY Shooting Clinic – Saturday, June 9, 2012
| Where: | Airfield 4-H ConferenceCenter, Wakefield, Virginia 23888 |
| Cost: | $50.00 (pre-registration required). Cost includes loaner firearms, all ammunition, targets, instruction by NRA certified instructors and lunch. |
| Attendance limited to the first 40 applicants. | |
| When: | Saturday, June 9, 2012, sign-in begins at 9:00 a.m. |
| Contact: | Dale Mullin (757) 420-4419 (please, no calls after 9:30 p.m.) or via email at [email protected], registration form can be found at the following link. |
| Agenda: | 9:00 – 9:15 a.m. | Sign-in |
| 9:15 – 9:30 a.m. | Safety briefing – all disciplines (Rifle, Pistol, Archery & Shotgun) | |
| 9:30 a.m. | Divide into four groups and proceed to your first discipline | |
| 9:40 – 10:50 a.m. | First discipline | |
| 11:00 -12:10 a.m. | Second discipline | |
| 12:25 – 1:30 p.m. | Lunch | |
| 1:45 – 2:55 p.m. | Third discipline | |
| 3:05 – 4:15 p.m. | Fourth discipline | |
| 4:15 – 4:25 p.m. | How to keep improving your marksmanship skills | |
| 4:25 – 4:30 p.m. | Awarding of certificates. |
Trap Range Open
The Trap Range has been repaired and is open for member use again.
Thank you for your patience.
Don’t Look Down the Barrel – NSSF Shooting Sportscast
Gil Ash of OSP Shooting Schools demonstrates why shotgun shooters shouldn’t look down the barrel, nor at the bead. By focusing on the target you might see fewer targets but you’ll surely break more.
ASC hosts Pistol Class on October 22, 2011
The Airfield Shooting Club (ASC) is hosting on October 22, 2011, an NRA First Steps (Pistol) Class with additional sections on the Law of Concealed Carry and Self Defense and Methods of Concealed Carry.
The First Steps (Pistol) Class is intended to provide hands-on orientation to one specific pistol model and includes both classroom and live-fire training. Our instructors teach both revolver and semi-auto sections in this class. In addition to the NRA First Steps (Pistol) Class, over an hour long session is scheduled with Timothy W. Drewry, a Virginia practicing attorney, who will discuss some of the legal aspects of carrying concealed firearms and self defense in Virginia. There will be a question and answer period, and the attorney will remain 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. The legal instruction and the concealed carry portions of the course are non-NRA approved, but added by the ASC to better inform pistol shooters who may wish to carry concealed.
Those who successfully complete the NRA First Steps portion of the course 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 Farm Fresh A & B classroom 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 NRA Certified 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 (nonrefundable unless directed by ASC Board). Payment should be made to the “Airfield Shooting Club” and sent to ASC Vice President, Timothy W. Drewry at P.O. Box 247, Courtland, Virginia 23837. The course fee includes all NRA 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.
If you have any questions, please contact Tim Drewry at 757-653-9999 or 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 October 22!!!
Konus Spotting Scope Review
Up for review today is the Konus Spotting Scope 20-60x 80mm which I purchased from Midway USA on sale for $198.00. Midway has some of the best prices around and I have good experiences both of the times I have had to contact customer service. A decent spotting scope is a necessity for high power rifle shooting. The Konus scope has been talked about quite a bit with an assortment of good reviews, and Jim Owens seems to like it. The Konus has a variable zoom from 20x to 60x and an 80mm objective lens with a sun shade. It weighs just under four pounds and is about 17″ long. Here is the picture of the box that the scope comes packaged in.
Once you open the box you can see the carrying case that comes with the scope. The carrying case is kind of thin and nothing special but it helps keep everything together.
Unzipping the carrying case reveals the scope itself and the accessories that come with it. Included are a camera adapter and a plastic table top tripod.
The tripod works acceptably on the table but it is a bit wobbly and apt to tip over. I will be looking for a replacement tripod in the near future but the included one works for now.
When I first started to use the scope, the zoom adjustment was VERY tight and was difficult to turn. The eyepiece would come unscrewed from the force of turning the zoom. After a few minutes of use and turning the zoom and tightening the eyepiece, the tightness has appeared to go away and it is adjusting smoothly for now. I hope that it stays this way. The scope also comes with a camera adapter for taking pictures. It screws on to the eyepiece and allows you to adjust the zoom even when installed.
Once I had it unpacked and setup and finished playing with the adjustments, I settled in to shoot and try it out. Overall I was impressed with the optics and the quality of the image. Even when the zoom was cranked all the way up the image was clear and color was close to normal. Having only used this scope two times now I would not hesitate to recommend it to some one else as long as you plan on getting another tripod. I had intended to take pictures with my camera attached but I forgot to bring the camera to range so I took a few shots with my cell phone camera. I am hesitant to put them up since they were taken with a shaky cell phone but I will put one up and post another image that was taken by another reviewer with a better camera.
Shaky cell phone camera shot.
200 meter shot from a review on Inland Shooters
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