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Dedicated to the Preservation of Historical Firearms and the Perpetuation of the Marksmanship that Made America Free.

August 2010

San Diego County Muzzleloaders

Club Officers

President

Chuck Yetter 619-482-4627

Vice President

Steve Van Wormer 619-426-5109

Secretary

Matthew Lowrie 619-231-4883

lowrie1@cox.net

Treasurer

Steven Dietz 619-917-1627

Chief Range Officer

Doug Ruff 619-462-3041

Website

www.sandiegocountymuzzleloaders.org

Range Officer Duty Roster 2010

January---Chuck Yetter

619-482-4627

February---Glenn Harris

619-469-3538

March---Ken Yenter

619-462-8033

April---Joe Woof

619-312-2672

May---Joe Jelinek

760-639-6335

June---Carl Costantino

619-562-6499

July---OPEN

619-464-5454

August---Matt Lowrie

619-231-4883

September---Rob Brandt

619-283-6659

October---Tony Jeske

619-224-6594

November---Steven Dietz

858-454-5728

December---Doug Ruff

619-462-3041

Alternates

Don Densford---619-390-0614

Ed Horgan---619-479-4355

Club meeting 4^th Monday

Chuck Yetter’s Home

4424 Acaciia Avenue

Bonita, CA 91902

Phone-619-482-4627

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Glenn Harris and I met with Dennis Roman at P2K. Dennis was very hospitable to us and gave us a very in –depth tour of the range and explained all of the future improvements. “BIG DOIN’S” at P2K. Glenn asked Dennis about SDCML renewing our shooting schedule for the next year; Dennis said that there should be no problems and that we will stay at the current rate. On 8/23/10 I faxed Dennis a requested schedule for the next year.

I plan to provide information each month that applies to our sport. This information will come from various sources that I will acknowledge.

This month’s information is taken from the newsletter from “Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms”.

In the United States, more guns correlate with less murder. FBI data shows that America has been on a firearms buying spree since the end of 2005. Meanwhile, the FBI recently released preliminary 2009 crime data indicating that violent crime has been dropping at an accelerating rate since the end of 2006. Between November 2005 and October 2009, nearly every month’s NICS checks were higher than the year before. For example, there were 12.4 percent more NICS requests in September 2009 than in September 2008. On an annual basis, each year’s total saw a double-digit growth over the previous year beginning in 2006. NICS data mirror estimated sales data from BATFE, which also shows double-digit beginning in 2006. AFTER GUN SALES ATTAINED RECORD GROWTH IN 2006, VIOLENT CRIME RATES DECREASED AT AN ACCELERATING RATE. AFTER GUN SALES BEGAN TO PEAK IN 2006, THE MURDER RATE DECLINED AT AN ACCELERATING PACE BEGINNING IN 2007, GOING FROM -0.7% TO -3.9% IN 2008, TO -7.2% IN 2009. (It seems that the more guns we own the safer we are, this is bad news for the gun grabbers, but they will just make up some kind of lie to cover it .)

The California state senate has two bills before it: AB1810 that will require that all new purchases of long guns will be registered and AB1934 will make it against the law to openly carry a hand gun for self defense. As we all know this has nothing to do with crime prevention but is just another attempt to take away our 2^nd Amendment rights, the gun grabbers are always out there.

A summer Wolf Hunt, this hunt will last thru August, September, October, and November of 2010.

You will be shooting for a beautiful bronze wolf trophy. The winner will be determined by an aggregate of all the scores from the entire hunt.

Shooting fee is $10.00 per month per person. The Hunt will start each day at 9:00 A.M. on the following dates: 8/15, 9/19, 10/17, & 11/21 of 2010.

Fifteen shooters competed in our third Sunday shoot. Matt Lowrie was range officer for the match. The targets consisted of four different swinging silhouettes, the infamous rattlebox, and a paper target (with a twist) for a possible score of 74.

Keep in mind that the shooter who gets the best aggregate score for three out of the next four matches, wins the trophy. The hunt started with this match but you can still win if you compete in the next three matches. Good luck!

Congratulations to both teams. It was a very close shoot. There was no clear winner until the scores were added up.

These scores are almost as high as one can get without dropping the flag. Perhaps next time one team will break 100.

Next month, Rob Brandt will be range officer. He will be hosting a Chunk Gun Shoot. It is a challenging match. Thanks to Doug Ruff for writing the article for the SDCML Shoot. Please thank

All shooting will be from the bench position. Bring your cardboard target backer, a rest or chunk for the barrel of your gun, a sandbag will work well also with the chunk, and a chair. No loading will be done on the benches, all loading will be done from tables behind the benches. This is to prevent possible accidental powder ignition from guns being fired at the bench site. Sighters and shaders are allowed for some of the matches.

Sighters are as follows: A SX target is marked “sighter” and posted. The shooter takes three shots, then takes a SX target marked “score” and places it behind the sighter target where the center of his or her group is. This is done without disturbing the position of the sighter target. Then three shots are taken using the original “sighter” target aiming point. If all goes as planned, the three shot group is centered on the “score” target.

Shaders are: Because these matches take a bit of time to conduct the sun moves. As the sun moves it changes the light on the sights which changes the impact site. It may seem to the shooter the same sight picture but it is not. Shaders fit over front and rear sights and mostly cancel the problem of sun movement. Some shaders run the full length of the barrel.

Three shots at the SX target. Closest shot to theX center wins. All targets will be scored, first to last.

Sighters and shaders allowed. Closest shot to X center wins. All targets will be scored, first to last.

Sighters and shaders allowed. The three shots are measured from center of X to the center of bullet hole. The three measurements are your string total. Shortest string measurement wins. All targets will be scored, first to last.

If time allows, popular consent will repeat a match. Time will be reserved for the Drop the Flag Match.

Some targets at P2K are broken, as well as some of the rings on the rebar. Repairs need to be made. Doug Ruff will be in charge of the work party to start repairs.

Doug Ruff pointed out the need to add a 50 point target to each match for the duration of the Wolf Hunt. This will keep each match in the same point range. The first month’s match had a possible of 74 points.

Steven Dietz is our new range officer for the November match. Thanks for volunteering for R.O. duty.

The club meeting will take place at 7:00 P.M. on 9/27/10. It will be held at Chuck Yetter’s home. His home is located at:

Range: Pistol *** Event Times: 1st Sunday Rifle Competition 9:00 am

Range: Shotgun *** Event Times: 3rd Saturday Shotgun 8:00 am and 5th Sunday Shotgun 8:00 am

The muzzleloaders always welcome newcomers, beginners and spectators that might be interested in this discipline. We provide very nice medals for first, second and third place. Each month there is a designated medallion target. The winner gets a nice medallion with the SBR&GC logo (unless they already received one for high point during the current year). Gary Williams won the August medallion.

You can come out on Friday night to camp and shoot all day Saturday. Cost was $10.00. The price has dropped to $5.00 per person. Targets are the same as the ones used at Laguna Rendezvous. It’s nice to get a little practice before the Rendezvous. Don also has other novelty paper targets if you want to shoot something different. Make arrangements with Don on what you would like to shoot. Contact Don at 619-390-0614.

At this match, Don had paper target, silhouettes, charcoal, and a shotgun (smoothbore) for clay pigeons.

Lemon Grove Rod & Gun Club held it’s Black Powder Rifle Shoot on Sunday, August 15th. Ten shooters participated. Targets were discs set at 20 yards, turkey, pig, and chick silhouettes set at 40 yards and a Buffalo silhouette set at 50 yards. Trent Alford, Dave Boyle, Ron Major, and Steve Van Wormer tied for first. Ron won the shoot-off, with Trent second, and Dave third.

Pistol Get-Together

In August 2010, eight shooters got together. Below are scores in order of achievement. Paper targets were posted at 15, 25, and 50 yards. The 25 yard and 50 yard competition targets each had a possible of 100 points (ten shots each). The Aggregate is the combined 25 and 50 yard scores. This month’s novelty was the 18^th Century Bottle Target (two shots at each of the six bottles) for a possible of 120 points (placed at 15 yards). Pistols shot included one .38 Mang and a .36 Billinghurst. The two revolvers were Old Army Rugers. Stephen, Gary, Rick, and Joanne did not compete…they were sighting in their rifles for the upcoming “wolf-hunt”. SDCML is awarding a trophy after four months of competition.

As we all know, August is membership renewal month. For renewing members, the cost of membership is still a mere $12.00. It’s a great deal. Please use the form below. I would like to update the membership information. Please send me your name, address, and phone number. If you would like to receive this newsletter by email, please give me your email address. This will save the club the cost of printing and mailing.