October 2024 Newsletter

FWRR Club Meeting

The next meeting of the Fort Wayne Rifle and Revolver Club will be held on Monday, October 7, 2024.  Meeting Place: VFW Post 857, located at 2202 West Main Street in Fort Wayne.  Meeting Time: 7:30 p.m.  Meeting Agenda:  Standard meeting format.

Please make an effort to attend meetings, as a quorum is required to conduct club business. 

Club Election

Club Officers will be elected during the December meeting.  Positions include: President, Vice President, Secretary, Treasurer, Director, Program Manager, and Range Safety Officer.

The term of the Director is six years; the term of all other elected officials is two years.

Persons who have been members in good standing for two full years are eligible to run for office and to vote in elections.   Eligible members who wish to have their names placed on the ballot should contact Mark Walters at the October meeting or via email (mwalt1@comcast.net).

Maintenance Activities, Facility Improvements, etc.

Thanks go to Jim Johnston and Rick Schwaiger for their work in cleaning up debris from the tree which fell at the south end of the 100-yard firing line.

Mowing Schedule

The 2024 Mowing Schedule is available on the club’s website. https://fwrrclub.org/

Mowing dates that are scheduled to occur are 10/16, and 10/30.  Dates are tentative, depending on weather and ground conditions.   Mowing times vary according to volunteer availability.  Efforts will be made to provide mowing date and time updates on the website. 

The Main Range is closed during mowing and other range maintenance activities.   Pistol Bays 4 and 5 remain open during mowing.  It is recommended that members check the website https://fwrrclub.org/  for updates before traveling to the range.

Sad News

Two members have passed away since the publication of the last newsletter: Bill Simon (April, 1988) and Nick Norris (February, 2006).  

Bill was an avid sportsman and high-power competitor.   Nick was interested in all facets of firearms, especially precision shooting.

Discipline Reports

ACPDL (Allen County Practical Defense League)

An ACPDL match will be held on  11/2.   The last match of the calendar year will be held on 12/7

Only ACPDL members are permitted to shoot.  The pre-match meeting begins at 9:00 a.m. and shooting commences at 9:30 a.m.  Matches are typically finished by 12:00 noon.   Observers and those persons interested in becoming ACPDL members are welcome.

USPSA (United States Practical Shooting Association)

The last match of the calendar year will be held at 9:00 a.m. on 10/20.

High-power (HP)Upcoming High Power Events

Junior Class 

On Saturday October 12, I am holding a High Power Clinic focusing on prospective Junior shooters from the DeKalb County 4-H shooting program – but if you have a Junior that would be interested in High Power, please invite them to this class.

The class starts at 8:00, participants will need to bring lunch.  After a morning classroom session, we will shoot to practice the things we covered in classroom instruction.  The class is free to Juniors and parents are welcome to sit in and see what we are doing with the program.   Let me know of any interested Juniors – contact Larry Beardsley at FWRRHPDirector@aol.com

3 x 20 Prone Match

Our last High Power match of the season will be on Saturday, October 19 – a 3 x 20, 300-yard Prone Match.  These matches are some of the most popular and well attended matches we have and I would like to close out the season with a BANG with this match.  The last match we had to run three relays -so make me run four relays this time!  Start time is 9:00 – we’ve lost the early morning sun as we get deeper into Fall.

Winter Offhand

Winter Offhand starts on Saturday, November 9th (note the return to second Saturday activities).  We register at 8:30 or so and start when we get a full relay on the line.  We will shoot as many relays as we need to accommodate everyone.  Course of fire is 22 shots first stage (the low two shots are considered to be sighters and 20-shots for record) and 20-shots for record second stage.

Depending on demand, there may be a Junior practice following the match as well as the winter Half Match crew resuming their matches.  Keep an eye open for how this works out.

The Main Range closes at 3:00 p.m. prior to HP practice sessions.   The pistol bays remain open during HP practice sessions and matches.   As is always the case, informal practice in the Pistol Pit is limited to Bays 4 and 5.

People and Accomplishments

Emma Branson with the Peter Faatz Junior Trophy and Mike King with the Governor’s Cup and ISRPA Full Course Award
Marshall Rohrbach with the Fall Creek 100-Yard State Championship Trophy.  Mike King took second place, Creedmoored by Marshall.
Mike King took the Indiana 300-yard championship at Wildcat Valley.  Marshall Rohrbach was First Expert and Emma Branson took First Junior and High Woman awards.

FWRR Shooters at Camp Perry National Matches; Tayt Shaffer, Coach Beardsley, Geoff Branson and Emma Branson

Cowboy Action

The last Cowboy Action match of the calendar year will be held on 10/12.  Registration opens at 8:30 a.m. for regular matches and at 9:00 a.m. for voluntary side matches.  Regular match start time is 10:00 a.m.  The matches begin with a mandatory shooter meeting. The ammunition requirements for the regular match are 60 rounds for pistols, 60 rounds rifles, and 30 rounds for shotguns.  Only lead bullets and shot are permitted.  Shot may be no larger than #4 (shot sizes 4 – 9). 

PCSL (Practical Competition Shooting League)

The last PCSL match of the calendar year will be held on 10/27. Match time is 10:00 a.m. Registration starts at 9:30 a.m. 

New shooter orientation begins at 9:50 a.m.  Rifles in caliber .223 and pistols in calibers 9 mm, .40 and .45 are used in this competition.  Rounds counts are 120/match for rifles and 60/match for pistols.

New Members

Please welcome new members Denis Cook (yes, one ‘N’), Melvin CraftEric Melton, and Paul Till. These gentlemen were inducted as full members at the August, 2024 meeting.

Distinguished Shooter Listing

The Club would like to have a listing of members who have been awarded Distinguished Rifleman Badges.  If you are a Distinguished Shooter, or if you know a club member not now living who is or was a Distinguished Rifleman, please notify Larry Beardsley; (FWRRHPDirector@aol.com).

For Sale

77 gr. Sierra Match King bullets, boxes of 500, $160.00 each.

Federal 205M Primers, $80.00/1000. 

Federal 210M Primers, $65.00/1000.

Jaggi Shooting Glasses Frame with extra nose piece, lenses, blinders and case: $125.00.

8 round M1 clips:  $2.00 each.

Contact Marty Didion at  martindidion4@gmail.com.

300+ Win; .30 cal. 150 gr. FMJ bullets, $50.00.

Two 250-count; .30 cal. FMJ BT (weight not specified in ad), $80.00 each.

Thirteen 5-count boxes of Rem. 12 ga. Managed-Recoil 1 oz. slugs, $7.00/box. 

2200 Win. large pistol primers, $6.00/100.

M1 Garand Clips in excellent condition, $4.00/each.

TC .54 cal. Renegade muzzleloading rifle with kit and supplies, $175.00.

Call Tom at (260) 740-6000.

Japanese Arisaka Type 99 Rifle, 7.7 mm with Lee die set.  Nice overall condition, chrome lined barrel is very good, wood is good.

I have shot this rifle with resized .30-06 brass and I survived, no particular excitement. This rifle has the wing anti-aircrafts sights, no sliding breech cover and the chrysanthemum is ground off.  Asking $99.00, but let’s negotiate, I need the space in the gun locker.  

Contact Larry Beardsley; FWRRHPDirector@aol.com

Members who wish to sell shooting-related items may send ad information to Marty Didion at martindidion4@gmail.com.  Ads must be received three weeks before meetings in order to appear in the next newsletter.