Fort Wayne Rifle and Revolver Club

Range Safety Flags (red pennants) have been installed for the rifle ranges and pistol bay areas of the range.  The safety flag for the rifle ranges is located just to the left of the access road as you enter the driveway for the rifle ranges. 

Safety Pennant for the Rifle Ranges

The safety pennant for the pistol bays is located to the right as you drive into the pistol bay area.

Safety Pennant for the Pistol Bays

These red pennants are to be flown any time firing is being conducted on the range involved.  The rifle pennant need not be raised for pistol bay activity nor does the pistol bay pennant need to be flown for rifle range activities.

They do not need to be flown if activities not involving firing (e.g setup for a match, grass mowing, target maintenance), but if such activities are undertaken and then firing follows, the pennants must be raised before firing begins.

When the pennants are lowered, just wrap the provided bungee cord around the pennant to secure it to the flagpole – it’s not very elegant, but it works.

Stowing the Pennant When Firing is Complete

Please make use of this added safety feature whenever you are conducting firing activities at the ranges.

Thank you; FWRR Officers and Directors

Ok Guys, Girls and Juniors:

Here is the Thursday practice plan for the rest of September:

As of now, the Cub Cadet tractor is unsafe to use.  It’s about to have a major engine failure and I don’t want to be on it when it throws a scrap iron fit and scatters pieces everywhere – the firing points won’t be trimmed as neatly as Carlos usually trims them and finding brass will be harder.

We’re getting toward the end of the High Power season, the Atterbury matches this weekend will close out the Indiana Triple Crown series – so we will have a full practice on Thursday, 11 September.  The sun is getting low in the sky and shooting back at 300 is getting harder with sun glare, so we may want to modify what we shoot that day.

On Saturday September 13th, we will have our normal 50/80 match.  This is on the same day as the Atterbury State matches, so I understand if someone wants to go shoot there instead – just too many chances to have fun.

On Thursday, September 18th – I will try for the third time to give the class on using the stand-alone Silver Mountain electronic target.  There will be no formal High Power Practice that day.

On the next Thursday, September 25th we will have a normal practice, but I will have a “special event” for the Juniors;  no Junior shooting that day.  We will have a brass sorting party because we need to get started on loading for next year – we’re just about out of Junior ammo! 

I believe by then we will only shoot at one distance because of the low sun in the sky – we’ll decide on that when we get there that day.

We’re coming to the end of a good High Power season – thanks to everyone who has made that possible.

The first match of the Indiana State Championship series was held at Fall Creek Conservation Club on Saturday, 30 August when the 100-Yard Reduced Course Match was fired.  Of the thirteen shooters participating, six were FWRR members and FWRR was once again very well represented in the results.

FWRR’s Mike King took this year’s 100-Yard State Championship with a score of 790-35X.  He was followed by FWRR member Geoff Branson taking second overall with a 775-21X. 

Mike King with Andrew Beaver (First Master) and Geoff Branson (Second Overall)

Other FWRR shooters included:

Mark Walters                     755-10X

Gary Mabis                        747-17X

Mike Habel                        733-12X (First Grand Senior)

Mark Richard                     584-19X

The next event in the Championship Series is the 300-Yard State Championship at Wildcat Valley on Saturday, September 6th.