FWRR Club Meeting
The next meeting of the Fort Wayne Rifle and Revolver Club will be held on Monday, April 7, 2025. Meeting Place: VFW Post 857, located at 2202 West Main Street in Fort Wayne.
Meeting Time: 7:30 p.m. Meeting Agenda: Standard format meeting and discussion of Cleanup Day Activities.
2025 Membership Renewal
To date, approximately 40 members have failed to renew their membership. A $25.00 late fee is now added to the renewal fee. If you have not yet renewed your membership, please do so before March 31st.
Dues received with postmark dates after March 31st will be returned with a notice indicating that 1) the party’s membership has been terminated, and 2) future membership requires submission of a membership application and payment of new member fees (c.f., Bylaws Article IX, Section 2).
If personal hardship prevents timely payment of dues, contact a Club Officer who may arrange either for dues to be waived or for payment to be deferred.
Cleanup Day
Please join fellow members for work, lunch, and camaraderie on Cleanup Day, April 26, 2025.
As usual, work will include target frame repairs, road grading, and the trimming of trees and brush along the lanes. Please bring hand tools, for carpentry-related work, wood cutting and brush trimming tools, and trucks or trailers for brush hauling.
An additional project this year is the installation of two Range Status Flags. One flag will be located at the intersection of the entry lane and the circle. The second flag will be located at the Pistol Pit entrance. These flags are intended to indicate that shooters are on the ranges.
In operation, the first shooter on the range will raise the flag for the range on which s/he intends to shoot. The last person to leave a range, will lower and store the flag. Use of the flags will be mandatory.
If you have suggestions for additional Cleanup Day projects, please present them at the April meeting. A list of projects will be posted on the website.
Lock Combination Change Reminder
Retain your 2024 Membership Card until the lock combination change is made on Cleanup Day.
Driving Off Road
IT IS NOT PERMISSIBLE FOR ANY MEMBER TO DRIVE OFF ROAD TO THE 100 YARD TARGET FRAME. Soil conditions permitting, it is permissible to drive on the grass downrange west of the 100 yard firing mound on the 300 yard range to access the 200 yard target frames. (Do not drive across the 100 yard firing mound.) It is permissible to park and drive on the grass in other areas, soil conditions permitting.
New Members
Please welcome new members Donald Cochran Jr. and David Lund. These gentlemen were inducted as full members at the February, 2025 meeting.
Sad News
The Club has learned of the passing of Joseph Braun (membership 1969).
Discipline Reports
ACPDL (Allen County Practical Defense League)
ACPDL matches are scheduled for April 5th and May 3rd, 2025. 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. Observers and those persons interested in becoming ACPDL members are welcome. Matches are typically finished by 12:00 noon.
USPSA (United States Practical Shooting Association)
USPSA matches are scheduled for April 27th and May 18th, 2025. [Note that the first match of the year was moved from Easter Sunday (April 20th) to April 27th. Match start time is 10:00 a.m. Match fees are $15.00 for members and $20.00 for nonmembers. Practice sessions are scheduled for April 3rd and May 1st, 2025. Practice sessions begin at 5:00 p.m.
PCSL (Practical Competition Shooting League)
PCSL matches are scheduled for April 13th and May 11th, 2025. 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. Matches are typically finished by 2:00p.m.
Cowboy Action
Due to health issues, the Cowboy Action Matches for 2025 have been cancelled.
High-power (HP)
The following matches and practice sessions will be held in the April-May time frame.
50/80 Matches: April 12th and May 10th. Registration begins at 8:00 a.m. Match start time is 9:00 a.m.
Practice Matches: May 1st, May 10th, May 15th, May 22nd, and May 29th. Practice matches begin at 3:00 p.m. at which time the Main Range is closed to informal practice. The pistol Pits remain open.
Electronic Target System Training Class
The Club has purchased a Silver Mountain Electronic Target System that will be made available to individual members for use at the range. Users must be trained before access to the system is granted. If you are interested in attending a training class, contact Larry Beardsley at fwrrhpdirector@aol.com.
For Sale/Wanted
Wanted
Unertl or Litschert telescopic sights, 8x or 10x preferred. No de-horned mounts. Contact Mark Walters at mwalt1@comcast.net.
For Sale
Caliber .223, 77 gr. and 80 gr. Sierra MatchKing bullets. Boxes of 500, $160.00 each.
Jaggi Shooting Glasses Frame with extra nose piece, lenses, blinders and case: $125.00.
Springfield M1 Garand (POR).
Two Gingher-built, double-lug M1As, one in wood stock with a Shilen barrel; one in McMillen stock with a Kreiger barrel (POR).
Unfired DMPS AR-15 configuration .22 RF, $700.00.
Contact Marty Didion at martindidion4@gmail.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