ACPDL has decided to have our January & February matches at Midwest Shooting Center. The space there does not allow for as much variety and options – but it is warm and snow-free!
So, we are starting this with our February match this year. (BTW, We postponed our January match because of the temperature. We’ll be doing a double match at FWRR to make it up.)
February 2022 FWRR NEWSLETTER
FWRR Club Meeting
The next meeting of the Fort Wayne Rifle and Revolver Club will be held on Monday, February 7, 2022. Meeting Place: VFW Post 857, located at 2202 West Main Street in Fort Wayne. Meeting Time: 7:00 p.m. Agenda: Standard meeting format. Cleanup Day projects will be addressed under the heading New Business. Please try to attend as a quorum is required to conduct club business. Food and drink will be available at very reasonable prices before and after the meeting.
Membership Renewal Information
Receipt of Membership Renewal Forms, proof of current NRA membership, and payments are due on January 1st each year. As of January 20th, only about 50% of the membership had submitted renewals.
When returning forms, please print legibly and be certain to include proof of current NRA membership. Thus far, approximately a dozen renewal forms have been returned due to lack of proof of current NRA membership.
Dues must be received on or before March 1st to avoid late fees or termination of membership. Dues received with postmark dates after March 1st, but on or before March 31st, are subject to a $25.00 late fee. 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 applications and payment of new member fees (c.f., Bylaws Article IX, Section 2). Dues paid with an NSF check are subject to a $25.00 returned check fee.
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.
Individuals who were accepted as members after October 1, 2021 are not required to pay membership dues for the 2022 calendar year; nevertheless, they do need to return the renewal form with proof of current NRA membership.
Donations
Thanks to the many members who have made donations this year. Nothing is truly free. The club has the following recurring expenses: insurance, property tax, postage, as well as costs associated with building, facilities and property upkeep. Your donations enable the club to make facility improvements and help to offset the expenses associated with maintaining the memberships of our Life members –many of whom are themselves donors.
Newsletter Delivery
Approximately 80% of the membership receives the newsletter via e-mail. Those members who have e-mail accounts and who currently opt for postal delivery are asked to consider receiving the newsletter via e-mail next year. Doing so will save printing expenses (newsletter and mailing labels), postage, envelope cost, the time and fuel spent traveling to/from the printer, and the manual labor associated with stuffing, labeling, and stamping/mailing envelopes.
Maintenance Activities
A recent wind storm knocked down a segment of the target frames at the 100-yard impact bunker. Temporary repairs were made by some of the Club’s (old and decrepit) Officers.
Reminders
Clay targets are only to be shot from the hut at the north end of the 25/50/100-yard portion of the Main Range. Take care to ensure that clay targets, wads, and shot land on club property.
Lock Combination Change
The combination that opens the locks at the gate, the Weidman Building, and the building on the 25/50/100-yard portion of the Main Range are changed on Cleanup Day. The combination that appears on your 2021 Membership Card will be valid until April 23, 2022. It is suggested that members either keep their 2021 cards until after that date or record the 2021 combination on their 2022 Membership Card.
Cleanup Day Projects
Cleanup Day will be April 23, 2022. Work typically commences at 8:00 a.m. Tentatively scheduled projects include the following:
| 1. | Installing a drain at the 100-yard firing line on the 300-yard portion of the Main Range. A volunteer or volunteers are being sought to perform some preliminary work related to this tasks. This work includes picking up a tractor, trencher, and pipe. If you are interested in helping with these aspects of the project, come to the February 7th club meeting or contact Marty Didion at martindidion4@gmail.com or Mike Miller at fwrrsect300@gmail.com. |
| 2. | Graveling and grading roads. |
| 3. | Installing a gutter, pipe, and a base for a cistern system to provide water for chemical mixing and grass watering. |
If you have an idea for a project that you would like to see accomplished or started on Cleanup Day, please present your suggestion at the February 7th meeting.
Mowing Crew
If you are interested in joining the mowing crew, contact Marty Didion at martindidion4@gmail.com prior to April 1st.
2022 Program Schedule
As of January 20th, the 2022 Program Schedule had not been finalized. When all schedule inputs have been received, the final version of the 2022 Schedule will be posted on the FWRRC Website. Electronic copies of the schedule will be sent to members who elect to receive the newsletter via email. Hard copies of the schedule will be mailed to postal newsletter recipients.
For Sale
M1 Garand: New stock and totally reconditioning by Fulton Armory. $1500.00. Price includes a large quantity of brass, reloading data, and accessories. Contact Lowell Black at (260) 637-8625 or roslowbk@gmail.com
Ads may be sent to Marty Didion at martindidion4@gmail.com. Ads must be received three weeks before meetings in order to appear in the next newsletter.
Match registration starts at 9:15 AM. Shooting starts at 10 AM.
Practice starts at 5:30 PM.
March 20 Match
April 17 Match
May 5 Practice
May 15 Match
June 2 Practice
June 19 Match
July 7 Practice
July 17 Match
August 4 Practice
August 21 Match
September 1 Practice
September 18 Match
October 6 Practice
October 16 Match
Here is a link to the Winter 2022 Indiana State Rifle and Pistol Association newsletter, Indiana Shooting Sports News.
There are various mentions of FWRR in here – especially the article anout our Junior shooter, Colton Eads.
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Yeah, it’s a big link – just copy it and paste it in your search engine….
Here is the schedule I have proposed, subject to reconciliation with other requests for range days and times.
Keep an eye on this schedule for changes as activities are coordinated.
Contact FWRRHPDirector @aol.com for Match Information
February 12 Winter Offhand – 40 Rounds 9:00 AM
March 12 Winter Offhand – 40 Rounds 9:00 AM
April 9 CMP/NRA XTC 50/80 Round Match 9:00 AM
(This is a 200/300 yard across-the-course [XTC] High Power Match with provisions for shooting under either CMP or NRA rules)
May 7 CMP High Power Clinic 8:00 AM
May 14 CMP Games 8:00 AM
June Mid-Summer Madness Weekend
June 17 CMP/NRA XTC 50 Round Match 4:30 PM
June 18 CMP/NRA XTC 50/80 Round Match 8:00 AM
June 19 NRA Mid-range Tournament 8:00 AM
Mike Gingher M1A Match 2:00 PM
July 2 CMP/NRA XTC 50/80 Round Match 8:00 AM
July 16 Indiana State Junior Tournament 9:00 AM
July 30 NRA 60-Round Mid-Range Tournament 9:00 AM
July 31 – August 6 CMP National Trophy Matches – Camp Perry
August 13 CMP/NRA XTC 50/80 Match 8:00 AM
August 18 NRA 100-yard Match 4:30 PM
August 27 Hoosier Home Range 100 9:00 AM
September 10 CMP/NRA XTC 50/80 Match 9:00 AM
September 17 Governor’s Cup – Day 1 ISRPA Championship Atterbury
September 18 Day 2 of ISRPA Championship Atterbury
September 24 Leonard Johnson Memorial 9:00 AM
September 29 Thursday Night 100-yard NRA Match 4:30 PM
October 9 NRA 60 Round Mid-range Match 11:00 AM
November 12 Winter Offhand – 40 Rounds 9:00 AM
December 10 Winter Offhand – 40 Rounds 9:00 AM
Winter Offhand closed out 2021 with one of the most disruptive weather days we had seen in a long time – a gust of wind on a blustery day broke target uprights, knocked down support rails and sent targets and backers cartwheeling all over the range. Saying things were left in disarray would have been an understatement!
But, 2022 was a fresh start. Weather had been uncertain – cold was guaranteed but the wind forecast was a guess. We were expecting as brutally cold day, but for a change, we won in the game of weather roulette. Depending on whose thermometer you believed, it was somewhere between 17 and 23 degrees when we went to the line but, unheard of in northeast Indiana in January, there was no wind. Although it was frosty, it was actually a fairly pleasant day, especially on the low end of the firing line where the sun peeked around the building.
We had ten shooters brave the day and there were some pretty good scores shot. Mike King was high for the day with a 381-4X effort. Mark Walters and Mark Richard tied for second place for the day at 375-5X. High Junior was Marshall Rohrbach with a solid 367-5X for the day.
The season standings look a lot like the standings for today:
Mike King 770-17X
Mark Richard 753-11X
Mark Walters 746- 9X
Marshall Rohrbach 722- 7X
The next Winter Offhand will be the second Saturday in February, February 12th.
FWRR Junior Colton Eads has been twice nominated for acceptance to the United States Naval Academy Class of 2026 by Indiana District 3 Congressman Jim Banks and Indiana Senator Mike Braun.
Admission to a Service Academy is a two-tiered process. First, the applicant must directly apply to an academy and meet the minimum medical, physical, and academic qualifications. Then, the applicant must be nominated by a Congressman or Senator. Colton has received nominations from both Congressman Banks and Indiana Senator Braun. In June he attended a virtual visit to the Academy (normally an actual visit, but changed to virtual by COVID) and in October he was invited to and attended an in-person candidate visit to Annapolis, Maryland.
Colton is a member of the Fort Wayne Rifle and Revolver Junior Rifle Team. He attended the FWRR 2021 High Power Clinic and began shooting with the group in the spring of 2021. By the end of the summer he had achieved the NRA Classification of Master. He has contacted the coach of the USNA Service Rifle and Pistol Team to investigate the possibility of continuing his High Power activities at the Academy. Colton’s two goals are to be commissioned as a Marine Corps Officer and to study Naval Architecture, possibly in the areas of hull design or propulsion.
But, should the appointment to Annapolis not come to be, Colton has a Plan B – an application to Texas A&M and pursuit of a commission through the Texas A&M ROTC Corps of Cadets. Then, there is also Plan C – Virginia Tech and their ROTC Corps of Cadets.
We wish Colton well as he pursues his options.
Oh, by the way – check out the logo on Colton’s rifle
Saturday, November 13 broke as a raw, windy day but it didn’t keep a sizeable crew from showing up to start work on the new shelters for the firing points in the pistol bay. The old firing point covers were well past their service lifetime and the Club had agreed with the shooters in the pistol disciplines that it was time for an upgrade. A proposal was made to the Directors, it was accepted and plans went into action to get the project underway by the start of winter.
At 7:30 Saturday morning a dumpster was waiting at the gate and by noon the old firing point covers were loaded up and the dumpster hauled away. A trailer loaded with material had been spotted in the pistol bays and the crew made short work of getting it to the places it needed to be.
All five of the pistol bays will have an aluminum framed, metal roofed shelter built as a cover to protect shooters and match officials from the weather. They are going to be an attractive addition to the pistol facility.
Great work guys (and girls)
There is an old saying; “It’s all fun and games until someone gets an eye put out”. Well, a similar saying about High Power shooting could be; “It’s all fun and games until it’s time to do brass preparation”.
Over the 2021 High Power season, our Junior shooters went through about 800 rounds of ammunition each. Now that the season is complete – it is payback time. To get ready for the 2022 season, we are trying to have about 2500 rounds of ammunition ready for the Juniors – and that means we have to get 2500 cases ready to load.
We sent cases out for cleaning, depriming, sizing and trimming, but we need to deburr and chamfer the cases to make loading easier and to be sure that cases feed reliably. SO, it is case prep time. There is an assembly line process here; Marshall and Colton clean up the inside of the case neck and Kileen and I finish up the outside of the case. It took us a bit of time to get things running smoothly, but we went through most of a 600 round bag of mixed brass in the first session.
The inside turners finished up all 600 cases in the bag and the outside turners had about a hundred left at the end of the session. Good work guys! We have planned several case prep sessions and once we get the cases finished, the Juniors get to learn the next step – squeezing a priming tool!
We need to work up our load for next year – we will be using a different powder than we used this summer (2021 was WC 842, 2022 will be WC844) and then we start loading the cases.
The season runs from November through March, six sessions. We will shoot on the second Saturday morning at 9:00 or whenever we get a full relay of 10 shooters. Registration will open about 8:30.