Fort Wayne Rifle and Revolver Club

Date:  Saturday, June 24, 2023                            

Sponsor: Indiana State Rifle and Pistol Association

Location: Fort Wayne Rifle and Revolver Club Range, 15715 Rupert Road, Harlan, IN  46743   Google: “15715 Rupert Road, Harlan IN” for detailed directions.

Contact Information:  For additional information, contact the FWRR High Power Match Director, Larry Beardsley, at FWRRHPdirector@aol.com.

Open To: NRA or ISRPA membership not required.  All competitors must have a Release of Liability Agreement on file with FWRR, or must complete the Release at registration. Competitors must sign the Liability Release and a Parent, Guardian or an Authorized Adult must witness the signature.  An Authorized Adult must have signed Parental or Guardian consent to sign the Release of Liability.

Entry Fee: $30.00, payable at Statistics Office on Match day.  Cash or checks only please; no credit cards can be processed. 

                        (Match fees may be reduced by grants or sponsorships)

Ammunition:  Any safe ammunition permitted – No tracers or incendiary rounds.             

Time:  Registration opens at 7:00 and closes at 8:30.  First shot – promptly at 9:00 A.M.  Lunch will be available – free to competitors and may be purchased for $10.00 by non-competitors.

Pre-Registration:  Pre-registrations are encouraged.  Register at  FWRRHPDirector@aol.com.  Walk-in registrations will be accepted up to a range capacity of 28 competitors.  Adults may fire as “Out of Competition” shooters if range capacity allows.  Parents and sponsors of Competitors will be given preference for “Out of Competition” slots.

Course of Fire:  NRA 50-Round National Match Course.  The 600-yard stage will be fired at 300-yards on the MR-63 reduced target.

Rules:   2022 NRA High Power Rules will apply.  Match and Service rifles will be permitted. NRA Classifications will be used.  A Match Jury will be empanelled. 

Per NRA Rule 19.4.1, Coaching will be allowed for Junior shooters who have not established an NRA or CMP classification, or who are classified as NRA or CMP Marksman.

Targets:  The matches will be shot on Silver Mountain Electronic Targets.  Competitors are required to provide their own display device (Tablet, IPhone, IPad) or similar device.  Competitors are responsible for having enough battery capacity in their devices to support the operating time required for a match.

If, in the judgment of the Range Officer, a competitor is shooting in a manner that endangers the range equipment, that competitor will be withdrawn from the match and their match fees refunded.

Match Structure:  NRA Registered Match

Match 1– 200 yards, slow fire, standing, 2 convertible sighters and 10 shots for record, 12 minutes

Match 2 – 200 yards, rapid fire, sitting, 2 sighters and 10 shots for record, 63 seconds

Match 3 – 300 yards, rapid fire, prone, 2 sighters and 10 shots for record, 73 seconds

Match 4 – Simulated 600 yards, slow fire, prone, 2 convertible sighters and 20 shots for record, 22 minutes

Match 5– Course Aggregate: Matches 1-4.  Match 5 winner will be the Indiana Junior State Champion, subject to residency requirement.

Awards:   Match Winners:  An award will be presented to the winner of each Match.

Classification Winner:  The high scoring competitor in each Classification will be presented an award.  Classifications will be combined until a minimum of three Competitors are represented in each Classification.

Residency:  Indiana Junior State Champion must be an Indiana resident.

Well … February Winter Offhand proved once again that no one is indispensable. The High Power Range Officer took a month off, but Mark Walters stepped up and ran the Winter Offhand Match as smoothly as anyone could have asked.

For a February morning, it was about as good as it gets.  It was cold, about 24-degrees when things started about 8:40, but  the sun was shining and … for a change there wasn’t any wind!  The thirteen shooters spilled over into a second relay, but things still wrapped up before 10:00.

The scores reflected the great day. 

First:                      Mike King            380-10X

Second:         Mark Walters     373-  2X

Third:                    Doc Habel            370-  2X

Fourth place was a three-way  tie at 357, but Marshall Rohrbach Creedmoored the group with his 357-3X.

The season aggregates reaffirm the old saying; “You gotta’ show up and shoot”.

First:                      Mike King            4 Matches           1540-32X

Second:                Mark Walters      4 Matches           1455-12X

Third:                    Mia King               4 Matches           1407-15X

Fourth:                 Addiysn Shull      4 Matches           1132- 3X

Firth:                     Doc Habel             3 Matches           1127-15X

We have one match left in March and that may well decide the season standings!

February 2023 FWRRC NEWSLETTER

FWRR Club Meeting

The next meeting of the Fort Wayne Rifle and Revolver Club will be held on Monday, February 6, 2023. 

Meeting Place: VFW Post 857, located at 2202 West Main Street in Fort Wayne. 

Meeting Time: 7:00 p.m.  Food and drink will be available at very reasonable prices before and after the meeting.

Meeting Agenda: Standard-format meeting.   Please make an effort to attend meetings, as a quorum is required to conduct club business. 

Attendance at the December, 2022 meeting was outstanding.  Thanks to all who took the time to attend the meeting at the busiest time of the year.

Election Results

The following individuals were elected to serve.

President:  Jim Sweeney

Vice President:  Matt Hice

Secretary:  Mike Miller

Treasurer:  Martin Didion

Director:  Larry Beardsley

Program Manager: Ryan Brammer

Range Safety Officer: Larry Beardsley

2023 Membership Renewal

2023 Membership Renewal Forms were mailed in early December.  Completed Membership Renewal Forms, proof of current NRA membership, and payments are due on January 1^st each year.  

When responding, please read and follow the instructions at the top of the form. 

Dues must be received on or before March 1^st to avoid late fees or termination of membership. Dues received with postmark dates after March 1^st, but on or before March 31^st, are subject to a $25.00 late fee. Dues received with postmark dates after March 31^st 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).  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, 2022 are not required to pay membership dues tor the 2023 calendar year; nevertheless, they do need to return the renewal form with proof of current NRA membership.

Updating the roster is a time consuming activity.  Deciphering illegible printing and contacting members to obtain proof of NRA membership are frustrating and time consuming activities. 

Renewal Status

At the time of newsletter publication, 58% of the membership renewals had been received and processed.

Special Thanks to Generous Members

The Executive Board wishes to thank the many members who made generous donations this year.  Items such as as insurance, facility maintenance, postage, printing, and utilities are recurring expenses. Your generosity goes a long way to making our facility one which we can enjoy and take pride in.

Lock Combination Change

The lock combination change is made on Cleanup Day (mid to late April).  Retain your 2022 Membership Card until the change is made or copy the 2022 lock combination onto your 2023 Membership Card.

New Members

Please welcome new members Bruce Bickley, Devon Burton, Jeffery Doherty, Mia King, and Karl Pulver.  These individuals were inducted as full members at the December, 2022 meeting.

Discipline Reports

ACPDL

No report

USPSA

No report.

High-power (HP)

Winter 40-round offhand matches are being held the second Saturday of the month from November through March.    Check-in Time: 8:00 a.m.  Firing begins at 9:00 a.m.   For those who wish to use the range on those days, note that the match is typically over by noon.  More information concerning the High Power Program is posted on the Club’s website.

Important Reminders

Some of these reminders are repeated from earlier newsletters.  They are being repeated because violations are still occurring.  Several members have reported violations but failed to advise offenders. If you see someone in violation, please courteously explain the rule infraction.

DO NOT HANDLE FIREARMS WHEN PERSONNEL ARE DOWN RANGE! Proper range etiquette involves opening actions, removing all ammunition from firearms, and stepping away from the firing line.  

DO NOT POST TARGETS ON TARGET FRAMES OR OTHERWISE INTENTIONALLY SHOOT TARGET FRAMES. All shots should pass through target backers and must land on impact bunkers.

THE RANGE STATUS FLAG MUST BE LOWERED AND RAISED EVEN IF YOU ARE THE ONLY PERSON ON THE RANGE.  Ensure that targets are removed and the status flag is lowered before departing the range.

CLAY BIRDS ARE TO BE SHOT ONLY FROM THE HUT AT THE SOUTH END OF THE 25/50/100 YARD FIRING LINE.   Shot must land on FWRRC property.

Newsletter Delivery

Changes to newsletter delivery mode will go into effect with the mailing of the April 2023 Newsletter.

Sad News

Member Steve Clouse passed away in December, 2022.  He loved bowling, riding his Goldwing, camping, four-wheeling, and shooting with his best friend, club member Chip Seidel.

For Sale

Two (2) Russian 1891/30 7.62x54R Mosin Nagant rifles with bayonets. Price: $400.00/each.  Two (2) cases of  7.62x54R ammunition. Price: $250.00/440 rounds.  Contact Joe Hoffman at (260) 433-0402 or joeseph6430@frontier.com.

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

Saturday, January 14th was the first Winter Offhand of 2023 and we turned over a fresh page for the New Year.  For a change – the weather was on our side.  It wasn’t snowing like it did for the matches in November and December.  It was beautiful (well at least for mid-January).  The sun was shining, there was almost no wind and at 29-degrees – it felt almost balmy!

And, a note from the High Power Director – the High Power shooters spoil me.  Match time was 9:00.  I arrived about 7:55 to open up –  and the gate was already open.  I wandered down to the clubhouse.  The lights were on, someone had the heat running and the guys were already downrange taking down target frames and setting number boards.  By 8:30 the first relay was full with 12 shooters and we had four more shooters for the second relay – 16 shooters in all – more than we have had in a long time!

Standings for the day:

Mike King            385-5X

Doc Habel           375-6X

Mark Walters     366-4X

Gary Mabis          359-3X

Mia King              355-3X

Season Standings after three matches (1200 point aggregate)

Mike King            1160-22X

Mark Walters     1082- 9X

Mia King              1065-15X

Doc Habel is on a hot streak with a 382 and a 375 for the last two matches – he is not out of the season competition by any means.

Oh, by the-way, Mark Richard sent his regrets, but he was in Florida this weekend.  He claimed that the weather was warm and he walking on the beach and sitting in the spa. 

BUT, he sent a picture along and I wonder if the weather there was any nicer than the Indiana weather today?

As Winter Offhand days go – it wasn’t that bad of a day.  At 33 degrees, it wasn’t precipitating anything, the wind wasn’t bringing tears to eyes or numbing fingers – it was just Indiana grade December dark and gloomy!

Nine shooters came out, but two retired because of back issues with seven shooters finishing up the day. As one of the “retirees” commented; “It’s heck getting old!”

The top three scores for the day were:

Mike King            390 – 8X

Doc Habel           382 – 7X

Mia King              364 – 8X

For the Winter Offhand season, to date – standings are:

Mike King            775 – 17X

Mark Walters     716 –   5X

Mia King              710 – 12X

Miss Mia, recently voted into membership as the first Junior (a girl even) member of the Fort Wayne Rifle and Revolver Club, came in third for the day and currently stands in third place for the season aggregate.

But, the high point of the day came from Tayt, our most junior of Junior shooters.  I’m starting him off by having him shoot off bags to let him learn sight picture, trigger control and to learn the mechanics of running the AR platform.  For the first stage I stressed to him that just where the group landed wasn’t all that critical, the important thing was to get them all in the same area.

As the shooters brought targets back from the first string, Tayt was waving his target and hollering; “I hit the target, I hit the target!”  Indeed he had hit the target with a group about the size of my hand up at 12- o’clock right at the edge of the 5-ring.  He scored a rip-roaring 32-0X on that string, but indeed – he had hit the target.

We made an elevation change on his scope (down 10-minutes) and on the next string he shot a considerably improved score; 190 -3X.  Nineteen of his twenty shots were in the black with one mid-ring 8.  I think we’re making progress.

Today’s match closed out the year for formal High Power activities.  I want to thank everyone for all of their support and I look forward to having a good High Power year in 2023.

FWRR Club Meeting

The next meeting of the Fort Wayne Rifle and Revolver Club will be held on Monday, December 5, 2022.  Meeting Place: VFW Post 857, located at 2202 West Main Street in Fort Wayne.  Meeting Time: 7:00 p.m.  Food and drink will be available at very reasonable prices before and after the meeting.

Meeting Agenda:

Election of Club Officers followed by a standard-formatted meeting will take place.   Please make an effort to attend meetings, as a quorum is required to conduct club business.

Election Ballot

Office	Incumbent	Candidate
President	Jim Sweeney	—
Vice President	Matt Hice	—
Secretary	Mike Miller	—
Treasurer	Martin Didion	—
Director	C. L. (Larry) Beardsley	Dean Drews

2023 Membership Renewal

2023 Membership Renewal Forms will be mailed in early December. Please read and follow the instructions at the top of the form. 

Completed Membership Renewal Forms, proof of current NRA membership, and payments are due on January 1^st each year.  

Dues must be received on or before March 1^st to avoid late fees or termination of membership. Dues received with postmark dates after March 1^st, but on or before March 31^st, are subject to a $25.00 late fee. Dues received with postmark dates after March 31^st 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).  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, 2022 are not required to pay membership dues for the 2023 calendar year; nevertheless, they do need to return the renewal form with proof of current NRA membership.

Updating the roster is a time consuming activity.  Deciphering illegible printing and contacting members to obtain proof of NRA membership can be frustrating and time consuming activities. 

For more information check out our web site: https://fwrrclub.org/index.php/members

Lock Combination Change

The lock combination change is made on Cleanup Day (mid to late April).  Retain your 2022 Membership Card until the change is made.

Newsletter Delivery

Approximately 80% of the membership receives the newsletter via email.  Those members who have email accounts and who currently opt for postal delivery are asked to consider receiving the newsletter via email next year.  Doing so will save printing and postage costs and reduce significant manual labor.  Changes in delivery method will go into effect in April, 2023.

To add or remove your Email address just send an Email to billmac099@yahoo.com with the subject FWRRC-Add or FWRRC-Delete.

Maintenance Activities

The final mowing of the year was accomplished on November 2^nd.   The mowers, sprayer, and cistern were winterized.

Target frame repairs were made on the 25/50/100 Yard Range.

Permanent Target Backers were installed in Pistol Bays 4 and 5. One 4’x4’ corrugated-plastic sheet was installed on each target frame.  (Please remove targets faces and staples after use.)

Eight 2’x2’ corrugated-plastic target backers were made available for use.  The new backers are located inside the building on the 25/50/100 yard portion of the range. (After use, please remove targets faces and staples and return the backers to the building.)

The heater in the building on the 25/50/100 yard portion of the range was repaired.

The gutters on the 25/50/100 yard building were cleaned.

Number boards on the 300 yard range were removed and stored for the winter.

Thanks go the following individuals:  Larry Beardsley, Bruce Bickley (membership hopeful), Marty Didion, Darrel Fish, Mark Klingenberger, Mike Peek, and Jim Sweeney.

New Members

Please welcome new members Ed Klotz, Tony Spangler, and Craig Wallace.  These gentlemen became members at the October, 2022 meeting.

Discipline Reports

ACPDL & USPSA

Nothing to report

High-power (HP)

Winter 40-round offhand matches are being held the second Saturday of the month from November through March.    Check-in Time: 8:00 a.m.  Firing begins at 9:00 a.m.   More information concerning the High Power Program is posted on the Club’s website.

Important Reminders

Some of these reminders are repeated from earlier 2022 Newsletters.  They are being repeated because violations are still occurring.  Several members have reported violations but failed to advise offenders. If you see someone in violation, please courteously explain the rule infraction.

DO NOT HANDLE FIREARMS WHEN PERSONNEL ARE DOWN RANGE! Proper range etiquette involves opening actions, removing all ammunition from firearms, and stepping away from the firing line.  

DO NOT POST TARGETS ON TARGET FRAMES OR OTHERWISE INTENTIONALLY SHOOT TARGET FRAMES. All shots should pass through target backers and must land on impact bunkers.

THE RANGE STATUS FLAG MUST BE LOWERED AND RAISED EVEN IF YOU ARE THE ONLY PERSON ON THE RANGE.  Ensure that targets are removed and the status flag is lowered before departing the range.

THE RANGE MAY NOT BE USED FOR COMMERCIAL USE.  We had one report of a member administering what appeared to be a pistol training course to an estimated ten or more individuals.  Members may not undertake for-profit activities at FWRRC.  Be advised that to do so has historically resulted in membership termination.

MEMBERS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE BEHAVIOR AND ACTIONS OF THEIR GUESTS.  Members may take a maximum of two guests to the range per visit, not counting family members.  Do not take more guests and/or family members than you are able to directly supervise.  If your guests or family members are new to the shooting sports, it is strongly recommended that the member refrain from shooting so that all of his/her attention can be devoted to supervision.

Please make certain to close the outhouse doors and to lower the toilet seat covers.

For Sale

A. Jewel single-stage trigger for a Remington 700 or 40X. Incorporates safety and bolt release, $180.00. 

B. 6.5 mm, 142 gr., Sierra, Matchking, BTHP bullets, Qty 4 boxes.  $50.00/box. 

C. 1 lb of Reloader 16, $60.00. 

D. 1 lb of Vihtavuori N550, $65.00. 

Contact Mark Strahan at (260) 927-5515 or ms9568@gmail.com

The High Power Range Officer has the following items that he would like to swap for “something”  that he can use with the Juniors:

A. Qty 100, 90 gr., .223/5.56mm, RMR, BTHP bullets;

B. Qty 900,  9mm, 115 gr., copper-plated, round-nose bullets.

Contact Larry Beardsley at FWRRHPDirector@aol.com.

The Newsletter Editor apologizes to the individual who sent ad information to him in early October.  The email containing your information was inadvertently deleted and  he cannot recall the member’s name.

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

Damage to target frames, uprights and crosspieces is not just an issue on the rifle range side of the house, it is an issue in the pistol bays as well.

In an attempt to reduce the damage to frames, a new target mounting system was installed Monday in pistol Bays 4 and 5. This mounting system spaces the cross pieces a lot further apart and gives a place to mount targets well away from the vertical upright posts.

The backer is a 7mm Coroplex sheet (corrugated plastic – like corrugated cardboard, only it’s plastic). This is the material we use for backers on the high power electronic targets and it is pretty durable stuff. There is room on the backer for several targets while keeping impact areas well away from the lumber.

Please read the instructions on the Coroplex, and good shooting!

Be Safe!

As of 7:00 AM, the official Fort Wayne weather outlook was a slight chance of snow after 4PM.  Well, that should have given us plenty of time to get our first Winter Offhand match over and done with and entered into the books.

We started setup about 8:00 – these guys show up early and get started.  We had to do some work to replace nails to hold target faces, but there were plenty of folks to help and by about 8:45 we had a full relay, we held our safety briefing and the line went hot.  It was dark – not the best day to shoot. We had a light wind out of the northwest – but not punishingly brutal.  Things changed quickly, by the time the first string was finished, it was snowing.  It started out as a few scattered flakes, but it quickly developed into one of those lake-effect snow storms we know so well. 

Visibility was rotten – but we are High Power Shooters and we don’t let a stinkin’ snow storm run us off the line. (Or maybe we just don’t have much better sense…).

We finished up about 9:45; cleaned up, put things away and headed home.  It was not a good day to hang around and practice, zero a rifle or chronograph loads – those tasks will need to wait for another day!

But – in spite of the weather the scores looked pretty good.  We have an alliterative list of the top five shooters this month; Mike, Mark, Mark, Marshall and Mia:

Mike King                                          385-9X

Mark Richard                                    367-2X

Mark Walters                                   363-3X

Marshall Rohrbach                          354-3X

Mia King                                            346-4X

Congratulations to Mark Walters on wining the Garand Match at Anderson last weekend – even after firing a miss on his first Offhand shot!  Mark has been known to comment that the Garand is useful only as a tomato stick, but it appears that he can do more than just garden with it.

And, late breaking news; a reliable source reports that Mike King took second place in the Garand Match and Mark Richard took at least a share of third place. Another great showing for FWRR. Thanks Guys!

And, Yes, it seemed like everyone had a good time. Now we all have a High Power story to tell; “There was this one time it snowed so hard ….”. Thanks to the parents and grandparents who showed up to watch the Juniors.

Our next Winter Offhand is December 10^th – same time, same place – same format.  Hopefully – less snow, but I can’t guarantee that!

Don’t forget the FWRR Meeting on Monday, December 5th at 7:00 at the VFW/Legion/Marine Corps League Building at the end of Main Street in Ft. Wayne.  This is the meeting where we elect officers, so please plan to be there.

A picture is worth a whole bunch of words, so I took a few pictures to illustrate the points I had made in the “Range Maintenance” post from a couple of days ago.

Our covered range is laid out in a strange way with the 100-yard target frames lying in the 25-yard and 50-yard impact area.  This results in the 100-yard frames getting damage from shots being fired on the shorter ranges.  The range layout makes some damage unavoidable, but we can minimize damage with a bit of attention to how we shoot.

One of the primary rules of range safety is to make sure that you know where your shots are going to land.  Just landing them in the 100-yard impact berm isn’t really the only goal, hitting as little of the 100-yard lumber should also be kept in mind.

The first picture shows a target set up in the 25-yard frame.  Look down range from that target – there is a vertical support post for the 100-yard frames directly in line with the posted target.  Setting a target like that guarantees that the vertical post in going to be in the line of fire and will take some hits – especially if you are doing a good job of staying in the black.

Now, look at the second picture.  The target is in the exact same position, but if the shooter just moves a bit to the right or left, the point of impact moves considerably – in between two vertical posts.  Ladies and Gentlemen – please pay attention to what is downrange and don’t line up the hot zone of your target face with downrange lumber.

Most of the hits to 100-yard structures from shots fired from the 25-yard line are low hits or ricochets.  To minimize the damage to the bottoms of the vertical supports, we added some sacrificial lumber to the bottoms of the posts. We can replace these pieces of lumber as they get shot away and reduce damage to vertical supports.

Last of all, we see damage to the horizontal cross pieces from ricochets hitting in front of the 100-yard frames.  At times it looks like a farmer has dropped a plow and cut furrows in front of the target frames.  This damage is primarily to three of the center sections of horizontal pieces. 

To further reduce damage, we are requesting that:

•  If you are shooting at 50 or 25-yards, if the three center horizontal sections at 100-yards are in place, please remove them before you shoot.  Just lay them on the ground in front or behind the frames.  When you finish – just leave them down.  That is their “stored” position.

•  If you are shooting at 100-yards, the sections of horizontal frames at the south end and north end of the firing line are out of the 25 and 50-yard line of fire.  Those horizontal frames will stay up at all times. If you need to use the three center sections, go ahead and mount them in the frames – but when you finish shooting – please put them back on the ground.  That will protect them from most ricochet damage.

This will take a little more effort on the part of shooters, but it will make life a lot easier for the people who take time to keep our range facilities in good repair.

Thank You – and Be Safe!

Several members spent their Monday afternoon at the range repairing the damage at the 100-yard range. Three uprights and three sections of target horizontal frames were replaced at 100-yards, the shot up upright was replaced at the 50 yard target and target horizontal rails were replaced at 25-yards.

Much of the damage at the 100-yard line was due to inattention of shooters firing at targets placed on the target holders at 25-yards. Shooters at 25-yards are not paying attention to where their shots are impacting downrange. One upright at 100-yards was shot off at ground level and it getting it out of the ground was a lot like a dentist pulling a tooth that had broken off at the gum line – yuuck!

Another issue is ricochets from the shots fired at the 25-yard line that bounce off the ground in front of the 100-yard target frames and riddle the cross pieces. Shots fired at the 50-yard targets also hit those same cross pieces.

After the uprights were replaced, we put sacrificial pieces of 2 x 4 lumber on the front of all of the uprights. We hope that these pieces of lumber will absorb stray bullets and preserve the uprights. They can be easily replaced with just a couple of screws when the need arises.

Additionally, to reduce the damage from stray rounds hitting the cross pieces, we left the three new center section pieces (6 pieces of 2 x 6 x 14’ lumber) laying on the ground where they are less likely to be hit by ricochets. That leaves three sections of frames on the low end and two sections of frames on the high end for folks who want to shoot at 100-yards. For matches when we use the entire 100-yard firing line, we can just put the boards in their holders.

Shooters – we ask that you pay attention and help us reduce damage to target frames:

A. NEVER mount targets to vertical posts. NEVER mount targets directly to the horizontal rails. Suspend them between the two rails.

B. In the near future, there will be red paint on the vertical posts as well as red painted areas ON THE HORIZONTAL Rails about 1-foot in from the vertical supports. Please do not mount targets in red painted areas.

C. WHEN FIRING AT TARGETS MOUNTED ON THE 25-YARD FRAMES – WATCH WHERE YOUR DOWN-RANGE IMPACT WILL BE. ADJUST YOUR SHOOTING POSITION AND TARGET PLACEMENT SO THAT YOU DO NOT SHOOT THE VERTICAL SUPPORTS AT 100-YARDS!

If your 25-yard target hides the 100-yard vertical post – move your target or your shooting position!

For a quick review of Range Rules, click here:

Range Rules 101 – The Picture Book