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Reloading Clinic
Reloading your own cartridges for high power rifles and pistols is a way to get better accuracy from your guns and save money at the same time. Reloading is fun but does have dangers if not done properly. You can damage your gun and also cause bodily injury with improperly loaded rounds. CRC is planning a reloading clinic for club members to instruct and demonstrate how to safely reload. The clinic will cover basic reloading of rifle and pistol cartridges and explain how to get started. Special focus will be on the safety aspects of reloading your own cartridges, showing how to recognize when you are approaching dangerous conditions.
CRC member Bob Nation will be scheduling and conducting the clinic. If there is enough interest additional clinics will be scheduled to cover advance topics such as case tuning and bullet seating to get the best accuracy. If you’d like more information or would like to attend please call Bob Nation at 303 373-0071 or e-mail your comments to crci@comcast.net
Wanted: Match Director
CRC is looking for a volunteer to fill a new Match Director position, that of a 22 Rimfire Bench Rest Match Director. The person filling this position will be responsible for developing a new bench rest shooting program at CRC, supervising range construction for this new discipline, organizing matches, creating a match schedule with an awards program, and promoting interest in the 22 Rimfire Bench Rest program. It’s a big job, but we know there are plenty of interested and capable members out there. If have an interest or would like more information, contact Ron Best at (303) 986-0836.
2005 WESTERN WILDCAT
By C.S. Nick Ferris
The 2005 Western Wildcat Outdoor Prone
Rifle Tournament was held in
But the winner of the whole shootin’ match
was 22 year old Reya Kempley of
The
Merit of Boy Scouts
Though a final date hasn’t been set yet, in June CRC will host members of Boy Scout Troop 990 from Highlands Ranch, as they study and practice to earn their rifle shooting merit badge. To qualify for this merit badge scouts need to be able to identify the three main parts of a rifle and explain how they work, demonstrate the rules of safe gun handling, and in a supported prone position, sight in and then fire five shot groups.
The Troop members will be using the
CRC and the Community
Editorial
by Laura Everitt
As a long-time shooter, I believe there are two basic attitudes about guns. There are those that see guns and shooting as sporting equipment and a pastime, and there are those that see guns and shooting as dangerous weapons and something best done by professionals only when necessary. Either viewpoint is almost always deeply rooted and closely held, and if you’ve ever tried to sway a deep-rooted belief, you know it’s usually a fruitless effort. People are entitled to believe what they want to believe, and as a gun owner and CRC member, I know its not our mission to change people’s minds about guns. But what we can and must influence is how people view shooting clubs. Folks may be wary of guns, but that doesn’t mean they should automatically equate gun clubs as dangerous groups of violent people with a militia approach to community relations. I believe that if we are to have a secure future as a gun club, our best option is to demonstrate the important and beneficial role we play in the community. Folks don’t have to like shooting, but its essential that they don’t feel threatened by shooters.
Toward that end, I am heartened that CRC is open to being approached by the Boy Scouts about using the range for firearm training. We don’t seek these groups out, and I know that we have to be careful about who we allow on the range and why. We are not in the business of being a range-for-rent. But if CRC can be an active participant in firearm training and participate in community affairs, building relationships with other organizations and developing a positive image with our non-shooter neighbors, it will help protect us from encroachment like nothing, not even land purchases, can match.
Pistol Ransom Rest
CRC Member Bob Nation has donated a pistol ransom rest to CRC, for use by members who need to do pistol ammo testing and tuning. The rest is designed to hold the pistol in place so the accuracy of ammo lots and the pistol can be tested. Interested members can schedule time to use it by contacting Doug Maxwell at 303-431-1420. Thanks Bob for donating this valuable piece of equipment!
TOP
KID
The Denver Post’s Top Kid for the week of
April 11 was another junior shooter, Katie Mullen. Katie is a senior at
Electric Traps – Thanks Green Mill
The Green Mill Sportsman’s Club of Erie
recently gave CRC two electric traps for the sporting clays range. These traps
will give the club the opportunity to expand our shotgun capabilities, possibly
by adding a trap field. If you have ideas on how we might put these traps to
use, contact Steve Kingcade at 303-644-3523.
SMALLBORE NEWS
VOLUNTEERS NEEDED
The Smallbore Regional Prone Match will be Saturday and Sunday June 4th & 5th. We need volunteers to help with scoring and assisting in the stat office. If you can lend a hand contact Denny Reul at 303-238-5696
SUMMER LEAGUE
The Smallbore Summer League got underway in April in its traditional manner…by being cancelled due to weather. And this time it wasn’t just a little cold or drizzle, it was 2 feet of snow! And we’ve improved our record – in that it wasn’t just the opening introductory clinic day that was cancelled – winter held on through the first official scoring league day as well! Who knew you could predict the weather based on shooting schedules. Anyway, the season is now officially underway, and we’ll be making up the lost iron sight day later in the season.
SILHOUETTE
NEWS
By Bob McAlice
Eleven shooters showed up to compete in
our monthly highpower silhouette match on Sunday April 3rd. We even had three
Standard Rifle
Jerry Rains 26 X 40 MW
Jim Goodnight 24 X 40 1st AAA
Geri Snyder 18 X 40 1st AA
Hunting Rifle
Bob Snyder 26 X 40 MW
Bob McAlice 25 X 40 1st AAA
Pistol shooter Bill Stark posted a remarkable score of 37 X 40.
Come on out and give silhouette a try.
There’s nothing quite like slamming a re-active steel target with a highpower
rifle bullet and sending it flying! Our
next matches are June 5th and July 10th at
By Bob McAlice
A total of 70 shooters participated in the
Arizona State Highpower Silhouette Championship held in
Shooting in the wind is nothing new to
Representing
Standard Rifle
Jim Goodnight 1st AAA match 1
Bob McAlice 2nd AAA match 1
Jerry Rains 3rd AAA match 2
Jerry Rains 3rd AAA aggregate
Bob McAlice 4th AAA aggregate
Lee O’Neil 1st Master match 2
Lee O’Neil 2nd place State Champ
Hunting Rifle
Bob McAlice 1st AAA match 1
Bob McAlice 1st AAA aggregate
Eric Sundstrom 2nd AAA aggregate
FOR
Accuracy Speaks (Derrick Martin) built an
AR in .22LR in Service rifle configuration. 1/4 minute NM
sights.