November 2008 Newsletter

The November shoot is Sat. the 22^nd, 1 PM – 4 PM Blanket Shoot, 6? PM Dinner, and Sun. the 23^rd. 0900-1130 Practice, 1130-1230 Lunch, 1230 Shoot.

>>>>>> Bring Your Pistols for the November Shoot! <<<<<<

November Range Officers: Roy Dossat (Sat.) and Dennis Darling (Sun.)

October’s Top Aggregate Rifle Shooters:

Master – John Mouzon 131 - 1X

Expert – Rhett Thomas 123

October’s Top Musket Shooters:

Master – John Mouzon 161 - 1X

Expert – Roy Dossat 118

Next Business Meeting: 7:30PM Thursday, 4 December 2008, to be held at Mike Arthur’s home. All members and interested parties are encouraged to attend.

The Jan. shoot will be Sunday the 25^th. The following business meeting will be Thursday, January 29^th.

Here is what’s happening for the November shoot: On Saturday the 22^nd of Nov. we will hold a blanket shoot from 1 PM to 4 PM. This shoot will be a re-entry style shoot, meaning you may shoot as many targets as you wish, at $1 each, until you have done your best. We will be using a new target introduced by Roy Dossat that consists of 5 intersecting lines. (See last month’s newsletter) Scoring will consist of totaling the distance of 5 shots to each of the line intersections, one intersection per shot. Each shooter will place on the blanket an item relating to our primitive shooting style, preferably hand made, with a value of approximately $15-$25. The top shooter will have first choice from the blanket, followed by the other shooters in order.

Also on tap for Saturday is a pig roast for the evening meal, with bread, beans, corn, potato salad, and coleslaw being provided by various members. If there is something else you want to share with the group, feel free to bring it. Dessert looks like an area to be covered yet. Each shooter should bring your own eating utensils, liquid refreshment, and water for drinking and washing.

Everyone is invited to camp on the range Saturday night.

Sunday’s shoot will be our annual Meat shoot, with a $5 range fee. Prizes will be $20 and $10 gift certificates to one of the local grocery stores. Standings will be determined by the overall (aggregate + novelty) score.

First Notice: Annual club fees of $75 are due by the Jan. 2009 shoot. A large portion of the club’s expenses, lease and insurance, are paid in late Jan – early Feb., therefore prompt remittance is appreciated.

2009 Officer Elections: Club Officers will be elected at the January 29^th business meeting. Please mark your calendar and plan to attend.

2009 State Shoot: The SC Po’ Boys is hosting the 2009 State Shoot on April 10-12. Visit their website at http://scpoboys.googlepages.com/ for more information.

Western Carolina Offhand Championship: July 11-13 hosted by the French Broad Rifles. Contact Harry Chadwick, HChadw1932@aol.com.

The club newsletter is now available online: http://charlestownelongrifles.blogspot.com/

For Sale:

2008 South Carolina State Shoot Shirts! S, M, & L only. $10 ea

If you require any black powder (GOEX FFg-FFFFg $13.50/lb) please contact the Club Secretary. We have a new shipment in hand. Note the price increase!

We also have some #11 CCI percussion caps. $4.60/tin of 100. Contact the Club Secretary. As of this writing ATP and Trader World have no stock.

If you have items for sale that you would like included in the newsletter, contact the Club Secretary.

If you would prefer to receive the newsletter by E-mail, please contact the Club Secretary by E-mail. I would like to encourage those of you who can use this method of delivery to do so; mailing costs are nearly $8⁵⁰ per member per year.

Please bring all newsletter, shooting schedule, and membership list corrections, additions, or deletions to the attention of the Secretary, Dennis Darling. Leave a comment here if you like.

October 2008 Newsletter

The October shoot is the 26^th. 0900-1130 Practice, 1130-1230 Lunch, 1230 Shoot.

>>>>>> Bring Your Muskets for the October Shoot! <<<<<<

October Range Officer: Rocky Thomas

September’s Top Aggregate Rifle Shooters:

Master – Dennis Darling 121 - 1X

Expert – Rick Buxton 119 - 1X

September’s Top Pistol Shooters:

Master – Dennis Darling 152 - 2X

Expert – Rick Buxton 131

Next Business Meeting: 7:30PM Thursday, 30 October 2008, to be held at Jim Rozelle’s home. All members and interested parties are encouraged to attend.

The Nov. shoot will be Saturday the 22^nd and Sunday the 23^rd. The following business meeting will be Thursday, December 4^th.

Here is what’s happening for the November shoot: On Saturday the 22^nd of Nov. we will hold a blanket shoot from 1 PM to 4 PM. This shoot will be a re-entry style shoot, meaning you may shoot as many targets as you wish, at $1 each, until you have done your best. We will be using a new target introduced by Roy Dossat that consists of 5 intersecting lines. (See the example below) Scoring will consist of totaling the distance of 5 shots to each of the line intersections, one intersection per shot. Each shooter will place on the blanket an item relating to our primitive shooting style, preferably hand made, with a value of approximately $15-$25. The top shooter will have first choice from the blanket, followed by the other shooters in order.

Also on tap for Saturday is a pig roast for the evening meal, with bread, beans, corn, and coleslaw being provided by various members. If there is something else you want to share with the group, feel free to bring it. Dessert looks like an area to be covered yet. Each shooter should bring your own eating utensils, liquid refreshment, and water for drinking and washing.

Everyone is invited to camp on the range Saturday night.

Sunday’s shoot will be our annual Meat shoot, with a $5 range fee. Prizes will be $20 and $10 gift certificates to one of the local grocery stores.

For Sale:

2008 South Carolina State Shoot Shirts! S, M, & L only. $10 ea

If you require any black powder (GOEX FFg-FFFFg $12.50/lb) please contact the Club Secretary. Our stock is currently depleted but will be replenished soon.

If you have items for sale that you would like included in the newsletter, contact the Club Secretary.

If you would prefer to receive the newsletter by E-mail, please contact the Club Secretary by E-mail. I would like to encourage those of you who can use this method of delivery to do so; mailing costs are nearly $8⁵⁰ per member per year.

Please bring all newsletter, shooting schedule, and membership list corrections, additions, or deletions to the attention of the Secretary, Dennis Darling.

Target’s actual size is 8.5” x 11”.

02 Oct Meeting Venue

This month's meeting is back on!

Meeting is to be held at Rocky Thomas this Thursday 02 Oct, 7:30 PM. All interested parties are invited to attend.

Leave a comment if you require directions.

September 2008 Newsletter

The September shoot is the 28^th. 0900-1130 Practice, 1130-1230 Lunch, 1230 Shoot.

>>>>>> Bring Your Pistols for the September Shoot! <<<<<<

September Range Officer: TBD

August’s Top Aggregate Rifle Shooters:

Master – Dennis Darling 116 - 1X

Expert – Rick Buxton 98

Next Business Meeting: 7:30PM Thursday, 2 October 2008, venue to be determined. All members and interested parties are encouraged to attend.

The Oct. shoot will be Sunday the 26^th and the following business meeting will be Thursday, October 30^th.

Also continued discussing an overnight camping event/cookout prior to the November meat shoot and some fun shoots on Sat. & Sun, including a blanket prize shoot. Jim Rozelle and Roy Dossat may be marshalling these plans, Jim will head up the food prep and Roy will be the range officer. Lots of ideas passed around but there is always room for more suggestions. Have any thoughts on the matter? Talk to one of the Club officers or come to the next meeting.

New Shoot Schedule: At each shoot we will schedule 6-7 targets; 3 Aggregate, 1-2 Animal or non-standard (Hunters, NGNG, etc), and 2 Pistol or Musket. The relays will be held to a strict 20 minute limit. Targets may be shot in any order and more than one target may be shot during a relay. Marked targets may be shot for more than one relay. Shooters may shoot any or all of the targets as they wish, in any order.

For Sale:

2008 South Carolina State Shoot Shirts! S, M, & L only. $10 ea

If you require any black powder (GOEX FFg-FFFFg $12.50/lb) please contact the Club Secretary. Our stock is currently depleted but will be replenished soon.

If you have items for sale that you would like included in the newsletter, contact the Club Secretary.

If you would prefer to receive the newsletter by E-mail, please contact the Club Secretary by E-mail. I would like to encourage those of you who can use this method of delivery to do so; mailing costs are nearly $8⁵⁰ per member per year.

Please bring all newsletter, shooting schedule, and membership list corrections, additions, or deletions to the attention of the Secretary, Dennis Darling.