August 2008 Newsletter

The August shoot is the 31^st. 0900-1130 Practice, 1130-1230 Lunch, 1230 Shoot.

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

August Range Officer: Paul Fish

July’s Top Aggregate Rifle Shooters:

Master – Ryan Thomas 123

Expert – Paul Fish 107

July’s Top Pistol Shooters:

Master – Dennis Darling 147 -2X

Expert – Rick Buxton 126

Next Business Meeting: 7:30PM Thursday, 4 September 2008, at Rocky Thomas’ home. All members and interested parties are encouraged to attend.

The Sept. shoot will be Sunday the 28^th and the following business meeting will be Thursday, October 2^nd.

We had a terrific meeting last month. John Mouzon presented a talk about building, tuning, and shooting the flintlock rifle that was very well received. Lots of questions and discussion followed.

During the meeting Mike Arthur and Rick Buxton were voted into membership. Welcome to the club and remember to keep your powder dry and your flints well napped!

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. Currently we have 2 cans of FFFg.

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.