South Texas Marksmanship Training Center



South Texas Marksmanship Training Center

Box 692173

San Antonio, Texas 78269

SHOT OUT

The Newsletter of the South Texas Marksmanship Training Center

John W. Gaines, Scribe



JUNE 2018

ANNUAL RAFFLE OF STMTC

The raffle is a real money-maker for the STMTC, and the secret to success is ticket sales.  If you can take a packet of tickets and sell them to family and friends, you are really helping the STMTC.  The best thing about the raffle is that STMTC usually has several prizes; so a ticket holder stands a better chance of winning. Prizes this year include a Winchester Model 52D Match 22lr Rifle with Redfield Target Sights, Remington 870 Wing-Master 20 Ga Shotgun, Smith & Wesson Victor Match 22lr Pistol and Savage MK2 22lr Rifle. It’s a very good selection of prizes so when the tickets are available, take a bunch and sell, sell, sell! (You can buy tickets yourself and win a prize, so buy, buy, buy! Tickets can be purchased at our monthly Board meeting July 5th before the drawing, which will be held that evening. The meeting is open to all members and the general public. So come on out. If you can’t make the meeting but would like to purchase tickets, contact Wayne Nunn at wsnunn@.

SMALLBORE RIFLE

The May monthly match was very well attended. We had 7 shooters in the 3 Position match, 5 in F Class, and 5 in Conventional Prone. It was warm, but not unbearable. Ava Lea won the 3P honors with a 575-18x, Jeff Huehn took the F Class with 1177-62x, and John McComb topped the Prone with 1188-62x. We shoot this smallbore match every second Saturday.

HIGH POWER RIFLE

John Kelley

We had three shooters at the May High Power training match, which was held on May 26th, at the CTSA Range. This was the same weekend that the TSRA Service Championship was held at Camp Swift. Scores weren’t kept, but KellyJeanne did manage to shoot a 200 with 10X at 200 yard sitting rapid. We had a new shooter, Steven Seabolt. It was his first time shooting a match and shooting longer than 200 yards. He did well especially shooting a Springfield 03A3.

 

The next CMP/Garand Match, will be held on Saturday, June 23rd, at the CTSA Range, New Braunfels. We will shoot the course 'B', which is 55 shots. This course starts off with 5 sighting shots in 5 minutes and 20 shots slow fire prone in 20 minutes. Next stage is prone rapid fire, 10 shots in 80 second standing to prone. Third stage is sitting rapid, 10 shots in 70 seconds standing to sitting. Fourth stage is standing slow fire firing 10 shots in 10 minutes. All stages will be fired at the 200-yard line utilizing the pits. Shooters will score and pull targets. Shooters choosing not to pull targets must provide a substitute puller. Match fee is $20 for adults and $10 for juniors and active military. Surplus 30-06 ammo will be available for purchase; $15 for 55 rounds. Gate should be open by 0730, followed by sign-up. Fun begins at 0815 for set up and first rounds down range at 0900. I have two organizational Garands. If someone wants to shoot one, let me know and I'll bring it out.

 

The next scheduled High Power training match is scheduled for Saturday, July 21st, at the CTSA Range, New Braunfels. Match fee is $20 for adults, $10 for Military, and $10 for juniors. Gate should be open by 0730, followed by sign-up. Fun begins at 0830 for squadding and set up. First rounds go down range at 0900. This will be the 88 round NRA across the course training match. It is NRA 'APPROVED". Shooters will score and pull targets. Shooters choosing not to pull targets must provide a substitute puller.

Saturday, June 23rd - 55 shot CMP G/S/M

Saturday, July 21st - 88 shot High Power

Saturday, August 25th - 88 shot High Power

Saturday, September 22nd - shot CMP G/S/M

Saturday, October 27th - 88 shot High Power

Saturday, November 24th - 88 shot High Power

Sunday, December 2nd - 55 shot CMP G/S/M Pearl Harbor Remembrance

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TSRA has published the following dates for their matches: 

F Class Qualifier   Sept 9-10; West TX Long Range Association, Midland

High Power Championship Sept 29-Oct 1; Panola

TSRA Mid-range Championship (Sling Shooters) Oct 6-8; Bayou

TSRA Mid-range F Class Championship Oct 20-22; Panola

PISTOL

There will be an 1800 Precision Pistol/Bullseye Match on Saturday, June 23.

More info to follow.

Rene A. Gonzalez

STMTC Pistol Division Director

BRAUN 4H JUNIOR REPORT

Braun 4H has opened its Smallbore practices at BlackHawk to other 4H shooting sports clubs in Bexar county. Several new families have shown interest in practicing with Braun 4H and there is a possibility that Braun 4H my merge with another club. Currently, the 4H juniors are getting ready for the Texas State Round Up in Austin this July.

VINTAGE MILITARY RIFLE

     The eligibility date window to submit your Vintage Military Rifle Postal Match targets is now extended to November, to allow participation in cooler weather. It looks like we have three solid entries so far, a Finned M39 Mosin-Nagant, a Swiss K-31, and a US 03A4. So get out your rifle and ammo, print the targets, put 'em up at your 50-yard range, and send the results to Philip Beekley (photos to philip30cal@, or fax to 210-695-8925). Time to earn some bragging rights and exercise your old big-bore military war horse.

So what is a “postal” match? Each person who desires to enter will fire two targets on the range of his choice, at the time of his choosing then mail them to Mr. Beekley who will announce the winner at our June monthly meeting. Here are the preliminary rules:

Welcome to the first-ever STMTC Postal Training Match

for Vintage Military Rifles.

We may discover a few kinks in the system as we bring this project to reality, so feedback and constructive comments are welcome. Note the lengthy date window to participate; this allows scheduling your range visits to avoid rainy weather, since this event covers springtime in South Texas. Just keep in mind the spirit and intent of this training: Get out and exercise your vintage military firearm!

Here are a few guidelines:

• No match fee!

• Eligible rifles:

Any bolt-action (non-semiauto) military rifle designed prior to 1950, caliber .256 (6.5mm) or greater, up to .32 cal.

Condition: as-issued, except repairs to maintain serviceability; upgrades as originally introduced that would have been typically performed by arsenal or armorer during the rifle's service life.

Original-specification reproduction firearms and accoutrements are allowed. Examples: a reproduction Warner-Swasey scope on a Ross Mark III sniper rifle, or a reproduction bipod appropriate for a specific rifle.

• Shoot from any position: Standing, bench, prone, sitting, or kneeling. 10-rounds slow-fire and the same for rapid-fire (two targets). Unlimited sighters on an extra target if you want to print one just for that.

• Use any ammo (including hand loads and cast bullets), unless prohibited at the range where you will shoot. For example, incendiary rounds or tracer ammo may be forbidden, due to dry conditions.

• Required equipment: Eye and ear protection.

• Optional equipment: prone mat/rug, period-type front rest (simple sandbag or rags piled on board/brick/dirt-pile, etc.,), spotting scope, non-competition glove(s), original or period-appropriate modern-repro military-style sling and field jacket, bayonet.

• Be sure to fill out all the blanks of the target forms.

• Submit as many results as you have rifles that you want to enter. One entry per rifle. Be sure to submit together for each rifle both the appropriate "Rapid Fire" and "Slow Fire" targets. Self-scoring is optional. Match director will score/re-score all targets as needed.

• Submit targets NLT April 30th, 2018 using:

▪ Email scanned images or photos: philip30cal@

▪ Fax: 210-695-8925

▪ USPS: 8910 Oakwood Court, San Antonio, 78240-3592 postmarked on or before that date.

Questions? Call 210-385-0629 voice/text, or email philip30cal@ .

Allowing for slow USPS delivery, winners will be announced at the June STMTC meeting, Thursday, June 7, 2018. If there are enough entries, we may have winners in several different categories, like iron sight and scoped, Allies and Triple-Entente/Axis, bench and prone, etc.

Stand by for possible prizes announcement (donations welcome!)

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