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THE SHARPSHOOTER

FORT HILL RIFLE & PISTOL CLUB NEWSLETTER

NUMBER 9 _______ __ _ JULY, 2003

VOLUNTEERS HELP WITH MORNINGSIDE DRIVE RANGE MAINTENANCE

The Morningside Drive rifle and pistol ranges were closed on Saturday, May 24, 2003, for maintenance. The FHRPC would like to thank Wayne Belloff, Chris Bennett, Jon Eastham, Ken Fuller, Dennis Hightower, Joe Lechliter, Gary Riggleman, Jim Schmidt, Frank Snyder and Terry Wilson for volunteering to support this event. These guys made a big difference in the appearance and operation of our club facilities. Their help is appreciated.

MORNINGSIDE DRIVE RANGES CLOSED FOR MAINTENANCE

The May work party was so successful that we decided to schedule another.

The Morningside Drive rifle and pistol ranges will be closed on Saturday, September 6, 2003, for maintenance. A number of items need attention, including target frame maintenance, painting, trash clean up, brush removal and grass trimming.

If you can spare a few hours, please come and support your club. Your help is appreciated. We have tremendous facilities built and maintained with 59 years of volunteer help. Keep the tradition alive! Lunch and drinks will be provided.

LIVE ROUNDS IN TRASH CANS POSE DANGER TO MEMBERS

We found numerous live rounds in the trash cans on the May 24 maintenance day. Some rounds made it into the burn barrel, much to the surprise of our volunteer help. After they popped, a close inspection of the suspect trash barrel revealed about a dozen additional misfired 22 long rifle cartridges.

Please dispose of unwanted or misfired cartridges properly. When you have a misfire, wait for five minutes before you open the action and remove the cartridge. Take the misfired cartridge home with you, pull the bullet, separate the components and render the primer inert by soaking the case in light machine oil. Do not dispose of your unwanted or misfired cartridges in the trash containers at the range.

CLUB OFFICERS

FHRPC officers for the year 2003 are (1) President, Wayne Belloff, 301-722-6859, (2) Vice-President, Bill Lewis, 301-777-8180, (3) Treasurer, John Dowell, 301-724-5866, (4) Executive Officer, Frank Snyder, 301-777-1298, (5) Executive Officer, Dave Thompson, 304-788-1346, and (6) Secretary, Marty Harsh, 301-759-2877.

The club officers welcome your feedback. If you have any suggestions, comments or concerns please feel free to contact any of your club officers.

THANKS -- FROM MEMBER STATIONED IN IRAQ

Secretary’s Note: Tom Detrick is a Major in the United States Army. His current duty station is somewhere inside Iraq. The FHRPC recently sent a care package to Tom. Tom’s thank-you note follows. Tom’s note included a picture of him astride a relatively large, captured Iraqi missile. I couldn’t get the picture to scan well so I will post the picture along with Tom’s original note in the Morningside Drive clubhouse. Those of you who are movie watchers might recall the segment in Doctor Strangelove when Slim Pickens drops out of the bomb bay astride a nuclear bomb, slapping the bomb with his cowboy hat and hollerin’ “eeeeeeeehaaaaaaaaaaaa”.

Thank you so very much for your care package, it was extremely thoughtful. You hit the nail on the head with your selections.

The support from home means so very much to all of us over here. No matter what the press says or if we find any WMD…we did the right thing. The scenes of oppression and sheer deprivation are hard to describe. If you took away the paved roads you would find yourself in biblical times, adobe huts, donkey carts full of firewood and children begging food at every turn. Even in downtown Baghdad people are riding carts pulled by donkeys and wearing rags.

We are all trying to settle into a routine and get by. We have no idea about coming home -- now it seems sometime between September and next March.

Found this rocket just lying around here on post…had to do the Dr. Strangelove scene. Thank you again for taking the time to send a package.

Sincerely,

Tom Detrick

SURPLUS LAWN MOWER FOR SALE

The FHRPC has a surplus mower for sale. The Gravely mower and several attachments were purchased from the Allegany County Board of Education several years ago. Our asking price is $300. Please call Marty Harsh at 301-759-2877 if you are interested.

The mower will be sold on an “as-is” basis to the first interested buyer.

BY LAWS INCLUDED AT END OF NEWSLETTER

The FHRPC membership in attendance at the 2003 annual meeting voted unanimously to adopt new By Laws. The newly adopted By Laws are included at the end of this newsletter.

MEMBERSHIP APPLICATIONS

Membership applications are available at the Morningside Drive rifle range clubhouse. An envelope, containing membership applications, is stapled to the bulletin board on the east wall.

We now have 53 names on the membership waiting list. Folks now applying for membership should plan for two years on the waiting list.

The FHRPC has 376 members. The membership includes 54 life members, 22 uniformed police officers and regular military personnel, and 300 regular members. The FHRPC membership is limited to 300 regular members.

LONGVIEW SCHEDULES ACTION PISTOL MATCHES

(by Tom Langley)

The Longview Pistol Range and Sportsmen’s Club has scheduled NRA action pistol matches for this summer. The match dates are July 20, August 31, September 21 and October 26.

NRA action pistol teaches basic marksmanship skills, gun handling skills and pistol craft. Becoming skilled in action pistol will make you a better and safer shooter. It will build confidence in your ability to handle a firearm in any situation. It will help you be competitive in any of the many pistol disciplines.

The required equipment is readily available and relatively inexpensive. The competitor will need (1) a scoped or iron sighted, center fire, semi-automatic pistol or revolver, (2) a holster that will cover the trigger guard and (3) eye and ear protection. Eight clips are recommended but not mandatory.

NRA has many standardized courses of fire. Four courses of fire make up the National Championship and will be used in the Longview competition. Brief descriptions of the four courses follow.

1) The Falling Plate Event. Six eight-inch diameter plates at ranges of 10, 15, 20 and 25 yards, in a time limit of 6, 7, 8 and 9 seconds, respectively.

2) The Barricade Event. Six shots each on paper targets at ranges of 10, 15, 25 and 35 yards, in a time limit of 5, 6, 7 and 8 seconds, respectively. Fired from both sides of the barricade.

3) The Moving Target Event. Three or six shots each on paper targets at ranges of 10, 15, 20 and 25 yards as the target moves 60 feet in 6 seconds. The 10- and 15-yard targets are shot in 6-round strings. The 20- and 25-yard targets are shot in 3-round strings.

4) The Practical Event. Two to six shots on paper targets at ranges of 10, 15, 25 and 50 yards, in a time limit ranging from 3 to 18 seconds.

All courses are challenging and very fun. There is no movement. Running, walking, or reloading on the move is not required. Age and disability are not a serious advantage.

All matches are fired at the Longview Pistol Range on Jackson Mountain near Lonaconing. Matches begin at 10 AM. The match fee is $15. Contact Tom Langley at 301-689-6869 or John Dowell at 301-724-5866 for more information.

SCHEDULES FOR AGENCY USE OF RANGES

The Federal Correction Institution (FCI) Special Operation Response Team (SORT) will be using the Warrior Mountain range for monthly training. Their schedule is shown in the following table.

|AGENCY |DATE |TIME |

|FCI |Friday, July 11 |0800-1300 |

|SORT | | |

| |Thursday, August 7 | |

| |Thursday, September 4 | |

SILHOUETTE LEAGUE REACHES HALFWAY POINT

The smallbore silhouette league has reached the mid-season point with 19 competitors participating in the matches. The first half of the season has been wet and soggy, but the league has managed to continue without missing a single match due to rain.

Ron Deter and Bill Lewis continue to be the men to beat with mid-season scores of 32.00 and 23.14, respectively. The contention for third place is close, with John Dowell, Joe Lechliter, Steve Isner and Wayne Belloff posting scores of 18.00, 16.50, 15.00 and 14.00, respectively. Mid-season scores are shown in the following table.

Half of the scheduled matches remain to be fired. The league invites all potential competitors to come and give silhouette a try. Your first match is free. Juniors, 18 years of age or younger, shoot for free. And, the rifle raffle for new competitors is scheduled for the last match.

|NAME |CHICKENS |PIGS |TURKEYS |RAMS |OVERALL |

|DETER, RON |8.33 |7.67 |7.67 |8.33 |32.00 |

|LEWIS, BILL |6.14 |7.43 |4.00 |5.57 |23.14 |

|DOWELL, JOHN |5.67 |5.33 |4.00 |3.00 |18.00 |

|LECHLITER, JOE |5.17 |4.83 |2.67 |3.83 |16.50 |

|ISNER, STEVE |4.00 |5.00 |3.00 |3.00 |15.00 |

|BELLOFF, WAYNE |4.75 |3.75 |3.00 |2.50 |14.00 |

|CARNEY, MIKE |4.43 |3.71 |1.86 |2.71 |12.71 |

|TRESSLER, TOM |2.50 |4.25 |3.00 |2.50 |12.25 |

|MILTENBERGER, XAN |3.40 |3.40 |2.00 |2.80 |11.60 |

|SNYDER, FRANK |4.00 |3.00 |1.75 |2.25 |11.00 |

|SNYDER, JACK |2.50 |3.00 |2.17 |1.67 |9.33 |

|KNIERIEM, JOHN |3.33 |2.00 |1.33 |2.67 |9.33 |

|McCREARY, CHARLES |1.00 |3.00 |2.00 |3.00 |9.00 |

|GIFT, JIM |1.00 |3.00 |3.00 |1.00 |8.00 |

|SCHLOSSER, DOUG |5.00 |1.00 |0.75 |0.75 |7.50 |

|LAURIE, CHUCK |2.67 |1.33 |0.67 |2.67 |7.33 |

|GAGLIO, ED |2.25 |2.50 |0.50 |1.00 |6.25 |

|ALDERMAN, TOM |0.00 |1.00 |2.00 |3.00 |6.00 |

|GAGLIO, MELISSA |0.00 |0.00 |0.75 |0.75 |1.50 |

WHY JOHNNY CAN’T SHOOT ANYMORE

Secretary’s Note: R. J. Thomas, a contributing editor of Defense Watch, wrote the following article. The article is dated January 8, 2003. It is reprinted here with the permission of the author. You may or may not agree with Thomas’ statements about the ability of our soldiers to shoot. What is important here is the environmental impact of shooting ranges. Your Secretary, and a small but significant number of the FHRPC membership, work for a company named ATK. ATK is one of the ten largest defense contractors in the United States and operates ABL. ATK also operates Lake City Army Ammunition Plant (LCAAP) in Missouri. LCAAP makes all of the small caliber ammunition (from 9MM to 50CAL) used by the United States military. LCAAP is required by the United States government to manufacture green, or lead free, ammunition for their entire product line by 2007. Please take five minutes to read Thomas’ article.

Up until the Vietnam War, Americans had been known as a nation of marksmen. From the French and Indian wars through the Korean conflict, those who opposed us on the battlefield suffered the consequences of our rifleman heritage.

Then about the time of the Vietnam War, our troops suddenly seemed unable to shoot any better than anyone else, and often, not as well. The reasons for the decline in our shooting capabilities, as reflected by the reported performance of our ground troops in Afghanistan, are multi-faceted, but definable and correctable.

From the 1600s continuing through the present, the population of the United States has been on a steady migration from rural to urban living. The mentality of rural or wilderness dwellers always focused on the necessity of good marksmanship. Whether for subsistence or defense, good shooters could keep their family fed or defend them from marauders if necessary.

Great rifles were built for these early marksmen, first by early German settlers, who set up shops around the Pennsylvania iron ore deposits. Later, these Pennsylvania rifles gained fame for their accuracy and killing power in the Kentucky Territory and across the Great Plains.

Gun makers such as Ballard, Sharps, Remington and Winchester carried on the traditions of the early German gunsmiths and built superbly accurate, powerful single-shot hunting rifles. These makers also built long-range competition rifles that were accurate beyond 1,000 yards. Meanwhile, Springfield Arsenal was building single-shot rifles for the U.S. military, chambered for the powerful 45-70 Government cartridge, which remained the primary service round from 1873-1889, when it was replaced by the smokeless 30 U.S. Army (30-40 Krag).

As the balance of the population began to shift from rural to urban settings in the early 1900s, so did the emphasis on great marksmanship. City folk continued to hunt under controlled seasons and bag limits, but mostly for sport. City dwellers also continued European-style competitions (Schutzen Matches) to keep their marksmanship skills sharp and display their shooting prowess against the rest of the world in open competition

Meanwhile, the country folk were still subsistence hunting and controlling predators, sometimes within the law, sometimes not. Great competitive marksmen also came from rural communities (particularly the Rocky Mountain States and California), as well as the eastern population centers. Americans were recognized as the best shooters in the world and shot for cash prizes up to $25,000 (a lot of loot in those days), as well as for numerous merchandise prizes.

However, all was not well for American shooters: Movements to take guns away from the general population and ban hunting (a blood sport) were already starting to make themselves heard. These anti-gun/anti-hunting groups, considered fringe lunatics by early Americans, have now gained considerable influence over our government and its policy, as we shall see.

The early U.S. military system recognized the importance of marksmanship among the ranks and often rewarded the best marksmen with additional money and advancement to positions of leadership.

Up through the 1940s, the Army conducted regular shooting sessions at the company level, the Navy at the fleet level and the Marines at the regimental and landing party level to determine the best shots in their ranks. The military as a whole encouraged shooting competition, and even the smallest units based in isolated locations practiced with their 1903 Springfield 30-06s on ranges that were required on all military installations. Every fort, base, installation and unit sent its best marksmen to represent their commands at regional, service (All-Army, All-Marine Corps etc.), and Inter-Service Matches, culminating in the National Championships at Camp Perry, Ohio. Competition between the branches of the U.S. military (particularly the Army and Marine Corps) for the honor of National Champion was ferocious and all of the services strongly supported the program.

By the 1950s, U.S. military leadership was already becoming enamored of high technology approaches to fighting wars. Military weapons designers had developed the great magazine-fed M-14 battle rifle from the innovative en bloc clip-fed M-1 Garand. While the training required to load and shoot the M-14 well was significantly less than that required for the M-1, marksmanship principles and the training required to attain excellence remained constant. The Army, Marines and to a lesser degree the Navy, supported marksmanship training and Known Distance (KD) ranges up through the 1970s despite the high cost, but they were searching for a technological solution.

The only problem with marksmanship training was it was very expensive. Military leaders recognized that it took their finest NCOs to instill marksmanship principles in new recruits and to continue training throughout their careers to maintain peak effectiveness with their M-1s and later M-14s.

Additionally, KD ranges took up a lot of valuable real estate and required expensive maintenance of the butts, targets and firing points. U.S. military leaders thought they found a technological solution to the high cost of marksmanship training (encouraged by bureaucratic bean counters) in the form of the M-16 rifle.

The M-16 offered the military services (with the exception of the Marines), at least a theoretical rationale to abandon their costly marksmanship programs. Based on computer-modeled battlefield scenarios, the military brass were convinced there would never be another war fought by grunts at ranges beyond 300 meters.

The M-16 offered reduced recoil (a consideration for our kinder, gentler co-ed recruits), an increased volume of automatic fire and an increased number of rounds in a standard loadout. All of this added up to theoretical increased Probability of Hits (PH) on adversaries on the premise that if you shoot more bullets faster, you are bound to more often hit something - a seriously flawed theory. An additional economic benefit of the M-16/5.56 cartridge was it had a shorter range-over-flight requirement than the old 30-06 cartridge for which the KD ranges had originally been built.

So one direct consequence of the M-16's arrival was that marksmanship training and competition programs began losing vital financial support from the military leadership.

All over the country, bases began to review the cost of maintaining ranges. Local commanders found that they could open up this valuable real estate for important functions like golf courses, new landing strips or a host of other uses such as blank fire tactics training villages.

Another force working against military marksmanship was the rise of environmental regulations (particularly the frequently-mandated Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) required for any major base construction project).

Even in that last bastion of marksmanship, the Marine Corps, the heat was on base commanders to shut down ranges wherever possible. One of the ranges on MCB Camp Pendleton (the only 1,000-yard KD range in Southern California) was closed by the base biologist (an anti-gun hippie) because he felt the loud rifle reports would disturb the breeding habits of the California Black Vireos nesting in the nearby willows of Pulgas Creek. Of course, nobody was allowed to point out that the Vireos had been nesting there for 50 years with rifles banging away the whole time, to no ill effect on the birds.

Lest one should think this was a rare example of protective enthusiasm, this same environmentalist nitwit held up the construction of a Navy SEAL .50-caliber sniper range on MCB Pendleton for three years while conducting an EIS on the negative impact the range would have on the habitat of the Whitefooted Kangaroo Rat. The irony of that particular whole study was the rats actually preferred the backside of impact area berms for their burrowing areas, so more rat habitat was created by the range's existence.

The stories are the same all over the country for all of the armed services. Civilian residential encroachment on base borders, politically-correct anti-gun politicians (the Imperial Beach Navy SEAL Range was shut down because illegals crossing the Tijuana River could potentially wander into the impact area), and environmentalists placing the welfare of various birds, rodents and amphibians before training requirements for troops, must be brought to a halt.

Once the Army abandoned the concept of a grunt with a battle rifle capable of hitting targets out to several hundred yards, marksmanship training was on a slippery slope.

Today, the brass seem determined to try and develop "shoot-and-forget" weapons, and their motivation appears driven more to avoid the high costs of marksmanship training and range maintenance than to improve soldier effectiveness in combat. Recently, there have even been evaluations of videogame substitutes for KD range training, with which the recruit aims a mock M-16 at a video screen displaying different-sized enemy soldier icons to represent differing ranges. A good video game player can tear this training device up, but when a real rifle is put in his hands, the results on KD range targets are often abysmal.

But as the Afghanistan "lessons learned" clearly show, if the U.S. military still wants to fight protracted rifle battles at long range, it needs to put the emphasis back on marksmanship, re-establish live-fire KD ranges and provide the troops effective and sustained marksmanship training with weapons capable of reaching out and touching someone.

FHRPC MEMBERS CAN BUY CMP RIFLES AT CLUB DISCOUNT

FHRPC members can now buy Civilian Marksmanship Program (CMP) rifles at the discounted club price. Rifles available are shown in the following table. Members must (1) pay for the rifle before shipment, (2) receive their rifle at a local sporting goods store and complete U. S. government form 4473 and the NICS check and (3) retain possession of the rifle for at least one year from the date of purchase. Call Dave Thompson at 304-788-1346 for more details.

|ITEM |PRICE |

|M1 Garand, Springfield, 30-06 cal |$481 |

|M1 Garand, Harrington & Richardson, 30-06 cal |$504 |

|M1 Garand, Springfield, Danish Issue, 30-06 cal |$391 |

|M1 Garand, Springfield, Danish Issue, VAR Barrel, 30-06 cal |$413 |

|M1 Garand, Winchester, Danish Issue, 30-06 cal |$413 |

|M1903, Springfield, High Serial Number, S Stock, 30-06 cal |$391 |

|M1903A3, Remington, S Stock, 30-06 cal |$391 |

|M82G, Kimber, 22 cal |$571 |

NO MORE 22-CAL HANDGUNS FOR MARYLANDERS

That’s right! No newly manufactured 22-caliber handguns are allowed to be sold in Maryland since the Gun Safety Act of 2000 provision requiring integrated safety devices on newly manufactured handguns became effective on January 1, 2003. Of the 200 or so handgun manufacturers in the United States, not one has made peace with the Maryland law and incorporated integrated safety devices on new 22-caliber guns. So now, we Maryland-resident FHRPC members can not purchase a Ruger Mk II semi-auto! Only three manufacturers, including Springfield Armory, Smith & Wesson and Taurus, have some of their centerfire guns compliant with the Maryland law. Note that it is just some models that are compliant. For example, only the Smith & Wesson revolvers are compliant with the Maryland law. No Smith & Wesson semi-automatics are compliant as of this newsletter. The Maryland Gun Safety Act of 2000 is serving its intended purpose – a de facto ban on handgun sales in Maryland.

WANTED TO BUY, SELL OR TRADE

This section of the FHRPC newsletter is reserved for membership advertising. You can advertise your surplus sporting gear for sale (WTS, want to sell) or trade (WTT, want to trade). Likewise, if you are looking for something to buy (WTB, want to buy), you can advertise here. Sporting gear can be any type of shooting, archery, hunting, fishing, or camping equipment. Examples include firearms, ammo, reloading equipment and components, scopes, bows, boots, portable tree stands, and tents. Forward your advertisements to Marty Harsh at 313 Sunset Drive, LaVale, Maryland, 21502, for the next newsletter.

1) WTS, Savage-Anshutz Mk10B target rifle, 22 cal, with original Anshutz iron sights, metal and wood refinished, and glass bedded, all by Gostomski in Spring, 2003, $350, Marty Harsh, 301-759-2877.

2) WTS, 40S&W brass, once fired, $15/1000, $50/3500, John Dowell, 301-724-5866.

3) WTS, Federal Ordnance M1A, 308 WIN, new Barnett match barrel, fired less than 100 rounds, $800, Tom Langley, 301-689-6869.

4) WTS, Norinco M1A, 308 WIN, fired less than 50 rounds, $800, Tom Langley, 301-689-6869.

5) WTS, Hi-Standard model 107 Trophy pistol, 22 cal, iron sights, 2 barrels, 2 mags, $525, B. C. Atkinson, 301-777-2557.

6) WTS, Ruger model 22/45 pistol, 22 cal, Laser Aim dot sight, 2 mags, $375, B. C. Atkinson, 301-777-2557.

7) WTS, S&W model 586-2 revolver, 357 cal, Hogue grips, like new, $550, B. C. Atkinson, 301-777-2557.

8) WTS, 22-cal, Winchester, model 61, pump action rifle, good shape, $400 firm, Frank Snyder, 301-777-1298.

9) WTS, rotating case tumbler, good shape, $25, Frank Snyder, 301-777-1298.

10) WTS, Remington model 700BDL, enhanced receiver, 300 WIN MAG, new in box, never fired, $500, George Sneathen, 301-759-1323.

11) WTS, handmade hunting knives, made to order, some in stock, call for prices, Mike Carney, 301-777-0997.

12) WTS, Speer, 243-cal (6-mm) bullets, 105-grain Spitzer, $5 per box of 100, have 2 boxes, John Dowell, 301-724-5866.

13) WTS, Savage, M110, left hand, 7MM REM MAG, like new, with 3-9X scope, $370, Darrel Bailey, 301-777-0551.

14) WTS, Browning A-Bolt, 338 WIN MAG, $500, Bob Beck, 301-724-7838.

15) WTS, Midway gun cradle, new in box, $75, Vic Merkel, 301-777-1129.

16) WTS, Weatherby Vanguard, 7MM REM MAG, new in box, $450, Vic Merkel, 301-777-1129.

17) WTS, Gracey power case trimmer, 223 cal, new, never used, $225, Vic Merkel, 301-777-1129.

18) WTS, USGI surplus ball powder, ideal for medium sized rifle cartridges like 30-06, 8 lb, $100, Vic Merkel, 301-777-1129.

19) WTS, 45ACP brass, Remington, primed, new, never fired, $125 per 1000 pieces, Vic Merkel, 301-777-1129.

20) WTS, 223 USGI brass, once fired, resized, trimmed, primer crimp removed, ready to reload, 3500 pcs in 5-gal bucket, $175, Vic Merkel, 301-777-1129.

21) WTS, Mega Ears, made by Bonner-Tech, 2 pairs, new, $150 each, Vic Merkel, 301-777-1129.

22) WTS, Ransom Rest, with windage base and grips for model 1911 45ACP, new, never used, $500, Vic Merkel, 301-777-1129.

23) WTS, Marlin Glenfield model 30A rifle, caliber 30-30, with 4X scope, fired less than 40 rounds, $325, Vic Merkel, 301-777-1129.

24) WTS, Savage model 110, 223 REM, includes 3-9X scope with bullet drop compensator, fired less than 20 rounds, $375, Vic Merkel, 301-777-1129.

25) WTS, 338 cal, 250-gr Lapua, 225-gr other pulled bullets, 48 pcs, $6, Jim Gift, 301-359-3639.

26) WTS, Lyman resizing press-in resizing dies, 8X57mm, 38-55, 308WIN, 30-06, $3 each, Jim Gift, 301-359-3639.

27) WTS, L. E. Wilson press-in die for 250-3000 SAV, $5, Jim Gift, 301-359-3639.

28) WTS, full-length die for 38-55, $5, Jim Gift, 301-359-3639.

29) WTS, 1896 Swedish Mauser bolt and assorted parts, call for price, Bill Murphy, 301-334-8550.

30) WTS, Hornady, 30 cal, 168-grain HPBT match bullets, $15/100, $70/500, Marty Harsh, 301-759-2877.

31) WTS, Lapua, 30 cal, Scenar, 165-grain FMJBT match bullets, $15/100, $70/500, Marty Harsh, 301-759-2877.

32) WTS, 308 WIN brass, USGI, LC91 head stamp, new, never fired, has inert primer, $7/100, $30/500 including 50-cal ammo can, Marty Harsh, 301-759-2877.

33) WTS, 303 cal, MK VII, FMJ flat base, 174-grain bullets, milsurp, pulled with inertia puller, no pull marks, $12/100, Marty Harsh, 301-759-2877.

34) WTS, 30 cal, 174-grain FMJBT match bullets, USGI, pulled, $13/100, Marty Harsh, 301-759-2877.

35) WTS, Weaver scope, model KT15, 15X, new in box, never mounted, $200, Marty Harsh, 301-759-2877.

1) WTB, IMR 1-pound powder cans, empty, $1 each, Marty Harsh, 301-759-2877.

2) WTB, 12-gauge shotgun shell reloader, Roger Winebrenner, 301-689-6426.

3) WTB, Smith&Wesson, model 686, Tom Langley, 301-689-6869.

PLACES TO SHOOT

This section of the FHRPC newsletter is reserved for information describing shooting matches outside the FHRPC and in the not-to-distant surroundings. If you know of other places holding shooting matches that might be of interest to the FHRPC membership, forward the information to Marty Harsh at 313 Sunset Drive, LaVale, Maryland, 21502, for the next newsletter.

Action Pistol

Longview Pistol Range & Sportsmen Club, Defensive Pistol Match, Jul 13, Aug 17, Sep 14, Oct 19, Nov 9, 200 rounds, multiple competitor classes, start at 10 AM, $15 per match, George Gallagher, 301-463-6264, Tom Thrasher, 301-689-2868, Tom Langley, 301-689-6869.

1) Longview Pistol Range & Sportsmen Club, practice days, Jul 27, Aug 24, Sep 28, Oct 26, 9 AM to 3 PM, $5 per day, George Gallagher, 301-463-6264, Tom Thrasher, 301-689-2868, Tom Langley, 301-689-6869.

2) Longview Pistol Range & Sportsmen Club, yearly memberships, January through December, $50 per year, George Gallagher, 301-463-6264, Tom Thrasher, 301-689-2868, Tom Langley, 301-689-6869.

3) Longview Pistol Range & Sportsmen Club, NRA Action Pistol Match, Jul 20, Aug 31, Sep 21, Oct 26, start at 10 AM, $15 per match, Tom Langley, 301-689-6869, John Dowell, 301-724-5866.

Bench Rest

1) Casselman Valley Sportsmen, Grantsville, MD, Jul 19, Aug 23, Sep 13, Sep 27, Oct 4, Oct 18, Nov 1, Nov 15, Nov 22, start at 1 PM, factory rifle with sporter barrel and 12X scope limit, Fred Kreiger, 301-729-1261.

Blackpowder

1) Maysville, WV, first Sunday of each month, $10 per match, start at 1 PM, Terry Mulligan at 304-738-3219.

2) Casselman Valley Sportsmen, Grantsville, MD, Jul 19, Sep 13, Sep 21, Sep 27, Oct 12, start at 1 PM, Terry Mulligan, 304-738-3219.

Highpower Rifle

1) Fort Meade, MD, NRA 80-shot matches, Jul 19, Aug 16 (MD state), Aug 17 (LEG), start at 7:30 AM, $30 per match, Larry Moreland, 301-249-4586.

2) Fort Meade, MD, 600-yd matches, service rifle, match rifle and F-class, Nov 2, start at 7:30 AM, $30 per match, Larry Moreland, 301-249-4586.

3) Peeltree, WV, NRA 80-shot matches, Jul 12, Aug 9, Sep 13, Sep 21, Oct 11, Dick Whiting, 304-472-1449.

4) Peeltree, WV, NRA 50-shot matches, Jul 13, Jul 19 (JCG), Jul 20 (JCG), Sep 19 (LEG), Oct 18 (JCG), Oct 19 (JCG), Dick Whiting, 304-472-1449.

5) Peeltree, WV, 600-yard matches, Jul 13, Dick Whiting, 304-472-1449.

6) Peeltree, WV, 1000-yard matches, Sep 20, Dick Whiting, 304-472-1449.

7) Reade, PA, NRA 80-shot matches, Jul 12 (PA state), Jul 13 (LEG), Jul 27, Aug 24, Sep 28, Oct 26, start at 9 AM, sign up at 8 AM, $20 per match, Dave Little, 570-458-0180.

8) Reade, PA, 600-yard F-class matches, Jul 19, Aug 10, Aug 31, Sep 21, Oct 5, start at 9 AM, sign up at 8 AM, $10 per match, Dave Little, 570-458-0180.

9) Reade, PA, 1000-yard matches, NRA & F-class, Jul 20, Sep 14, Oct 11 (PA state NRA), Oct 12 (PA state F-class), Oct 18, start at 9 AM, sign up at 8 AM, $10 per match, Dave Little, 570-458-0180.

Running Deer

1) Casselman Valley Sportsmen, Grantsville, MD, Jul 26, Sep 20, Oct 26, Nov 8, Dec 13, Dec 27, start at 1 PM, Terry Mulligan, 304-738-3219.

Sporting Clays

1) Everett Sportsmen’s Club, P. O. Box 312, Everett, PA, 15537, Aug 3, Sep 7, Oct 5, Nov 2, 50-bird rounds, shooting from 10 AM to 3:30 PM, food & ammo available, Ed Sponsler, 814-652-5562.

Trap

1) Lonaconing Trap Club, Tuesday & Thursday evenings starting at 4 PM, Saturday mornings starting at 10 AM, Gary Dawson, 301-724-6351.

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