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FORT HILL RIFLE & PISTOL CLUB NEWSLETTER

NUMBER 11 ______ _ JANUARY, 2004

ANNUAL MEETING SCHEDULED FOR FEBRUARY 13

The annual meeting of the Fort Hill Rifle and Pistol Club (FHRPC) is scheduled for Friday, February 13, 2004, from 6 to 8 PM. The meeting will be held at the Allegany County Career Center for Technical Education on McMullen Highway. All members are encouraged to attend. If Allegany County schools are cancelled on February 13 due to weather, the annual meeting will be re-scheduled for Friday, February 20.

The major item of new business is election of club officers. Six elected officers, including a president, vice president, treasurer, two executive officers and a secretary manage your club.

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.

NO ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES ON FHRPC PROPERTY

Recall our new By Laws. A copy was attached to the end of the July, 2003, newsletter. These By Laws were unanimously approved at the Annual Meeting on February 28, 2003.

Article 11 is titled “Alcoholic Beverages”. It reads as follows.

11.1 Alcoholic Beverages. The use or possession of alcoholic beverages on FHRPC property is prohibited unless approved by the Executive Committee.

The Executive Committee has not approved any use of alcoholic beverages on FHRPC property.

The bottom line – booze and guns don’t mix. If you want to drink, do it some place other than FHRPC property. And, do it after you have visited the range. One case of bad judgment, one moment of inattention, one bullet over the impact berm will end 59 years of fellowship and volunteer work.

JUNIOR SMALLBORE RIFLE LEAGUE IN 2004

The FHRPC, in conjunction with the NRA, is again conducting the Basic Rifle Shooting Course/Rifle Shooting Merit Badge program as part of our junior smallbore rifle league. A schedule follows showing the course of instruction for this program. The course stresses firearm safety, basic knowledge of firearms and ammunition, and marksmanship skills. Students will gain experience shooting 22-caliber rimfire rifles from the shooting bench and the four basic shooting positions used in competition -- prone, sitting, kneeling and standing.

Any participant that attends five of seven lessons and demonstrates knowledge and proficiency will be recommended for a rifle shooting merit badge and will be given a certificate of completion for the course.

The FHRPC has excellent facilities, competent instructors and provides everything that is needed including rifles, ammunition, targets, hearing protection, shooting jackets, shooting mats and spotting scopes. A nominal fee of $1 is charged when shots are fired to cover target cost. This is an excellent opportunity for any youngster to become acquainted with firearms safety and to develop basic marksmanship skills at little or no cost.

Please share this information with your family, friends and neighbors. Feel free to call Chris Bennett at 301-777-2593 in the evenings for more information.

Fort Hill Rifle & Pistol Club

2004 Junior Smallbore Rifle League

NRA Basic Rifle Shooting Course/Rifle Shooting Merit Badge

|OBJECT |Promote firearms safety & develop marksmanship skills |

|LOCATION |Morningside Drive rifle range |

|PARTICIPANTS |Boys & girls between 11 & 18 years of age. Parents are always welcome to help and frequently participate. |

|TIME |Saturdays, 9 AM to 11 AM |

|EQUIPMENT |Everything provided by FHRPC |

|DONATIONS |$1 when shots are fired |

|QUESTIONS |Call Chris Bennett at 301-777-2593 (evenings) |

|LESSON |DAY |DATE |TOPIC |

|1 |Saturday |April 3, 2004 |Rifle Knowledge & Safe Gun Handling |

|2 |Saturday |April 10, 2004 |Ammunition & Fundamentals of Rifle Shooting |

|3 |Saturday |April 17, 2004 |Firing the First Shots |

|4 |Saturday |April 24, 2004 |Prone Rifle Shooting Position |

|5 |Saturday |May 1, 2004 |Sitting & Kneeling Shooting Positions |

|6 |Saturday |May 8, 2004 |Standing Rifle Shooting Position & Review |

|7 |Saturday |May 15, 2004 |Rifle Sports & Activities |

SIGHT-IN DAYS HELPS LOCAL HUNTERS

Sight-In Days for 2003 was successfully completed over four days in late November. The FHRPC offers this annual event as a community service to assist local deer hunters in zeroing their rifle sights. Members supporting the Sight-In Team are shown in the following picture. Outsiders know these guys as the Bubba Brigade. Secretly, they call themselves the Deer Rifle Mafia. From left to right are Bubba Brant, Bubba Fuller, Bubba Harsh, Bubba Shaffer, Bubba Weatherholt, Bubba Deter, Bubba Detrick, Bubba Knippenburg, Bubba James, and Bubba Blume. Not present are Bubba Snyder, Bubba Bittner, Bubba Dowell, and Bubba Lewis. No doubt these last four guys were at the feeding trough when the picture was taken.

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Sight-In Team Members, from left to right, are Jim Brant, Ken Fuller, Marty Harsh, Dave Shaffer, Bob Weatherholt, Ron Deter, Jim Detrick, Charlie Knippenburg, Dan James, and Clayton Blume. Not present are Frank Snyder, Bill Bittner, John Dowell, and Bill Lewis.

Mother Nature smiled on the Sight-In Team this year with beautiful fall weather. The air was brisk. The sun was bright. The smell of fresh leaves mixed with an occasional whiff of burned powder and the crack of the deer rifles brought good memories to us all -- that first time out with your Dad, that first deer kill, that time when you shot six big fox squirrels and were back home before breakfast, that time when you hit three for three in a covey of qual, that humongous deer you killed – or shot at and missed because you were doing something dumb!

The FHRPC helped approximately 125 hunters this year. Attendance was down this year relative to years past. The Sight-In Team is uncertain of the reason for the low attendance. We may have improperly advertised the event. Or, we may have confused the public with the lack of the usual one-dollar raffle that we conducted for many years. Any feedback you can supply will be appreciated. Ken Fuller is the chairman of the Sight-In Team and can be reached at 301-724-5254.

One thing is for sure – the average hunter in our neck of the woods has much better equipment than in years past. It is not unusual for a hunter to sit at a bench and confirm his rifle zero in three or four shots. In many cases over the past two years, we have not had to make any sight adjustments. Just ten years ago, adjusting sights took fifteen to twenty shots for the average hunter. It sure does seem like the average hunter has a better rifle, a better scope, and better ammunition than just a few years ago.

FHRPC FORMING HUNTER SAFETY INSTRUCTOR TEAM

The FHRPC is forming a team of instructors to conduct hunter safety classes. We need six to eight dedicated individuals to make the team functional. We hope to be able to conduct at least two hunter safety courses per year. To become an instructor, you must be a graduate of a hunter safety class and must apply for certification as an instructor to the Maryland Department of Natural Resources. Please call Bryan Walkup at 301-689-3830 if you are interested in joining the FHRPC Hunter Safety Team. Our team now consists of Bryan Walkup, Floyd Johnson, Wayne Belloff and Chris Bennett. We are still looking for a few good men to round out the Hunter Safety Team.

The FHRPC supported two Maryland DNR sponsored hunter safety courses in the fall of 2003. These two classes graduated about 90 new hunters. We did a great thing here. Unfortunately, your club scribe (that’s me – Marty Harsh) scheduled the live-fire portion of these two classes on both days of the weekend before the early Maryland blackpowder rifle season. I am sure this inconvenienced some of you. Please accept my apology and promise that I will try real hard in the future to keep this scheduling SNAFU from happening again.

GREAT-GUN RAFFLE IS BIG SUCCESS

The FHRPC completed its first 20-gun raffle on Sunday, November 9, 2003. The raffle guns included three blackpowder rifles, three smallbore rifles, three shotguns, nine centerfire rifles and two handguns.

Club members sold 938 of the 1000 twenty-dollar tickets. A large group of club members served as ticket salesmen and made this first-time event a big success. At least 75 members volunteered to sell tickets. The FHRPC has never before had such a large turnout to support a single endeavor. We owe our thanks to the following salesmen: Russ Lease, Jack Snyder, Jeff Shipley, Frank Snyder, Joe Lechliter, Wayne Belloff, David Miller, Bob Twigg, Jim Soulsby, Clayton Blume, Dave Thompson, Jon Eastham, Dwight Llewellyn, Mike Winter, Wayne Stott, Al Paxton, Terry Barnes, Jim Brant, Bob Weatherholt, Rodney Keys, Mark Van Tyne, Jim Snider, Chris Bennett, Ken Fuller, Paul Tower, Jim Sherman, Tom Langley, George Sneathen, Jim Marker, Terry Wilson, Gary Dawson, Fred Kreiger, Mike Carney, Gordon Snurr, Jim Speis, Jack Parrill, Don Schneider, Terry Mulligan, Dave Shuck, Chet Amick, Kevin Detrick, John Sagal, Mike Wilson, Harry Wharton, Gerald Growden, Darrel Bailey, Jim Gift, Jeff Kerr, Dan James, Floyd Johnson, John Dowell, Bill Bittner, Bob Crissey, John Keller, Jeff Barber, Dennis Hightower, Tom Tressler, Jim Stegmaier, Al Evans, Don Greise, Jim McCullough, Chris Greiner, Larry Knotts, Bill Lewis, Ron Martin, Roger Rowe, Jake Teter, Jim Robison, Mike Blubaugh, Ed Gaglio, Rick Atkinson, Dave Shaffer, Jim Kaiser, Gary Riggleman, John Hunt, Jim Painter, Steve Isner. Please accept our apology if we mistakenly omitted your name from the list of salesmen.

The raffle began at 10 AM as advertised and proceeded without a hitch. We would also like to thank ten-year old Hunter Green and nine-year old Nick Gaglio for pulling all winning raffle ticket numbers. The raffle winners are shown in the following table.

The gross income from the raffle (including tickets, food at the rifle matches, and match fees) is $18,859. Expenses totaled $10,849. So, the profit from the raffle and associated shooting matches is $8010. The profit will be used to grow your club facilities.

2003 GREAT-GUNS RAFFLE RESULTS

|TIME |FIREARM |CALIBER |TICKET NUMBER |WINNER |

|10 AM |Remington Model 7 Rifle…………………... |7MM08 |450 |T. Barnes |

|10:15 |Kimber Hunter Rifle………………………… |22 RF |926 |J. Snider |

|10:30 |Ruger 77-MK II Target Rifle……………….. |22-250 |735 |D. Morgan |

|10:45 |Remington 870 Wingmaster Shotgun……. |16 GA |149 |S. Howell |

|11:00 |Smith & Wesson 686 Revolver……………. |357MAG |691 |T. Giarth |

|11:15 |Thompson-Center Classic Semi-Auto Rifle |22 RF |876 |J. Cole |

|11:30 |Remington 700 BDL Rifle………………….. |30-06 |525 |S. D’Atri |

|11:45 |Winchester Model 70 Classic Rifle……….. |300WSM |777 |C. Goldstrum |

|12:00 |Thompson-Center Encore Rifle…………… |50 CAL |412 |C. Amick |

|12:15 |Ruger 10/22-T with Bull Barrel……………. |22 RF |958 |D. Mackert |

|12:30 |Remington 1187 Premier Shotgun……….. |12 GA |454 |R. Swarner |

|12:45 |Winchester Model 70 Coyote Rifle……….. |223 |643 |V. Whetstone |

|1:00 |Springfield Armory 1911A1 Pistol………… |45ACP |130 |J. Soulsby |

|1:15 |Remington 700 BDL Rifle…………………. |243 |769 |J. Fetters |

|1:30 |Lyman Great Plains Blackpowder Rifle…... |50 CAL |112 |D. Yaider |

|1:45 |Savage 12BVSS Rifle……………………… |223 |648 |G. Dawson |

|2:00 |Remington 870 Wingmaster Shotgun……. |12 GA |230 |S. Wilson |

|2:15 |Knight Wolverine Blackpowder Rifle……… |50 CAL |424 |R. Brown |

|2:30 |Ruger 77R-MK II Rifle……………….…….. |308 |873 |C. Crump |

|2:45 |Winchester Model 70 Classic Rifle……….. |270 |228 |B. Wilson |

LEWIS & MULLIGAN WIN RAFFLE-DAY MATCHES

The 20-gun raffle was held in conjunction with two shooting matches at our Warrior Mountain range. The combined events were held on Sunday, November 9, in brisk fall weather. Cash prizes of $100, $75 and $50 were awarded to first, second and third place finishers in each match. Each shooter was allowed one match entry for each raffle ticket purchased. Otherwise, the match entry fee was $10 per match. Shooters with multiple entries were only allowed to post their highest score in each match.

Muzzleloaders fired on the new 100-meter range in a match consisting of five shots fired for record from the offhand position at a 100-yard range in a time limit of twenty minutes. Any muzzleloading rifle with any sights legal for Maryland deer hunting was allowed. The target was an NRA standard, 100-yard smallbore rifle target, and proved to be challenging to the competitors.

Sixteen individual competitors fired twenty-three muzzleloader matches. Terry Mulligan won first prize with a score of 45. Second and third place finishers were Ron Deter with a score of 41 and Dan Webster with a score of 40. The winners are shown in the following picture with their smoke poles. From left to right are Terry Mulligan, Ron Deter and Dan Webster. Mike Winter, Roger Rowe and Dan Webster served as match officials for the muzzleloader event.

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While the muzzleloaders were shooting south on the 100-meter range, the highpower shooters were firing north from the 300-yard line. The highpower match consisted of two sighters and ten shots fired for record from the prone position at 300-yard range in a twenty-minute time limit. The target was the NRA 600-yard bullseye, reduced to a 300-yard range. Any centerfire rifle less than 45 caliber with any sights was allowed. Shooters were allowed to fire from any prone support, including a bipod, sand bags or a sling. The small target and the long range proved challenging to the highpower shooters.

Thirty-five individual competitors fired fifty-five highpower matches. Bill Lewis led the pack, finishing first with a score of 100-9X. Lewis used his highpower silhouette rifle chambered in 7MM-08 to shoot a near perfect score. Dan James and Terry Mulligan finished second and third place with scores of 100-8X and 100-7X. The competition for third place required a shoot-off among Mulligan, John Dowell and Ken Mowen. A youngster put some pressure on these graybeards. Fifteen-year-old Shawn Bennett finished in seventh place in the highpower match, firing a score of 100-6X with his Ruger M77 target rifle chambered in 25-06.

Special thanks are owed to Joe Lechliter, Gary Riggleman, Jack Snider, Don Schneider, John Dowell, Terry Barnes, Roy Musselwhite, John Knieriem, Wayne Belloff, Dennis Belloff, Jim Kaiser and Mike Thomas for serving as target pullers. Dave Thompson served as the highpower match director.

WALKING POST

(Secretary’s Note: I was sent the following information at work via EMAIL. I sought permission to publish the passage and chased the origin, finally stopping at a United States Air Force Colonel. The Colonel wasn’t the author. She told me the passage had received wide circulation via the INTERNET and was now in the public domain. She also told me that our men and women in uniform would be pleased to have this published in our club newsletter. There’s a profane word or two in the passage not uncharacteristic of what we know or have heard about our folks in uniform. I let the profanity stand as is. I’ll bet that darn few of you know that we have a fellow FHRPC member who stood honor guard at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. I won’t tell you his name. He doesn’t want the attention. He told me the duty of walking post at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier is about the soldiers who have paid for our freedom, and not about those of us who now enjoy it.)

The Third Infantry Regiment at Fort Myer has the responsibility for providing ceremonial units and honor guards for state occasions, White House social functions, public celebrations and interments at Arlington National Cemetery -- and standing a very formal sentry watch at the Tombs of the Unknowns. The public is familiar with the precision of what is called "walking post" at the Tombs. There are roped off galleries where visitors can form to observe the troopers and their measured step and almost mechanical silent rifle shoulder changes. They are relieved every hour in a very formal drill that one must see to believe. Some people think that when the Cemetery is closed to the public in the evening that this show stops. First, to the men who are dedicated to this work, it is no show. It is a "charge of honor". The formality and precision continues uninterrupted all night. During the nighttime, the drill of relief and the measured step of the on duty sentry remain unchanged from the daylight hours. To these men, these special men, the continuity of this post is the key to the honor and respect shown to these honored dead, symbolic of all unaccounted for American combat dead. The steady rhythmic step in rain, sleet, snow, hail, hot, and cold, uninterrupted, is the important part of the honor shown.

Last night, while you were sleeping, the teeth of Hurricane Isabel came through this area and tore hell out of everything. We have thousands of trees down, power outages, traffic signals out, roads filled with down limbs and "gear adrift" debris. We have flooding. And the place looks like it has been the impact area of an off shore bombardment. The Regimental Commander of the U.S. Third Infantry sent word to the nighttime Sentry Detail to secure the post and seek shelter from the high winds, to ensure their personal safety. THEY DISOBEYED THE ORDER. During winds that turned over vehicles and turned debris into projectiles, the measured step continued. One fellow said "I've got buddies getting shot at in Iraq who would kick my butt if word got to them that we let them down. I sure as hell have no intention of spending my Army career being known as the damned idiot who couldn't stand a little light breeze and shirked his duty." Then he said something in response to a female reporter’s question regarding silly purposeless personal risk, "I wouldn't expect you to understand. It's an enlisted man's thing."

God Bless the rascal. In a time in our nation's history when spin and total bullshit seems to have become the accepted coin-of-the-realm, there beat hearts -- the enlisted hearts we all knew and were so damn proud to be a part of -- that fully understand that devotion to duty is not a part time occupation. While we slept, we were represented by some damn fine men who fully understood their post orders and proudly went about their assigned responsibilities unseen, unrecognized and in the finest tradition of the American Enlisted Man. Folks, there's hope. The gene that George S. Patton, Arliegh Burke and Jimmy Doolittle left us survives. Now, go have another cup to pop rivet your eyelids. I've got to go to work.

From a subvet friend in our nation's capital, there is more. On the ABC evening news, it was reported tonight that, because of the dangers from Hurricane Isabel approaching Washington, DC, the military members assigned the duty of guarding the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier were given permission to suspend the assignment. They refused. "No way, Sir!" Soaked to the skin, marching in the pelting rain of a tropical storm, they said that guarding the Tomb was not just an assignment; it was the highest honor that can be afforded to a service person. The tomb has been patrolled continuously, 24/7, since 1930.

Addition to this EMAIL: I saw an interview on Fox News Channel with the Commander of the soldiers who guard the Tomb of the unknown. He took the shift when Isabel was unleashing her fury, cause he did not want to ask any of his men to do this - he felt it was his highest honor to be on duty during that time. Very, very proud of our persons in uniform!!!!!! I don't usually suggest that EMAILS be forwarded, but I'd be DAMN proud if this one reached as many as possible.

SO YOU HAVE A NEW BARREL

You’ve spent the bucks and had your favorite gun plumber install a new barrel on your rifle. Now you can’t resist the temptation to take your new hardware to the range and start shooting. A few extra hours of care and attention with this new barrel can produce a more precise rifle and can save you many hours of cleaning time in the future.

Take a few hours and slowly break-in that new barrel. There are many recommended break-in procedures out there in the literature and on the INTERNET. The following process has yielded good results for me. You will need a cleaning rod, cleaning patches, bore cleaning solvent like Shooter’s Choice, a cleaning rod guide for the action or muzzle, some mild bore lapping compound like JB’s Bore Paste, and sixty rounds of ammunition. There is no substitute for good equipment, including your cleaning gear. Buy a single-piece cleaning rod with a ball-bearing handle. Buy a rod guide for the action or muzzle. It is possible to introduce more wear and tear with your cleaning rod than with those bullets accelerating down the barrel.

The break-in process proceeds as follows.

1) Thoroughly clean your new barrel with solvent.

2) Fire one round.

3) Run one wet patch (solvent saturated) through the barrel.

4) Run one dry patch through the barrel.

5) Repeat steps (2) through (4) nineteen more times, for a total of twenty cycles of fire one round, wet patch and dry patch.

6) Saturate a patch with JB’s and lap the new barrel.

7) Use alternating wet and dry patches to remove the lapping compound.

8) Repeat steps (6) and (7) until the patches saturated with lapping compound come out of the barrel clean.

9) Fire two rounds.

10) Run one wet patch through the barrel.

11) Run one dry patch through the barrel.

12) Repeat steps (9) through (11) nine more times, for a total of ten cycles of fire two rounds, wet patch and dry patch.

13) Saturate a patch with JB’s and lap the new barrel again.

14) Use alternating wet and dry patches to remove the lapping compound.

15) Repeat steps (13) and (14) until the patches saturated with lapping compound come out of the barrel clean.

16) Fire five rounds.

17) Run one wet patch through the barrel.

18) Run one dry patch through the barrel.

19) Repeat steps (16) through (18) three more times, for a total of four cycles of fire five rounds, wet patch and dry patch.

20) Saturate a patch with JB’s and lap the new barrel again.

21) Use alternating wet and dry patches to remove the lapping compound.

22) Repeat steps (20) and (21) until the patches saturated with lapping compound come out of the barrel clean.

Now you’re done. That new barrel will be smooth as glass on the inside. Cleaning after a shooting session will be only a small fraction of the effort expended if you hadn’t broken-in that new tube. You should get minimal copper deposition. And you should get the best accuracy possible out of that new barrel.

MEMBERSHIP LIST GROWS

The FHRPC has 389 members. The membership includes 58 life members, 24 active duty police officers and military personnel, and 307 regular members.

We now have 47 names on the membership waiting list. Folks now applying for membership should plan for two years on the waiting list. The membership waiting list will soon be posted in the Morningside Drive club house.

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.

WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE?

Remember that survey form included in the last newsletter? The objective was to poll the FHRPC membership and get some idea of the most desirable directions to grow our club and shooting facilities. You might call this direction our strategic plan for growth. Sixty members returned the surveys.

Survey results were counted by giving three points to a member’s first choice, two points to the second choice and one point to the third choice. The total number of points earned by each project were then counted and used as an indication of the desirability to the membership.

There wasn’t any detailed description of the projects in the last newsletter other than that provided by the brief listing on the survey form. More, but still brief, description follows.

Action Pistol Range. Dedicated to action, or rapid-fire pistol shooting like Bianchi Cup and IPSC. Utilizes isolated shooting bays with max range of 50 yards.

Air Gun Range. Dedicated to pneumatic rifles and pistols. Indoor with 15-yard max range. Good for both adult and junior shooting.

Club House. A new or improved club house at Morningside Drive. Possibly large enough for significant social functions. With kitchen and toilet facilities.

Environment. A fund to sponsor maintenance projects associated with environmental aspects of shooting.

HVAC for Morningside Drive Rifle Range Firing Line. An enclosed firing line on the Morningside Drive rifle range with heating and air conditioning.

Indoor Range. A 25- to 50-yard indoor shooting range with multiple firing points, adequate ventilation, lighting and assembly area.

Morningside Drive Road Improvements. Drainage and surface preparation for Morningside Drive entrance road and parking areas.

Morningside Drive Safety Enhancements. Side berms at right and left sides of rifle range, running from firing line to impact area, restricting access to range and eliminating line of sight to parking area.

Shotgun Range. Regulation trap range with trap house and target thrower.

Others. Ideas submitted independently by members.

The survey results are shown in the following bar graph. The length of a project bar is an indication of the desirability of that project. The most desirable projects are (1) indoor range, (2) Morningside Drive road improvements and (3) action pistol range. We plan to cnoduct this survey again. An updated survey form will be included on the reverse of you liability waiver in the spring newsletter. Hopefully, these preliminary results will stimulate some discussion at the annual meeting.

MEMBERSHIP SURVEY RESULTS

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WINTER RIFLE LEAGUE

The FHRPC is again conducting a rifle league during the winter of 2003-2004 for anyone interested in firing classic military rifles in matches reminiscent of military qualification courses. In conjunction with the Civilian Marksmanship Program (CMP), the FHRPC will sponsor four John C. Garand matches, four Springfield matches, and four rattle-battle matches. In accordance with CMP regulations, competitors firing in the John C. Garand matches must shoot one of the 30-caliber United States service rifles used between 1903 and 1950. These include the M1 (Garand), the M1903 (or variants), the M1941 Johnson, the M1917 and the 30-caliber M1 carbine. Rifles must be in as-issued condition with no National Match type improvements. The FHRPC will have two loaner rifles (M1s) available free of charge for anyone wishing to participate that does not have an appropriate rifle. The Springfield matches are also CMP sponsored. Competitors in the Springfield matches may shoot any as-issued military bolt-action rifle. Also, in keeping with the spirit of the matches, everyone in the field is encouraged to use standard issue ball type ammo, just like the soldiers of the period (M2 for the 30-06 arms, 30-caliber M1 carbine for the carbines). 30-cal ammo may be purchased from the FHRPC on the firing line. Competitors may also bring their own ammo.

The matches will be conducted at the FHRPC Warrior Mountain Rifle Range. Firing will commence at 0900 (9 AM). Please arrive a minimum of 30 minutes early to allow for registration. The match fee will be $10. The match schedule follows. Anyone desiring more information on the matches should contact Dave Thompson at 304-788-1346.

FHRPC 2003-2004 SNOWBIRD RIFLE LEAGUE

|DAY |DATE |MATCH |

|Sunday |January 11, 2004 |GARAND/SPRINGFIELD |

|Sunday |January 25, 2004 |RATTLE BATTLE |

|Sunday |February 15, 2004 |GARAND/SPRINGFIELD |

|Sunday |February 29, 2004 |RATTLE BATTLE |

|Saturday |March 13, 2004 |GARAND/SPRINGFIELD |

|Saturday |March 27, 2004 |RATTLE BATTLE |

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, Lee Pacesetter reloading dies, 7MM REM MAG, decapper, resizer, bullet seater, factory crimp, all in plastic case, like new, $15, Russ Lease, 301-729-0365.

2) WTS, 284 (7MM) bullets, 140-grain Nosler Partition, 30 pieces, $10, Russ Lease, 301-729-0365.

3) WTS, 284 (7MM) bullets, 160-grain Nosler Partition, 39 pieces, $15, Russ Lease, 301-729-0365.

4) WTS, 284 (7MM) bullets, 160-grain Sierra BTSP, 60 pieces, $9, Russ Lease, 301-729-0365.

5) WTS, 284 (7MM) bullets, 175-grain Speer Mag Tip Hot Core, 80 pieces, $10, Russ Lease, 301-729-0365.

6) WTS, Lyman bullet mold, number 358-156GC, single cavity, no rust, with handles, $25, Jim Gift, 301-359-3639.

7) WTS, 6.5MM Type-38 Jap rifle, with intact mum and dust cover, $125, Jim Gift, 301-359-3639.

8) WTS, 6.5MM Jap brass, new, unfired, Norma manufactured, box of 20 pieces, $10, Jim Gift, 301-359-3639.

9) WTS, Winchester model 69 22-rimfire barrel, can also be used on model 75, new, $25, Jim Gift, 301-359-3639.

10) WTS, gun books, Modern Gunsmith by James Howe, Custom Rifles by Dick Simmons, Reprinted Old Gun Catalogs by L. D. Saterlee, Identifying Old Muskets, Rifles and Carbines by Colonel Gluckman, Americans and Their Guns by NRA Publications, Treasury of the Gun by Harold Peterson, $180 for all, Jim Gift, 301-359-3639.

11) WTS, Remington, model 700 Varmint Synthetic, 223 REM, left hand, new in box, never fired, $655, Barry Miller, 301-729-1981.

12) WTS, Marlin model 43 pump action shotgun, 12 gauge, very good condition, $225, call after 3 PM weekdays, Roger Rowe, 301-729-2721.

13) WTS, 308 WIN match ammo, HSM Police, 175-grain HPBT bullet, $12 per box of 20, have 15 boxes, $150 takes all 15 boxes, Jack Parrill, 304-738-9270.

14) WTS, 308 WIN blanks, Austrian manufacture, $1.50 per box of 20, have 5 boxes, Jack Parrill, 304-738-9270.

15) WTS, 223 REM blanks, M200, USGI, $3.65 per box of 20, have 50 boxes, Jack Parrill, 304-738-9270.

16) WTS, 303 British carbine, sporterized, $120, Jack Parrill, 304-738-9270.

17) WTS, Thompson Center muzzleloading rifle, percussion lock, White Mountain model, very good condition, $175, Chuck Laurie, 301-777-1383.

18) WTS, 22X13 arrows, model XX75, 27.5-inch long, with knocks, inserts and vanes, $3 each, Ken Fuller, 301-724-5254.

19) WTS, Savage-Anshutz Mk10B target rifle, 22 rimfire, with original Anshutz iron sights, metal and wood refinished, and glass bedded, all by Gostomski in Spring, 2003, $300, Marty Harsh, 301-759-2877.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

39) 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.

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

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

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

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

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

45) WTS, 308 WIN brass, USGI, LC91 head stamp, new, never fired, $8/100, Marty Harsh, 301-759-2877.

46) 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.

47) WTS, 303 British brass, new, unfired, Berdan primed, milsurp, load it, shoot it & pitch it, $3/100, Marty Harsh, 301-759-2877.

48) WTS, USGI 30 cal ammo cans, excellent condition, $3 each, Marty Harsh, 301-759-2877.

1) WTB, Smith & Wesson model 625 revolver, 45ACP, Jim Sherman, 304-738-9443.

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

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

4) 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

1) 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.

Bench Rest

1) Casselman Valley Sportsmen, Grantsville, MD, 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.

Highpower Rifle

1) Peeltree, WV, NRA highpower rifle, Dick Whiting, 304-472-1449.

2) Reade, PA, NRA highpower, Dave Little, 570-458-0180.

Running Deer

Sporting Clays

1) Everett Sportsmen’s Club, P. O. Box 312, Everett, PA, 15537, 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.

ADVERTISE YOUR STUFF

…for sale in the next newsletter. The FHRPC publishes quarterly newsletters in January, April, July and October. By the first of each month, either call Marty Harsh at 301-759-2877, or write your buy-sell-trade desires and mail to 313 Sunset Drive, LaVale, Maryland, 21502, for the newsletters. Many members have already taken advantage of this free advertisement.

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