BLUE AND GRAY RIFLE AND PISTOL CLUB - HUNTSVILLE, ALA.

                                  June 2007 Bulletin

 

Bulletin Editor and Club President:  James L. Moses, Phone 534-7968

Junior Club Coordinator:  Ramon (Sami) Samaniego, Phone 534-2644

FFL Chairman:  Brian Hunter, Phone 837-6474

Range Maintenance Coordinator:   Todd Taylor  (759-8064) and Jerald Bailey  (894-7833 – Guntersville)

Club Website:  http://www. bgrpc.org

Executive Committee Meeting:  The June Executive Committee meeting will be held at 7:00 p.m. on June 20th

at Oh-Bryan’s restaurant in Madison.  Oh-Bryan’s is on Browns Ferry Rd west of Hughes Rd.  Members are invited.

June/July Shooting Events:

 June   2                       100 yd High Power                  Blue & Gray Range                                     9:00 a.m.

 June   2                       200 yd High Power                  Blue & Gray Range                                            p.m.

 June 16                       1800 Pistol                               Blue & Gray Range                                     9:00 a.m.

 June 24                       High Power Match                   Tullahoma                                                    9:00 a.m.

 July   7                        100 yd High Power                  Blue & Gray Range                                     9:00 a.m.

 July 21                        1800 Pistol                               Blue & Gray Range                                     9:00 a.m.

 

New Members:  Phillip Allen, Alan Childress, James Collins, Anthony Jattuso, Robert Rivas and Floyd Smith.

 

Friends of the NRA:  Club Member Dan Fox is chairing a Friends of the NRA event on Thursday August 2, 2007

at the Redstone Arsenal Officers Club.  He could use volunteer help.  Dan can be reached at deugenefox@bellsouth.net

or 883-6780 or 679-6777 Cell.

 

Work Party:  A work party will be held on the Range on Saturday, June 23rd.  The primary task will be replacing the

crossties and other work on the Pistol range.  The work party will begin at 8:00 a.m.  Jerald Bailey will be in charge of

the activity.  He can be reached at 894-7833 – Guntersville.

 

Range Safety Rule Changes:  There have been a couple of incidents, with no injuries, at the Range that have made it

necessary to change the Range Rules.  They are as follows:

            1)  ALL firing will cease on ALL ranges when anyone is down range on any other range.

For years we have had an exception to this rule. But members keep getting it backwards, hence the rule change.

2)  All metal gong and swinging targets must be placed at the 50 yard line on the Pistol Range.  Do not place them on

the 25 yard or any other closer distance.

We have experienced back splatter at the 100 yard benches from a metal swinging target placed on the 25 yard

Pistol Range

 

Range Maintenance:  The range will be mowed on Fridays when school is out.  Make-up days due to weather will

be on Sunday afternoons.  Please do not empty the trash barrels in the woods.  The dumpsters next to the entrance gate

are for trash purposes.  Cleaning up trash out of the woods takes much more time than just taking it to the dumpster.

I have a list of chores that need to be done if members need to do work time.  I am hoping to establish a list with a set

credit for each chore.  This way everyone will know ahead of time how many hours credit they can expect for general

work done.  Please write me an email at jbtromba@charter.net or call me at 256-894-7833 to ask about tasks to be

done.  There are several things we are always in need of doing on a weekly and monthly basis.  Records will be kept by

me as to what is done and on which dates.  Please do not do any work on the range without notifying me.  This way

you can get work credit and I can keep the basic maintenance on track.  A work day has been scheduled for June 23rd

for all interested members.  Replacing the railroad ties on the pistol range will be handled on that day, as well as

repairing target frames and painting the pistol tables.                                                                    Jerald Bailey