Annual meeting

I went to the annual meeting last week.  Only seven members showed up.  Not all of the board and officers were there.  It appears that the indoor range won't be open this year.  The CRO said that the pipes were frozen and over 1/3 had been broken.  The water line down from the VFW was frozen but they didn't know if it was damaged.

They talked about getting the road out to the Salonie Creek Range plowed but we will see if it happens.

They decided to raise the membership fees to $175 a year.  But for seniors like me it will only go to $150.

Members of the Board and club officers don't have to pay membership dues.

The lease for the Salonie Creek Range with the Borough and the Borough recomended that KISA have an attorney look it over.  I am curious about what changes were made.

The treasurer's report consisted of the Treasurer telling us that KISA had around $35,000 in the bank.

Jim Devlin is the new President.  I don't know the other people.

I was talking to the CRO of the indoor range the other day and he said that the club had pretty much given away all of our old HP Rifle/Pistol Silhouette targets and stands.  The club paid over $2,500 for the 2nd set of Silhouettes back in the 80's.  The club has changed though and people aren't shooting in matches like that anymore.  The HP Rifle program has pretty much died out too.

2019 Highpower Rifles matches.

50 round National Match Course

Kodiak Island Sportsmen’s Association

Date:               Sunday, June 9, July 14, and August 11

Location:        Salonie Creek Rifle Range

Rules:             Current NRA High Power rules will apply.

Eligibility:       Open

Registration & Fees:  Entries limited to range capacity of 24.  Advance registration is encouraged but not required.  Entries accepted the day of the match until 9:00 AM.  Match fee is $20.00 for adult non-club members, $15.00 for club members & $10 for all juniors (through age 18).  This is an official NRA Approved competition.

Awards:         Honors only.  These matches are for the purpose of competitors working toward an NRA High Power classification and qualifying to purchase firearms and other equipment from the Civilian Marksmanship program.  You will have fun while exercising your 2^nd Amendment rights.

Start time:      Competitors should be on site before 9:00 for sign-up and a range/safety briefing.   First shot to be fired at 9:30 AM. 

Rifles:             NRA rules 3.1, 3.2, 3.3 and 3.3.2 Service rifles are M1 Garand, M1A, AR15.  A Match Rifle is a rifle that holds at least 5 rounds in the magazine and is safe.

Sights:             Service Rifle maximum of 4.5 power. 

Ammunition: Competitors to furnish their own ammunition.

Course of Fire: 50 shot National Match Course.

Match 1:  Standing, 200 yards, two sighting shots and ten rounds for record on an SR-1 target in a time limit of twelve minutes. 

Match 2:  Sitting, 200 yards, two sighting shots in two minutes followed by one string of ten record rounds on an SR-1 target in a time limit of 60 seconds.  Required reload during the string.

Match 3:  Prone, 300 yards, two sighting shots in two minutes followed by one string of ten record rounds on an SR-21 target in a time limit of 70 seconds.  Required reload during the string.

Match 4:  Prone, 500 yards, two sighting shots and twenty rounds for record on an SR-31 target in a time limit of twenty-two minutes.

Match 5:  Aggregate of the first four matches to determine the overall winner.

Facilities:        Bring your own food and drinks.  No alcohol is allowed on our range!  There are primitive toilets at the range.

Contact:         For more information contact the match director:  Karl Short, 907-942-7737 kshort@alaskan.com.

Next match

The next High Power Rifle match is Sunday, June 28, 2015.  Registration is at 8:00 with shooting starting at 8:30.

It is a 80 shot match with the following stages
20 shots standing slowfire at 200 yards
2 x 10 shots sitting rapid fire at 200 yards
2 x 10 shots prone rapid fire at 300 yards
20 shots prone rapid fire at 500 yards.

Salonie Creek Range in Kodiak, AK.

Rim Fire Rifle Cleaning

I just ran into a really good article on rim fire rifle cleaning.

http://www.rrdvegas.com/rimfire-cleaning.html

Let me know if you try any of it.

Washington Shooting

I wanted to put a link in here to the Washington State Shooting Associations web page.  These guys are really into shooting.

http://www.wsrpa.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=frontpage&Itemid=1

Here is a link to their HP Rifle page:
http://www.wsrpa.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&layout=blog&id=96&Itemid=28

I forget to mention, even though the tri cities range is very nice it is built on top of a hill and it is very windy in Eastern Washington..

Looks like I will be able to shoot in another Tri Cities, Washington,  HP rifle match.  They have by far the nicest HP range I have ever shot at.  I will try and post some pictures when I get back.

Here is a link to the match program:  http://www.wsrpa.net/images/stories/HighPower/High%20Power%202014/Match%20Programs-14/P_14-02-15.16_TCSA_RMC80-NMC50-Korean%20War%20Memorial.pdf

There are a couple of interesting things.

Sighting shoots on day 1 not day 2.  CMP rules.

And you get a key chain just for shooting.