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.

I shot 22 silhouettes at paper targets again tonight.  On one page I got 18 out of 20.  The other 4 targets sucked.  I think that this means I have to practice.

The club really needs to clean out the smoke eater.  I was pretty much the only one shooting (Jim D shot off a couple of rounds but not many) and I just shot a 22 rifle.  After a while there was a lot of smoke on the firing line. 

After a while it made me cough and I got a sore throat.

Indoor shooting fun

Some of us are doing a series of informal paper silhouette matches.  We are doing them on Tuesday nights at the indoor range.  A person just shoots at 2 targets that each have 20 silhouettes on them.  For a total of 40 shots.

The targets we use are 50 foot reductions of the actual silhouettes.  And we shoot them 50 feet away.

You can use any 22 rifle with any sights.  You shoot standing and with no support.

You only get 2 "match" targets.  When you start on one you can't start over.  You just have to shoot your 40 shots between 7 and 9.  If you want to shoot "practice" targets before and after your "match" targets.

This is not a KISA match.  Just a bunch of old guys having fun.  No entry fee - no prizes.

Yakima HP Rifle match

Last spring I was able to shoot at the Rattlesnake shooting range in Tri Cities Washington.  This had to be the nicest range I have ever been to.  It was a regular 80 shot 600 yard match.

I did ok but it gets really windy in eastern Washington, especially when your range is on top of a hill.

Bears

The other night we were shooting the 200 yard standing portion of the match and a bear walked behind us about 25 to 50 yards away.  The bear didn't seem to care about us which was just fine with me.

Civilian Marksmanship Program (CMP)

I see that KISA has decided to drop our membership to the CMP.  I know that there are members of the club who would still like to pick up a M1 Garand, an old bayonet, etc.

I guess that times are changing.

Alaska State Highpower Rifle Championship

I went to Fairbanks again to shoot in the State High-Power Rifle Championship. It was a lot of fun but I didn’t do a fantastic job of shooting.  The week before the match I changed my sling, my offhand hand position, and added 8 pounds of weight to my rifle.

That is not what you are supposed to do during a match.

I guess that I continue to learn even though I am becoming an old man.

CMP - LEG match

I was hoping that KISA would put on a LEG match. Looks like it isn't going to happen. First Dave Ostlund said that the board didn't want to tie up the Salonie Creek range for another day.

Then I went to the CMP website to see what CMP clubs there are in Alaska. I see that KISA has dropped their affiliation.  It would have been nice to have kept our membership in case any of the club members wanted to order a M1 Garand or some other rifle from the CMP but I guess that is their problem.

USA Shooting

USA Shooting has some great information on competive shooting on their web page.  Check it out.

http://www.usashooting.org/11-resources/shootinginstruction

AR15 gas leak

For some time my AR15 has been blowing gas and stuff back into my face.  It wasn't too dangerous but it was a real pain in the face.  Anyway I found an easy fix for it.  If you are having this problem here is the solution.  And it really does work.

http://www.03designgroup.com/technotes/do-it-yourself-gas-buster-charging-handle

1st Kodiak HP Match in 2012

Last night was the first HP rifle match in Kodiak.  Dave Ostlund is running them this year and I think that he will do a very good job.

The match started on time at 7:00 but because of the new format it went past 11:00.

This year Dave is going to use the pits and shooting at 200 yards instead of the old walk and paste 100 yard matches.  It is nice using targets that are pulled into the pits to be scored but it takes a lot more time.

Dave says that he may change it so that we shoot the 200 yard events one Wensday and then the 300/600 yard events the next Wensday.  The 300/600 yard events would still be shot on reduced targets at 200 yards.

On the way home we did see a bear on the banks of the river between the bridge and the ocean.  It wasn't to big but I wouldn't want to wrestle with it.  The funny part is that bear season closed the day before.

3 position 22 5/9/2012

The high power rifle match was cancelled today becasue of heavy rain.  There was some snow in the rain, but not very much.

I decided to go shoot the 3 position rifle course since I had the evening free.  It went very well.  Too bad I didn't get to shoot this well in the HP Rifle match.

I would like to comment on the restrooms in the indoor range.  They are really dirty.  I would be mortified if they were in a restraunt or a store.  The toilets and the sinks are covered with grime and dirt.  I hope that they get it cleaned up in the near future.

2012 High Power Rifle Matches

I added a new page for the 2012 HP Rifle match dates and times.

Working in the pits.

Some people have asked about what happens in the pits at a highpower rifle match.  I have added a page with links to some videos.  These will show it pretty well.