News for January - February 2012

Lottery Calendars

The new Lottery Calendar raffle starts on January 1 and the tickets must be turned in by then to be in play. Cards turned in after then will not be paid retroactively. If you still have any tickets please get them in as soon as possible. At this point you will need to call the club phone number (724-348-7941) and leave your name and a message that envelope number “X” was sold or which tickets were sold. You can also send an e-mail to any of the Club Directors with that information.Some e-mail addresses are:

2012 Membership Dues

Members' 2012 dues are due NOW! The 2012 Club dues will remain the same as for 2011:

• Senior - $75.00 Associate - $15.00
• Junior - $5.00 Retired Seniors* - $37.50
• Lost Access Card - $5.00 Damaged or Inoperative       Access Card - No Charge
  (*Retired Seniors are members who are 65 years old, on Social Security, retired, and have been a member of the club for 10 consecutive years.)

You can pay your dues at the January membership meeting or mail it to: Paul Joos, 1316 Creedmoor Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15226. Make your check payable to the Carrick Sportsmen’s Club. If you mail it to Paul, please include a self-addressed, stamped envelope to return your new membership card; this helps defray costs to the Club.

Recreational Pistol League

The Monday Night Recreational Pistol League will be starting the second half of their season on January 9. They shoot on Monday evenings at 7:30 pm on the indoor range.
The cost for the 10-week second half of the season is $20 for members and $30 for non-members. If you can’t commit to the remainder of the season, you can pay as you go, $3 per night for members and $4 per night for non-members. All you need to try it is your favorite firearm, 50 rounds of ammunition - .22 or center fire with a velocity under 1200 fps, and eye and ear protection.
The course of fire does have timed and rapid fire segments so a semi-automatic pistol is recommended; however, those with revolvers and speed loaders will have time to complete the lines.
If you’d like to give the Monday night league a try come up to the Club - it is a fun evening of recreational target shooting. For more information on the League, please contact Steve Boehm at Stephen. Boehm@verizon.net.

Hanna Gets a 12-Pointer as her First Buck

Thirteen year old Hannah Wareham expressed an interest in going hunting with her Dad, so he enrolled her in a Hunter Safety Class and joined the Club so she could have a safe place to practice shooting and to hone her marksmanship skills.
     On the first day of buck season in November, she managed to bag a 12-point buck with a very clean shot. And a month earlier she bagged a doe in the October Youth Hunt. Both deer were taken in Jefferson County with her 30-30 rifle.
     Hannah is a Jr. member of the club and this was her first deer season.

Work Parties

Work Parties are held on the 3rd Saturday of each month to do maintenance and make improvements around the Club. These work parties (Club volunteers) are a critical part of Club operation. Without proper maintenance and efforts to improve the Club, members would find it more and more difficult to use the Club’s facilities. The Directors ask everyone who can to donate some time to these work parties. Lunch is provided.
November - The following members attended the November Work Party on November 19: Steve Boehm, Jim Byerly, John Humerich, Linda Karman, Rett Mader, Joe Montuoro, Denny Nill, and Ray Noakes. They cleaned the trap house, patched the Celotex in the pistol range, worked on the overhead light in the men’s bathroom (the light fixture needs replaced), finished the trim on the pistol range walls. A special thanks to Jim Byerly and Rett Mader for the great work cutting down the trees that had become a problem.
December - There was no work party scheduled for the month of December.

Open Trap Shooting

Trap shooting has ended for the season. It will start up again in the spring. Sunday afternoon and Wednesday evening trap shooting will resume in March (weather permitting). Details in the March/ April newsletter
For questions on trap shooting, please call Joe Montuoro at 412-833-0897.

New Members

As of mid December, the Club has 278 senior members, 23 associated members and 22 junior members. The Club welcomed 2 new members in November and 4 new members in December.
November - Mark Comer Sr. and Ian Ebbitt.
December - Scott Horne, Robert Kosko, Evgeriy Shchelchkov, and Raymond Woshner

MPRL

The Club’s Metropolitan Police Revolver League indoor season begins the week of January 8 with our club shooting on Thursday, January 12. It lasts through April 12, 2012. They meet Thursday evenings at 6:00 pm. There is a $10/gun fee for each season (Indoor/ Outdoor) and 50 cents a match during the 14 weeks of competition. You can shoot either rim fire, center fire, or both. The top 4 scores for each caliber are used for scoring. Don’t be shy - give it a try!
They are looking for new shooters, so for anyone that would like to participate in Bullseye (also called Conventional Pistol) shooting, now is the time to start. They shoot a Rim Fire match (.22) and a Center Fire match in a National Match format: 10 shots Slow Fire (10 shots in 10 minutes); 10 shots Timed Fire (2 five-shot strings, each fired in 20 seconds); 10 shots Rapid Fire (2 five-shot strings, each fired in 10 seconds). Matches are shot at the Club’s range and the scores are then mailed into an official scorer. A semi-auto or revolver can be used, and red dot sights are allowed. If you have a spotting scope or pistol box, that’s a plus.
The course of fire is similar to the Monday Night Recreational League format, except that all shooting is one-handed and misfires are handled differently. If you are interested in participating in the MPRL, contact Denny Nill at 412-531-5890 or Bill Kramer at 412-835-5453.

Hunter Safety

The Spring Hunter Safety Course will be tentatively held in April. More in the next newsletter.

Basic Pistol Course

The next Basic Course will be held in early 2012. The Directors are looking at scheduling a variety of courses for our members.

Thanks

Special thanks to John Tusia and John Pankowski. They each donated $25 to the Club with their annual membership dues.

CMP

The Civilian Marksmanship Program (CMP) Hi- Power Shoot has ended for the year; they will resume in Spring 2012. If you would like to discuss or join the program, please contact Ron Milanek at rontermite@ aol.com.

Jr. Rifle Program

The Jr. Rifle Program has finished it’s basic fourweek introductory course and is now shooting on Wednesday evenings, into April.

Member Alerts

Members can be alerted promptly via e-mail to problems at the club, other circumstances that might affect the availability of the ranges (such as boy scout outings or special events that shut down the ranges), and items of general interest (Rangemaster Classes). The officers can send you information on these items as soon as they know about them and possibly save members a wasted trip to the range or perhaps give you the solution to a gate malfunction. Please send your e-mail address to Stephen.Boehm@verizon.net.

Special Thanks

A special Thank You goes out to Al Munsick for donating a large TV to the trap club house. It's beautiful!!

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