Down Range€¦ · 2019-10-11 · Richard Moncayo Expert 573 x 15 Ken Keifer Master 587 x 26 Jeff Richards Expert 515 x 8 Richard Moncayo Expert 568 x 14 Roy Murray Marksman 491

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PIONEER GUN CLUB – OCTOBER 2018

Down Range

The Newsletter of the Pioneer Gun Club

Kansas City / Bates City, MO October 2018 Volume 21, Issue 10

WOW, what a busy last few weeks. We hosted the National Cast Bullet Championship, our club picnic, a club work day, our Women on Target event & cleaned out the lead trap at Brickyard. I think we're all physically cooked. The number of volunteers that helped out over the last few weeks has been incredible & everyone responsible for organizing each event really did a fantastic job. I al-ways like to mention everyone individually but the amount of support we accrued would fill 3 pages and I'm sure I'd miss someone. I hope everyone understands and knows how appreciative we all are for your help. Without everyone's help we wouldn't be able to do these events. We need to finish up a project or 2 at McBride before shifting focus on Brickyard to get her ready for her busy time. If you're available on Mondays, please join us so we can get ahead of the game. Trust me, there's always something that needs something. Again, THANK YOU to all of the organizers & volunteers for your hard work. Everything went really well & McBride looked great!!! If you have a friend who attends our sight-in days before heading out to hunt, please let them know we've bumped our dates up. Info will be on page #### We did have a small incident with one of our gates a couple of weeks ago. If you have a guest following you in, please remember that our gates are programmed to close after 45 seconds. That's plenty of time to pass through unless you have another vehicle following you in "OR" you fall asleep behind the wheel. Our gate is alright & that car lived to see another day. Just a polite remind-er. The only thing left to add is my plea to get everyone out & enjoy the range. I'm sure I'll see ya there! Ty

Cast Bullets Tournament

Women on Target

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Annual Picnic

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PPC Division News

Pioneer Shooters We will be down to our last outdoor season match October 20th. We are returning to the Brickyard for 3 matches to close out 2018 with dates posted below. Watch for 2019 dates in December. There is no fee for first timers, $10 for returning shooters. The rules, courses of fire and equipment are on the NRA link below. The October Pioneer PPC Matches October 20th – McBride Range 7, Unlimited, NRA 1500 & Duty Match. 8:30am registration, ($15 fee) October 27th – Brickyard Range 7, Unlimited, 1200 & Duty Match. 8:00am registration, ($10 fee) NRA rules will apply. NRA Rules at http://ppc.nra.org/documents/pdf/law/competitions/rulebook.pdf Pioneer PPC Match Results

What’s coming up for PPC? Indoor Season Dates – 10/20, 11/10 & 12/8. 8:00am at the Brickyard Range. ($10 Fee) Questions about PPC? Contact Bob Harris at 816-863-4070 or email [email protected]

August 18th August 25th

Unlimited Unlimited

Name Class Score Name Class Score

Richard Moncayo Expert 573 x 15 Ken Keifer Master 587 x 26

Jeff Richards Expert 515 x 8 Richard Moncayo Expert 568 x 14

Roy Murray Marksman 491 x 9 Frank Harles Expert 563 x 13

Ken Keifer Master 462 x 18 Jeff Richards Expert 553 x 15

Lloyd Huffman Sharpshooter 448 x 7 Dave Crocker Expert 549 x 18

Paul Knick Sharpshooter 412 x 9 Stan Stohr Expert 549 x 10

Mike Bumpus Unclassified 385 x 6 Drew Doggett Expert 544 x 18

Shelby Meires Marksman 343 x 10 Andre Kouache Marksman 519 x 9

Craig Bienfang Marksman 291 x 4 Mike Bumpus Unclassified 483 x 11

1500 Paul Knick Sharpshooter 437 x 7

Ken Keifer Master 1436 x 55 Craig Bienfang Marksman 323 x 0

Richard Moncayo Expert 1427 x 46 NRA 1500

Jeff Richards Expert 1351 x 36 Ken Keifer Master 1455 x 67

Bob Harris Sharpshooter 1262 x 25 Frank Harles Expert 1438 x 50

Mike Bumpus Unclassified 1173 x 33 Stan Stohr Expert 1417 x 32

Paul Knick Sharpshooter 1143 x 20 Drew Doggett Expert 1405 x 36

Roy Murray Marksman 1137 x 23 Richard Moncayo Expert 1400 x 43

Shelby Meires Marksman 955 x 10 Dave Crocker Expert 1374 x 38

Craig Bienfang Marksman 948 x 13 Jeff Richards Expert 1355 x 38

Duty Gun Bob Harris Sharpshooter 1278 x 27

Ken Keifer Master 469 x 28 Paul Knick Sharpshooter 1249 x 25

Mike Bumpus Unclassified 461 x 17 Andre Kouache Marksman 1238 x 17

Richard Moncayo Expert 451 x 19 Mike Bumpus Unclassified 1103 x 27

Bob Harris Sharpshooter 445 x 20 Craig Bienfang Marksman 771 x 7

Paul Knick Sharpshooter 441 x 15 Duty Gun

Shelby Meires Marksman 334 x 5 Ken Keifer Master 469 x 25

Richard Moncayo Expert 463 x 16

Drew Doggett Expert 452 x 15

Bob Harris Sharpshooter 443 x 9

Mike Bumpus Unclassified 426 x 14

Paul Knick Sharpshooter 404 x 12

Craig Bienfang Marksman 299 x 6

http://ppc.nra.org/documents/pdf/law/competitions/rulebook.pdf

mailto:[email protected]

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10/24 - 7pm—McBride Deer Hunt Draw at Brickyard Block House

Bullseye Indoor League By Bill Kloeckner

Indoor bullseye league at the Brickyard range starts September 17th. We meet Monday nights at 6 p.m. and alternate between rim-fire at 50 feet and centerfire at 25 yards. We usually finish the 90-round course by 7:30 p.m. New shooters are welcome. Call Bill Kloeckner at 816-373-7567 with questions.

WIN $600 AND SPEND IT ON ANY THING THAT IS GUN RELATED AT CR SALES IN INDEPENDENCE, MO.

This is not just a gun giveaway! You can get what you want! This could be a new or used pistol or ri-fle. The $600 could be spent on reloading equipment. You could spend it all on bullets, powder, or pri-mers. I’m sure you have the idea. We had a Membership Drive several years ago and it was very successful, and we are going to do it again. For every individual that you sponsor to join Pioneer Gun Club that becomes a member your name will be put in for a drawing. If you send me five people you will have five chances to win, etc. The member-ship drive starts on July 1st. 2018 through June of 2019. If you as a club member have any questions, feel free to e-mail or call (please leave your name and num-ber if I am not available. You can give a potential club member my info which is below.

Mike Baum Membership Chairman

816-779-7560

[email protected]

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Trap * Doubles Trap * 5-Stand Open to the public

Sundays – Starting a 9:00AM Mondays – From 5:00PM to Dusk

(April 1st

– November 1st

)

Trap - $5.00 per round Doubles Trap - $5.00 per round

5-Stand - $5.00 per round _________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Directions: When on US 50 highway, go east of Lee’s Summit about 20 miles to Z highway. If you are ap-proaching from the east, go about 20 miles west of Warrensburg to Z highway. Turn north and go about 4 miles to HH highway. Turn east and go about one and one half miles. The blacktop road will turn sharply to the left; take the gravel road that will turn to the right. Turn south at the cor-ner. Continue south on the county gravel road NW 1571 for three quarters of a mile to the en-trance to Pioneer. For questions contact Phil @ 816-813-7199

Pioneer Gun

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Action Pistol Wednesday shooting schedule for October and November, 2018: October Wednesday practice sessions – Brickyard, 5 p.m. – Oct. 10 and 24. November Wednesday practice sessions – Brickyard, 5 p.m. – Nov. 7 and 21. We shoot a modified Action Pistol course – no movers and no 50-yard line. These practice sessions are lots of fun and open to everyone. They are a great informal way to find out about Action Pistol. New shooters are always welcome.

The October monthly match will not be held due to the Show Me Cup Regional. Howev-er, anyone who wants to do a practice fun shoot is welcome on Sunday, October 7 – McBride ranges 8 AM.

The 22nd

Annual Show Me Cup NRA Regional Action Pistol Match will be held October 13-14 at McBride.

We very much need range officers and volunteers to help with this match. Any help will be greatly appreciated. We also need help during the week to help prepare the ranges for this match.

Starting with the November monthly match, we will move indoors (Brickyard) on the third Saturday of the month – Nov. 17. This schedule will continue through the winter months.

Action Pistol News for October, 2018

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The Siege of Beslan By: Ryan Nash

Russia has had conflicts with the region of Chechnya for decades, with some of the most shocking acts of terrorism occurring in Rus-sia by radical Chechen extremists, including the infamous 2002 Moscow Theater Hostage Crisis - which resulted in an estimated 170 dead and 700 wounded - and the horrific Siege of Beslan. The Siege of Beslan oc-curred in the town of Beslan, Russia, a town of 34,000 about thirty miles from the Che-chen border. On September 1, 2004, most Beslan families

were preparing for their first day of the

school year. Beslan’s School No. 1 taught

many of Beslan’s youth grades 1-11. Thirty

Chechen Muslim terrorists, including two

women, loaded up weapons and explosives and traveled to Beslan’s School No. 1. During the Opening Ceremony of the First

Day of School, these terrorists stormed the school, killing a security guard, a police officer, and 21 civilians in the process, while

taking 1,200 hostages; mostly women children. They corralled them in the gym and school buildings then fortified their position,

firing on civilians and local law enforcement who tried to approach. They rigged the gym, school, and approaches with a large

number of explosive devices, including trip wires, dead-man automatic switches, and suicide vests were on the two female ‘Black

Widows’. Russia originally attempted to minimize the damage politically, but the situation was too apparent for their propaganda

and lies to be believed.

Russia sent former general Ruslan Aushev from Moscow to meet with the terrorist leader, known as ‘The Colonel’ where the terrorists’ demands and threats were addressed. They threatened 20 dead hostages for each terrorist wounded, and 50 executions for each one killed. They demanded the Rus-sian military pull out of Chechnya and an end to Russia’s war with Chechnya. Russian Spetsnaz Soldiers and military ar-rived to organize a perimeter defense. Small arms fire was exchanged periodically to keep the Russian’s at bay. An in-ternal struggle ensued at one point, and one of the female sui-cide bombers either self-detonated her vest or was shot before doing so. The terrorists quickly decided to deprive their hostages of

food, water, and use of restrooms. With the scorching heat

rising above 100 °F, a packed in a room with thousands of

explosions erupted in the gym full of the hostages, forcing Russian Spetsnaz to

assault the school. Supported by local militia and armed civilians, the Spetsnaz

troops courageously charged into a den of booby-trapped explosives, fortified

heavy machine guns, and over two dozen well-armed terrorists. They suffered

heavy casualties and deaths. After the multiple-hour gun battle, explosions and

fires, Spetsnaz rescued the surviving hostages and neutralized the terrorist

threat. Eighteen Spetsnaz commandos died, but even more tragically, 331 civil-

ians died - 176 children – and 500 were wounded.

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The Siege of Beslan (cont.) Russia has continued to deal with ongoing terrorist threats and improve its counterterrorism efforts, to avoid and mitigate future tragedies like occurred at Beslan and the Dubrovka Moscow Theater. Chechnya still struggles with radicalization and terrorism, and has had ongoing conflicts and wars with its neighbors and Russia, fueled by ethnic and religious tensions. Unfortunately, not unlike parts of the Middle East, Chechnya remains an unresolved geopolitical conflict which will require further action or negotia-

tion to bring about an eventual, lasting peace. Meanwhile, the people and city of Beslan - including many parents, widows and orphans - have to contend with the emotional scars that will likely never fully heal from such an awful tragedy.

Please be aware of ALL range rules….. There seems to be some confusion on what is allowed at our Brickyard location and on our ranges containing steel targets (ranges 8 & 6). Outside of 22 rifles or pellet guns, these ranges are pistol only ranges with a power factor of 450ftlbs or less. Carbines of ANY caliber are not allowed on these ranges. If you are not 100% certain what is allowed on any of our ranges please reach out to a board member or refer to our By-Laws. Our By-Laws are available on our website and may be downloaded anytime with a simple click. Please know that ignorance is not an excuse!

Sight-In Days – WEEKEND CHANGE!! By Ed Camp

Attention ALL members! The sight-in Days weekend has been changed! It is now one week earli-er than it has been. We are again trying to pick up hunters that might be taking their youngster out hunting, as our traditional weekend is the opening weekend of the youth hunt. Please mark your calendars for this, participatory those who come out and help! Please also let your hunting friends know about the change. Flyers will be out in a couple of months.

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Pioneer Gun Club October 2018

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

1 5:00 pm Shotgun (M) 5:30 pm Bullseye (B)

2 5:00 pm Practical

Shooters (B) 6:00 pm Eboard meet-

ing (B)

3 3:00 pm Odessa FFA

Shotgun (M)

4 5:00 pm Juniors (B)

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6

8:00 am New Member

Orientation

(M)

7 9:00 am Shotgun (M)


9 5:00 pm Practical

Shooters (B)


Shotgun (M)

5:00 pm NRA Action

(B)


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13 8:00am Small Bore

Silhoutte (M)

14 9:00 am Shotgun (M)

15 5:00 pm Shotgun (M)

5:30 pm Bullseye (B)

16 5:00 pm Practical

Shooters (B)

17 7:30 am Cast Bullets

(M)

3:00 pm Odessa FFA

Shotgun (M)


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20 8:00 am PPC (M)

21 8:00 am Benchrest (M)

8:00 am Steel Chal-

lenge (M)

8:00 am Bullseye (M)

9:00 am Shotgun (M)



Shooters (B)

Newsletter Deadline


Shotgun (M)

5:00 pm NRA Action

(B)

7:00 pm McBride Deer

Hunt Draw

(B)


26 5:00 pm .22 Games (B)

27 8:00 am Sight In Days

(M)

8:00 am PPC (M)

8:00 am USPSA (M)

28 8:00 am Sight In Days

(M)

8:30 am ARA



Shooters (B)


Shotgun (M)

Halloween

Action Pistol Regional (M)

Action Pistol

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Pioneer Gun Club November 2018

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday


2 5:00 pm .22 Games (B)

3 7:30 am CMP (M)

8:00 am Cowboy

Action (M)

8:00 am New Member

Orientation

(M)

4 9:00 am NRA Action

(M)

Daylight Savings Time


6 5:00 pm Practical

Shooters (B)

6:00 pm Eboard meet-

ing (B)


Shotgun (M)

5:00 pm NRA Action

(M)


7:00 pm General Meet-

ing (Bass

Pro)

9 5:00 pm .22 Games (B)

10 7:00 am PPC (B)

8:00am Small Bore

Silhoutte

(M)

11 8:00 am Steel Chal-

lenge (M)




Shooters (B)


Shotgun (M)

15 5:00 pm Juniors Olym-

pics (B)

16 5:00 pm .22 Games (B)

17 8:00 am PPC (M)

12:00 pm Club Picnic

(M)

18 8:00 am Benchrest (M)



Shooters (B)


Shotgun (M)

5:00 pm NRA Action

(M)


pics (B)

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Newsletter Deadline

24 8:00 am USPSA (M)

25 8:30 am ARA




Shooters (B)


Shotgun (M)


pics (B)

30 5:00 pm .22 Games (B)

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Officers: Division Directors:

Ty Markle, President (816) 922-9202

[email protected]

Eric Pearson, Director Bullseye (913) 636-9399

[email protected]

Brian Stoker USPSA (816) 277-1853

[email protected]

Ed Camp, 1st VP (816) 333-7559

[email protected]

James Smoots, Director Highpower [email protected]

Joe Tapko, Director Shotgun (816) 257-1504

[email protected]

Bob Hudson, 2nd VP (816) 833-4636

[email protected]

Park Wood, Director .22 Games (816) 698-9149

[email protected]

Ed Camp, Director Juniors (816) 333-7559

[email protected]

Connie Baum, Treasurer (816) 779-7560

[email protected]

Carl Robertson, Supplies [email protected]

Kevin Hutsell, Director ARA Benchrest (816) 254-1148

[email protected]

Nancy Perrin, Secretary [email protected]

Adam Bell, Dir. Smallbore Silhouette (717) 315-6774

[email protected]

Bob Harris, Director PPC (816) 863-4070

[email protected]

Mike Baum, Membership Chairman (816)779-7560

[email protected]

Rhon Ledbetter, Director Benchrest (816) 377-3174

[email protected]

Phil Parks, 5 Stand Director (816)356-4786

[email protected]

Tom Byrum, Range Officer [email protected]

Ron DeJarnette (816) 525-3330

[email protected]

Steve Tuttle, Member Rep [email protected]

Richard Brinkman, Director, Cast Bullet (816)200-9662

[email protected]

Brandi Markle Newsletter Editor

[email protected]

Nancy Perrin, Cowboy Action [email protected]

Richie Gattenby Archery Director (816) 508-9970

[email protected]

We can always use a few more hands on our Monday work days… We’ll provide the tools and lunch. Email Bob Hudson for more information. [email protected]

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Pioneer Gun Club Inc.

P.O. Box 18546

Raytown, Missouri 64133-8546

Down Range The Newsletter of the Pioneer Gun Club

Kansas City, MO Bates City, MO

October 2018 Volume 21, Issue 10

The opinions expressed in The Pioneer Newsletter, do not necessarily reflect the opinions of the executive board of the Pioneer Gun Club Inc., its elected and unelected officers, its general membership nor of the Editor unless specifically so stated. The writers, contributing writers, the editor and other contributors to the publication are neither engaging in terrorist conspiracy nor advocating acts of violence against the government of the United States nor against the government of the State of Missouri nor its cities or county governments nor of any other State, County or City governments. Statements are presented to stimulate political discussion in real or hypothetical contexts in the spirit of free inquiry. All material contained herein is the sole property of The Pioneer Gun Club & may be reproduced, unless otherwise specified, with attribution to this publication and date of issue.

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