The Sportsman Newsletter
Official publication of the Wildlife Committee of Washington Volume 09 Issue 08
1031 – 228th SW, Bothell, WA 98021 tel:(425)481-8686 fax:(425)481-8685 August 2009
http://www.wcwinc.org
President’s Message
EXECUTIVE OFFICERS
PRESIDENT
John Conderman (425)218-0245
john@wcwinc.org
VICE PRESIDENT Busy time of the year pistol ranges and in plain sight on the archery
Ken DeLeone (425)745-1449
The past month has been very busy around ranges. Please use the sign in and sign out
2nd VICE PRESIDENT the club. The septic tank at shotgun was system as it provides extra security and safety
Gary Webster (206)783-9994 pumped and the Range # 1, 200 yd target for you and the club. Remember this is now a
TREASURER frame location and 300 yd impact area have requirement and is not optional. All members
Ron Hearldson (425)788-5762 been reworked. All shots now impact at the
r.hearldson@wcwinc.org must sign in.
same place behind the 300 yd. target
CORRESPONDING SECRETARY frames. A sprinkler system was installed Thank you
Patricia Webster (206)783-9994
p.webster@wcwinc.org on the planting area near archery. The old I would like to thank every one who has
camera and security system has been re- helped around the club during the last month.
RECORDING SECRETARY
Daniel Barton (425)821-8731
placed with a new and better high resolu- Thanks to those who teach our many classes
tion 24hr recording system. This system is and train the young shooters and archers.
CHAIRMAN TRUSTEES now operational. A new lawn mower and
Gerald Albertson (425)487-0710 Thanks to the members that put on our
tractor have been added to our inventory. matches and league actives. A very special
CHAIRMAN ELECT The parking lot at the club house has been thank you goes out to the Carl Brattain, Roy
Michael Wichser (206)856-1190
mwichser@clearwire.net graveled. A new safe has been installed at Stephenson, Rick Grham and Bruce Dustman
the range office to insure proper storage of who worked so hard on range #1.
TRUSTEE (2 yr)
Larry Mallory (425)820-3582
club property. Plans are underway to install
new siding at shotgun and have it painted. On Saturday July the 11th there was a work
TRUSTEE The last peace of sidewalk at shotgun
Jim Dinnie (425)821-4028 party on pistol and the following members
should be installed before it starts raining. helped construct new ground baffles Dick
TRUSTEE
Daniel Heitmann (206)753-8779
Abbey, Brien McCrea, Bill Boettner, Paul
Changes around the club Landis, John Blatchford, and Phil Murray.
PAST PRESIDENT This summer the number of shooters at shot When you can attend a work party, you should
Carl Brattain (425)485-9838
carl@wcwinc.org
gun has been up. The employees and club as a member in good standing. When you get
officers are working on methods to reduce a chance, say thank you to our club employ-
the waiting time between lines. To help us ees. They come to work to serve you and the
COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN
in that effort, make sure that you are ready public shooters and are doing a great job.
ARCHERY to shoot before you sign up. If you are not
Michael Wichser (206)856-1190
on the line when all the other shooters are Don’t forget
RANGE ready you will need to re sign for a future The club swap meet will be held on August
Carl Brattain (425)485-9838 line of trap.
carl@wcwinc.org 30th from 9am until noon. If you have stuff
that needs to find a new home, this is the time
SHOTGUN Shotgunners can win a free punch card. To and place. If you need some new stuff this is
Gary Webster (425)783-9994
g.webster@wcwinc.org enter this drawing place your name and the time and place.
phone number on the back of your used John Conderman
HUNTER EDUCATION
Ben Engelking (206)788-2510
punch card and place it in the properly
b.engelking@wcwinc.org marked container on the counter. The club
FIREARMS EDUCATION
will draw out one card from time to time Shotgun hours of operation
Richard Ripley (206)271-0670 and provide that person with one free punch
r.ripley@wcwinc.org card. The first drawing will be on August Mon Closed
10th at 7pm. Tues 5:00 to 9:00 pm
LEGISLATIVE
vacant Wed Noon to 5:00 pm
There will be a small change to the sign in Thur 5:00 to 9:00 pm
YOUTH ARCHERY
Michael Wichser (206)856-1190 requirement. Starting now all shooting Fri Closed
areas will have a sign in sheet at their loca- Sat 10:00 am to 5:00 pm
YOUTH RIFLE
tion. When you come to the range you will Sun 10:00 am to 5:00 pm
Jack Giuliano (425)483-6487
be required to sign in. Sign in sheets will
be located near the bell switch on rifle and ITS YOUR CLUB, GET INVOLVED!
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Manager’s Remarks shoot unless you plan to participate in
the shoot as the range is closed except
Well I held another successful Range for the participants of the shoot.
Committee meeting. Those requesting
special use out numbered all others by at Good Luck to all of our shooters at the
least 10 to 1. I would like to thank Rich Pacific Grand, and at our own WCW
Hello fellow shotgun enthusiasts. shoot in August.
Graham and Roger Ulrich for attending
The summer weather has brought many
and talking about Bench Rest Shooting
new shooters to the shotgun range. Shoot Safely and have fun.
and Cast Bullet Shooting, respectively. I
Please help those new shooters to be
would appreciate it if all match directors,
safe.
or their representatives would make an
effort to attend Range Committee meet-
We now have the trappers going Board Meeting Minutes
ing as frequently as they can to tell the
through safety training. In addition to July 1, 2009
new member about their sport. Also,
safety training the trappers are calling
each match director must provide a
the squads out. Please be ready to shoot President John Conderman called the
budget each year for their event. This
when you are called out. Follow the meeting to order at 7:55 PM. All Board
will include expected revenue and ex-
instructions of the trappers and range Members were present except Gary
penses (don’t forget target cost). If you
masters. Webster, Pat Webster and Larry Mal-
need help, please see me at one of the
lory. The Minutes of the previous Board
Range committee meetings for additional
Shotgun will be hosting a WCW Mem- Meeting were read.
information. I also need a list from each
bers appreciation picnic Saturday, Au-
match director of everyone authorized to
gust, 16, 11:00am-2:00pm at the Shot- Guest:
run their matches and the fees to be
gun Range. All members are invited. Phil Murray representing Firearms Edu-
charged for each match. I would like to
Last year we had an excellent turn out. cation.
thank Rick Graham, John Conderman,
This year we will be serving the usual
Roger Ulrich, Bruce, Dennis for there
hotdogs, hamburgers and other picnic Committee Reports:
work on Range 1.
fare, water melon, etc. In addition, Mike Wichser Archery, Dan Heitmann
Carl Brattain
thanks to Joel Skerlong’s generous con- Shotgun and Carl Brattain Range.
tribution, we will be feasting on fresh
Orientation sockey salmon! Treasurers Report:
The following new member applicants Ron Heraldson
attended Orientation this month and The State PITA Shoot results are in and
received their membership cards: two Kenmore shooters took some top Unfinished Business:
honors. Greg Minor gained 1 yard in Range use coupons, Range # 1 backstop
Juan and Robyn Ayala
handicap and won Runner Up for the improvements, Signage at entrance gate.
Russell Bean
State “C” Class Doubles. Gwen Camp-
Warner Brooksbank
bell won the Ladies preliminary sin- New Business:
Brett Carlile
gles, Ladies Singles Championship and A Motion by Dan Heitmann to encour-
John Casapiedra
Ladies HOA. In addition Gwen set a age involvement of members to assist
Randall Clark
record by making this her 4th consecu- the Rangemaster. Passed, A Motion by
Larry Culver
tive Ladies Singles Championship. This Carl Brattain to fund the Members’ pic-
Scott and Ann Hayes
qualifies Gwen to shoot in the Pacific nic on August 16th an amount up to
Larry Jensen
Grand’s “Best of the Best Competi- $500.00 Passed, A Motion by Ken
Joel Johnson
tion”. She will be shooting against the Deleone requesting $500.00 for door
John Judd
best women shooters from the states of prizes at the 3D Shoot. Passed, A Mo-
Youngjin and Seayong Kang
WA, NV, ID, CA, HA, OR, AK and tion by Carl Brattain to issue Special
Andy Lusk
maybe a few more. Good Luck Gwen! Use Permits to parents of JOAD archers
Anthony Marconi
Congratulations to both of our shooters. if needed. Passed. A Motion by Carl
Ron Paquette
Well done! Dates for the Pacific Grand Brattain to approve the Minutes of this
Pio Park
are July 18th-25that the Evergreen Meeting. Passed
Michael and Lynne Salewshi
Sportsman Club, Little Rock, WA.
Orlin Sorensen
Meeting adjourned at 10:30 PM. Sub-
Dennis Stolzenburg
WCW will host a money added PITA mitted by Dan Barton, Recording Secre-
Patrick Sweeny
Shoot August 30, at the Shotgun tary.
Clinton Tally
Range. Come out and participate or just
Carol and Brent Turner
come out and watch. Lunch will be
David Warner and Nancy Meenen
available from Dave’s Burgers, about
Jon Zimmerman
$5.00 for lunch. Do not come out to
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posted a score of 396-9x for third. Nice
Hunter Education shooting guys!
Our next shoot will be held August 8th.
WCW Hunter Education instructors Hope to see you there!
completed a successful class June 19
and 20th. The class was filled to capacity For more info on the Kenmore
with 15 students. We had quite a beautiful day for our Benchrest shoots contact:
July shoot. It was sunny with just a few Rick Graham (206) 214-
The instructors used an alternative clouds to keep the temps down. Condi- 6484 rgart@zipcon.net
method of instruction called the para- tions for the most part were very good Richard Nicol (206) 784-1093 rlni-
digm method. In this method, the stu- with moderate winds that generally held col@msn.com
dent has the responsibility of reviewing long enough to get a few shoots off.
the material in the hunter education field (Which seems like quite a luxury at
book prior to the Friday evening class. times!)
A test covering the material is given
early in the evening. Afterwards, stu- We were pleased to have Leonard Nicol
dents practice firearm-handling safety, Pistol Marksmanship and
come in and shoot with us this time, all Competition Seminar
selecting the correct ammunition for a the way from Dayton WA. He made it a
firearm, loading and unloading firearms point to be here for the memorial that The 1st Saturday of each month
and muzzle control. On Saturday morn- was held for Amos Frombach, and de- we have a pistol training session
ing is a field day including setting zones cided to shoot with us as well. Leonard for Bullseye and International
of fire, field carries, crossing obstacles used to shoot with us several years ago. Standard Pistol. Learn what com-
and in/out of a boat. The instructors At that time he was hard to beat with petition is all about and get a lot
lead short discussions on basic ballistics, his 6BR, the action of which was given of practice on timed and rapid
sighting in a rifle, planning a hunt, to him by Amos, and the smith work fire. Need to bring, at a mini-
cleaning a firearm and day / survival done by Kenmore member Rick Begin- mum:
pack items. The class ends midmorning ski. He brought that same rifle with him A. .22LR semi-automatic stan-
with live fire for either rifles or shot- this time and did very well. It still dard pistol (5” barrel).
guns. shoots! It was great to see Leonard B. 300-400 rounds of .22 Stan-
again! Another guy we hadn’t seen in dard Velocity LR
The next scheduled class is August quite a while was Jack Pennant. It was C. $10 fee
21/22 with a 15-student limit. See the great to have Jack back shooting with Starts at 9:00AM on Range #3
WCW rifle range master sign ups. us again as well!
Presently we have several active instruc- For the first time, we got to try out the
tors who are finding that teaching hunt- new range one configuration. A lot of
ing skills and safety to be a lot of fun work has been put in on range one re-
and a rewarding experience. If you are cently. The 300 yard line was lowered
interested in finding out more about this, several feet, and the 200 and 300 yard
contact Ben Engelking hvac-
school@hvacschool.com.
target frames are now aligned with the
firing line. This makes it so the uprights
Donations
will get shot up less, but it also helps to We receive many donations dur-
For those students that may need more considerably lessen the time it takes to ing the course of a year …..and
classroom instruction, 2 of our WCW shoot matches because wind flags and we are very grateful. While we
members are involved in the traditional rifles do not have to be moved when are not a charity and donations
method of instruction, which extends changing yardages now. This is a sig- are not charitable contributions
over several evenings. Contact George nificant improvement, and it means for tax purposes, all donations
Wells – Rifle Range Master 425-775- there will be more time available after are put to work improving the
1539 or Myron Olson 360-659-8617 for the shoots for members to use range facility and its operations. This
class schedules and locations. one. month we received:
Ben Engelking Rick Graham ended up winning this $25 Donations
WCW Hunter Ed Chairman shoot, and the money prize with an Scott Jones
overall score of 400-7x. Jeff Yost was
right on his heals posting a score of Thanks!!!
399-6x for second place, and Larry
Boers, all the way from Winlock WA
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Once again, we had an international
flare for our May match. 8 shooters
represented 3 classes; plain base, pro-
duction, and heavy. Plain base high
score of 395-6x was shot by Bev Pin-
ney from Salmo, BC, Production high CMP/Highpower Rifle
score of 357-2x was shot by Dick
Jones, and Heavy high score of 389-3x The July match of the 2009 season was
was shot by Roger Ulrich, Match Di- once again well attended by unclassi-
We have talked about the targets, scor- fied and also one junior High power
ing, and the different rifle classes we rector.
rifle shooters.
compete in. This time I thought we Until next time, safe shooting
could touch on the steps for sizing the The rifles represented on the line in this
Alice Gardner
cast bullet. It is one of the more impor- match were an interesting mix. Even
tant aspects of getting the bullet to the though the matches these days are
target in a straight and true manner. dominated by AR-15s we still have
There is a lot of information in books
and on the web for the correct bullet Bits and Pieces shooters representing M-1/M-1A as
well as the old faithful bolt action gun
size; much of this published data is not and on top of this it turned out to be a
successful. Looking at the published We concluded the Annual Air Pistol very nice Swedish Mauser 41(B). Any-
information for loads in the CBA’s League with Kevin Finke as the winner body that knows me will tell you that I
magazine, The Fouling Shot, shows averaging 92.75% and Vic Alvarez have shot the Swedish Mauser for a
what the winners are doing. coming in 2nd with a 91.63% average. number of years in these and other
David Lewontin came in 3rd OA and prone matches with some success. I just
1st A Class, and Jeff Alvarez 4th OA simply am fond of this rifle and car-
The successful cast bullet competition
and 1st B Class. The league was well tridge combination. Now back to the
shooter sizes the bullet for the chamber
attended as usual with 27 shooters giv- match, the conditions were great, sunny
throat, commonly called “leade”, which
ing it a try. And it was sanctioned by warm weather with a slight breeze.
is often .002 or .003 larger than the bore
diameter. This larger diameter sizing USA Shooting ending their ill consid-
ered policy of not sanctioning leagues. The Unclassified category winner was
causes the bullet to start straight into the Sinbad Russell shooting a M-1A with a
barrel and aids accuracy. The case aligns score of 401-1X followed in the 2nd
in the chamber and the bullet aligns in Time goes by quickly these days and it
is almost time to begin our membership place by Robert Hill with a score of
the throat, starting correctly on the jour- 387-1X. An honorable mention goes to
ney to the target. renewal cycle. Everything will be
ready by the start of October for mem- Sean Bavik a Junior shooting his Swed-
bers to get renewed for 2010. ish Mauser for the first time in competi-
The next piece of useful information is tion achieving a score of 258-1X. Good
not as commonly known. The reloader When you get your new card, you will work Sean.
sizes the inside of the case neck to the notice a couple of changes (additions)
bullet diameter. This assures the bullet We did not have sufficient shooters in
to all that is printed there. The biggest
base is not deformed since it is a softer the Expert and Sharpshooter categories
change is that for members who have
lead alloy than jacket material. This is so no prizes could be paid to Robert
had at least three continuous years of
opposite to the normal process of reload- Shuey 1st Sharpshooter with a score of
special use, their special use detail will
ing where the case neck is sized .001 437-4X. In the Expert category it was
be printed out on the reverse side of
smaller that the bullet diameter to hold Robert Tykulsker that won with a score
their membership card. That should
of 451-5X and to no one’s surprise the
the bullet tight for both loading and uni- solve the “I don’t remember what I was match winner once again was Richard
form ignition. approved to do.” If it isn’t printed Steed with an excellent score of 487-
there, you don’t have permission to do 21X.
If you are starting into cast bullet shoot- it.
ing, the easy way to perform this func- The next match is August 16th. Note
tion is by using an oversize expander Vic Alvarez after the match we will have hot dogs
ball in your sizing die. The more serious and other refreshments as well as the
shooter will use the bushing type of neck new annual awards ceremony. Thank
sizing dies, with the neck outside turned you Orin and Richard for helping with
when needed. The bushing neck sizing the new shooters and running the line,
die is a significant cost, therefore, the your help is much appreciated.
large expander ball method is recom-
mended for the starting competitor. Stan Vlcak
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The NRA and the WCW $25 special dues for every member who $5,000 accidental life insurance. And
would join through the club. You you would be adding to the strength of
Our club is an NRA recruiter, and we would be doing your part on a national the organization, which has passed the 4
get a commission for all new members level to protect your gun and hunting million member mark. There is strength
we sign up and for all renewals proc- rights. You save $10 and the club gets in numbers and the NRA numbers
essed with our recruiter ID number. We another $10….a really good deal. should be much higher. Let’s all pull
receive $10 for every new member and together and give them the support they
$5 for every renewal. Sign up your wife or husband or friends need.
on a Liberty membership for $10 (no
The club has a significant number of magazine) and the club gets a $5 com- As an aside, the NRA provides the les-
NRA members and it would be a real mission. Don’t want to get the full son plans and manuals for all our safety
benefit to the club for all those mem- membership, sign up on a Liberty classes…..and grants for some of our
bers to renew using the form below, or membership for yourself. projects.
by using our web site direct link to the
NRA renewals….on the home page. We have been getting an extra $1,000 a Just remember, use the form below, or
Besides, by renewing through the club, year without much effort just from the use our web site direct link. Write your
you save $10. Let’s see, you save $10 few who sign up….we could get a great check to the NRA or use your credit card
and the club gets another $5….what deal more and you would be doing for easy processing.
a good deal. yourself a favor. The benefits which
come with an NRA membership are SAVE MONEY and
Then there are a great many WCW significant. You get $1,000 unsched- HELP THE CLUB.
members who are not yet NRA mem- uled firearm insurance and $10,000/
bers. The club would receive $10 of the
Special Rates for NRA Membership $25.00
By special arrangement, the NRA is allowing us to sign-up members for $10 OFF their regular dues. Pay by credit card or your
check made out to the NRA. Mail it to the club, drop it off at the Range Office or mail it directly to the NRA:
National Rifle Association, Recruiter Program Department
11250 Waples Mill Road, Fairfax, VA 22030-7400