RGPSC Shooter’s Forum

Our September 3rd Saturday Match (Caja Del Rio) has been moved to the 2nd Saturday, September 13.

The reason for the change is the National Police Shooting Championships will be using the Shooting Range Park the entire week.

We have also entered into an agreement with the NRA to assist in “USPSA style” stages for the NPSC participants to try out. Maybe we get some new local shooters, but at least we get some funding from the NRA, and the goodwill of helping out.

Sorry guys, it rained out here almost all day and there is standing water everywhere.  We’ll have have to wait till next month to shoot.

Ray

Vikki Eger left the range on Thursday, July 10, 2008. We will all miss her, as will her husband Richard, her 3 daughters, and 2 grandchildren.

Vikki was always such a pleasant competitor. She’s the only shooter I have ever known to thank me (as RO) after clearing her at the end of a stage. Always the big smile, but always competing. She just loved the game.

We are a community of friends. I will miss this friend dearly.

Rod 

Along with about 20 other competitors, I had the honor today of participating in this brand new club’s first match. What a hoot!! Ray has done a bang up job of launching a new club, at a premeir facility, the Founder’s Ranch. You are likely to see deer in the morning, Bison all day long, and the backdrop to the bays is pinon and cedar. Birds chirping all the time, even a few hawks wandering around. Ray had some help from some local RGPSC club members, and all in all it was great!

The new club is a big plus on the local scene. For me, the miles to the range (27) is identical to the miles to the City Range, and the scenery is a whole bunch better. Took the VF750CD for a cruise.

It’s all worth exploring; I know I’ll be there on every 4th Sunday!! The club will grow, there is no doubt. The rate of growth is up to you. The more people who shoot, the more this new club can funnel back into prop purchases. Help them out, come shoot!!

RGPSC members should know that we have loaned 50 target stands to Wild West, and have agreed to purchase expendable items (like targets, tape, scoresheets) in bulk so that both clubs may benefit.

Did I mention, Come Shoot!”?

Rod

Glock Indoor League is coming to Albuquerque July 17, 5-8 pm, at Calibers Indoor Shooting Facility. This is a Glock Shooting Sport Foundation event and held over 3 times in July, August and September. Check out www.gssfonline.com for more information or call Calibers at 505-797-9715. Gun giveaway, prizes, trophies and fun. Come shoot your Glocks.

-Mike Patrick

The majority of the groundwork has been laid, and the first match for WWPSC has been tentatively set for June 29.  We are currently looking for charter members, for the club.  The hope is to have 20 charter members at $50 dollars each, to help get the club going.  I will be at the May 24 RGPSC match if you guys have any questions.

Thanks, Ray

Our May 17 match has been moved to May 24. The entire range is dedicated on the 17th and 18th to the New Mexico Expo, a worthwhile event for the young people of our state. The schedule change happens every year in May, depending on which weekend the Expo is held.

We may be holding a demo stage for the kids during the Expo on Saturday the 17th. Stay tuned.

We’ll hold our annual awards luncheon immeditately after the April 5 regular match.

Food!!!!! All the chicken and fixins you can possibly eat, courtesy of Mike Patrick. Invite the spouse, the kids. Hey, even bring the dogs. There will be plenty.

Did we mention awards

Details not yet firmed up. This is the weekend following Area 2 in Mesa, AZ. The lottery for Area 2 applications will be held June 1.

Pat has two things:

Club elections:

–Nominations will be accepted at any time previous to the election. All nominees (if any) must contact one of the Board members accepting the nomination (so we know the individual knows of the nomination) unless the person is nominating themselves.

–Elections will take place at the February 16 match

Club Dues:

The dues grace period will extend to the February 16 match. Any matches shot before or after that date will not be counted in the yearly match standings if dues are not paid by then. Any matches shot after that date will be charged non member match fees ($13.00/match).

Wow!!! 14th overall, Top B Class, High Albuquerque Shooter! His 81% even beat some GM’s, Masters and the like. In a crowded field of 190 shooters, including the likes of Robbie and Taran, this is truly outstanding!

Doesn’t seem to matter what kind of gun he picks up!

Chief Range Officer is not an easy thing to do! It takes a lot of work, a lot of study, and passing the grade from one of USPSA’s finest tutors.

Congrats, Pat. Watch out, club, for the latest omnipetent official.

cya on the range. 

June 7 and 8, 2008. Staff shoots 5th and 6th. At this time, this is not the NM Secional, just our annual hoot! Setup starts the weekend before. Wednesday (hopefully) is a day off for all the workers so they can give the match a worthy effort. 9 stages, maybe a chrono. We will not be using the two police bays this year. We are restricited to a late Friday setup,and required to tear down Sunday after the match. Way too much rush and bother to get setup when we are already tired. We’ll use another open bay near the city office, the PPC range we used last year, and the silhouette range west of our normal six bays.

We’ll need setup help. Please plan on donating your time to help the club. We’ll need dedicated RO’s. All staff shoot the match for no charge. If you RO’d in the past, we need you to do it again. If you want to RO, lemme (Rod Ca) no. Thx, cya there.

Our steel poppers take a lot of abuse. Getting shot over and over and over, thousands upon thousands of rounds, even on very hard steel, tends to do some damage eventually. The poppers slowly, but inevitably, bend out of shape. This is hardened steel. It’s not like you’re going to take a sledge hammer to them to flatten them back out. Fortunately, we have a club member, Wayne (the only one) who has access to enormous hydraulic presses (650 - 750 ton), and knows how to use them. He has repaired all of our poppers over the last year or so, and the latest (and final) phase was the mini-poppers. He also did some welding repairs as needed, and you really ought to let him know he does good work!

Thanks, Wayne!