The Range Report February 20, 2020

Important Announcement

ATTENTION TO ALL PHA MEMBERS! EFFECTIVE MARCH 1. ALL PHA MEMBERS MUST WEAR THEIR PHA ID BADGES ON THEIR PERSON (NOT ON YOUR RANGE BAG) AT ALL TIMES WHILE ON PHA PROPERTY. NO EXCEPTIONS. PHA Board of Directors.

Shooting Matches Coming Up this Weekend

5-Stand Shotgun The 5-Stand shotgun for Saturday will start at 9:30 am. The 5-Stand shotgun for Sunday will start at 12 pm. Attention! Call for Volunteers. The Sunday 5-stand shotgun needs volunteers for the 1st and 2nd Sundays of the month. If you would like to volunteer or ask for more information, please email  Donnie Small .  Your interest and help will be greatly appreciated. No shot larger than 7 1/2 on the 5-Stand.

5-Stand Shotgun

Defensive Pistol On Saturday, the sign-in for this match starts at 9:00 am. The match briefing starts at 10:00 am, and the match will commence at 10:15 am. Any caliber from .22 to .45 is acceptable. The Defensive Pistol Match is in need of volunteers. If you can help just one Saturday a month, please contact  Isaac Smith .

Defensive Pistol

High-Power Vintage Match On Saturday, gate opens at 8 am, setup starts at 8:20 am safety briefing is at 8:45 am and the match commences at 9 am at the 200-yard range. Vintage matches will consist of 30 rds (10 prone SF, 10 sitting (or prone) RF, and 10 standing SF). Competitors may fire the course twice with the same or a different rifle. Priority will be given to vintage rifles, but modern will be accepted pending firing point availability.

Vintage Match

Air Gun Field Target Match Check-in and sight-in will be at 9 am this Saturday at the .22 range. The safety meeting will start at 9:45 am and then will move to the Field Target range. Don't be late for the safety briefing.

Air Gun Match

Match Results

Shotgun 5-Stand This was a day where it started out chilly and never improved as the day went on. But 16 determined shooters showed up and ignored the elements. Bodie was the top shooter for the day followed by Donnie and Dan. Thanks to all that came out to shoot the 5-Stand.

Buffalo Match The February 16, 2020, PHA shoot was chilly, but bearable. Fifteen shooters showed up and warmed up the range with some hot scores. Our next match is Mar. 15 and we are looking forward to seeing some good scores. Jed Norris

Match Results

Incident Report

Gate Code Incident There has been an incident involving the gate code for the main entrance. A current PHA member and their guest came to the Range recently. The guest had to leave early but the member wanted to stay. But the member didn’t want to make the trip to the gate and back to let their guest out, so the Member gave the gate code to the guest to use and leave the range. As luck would have it, the guest had difficulty with the lock when trying to leave. A PHA Board member was nearby and came over to help. The Board member asked the guest a few questions. The guest soon admitted that the PHA member had given the guest the gate code so that they could leave early. Sharing the gate code with a non-member is a serious violation of the the Range Rules. The PHA Board members met and reviewed the incident. The Board approved a one-year membership suspension for the PHA Member. At that time, they may re-apply for membership. As a reminder to all, Rule #20 states: “Entrance gate must be opened and relocked, (by members only) upon entering or leaving PHA range. (Sharing the combination with a non-member is cause for loss of membership!). PHA Board of Directors

Just around the corner...

It's coming soon... Cleanup day will be here on Saturday, April 4th. Mark your calendar now. We are working on a project list.

Friends of NRA-North Carolina

The North Carolina Friends of NRA conducts money raising events periodically that supports youth shooting and firearms safety programs in our state. The money raised at these events are not used by the NRA for any other cause. It provides funds for high school and middle school shooting teams, FFA shooting programs, Boy Scout shooting programs, FFA hunter safety programs, ROTC shooting programs, 4-H shooting programs, American Legion junior shooting sports programs, and Merit Scholarships for Community College gunsmithing programs. All the money raised in North Carolina stays in North Carolina. I had the pleasure of attending the event in November when the money was distributed and divided among the many youth programs in our state in need of funding. We, as a Shooting Club, need to be more active in supporting the Friends of NRA.  The NRA Friends banquet is being held this year on March 20th . They serve a wonderful dinner. There are raffles for guns and equipment. There will be a silent auction and a regular auction. If you have never been to this event, it is wonderful program for a great cause. You do NOT have to be a member of NRA  to purchase a ticket and attend. Individual tickets are $35.00 for a single person. A Patriot's table is also available. A Patriot's table seats eight people ($125 per Patriot) and costs $1000. That includes 8 tickets and 8 knives per table. Each person at the table has a 1 in 8 chance of winning a firearm from the prize list. If you're interested in sitting at a table but lack 7 others, no problem. We will do our very best to book you at a table with 7 other individuals so that you will have a 1 in 8 chance at winning a gun of your choice. This event is held at the Richard Childress complex in Welcome. N.C. Friends of NRA is a 501.3c organization. If you would like to purchase the entire table, there is a tax deduction available. Or if you would like to make a simple donation, that is also tax deductible. Please remember that the more youth we get into our sport, the stronger and longer our future will last. Please contact me for tickets or information. Thank you. Ray Owens

Banquet Prize List

Construction Zone

Dry Benches At last. Dry benches at the 200-yard range after a hard rain. The efforts by Libby and Keith Swicegood and Dave Roberts to install a drain system has given us a dry benchrest area. Thanks again for your hard work.

PHA Safety Reminder

Commands from Range Officers, Match Directors, and Board Members must always be obeyed as it relates to safety and operation of PHA Range Facilities.

Gift Certificates

Gift Certificates Are Available! If you would like to give someone a gift certificate for a new membership or for annual renewal, we can help you to do that. Just contact the PHA Secretary for details.

Links you might be interested in.

CMP

NSSF

NCRPA

Frick Metals

NRA

SEE YOU AT THE RANGE!!

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