TCGC REGULAR MEETINGS: Goldsby Community Center, 122 E. Center

Rd., Goldsby, OK

Friday, September 7th at 7:30PM

Friday, October 5th at 7:30PM

September 2018

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EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETING Thursday, September 20th at 6:30 PM in the TCGC Range Stat House, 450 Jerry Black

Lane, Norman, OK

RENEWALS!!! RENEWALS!!! RENEWALS!!!LAST SESSION OCTOBER 14, 2018.

Renew online! Pay online!Register for one of the dates! See last page.

Pre-Printing badges for Pre-Registered Members Only.Don’t Understand? Come on out we will take care of your renewal.

2018 Eugene “Gene” Adkisson 2nd Scholarship Winner Announced

Alexis AndrewsCongratulations to Riley and Alexis!

Alexis' winning essay is included on page 9 of this issue of the Hangfire.

SEPTEMBER GUN CLUB RAFFLERuger 9mm Luger PCC-9 Rifle

Takedown, Semi-Auto$10 per ticket, raffle win 50 tickets sold.

Must be present to win!

Congratulations Jamie Schmidt, Winner of the Kimber 9mm Micro-Carry! Congratulations to the Winner of the “Word of the Month” Tara Nelson!

Read VP Article for more information.

Volunteers Needed!!! Renewals, BSA Camp and Shoot, ODWC Wildlife Expo and Hunters Education!

Free Hunters Education is September 29th!

President’s Report TCGC MEMBERS, Just a reminder because of recent encounters. Members entering TCGC property should have a positive attitude with other members, even if they are having a talk with them about something they are doing against our rules. This goes both ways, I know when I have screwed up and am able to listen to "positive" criticism. If any member, including Board members, cannot do this then do not enter TCGC property. I have also told members to record with their phone any confrontations. When confronted, don't say anything until you start recording. When any club member has any problem, they should first consult with the Member At Large (a position on the Board to represent the concerns of all members) after which if they are not satisfied they should contact the Board.

People shouldn't have a negative attitude, which will intimidate others, this goes against our club's mission statement, and repeated offences could endanger your club membership. Have fun at the range and be a responsible adult shooter.

Thank You to all those working to improve our club!

Mark Ericksen pres@tcgc.us

Vice-President’s Report The Kimber Micro Carry is better to shoot then I expected. No problems hitting the target! Very excited to win the pistol!

This month Word of the Month can be found in the Forums! Win a Friends of NRA Cap and Plaque! First reply posted with your name and you are the winner!

Any member can advertise items for sale on the forum. After a few months or when items sell, please refresh (or remove) your ad or the webmaster will take down old listings.

Feel free to contact us if you have problems or questions.

Jamie Schmidt vp@tcgc.us 405-620-6977

Secretary’s Report We have started the online renewal process. Please look at the dates and times listed on the last page of the Hangfire and make sure you schedule yourself for the first range safety orientation you are able to attend. We are all busy and this will help make sure we all get renewed on time.

Stuart Haury secretary@tcgc.us 405-250-2924

Member-at-Large Just a quick note, to remind you, that I am here to help you with any concerns you might have.

Beverly Adkins memberatlarge@tcgc.us 405-464-1288

Maintenance Report 2018 OKLAHOMA WILDLIFE EXPO. SEPTEMBER 21, 22, 23. Contact me by phone or email. You can work four hours morning or afternoon or all day. If you have any questions, please call me.

If you plan to attend a scheduled workday, I ask that you notify me by the TCGC web site, or email. If you do not have a computer call me and leave a voice mail. This will help me plan the work. If you want to work other than scheduled workday, call or email me. I have plenty of work.

Next workday(s) September 8 - 0800-1200 hrs September 14, 1300 – 1700. Setup for Camp and shoot.

THIS IS YOUR RANGE, PLEASE DO YOUR PART

Bill R. Hutcheson maintenance@tcgc.us 405-664-1128

Safety Corner Greetings Tri City Gun Club Members:

Muzzle Breaks: Members are reminded that just as you are responsible for where your bullet impacts, you are also responsible for the gases created by a muzzle break. If you have a rifle with a muzzle break, please keep in mind the members shooting on the tables to your left and right. Do not set up on a bench when you already have shooters on the adjacent benches. Be polite.

Burglary: The McClain County Sheriff’s Office is still investigating our burglary on July 9th, thus we continue to keep the actual details in a close hold. We are continuing to improve our security measures, however as I mentioned at the August Club Meeting these measures will be on a need to know basis. If you have information about the burglary, please give me a call. If you need specifics about our security measures you can give me a call and we can discuss your need.

Opportunities to Serve: Please note, these opportunities provide Work Hours for your 2018 renewal and if you have already renewed can be applied to your 2019 Work Hours.

Camp and Shoot: Camp and Shoot is Saturday 09/15 from 0715 – 1700hrs, lunch will be provided. We will be looking for support in all areas to include Shotgun, 22 Rifle, Air Rifle, Archery, Black Powder,

Orienteering, Sling Shot, Wildlife Identification and set up and tear down. If you are interested in being the Team Lead \ Shooting Event Director for one of the events listed above, please let me know. If you are interested in supporting this event, you can register online on the TCGC website events page or let me know and I’ll get you signed up. We need someone to run the 22 Rifle Range as the event director, if you are interested please give me a call or send me a note.

Oklahoma Hunter Education Clinic: We are hosting a Hunter Education Clinic on Saturday 09/29. We need Hunter Education Instructors, General Support and Shooting Coaches and RSOs for the shooting part of this event on Saturday afternoon. Gaitha Milligan is heading up this event. We will get it set up on the Events Calendar for self-registration. In the interim, if you would like to support this event, please let me know.

Central Region FFA Sporting Clays: Monday 10/15 from 0800 – 1600. We need experienced shotgun shooters to help score this event and RSOs to support it. If you are interested in supporting this event you can talk with me or Brad Corn.

Be safe and shoot straight, make sure your bullets impact the Berm.

Ken Anderson crso@tcgc.us 405 249-9804

September/October Schedule Event details can be found at www.tcgc.us . If you have any questions or would like to schedule an event, please contact Tara Nelson at scheduler@tcgc.us or call/text 405-664-6549

Work Days Range Work Sep 8 7a-11p All Ranges Range Work Oct 20 8a-12p All Ranges Wildlife Expo Sep 21-23 Call Bill Lazy E Arena

Monthly Shoots Range Closed Practical Pistol Match** Sep 2/Oct 7 8a-2p Long Range Trap Night (non-event) Every Monday 6p-? Trap 1 or 2 McClain County 4H Every Wednesday 5p-7p Skeet 1 & 2 OU Clay Target Team Practice Every Wednesday 7p-9p Skeet 1 & 2 TCGC Youth Shooting Sports** 2nd/4th Thursday 6p-8p Skeet 1 & 2/Air Rifle/Arch/SR Range Military Bolt Action Bench Rest** Sep 8/Oct 13 8a-2p Long Range 3-Gun Match** Sep 16/Oct 21 8a-2p Long Range Military Pistol/Revolver/22 Match** Sep 22/Oct 27 8a-12p Short Rifle Range 22 Rifle Match** Sep 23/Oct 28 8a-1030a Short Rifle Range CMP Sanction Rimfire Sprtr Match** Sep 23/Oct 28 1030a-2p Short Rifle Range

** These matches are open to the public. Contact match director for more info or go to tcgc.us for more information.

Special Events 5-Stand Event Fundraiser TBA TBA Shotgun Range BSA Camp & Shoot Sep 14/15 Fr 4p-Sa 11p All Ranges Triple Crown Shotgun Champ Sep 22/23 8a-12p All Shotgun Ranges Bright Lights Meat Shoot Sep 24 6p-10p Trap 1/2 Hunter’s Education Sep 29 730a-430p Range Closures Pending Central Region FFA SC Match Oct 15 7a-6p Skeet 1/2 Pavilion Stat House Appleseed Oct 20/21 Sa 8a-Su 6p Short Rifle Range

Meetings General Membership Meeting Sep 7/Oct 5 730p Goldsby Community Ctr Board Meeting Sep 20/Oct 18 630p Stat House

Coming Soon Snooker Tournament**

Some useful facts about the TCGC Calendar. The calendar contains scheduled and recurring events only. It does not include immediate closures for

range maintenance or emergency utility work unless timely notification is given. The calendar details which ranges are closed and the time they are expected to reopen. All events are subject to cancellation due to weather or other circumstances. Cancellations are reflected if timely notification is given. Non-Members, event participants, and those without skeet/trap access (shotgun events) need to

contact event coordinators for updates on cancellations. Contact information can be found on thewebsite.

All range maintenance closures are reflected if scheduled in advance. The calendar can be viewed in grid, list, or yearly format. Some devices may not support all formats. Some events may require member login for registration.

If you would like to schedule an event, reserve the stat house or pavilion, or have questions regarding the calendar, please contact me.

Tara Nelson scheduler@tcgc.us.

TCGC CLAYBREAKERS 5-Stand Success, Rain or ShineThanks to everyone involved in helping make 5-Stand a reality at TCGC. Your hard work, dedication, and your most generous donations have brought us closer to completion. Aug 19th around 30 people showed up (in the rain) to support 5-Stand. We had 26 shooters and shot 58 rounds. We enjoyed the cool temps, awesome new target presentations, and some darn good chili dogs. When we started this in May of 2017, I never thought we would be this far in a short time. On that note, everyone keep shooting! Every target broken gets us a little closer to completing the

project. We are saving up for a couple more throwers and a 20’ conex which will also be a base for a tower thrower. How cool is that?

****Notice**** Please turn off and decock all throwers. Clean houses and dispose of all trash in blue dumpster. Member owned Skeet/Trap cards are not to be used for your guest. A spouse is a guest if they are not registered as TCGC spousal members. Guest cards are available for purchase. $100/20rds or pay $6 per round. Any person that pulls a trigger on TCGC Skeet or Trap fields must sign-in at HI2 or be on a youth group roll sheet before shooting.

For info contact Tara Nelson at 405-664-6549 or email shotgun@tcgc.us

Tri-City Gun Club presents the 2018 Shotgun Championship Series

September 22 & 23***8am to Noon $25 Entry 75 targets

Food & Prizes Come out and see who will be crowned Tri-City Gun Club’s 2018 Skeet, Trap, and 5-Stand Champions. Could we possibly witness the first ever Triple Crown Winner?

Register online to shoot Saturday or Sunday!!!

Saturday tie scores will be settled Saturday. Saturday and Sunday scores will be totaled at end of shoot Sunday and winner will be announced.

Payouts will be based on # of shooters

General Meeting Minutes – August 3, 2018 1. Prior to the meeting, a swap meet was held.2. Meeting called to order at 7:25.3. Minutes from the last meeting were accepted.4. A raffle was held for a Kimber Pistol.5. Jerry Tomlinson spoke regarding joining the Oklahoma Rifle Association (ORA). ORA supports gun

rights in Oklahoma by working closely with the state legislature. ORA’s numbers help it apply pressure on members of the legislature. SB1212 was discussed. Law enforcement and the ORA were against the bill but support constitutional carry. The bill had several elements that were unreasonable to gun owners. ORA does offer lifetime memberships.

6. Joe Mays brought a pair of .38 Colt blue navy 1895 six shot revolvers from the first battleship New Jersey.

7. Bill will be working at the Wildlife Expo at the Lazy E Arena. Coming to help is fun and will earn work hours. Contact Bill if you are interested.

8. The 911 landline is being replaced.9. There is lots of work to be done on the range. Come get your hours in. It’s your range. Do your part.10. A tomahawk/knife target is going in at the archery range on lane one of the field range (take to the trail

on the right side of the range).11. If you read the Hangfire, you may win a prize! Tara found the special word of the month and won an

NRA plaque.12. Next month’s raffle is awesome!13. We are selling the last of the club shop inventory.14. Club financial are on the website.15. The compilation report is due next week.16. The financial report has been collapsed down to a shorter document. If you want more detail, just ask

the treasurer.17. Ken reported a burglary at the range. The investigation is ongoing. Information is limited and won’t be

discussed in detail. This incident helped to illustrate some of the club’s weaknesses. We believe the people whom broke in had inside information. Up to $3000 was approved toward security features. More information will be shared as it becomes common knowledge.

18. All of our equipment valued over $50 is inventoried and registered by serial number.19. Guests with a medical marijuana license, and under the influence of marijuana, may not handle a

firearm.20. Clean up your mess. Put large trash directly into the dumpster. Be sure to break down boxes.21. Don’t put targets on top of the berm.22. Reload trap machines when you are finished.23. Camp & shoot needs volunteers. Sign up on-line.24. Hours worked after you renew count toward the next year’s renewal.25. 5-stand is bringing over 20 shooters for each event. A championship is coming up.26. Short and pistol range improvements are awaiting bids.27. Drawings were held.28. The meeting was adjourned at 8:29.

Minutes recorded and prepared by Stephen Rudnick, s.rudnick@ou.edu.

Board Meeting Minutes – August 17 , 2018 1. Meeting called to order at 6:30.2. All board members were in attendance.3. The previous meeting minutes were accepted.4. Range security cameras were discussed. We are looking at improving coverage and moving to all

digital systems. Upgrading or replacing current systems will be necessary. Concerns with camerasbeing hacked were raised. Camera software is regularly updated to prevent this kind of vulnerability.We will get a quote for an all-digital system with improved coverage.

5. Junk is being hauled off.6. Bill will be out of pocket early next week.7. The webmaster’s poll results were discussed. The survey submissions were made anonymously. The

website meets most users’ needs very well. The calendar is the primary draw and should be moved tothe main page. Range closing should be made more visible. There were several bits of valuableconstructive criticism. Softening our communication style may be helpful. The forum needs contentdisclaimers.

8. The archery grant final report to the NRA Foundation was submitted. Archery had over 500 participantsthis year.

9. 4-H has had more young shooters recently.10. Renewal help was discussed. We need more helpers.11. Mark will be absent at the next regular membership meeting.12. All messages regarding a member not being able to attend any scheduled renewal should be forwarded

directly to the CRSO.13. 2019 event planning was discussed. Hunter Education is better in September. YHEC will need the full

range. Most major events are already on the calendar.14. Info copies for renewals will be turned off for the secretary’s inbox as they unnecessary and

overwhelming.15. Concerns were raised regarding verifying work hours. Most hours are checked by reviewing the cards.

Administrative functions on the website will help with the remainder.16. Renewal invoicing is handled automatically on the website during checkout. Land-fund invoicing will be

handled by the treasurer.17. The financial report will go to the board for review over the weekend.18. Security updates were previously voted on. A selection has been made and work has begun.19. Membership payments being declined, but undetected was raised as a possible concern and will be

reviewed.20. Financial management of carryover funds was briefly discussed.21. Information gathering for the berm bidding process was discussed. Dirt sources are available on the

range.22. Members are interested in wind socks/flags on the long range. These have been installed previously

and they were removed because they became targets.23. The recent burglary was discussed.24. We have another set of gongs that will go up at the 200-yard berm, firing point 14.25. We need shelving to properly organize material. We also need several portable tables.26. We have received several calls regarding registration and becoming a life member.27. Measurements have been made to install electric at the archery range. Wire will be purchased.28. Event shotgun shooters need to Move clay targets from the conex to the houses.29. The meeting was adjourned at 9:05.

Minutes recorded and prepared by Stephen Rudnick, s.rudnick@ou.edu.

Practical Pistol Match Scores – August 5, 2018 Fun match this morning!! Thanks to all who helped setup and tear down!!

Overall results can be found here: https://practiscore.com/results/new/63010

Divisional results are below: Carry Optics 1 Turner, Jonathon 287.5849 100%

2 Arnold, Brandon 281.3594 98% 3 Ohanlon, Brian 244.442 85%

Limited 1 Ham, Matt 309.0444 100% 2 Harshaw, Jared 277.0779 89% 3 McKinney, Sean 223.3058 72%

Open 1 Matlock, Feegee 309.7429 100% 2 Holmes, Laura 267.2377 86% 3 Holmes, Joe 249.2221 80%

PCC 1 Sanderson, Shawn 274.1133 100%

2 Fore, Kyle 266.4686 97% 3 Rigsby, Matt 244.6891 89%

Production 1 Davenport, Lane 310.0000 100% Revolver 1 Jordan, Michael 310.0000 100% Single Stack 1 Speaks, Steve 310.0000 100%

2 Stehno, Scott 58.1915 19%

11 Aug 2018

Rank Last name First Name Rifle Group 1 Group 2Best

Group1 Borders D. M96 2.737 `1.135 1.135

2 Anderson Jeff 03a3 1.576 1.706 1.576

3 Goodnight Vic 03a3 1.779 2.567 1.779

4 Mueggenborg Drew M96` 3.882 1.808 1.808

5 Lawson Tony 93a3 1.887 2.314 1.887

RSO: Terrie Vannoy

MBABRTri-City Gun Club

Rank Last name First Name Rifle Score 1 X Score 2 X Score 3 X Total X's Aggregate

1 Lawson Tony 03a3 100 8 99 5 100 5 299-18

2 Anderson Jeff 03a3 99 4 98 4 100 5 297-13

3 Goodnight Vic 03a3 99 5 100 1 98 1 297-7

4 Towery Gale M96 98 2 96 3 100 5 294-10

5 Borders D. M96 97 4 97 0 97 2 291-6

11-Aug-18 Tri-City Gun Club MBABR

RSO: Gerald Goodnight

22 Fun Match

1 T yon Lawson 1 198-6

2 Martin Adams 197-2

3 Steve Vannoy 196-2

4 Jeff Anderson 193-3

5 Frank Maynard 192-4

6 Bill Morris 188-3

7 Paul Ott 185-1

ESSAY May 29, 2018 Alexis Andrews

We hear about it all too often. It almost feels as if it’s a national headline every week. Another active

shooter has wreaked havoc on a classroom full of innocent children. It’s an event that occurs without warning,

without a reason, and so far without a way to stop it. It is unacceptable, and it must be stopped. And it can be.

Everyday campuses are packed full of students eager to learn, eager to expand their knowledge, and

eager to go out a make a difference in the world. They wake up each day worried about an upcoming test or

group project – as they should be. A student should not wake up in the morning worried about whether or not

their lives or the life of the girl next to them will end in chaos as rounds of ammunition are sprayed across the

room. School and campus shootings should not even exist, nor should they be a common fear.

However, they are, but they don’t have to be. Allowing teachers and students alike to be armed on

campuses automatically creates a safer environment. When those carrying are properly trained and certified to

handle a firearm responsibly, the lives of those around them become infinitely be secure. In the event of a

shooting, the stranger next to you may become your hero by neutralizing the threat. Your life may have been in

danger, but your life isn’t over thanks to the boy who sits across from you in history class.

Innocent bystanders can become the needed heroes in a split second. For example, recently an active

shooter walked into a Louie’s restaurant and fired away at those enjoying a family meal. That shooter was

stopped before he could claim any lives by a couple of good Samaritans who were carrying a firearm and know

hot to properly handle the situation. Their bravery saved countless lives, and this can be the reality on our

campuses as well.

Allowing those whom are certified to carry a firearm to do so in a place where safety is the number one

priority, can ensure that it is always achieved. We cannot prevent every maniac from doing the unspeakable, but

we can prevent their worst from taking innocent lives. It all starts with allowing the comfort of safety to only be

an arm’s reach away. A campus should be a place of growing, learning, and thriving, and thanks to the second

amendment, it can be.

Membership Renewals for 2019 Life Members Only - Goldsby

Friday, September 7th 5:30-6:30 RSO Only - Pavilion

Saturday, September 8th, 8:00 a.m. Membership Renewals - Pavilion

Saturday, September 8 1:00, 200 Members Sunday, September 9 2:00, 200 Members

Saturday, October 13th, 8:00, 200 Members Saturday, October 13th, 1:00, 200 Members Sunday, October 14th, 2:00, 200 Members

Tuesday, September 18th 6:30, 100 Members