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May 2015 Meeting
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John Able
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NEWSLETTER – May 2015
Terry Chance
(860) 848-3445
Will Smith
(860) 245-5839
wgsii@aol.com
Tim Hausler
(860) 961-2991
www.mragc.org
mrgc@mysticrodandgunclub.org
PO Box 181, Mystic CT, 06355
(860) 536-6324
www.facebook.com/mysticrodandgunclub
May Meeting: Thursday, May 28th, at 8:00 PM. Steak
Dinner is available for $15 before the meeting.
Handgun Safety Course: The next course will be held on
Tuesday, May 26th. Contact Chuck Griffin for details or to
register for the course. The June course will be held on the
23rd, provided there are enough attendees.
Prohibited Archery Items: Please note that the club prohibits the use of exploding tip arrows on all club property,
and broadhead arrow tips are not allowed for use on any club archery targets. If you have questions contact the
Archery Chairman, Rob Pettini at 401-315-2468.
Griswold Property: Please take note of the following restrictions and conditions of use at the Griswold property:
• Do NOT place target stands in-between back-stop berms, place them immediately in front of the berms.
• Portable metal targets are now permissible at the Griswold range - be sure to remove after use.
• Do Not shoot fruits/vegetables on the range - it attracts pests. Use only approved targets per club rules.
• DUMPING of PERSONAL TRASH or BUILDING RESIDUE is NOT allowed anywhere on club property.
• Also... If you use the kitchen at Griswold, clean up after yourself !
June Board of Directors Meeting: Tuesday June 2nd at 7:30 PM
at the Stonington club-house facility.
Newsletter Entries: Please submit items/articles for the newsletter to the editor, Will Smith (wgsii@aol.com), a
minimum of 15 days before the first day of the month that you want the article to run. For example... If you want to
have an announcement run in the September and October newsletter, you need to send the information to the editor
no later than August 16th.
Recycling & Range Safety: The brass recycling bins from Griswold and 2 barrels from Stonington were sorted last
week to go to the scrap yard. Special thanks to Venturing Crew 694 from Groton (including at least 3 MR&CG junior
members) for the support, sorting through all the brass and removing the items that should not be there. During this
work, a MAJOR SAFETY issue was discovered! While sorting through the brass we found at least 10 to 20 live .22
rounds and 40 to 50 .38 super cases with live primers. Recycling bins are for EMPTY BRASS CASES ONLY.
Rounds that fail to fire (for whatever reason) go in the special RED "live round" containers on every range. Please
ensure that NO LIVE AMMO is placed in any recycling container.
Work Hours: During the Work Hours year November 1, 2013, to October 31, 2014, 78 members reported work
hours totaling 697 hours. This includes several life members and committee chairmen (neither category has a work
hours requirement) and also includes several members who exceeded the required 8 hours but continued to report.
28 Regular Members met or exceeded the 8 hour annual requirement. Thank you for your generosity. Please help
us keep an accurate count of work hours by completing a work hours slip for the time you donate. Each regular
member (including spouses on a family membership, but not juniors) are required to complete 8 work hours per year.
Suggested work lists are on the web site, but are not all inclusive. Club members voted to discontinue awarding
work hours for attending the monthly meeting approximately two years ago. Work hours are to be completed by the
end of October each year. Members that do not complete their annual work hours will be assessed a membership
surcharge on their membership renewal notice for the next year.
Junior Shooting Program: Rifle and Pistol practice is Sunday nights 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM. Contact Jim Gauthier at
(860) 884-4795 or james.gauthier@comcast.net for more info.
Range Ramblings...
“ All we need now is the Benny Hill soundtrack ”
Chris McVeigh - commenting on the hilarity of watching dogs chase a wounded pheasant through the brush.
If you haven’t noticed, Chris McVeigh is big source of material… Any other submissions for Range Ramblings ?