http://gvtg.com/skyline/
Hotline: 977-7432
P.O. Box 621489
Littleton, CO 80162-1489
October 2005
NEW MAILING ADDRESS
Per SHFC Board of Director’s authorization, we have rented a P.O. Box to use as the clubs new mailing address. This new address is to be used for all correspondence and for the FFL mailing address in particular. The new mailing address is as follows:
Skyline Hunting & Fishing Club
P.O. Box 621489
Littleton, CO 80162-1489
REMINDER TO ALL MEMBERS
SEE SAFETY CORNER BELOW: Lockheed Martin's Workplace Security policy, CPS-565 is strictly enforced. One provision of the policy is a workplace free of weapons, including firearms. The club must emphasize this policy to our members. Additionally, a state issued CCW permit does not supersede nor over ride this LMA policy. Firearms are only allowed onto the property under the following conditions: Skyline members in good standing, signed in at the gate, must proceed directly to and from the range.
LAST PERSONAL PROTECTION IN THE HOME CLASS
The last Personal Protection in the Home class to be held this year? Final decision on exact dates for classroom instruction has not been made yet but it will be one or two nights out of November 3, 4 or 8. The range day will be Saturday the 5. We will need exclusive use of the pistol house form 8:00 am until approximately 2:00 pm on that Saturday. Currently class is looking full but we are establishing a waiting list for the spots of those who may not turn their checks in on time. Contact Steve Rower for addition to the waiting list.
SAFETY CORNER
The Range Rules are being revised for the new range road and range additions. Mandatory training will be required and many classes scheduled. 2006 badges will NOT be issued without this training. Starting in November, access to the range will be from Wadsworth Blvd, not through the main gate. In addition, starting in November, the guards will no longer accept or store firearms at the main gate. The board is currently working to obtain a new secured area for storage of firearms during the day. Remember, just because the guards will no longer be storing our firearms at the front gate, you are still not allowed to bring them onto the facility.
SHOTGUN MATCH
There will be a shotgun match on Sunday 10/16 starting at 9:00 AM. The format will consist of one round of trap at 16 yards, one round of trap at 27 yards, one round of traditional skeet, and a round of doubles skeet. The total number of targets shot will be 99. For more information contact Keith Davis (303) 972-1661 or Tim Anderson (303) 977-6187
CIVILIAN MARKSMANSHIP PROGRAM (CMP) CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH
Our first CMP Championship Match was held on Sunday, Sept 25th. We had six shooters show up for the day’s events. Our grouping allowed two shooters to represent each category, Master, Expert, and Sharpshooter designations. The Master winner was Keith Davis, the Expert winner was Harry Porter, and the Sharpshooter winner was Jack Malin. This was a good first-time fully compliant match approach. Beautiful weather, great conditions, and a fun time for all shooters. We will keep doing our regular CMP Off-Friday shoots also. Come on out and start building your shooting skills and meet some good people.
Course Scores / SHFCNo. / Shooter / Stage 1 / Stage 2 / Stage 3 / Stage 4 / Total / Status / Match Results
2 / Dennis Casey / 178.002 / 192.004 / 192.004 / 185.003 / 747.013 / Employee / Expert
Station / 89% / 96% / 96% / 93% / 93%
3 / Jack Malin / 166.001 / 191.002 / 186.003 / 175.002 / 718.008 / Employee / Sharpshooter
Station / 83% / 96% / 93% / 88% / 90%
4 / Ben Go / 170.002 / 179.002 / 139.000 / 110.000 / 598.004 / Employee / Marksman
Station / 85% / 90% / 70% / 55% / 75%
5 / Keith Davis / 184.003 / 190.001 / 187.003 / 193.004 / 754.011 / Retired / Master
Station / 92% / 95% / 94% / 97% / 94%
6 / Harry Porter / 179.001 / 194.005 / 192.004 / 186.007 / 751.017 / Retired / Expert
Station / 90% / 97% / 96% / 93% / 94%
7 / Gene Adamson / 148.000 / 176.001 / 186.001 / 177.003 / 687.005 / Employee / Sharpshooter
Station / 74% / 88% / 93% / 89% / 86%
If you need more information about the shoots, CMP in general, want to be added to the shoot notification list, or have a military-style rifle that you want to know if you can use, call Gene Adamson @ 971-1531, or email at Starting October, the CMP matches will be going back to a 09:00 am start time.
YOUTH SHOOTING SPORTS PROGRAM
SHFC will be offering a youth shooting sports program this year. This will consist of Firearm Safety Training, Small Bore Rifle, High Power Rifle, Shotgun, and Muzzle Loading. We will also be hosting Boy Scout shooting events. The programs are COED, and open to all youths between the ages 12 through 19 and have a valid safety or NRA firearms safety card in their possession for admittance to the LMCO range. A parental permission form is required.
YOUTH SMALL BORE
Small Bore Shoot
No Small Bore Shoot this month. NRA four position rifle. Bolt Action iron sight .22 rifle only. Club rifles and ammo will be available. Contact Bill Wilson 303-979-4547,
YOUTH SHOTGUN
The shotgun program will consist of informal trap shooting, a trap league, and a couple of trips to a sporting clays range. We also have an opportunity to register one or more teams (5) in the National Shooting Sports Foundation, Scholastic Trap Program. These teams will participate in the Colorado State Shoot. Winners at the state level will get an expenses paid trip to the Grand American Tournament. If you have an interest in the Shotgun Program contact: Bill Wilson 303-979-4547 He will provide you with the details and sign up information.
Shotgun Shoot
The shoots will be held on October 8th from 09:00 – 1:00 pm and the 29 th from 1:00 to 4:00 PM. Loaner Shotguns are available in 12 ga as well as 20 ga youth models. Light target ammo available at $4.50/ box or you may bring your own. Contact Bill Wilson 303-979-4547,
ARCHERY EVENTS (MITCH ARNOLD)
Archery hunting on Lockheed Martin property has been approved by Lockheed Martin management for 2005. There are a few changes from past years. These changes have been briefed at the Security/Safety briefings. Anyone hunting on Lockheed Martin property must attend the security/safety briefings to receive a "hunt permit" from plant protection.
Archery hunting on the LM property is open to LM employees, LM retirees, or LM contractors who are members of SHFC. The hunter may also take members of their immediate family hunting on the LM property.
All individuals archery hunting on the LM property must do the following:
- Possess current membership for SHFC
- Possess a hunter education card (either firearm or archery acceptable)
- Attend a safety / security briefing (Given upon Request)
- Possess a CDOW hunting license (Must have one when getting a permit from security)
- Obtain a hunting permit from security
The regular archery season has been completed and listed below are the known harvest results on LM property
Bull Elk - Randy Stolba
Mule Deer Buck - Mitch Arnold
Cow Elk - Steve Choromanski & Jim Gilmore
Mule Deer Doe - Jim Gilmore
A number of archery hunters will be continuing the hunt thru January 31 utilizing various rifle season hunting permits (by archery methods only). In addition to the normal SHFC rules and CDOW regulations - please be aware that the requirement to wear 500 in2 of blaze orange & a blaze orange hat is in effect during the remaider of the hunt. Contact Jim Gilmore and/or Mitch Arnold regarding any animals harvested on Lockheed Martin property.
HUNTER EDUCATION 2005
The schedule for the year (rifle/regular hunter ed) is listed below. The current instructors are Gene Adamson, Mitch Arnold, Barb Benson, Don Biesecker, Dave Unruh, Jim Gilmore, Ron Steen, Bob Cohan, Bill Wilson, Margaret Rothermel and Jim Ball. Hunter Education always needs help in both the classroom and range. If you are interested in helping out in either the rifle and/or archery hunter education courses - contact Gene Adamson at 1-1531 or Mitch Arnold at 7-2117 and we’ll get you started.
Regular Hunter Ed
October: 25, 26, 27, 29 (CDOW Nov 1) (Rifle)
November: 15, 16, 17, 19 (CDOW Nov 21) (Rifle)
Students must attend the 3 classroom sessions (Tues, Wed, & Thurs; 6:00 to 8:30 P.M.) and one of the two range sessions (Saturday 9:00 A.M. to 2:00 P.M.) to complete the course. All classes will be held at the clubhouse in the SHFC recreation area. You must attend all four days in a month’s session. Cost for the class is $10. Due to minimum age restrictions on the SHFC Range, students under 12 must attend the DOW range session (6-9 P.M.). The DOW range is located at 6060 N. Broadway. Pre-register by calling any of the instructors. A minimum of 10 students are needed at first class to continue the class. Classes are open to the public. Call any of the instructors for directions; Gene Adamson, (303) 971-1531; Mitch Arnold, (303) 977-2117.
COWBOY ACTION SHOOTING
The Cowboy Action Shooters have ended their shoots for the season. They will resume in April of 2006.
Ride Hard, Shoot First, Shoot Straight, Shoot Often.
Bill Munny (B$$)
aka: Tom Frickell, 1-5493
MUZZLE LOADING NEWS AND SCORE SHEET
The Muzzle Loaders held their monthly shoot on Saturday, 10 September 2005. If interested, come on out to our next shoot on Saturday, October 8, 2005, with a start time of 9:00 AM. For additional information, call Ken Ruiz at ext 7-7827.
Fer-Du-Lac / Six Bull / Med Bull / Club / Small Bull / Total / Placeyds / 25 / 25 / 50 / 50 / 25
Max Score / 50 / 60 / 50 / 50 / 50 / 260
Richard Hurley / F / 33 / 45 / 37 / 34 / 47x / 196 / 1
Tommy Thompson / P / 33 / 41 / 45 / 27 / 49xx / 195 / 2
Mike Jacobs / P / 33 / 49 / 29 / 36 / 40 / 182 / 3
Pat Carroll / P / 43 / 35 / 20 / 23 / 45 / 166 / 4
John Pool / P / 40 / 41 / 20 / 0 / 46 / 147 / 5
P = Percussion F = Flintlock
I = Inline
SKEET SHOOTING
Starting in April, every Tuesday evening at 5:00 PM, Skeet Shooting is returning. For additional information, contact Tim Anderson @ 303-977-6187
TRAVELING WITH FIREARMS
With the big game firearms seasons fast approaching, many of you may be getting questions from hunters heading west about how to travel with their firearms. Here is a link to the TSA website’s fact sheet covering air travel with firearms. It is not a big deal for hunters to fly with their guns, and this sheet tells how to do it.
http://www.atf.gov/firearms/100804tsaeducation.htm
Have a safe and successful hunting season!!
Mark A. Cousins
Hunter Education Coordinator
Colorado Division of Wildlife
6060 Broadway
Denver, CO 80216
(303) 291-7470
www.wildlife.state.co.us/hunt/huntereducation
SILHOUETTE SHOOTING
The matches will be held on the 1st and 3rd Saturdays of the month.
The 1st Saturday will be 22 RimFire only (not 22 Mag). First Match for Rifle, followed by a match for pistol. Any sights, any configuration. Offhand only. The ranges: Chickens @ 40yds, Pigs @ 50yd, Turkeys @ 75 yds, and Rams @ 100yds. 10 targets at each distance. Open and optical sights will be scored as separate classes. Same with Rifle and pistol.
On the 3rd Saturday, Centerfire Rifle followed by Centerfire Pistol. Again, any sights or configuration. (open and scoped will be considered different classes). Ranges: Chickens @ 50yds, Pigs @100 yds, Turkeys @ 200 yds, and Rams @ 300yds. Any position allowed other than prone. (elbows on bench is OK as well).
Pistols: Any position, and rests allowed on the bench (Hey, give the “short-tubers” a little break)
We will start at 09:00 in the morning, come one, come all. Basic rules: Prep time. Then 2 minutes to fire 5 shots. Then another 2 minutes for the 2nd 5 shots. Target scoring and reset and relay will rotate to the next distance. To score, the target MUST be knocked OFF the stand. That’s it…nothing fancy…JUST PLAIN FUN
If you have questions (or want to help), contact: Al Shinogle (7-6220) 720-283-8336
FREEDOM ARMS REVOLVERS
Want one or two? I have a dealer account set up with them and a dealer price list. Please call me if you are interested. Volume discounts are also available, but don't have any details as of this time. The arrangement includes new guns as well as modifications to your existing gun, components, accessories and gunsmithing. vito 7-9527
UTILITY TRAILER STORAGE PROBLEM
There are three (3) utility trailers that have been parked out at the boat storage area. If you own one of these please remove it or it will be removed and/or sold for you. We are not running a trailer storage area and having these trailers there makes it difficult to move the boats around.
NON-MEMBER SIGHT-IN-DATES
Non-Member Sight-in day is scheduled for October 8th. They will start at 09:00am then go till around 3:00 - 3:30pm. Bill Renkel
OUTDOOR BUDDIES SIGHT IN
Saturday 10 September SHFC opened our 100 yard range to the Outdoor Buddies to sight in their rifles. Attendance was lighter than usual as here was a conflict with the opening of muzzle loader elk season. Five handicapped shooters participated accompanied by their able bodied partners. One rifle failed to fire, a major load shift was required for another, and one scope needed serious adjustment. These are typical problems and good reasons to check your firearms before hunting. The failed rifled was repaired and later sighted in satisfactorily and is scheduled to take a moose.