Correction on Shot gun Class
Dear Members and friends:
The dirt work on the berm between the rifle range and the pistol bays should be finished late this afternoon or tomorrow. Once complete, the rifle range will be open during IDPA matches. We are pushing the dirt work up an additional two feet and cutting the hump down between the benches and the 100 yard berms. It should also help those that want to shoot prone be able to see the targets the full length of the range now. We are also touching up the berms on the 100 yard targets. We have added one additional IDPA pistol bay. Please note that rifle shooters using benches one, two and three should put their targets on the right berms looking down range and shooters using benches four, five and six should use the berms on the left side looking down range. This crisscross aiming allows you to see all of the berm your target is posted on and keep all rounds in the dirt.
We are posting all events on the web site under “Events” on the Google Calendar now, so before you drive to the range, please take a minute and look at the calendar to make sure that the range you want to shoot on is not in use or closed for some reason. www.brgc.net log in user is “Brgc” and the pass word is “1776”.
Next IDPA match is next Saturday the 26th of January, sign in at 8:30, start shooting at 9:00. We will have five stages. All shooting should be done by 11:30. Also don’t forget about our EMERGENCY FIRST AID/GSW class following next months IDPA match. You must be signed up for that class. Cost for this class is $75 for BRGC members and $80 for guest. It is a four hour class by Dr. Troy Miller out of Tyler. Anyone that drives to and from work, has grand kids, lives in the real world and or shoots should take this class. I can’t tell you how many times over the last thirty years that I have come up on serious accidents that required immediate first aid. You owe it to yourself to take this class. Right now we have nine signed up, so we have room for six or seven more.
We also have our self defense shotgun class on the 30th of May with Jack Parrett, eight hour class $150 BRGC members and $160 for non members. Class is limited to 15 shooters; we have several already signed up, contact me to put your name on the list. We are also working with Steve Moses to do an “advanced” AR15 class. Approx 300 to 400 rounds, house clearing, working as a team, shooting from barricades or cars, etc. You must have been in the “Basic AR class” or equivalent to qualify for this class. If you are interested in this class, please contact me and get your name on the list.
I am trying to get away from sending all these e-mails and prefer to post them on our web site. It will save me a lot of time. Thanks, Steve Shipley, Director
Dear Members,
Happy New Year to all! I hope everyone had a very Merry Christmas too. We are looking forward to a great new year at BRGC. We have made arrangements for Dr. Troy Miller to give us a class on Emergency First Aid and gun shot wound treatment. The class is limited to no more than twenty individuals and we must have at least ten to do the class. It is scheduled for Feb. 23rd, starting at 1:00 P.M. after the IDPA match and lunch. It is a four hour class and will cover the use of a tourniquet, pressure bandages and other trauma events to stop massive blood loss. What you learn here could save someone you care about in the event of a car crash, an accidental shooting on or off the range, or any other accident. It is just good to know stuff! To sign up for this class, contact Steve. The cost is $75 for BRGC members, and guest of BRGC can take it for $85. We need a minimum of ten students for this class. Anyone that shoots, goes out in public, goes where there are lots of people should be interested in this class.
Well, the cliff has come and we are still here. However, there is a dark cloud on the horizon about gun control. We need to keep a watchful eye on coming events and be ready to contact our congressman and senators. We will have to wait and see. Keep an eye on the calendar for up coming events. I am meeting with Jack Parrett for the Self Defense Shot Gun Class in two weeks and once the date is set, I’ll put out another news letter and keep everyone up to date on it. We will also be posting CHL classes on the range.
Please remember that you must now bring your own staple gun to put your targets up….we aren’t buying any more of them, they keep growing wings and leaving. And please take all of your trash home with you. We still have one or two people that can’t read and don’t paste up the ISPC and IDPA targets and just put them back in the target shed after shooting them beyond use, so if you see someone do that (that can’t read) please help them understand that it is only a matter of time before I catch them and they are OUT of the club.
We have several new members, so if you meet one at the range, make them feel welcome. Happy Day, and keep it safe out there!
Keep it safe out there!
Steve Shipley, Director
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