BSA Troop 427 Basic Rifle Class

This Troop recently participated in an NRA Basic Rifle Class / BSA Merit-Badge workshop that was sponsored by the Venture Crew:

At the Range



Youth Students & Instructors at the Court of Honor

Despite a veritable monsoon in the middle of the day, we got through the event with everyone earning their Merit Badges and NRA medals/patches:

Youth and adult participants were as follows:
Brian Windsor
Eddie Windsor
Tom Grzywacz
Zack Grzywacz
Aaron Paules
Zachary Paules
Mike Harvey
Chris Reed
Trent Herzog
Scott Paules
Marc St. Laurent
Todd St. Laurent
Franz Kury
Adam Kury
Scott Herzog
Instructors were Don Howd and John Mountjoy

The instructors felt great after getting the following comment from one of the Dads:

Thank you for your time this weekend. Although the rain dampened things a bit, the scouts had a good time. My son (the Troop's Senior Patrol Leader) had shot at summer camps twice before and did not qualify for the merit badge either time. I just got back from travel last night so was unable to participate myself but, upon my return, my son could not stop talking about the great time he had at the shoot fest. Thanks for organizing this, I think with the great reviews we'll have more boys participating next time they get a chance. This reflects well upon the Venture Crew, you guys, and your efforts also.

Base Access Form for Trap & Skeet-Shooting

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Please send the completed form(s) to me at least 3 days before the shooting event.

Shotgun Merit-Badge Class Rained-Out

The Shotgun Merit-Badge class was canceled this week-end due to heavy rains.

We will re-schedule for the near-future and will announce to all.

This class will be on-base at the Trap & Skeet Range -- NOT at Sanner's Lake.

Black-Powder Shoot

Here's a photo from our recent Black-powder Shoot:



The kids (and adults) had a great time and were exposed to a WIDE range of muzzleloading rifles.

Thanks much to Jim & June McWhirt and the SLSC BP Shooters.

22LR Rifle-Shooting -- Last Evening of Summer

It takes a REAL man to shoot a pink gun!

Crew --

This coming Tuesday night at 6:30PM, we will be holding our last evening shoot of the Summer.

We'll focus on shooting to simulate/practice the conditions of the upcoming match. We'll also sight-in the Savage match-rifles that folks have just received.

If any of you need to borrow a rifle for the upcoming match, please let Chris Ledman or me know. Also, we'll discuss options for shooting during the school-year -- Sunday afternoons?

John

Black-Powder Intro -- 12 AUG 2008 @ 5:30PM

Intro Sign-Ups are Currently Closed -- Another Session will be Scheduled if Enough Interest Exists
Taught by Jim & June McWirt and the SLSC Smoke-Pole Shooters

In this Blackpowder Introductory Class, we will bring the kids in and let them see the gun layout, do short safety talk and then go to the range and shooting until everyone got a chance to shoot some (i.e. until we run out of ammo or it gets dark).

Then we'll come back to the clubhouse for a short seminar on the evolution of muzzle loading guns and black powder.

The guns that will be on display and covered are:

1. Matchlock
2. Dog Lock
3. 1717 French Marine
4. 1770 period Brown Bess
5. Jaeger (1770 period)
6. Trade gun (late 1700 period)
7. Transitional period flintlock, 1750 period
8. Scaled down version of J. P. Beck Lebanon rifle, 1765-1770 period.
9. Golden Age period Peter Neihard copy 1780s
10. Full stock Lehman trade rifle.
11. Parker Hale 2 band rifled musket (1860 period)
12. Hopkins & Allen buggy rifle. (1870)
Wow! What a cool mix of firearms!!!

Welcome to VC#1951 -- Shooting Sports!