On Sunday, December 13th Northside Sportsman’s Club will hold the 2nd Annual Battle of the Bulge shoot. It will be the 71st anniversary of the battle that took place from December 16, 1944 through January 25, 1945.
250,000 German troops, including three full German Panzer divisions, were massed along the Belgian border. It was Germany’s last large-scale offensive and a great gamble to try to turn the tide of war. Soldiers on both sides would suffer some of the harshest winter conditions and experience some of the most brutal fighting of the Second World War.
For an excellent history of the battle, see http://tinyurl.com/Ardennenoffensive
Preferred rifles include the Karabiner 98 Kurtz for the German side (although the Springfield M1903 may be substituted), and the M1 Garand or M1 Carbine for the US side. All rifles must have open sights.
Other period-correct rifle types may be appropriate. Please ask.
Place: Rifle range at NSSA, 325 Mt Pleasant Road, Warrendale, PA. Open to the public.
Cost: $10
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The 9 week indoor 300 Archery league begins on Tuesday December 8th at 6:00 pm.
Please sign up by email to indoor300@northsidesportsmen.com
Scoring will be determined by the number of participants.
See the Indoor Archery League Page for more details and full schedule.
The Ladies pistol class will be held Saturday November 14, 2015 at North Side Sportsmen’s Association.
CLICK HERE to Download NSSA Ladies Pistol Application
When: Saturday November 14, 2015
Session 1(Morning) : 8:00 am – 12:00 noon
Session 2(Afternoon): 1:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Where: Main Meeting Room and West Range – Session will begin in the Meeting Room
(THE PISTOL RANGE WILL REMAIN OPEN)
Cost: $60 registration fee to cover ammo and other expenses. There is no fee for the instruction itself. Additional details are on the application.
Classroom instruction will be conducted indoors and shooting outdoors – please dress appropriately for the weather.
This event is open to the Public – Registration is limited to 40 students and will fill very quickly do not delay if interested.
ONLY TIMELY COMPLETED APPLICATIONS MAILED IN WITH A CHECK WILL HOLD A RESERVATION. NO APPLICATIONS WILL BE ACCEPTED VIA EMAIL.
NSSA members who are pistol instructors or law enforcement or range officers or competitive practical pistol shooters and are interested in serving as coaches are asked to respond directly to me by emailing pistol@northsidesportsmen.com to let me know your qualifications and availability. This will count towards reducing your 2017 dues.
Harry Schneider
NSSA Pistol Chairman
pistol@northsidesportsmen.com
pistolclass@northsidesportsmen.com for student registration issues
pistol@northsidesportsmen.com for members volunteering to assist with the class
There will be a meeting this Sunday, Sept 20, at NSSA, at 2 PM open to any member interested in creating/joining a hunting committee.
The purpose of the meeting is to gage interest from the hunters for a committee, discuss a list of what the committee would aim to do, choose a person to act as chairman (subject to the president’s approval), and discuss the land trust’s proposal for the 88 acres on our border.
If you are interested in being part of this, just show up at 2 o’clock and help out. We’ll meet in the meeting room.
Stan Hoover
Ten members participated in this week’s NRA High-Powered Rifle Match. Below are a few photos of the event. Our next event will be an F-Class match on September 13th. We hope to see you there.
Off-hand slow fire at 200 yards…
The term “Off-hand” is often misunderstood as shooting with the weak hand. It actually means shooting while standing with the firearm supported only with the hands.
Sitting rapid-fire at 200 yards. 60 seconds to fire 10 rounds, with a magazine change after the first 2 rounds. (The magazines are loaded 2 rounds and 8 rounds.) It’s a challenge to get off all ten rounds in 60 seconds and still display excellent marksmanship…
Prone rapid-fire at 300 yards. This is what separates the men from the boys and the women from the girls. The rifle is hand-held (no mechanical rests) and uses open sights (no scopes). And this is over a distance of three football fields The people who can do the proficiently are among the best rifle marksmen around. We’re very fortunate that our NSSA membership includes several of them, as evidenced by the results of the 2015 Camp Perry CMP matches last month.
NSSA will host an AR15 challenge on Sunday Sept 13th on the West Range.
The AR 15 challenge will test your shooting skills using your AR15 at 7 different stages in various different positions: Standing, kneeling, prone strong arm and weak arm.
Requirements:
2 magazines for some of the stages. You will need at least 68 rounds of ammunition.
Rules:
You may use any AR style firearm and any sight but you may not change sights or the firearm during completion. If we have poor weather we will not require prone shooting – an alternate position will be decided.
Registration:
Please email west.range@northsidesportsmen.com to register for the event.
The cost will be $20 .00 to shoot the challenge.
Sign in starts at 9am, shooting begins at 10am. Any shooters not shooting at the time will be required to help target changes and scoring.
Click the link for more details
This coming Sunday Northside will hold our monthly NRA High Power Rifle Match, with open sights at 200 yards and 300 yards.
The course of fire is 8 rounds of sighters and 50 rounds for score, for a total of 58 rounds for the day. Sign up is at 8:30 and the match starts at 9:00.
As always this event is open to the public. Also, If you don’t own a qualifying rifle, NSSA has two Bushmaster XM-15 E2S A2 with 20” barrels available for match use, for free. The club also has magazines, slings, empty-chamber indicators, and a ground mat that can be used during the matches. This is an excellent way to give the sport a try for just the cost of ammunition. (Note: Only factory ammunition can be used with the club rifles—no reloads.)
I hope you can join us on Sunday.
Regards,
–Glen Beattie
CMP Chairman
NSSA’s .22 caliber rim-fire match will be held this coming Sunday, August 9th.
Although it is not a registered CMP match, it is known as one of the more entertaining and challenging events on the NSSA CMP schedule. Check out the chart below to get an idea of the amount of drop shooters must compensate for.
We invite you to come out and join in the fun with us. This event is open to the public. Non members are welcome!
Sign in by 8:30am – the match begins at 9:00.
Course of fire:
· Sight-in 10 rds. max. 10 minutes.
· Prone 10 rds. slow fire. 10 minutes.
· Sitting 10 rds. slow fire. 10 minutes.
· Kneeling 10 rds. slow fire. 10 minutes.
· Standing 10 rds. slow fire. 10 minutes.
Rules:
All positions are fired at 200 yards.
Either iron sights or a scope can be used, but scoring is done according to sight class.
If a shooting position cannot be assumed, the next position lower on the list should be used.
.22 LR rifles only. Any type of action can be used, but preferably clip or single shot.
No palm rests are permitted.
