North Side Sportsmen's Association

Category Archives: Shoots

West Range Upcoming Events

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West Range Grand Opening
Join us for the Grand Opening of the West Range on Sunday, July 10th! There will be FREE SHOOTING, free food, and free drinks from 10am-2pm. This is a great opportunity for you to take advantage of the beautiful new range your club has built for its members to enjoy! Click here for more info.
Wednesday Night Tactical Shoot
We will be holding a new event on Wednesday, July 13th at 6pm. Shooters will be shooting paper targets from behind multiple barricades with a tactical reload. Cost is $10 per shooter. Click here for more info.
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Indoor 3D Archery season ends 3/24

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The last indoor 3D archery shoot is this Thursday March 24. This will be the last chance to shoot indoor 3D until next year.
Don’t miss your chance! Join us on Thursday!

As the weather improves, the archers will move outdoors on the scheduled open days. The outdoor 3D course will open as weather permits to clear the areas of overgrowth.

We will provide additional updates regarding spring/summer archery activities as they develop.

Great start for Indoor 3D Archery

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There was an impressive turnout for last Thursday’s indoor 3D archery shoot. Co-Chair Tom M. Set the field for the shoot and although he took it easy for the opener by setting most of the targets at 20 or 30 yards there were plenty of challenging shots.

Thanks to all who attended! It makes the effort worthwhile to see everyone participating and having fun. For those who are curious, don’t be shy.. There are many friendly folks here willing to help! We hope to see you in the weeks to come!

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CMP National High-Power Rifle match pics

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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.

 

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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.
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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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…

 

 

 

 

 

 

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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.

 

 

 

 

AR15 Challenge Sept 13th

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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

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High Power Rifle Match Sunday Aug 16

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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