SEPTEMBER 2014

SUN MON TUES WED THUR FRI SAT

1 Labor Day

No Monday Pistol

2 7:00PM - Jr. Rifle

(instruct)

7:00PM-10:00PM -

Trap Range

3 7:00PM - PSRL

Smallbore Rifle

4

5

6 8:00AM-12:00PM

- NRA Highpower

All Upper Ranges

Closed

7 7:00PM - PSRL

Smallbore Rifle

8 6:00PM - Outdoor

pistol (NMC)

9 7:00PM - Jr. Rifle

(instruct)

7:00PM-10:00PM -

Trap Range

10 7:00PM - PSRL

Smallbore Rifle

11 Patriot Day

7:30PM - Board

Meeting

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13 5:30PM - Mon

Valley Friends of

the NRA Banquet

14 7:00PM - PSRL

Smallbore Rifle

15 6:00PM - Outdoor

pistol (NMC)

16 7:00PM - Jr. Rifle

(instruct)

7:00PM-10:00PM -

Trap Range

17 7:00PM - PSRL

Smallbore Rifle

18

19

20 8:00AM

Work Party

All ranges closed

21 10:00AM -

12th Annual

Garand Memorial

Match

7:00PM - PSRL

Smallbore Rifle

22 Fall Begins

7:00PM - Indoor

pistol (NMC)

23 7:00PM - Jr. Rifle

(instruct)

7:00PM-10:00PM -

Trap Range

24 Rosh Hashanah

7:00PM - PSRL

Smallbore Rifle

25 8:00 - Membership

Meeting

26 12:30PM-1:30PM

(approx)

Silhouette Setup

All Upper Ranges

Closed

27 9:00AM-4:00PM -

Outdoor Pistol

Silhouette

All Upper Ranges

Closed

28 7:00PM - PSRL

Smallbore Rifle

29 7:00PM - Indoor

pistol (NMC)

30 7:00PM - Jr. Rifle

(instruct)

7:00PM-10:00PM -

Trap Range

SPORTSMEN’S NOTES Official Newsletter of the Dormont-Mt.Lebanon Sportsmen’s Club

AUGUST 2014

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• Revised Range Rules: The range rules have been

revised in conjunc�on with the par�al reopening of the

Upper Pistol Range and the an�cipated opening of the

Meadow Pistol Range. The range rules are available on

the club website: www.mdi.net/dml/RangeRules.pdf

• Work Party: Sept 20 star�ng at 8am. Please a$end

even if you can only lend a hand for a couple hours.

• Rules Viola�ons: A member found to be shoo�ng from

the le' hand side of the Upper Pistol Range. The le' side

of the Upper Pistol Range is closed and is clearly marked.

Only the right hand side of the Upper Pistol Range is

currently open. The member was suspended from the

club for two months for the viola�on.

In a separate incident, a bowling ball was used as a target

on the rifle range. This is a serious viola�on as only paper

targets and the club provided steel target at 200 yards

are permi!ed on the rifle ranges. The offending member

has not yet been iden�fied. Please contact a director if

you witnessed this viola�on, or any other viola�ons.

• Air Rifle and Air Pistol: .177 and .22 caliber air rifles

and air pistols are now permi$ed on the Lower Archery

Range. The firing line is the pavilion, and all pellets must

be fired towards the hillside.

• JR Rifle Program: The junior program will resume in

September. The program is on Tuesday nights, and runs

for 7 weeks. Par�cipants will learn rifle marksmanship

with match grade, .22 rimfire rifles on the indoor range.

Minimum age is 12 years old. Adults welcome if space is

available. The cost of the en�re program is only $10/

par�cipant. Contact Miles Ford or Chuck Augenstein.

• Meadow Pistol Range Grand Opening: A ribbon cu4ng

ceremony to mark the opening of the range will occur

Thursday, August 28 at 7:30pm before the mee�ng. Bring

your favorite straight-walled cartridge pistol and help us

christen the new range with the first shots. See page 3

for more details.

• PA Smallbore Prone Championship: The championship

was held at DMSC August 9-10. Steve Agneli finished first

overall with a stunning 3197-277x out of 3200 possible

points. See page 4 for more details

DMSC SHORT SHOTS

• Leadership Change: A'er 30 years of faithful service,

George Dietz has stepped down from the DMSC Board of

Directors. The club is grateful for his many contribu�ons

over the years. The Board appointed Marc Burnes to

serve out the remainder of George’s term.

• Passing of a member: Dr. Robert Lumish lost his ba$le

with cancer on July 31. www.legacy.com/obituaries/

postgaze$e/obituary.aspx?pid=171954696

• The Friends of the NRA Banquet: will be held Sept 13 in

New Eagle. Contact Chuck Augenstein for �ckets. $40

• FOAC Gun Bash: Oct 11 at Washington Cty Fairgrounds.

DMSC Conducts Safety Reviews

Board appointed Range Safety Officers (RSOs) will

conduct a random series of membership checks and

safety reviews. RSOs will meet with members and

guests while at the firing range. Each member will be

given a green safety card with important safety

informa�on to review, membership ID’s will be

checked, a green s�cker will be affixed to the

membership card, and a copy of the range rules will

be made available. It’s important for all members to

review safe gun handling procedures and to focus on

the safety rules for each range used. The RSOs will

be a wearing a dis�nc�ve safety vest and hat and

will only ask for a few minutes of your �me.

KEEP IT SAFE ALWAYS keep firearms pointed in a safe direction. ALWAYS keep your finger off the trigger until you are ready to shoot. ALWAYS keep firearms unloaded until ready to use. ALWAYS unload, remove the magazine, and open the action of a firearm when someone is going down range. NEVER handle firearms while someone is down range. ALWAYS wear proper eye and ear protection at the range.

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Meadow Pistol Range Grand Opening Thursday, August 28 @ 7:30pm

The concrete pad at the firing line for the Meadow Pistol Range was poured at the last work party. A big

thanks to Doug Gawronski, Chuck Augenstein, Dan Kiselica, Joe Micikas, John Bradford, Barry Flieschmann,

and Mark for their efforts on this.

A grand opening and first shots ceremony will be held before the August members mee�ng at 7:30pm. All

members are invited to par�cipate in the event by bringing their favorite straight-walled caliber handgun

and ammo (9mm, .40, .45, .357, etc).

The next steps will be to construct a pavilion over the firing line and a baffle system. Following the grand

opening, the range will remain open during the final phase of construc�on.

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PA Smallbore Prone State Championship

The Dormont-Mt. Lebanon Sportsmen's Club hosted more than two dozen Keystone shooters at the 2014

Pennsylvania State Conven�onal Prone Championship held on August 9-10.

Junior shooter William Dixon won the 50 Yard Metallic Sight Match with 400-38, but intermediate senior

Steve Angeli jumped out early, placing second in the 50 Yard Metallic Sight Match with 400-36X, and then

winning the Meter Match, 400-33X, Dewar Match, 400-34X, and 100 Yards, 400-30X, to take the metallic

sight aggregate with a 1600-133X, winning the Oster Trophy.

Juniors placed second, third and fourth in the metallic sight aggregate; Expert Tony Jackson 1597-115X, Dixon

1594-123X, while Pi$sburgh and Suburban Rifle League compe�tor Ma$hew Lovre fired a 1594-92X. Bill

Burkert took the senior aggregate with a 1592-120X, out Xing Bob Gibilisco by six. Local Mt. Lebanon High

School WPIAL prone shooter Kaelyn Chick was high lady irons with 1573-73X, just ahead of brother John

Chick, 1572-73X, and right behind coach Dave Willard, 1574-85X, which must have made for some interes�ng

conversa�on in the car on the ride home

Angeli started out the any sights day with a full head of steam, winning his fourth-straight match with a

clean, this �me a 400-39X at 50 Yards. He beat out defending state champ Bob Okeson who creedmoored

Dixon’s 400-38X with 50-5X on his final bull to Dixon’s 50-4X on bull eight. It would be Angeli’s last look at

perfec�on as he would drop one point in each of his last three matches, firing iden�cal scores of 399-35X.

Burkert took the 50 Meter Match with 400-35X; Gibilisco won the Dewar any with 400-33X, and Okeson

bested all at the 100 yard line with 400-32X.

Okeson was the best in the any sight aggregate with 1599-127X. Gibilisco was second and high senior,

winning the Herman Obrecht/Roy Oster trophy with 1598-130X. Erin Gestl was third with 1598-125X, and

Angeli was high Master with 1597-144-X. William Dixon was high junior pos�ng 1596-124X, and junior

Nicholle Benedict, another local product, was high any, shoo�ng irons, with 1578-83X. She will be off to

Texas Chris�an University in the fall to shoot for Karen Monez’s Horned Frogs.

Angeli hung on to become the Pennsylvania State Conven�onal Prone Champion, winning the George Handel

Trophy, with 3197-277X. Junior Tony Jackson was second overall and Junior Champion with 3193-223X,

taking the J. Kenneth Johnson Trophy. Defending state champ Okeson was third overall, carding a 3191-

232X. Gibilisco was the senior champion with 3190-244X, just one X and one point ahead of senior Burkert,

3189-243X. Benedict’s 3146-158x gave her the Women's Champion �tle and the Dri'wood Trophy.

We were blessed with great weather, and a great crew; Chief Range Officer Amy Smith, Chief Sta�s�cal

Officer John Funk, Dale Emerick, Ma$ Pia$, Bob King, Rick Janoski, Evan Trew and Leah Trew.

Thank you for a$ending, and congratula�ons to everyone on some great scores. Hope to see all of you again

real soon, and always favor center!

Dean B. Trew

Match Director

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PA Smallbore Prone State Championship—Results

Competitor Class Division Score Award

Steve Angeli Ma 3197-277x PA State Prone Champion - George Handel Trophy

Tony Jackson Ex Jr 3193-223 Open 2nd & Junior Champion - J. Kenneth Johnson Trophy

Bob Okeson Ma 3191-232 Open 3rd

William Dixon Ma Jr 3190-247

Bob Gibilisco Ma Sr 3190-244 Senior Champion

Bill Burkert Ma Sr 3189-243

Erin Gestl Ma 3187-234

Doug Keener Ma 3172-185

Dave Willard Ma Sr 3165-183

Tom Benedict Ma 3155-173

Nicholle Benedict Ma Jr W 3146-158 Women's Champion - Driftwood Trophy

Tom Gerner Ma 3136-144

Cullen Wargo Ex Jr 3180-186

Dale Moore Ex Sr 3075-105

Matthew Lovre Ex Jr 1594-092

Jim Husk Ex Sr 1587-083

Luke Knolling Ex Jr 1555-056

Wyatt Openshaw Mk Jr 3164-159

Cierra Terrizzi Mk Jr W 3141-137

Kathryn Jackson Mk Jr W 3128-123

Ian Coyne Mk Jr 3056-094

William Hower Mk Jr 2961-045

Craig Lindley Mk Jr 1583-08

Joe Towell Mk Jr 1576-081

Kaelyn Chick Mk Jr W 1573-073

John Chick Mk Jr 1572-073

Samantha Dickson SS Jr W 1566-077

Steve Agneli—Overall Match Champion Nicole Benedict—Women’s Champ Tony Jackson—Junior Champ

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CMP M1 Garand 200 yard Match- July 13, 2014

Thirteen shooters showed up for the annual prepara�on for the upcoming Na�onal Matches. The

weather was comfortable and the camaraderie was great! This special event helps to hone the shoo�ng

skills for all who intend on par�cipa�ng at the Na�onal Matches by duplica�ng the distance, course of

fire, and pace that will be encountered. We were happy to see a return of Tom Wolf and Aaron Ungar to

this event. Ted Hildabrand took top Garand honors with a 282-6x. Nice shoo�ng Ted! During the 2014

Na�onal Matches, the

following scores earned

medals: Gold 280+,

Silver 272-279, Bronze

263-271. Nice shoo�ng

to all par�cipants!

Name Slow Fire

Prone

Rapid Fire

Prone

O:and Total

David Burd (1917) 87 88-1x 87 266-1x

Ted Hildabrand 99-3x 93-2x 90-1x 282-6x

Bonnie Popso (AR-15) 86 91-1x 69 246-1x

Nick Kuzy 92-1x 84 57 233-1x

John Lechnar 94-2x 89-2x 89 272-4x

Mike Ligman 90-1x 95-4x 85 270-5x

Dale Moore 77 74 75 226

Steve Morelli (AR-15) 99-5x 96-3x 89 284-8x

Gary Scherer 99-3x 82-1x 85-1x 266-5x

John Tupta 86 75 74 235

Aaron Ungar 70 92-1x 76 238-1x

Bruce Ungar 92-1x 96-1x 89 277-2x

Tom Wolf 93 85 61 239

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CMP Springfield/Vintage 200 yd. Match

July 13, 2014

This was the round 2 of a CMP Special Event. Eleven shooters had the opportunity to hone skills in

prepara�on for the Na�onal Matches at Camp Perry. The course of fire was thirty rounds plus sigh�ng shots

(ten rounds per stage). Top score for the match was Gary Scherer with a 289-5x, including a clean target in

Slow Fire prone. Excellent shoo�ng Gary! The Springfield Match allows the use of either the 1903 or

1903A3/A1 rifles; Springfield Match achievement award cut-scores for 2014 are: Gold 280+, Silver 272-279,

Bronze 263-271. The Vintage Match allows the use of the following rifles: the U. S. Model 1917 or U. S. Krag

or a manually-operated, as-issued foreign military rifle. Vintage achievement award cut-scores for 2014 are:

Gold 277+, Silver 268-276, Bronze 257-267. All of the cut-scores are determined from results of the previous

year scores at the Na�onal Matches. Great shoo�ng by all!

Name Rifle Slow

Fire

Prone

Rapid Fire

Prone

O:and Total

David Burd 03-A3 89 89 85 263

Dale Moore 03-A3(scoped) 93-3x 94-1x 69 256-4x

Ted Hildabrand Swedish Mauser 93-1x 83 83 259-1x

Nick Kuzy 03-A3 93-2x 82-1x 65 240-3x

Mike Ligman Swiss K31 90-2x 84 87 261-2x

Bonnie Popso AR15 91-1x 77-1x 67 235-2x

Gary Scherer 03-A3 100-3x 97-1x 92-1x 289-5x

John Tupta 03-A3 92-2x 95 81 268-2x

Aaron Ungar M1 62 65 38 165

Bruce Ungar 03-A3 97-2x 95-1x 93-1x 285-4x

Tom Wolf 03-A3 93 77-1x 66-1x 236-2x

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CMP Carbine Match

June 29, 2014

The Annual M1 Carbine Match proved to be another successful and enjoyable day of shoo�ng. The weather

was superb! Eleven shooters brought out their trusty carbines and put their skills to the test in this 40 round

Match. (2 did not turn in their scores) Stephen Tupta garnished the top spot with a 357-2x. Nice shoo�ng to

all! The following cutoff scores applied during the 2014 Na�onal Matches: Gold 353+, Silver 340-352,

Bronze 326-339, T – Shirt 400 or below.

Name Prone Rapid Fire

Prone

Rapid Fire

SiEng O:and Total

Dave Burd 86 87-1x 75 62 310-1x

Nick Kuzy 81-1x 87-2x 68 49 285-3x

John Lechnar 63-2x 78-1x 75 82 298-3x

Mike Ligman 80-1x 33 76 71-2x 260-3x

Jim Madar 96-3x 86-1x 73 57 312-4x

Nelson Solow 30 62 42-1x 11 145-1x

Tony Simone4 88 89 72 82-1x 331-1x

John Tupta 89-1x 87-2x 79-1x 78 333-4x

Stephen Tupta 88 89-1x 89 91-1x 357-2x

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DORMONT-MT. LEBANON SPORTSMEN’S CLUB

HIGH POWER RIFLE LEAGUE MATCH

July 12, 2014

MATCH NO. 5

200 YARDS

Typical of a DMSC High Power Match, the weather was very nice and the camaraderie was great. Ten shoot-

ers enjoyed this day with Tom Morley con�nuing to show his shoo�ng skills by scoring tops with a 485-13X.

John Husk con�nues with his outstanding skills with op�cs to garnish a 487-13X. Welcome back to Dave No-

ble, who trekked up from Moundsville. The next match will be on August 2nd

. All are Welcome!

NAME CLASS OFF-HAND RAPID – SIT-

TING

RAPID-PRONE SLOW-

PRONE

TOTAL

MASTER

M. FORD 94-1X 88 65 191-7X 438-8X

J. HUSK 93-1X 100-7X 99-2X 195-3X 487-13X

T. MORLEY 94-2X 98-1X 94 199-10X 485-13X

EXPERT

D. NOBLE 92-3X 86-2X 97-4X 186-2X 461-11X

J. TUPTA 85 84-1X 93 177-2X 439-3X

S. TUPTA 90-1X 91-1X 91-1X 176-1X 448-4X

S-SHOOTER

T. WOLF 70-1X 88 91-1X 183-6X 431-8X

MARKSMAN

B. POPSO 71-1X 74 79 139 363-1X

MASTER UNC

D. MCGOWAN 40 68 80 60 248

D. MOORE 73 94 88-1X 153-1X 408-2X

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DORMONT-MT. LEBANON SPORTSMEN’S CLUB

HIGH POWER RIFLE LEAGUE MATCH

August 2, 2014

MATCH NO. 6

200 YARDS

Match #6 joined the ranks of the con�nuing 2014 High Power season – It was very enjoyable! Nine shooters

enjoyed the weather and shoo�ng. Stephen Tupta will head back to college with his final score for the year

as the Match high – 478-13X. Great shoo�ng Stephen! A special welcome to first �me shooter Stephanie

Sherman – we hope that you con�nue to par�cipate. It was great to see Bob Popso back on the line as well.

The next match will be on September 6th. All are Welcome!

EXPERT

D. NOBLE 89-1X 89-1X 90 182-4X 450-6X

J. TUPTA 93 92 97 183-1X 465-1X

S. TUPTA 93-2X 98-3X 97-3X 190-5X 478-13X

S-SHOOTER

B. LONG 90-1X 97-3X 95-2X 191-6X 473-12X

R. FODOR 77-1X 86-1X 79 161-2X 403-4X

T. WOLF 91-2X 82 90-1X 182-1X 435-4X

MARKSMAN

B. POPSO 71-1X 74 79 139 363-1X

MASTER UNC

BOB POPSO 82 78 40 120 320

S. SHERMAN 40 81 82 134-2X 337-2X

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Dormont-Mt. Lebanon Sportsmen’s Club P.O. Box 12692 Pittsburgh, PA 15241

Next Meeting: August 28, 2014 at 8pm Speaker: Fred Carper of Carper Custom Gunsmithing

MEMBERSHIP CLASSIFICATIONS AND DUES Active (Full-fledged membership) $75.00 per year Senior (65 years old, 10 years consecutive membership) $30.00 per year Intermediate (18 - 21) $30.00 per year Junior (12 - 17) $10.00 per year Initiation fee (one time) $25.00 Computer Gate Card $10.00

AFFILIATIONS:

National Rifle Association

Allegheny County Sportsmen

Washington County Sportsmen

Metropolitan Police Revolver League

Pittsburgh and Suburban Rifle

League

National Shooting Sports Foundation

CLUB DIRECTORS CHARLES R. AUGENSTEIN, II ...... 724-941-9538

DOUG GAWRONSKI ......................412-531-5043

THEODORE K. HILDABRAND ........724-942-2125

ROBERT KIRSOPP…………………724-348-5033

NICK KUZY…………………………..724-942-4686

GARY SCHERER …………………..724-809-7358 GEORGE TAYLOR, IV .................... 412-855-6721

JOHN TUPTA………………………..724-941-1494

BRUCE D. UNGAR ......................... 412-343-2256

ELLSWORTH F. VINES .................. 412-721-9632

RONALD J. WATTON ..................... 724-941-5891

DAVE WILLARD…………………….724-941-6620

KEN ZUPKOW………………………724-941-8367

JAMES EARLEY…………………….814-590-0896

MARC BURNES…………………….412-580-4478

SANCTIONED BY:

Civilian Marksmanship

Program

Pennsylvania Rifle and Pistol Association

CLUB COMMUNICATION

Club Web Site: www.mdi.net/dml

Club House Phone: (724)745-9794

Membership Inquiries: DMSCMembers@gmail.com

(412)831-4857

MEMBERS ARE EXPECTED TO CARRY THEIR GATE CARDS AND BE ABLE TO IDENTIFY THEMSELVES WHEN ASKED TO BY A RANGE OFFICER OR OTHER MEMBER

EXECUTIVE STAFF GEORGE TAYLOR IV ...................................................PRESIDENT THEODORE K. HILDABRAND ........................... VICE PRESIDENT ELLSWORTH F. VINES .............................................. TREASURER NICK KUZY..……………………………..RECORDING SECRETARY BRUCE UNGAR ............................. EXECUTIVE RANGE OFFICER

ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF MARC BURNES……..……………………...NEWSLETTER EDITOR BRIAN FINK . ….……………………………...MEMBERSHIP CHAIR

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SHOOTING OPPORTUNITIES

See our website for more detail about shoo�ng opportuni�es at the club:

www.mdi.net/dml/programs.html

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Monday Night Pistol

This program takes place year round.

Indoors during the winter and

outdoors during the summer.

National Match Course. First line fires

at 7pm indoors, and 6pm outdoors

George Taylor (412) 855-6721

Bruce Ungar (412)343-2256X X

Outdoor SilhouetteThis fires the 4th Saturday of the

month at 9 AM. April—SeptemberGeorge Taylor (412) 855-6721 X X X X

CMP Rifle

The Civilian Marksmanship Program

rifle matches occur the third Sunday

of every month January - October.

Matches begin at 11 AM.

John Tupta (724) 941-1494

teefam@verizon.net

Bruce Unger (412) 343-2256

X

NRA High Power

200 yard match. 2014 season begins

March 8. Matches begin at 9 AM.

March - October

John Tupta (724) 941-1494

teefam@verizon.net X

Pittsburgh Suburban

Rifle League

Our champion smallbore team

practices every Sunday at 7 PMDean Trew (724) 239-3012 X

Trap

Trap shooting will resume every

Tuesday night beginning April 15 at 7

PM

Doug Gawronski (412) 531-5043 X

Winter Indoor

Shooting League

The season runs January - March. The

shooters participate and shoot

concurrent with the indoor open

shoots on Wednesday, Friday,

Saturday, or Sunday

Ted Hildabrand (724) 942-2125

tkhaquariusnetwk@comcast.net X X X X X

Antique Military Rifle

Match

This program typically takes place in

June and November. Any centerfire

original military rifle with original

open sights, no scopes, manufactured

prior to January 1, 1946 and in safe

shooting condition. No semi-autos

Bruce Ungar (412)343-2256

Gary Sherer (724)809-7358X

Blackpowder Skirmish

The Black Powder matches are

scheduled for June 22 and October 19

this year.

Ron Watton (724) 941-5891 X

Indoor Air RifleWednesdays 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM.

October - March

Ted Hildabrand (724)942-2125

Dave Faust (724)225-9057X

CMP Junior Rifle

Program

Every Tuesday September - March at 7

PM. Miles Ford (412) 833-0813

Chuck Augenstein (724) 941-9538X