Friday Night Steel at Marion County Fish and Game This Friday, August 26th

[chizzle]

Our Friday Night Steel match will be this Friday, August 26th at 6 pm. We will have 5 challenging courses of fire. We will begin course setup at 5:00 pm, and we'll need help from volunteers. We will have sign-in from 5:15 pm until 6:00 pm and a shooters meeting immediately afterwards to explain the rules and to form squads. You must be in-line by 6:00 pm and you must attend the Shooter's Meeting in order to shoot. If you are late you will not be allowed to shoot. At 6:15 pm sharp, we plan to begin shooting. We'll be charging $10 for club members and $15 for non-members, with all money going towards the club or new steel targets. Shoot an additional gun for only $10 with your first paid entry, if our capacity allows (typically 50 shooters or less).

For more info, please check out our website at:

MCFG Indy Range - Friday Night Steel

FNS is conducted under a COLD RANGE. That means all guns must be either holstered (or bagged) at all times, unloaded, hammer down, with no magazine inserted. You may only handle your gun at the direction of the range officer (RO), or in the designated "safe areas." You may not handle any ammunition or loaded magazines in the safe areas! Violation of these or any other safety rules shall result in a match disqualification.

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5 magazines or speed loaders is now the minimum requirement. If you do not bring enough magazines to complete all of the strings of fire, you will receive the maximum time for the strings of fire that you were unable to complete. We will not allow shooters (or their friends) to load magazines at the shooting line in between strings of fire, as it slows down the shooting procedure for other competitors.

With our numbers continuing to grow we ask that everyone does their part to make the match run as smoothly as possible. Be ready when it is your time on the firing line. Help with setup. Help to reset the steel. Volunteer to keep score. Help tear down your stage at the end of the match.

If you have any questions, let me know.

Sincerely,
Chuck

"As to species of exercises, I advise the gun. While this gives moderate exercise to the body, it gives boldness, enterprise and independence to the mind. Games played with a ball and others of that nature, are too violent for the body and stamp no character on the mind. Let your gun therefore be the constant companion of your walks." Thomas Jefferson 8 Papers of Thomas Jefferson 407 (J. Boyd ed., 1953)

 

[chizzle]

Volunteer Help Needed!

Here's the volunteer positions we'll need to fill for this Friday:

Match Director: Don Parks
Sign In: Need someone to help sign in, must be on site by about 5:00 pm
Scorekeeper: Need someone to tabulate scores after the match
Range Officers (Need 5 people with experience):
Assistant Range Officers: No experience needed; great way to work up to RO'ing.​

 

[IndySSD]

5 magazines or speed loaders is now the minimum requirement. If you do not bring enough magazines to complete all of the strings of fire, you will receive the maximum time for the strings of fire that you were unable to complete. We will not allow shooters (or their friends) to load magazines at the shooting line in between strings of fire, as it slows down the shooting procedure for other competitors.

Hey Chuck, just wondering, I have been kicking around the idea of running a shotgun and the quoted text kind of leaves me questioning this. I don't have a Saiga, just a rem 870 (With mag tube extension) but I'd love to run it.

How would the ammo restrictions affect the use of such a shotgun?

Oh, and I'm planning on coming barring any unforeseen circumstances this Friday, early enough to help setup like last time I was there.

 

[chizzle]

Hey Chuck, just wondering, I have been kicking around the idea of running a shotgun and the quoted text kind of leaves me questioning this. I don't have a Saiga, just a rem 870 (With mag tube extension) but I'd love to run it.

How would the ammo restrictions affect the use of such a shotgun?

Oh, and I'm planning on coming barring any unforeseen circumstances this Friday, early enough to help setup like last time I was there.

You'll be fine; those rules are written focusing primarily on semi auto pistols and revolvers. It is perfectly fine to bring your shotgun, just make sure that you are ready at the line so that you can load it rapidly after the "make ready" command. Our goal with those rules is to make sure that no shooter slows down the flow of the match, just because they aren't prepared or didn't bring the right gear. Just make sure you pick up your shotgun hulls after the match, as that's a huge pet peeve of our volunteer groundskeeper.

 

[Demo]

What would I be signing up for if I volunteer to tabulate the scores?

Is there an excel sheet that you email so I could do it at home or would I have to sit at the club house tapping away?

 

[Que]

I hate when FNS falls on a 1500 day!

 

[VUPDblue]

What would I be signing up for if I volunteer to tabulate the scores?

Is there an excel sheet that you email so I could do it at home or would I have to sit at the club house tapping away?

You will have to sit in the clubhouse. You will also have to provide your own slide-rule and abacus for tabulating as well as your own chisel, hammer and stone for recording.





Seriously though, there is a spreadsheet that you can/will have emailed to you.

 

[chizzle]

Scorekeeping Details

What would I be signing up for if I volunteer to tabulate the scores?

Is there an excel sheet that you email so I could do it at home or would I have to sit at the club house tapping away?

Basically, you take home the score sheets, enter them in our excel spreadsheet, and then email the finished results to our webmaster. The key here is speed and accuracy, as our shooters have come to expect results really quickly. While it is a lot to ask of a volunteer, scorekeeping is critical to making sure the match runs smoothly. We are trying to set the bar as far as the speed of the results, because we know how much shooters want instant feedback of their match performance.

 

[Westside]

How late does FNS typically run I could be an assistant RO depending on how late it runs.

 

[VUPDblue]

FNS HAS to be done by 10:00. Lately it has been wrapping-up between 8 and 9.

 

[Westside]

FNS HAS to be done by 10:00. Lately it has been wrapping-up between 8 and 9.

I can assistant RO till 9 but couldn't do much later then that.

 

[chizzle]

Here's the volunteer positions we'll need to fill for this Friday:

Match Director: Don Parks
Sign In: Need someone to help sign in, must be on site by about 5:00 pm
Scorekeeper: Need someone to tabulate scores after the match
Range Officers (Need 5 people with experience):
Assistant Range Officers: No experience needed; great way to work up to RO'ing. WESTSIDE

 

[Cowboy1629]

Working the back end of the week sucks! Looks like October before I can make another match.

 

[downrange72]

There is talk of OT Friday night. I will know tomorrow. Looks like I may be out.

 

[dom1104]

Assistant Range Officers: No experience needed; great way to work up to RO'ing. WESTSIDE

It took me a minute to get past the notion that Chizzle wasnt trying to talk Gangsta.

"Great way to work up to RO'in yo, WESTSIDE"

I would be glad to RO.

 

[Westside]

It took me a minute to get past the notion that Chizzle wasnt trying to talk Gangsta.

"Great way to work up to RO'in yo, WESTSIDE"

I would be glad to RO.

That is just how he rolls.

 

[bwframe]

I have family duties out of town Friday. I may catch up to you guys for after dinner, if timing permits.

 

[downrange72]

Working until 2330....maybe next time

 

[chizzle]

Match Director: Don Parks
Sign In: Need someone to help sign in, must be on site by about 5:00 pm
Scorekeeper: Need someone to tabulate scores after the match
Range Officers (Need 5 people with experience): Dom1104
Assistant Range Officers: No experience needed; great way to work up to RO'ing. Westside

Let me know if you're willing to volunteer, we need more RO's fo' shizzle.

 

[singlesix]

I'm out. Son's ROTC Drill Team doing a ceremony @ the Football game.