News from the President

3 Gun Match at Bullet Hole Range

Bullet Hole Range announces a Texas 3 Gun Match to be held July 19th with Benny Hill as Match Director. The match will be attended by some of the top 3 gun shooters in the country. Signup starts at 8am - Match begins 9am. This is a pre-lim match to a Texas 3 championship match we are looking to put on next year! IMGA RULES!

Some Details -
Eight stages: 1 all-pistol, 2 all-rifle, 2 all-shotgun, and 3 multigun.
According to Benny, for the rifle stages you should "know your zero, and know your holdover out to 300 yards."
Many Bays have electric and water right on the bays
Restrooms at or near all bays
No pre-sign up this year - Just bring your blasters and come shoot!!
Cost of the match is $20
Don't miss this match as we will be looking for a large sanctioned match next year with Prize Table, and Trophies for next year - o yea - more stages - we have 11 bays

TX State Limited - August 23-24 2008

Don't miss the Texas State Limited this year. Match will be held at Ridge Runner Gun Club in Breckenridge on 23-24 AUG. 12 Stages, 300+ rounds, Level II Match, $150 entry fee or $125 if you get it in before 16 JULY.

A Man in Full - June 3, 2008 - Wall Street Journal Online

Next week on Flag Day, Army Private First Class Ross McGinnis would have turned 21 years old. Yesterday, President Bush presented his family with a posthumous Medal of Honor, the nation's highest award for courage in combat. It was the fourth time the Medal has been awarded for those who have served in Iraq.

In the gunner's hatch of a Humvee driving through Baghdad on December 4, 2006, Private McGinnis saw a grenade fly through the hatch, rolling to where it could have injured the four other soldiers inside. In easy position to leap and save himself, McGinnis instead jumped to cover the grenade with his body to shield his comrades.

The four men he saved were all at the White House yesterday to pay their respects. They and his parents, Thomas and Romayne McGinnis, knew Ross as one who, at 137 pounds and six feet tall, had barely outgrown his boyhood when he joined the Army on his 17th birthday, the first day he was eligible to enlist. The Knox, Pennsylvania native was known not to take things too seriously, the soldiers said – and yet in an instant he displayed the self-sacrifice that defines heroism in battle across generations. Although he didn't grow while he was in the Army, "he seemed to stand a lot taller," his father said. "He was a man."

All of America's men and women in uniform today are volunteers, and they have answered the call knowing they may be put in harm's way. "Supporting the troops" has become a mantra in our politics, but the true heroism of our soldiers goes beyond the slogans and politics to countless individual acts of courage under fire. At the moment it mattered, in a war worth fighting, Ross McGinnis honored America's finest traditions and our own better natures.

"Hello Fellow Shooters" - a letter from Randy Ikerman

We were honored to have several shooters come from the San Antonio area to shoot with us last Sunday. Randy Ikerman was one of those shooters and he wrote the following letter to us all.....

"Please convey our thanks to your members for welcoming our group of open shooters from San Antonio yesterday. We had a great time shooting with you and appreciate your club's friendly welcome. It is obvious that you have a great club and enjoy shooting together. And thanks for the BBQ as well.

Finally, I would like to take this opportunity to invite you to visit any of our clubs in San Antonio. Specifically, I would like to invite you to visit and participate in the Alpha Mike matches which are held on the third Sunday of every month at the Cedar Ridge Range.

Thanks again and good shooting!

Randy Ikerman"

Randy - Thank you for the kind words. I'm sure that several of us will take you up on your invitation.

Match Directors!

We need some new volunteers! You don't have to know a thing about computers, you can even give me your stages on a bar napkin...if you will draw them and be MD for a day, I'll help you with the rest. I'd like to get everyone lined up through June...so how about it?? ---- Kevin J.

UPDATE ON MATCH DIRECTORS::
Below is a list of Match Directors for upcoming matches. It's a thankless job...if you do it right, you get lots of complaints...and that's from your friends! Duties are stage design, supervise match set-up, and serve as the arbiter of stage rules and procedures.

Thanks to those who have volunteered! If you would like to be added to the list below, please let me know.

May 2008: Brian Hagen
June 2008: Brian Hagen
July 2008: Tactical Shotgun Match, Kevin J.
August 2008: All Classifier Match