Volume 2, Issue 12

The Bullsheet

Black Diamond Gun Club

2015 BDGC Officers

Pat Manyon - President

Jim Bradbury - VP

Marilyn Manyon - Treasurer

Andy Newell - Chairman

Kevin Barrows - Secretary

Kevin Barrows - Editor

Trustees

Andy Newell

Mike Buet

Mark Downing

John Griffin

Larry Gardner

Bob Sadesk

Marion Dukes

Neal McLemore

Merv Vincent

Coal Car Project 6

Christmas Party 1

Claybrakn 5

This Month’s Calendar 7

Women’s Pistol 8

Washington State 9

Inside this issue:

December 2015 www.blackdiamondgunclub.org

The 2015 BDGC Christ- mas party was held on December 12th with a pretty good turn out. There was turkey and ham provided by the club and member con- tributed several different sides to go along with the turkey and ham, I don’t think anyone went away hungry.

2015 Christmas Party

Nelson and Danielle

Marilyn getting things started in

the Kitchen Someone thought Cody needed a

new coat More pictures on pages 2 & 3

2016 Continental League Shoot Jan 17th

Volunteers needed

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I hope everyone had a great 2015. I am looking forward to another good year at the club. The Continental Warm Up shoot on December 12

th went well with 32 shooters attending. The Christ-

mas dinner was on Saturday night and I think everyone had a good time. We had over 40 mem-bers and families enjoying a great dinner with lots of good food. A silent auction, with some very nice donations, was held after dinner. There were some anxious moments while we waited who the winners would be. The youngest winner was 2 year old Samantha Phillips who won a little Seahawk bear! Next we had our rifle, pistol and shotgun shooting contest. Two rifle shooters had a 4 round shoot-off. There were 3 winners, one in each discipline that took home a ham.

On Sunday, January17th, we will be hosting regular Continental shoot, which usually draws about 115 shooters. We are in need of volunteers to help load the trap houses and score. If you can come and help out the club for 2, 4, 6 or more hours, it would be much appreciated. You can email me at mjames007@comcast.net. Breakfast and lunch will be prepared and served by Al Hope, complimentary for those who volunteer to work the shoot.

By the time you read this Bullsheet, Christmas 2015 will be over. I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas and will have a joyous New Year.

Pat Manyon

President’s Corner For December

Mark—Winner of rifle

Pat—Winner of shotgun

Future IDBP/USPSA shooter

Samantha and dad Jeff

Winner of pistol

2016 Board Election Results

President- Pat Manyon Vice-President - Jim Bradbury Secretary- Kevin Barrows Treasurer- Marilyn Manyon Trustees- Mark Downing, Marion Dukes, Larry Gardner

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Black Diamond Gun Club

General Membership Meeting Minutes

November 2015

There was no general membership meeting in November do to the storm and power outage.

2015 Christmas Party cont.

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Anyone that participated in or shot in the 1st Black Diamond hosted John Ab-

bott Vintage shoot in 2013, please contact Tom Hunt. We are trying to ascer-tain and validate the winners of the shoot for the Pump, Doubles and HOA

categories. Tom can be contacted by email at tomjhunt@att.net or by phone 253 951 2425 and most Wednesday nights in person at the club.

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Claybrakn… By: Frank Neumayer

Shotgun Chokes In the beginning, shotguns came with fixed choke barrels. Regardless

of gauge or configuration, shotgun barrels were designed and manufac-tured to provide an optimal and effective shot pattern of 24”-30” in diam-eter on the target or bird at varying distances. You could buy your shot-gun with barrels machined in Cylinder or Skeet for close-in 20-25 yard shots; Modified and Improved Modified for those 30-40 yard shots; and Full constriction for those longer 45-55 yard shots. If you bought a single barrel shotgun, normally you would buy it with a Modified or Improved Modified all-purpose barrel. If your shotgun came with two barrels, you would want a Modified barrel for that first, close-in shot, and a Full barrel for that second, farther-away shot. The last 3”-4” of the inside diameter of the barrel is what actually determines the shape, density, and spread of the shot pattern as it leaves the muzzle of the shotgun. Based on the type of hunting or shooting that was expected, barrels were machined with varying constrictions to ei-ther open-up or tighten-down the pattern of shot as desired. For example, barrels with open Cyl-inder or Skeet chokes were purchased for those close-in shots on fast moving and crossing birds like pigeons or doves. On the other hand, tighter Improved Modified or Full choke barrels were desired for those longer-range pheasant, or high-flying duck and goose hunting shots. Today, when you buy a new shotgun, it will usually come with three (insertable) choke tubes, Cyl-inder, Modified, and Full. These (screw-in) chokes are usually 3”-4” long and are color-coded, or distinctly marked according to their constriction. Every shotgun manufacture will offer a variety of choke tubes for their own shotguns. Plus, there are numerous excellent after-market choke manufacturers as well. For me, I think this market has gotten a little carried away with the myriad of sizes, types, and styles of chokes available. However, it’s a proven fact that the use of choke tube inserts has greatly improved the versatili-ty, value, and performance of all shot-guns both on the range and in the field.

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Do you have a favorite shirt, vest, or other item(s) that you would like the Black Diamond Gun Club Logo (or any other embroidery) stitched onto? Bring it into the Black Diamond Gun Club, attach your name with phone number and instruc-tions and Michelle Detwiler will contact you with a quote. Most logos range from $15 - $30. Embroidering a first name, or stitching a patch on - $5. Call Michelle at 253-332-1631 for questions or quotes.

Coal Cart update! By Tom Hunt

Well, the Black Diamond Gun Club Coal Cart is on the move again! With the help of the Carrols trailer and Kevin’s winching expertise, we got it loaded back on the trailer (not with out some bumps and bruises) for it’s next stop. This time it spent the day out at Ron & Leo’s Welding and Fabrication shop in Enumclaw getting some much needed dressing up! John Abbott did the technical work, Tom and Pat Man-yon did the fetching and provided dead weight to bend the dents out by hanging on the clamp bars!

Ron and Leo’s of Enumclaw (Ron on the right and John Abbot on the left) have been really good to the club so, if you ever need any work done or can refer some-one to Ron’s for work, I am sure he would appreciate it.

The Cart is back at the club for a few days of cleaning out and then we are working on the next trip which is to get it sandblasted, primed and painted! Got any paint color ideas for us?

If anyone wants to help with the next step of building the final display location contact Tom Hunt at 253-951-2425 or tomjhunt@att.net.

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The following dates are for range closures due to the rental of the range. No members should be out on the range during these scheduled times unless approved by the board of trustees.

The following dates have been scheduled:

Jan 21 & 22 - 3pm to 11pm each day

Feb 17, 18, & 19 - 8am to 4pm (Feb 17), 3pm to 11pm (Feb 18 & 19)

Mar 17, 18, 25 - 8am to 3pm (18th), 3pm to 11pm (18th & 19th), 8am to 4pm (25th)

Apr 20, 21, & 22 - 8am to 4pm (Apr 20), 3pm to 11pm (Apr 21 & 22)

Range Closures

Women’s Basic Pistol Shooting Classes

This class is for ladies only. You will learn the basic knowledge, skills and attitudes nec-

essary for safely owning and using a pistol. Class size is limited to 10 students. Guns and

ammunition are included in the tuition, along with lunch. The class utilizes 22lr pistols,

.38 revolvers, and 9mm semi-automatic pistols. Basic training includes: stance, grip,

sighting, trigger pull, loading/unloading/dry fire and live fire. Tuition is $125.

Upcoming Classes For 2014

March 15, 2015 July 19, 2015 October 18, 2015

April 19, 2015 August No Class November 15, 2015

May 17, 2015 September 20, 2015

Wednesday Cooks

Black Diamond Gun Club is so fortunate to have great cooks for our Wednesday night din-ners. They are: 1st Wednesday - open—need a volunteer 2nd Wednesday - Marilyn Pedersen—Rifle/pistol shooter 3rd Wednesday - Danielle & Nelson—BDGC Caretakers 4th Wednesday - Al & Joann Hope—Trap shooter 5th Wednesday - Steve Rinehart—Trap, rifle, pistol shooter, and RSO

As you can see the 1st Wednesday open for any of you that would like to try cooking a Wednesday night dinner. Our cook that was cooking is now taking care of health issues in her family and will not be able to return to cooking until things are healthier. Feel free to ask about this opportunity by calling or texting Marilyn Manyon at 425-442-8306.

Plan on coming out to shoot and have dinner!

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Washington State Gun Club Listing

Club Name Address City State Zip Phone

Bainbridge Island Sportsmen’s Club PO Box 10421 Bainbridge Island WA 98110 (206)780-9374

Bellingham Trap & Skeet Club 940 Larson Road W. Bellingham WA 98226 (360)384-1001

Black Diamond Gun Club PO Box 217 Black Diamond WA 98010 (360)886-7892

Bremerton Trap & Skeet Club 4956 State Highway 3 SW Port Orchard WA 98366 (360)674-2438

Custer Sportsmen Club 8832 Weidcamp Rd Lyndon WA 98264 (360)354-2331

Evergreen Sportsmen Club 12736 Marksmen Road SW Olympia WA 98512 (360)357-9080

Gig Harbor Sportsman’s Club 9721 Burnham Drive NW Gig Harbor WA 98332 (253)858-9030

Granite Falls Sportsmans Club 20319 Gun Club Road Granite Falls WA 98252 (360)691-5161

Holmes Harbor Road & Gun Club 3334 Brooks Hill Road Langley WA 98260 (360)221-8494

Kenmore Range 1031 228th SW Bothell WA 98021 (206)481-8685

Landt Farms Sporting Clays 16308 Poor Mound Road Nine Mile Falls WA 99026 (509)466-4036

Moses Lake Gun Club Grant County Fair Grounds Moses Lake WA 98837 (509)953-4654

North Cascades Sportman’s Club P.O. Box 1721 Chelan WA 98816 (509)682-8263

Old Skagit Gun Club 1295 Wilson Road La Conner WA 98257 (360)757-4326

Orcas Island Sportsman Club PO Box 41 Eastsound WA 98245 (360)376-5660

Pheasant Valley Shooting Preserve & Sporting Clays PO Box 201 LaCrosse WA 99143 (509)549-3912

Pomeroy Gun Club PO Box 532 Pomeroy WA 99347 (509)843-1460

Poulsbo Sportman Club PO Box 3651 Silverdale WA 98383 (360)697-6646

Quincy Amer. Legion Gun Club PO Box 342 Quincy WA 98848 (360)697-6646

R&M Game Birds 495 Fisher Hill Road Lyle WA 98059 (509)365-3245

Red’s Fly Shop 14706 Hwy. 821 Ellensburg WA 98926 (509) 933-2300

Renton Fish & Game Club 1500 SE 144th Street Renton WA 98059 (425)226-1563

Rimrock Sporting Clays Rt 1, Box 10B Uniontown WA 99179 (509)229-3287

Scab Rock Sporting Clays 15773 Waukon Road North Edwall WA 99008 (509)239-4473

Seattle Skeet & Trap Club King County Shooting Sports Park Ravensdale WA 98051 (425)413-1421

Spokane Gun Club 19615 E Sprague Ave Greenacres AFB WA 99016 (509)904-2706

Sportsmens Club Inc. Box 4056 McChord WA 98438 (206)904-2706

Sumner Sportsman Assoc. 15711 96th Street East Puyallup WA 98372 (253)848-9519

Sun Valley Shooting Park 1452 Suntargets Rd Moxes WA 98396 (509)576-0866

Sunnydell Shooting 292 Dryke Road Squim WA 98382 (360)683-5631

Tacoma Sportsmen’s Club 16409 Canyon Road E. Puyallup WA 98373 (253)537-6151

Turkey Ridge 1565 Evans Cutoff Road Evans WA 99126 (509)684-2735

Upper Nisqually Sportsman’s Club PO Box 831 Eatonville WA 98328 (360)832-8727

Wenatchee Gun Club PO Box 416 Wenatchee WA 98816 (509)884-6590

Winter Hawk 6362 Highway 291 Nine Mile Falls WA 99026 (509)276-5150

Yakima Valley Sportsmen’s Assoc. 411 Pomona Road Yakima WA 98901 (509)453-1872

To protect, propagate, and Increase fish and game, the natural food there-

of, and Improve the habitat of all wildlife.

To procure the enactment of laws for the protection and restoration of fish

and game and their natural food, forests, marshes, streams, lakes, and to

promote the observance and enforcement of such laws.

To create and foster public sentiment in favor of protection and restora-

tion of; fish and game and their natural foods, of woods, water and wild-

life.

To promote sportsmen like methods in hunting and fishing, and proper

respect for the rights of land owners.

Mailing address: PO Box 217 Black Diamond, WA 98010 Physical address: 34862 Enumclaw - Black Diamond Rd. Black Diamond, WA 98010

BLACK DIAMOND GUN CL UB

Black Diamond Gun Club PO Box 217 Black Diamond, WA 98010

Phone: (360)886-8047 E-mail: info@blackdiamondgunclub.org