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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: [email protected]
(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
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
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
[email protected] 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