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er’s Na tl tu te r s a o l s H NO GMO! NO SYNTHETIC CHEMICALS! centralpaflea.net During the two-week traditional have them at least 100 yards back season hunting will be for inside the tree line adjacent to the legal . rifle range. This set back is for your safety as the rifle range re- It seems that mother nature is During the archery and muzzle mains open for use during hunt- finally releasing us from the grip loader seasons hunting will be for ing season. Also keep in mind of winter. Activities are picking bullet impact areas from the rifle up and work parties are moving ranges while walking in the forward with their projects. Keep During the youth and mentored woods nearby. checking the schedule and partic- season hunting will be for at ipate when you can after all this is Be safe! - be a good sportsmen! club. *********************************** Antlerless deer may also be taking A thank you once again to those during the early (Oct 23-25) who helped at the March work Junior/Senior and Handicap sea- party and those who showed up son. in April. A lot has been accom- plished and yet a lot more to do. You must possess an antlerless There is always something more license from the Game Commis- to do. sion and obey all Game Commis- sion laws during your hunts as in In the near future a concrete pad other areas of the Common- and covering is going to be in- wealth. stalled and what will be an addi- tional 100 yard range between We, your Board of Directors, are the pistol and rifle ranges. A implementing these restrictions in 842 W 4th St drainpipe was installed in this Lewistown, PA an attempt to bring the deer herd 717- 242-0061 area during the April 12th work (male/female) ratio into a more M-Th 9-5/Fri 9-9/Sat 9-3 session. Most of this is made pos- realistic balance than we appar- Indoor Archery Range sible by a grant from the NRA to ently now have. To achieve this the Mifflin County Sportsmen's goal your cooperation is needed *********************************** Association. This is another rea- and expected. son why I would encourage all members to join the NRA if you In order to track the deer har- are not yet a member. vested we need to record your harvest. You are expected to I encourage you to enjoy the Membership meetings are held complete the form located at the every first Thursday of the events and facilities but above all clubhouse next to the entry door. be safe and be a good sportsmen. month. Join us for fellowship and This will only take a few minutes updates. Also you can vote on of your time. It is important to issues addressed at the meeting. know what impact you are having Offer suggestions and give us on the deer herd. For the upcoming 2014-2015 your insight into the issues affect- license year if you hunt Associa- ing all gun owners. tion property: Dues for 2014: Single - $60.00 Members having deer stands on Family - $70.00 Association property are asked to We will be adding NRA numbers Some of you knew what this car- shape of the . Plus it to membership applications. This is tridge was, (I suspect) even with- was self contained , needed to help secure larger grants out the clues. For the rest of you, which was more durable than pa- from the NRA. We are trying to get these cartridges are generation per wrapped cartridges, on the enough money to cover the new one (left) and generation two battlefield. In theory it worked 100 yard range. The new range is between the 1000 yard rifle range (right), of the same cartridge. pretty well, but the Spencer rifle and the large pistol range. This cartridge was created by one soon replaced the Burnside. Not of the most ineffective generals of only was it a better system, but Free discount card available with the , Ambrose proved easier to load multiple membership. Burnside, thus the name .54 (cal- cartridges at once, thru the butt iber) Burnside. If you remember of the rifle. Remember to check the web site my clue: ”Most men have them.”, before you travel any distance to the that’s right the only other thing I have good news for any of you Association. General Burnside is remembered that have or know someone that for is, what today we call “Side- does have one of these old . S burns”. One look at any of his Have you ever wondered what it pictures explains why this is the would be like to fire it? There is case. a company in Michigan that Last time we got together, I had makes a clear plastic cartridge no title for this column, and While it was rumored that he also case for this rifle. These new cas- posed a few questions. As you invented the same cartridge in .52 es have made the firing of the can see, I now have a title. I cal, no cartridge like that has Burnside a renewed pres- could take credit for coming up been found to date. The only cal- ence in the Civil War Reenact- with it, but I’d be lying. It was iber sold to the US Government, ment world. recommended to me in a very was the .54 Burnside (with the nice email, by a sweet lady who is rifle to shoot it). also a shooter. I thank her, and her explanation for it, which we Gen. Burnside’s rifle was a failed Since this column will be on dis- will get into at another time. attempt to bridge the gap between play for your reading from now the Hall carbine, the standard until late July. I have a personal Remember last time, I showed long barreled muzzle loader and request to make of you that will you this picture, and asked “Real the read it. As I am writing this, we or Fake”? breech loader style rifle, like the are coming up on Memorial Day “Trapdoor Springfield.”. The weekend. Burnside carbine’s action front flipped up, the cartridge was in- My mind is awash in the thoughts serted, and then closed to fit the of those that have come before, barrel. Once fired, the cartridge and those that will follow after was quickly pulled from the front me. Memorial Day reminds us of of the open breech. If there was the high price paid by those who any expansion of the brass case, it have purchased the life I and oth- could be quickly dug out of the ers live, with their bodies, minds, breach. The rifle blood and treasure. All my life loading/unloading was faster than I’ve heard of the people who gave a muzzle loading rifle, and this their body’s or lives to get our speed was aided by the tapered country to where it was when it crets, so it goes, from one gener- Stop, and take time to remember ation to the next. You already the unseen empty seat at your know one of those secrets, but table. Remember the Fallen, the there are others just as important. Missing, and Unknown Millions Another one is, while other coun- that got you, and your family, tries march their military for con- that comfortable life you have quest of land and wealth, ours been accustom to living. Honor has always been sent to free oth- them by making sure your chil- ers from those conquests. And dren and/or grandchildren know Memorial Day shows us, we do their stories. “Call of Duty” may Moulin Roudge end up acquiring some land, in be a great X-Box game, but for Gifts with a touch of Class! the form of burial plots for our some it was their life. Which they fallen. gave for a reason, see that you truly earn their “last full mea- 20% OFF Another secret, we have become sure” of duty. way to accustom with, to even With MCSA Card think about in our daily lives is; First, let me make a promise to we’ve seen so many people, that future readers. My pictures of 717-247-2710 10153 US Hwy Rt 522 S would trade everything they have cartridges will get better. Lewistown, PA 17044 just for an opportunity to come 10 - 5 PM to, where we came from. Don’t Closed Sunday get me wrong, our country is not perfect, but I can only think of a *********************************** few others (of the over 226 Na- was my generations turn to an- tions on this earth), that people swer the call of duty. My genera- are risking their lives to get to, tion, like other before it was willingly leaving their homelands, called to a foreign battlefield for friends, and relatives behind. reasons so few understood, and as we served we watched as some I hope the reader will not mind never returned. With that service my diverting from what you several great secrets, cloaked in thought you would read here, if I the fog of time, were revealed. make one last secret re-known to Is it Real or Fake? Take notice One of those secrets was that you. As each generation knows of the 3 separate shoulders. The some came back, but never really the object of their labors & sacri- base size is that of a 30-06 left that chaos, and no one would fices are to make things better for Springfield. 1) What is its name ever to be the same again. As the those that follow. This knowl- or date of origin? 2) What is the old saying goes “All Gave Some, edge is especially pasted on to scientific principle the inventor But Some Gave All”. those that have served. And it tried to accomplish? doesn’t take much of an imagina- Since those days of my service, tion to see those that have fallen Now if you can’t wait till my next I’ve watch as others, including in battle, asking us “Did I pay the column for an answer, due to my oldest son, were moved to ultimate price, for anything last- your natural curiosity, or you answer their call of duty and hon- ing?” So as you fire up the grill, have an urgent bet with a buddy, or on foreign fields of fire. They eat that pasta salad while guzzling you can contact me at also were taught the age old se- that Bud, STOP! [email protected], with your answer or questions. And remember, I’m always looking for cartridges to add to my collec- tion.

Shooters;

I invite you to both our next shoot and to our practice ses- Defense of yourself, your family sions. 325 S Main St, Lewistown, PA and your property is a basic right (717) 248-2080 every human being has. No one Thursday - Friday - Saturday First we have scheduled the Fall in his right mind can deny that 9:30 - 6 PM 2-gun shoot for Oct 18th. This right to any individual for any should give a better chance of *********************************** reason. good weather and is also a non- gun practice later. The first week Pen State football week-end, so we will be discussing gear, what The second amendment to the there should be motels available. is available and what is necessary Constitution is a right that as More on this later, but I did want and or desirable. Also we expect stated, “shall not be infringed”. to give one tease. One of our to get on the big rifle range at one In modern times it has been in- competitors suggested putting the of the later sessions and get those fringed many times. The anti gun LaRues one behind the other to difficult shots at 400 & 500 yds crowd has been whittling away at put extra time pressure on the under control. the right little by little with the shooters. This sounds devilishly clever so look for them at about Our goals are to get local shoot- 300 yds. ers more "multi-gun savvy" and to allow our more distant shooters Secondly, we will be holding to come out and hone some of multi-gun practices at Mifflin Co the skills they find it difficult to Sportsmen on the next 6 Tues- work on at their home ranges. days at 6pm; May 27th - July 1. Everyone is welcome, and we If you plan on coming to one or hope to organize it such that more of the practices, please try shooters of different skill levels to e-mail me as I need a rough can benefit. You don't have to be estimate of numbers to reserve a member, but we would love to ranges, etc. openly stated goal of total confis- have you join the club. We will cation. be holding the event as a compe- Finally, this is a work in progress, tition, as that is what our insur- so if you have suggestions for The heart of the matter is that ance seems to require, so there skills or drills that you have found those in power have little regard will be a $1 "entry fee". We will useful, etc., please let me know for your rights and safety. limit the practice to rifle and pis- your ideas. tol only the first 3 sessions, but Taking away your ability to pro- expect to have at least one shot tect yourself from harm by another renders you defenseless in a tough spot. I was on a dirt and you are no longer safe. You road in a heavily wooded area. become a target for criminals. I heard deer running towards me. It is a basic inherent right that It was not one or two but a least you have a right to defend your- six. I tried to pick out a buck, but self against those who would do the trees were to thick and I was you harm by any means neces- having trouble picking out horns. sary. That was the least of my prob- In plain language the attack on lems. By the time I raised my rifle your 2nd amendment rights is an to sight onto a deer, I realized attack on your right to defend that I would be shooting down yourself, your family and your the road and I could not be sure property. if a vehicle or hunter might be coming up the road.

I hesitated for a moment. The deer crossed the road and disap- peared.

I was glad I did not shoot as a vehicle came up over the rise just as the dear crossed the road.

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If you are mailing in your mem- bership application, you should ****************************** include a stamped self addressed envelope. Your membership card will get to you faster! Specializing in Signs & Mold Making U.S. Rep. Mike Thompson (D- CA-5), chair of the House Gun Violence Prevention Task Force, Members with a single member- has introduced what he is calling ship may bring a member of their "The Promoting Healthy Minds immediate family (12 years old or for Safer Communities Act of younger) to fish in our pond 2014." without having a family member- ship. Otherwise, a family mem- After a nod to more general men- bership must be held. tal health reform in its first two Titles, the bill gets down to gun Nov.2nd, 8:30 shooters meeting control in Title III. There, it ex- plicitly authorizes the Centers for Children are eligi- 100+Rifle and 100+Pistol Disease Control to study "gun ble to shoot when accompanied rounds required, Semi Auto rifle violence," a code phrase for by their parents if their parents and pistol required. smearing the concept of firearm are members and have a family ownership generally. It also un- membership. dermines protections placed in We will be utilizing our newly Obamacare to prevent physicians refurbished ranges, So you can from inappropriately collecting expect some wide open shooting. information about lawful firearm Rifle shots from point-blank to ownership. Some opponents of 500 yds., so know Your hold these protections claimed they overs. Pistol as typical in action Dan Pierce Outdoor Shop were unnecessary, asserting that pistol. $30 pre-registration fee. Peffers Army and Navy the healthcare legislation had Glens Gunsmithing nothing to do with firearms. Yet For further information or to pre- Ted Ulmers Gunsmithing Thompson's bill would authorize register: Contact: Steve Hammer