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Ongoing & Upcoming Events Country Pond Fish & Game Club - Newton, NH Established 1903 July 2021 www.cpfgc.com Volume 21-07 Ongoing & Upcoming Events JULY CALENDAR (Unless otherwise indicated, all events and activities are Open to the Public) Indoor Work Parties New Member Orientation Sunday, 11 July, 10:00 Mondays, 18:00 - 20:00 (By Appointment Only) Rifle League Centerfire Pistol “Practice Plates” Mondays thru September (CPF&G Club Members Only) 18:00 Tuesday, 13 July, 17:00 Trap Shooting Tuesdays thru September @ 17:00 Monthly Members Meeting Saturdays @ 13:00 & Sundays @ 09:00 Thursday, 15 July, 19:00 Your attendance would be appreciated. Rockingham County Trap League Steel Plate Shoot Wednesdays, thru 30 June, 17:00 Sunday, 18 July, 09:00 CMP Semi-Auto Shoot Saturday, 19 June, 10:00 Centerfire Pin Shoot Centerfire Pistol “Practice Plates” Thursday, 22 July, 19:00 (CPF&G Club Members Only) Wednesday, 22 June, 17:00 Steel Challenge Saturday, 24 July, 09:00 Centerfire Pin Shoot Thursday, 24 June, 19:00 CMP Bolt-Action Shoot Saturday, 25 July, 10:00 3-Gun Action Shooting Match Centerfire Pistol “Practice Plates” Saturday, 26 June, 12:00 (CPF&G Club Members Only) thru Sunday, 27 June, 18:00 Tuesday, 27 July, 17:00 Board of Directors Meeting Thursday, 1 July, 19:00 Board of Directors Meeting Thursday, 5 August, 19:00 Centerfire Pin Shoot Steel Plate Shoot Thursday, 8 July, 19:00 Sunday, 8 August, 09:00 As an NRA affiliated club, it is important for us to support the National Rifle Association. By joining the NRA through CPF&G Club, $5 of the annual fee, or $10 of the 3-yr membership fee, is paid back to our club. To join, go to http://membership.nrahq.org/default.asp?campaignid=XC004701 or email [email protected] July 2021 Trigger Times page 2 RANGE CLOSURES JULY thru July CALENDAR (Hours shown are ACTUAL TIMES CLOSED) INDOOR PISTOL RANGE OUTDOOR RANGE Mondays .................................. 18:00 - 20:00 Saturday, 19 JUN .................... 10:00 - 13:00 Indoor Work Parties CMP Semi-Auto Match TRAP RANGE Thursday, 24 JUN.................... 18:30 - 22:30 Tuesday, 22 JUN .................... 16:30 - DUSK Tuesdays ................................ 17:00 - DUSK Centerfire Pin Shoot “Practice Plates” Saturdays ................................ 13:00 - 16:00 Thursday, 8 JUL ...................... 18:30 - 22:30 Saturday, 26 JUN ................... 12:00 - DUSK Sundays .................................. 09:00 - 12:00 Centerfire Pin Shoot 3-Gun Setup & Staff Shoot Regular Trap (closed to other activities) Sunday, 11 JUL ....................... 10:00 - 12:00 Sunday, 27 JUN ...................... 09:00 - 18:00 Wednesdays thru 30 JUN ...... 17:00 - DUSK Membership Orientation 3-Gun Match Rockingham County Trap League Thursday, 15 JUL .................... 18:00 - 21:00 Tuesday, 13 JUL .................... 16:30 - DUSK Monthly Meeting “Practice Plates” Thursday, 22 JUL .................... 18:30 - 22:30 Sunday, 18 JUL ....................... 09:00 - 14:30 SHOOTING ON A Centerfire Pin Shoot Steel Plate Shoot Saturday, 24 JUL ..................... 09:00 - 15:00 CLOSED RANGE IS MEMBERS ARE Steel Challenge Sunday, 25 JUL ....................... 12:00 - 15:00 A SERIOUS SAFETY RESPONSIBLE FOR CMP Bolt-Action Match KNOWING WHEN RANGES Tuesday, 27 JUL .................... 16:30 - DUSK “Practice Plates” VIOLATION ARE CLOSED Rights Organizations “A well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed.” - United States Constitution - Amendment II - ratified 1791 American Sheepdog ............................................. http://americansheepdog.com/Forum/ Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms .......... http://www.ccrkba.org/ Gun Owner's Action League (MA) ..................................................... http://www.goal.org/ New Members Gun Owners of America ......................................................... http://www.gunowners.org/ Gun Owners of New Hampshire ....................................................... http://www.gonh.org/ Six new Members were accepted into Jews for the Preservation of Firearms Ownership ........................... http://www.jpfo.org/ the Club at the June Meeting. Maine Gun Owners Assoc.............................................................. http://www.mgoa.com/ National Association for Gun Rights ......................... http://www.nationalgunrights.org/ MEMBER SPONSOR National Rifle Association .................................................................. http://home.nra.org/ Gerald Coleman ............. Adam Wentworth National Shooting Sports Foundation .............................................. http://www.nssf.org/ Ronald Mills ......................... Wayne Besaw New Hampshire Firearms Coalition .................................. http://www.nhfc-ontarget.org/ Barbara Stilwell ....................... Paul Gilberti Pink Pistols .............................................................................. http://www.pinkpistols.org/ Benjamin Boudrow ............... Rick Boudrow Second Amendment Foundation ........................................................ http://www.saf.org/ Jon Gore ............................... Rick Boudrow USA Carry ................................................................................... http://www.usacarry.com/ Henry Wilson ........................ Rick Boudrow Women Against Gun Control ......................................................... http://www.wagc.com/ We hope you enjoy Country Pond Fish & Game Club. We're looking forward The Trigger Times is the official newsletter of Country Pond Fish & Game Club, Inc., to getting to know you on the ranges 82 Pond St, Newton, NH 03858, and is published monthly. Editor: John Carr and at our events. Comments, questions, or suggestions should be submitted to: [email protected] Be safe and have fun. July 2021 Trigger Times page 3 THESE MATCHES ARE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC Results and detailed rules and procedures are posted at http://www.cpfgc.com/steel_challenge.html For more details, contact Rodney Brown at [email protected] or Dominic Stevens at [email protected] Will You Sponsor Me? If you’re asked that question by anyone, it is your responsibility to determine whether they will be an asset or a liability to the Club. If they have little or no shooting experience, it’s up to you to help them attain the necessary skills to ensure that they are sufficiently familiar and safe around firearms, BEFORE nominating them for membership. You wouldn’t be doing any of your fellow Club Members a favor by nominating someone who has not proven themselves safe. Doing so would be reckless, potentially dangerous, and completely irresponsible. Don’t do it. 2nd & 4th TUESDAYS April thru September Steel plate shooting sessions for semi-auto pistols or revolvers THESE SHOOTS ARE RESTRICTED TO CPF&G CLUB MEMBERS & INVITED GUESTS ONLY For more details, contact Jim Lacefield at [email protected] July 2021 Trigger Times page 4 2021 CMP Matches (Civilian Marksmanship Program) BOLT-ACTION MATCHES SEMI-AUTO MATCHES Sunday, 6 June, 12:00 Saturday, 19 June, 10:00 Sunday, 25 July, 12:00 Saturday, 28 August, 09:00 Sunday, 12 September, 12:00 Sunday, 26 September, 12:00 Sunday, 10 October, 12:00 Saturday, 23 October, 09:00 Saturday, 6 November, 10:00 Saturday, 20 November, 10:00 Service Rifles: $10.00 Entry Fee Ammo Required: 50-60 Rounds Open Sights Only .30-06 ammo will be available at $2.00 per round, but only for use at CMP Matches. THESE MATCHES ARE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC In addition to Military Service Rifles, any .22 rimfire rifle, using any sights, may be used in any match. The 100yd section of the Outdoor Range is closed to other activities during these matches. For more information, contact Geoff Plante at 978-835-2230 or [email protected] or go to http://www.cpfgc.com/cmp.html CPF&G Club Firearms Sales Father’s Day PURCHASES THROUGH THE CLUB FFL ARE LIMITED TO FIREARMS ONLY 20 June To order firearms through the Purchases: Cost + 5% + shipping Club’s FFL, Club Members may Firearms Transfers: $20 contact Jeff Gersbach at THIS SERVICE IS FOR [email protected] CLUB MEMBERS ONLY Club Members may also order firearms themselves, to be delivered to the Club, but must send an email to Samy Singh at [email protected] with the delivery date, so that he can plan to be at the club to sign for the delivery. Failure to do this will result in the package automatically being shipped back and the club will not be responsible for shipping charges. Firearms transfers and pickups are by appointment only. Contact Samy Singh at 860-834-1883 or [email protected] 20 June 23:32 July 2021 Trigger Times page 5 Taking Back the Fake Language From The Gun Grabbers Reprinted fromAmmoland.com, 2 June 2021 by Lee Williams It’s time to stop using the other side’s hate speech. • Gun Rights: This term should be replaced by human rights I was on a good friend’s radio program recently when one of or civil rights. the other guests raised a tremendous point: • High-Capacity Magazine: Standard-Capacity Magazine is “We need to take back our language from the anti-rights far more accurate, even though the folks who coined the crowd and the legacy media.” term don’t know the difference between a clip and a magazine. Specifically, words like “assault weapon”, “mainstream media”, “gun violence”, and many more have been creeping • Permitless Carry: Constitutional Carry is the only term for into our vocabulary and - mea culpa - even some of my this because you do not need
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