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April-May 2021 Bullet Donation: $2.50 Official journal of the New York State Rifle and Pistol Association, the state’s official NRA affiliate Vol. 60 No. 2 USPS 996-700 April 2021 Have you been censored too? Your Board of Directors President Women in the J. Scott Sommavilla Chairman of Cowboy Action Shooting Sports Westchester, NY Shooting Committee Tom King (914) 747-5001 713 Columbia Turnpike Chairperson [email protected] Dave Meyer PO Box 278 70 Rosemont Drive East Greenbush, NY 12061 Jackie Emslie 17 Corlies Ave. Past Presidents Amherst, NY 14226 Phone: (518) 272-2654 Phone: (716) 838-4286 Fax: (518) 274-4972 Poughkeepsie, NY 12601 Robert Kamholtz [email protected] Phone: (914) 475-4901 [email protected] 4123 Osage Lane Advertising Sales Manager Ormond Beach, FL 32174 Treasurer Carl Gottstein Directors Tor y Brainard 713 Columbia Turnpike Brenda Leder 3105 Schindler Drive PO Box 278 PO Box 278 Charlie Beers III Pearl River, NY 10965 East Greenbush, NY 12061 East Greenbush, NY 12061 Glenville, NY Phone: (518) 469-5312 Phone: (518) 470-7874 Phone: (518) 272-2654 Fax: (518) 274-4972 [email protected] [email protected] Dr. Robert Cornute 33 Locust Grove Road [email protected] John Butcher Saratoga Springs, NY 12866 Secretary Lockport, NY General Information Stephen D. Kraynak Phone: (518) 272-2654 Charles J. Meyer th 158 Willow Lane (518) 272-2654 1120 7 Ave. [email protected] James Collins Scotia, NY 12302 Watervliet, NY 12189 www.nysrpa.org [email protected] 177 Violet Ave. Floral Park, NY 11001 Willard E. Doughty Phone: (516) 775-6597 9221 Leatherstone Lane Smallbore Fuquay-Varina, NC 27526 Charles J. Meyer John Cushman 158 Willow Lane 107 Truberg Ave. Scotia, NY 12302 Patchogue, NY 11772 Phone: (518) 265-3555 Phone: (631) 475-8125 [email protected] [email protected] Marie D’Amico Pistol Phone: (518) 272-2654 Stephen D. Kraynak [email protected] 1120 7th Ave. Watervliet, NY 12189 John Greene [email protected] PO Box 278 East Greenbush, NY 12061 (914) 804-0158 High Power Chairperson [email protected] George W. Kline 6 Carrie Lane Glenn Hancock Nanuet, NY 10954 57 Wardell St. Phone: (917) 709-3691 Adams, NY 13605 [email protected] Phone: (315) 408-7340 Junior Chairperson Maria Mann Port Jervis Jennifer Schmitt [email protected] 713 Columbia Turnpike PO Box 278 Brian Olesen East Greenbush, NY 12061 1702 Central Ave. Phone: (716) 397-4378 Albany, NY 12205 [email protected] Phone: (518) 817-2223 Tel: (518) 272-2654 2 BULLET magazine Contents April 2021 Vol. 60 No. 2 Your Board of Directors ...........................................2 President’s Message ...............................................4 Getting to Know Your Shotgun Through Dry Fire and Dummy Rounds .....5 Collector’s Corner ................................................8 Top Training Tips from Pro Shooters .................................9 Notes from Brenda .............................................12 To Purse Pack—Or Not ......................................... 14 NYSRPA.org: Strategic Email Campaign ...........................16 D is for Deluded ...............................................20 Gun Control’s Crisis of Credibility .................................21 NRA Files Brief to Supreme Court to Take Concealed Carry Case .......22 NYSRPA 2021 Directors Election Ballot ............................23 Pistol Director ................................................ 24 NYS Pistol Team Application 2021 ................................ 24 Member Clubs .................................................26 NYSRPA Individual Application ..................................30 Deadline for submissions for the June issue of Bullet magazine is: April 21, 2021 The Bullet (USPS # 996-700) is published 6 times a year (February, April, June, August, October, December) by the New York State Rifle & Pistol Association, 713 Columbia Turnpike, East Greenbush, NY 12061. Periodicals Postage Paid at East Greenbush, NY and additional mailing offices. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to: The Bullet, 713 Columbia Turnpike, East Greenbush, NY 12061. NYSRPA is a nonprofit organization affiliated with the National Rifle Association—for the purpose of promoting safety and education in the sport of shooting and hunting. The Bullet is sent to members of the New York State Rifle & Pistol Association (fair market value: $5 per year or $1 per copy.) Published in the U.S. by PIA Management Services Inc., 25 Chamberlain St., Glenmont, NY 12077-0977. Postmaster send change of address forms to: 713 Columbia Turnpike, PO Box 278, East Greenbush, NY 12061. The official journal of the New York State Rifle and Pistol Association 3 President’s Message by Tom King Escape from the Gulag! progressives will push freedoms boundaries to silence our voices. The picture in this article is the reason Thankfully, a few step up! America will always be free. A cadre of dedicated, brave and committed Below you will see a billboard designed individuals still have the cajones to and paid for by a member of the stand up, speak their mind and stick NYSRPA board of directors. That man their neck out to protect our U.S. Brian Olesen is a shooter, collector, Constitution and American values gun-store owner, range owner and as we were taught in school. Love of a long-time friend. He has turned country, love of freedom and respect down numerous requests for television for each other will carry the day. The interviews with the comment that he same spirit that carried our veterans did this to protect our rights not garner through our many wars, that is alive notoriety. in our first responders and that burned People, this is what it will take to win brightly in the chests of the founding back our freedom. You must stick out fathers is still alive in all Americans. your neck, speak your mind and join Unfortunately, today it is harder to the peaceful movement to take back our rights through the voting booths ignite. The mainstream media has Join the struggle! Join the NRA! clouded the truth more than the fog and courts. We need to stand up and tell our employees (the politicians) Join the NYSRPA! Get involved and of war blankets a battlefield. The de- work as campaign volunteers, drive platforming of President Trump, the that they work for us, we set the rules not them and the time has come for elderly people to the polls, contact your NYSRPA and many other conservative elected officials, defend your rights. voices by Facebook and other social- them to live by the same rules and regulations that we do. But it is most important to speak your media sites shows the lengths the mind respectfully and intelligently. We will take back America in 2022 with your help. Thank you, Brian Olesen, you are a great American! Please sign up for the NYSRPA email alert list at nysrpa.org. 4 BULLET magazine Getting to Know Your Shotgun Through Dry Fire and Dummy Rounds For a more enjoyable first shoot, practice mounting and manipulating your new shotgun before your first range session. If you have never fired a shotgun, there are a few things you can practice without setting foot on the range that will help you feel more confident and comfortable. Using inert dummy rounds and working with the shotgun that you will shoot can make your first shotgun shooting experience much more enjoyable. First Things First Shims may come with your shotgun. The very first step, as with any work that goes into your shoulder, the pistol to look straight down it). Your comb off the range with a gun, is to make grip that you wrap your shooting hand adjustment can change depending on sure that you have an empty gun and around, and the fore-end that your whether you have a thinner or fuller no live ammo anywhere near where support hand holds onto. You may face and your cheekbones. You are you will work. Reviewing the rules of have a cheek-pad or comb that can likely going to want to add/subtract a firearms safety is always a good way to be adjusted. shim or maybe flip it (sometimes shims start a session working with any gun or for cast are ambidextrous). shooting skills. Your shotgun may have even come with shims that can adjust how your Set up in front of a mirror or camera, Why Dry Fire a Shotgun? gun “casts,” which impacts where and look at how the gun fits you. Is the The idea of dry firing a shotgun may your eye sits in relation to the rib of length of pull too long or too short? sound unproductive to experienced your shotgun (you want to be able Does your eye look straight down the shotgun shooters. However, for a new shotgun shooter, just familiarizing yourself with how the gun works and understanding how to mount the gun properly is a big deal! Even experienced shooters who compete at the highest levels of shotgun shooting still get “fit” for a shotgun, even though they know some of these basic things that the new gun owner doesn’t. Working with an empty shotgun is going to help the new shooter. Getting to Know Your Shotgun Understanding how your shotgun works is the first step. Every shotgun has a stock, consisting of a buttstock Here, the dominant eye of the shooter is looking down the shotgun rib. The official journal of the New York State Rifle and Pistol Association 5 rib? If you see the top of the rib as if looking from above, you need to adjust the drop (this can be done with a shim, if your gun comes with them). If you are too far to one side, you might need to add or flip the shim that adjusts cast. website need For more on proper shotgun fit, check out these other articles and videos on this site that will help you understand what to look for. How to Hold a Shotgun Properly holding your shotgun will allow you to check if it fits correctly.
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