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President’s Column President’s Column (Cont.) Superbowl Party at TCSL January is an important month in the history of Ultimately, he would sell his patents to Sunday February 7, . John Browning was born on January Remington, Winchester, and Colt. Here’s a 2016 at 5:30pm. 21, 1855 in Ogden . Historians frequently short list of some of the guns he designed: Bring a dish to refer to Browning as the “father of modern Single-shot (Winchester 1885); Lever pass. There will be firearms”. Since he designed the 1911, the –Action (Winchester 1886, 1892, a Friends of NRA Browning M2 and the .50 BMG 1894 and 1895); -Operated Raffle Drawing for it seems as if the nickname was Semi- (Browning .22 semi- a 43 or earned. auto); Recoil-Operated Semi-Automatic Henry 44 magnum It was not a surprise to Browning’s family Pistols (US M1911, Colt 1902); Gas- rifle (the first when John started designing his own guns and Operated Machine guns (Colt M1895); and winner has his/her choice and then the second working on guns since his father, Jonathan countless other guns. place gets the other one). Raffle tickets Browning, was a . He made his first available at the bar now, $10 each. Browning was a practicing Morman who when he was 13 years old. On October believed in polygamy and he had 22 children 7, 1879 Browning was awarded his first patent from his three wives. On November 26, 1926 Join TCSL when he was only 24 years old. By the time the 71 year old Browning died when he had Process: Stop by the Browning passed away, he had designed 128 heart failure while working at a workbench in clubhouse and pick up gun patents. his son’s design shop. At the time he died he an application, or Browning’s first patent was for a rifle and it was working on designing a self-loading pistol. download a copy was put into use by Winchester in its Single Since Browning’s death to today there have not from the website. Shot Model 1885. Winchester was so been any fundamental changed in the firearm Completed applications must be accompanied impressed with Browning’s skill that they industry. by a $20 non-refundable application fee, and be endorsed by two existing members in good asked him if he could design a TCSL Elections are on February 18, 2016. repeating . John did but he felt a “pump standing. The Membership Committee reviews Help is needed from noon to 5 pm on Election applications monthly, and presents completed action mechanism” shotgun would work better Day to oversee the voting and around 8 pm to and in 1888 he patented his first applications to the Board at the monthly Board help count the ballots. If you can volunteer and of Directors meeting. shotgun. you are not running for a position on the board All of Browning’s designing efforts had one or an officer seat, please contact me Dues: First year dues are $165: $125 towards common denominator, which were his attempts ([email protected]) [This is a good dues, plus a $40 initiation fee (your $20 to increase speed and improve reliability so way to earn volunteer hours and remember 75 application fee goes towards your initiation, if that multiple shots could be fired in seconds. volunteer hours gets you a free range pass for you application is accepted). Dues thereafter Slowly as Browning was successful in 2017] are $125 per year, payable by or before December 31st. The dues year is from March improving the manual repeating firearms he Let’s have a great 2016!! Let’s spend a lot of began to understand that the human component 1st to the last day of February. There is a pro- time on the ranges!! Let’s help expand rated dues schedule for first year members. was the limiting factor in terms of how fast the shooting sports in Washtenaw County!! gun could be operated. In 1889 Browning  Junior Member: 1/5th of the regular ~Steve Reed starting testing various designs for an dues (age <18) (requires signature of “automatic firearm”. By 1892 he had patented parent or guardian) his first . The automatic  Young Adult: ½ of the regular dues mechanism used the gases from the muzzle (ages 18-22) when a round was shot to automatically load  Regular Member: Regular dues another cartridge into the chamber. He  Associate Member (spouse of continued working on the automatic Wanted: member): 1/5th of the dues mechanism and by many of the Chairperson for the Rifle Committee  Senior Member: ½ regular dues (age U.S. troops were using Browning Automatic 65 +15 years as TCSL Member) Rifles as well as Browning machine guns.  Military: Free while on Active Duty At least 80 firearms were designed by Work Hours: First year (probationary) Browning. His efforts were not limited to Contact Steve Reed to Volunteer members must provide 20 hours designing firearms since he also designed [email protected] work/participation on committees or work cartridges. The last gun Browning finished projects during their first year of membership. designing was an over-under shotgun. Regular members must provide at least ten Originally the shotgun had two triggers; hours of work or committee membership per however, as the result of his son’s work on the Reward: year. firearm it was modified to a single trigger shotgun. Admiration of Your Peers Committee Chair: Dondi Goerlitz (mailto:[email protected]) (734) 429-9561 Initially, Browning sold his first patents and worked exclusively with Winchester. Membership Meetings are the third Thursday Continued of every month at 6:30pm. Michigan DNR News Release Club Election Update Clubhouse and Key Election Dates: Dec. 15, 2015 Range Hours DNR to auction surplus public land starting  January 18, 2016—Deadline for receipt of written requests for absentee ballots. Send Rifle and Pistol Ranges: Jan. 12; most parcels located in eastern U.P. Sunday, Monday, Tuesday Noon-Dusk and northern lower Michigan SASE to W. Bond PO Box 2229 Ann Arbor, 48106. Wednesday through Saturday 10am-Dusk The Michigan Department  January 21, 2016 Membership Meeting— Clubhouse: of Natural Resources Nominations can be made from the floor. Sunday through Tuesday Noon-6pm today announced it will Final ballot announced. Wednesday thru Saturday 10am-6pm offer surplus public land  February 18, 2016—Election Noon–8pm. Winter Hours in Effect— for sale by sealed-bid Be Alert, Stop Shooting by Dusk auction between Jan. 12 Current Nominees: and Feb. 10, 2016. The  President - Steve Reed 2016 Trap auction will feature 22 parcels located in  1st VP - Mike Brown Support the sport of trap shooting and earn counties mainly in the eastern Upper Peninsula  2nd VP - Jerry Chie volunteer hours. Your Trap Range is operated and in northern lower Michigan, including  Treasurer - Bob Parent by a committee of five, two-person teams, plus Alpena, Arenac, Cheboygan, Chippewa,  Membership Secretary - Dondi Goerlitz three substitutes who donate their time to keep Crawford, Gladwin, Mackinac, and St. Clair.  Recording Secretary - Steve Jolliffe. the Trap Range running smoothly. In 2016, we Properties range in size from less than an acre  Board Members: will again have five teams, but need some to 240 acres. These lands are isolated from o Region 1—Maudie Abraham, Ken Ross substitutes to fill in occasionally. If interested, other DNR-managed land, are difficult to o Region 2—Nick Sitarski talk to any committee member or call Steve manage and provide limited public recreation o Region 3—Mark Smokowicz, Doug Jolliffe at 734-944-5678. benefit. Several of the parcels are forested and Goerlitz Gifts to Tri-County have riverside or lake frontage and are better o Region 4—Phil Hemenway, Stuart Steve Reed announced at the November Board suited for private ownership. In particular, this Berry meeting that a donation to the club had been auction is highlighting six parcels amounting to received from Member Bob Schrock. more than 680 acres in Adams Township, Election Help Needed Arenac County. Bill Bond needs a couple of volunteers to help A donation was also received from Mike with this year’s election on election day Moehl’s family in memory of Mike. TCSL’s Information on the auction, including the (February 18). One person is needed at the club Mike Moehl Archery range was dedicated in minimum bid price, property descriptions, and from Noon to 5pm to oversee voting. Another October 2015. conditions of sale is available at person is needed at 8pm to help count ballots. www.michigan.gov/landforsale. Property Thanks to Bob Schrock and the Moehl family Contact Bill Bond [email protected] to for their generous support of TCSL. listings will not be available for bid until the volunteer, or call the club. auction start date (Jan. 12). At that time, instructions for submitting a bid and printable bid forms will be provided at Photo of the Month! www.michigan.gov/landforsale. Sealed bids must be postmarked by midnight Feb. 10 and will be opened Feb. 22. Additional properties remaining unsold from previous auctions also are listed for sale at the former minimum bid price. Click on DNR Surplus Land to BUY NOW! Printed property information may be requested from the DNR Real Estate Services Section, P.O. Box 30448, Lansing, MI 48909-7948. For general information about the sale of surplus, state-managed public land, contact Patricia Harlow at 517-284-5940. Most properties offered at auction were acquired through tax reversion; the proceeds provide future outdoor recreation opportunities in keeping with the of the Michigan The crew that braved the frigid (63°) December temps to install the plastic and Department of Natural Resources. doors on the Pistol House on Sunday the 13th. Thanks men! For more information, go to www.michigan.gov/dnr.

MUCC 2016 Youth Camp Contact Jerry Chie ([email protected] or 734-483-8435) for information on this year’s camp. TCSL funds the camp experience for first- time attendees.

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 Other News   Good and Welfare—Members Jerry Marken and York Township Meetings Jerry Schmidt are dealing with health issues. Planning Commission, January 11; Board of Trustees, January 12; Zoning Board of Former member, Bob Grant, passed away. Appeals, no meeting. The meetings all start at 7:30pm at the York Township Hall, Member John Stanowski is rehabbing from knee 11560 Stony Creek Rd., Milan. Members attending can receive work hours credit. surgery. Past President Pete Urbaniak passed away. Dick Moehl, father of past member Mike Moeh,l died December 28. Call the club to notify us of illness, loss, or good news; or email [email protected] or [email protected]. Send updates on members, family, and friends currently serving in the military to [email protected]; and photos for the website to [email protected].  Huron Valley Friends of NRA Dinner at TCSL—Friday, April 15, 2016 at 5:30pm. Tickets $40 each. Available online now at this link.  Euchre—Euchre is played at TCSL every second and fourth Tuesday of each month throughout the year. Dinner is at 5:15pm and we start playing at around 6:15pm. Price of the dinner is $5 and Euchre is $2 per person for high games, and lone hands. Come join us.  Club Breakfasts—Next breakfast is January 3. Open to the public. Cost: $7 adults, $3.50 children 45 Metty Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48103 12 and under (kids under five free).  TCSL Monthly Gun Raffle—Be sure to buy your tickets for the TCSL monthly gun raffle. Cost of a ticket is $20 with 100 tickets being sold for each drawing. Member Doug Goerlitz won a Youth Package in December’s drawing. Watch the newsletter for announcements of items being raffled and results, or check at the bar. Paid Advertisement January 2016 TCSL Event Calendar 31 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday 1 Friday 2 Saturday

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9561 New Year’s Day 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

Breakfast CPL/CCW 8-11am 8am-5pm Pistol House Closed Noon-4pm Trap Noon-Done 10 11 12 13 14 15 16

Education Committee Military Shoot Meeting 6:30-8pm 9am~1pm

Trap Noon-Done Euchre 5-9pm 17 18 19 20 21 22 23

Safety Committee Board and Member Steak Fry New Member 6:30pm Meetings 6:30pm 5-7pm Orientation 9am-Noon

Trap Noon-Done MLK Jr.’s Birthday 24 25 26 27 28 29 30

NRA Basic Pistol 8am-5pm Pistol House Closed Noon-3pm Trap Noon-Done Euchre 5-9pm

February 2016 TCSL Event Calendar Sunday 1 Monday 2 Tuesday 3 Wednesday 4 Thursday 5 Friday 6 Saturday

CPL/CCW 8am-5pm Pistol House Closed Noon-3pm

7 8 9 10 11 12 13

Superbowl Party and Education Committee Volunteer Recognition Friends of NRA Meeting 6:30-8pm Event 4-11pm Auction 5:30pm

Trap Noon-Done Euchre 5-9pm 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 CPL/CCW Military Shoot 8am-5pm Safety Committee Board and Member 9am~1pm Pistol House Closed 6:30pm Meetings 6:30pm New Member Noon-3pm Club Election Orientation 9am-Noon Trap Noon-Done Valentine’s Day Presidents’ Day 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 NRA Instructor Pistol MUCC District 4 Basic Instructor 8am-6pm Meeting at TCSL Training 10am-4pm Day 1 NRA Instructor 8am-3pm Shotgun 9am-5pm Pistol House Closed Trap Noon-Done Euchre 5-9pm Noon-3pm 28 NRA Instructor 29 PPIH 8am-6pm Day 2 NRA Instructor Do you have news that should be in the club newsletter? Would you like to advertise in Shotgun 9am-3pm Pistol House Closed the newsletter? If so, contact Editor John Kidle at [email protected]. Noon-3pm Trap Noon-Done

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