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Welcome to the Director's Official OSC Web Site!

Next Meeting:   7 pm, February 21, 2012

[Upcoming Events    Key Personnel     External Links]

 

Welcome to the Director's OSC web site, hosted by the Web Space Outlet in State College, Pa.

Many thanks for the numerous fine comments I've received about this web site!

This page is always under construction!

                                                                                                                      © Copyright Eric Hilbert 2000

Please note the following announcements and upcoming events:

Security Reminders:

Lock your unattended vehicle while at the club!

And keep the clubhouse door LOCKED if you are alone in the clubhouse or using the indoor range.

 Si vis pacem, para bellum. 

 

Join, Renew, or Give a Gift 

No more massive Midway catalog stuffed in your mailbox!
You can download the entire 200 MB catalog or individual product chapters.

Congratulations to our new President, Jim Carras, our new President-Elect, Dave Kolesar.
All other current Officers and Directors were also re-elected.

Grice Gun Shop is celebrating their annual Shooters' Club Appreciation weekend on January 28 (9 am - 5 pm) and January 29 (Noon - 4 pm).  OSC has manned an information table at this event for many years, and this year will continue the tradition.  All volunteer positions are currently filled.  Contact Mark for more information (or watch the Grice TV ads).

Dues for the 2012 membership year must be paid by January 31 !

Range use statistics for 2011 are compiled.  It's been a nice busy year.

The new front gate and security access system is online.  You will be issued your new, permanent membership/access card when your 2012 membership renewal is processed.  (Cards are being processed and mailed right now.)  
Members who did not go through the gate orientation will be locked out on February 4.

PRIVATE, PERSONAL, INDIVIDUAL ORIENTATIONS require a $20 donation to the club general fund.

It is important that every member be familiar with the safety rules and the unique regulations at each of the ranges.

The Winter 900 Bullseye League will run on Saturday mornings for 13 weeks in the Warren F. Witzig Memorial Indoor Shooting Range from January 7 through March 31. One relay beginning at 9 AM, .22 or center fire.  $8 per relay.  All positions are reserved, but open positions are often available for walk-on shooters.  Contact Bob for additional information.  

Thursday evening Winter Indoor Bullseye in the Warren F. Witzig Memorial Indoor Shooting Range will begin on January 12 and continue through April 12.  60 rounds, slow, timed, and rapid fire.  Relays start at 5:30 pm, 6:15 pm, and 7:00 pm.  All positions are reserved, but open positions are frequently available for walk-on shooters.  The walk-on/refire fee is $5.00 per relay.  Contact Randy for additional information.  Check your shooting position.  Check your scores and season average.

The Tussey Mountain 4-H Youth Program resumes January 25. The program meets every Wednesday at 6 pm and continues through April 4.  Contact Dan for more information

On February 4 gate security will become fully operational.  Access to the club will require your permanent membership card.  Access via the current annual member (clubhouse) code will be retired; however, access to the clubhouse will continue to use the 4-digit code.  (The clubhouse code number will not change this year.)

The February Indoor Action/Defensive Pistol Match is scheduled for February 11, the SECOND Saturday of the month, not the traditional first Saturday.  Registration is 12:30-1:30 pm; first relay begins at 1:00 pm.  30 rounds from the holster; no hollow points!  $5 per relay.  Contact Randy for additional information.

Indoor Sporter Rifle (.22LR) continues every Monday through February 27.  Contact Ron or visit the Rifle Committee web site for additional information.

It's not too early to start thinking about the Spring Gun Show, April 21-22, at the Grange Fairgrounds.

The Range Development Committee is accepting your ideas for future projects and activities at OSC.  (Don't wait too long to do this because the ideas proposed already are very exciting!)  Contact Bob to submit your thoughts or for additional information.

If you've ever wondered how many members are using your favorite range at OSC, you can check out the range usage statistics for yourself.

Please check your range box/bag.   If you have a green empty chamber flag which says "Property of OSC", please return it or pay for it!

Membership in OSC is now full with 150 voting members.  Applicants for new membership will now be placed on a waiting list.  Your membership is valuable.  Be active and follow the rules!

Some members bring guests up to the club, mark the $5 guest fee paid box in the sign-in book, but put no money into the cash box.  To those making this a habit: 
Do not act surprised when your name comes up during the Executive Committee meeting!

All shooters will want to check the Range Reservations page when planning your visits to the ranges.  2012 events are starting to be listed.  It takes awhile, and it mostly involves waiting for everyone to share their plans.  Program chairmen: Please submit your 2012 event schedule ASAP.

The 2012 Schedule of Events is just getting set up.  It takes awhile, and it mostly involves waiting for everyone to share their plans.  The listing includes all pistol and select rifle, shotgun, and training events.  Program chairmen: Please submit your 2012 event schedule ASAP.

Contact Mark to arrange for a trap range orientation.  There is a $10 fee to obtain a trap access card, and targets can be purchased at the standard rate of $20 per 100.  Mark requests if you need to purchase additional targets to contact him in order to arrange to meet him with the card programmer unit.

To purchase targets for the trap range or for more information, contact Mark.

Find something wrong at the club?  Report a Problem to Building & Grounds.  
     (The Problem Report form now includes the Access Gate and the Trap Field.)

Inactive indoor range users and former members have an opportunity to return their access key fobs for a full refund of their range orientation fee.  Check the key fob buyback page or contact Eric for additional information.

The Outdoor Range User Fee for guests is $5 .
        (This is the fee which each of your guests must pay when they sign in at the kiosk.)
        OSC members have free and unlimited daytime access to the outdoor ranges.
The Indoor Range Hourly Rate is $17 for individual users (members with access fobs) and $22 for groups.
        Guests of indoor range users must pay for 1 hour of range time at the current hourly rate ($17 ).

Empty Chamber Indicators are available on the indoor range for use during weekly organized pistol and rifle events.  Please do not take the club's flags which are marked "Property of OSC".

Empty chamber flags are available for sale to OSC members on the indoor range during weekly events.  (They're in a plastic bag; $1 each.)   New shooters (and anyone else who needs a replacement or a few extra) are encouraged to acquire their own flags -- consider them as accessories essential for any organized event.  I recommend one for every firearm you use in competition; pack it with the firearm so, like your magazines, you always have it when you need one.  OSC members can order empty chamber flags here.  Two styles are available.

NOTICE: Due to frequent abuses, Empty Chamber Indicator order requests will no longer be accepted from non-members vie e-mail.  Members are welcome to copy the order form and request an order via mail or in person during a weekly indoor range event.

The scheduled dates of Range Reservations (and closings) has been updated through February.

Enrollment is available for the next NRA Basic Metallic Cartridge Reloading and the NRA Basic Shotgun Shell Reloading courses.  When enough students enroll and agree on a class meeting time, we'll run.   These courses are for beginners.  The metallic cartridge course will cost $60 ; the shot shell course will cost $45 .  ($10 discount if taking both courses.)  Prospective students should visit the course information page to learn more and to submit an enrollment form.  Students should also submit the registration survey.  Contact Eric if you have questions not addressed on the course information page.  Note that the course schedule is adapted to the needs of the students.  We are likely to meet for classroom sessions either 3 times in one week or 1 evening over three consecutive weeks.  Class sizes are limited.  When all spots are full, we start!







The Buckeye Firearms Association offers a free Gun Facts e-book.  Help debunk gun control myths and win any debate with this excellent 102-page reference.  Download the .PDF format document (807 kb) by clicking on the image.




Executive Committee Members:  A copy of the Accounts Receivable/Payable Worksheet is available here.  This form must be used with all financial transactions.  No more excuses for the perpetual shortage of paper forms at the clubhouse!  You can download the .PDF format document (41 kb) by right-clicking the link above.

Visit the Rifle Committee's web site for scores and the latest information on OSC rifle events: www.freewebs.com/oscrifle.

REMINDER:  All centerfire handgun shooters on the indoor range must use designated centerfire backers.  Since .22 ONLY backers are in place on a day-by-day basis, those desiring to shoot centerfire will need to swap their backer for a centerfire backer, then replace the .22 ONLY backer when they are finished.  Shooters wishing to fire both .22 and centerfire during one session can fire both on a centerfire backer.
This rule has been published in the June, July, and August 2010 issues of The Chariot and is posted at the entrance to the indoor range.  Consult The Chariot for the precise text to this rule.

All members are reminded that their guests MUST sign in (print their full name and sign) at the membership information center and sign-in kiosk before shooting and hunting.   
Each guest must pay the $5 guest fee.  
Follow the instructions on the sign-in form: print and sign names, one name per block, list ranges used, indicate fees paid.  Guests must be escorted at all times.  Failure to comply with this requirement is a serious infraction of your membership agreement and is subject to severe sanction.  (For your privacy and security, members need only sign in using their Member Number and first name, BUT GUESTS MUST USE THEIR COMPLETE NAME.)

To join the OSC you must apply in person.  The best way to join is to become active in an OSC shooting or training program.  You'll need membership sponsors anyhow, so show up, get acquainted, and get active.  Have your sponsor obtain the application for you, or come to a club meeting to apply in person.
Note that membership in the Outdoor Sportsman's Club is limited to 150 voting members.  
New applicants are currently being placed in a waiting list.

Visit the Pennsylvania Office of Attorney General Firearms Reciprocity Agreements web site for current information on carrying firearms into other states.

Note: In an effort to reduce clutter, announcements which are more than 3 decades old but may still be applicable have been move to a separate page.  Go to Old Announcements to read the old stuff.

OSC is a National Rifle Association affiliated club and a 100% NRA Member club.  Membership in the NRA is required for OSC membership.

Key Personnel:

External Links:

National Rifle Association
Second Amemdment Sisters

ARRL - The National Association for Amateur Radio
Heavens Above
Intellicast National Radar Map
Sky & Telescope Online

A Plea from the Director:  
Please, everyone, install anti-virus software, keep it updated (daily), and scan your systems frequently.

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Last Modified: Saturday, January 28, 2012 01:20 AM