Garage/Barn Sale Tomorrow at 9 AM!

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Garage/Barn Sale Tomorrow at 9 AM! Sportsman’s dream sale this is an RRGC and TCMSA members only SALE!!!!!!

Zeitler’s Barn Sale, Members of the Richland Rod and Gun Club will be helping hold a Barn/Garage Sale starting at 9 AM Saturday, February 8th at 4109 Irving St. Pasco WA 99301. Acting on behalf of the Zeitler’s will be Howard Gardner and Larry Martin.

Items for sale are in the ammunition category including bullets, shell cases, primers, powder and reloading equipment (including presses and dies). Based on the fact that the items have been pre-owned, pricing on the items will be nominally 25-50% less than current value or best offer.

Accepted Payments are cash (rounded up to the nearest dollar) or check. All profits will be for the Zeitler’s.

A very embarrassed club member

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While finishing up at the range I choose to sight in the mini red sight on my newly milled pistol slide. I also have installed on this pistol a screw on compensator attached via the threaded barrel. I used the wooden bench to support my pistol as I about to sight it in. However when I installed my compensator I failed to ensure it was locked into place via the locking setscrew. As such, the compensator had rotated during transport to the range. I was using all proper personal protection equipment (eye and hearing protection), and was obeying the four basic firearm rules. After acquiring my target, I decided to break the shot. As noted above the compensator had rotated and the ports had rotated so that they were point down towards the wooden bench as opposed to up to mitigate muzzle rise. The blast blew the first layer of the wood on the bench, splinters blew everywhere, a few hit my safety glasses, and the round hit the target down range. After the shock of being hit in the face from wood, I noticed the damage I caused due to my negligence. I immediately notified TCMSA personnel via Facebook messenger who informed me to fill out an incident report found on the website. The take away from this incident is the following:

  • Obey all firearm safety rules (the consequences can be tragic and will be used to take away our rights);
  • Wear all personal protection equipment (I was the only one at the range and if I hadn’t been wearing safety glasses it would have been painful to drive myself to the emergency room with a splinters in my eye, can be equally tragic, and be used to take away our right);
  • When you make a modification to your firearm, double and triple check to make sure the modifications are properly secured, and in proper working order before using the firearm; and
  • When you do something stupid (accidental or intentional) own it, and notify the proper authorities so you can start the remedy process and make restitution.

 

Don’t be me,
Signed
A very embarrassed club member

Special Posting

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To all TCMSA members:

This is a onetime mailed reminder to all members reminding them to renew their annual membership to TCMSA no later than April 30,2020.

A proposal was made during the July 2019 membership meeting designating April 1, 2020 as the renewal date and combination change.   With the change, RENEWALS MUST BE RECEIVED OR POST MARKED NO LATER THAN APRIL 30, 2020.  You can renew by mail, sending payment to TCMSA, PO Box 4587, Pasco, WA  99302 or attend a monthly meeting.  Dues are $60 per year, $40 if you have completed a work party.

Starting in 2020, any renewal not received by April 30 will require the member to rejoin the Club as a new member and require them to attend the quarterly new member orientation before regaining access to the range.

TCMSA has three primary methods for passing pertinent information to the membership: the website tcmsa.org, the Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/tcmsa.org/ and our monthly eNewsletter.  If you have not recently registered your email using the link on the TCMSA web page, you need to do so.  The Club has updated the web page to a new server, so you need to make sure you are on the email list.

When renewing by mail, include the following information:

Name
Address
Phone number
Email
Membership Number

A copy of your NRA annual membership card or address label from your NRA magazine.

THE NEW GATE COMBINATION WILL BE SENT TO YOU BY EMAIL, SO IT IS IMPORTANT THE CLUB HAS IT .  IF YOU DO NOT HAVE EMAIL, MAKE NOTE OF IT WITH YOUR RENEWAL INFORMATION, SO IT CAN BE MAILED TO YOU.

 

 

Intentional Damage

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On December 19th, Gaylord Baker, Club President, once again noticed that someone is shooting at the screws holding the horizontal 2 x 4 used for match target frames.

This type of intentional damage to club property will not be condoned.

Per TCMSA By Laws Article XI – Suspension Expulsion, Section 2
Any member may be suspended or expelled from the club for any cause deemed sufficient by the Board.
Intentional damage like this would most likely be met with permanent expulsion from TCMSA.

Photo Galleries and Email Subscriptions

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Photo galleries are the only part missing on the rebuild of the website at this point.

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