SPPL NEWS!!!

Last Updated: 21 January 2007

Annual Meeting & Membership Renewals

NOTE DATE CHANGE FOR ANNUAL MEETING!!!!

SPPL ANNUAL MEETING October 13, 12:00 noon, at Conley's Restaurant, upstairs, next to the Spokane Valley location of the White Elephant. The meeting will start with lunch at noon and we should be done with all club business by 2PM. The annual voting is for election of officers and to steer the clubs direction in 2008.

Please contact me as to any items to add to our once a year business meeting. This will be open to change by-laws, add new officers, and help give the club the members direction for 2007.

SPPL yearly memberships run from October 1 to September 30 please send dues in before this meeting as By-Laws require that ONLY members have a vote. You may pay at the meeting prior to the start.

17 September 2007

Inland Empire 3-Gun

The SPPL Inland Empire 3 Gun Championship is just around the corner Sept 29th and 30th. You may have already sent your entry but if you have not the match is filling up fast. Any question about rules we are following the Tri-Gun Challenge rules that are at www.trigunchallenge.com. Heavy Metal is no optics on any gun, pump shotgun, .308+ rifle with 20 rnd mags and .45 acp with 8 rnd mags. Two hits anywhere or a single ‘A’ hit will neutralize the targets.

You will need to bring the following ammunition: 150 rnds shotgun, 10 slugs, 150 rifle, and 150 pistol. Weather will be cooler than July so bring appropriate clothing. Rifles should be sighted in with shots from close up to 300 yds. We will have multiple shooting positions on the long distance stage but nothing as difficult as last year.

We will have 9 stages with a new format, ALL stages are multi-gun with a USPSA pistol only classifier as stage 9. The 3 Gun will score time plus but the classifier will score as its own match. We think that this will work best yet be scored as separate matches with no awards going for the classifier.

We will have plaques for the following winners and following divisions: 1-2-3 Overall as well as 1-2-3 in Open, Tactical, Iron, and Heavy Metal. We will also award 1-2-3-Super Senior, 1-2-3 Senior, Top Lady, and Top Junior.

Our prize table support is phenomenal with a complete DPMS AR-15, several uppers, several scopes, gun cases, gun powders, bullets, knives, and over $1000 in loaded ammunitions. ALL prizes are given away by random raffle and all plaques are awarded by overall match placement.

If you have not entered there is still time, download your application. We will start the match at our normal time to allow the out of town shooters time to get here.

See you soon as 3 Guns are three times the FUN!!!

17 September 2007

Upcoming August Events!

AUGUST 13th SPEED STEEL
Eric Wesselman will be hosting a Speed Steel event the SECOND SUNDAY of each month at FRGC. He is using my EBMMM steel and this is great practice on draw to first shot and target to target acquisition. While this is not an SPPL event we encourage everyone to try this out as it is excellent practice and is easy to set up.

AUGUST 26th SPPL Match
The last Saturday of August will be our next SPPL IPSC match. If you have any stage designs for the two Natural Terrain Bays please submit them early.

July Match Results Available

The July IPSC match at Fernan Match results are available.

03 August 2006

SPPL to Host NROI Level I (RO) Course

SPPL will host a National Range Officers Institute (NROI) Level I (Range Officer) course October 28-29 in Spokane. Location will probably be Sharp Shooting but we are still finalizing that detail.

The Level I course is recommend for all IPSC/USPSA competitors. Knowing the rules WILL make you a better competitor regardless of whether you actually ever act as an RO or not. If you have been certified in the past and/or were certified under a previous rule book this course makes a great refresher.

The course consists of a full day of classroom work on Saturday, a bit of homework on Saturday night, a couple more hours of classroom work Sunday morning and a Live Fire exercise where each student acts as an RO running other students who are shooting the special course of fire.

Cost for the class will be $40.00 payable by check or money order to SPPL. We prefer to not hassle with cash if at all possible. Fill out the registration form and mail it to:

Kevin Imel - L2544
ATTN: RO Class
PO Box 217
Palouse, WA 99161-0217

You can also turn in your application and check to Kevin or Bill at the SPPL matches held at FRGC.

You *MUST* be a member in good standing of USPSA to attend this class. You can join USPSA at the class but it is easier on all concerned if you join before hand. You do not need to be a member of SPPL to take the course.

Checks will be deposited in the SPPL bank account. In the event that this class is cancelled a full refund will be issued. Cancellations will be given a full refund until October 10. There will be no refunds after October 10.

Students must supply a copy of the 2004 (Green) Rule Book. These can be ordered from the USPSA website if you have lost the copy USPSA mailed you last year. There will be a very limited supply available at the class.

More info will be posted as we get closer to the class.

04 July 2006

War Wagon 3-Gun Challenge Results

The WW3G match at Fernan Match results are available.

30 June 2006

Eddy Brown Memorial Metal Match Results

The EBMMM Match results are available.

06June 2006

April Match Results Available

The April IPSC match at Fernan Match results are available.

30 April 2006

War Wagon Challenge is Full

The War Wagon Challenge is Full. Stay tuned for match results!

26 April 2006

March Match Results Available

The March IPSC match at Fernan Match results are available. Sorry for the delay in posting.

10 April 2006

New Fun Match: The War Wagon 3-Gun Challenge!

INVITATION
Here is your invitation to the 2006 War Wagon 3 gun Challenge Fun Match at Fernan Rod & Gun Club June 24th. Due to time, we are limiting our inaugural match to 15 Teams on a first sign up basis. The cost is $20 for
SPPL members and $25 for all others. We will have everything set up and tested on Friday so we can start shooting at 9:00 AM. A schedule will be posted to the morning shooters and afternoon shooters. Those from out of town will be given afternoon slots unless you request AM.

FORMAT AND VENUE
If you have never shot the "Checker Challenge" in Libby, MT you have missed a really fun team match. Our format will be very similar except that this will be a 3 Gun event. First, you pick a partner / driver and
drive an old Checker Cab through the range and shoot from the vehicle from the passenger side with an RO in the back (and cameraman too) You shoot on 6-7 different bays made into various course of fire with steel and paper targets but combined as a single stage. Next is your drivers turn and shoots with you driving for him, combining points and time making this a Team Event.

VEHICLE AND COF
The War Wagon 3 Gun Challenge, you will be shooting 3 Guns from the passenger side of a van with a large sliding door with a seat transfixed so that you can be safely strapped in. We will start an the big gate on
the FRGC range and shoot Bay 1-2-3 with shotgun on steel, Bay 4 with slugs at paper targets, Bay 5 & 6 with pistol, then finish with rifle between the opening at the covered pistol line at 50+ yds ending the course on the
rifle line shooting self setting steel at 100-200+ yds.

We will have a suggested round count per gun as we get closer to the date. There will be a riding RO in the back of the van for both advice as well as safety. We will keep everyone, including spectators, on the north side
of the road to watch, set steel, and tape targets between each shooters.

I know this sounds like borderline insanity but I think we could really have some 3 Gun fun in a safe setting. What the heck, we are in Northern Idaho!!! We will award some type of Go-Cart plaques or trophies to the Top
5 Teams.

APPLICATION
Match Application. You must use the official application form to enter.

16 February 2006, Updated: 19 March 2006

February Snowshoe Steel Challenge Match Results Available

Well, no snow this year but the Match results are available.

12 February 2006

January Match Results Available

The January Indoor Match results are available.

04 February 2006

Farragut Range Under Attack: Could FRGC Be Next?

FROM NRA:

IDAHO SHOOTING RANGE UNDER ATTACK

Local anti-gunners have filed suit against the Idaho Department of Fish
and Game (IDFG) to stop the agency from making improvements to a public
shooting range. The opponents have asked for a permanent injunction
not only to prevent IDFG from making improvements to the range, but to
prevent the agency from using the property as a shooting range.

The Farragut Shooting Range was built in 1942 for the Farragut Naval
Training Center in support of the war effort. The base was
decommissioned after the war and came into IDFG ownership in 1950, and
has been in continuous use as a public range since that time. The range
has hosted state championship competitions, international handgun
metallic silhouette competitions, cowboy action events, hunter
education classes, hunter sight-in days, youth and ladies shooting
clinics, and individual shooters.

The agency's plan is to make long-needed improvements, but not to
expand the range as the opponents claim. The opponents contend that
there is no local support for the range.

IDFG NEEDS YOUR HELP, especially from state residents, and those living
in the Spokane, Wash.- area. Letters of support should be addressed to
David Leptich, Regional Wildlife Habitat Biologist, 2750 Kathleen
Avenue, Coeur d'Alene, Idaho 83815. Mr. Leptich's e-mail address is:
dleptich@idfg.idaho.gov.

IDFG needs to hear from both individual shooters and organized shooters
who can have one of their officers write a letter, reference the size
of their membership, and voice support for the project.

28 January 2006

2006 Match Book Available

The 2006 Match Book is now available! We will NOT be printing a book but are instead posting it only here on the web. Please note that this is ONLY for the outdoor matches at FRGC. This also does not include stages for the September Inland Empire 3-Gun match.

14 January 2005

STOLEN FIREARM ALERT

Gentlemen,
I am hoping you all can put the word out on the following firearms theft from the Spokane Valley.

Early this morning SPPL club VP Tom Woods (TY38608) house was burglarized while he was asleep with his wife and 2 grandchildren in theSpokane Valley.

The following 3 fireams were taken, 2 open guns are easily identifiable at a glance:

1.) Craig Caspian .38 Super, blued with a gray C-More, skate tape grips, 5 port comp. Serial # Fantom 002

2.) Armalite M15A4 20" .223 flat top, green furniture with a Leupold 3X9 and a black railway C-More mounted on the handguard at the 11:00 position for a left handed person. Serial #VS49540

3.) Para-Ordnance P-14 .45 acp, stainless steel finish, iron sights, Serial # QH4554

If anyone sees these guns please contact Tom Woods at twoods@windwireless.net ASAP. These firearms have been reported stolen to the Spokane County Sheriffs office and a report has been filed.

06 January 2006

December Match Results Available

The December Indoor Match results are available.

06 January 2005

CONGRATS Grandpa Bill!!!...TWICE in 9 days!

SPPL Congratulates Bill on becoming a Grandpa!!!!!

First to arrive was Kaelynn Christine was born at 5:47AM on 12/23 and weighed in at 8 lbs 4oz and 20" long to Bill's daughter Billie Jo.

And then just 9 days later....Bill's Son (and GM shooter) Adam and his wife Krissy had a healthy baby girl, Peyton Hope Sahlberg. She was born on January 1, 06 at 8:30PM and weighed 7 lbs 5 oz.

Rumor has it Grandpa already is building his grandaughters a open guns.

January Match is a Classifier Special

The January 28 match at Sharp Shooting in Spokane WA will be Special 4 Stage Classifier Match. Match fees to USPSA are higher for Specials so match fees will be $25 for non-SPPL members and $20 for SPPL members.

09 December 2005

November Match Results Available

The November Indoor Match results are available. Please Note: The
match had 5 stages but 3 people left early so their scores were added
as DNF and their scores for the match are lower since stage 5 was entered
as a zero.

01 December 2005

October Match Results Available

The October Indoor Match results are available.

04 November 2005

Sharp Shooting Match Times

LAST SATURDAY OF THE MONTH
Friday night set up 7:00 - 8:30 PM
Saturday set up 7:00 AM
Registration 7:00 - 7:40 AM
Shooters Meeting at 7:45 AM
Shooting starts at 8:00 AM

There will be 3-4 stages with a USPSA classifier and to bring @ 100 rnds

BTW, the match fee schedule stayed the same for 2006 and for indoor
matches too. $15 for members and $20 for non SPPL members.

Robin has offered a special rate to SPPLmembers of $180 instead of her regular $240 yearly membership fee.

19 October 2005

Annual Meeting Minutes

The minutes from the annual meeting have been posted.

15 October 2005

Ephrata Precision Rifle Match

Saturday November 5th, 10:00am start for an all accuracy rifle match held in central Washington state. Any gun, any caliber for the paper target part of the match. For the steel stages only loads that will not damage the steel targets.
Distances are from 50 to 450 yards. All distant targets are R&R reactive and we have a new Mike Gibson MFG. Sniper target. This has two doors that open when hit and you can shoot closed. So no taping or walking downrange. Overall trophies will be awarded.
Contact Carl Carbon for info at; carbon501@qosi.net or 509-750-4041

11 September 2005

Shooters Supply Special Offer for SPPL Members

DPMS ar-15 flat top 16" or 20" free floated fixed or collapsable stock $725 THIS INCLUDES A TRIGGER JOB!!!
Peltor electronic hearing protection $100
62 gr .223 $200 per thousand
IOR Valdada straight 4 power with CQB retical 30mm tube $350
Leupold 1.25-4 with duplex or post reticle 30mm tube $350

Call Shooters Supply 208-765-4689 and talk with Marty or Dan; please mention you are an SPPL member!

03 September 2005

Silent Pistol - Allen Wheeler

We are saddened to report the passing of Allen Wheeler on 25 May after a short battle with cancer. Allen frequently made the trip across the Canadian border to shoot our monthly matches and was a regular at the annual Eddy Brown Memorial Metal Matches. Allen will be greatly missed by all who knew him. Allen, may your Open gun never jam again!

13 June 2005

WWW.SPPL.US Debuts New Look

Thanks to the graphic artist talent of fellow shooter Charlene at RedheaDesign (you may know her as SigLady at the BrianEnos.com forums) we have a new website banner, a rejuvenated logo, and a new color scheme for the website! Thanks Charlene for all the great work and awesome ideas!

There is still a bit of tweaking to get all the colors working right in the text areas of the site; that will be taking place over the next couple of days.

17 May 2005

June Match is the Eddy Brown Memorial Metal Match

The June Match will be held June 18 and 19 and will be our Annual Eddy Brown Memorial Metal Match. Put on your pink to honor Eddy's memory and come enjoy two full days of drag racing with a handgun on steel. We had to change the June match dates to avoid the USPSA Area 1 match as well as to get off the same weekend as the Coeur D'Alene Triathalon and Spokane's Hoopfest.

Saturday will feature seven challenging stages and the random draw prize table. Lunch is included in the match fee if you pre-register. Bill Sahlberg is the Saturday Match Director and Master of Ceremonies.

Sunday will once again feature handgun and shotgun Man-on-Man shoot-offs. You haven't lived life as a pistol competitor until you have gone head to head in the Man-on-Man shoot-offs!!! This will be a minimum of Triple Elimination depending on participation. Classes for handgun will be Limited and Open. Shotgun will be Auto and Pump. Plaques will be awarded to the top finisher in each class. Mike Brown and Kevin Imel are the Match Directors for the Sunday Man-on-Man event. This is a new format that Mike has been working on for almost a year and testing at local matches. It works great!

A separate match entry form is required. Download it here.

15 May 2005

April IPSC at FRGC Results Posted

Sorry for the delay in posting the match results. The webmaster was out of town and unable to attend to posting them. These results are now available.

11 May 2005

CTS Practice Sessions and Matches Cancelled; FRGC work day scheduled.

We will not be having our regularly scheduled SPPL matches at CTS this month (this Saturday), nor in June or in July. Sorry about the late notice but I just found this out myself today.

GSSF & CTS have scheduled Glock matches the next 3 months on the second Saturday of these months. Our Wednesday night pratices will not start up again until Fall and cooler weather.

However, this Saturday (May 14th) we need help setting up the SPPL "shoot house" in Bay #5 at FRGC and we will have a free practice day to any who come out to help set this up.

10 May 2005

April CTS Match Cancelled / Safety Orientation Scheduled

The April CTS match is cancelled in lieu of our annual IPSC Safety Orientation and Fun Shoot day at FRGC on April 9th starting at 10:00 AM. Shooters that are new to IPSC style shooting should plan to attend this safety orientation. We will walk you through the fundamentals that are needed to enjoy our sport safely. We will also set up a fun stage or two for you to shoot to get your feet wet.

03 April 2005

March CTS Results Posted

The results for the March match at CTS are now posted.

13 March 2005

SPPL Combination Entry Form Now Available

That's right folks...a combination entry form! One form to download, print, fill out and mail. One check to write...TWO big matches! Warm up for Area 1 in Missoula with the Eddy Brown Memorial Metal Match in June and then come enjoy the heat of 3-Gun competion at the Inland Empire 3-Gun Championship at the end of July! Download the Combo Entry Form and get it in soon!

26 February 2005

Inland Empire 3-Gun Stages Are Online!

Hard to believe it but we are only 5 months away from the Inland Empire 3-Gun Championship! Match Director Shawn Carlock spent the fall months designing some great stages for this year's match and these are now posted online. Match information is also online now.

Entry form now available.

This year's match is 8 stages over 2 days. Match entry will be limited to 100 shooters so get those forms in early! The Ephrata 3-Gun fill in under a week so get busy and don't be left out!

23 February 2005

February CTS Match Results Posted

13 February 2005