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Text Box: (A feature designed to provide the �Novice� and �Old Hand� with helpful shooting and reloading information). Sorting Case? (Asked about .38 Special Cases, but good advise.) By C. E. Harris Questions: How picky should I be in sorting cases? Is it OK to mix R-P, Peters, W-W and Western headstamps? Nickel and Brass? Answers: It depends upon how picky you are about accuracy. For 25 yard revolver PPC Shooting it doesn�t matter. For Hunter Pistol Silhouette or Rifle it more important. When brass is match prepped and sorted by weight, headstamp doesn�t matter. My best double-end target wadcutter loads group about 2� for 12-shot groups at 50 yards off a Ransom Rest. My .357 Cowboy rifle loads do about 2 1/2� to 3� for 10 shots at 100 yards and 6� to 8� at 200 yards, fine for offhand shooting on my 12� gong. This is reality. With mis-mash, unprepped brass, the core group is OK, but you always get those occasional fliers which can double the group size. I don�t, wouldn�t, worry about headstamp, as much as trimming range pickup brass initially to establish uniform length for crimping, establish uniformity of the flash holes with a No. 2 long center drill and the primer pocket with a Whitetail carbide tool with fixed depth stop, then sorting into batches of +/- 1.0 grain by weight. This is a bit time consuming, but only needs to be done once. I have enough brass, that I also use only +P headstamped brass for heavy loads and standard (Non +P headstamp) brass for target loads, and have sub-sets within those for nickel and non-plated for Identification of specific loads i.e. to keep heavy bullets separate from light ones, or powder puff indoor gallery stuff separate from standard velocity loads.

Text Box: Per the Club�s By-Laws Junior�s can range in age from 8 to 21. Membership is $20.00 a year. A Range Fee of $1.00 per range session is currently collected. We meet on Monday nights, during the school year, from 5:00 to 8:00 p.m. at the Indoor Range. Current fund raisers include the following items: Ribbed T-Shirts $15.00 T-Shirts $14.00 (Up to XL) $16.00 (XXL) $17.00 (XXXL) Baseball Cap $ 8.50 Mugs $ 4.00 Patches $ 3.00 2004 NRA National Junior Air Gun Team Championship and Training Summit. Our trip to Pocatello, Idaho: This event started on Monday (7/5) and lasted through the next Sunday (7/11). One day was set aside for a trip through Yellowstone National Park, which all the travelers seemed to enjoy. Then it was down to business as the team attended training classes/clinics, taught by Nationally Ranked Shooters. They then shot in the National Championship Matches. By the end of the first day the team was in Fourth Place by one point, with the Third Place Team only one point ahead of us. By the end of the second day�s shooting the team had dropped to Eight Place. Each match had a maximum score of 600 points. By the end of the matches only eleven (11) points separated those from Fourteenth place to Thirtieth place! A young lady from Ohio State was high shooter with 1,188. Angela D(Edit) shot 579 & 579 for a 1,158 and 14th place. Wes M(Edit) shot 580 & 567 for a 1,147 and 30th place. Sarah B(Edit) shot 574 & 572 for a 1,146 and 31st place. Jessica S(Edit) shot 562 & 539 for a 1,101 and 85th place. The Junior Air Gun Team would like to thank the Club membership for the new Team Uniforms and for sponsoring us to this event. For additional information, contact Ron W(Edit) by telephone ( (916) (Edit)

Text Box: Junior Division By: Ron W(Edit)

The Self-Contained Cartridge.

By Terry N. C(Edit)

We�re all familiar with the .30-30.� So what does .30-30 stand for?� Yes, it is .30 caliber, or .3 of an inch in diameter.� But what does the other 30 stand for?� Well, it stands for a weight of 30 grain of black powder, which of course is not used in that cartridge today.� But, it once was!

In the late 1800�s it was actually known as the .30-30-150.� .30 caliber, 30 grains of black powder and a bullet weight of 150 grains.� Many of you will recall the noted .45-70.� Quite simply,

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