Upcoming Event: HRA/LIFE Fun Shoot

Organization: Lessons In Firearms Education

2008 current month/day on schedule below    Sun 10 - 11am

LIFE instructor shoot LIFE instructors: bring teaching handguns and revolvers please rsvp at:  kaneohegs@aol.com

2008 current month/day on schedule below   Sun 12 - 4pm see chart below for equipment list * * * * *

LIFE Invitational Fun Shoot - HRA members only Also for LIFE grads: bring your handgun(s), 200 rounds, a hat, water, and eye and ear protection is mandatory! Please wear shoes. No tank tops; ejected brass can fly... Want to participate but not Hawaii Rifle Association member yet? Sign up for just $20 and join in the fun! please rsvp at:  kaneohegs@aol.com Recommend attendees arrive 11:45am, mandatory safety brief is at 12:00. Participants must be present for sign-in and safety brief to participate in the events!

Here is the opportunity you have been waiting for!

An afternoon for shooters on the LIFE range having fun learning and

applying techniques of defense using your handguns, rifles, and shotguns.

   

Planned Schedule for 2008 LIFE Fun Shoots (all dates are Sundays):

                                                      

January 27	Handgun Session #1, Rifle #1 / Light Use Techniques 150 rounds handgun, 60 rounds rifle, quality handheld light * * * * * Bring quality handheld defense lights such as Surefire 6P, G2, E2s. Drills covered will be instrumental in building technique for night use
February 24	Handgun Session #2, Rifle #2 / Light Use Techniques / Malfunctions 150 rounds handgun, 60 rounds rifle, quality handheld light * * * * *
March 23	Handgun Session #3, Shotgun proficiency level #1 and #2 150 rounds handgun, 25 rnds birdshot, 10 rds buckshot, 10 rds slug
April 27	Handgun Session #1, Rifle #1 / Light Use Techniques
May 25	Handgun Session #2, Rifle #2 / Light Use Techniques / Malfunctions
June 29	Annual HRA Shooting Sports Fair (fun shoot will not be held in June)
July 27	Handgun Session #3, Shotgun proficiency level #1 and #2
August 24	Handgun Session #1, Rifle #1
September 22/23	Annual DLNR Hunting Fishing Day: Sat 22 and Sun 23
September 28	Handgun Session #2, Rifle #2
October 26	Handgun Session #3, Shotgun proficiency level #1 and #2
November 23	'The Gauntlet' - Top Gun Proficiency Fun Shoot
December 14	LIFE Instructors and HRA Directors - Christmas Bowling Pin Shoot

   

   

   

   

 Some pictures from other HRA Fun Shoot events:

Participants did lots of handgun and shotgun shooting . . .

   

Also, the soaked phone book tests were performed using different firearms and ammnition . . .

Note: these tests are to show differences in bullet/projectile penetration with a very easy to prepare test medium (old phone books) and give an indication of what the projectile can or cannot do . . .

   

12 gauge slug sent the phone book flying off the table; revealing a small pass-thru hole upon landing.

Side view of same phone book shows more than average disruption of a soggy directory.

   

A .223 caliber 55 grain FMJ zipped right thru another soaked phone book, yet fragmented completely.

The view of the phone book's exit of the bullet; at first impressive but remember:

(1) the bullet totally fragmented, and (2) the wet media has memory so it looks worse than if it was dry.

   

Another Full Metal Jacket .223 showed keyhole effect upon exit. Further down this page there are more examples of bullet fragmentation, keyholing and deflection with other calibers as well.

   

This was a desired effect; a 45 grain .223 Hollow Point took the phone book down and all parts of the bullet remained in the phone book without exiting; dumping all its energy into the media.

   

A very challenging and learning experience was firing thru simulated hard obstructions and observing different "sight height relationship to bore" situations. Using the very common AR-15 with its associated high sight plane (2.5 inches) to bore axis reveal what is needed to send bullets successfully thru a narrow opening, like seen above. The left picture sent bullets into the 'obstruction'.

The right picture requires more careful sight alignment but sends bullets unhindered to strike target.

Firing on the side angle and from low perspectives are another training aspect; we will be conducting more of these in future fun shoot events; so bring out your carbines and rifles (limited up to 7.62x39).

 

From another HRA Fun Shoot . . .

A very wet AK, more in the Firearms Tests section! The highlight is when it goes into the pond!

http://www.kaneohegs.com/testing.htm

 

This is a sampling of what a Fun Match includes; don't miss the next HRA Fun Shoot!

Thirty Six in attendance, lots of handguns, rifles, and shotguns, more than 8000 rounds of ammo fired, four stages of informal competition, six prize winners, numerous ballistic examples and tests,

and just a whole lot of fun was had on that Sunday afternoon.

   

LIFE instructors brought out many of their firearms for others to try, helping others learn different guns.

After warm up and indoctrination to different handguns, the informal competition began at 1:30pm.

One of the competition stages was for the best 5 round group at 8 yards, two handed.

Sight picture and Trigger control truly makes the difference. It is much harder than one thinks.

Another stage required use of only the support hand to print the best 5 round group.

Using best technique is the only answer to staying in the running. You'll be amazed with the results.

Bowling pin (5 pins, 6 rounds) and wood cutting (team) events created even more excitement.

   

   

Dennis, Gordon, and Brian set up an array of ballistic test medium and cardboard witness sheets.

Instructors fired various calibers from rifles and handguns thru drywall and soaked phone books.

Phone books were soaked in water (for days) and then they were placed on the test table to be shot.

Witness sheets reveal the bullet deviation (fragmenting pieces or keyhole tumbling) that occured.

   

Although the exits look impressive, remember that is not necessarily occuring visibly in a real situation.

More wood cutting, this time with 12 gauge slugs fired from AK-type semiauto shotguns.

   

 The last hour of shooting continued hands-on live-fire practice as well as trying out more firearms.

   

There always is the blasting of water filled containers, and rifles and shotguns provide the best effect.

   

Sighting in with a newly set-up AR-15. This is a great time of equipment tests and camaraderie.

One of the abuse test AKs; hundreds of rounds fired in short order make for a smoking gun; and the smoke is coming from the laminated handguards - there was a wonderful smell of burning plywood, and the barrel steel was getting discolored. It took a while to for the metal to cool down.

 

 

Think about it . . .

There is something seriously wrong with firearms confiscation of law-biding citizens:

How can Americans live free under this kind of treatment in times of need -

when there is the undeniable need for the inherent right of self-defense?

     

NEW ORLEANS, Sept. 8 - Waters were receding across this flood-beaten city today as police officers began confiscating weapons, including legally registered firearms, from civilians in preparation for a mass forced evacuation of the residents still living here.

No civilians in New Orleans will be allowed to carry pistols, shotguns or other firearms, said P. Edwin Compass III, the superintendent of police. "Only law enforcement are allowed to have weapons," he said.

But that order apparently does not apply to hundreds of security guards hired by businesses and some wealthy individuals to protect property. The guards, employees of private security companies like Blackwater, openly carry M-16's and other assault rifles. Mr. Compass said that he was aware of the private guards, but that the police had no plans to make them give up their weapons.

Nearly two weeks after the floods began, New Orleans has turned into an armed camp, patrolled by thousands of local, state, and federal law enforcement officers, as well as National Guard troops and active-duty soldiers.

 

The following is great news from NRA's website.

This is a testament to why all firearm owners need to be members of the local Hawaii Rifle Association and NRA.

Major Victory For Firearms Owners And Freedom In Louisiana
Friday, September 23, 2005

(Fairfax, VA) -- The United States District Court for the Eastern District in Louisiana today sided with the National Rifle Association (NRA) and issued a restraining order to bar further gun confiscations from peaceable and law-abiding victims of Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans.

“This is a significant victory for freedom and for the victims of Hurricane Katrina.  The court’s ruling is instant relief for the victims who now have an effective means of defending themselves from the robbers and rapists that seek to further exploit the remnants of their shattered lives,” said NRA Executive Vice President Wayne LaPierre.

Joining LaPierre in hailing the U.S. District Court decision was NRA chief lobbyist Chris W. Cox. “This is an important victory.  But the battle is not over.  The NRA will remedy state emergency statutes in all 50 states, if needed, to ensure that this injustice does not happen again."

The controversy erupted when The New York Times reported, the New Orleans superintendent of police directed that no civilians in New Orleans will be allowed to have guns and that “only law enforcement are allowed to have weapons.”  ABC News quoted New Orleans’ deputy police chief, saying, “No one will be able to be armed. We are going to take all the weapons.”

The NRA also pledged that it will continue its work to ensure that every single firearm arbitrarily and unlawfully seized under this directive is returned to the rightful law-abiding owner.   

--nra--

 Established in 1871, the National Rifle Association is America’s oldest civil rights and sportsmen's group.  Four million members strong, NRA continues its mission to uphold Second Amendment rights and to advocate enforcement of existing laws against violent offenders to reduce crime.  The Association remains the nation's leader in firearm education and training for law-abiding gun owners, law enforcement and the armed services.

There are more than 80 million firearms owners in the United States. There needs to be a much higher membership nationwide than a mere 4 million for NRA.  There are more than 400,000 firearms owners in the state of Hawaii.

If you proudly own firearms in this state, be a member of the local chapter of NRA; the Hawaii Rifle Association.

It's only $20 a year for HRA membership and $35 a year for the NRA. If you are not a member yet, become one!