THE PHARR RIFLE & PISTOL CLUB, Inc.

A.K.A. THE PHARR GUN CLUB

P. O. Box 3551

McAllen, Texas 78502

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pharrgunclub@gmail.com

Cowboy Action Shooting Match
Sunday Mar. 14, 2010
10:00 AM

Okay, pardner...time to mosey on down to the ol' corral!
Time to dress up as a TV or movie cowboy (or cowgirl)

and just have fun with those shootin' irons.
We shoot at paper and steel targets.
We use firearms designed before 1900.
Yep, that's right. Real, old-fashioned Cowboy guns!

Modern remakes are okay to use.

Each shooter uses two handguns, one shotgun

and a rifle or carbine chambered in a straight wall pistol cartridge.

We're in it just for the fun.

You will need about 50 rounds of ammo for the handguns and rifle

and one box of shells for the shotgun.
and don't forget eye and ear protection...
and maybe drinking water and sunscreen.

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Saturday Jan. 30, 2010

Range Work Day

It was a very nice and cool Saturday morning. And we got a lot of stuff accomplished at the range.

We needed to move debris. We still have a lot of debris left over from the range construciton.

We also needed to disperse a lot of grass seed. Good grass is needed to help hold the berms together.

Here's a look at some of the action:

Gun Club President, Charlie Hiller unloads a tractor as

Club member, Bob Best directs the back up.

Why a tractor?

For the grass seed, of course.

More pictures below.

Here's Bob Best disking the 100 yard range.

We made sure that the grass seed was mixed below as well as above the ground.

With warmer weather and with some rain the seed should sprout

and help to maintain the integrity of the soil.

Bermuda grass seed was also scattered on top of the berms and bullet stops.

Half way through the disking process on the 100 yard range.

You can see the difference between the hard packed soil

and the newly loosened disked dirt.

Here's what it looked like right after the entire

100 yard range was disked.

Bermuda and rye grass seed was scattered of the

back of a pick up truck on the 100 and 200 yard ranges.

Chains were installed on the 100 and 200 yard ranges

to prevent vehicles from driving down to the target holders.

Vehicle traffic would create ruts in the newly plowed ground

making a muddy mess should it rain.

Left over construction materials were

moved away from the shooting area.

The old concrete shooting tables

were moved out of the way.

These were made about 20 years ago.

The old plywood tables and benches were removed

from the ranges prior to seeding.

Some of the old wooden shooting tables were

placed behind the storage buildings.

We no longer need these tables.

Feel free to take these away from the range for your own use.

RENEWAL INFORMATION!!

* Our business and membership years go from October to September.

* Every year we change the lock on the gate on the date of the Oct. meeting.

* This year the gate lock was changed on October 6th.

* We will also have a monthly Club meeting that night. At 7:30PM at the Pharr Kiwanis Club building at the corner of Bluebonnet and W. Park. At this meeting we will offer the yearly required short safety course in addition to the new member orientation.

* If you have paid your renewal fee for next year and have taken the yearly required short safety course, then your new card and key SHOULD have arrived with the Autumn newsletter sometime close to Oct. 1st.

* Those who had not paid their renewal fee by the newsletter mailing date received a membership renewal form with their newsletter.

* If you would like to download a membership renewal form, click this line.

* We will offer the yearly short safety course at the following times:

Every 1st Sunday at the range at 1:00PM.

Every 3rd Sunday at the range at 1:00PM.

Every 1st Tuesday at the Club monthly meeting at 7:30PM at the Pharr Kiwanis Club at the corner of W. Park and Bluebonnet in Pharr.

* Our membership fee for the 2009 - 2010 Club year has been set at $84. Yes, this is double what it has been for the past several years. We are in the middle of rebuilding the range. We need the money. The new fee structure was adopted by the membership at a Club meeting.

* If you haven't been able to drop by the range over the summer, click on this line to see photos of the construction process.

About the Pharr Rifle and Pistol Club, Inc.

The Pharr Rifle & Pistol Club is also known as the Pharr Gun Club. We come from all walks of life and both sexes. We have organized for the purpose of enjoying and fostering the shooting sports. Putting SAFETY FIRST, we get together to enjoy the sport of competition as well. There has yet to be a case when a new shooter hasn't also become a new friend. We prefer not to be political and are definitely not militant. Our sport is spectator oriented so we can be in the public eye. For this reason please be advised that we will need your help in keeping language, dress, and demeanor respectable when at the range or at a match. The Pharr Gun Club range remains a family setting.
Club business meetings are on the first Tuesday of every month. The meetings are held at 7:30 pm at the Kiwanis Meeting Hall at the corner of Bluebonnet and Park in Pharr (location map).

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