New Zealand Handloaders Association Inc., Phone 359-8832 (Clubrooms) McLeans Road, Harewood, Christchurch, Postal Address:P O Box 5497, Papanui, Christchurch 8542

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NZ Handloaders Associaton Inc. monthly newsletter.

September 2012 Greetings too all. MISSING GEAR: The missing dies mentioned in the newsletter of Au-gust have not been returned and as such the club will be replacing some of them. The .22 Hornet, .222 Rem and .270 Win dies will be replaced however the 6mm PPC, .264 Magnum and 8X57 will not due to less de-mand for these calibres. RANGE SHED UPGRADE: Approval from the committee has been granted for the purchase of a 6X3 metre ‘portacom’ style out building to replace the current shed on the rifle range. The shed will be demolished to make way for the new building and shortage for the material presently housed on site will be arranged. The new range build-ing will be kitted out with a kitchenette to allow for preparation of hots drinks etc , plumbing, lighting, power sockets, and in time reloading facilities. The bench rests and associated rifle range equipment will also be housed in the new building. Construction is freezer panel style so is well insulated. It is antici-pated that a sliding door will be fitted for access and a

forward looking window for ease in observation of the range and shooting area. Seating will be added also to allow for comfort on those occasions when the weather is not playing along. The cost of the building is $11500.00 delivered and installed on site. RANGE OFFICERS: The committee is calling for any members who would like to become club range officers (RO’s). There is always a demand for volunteers to run the shotgun and rifle ranges on a Tuesday evening and for other club events. Anyone interested please contact Ivan or Reg. WORKING BEE SUNDAY OCTOBER 7th. All able hands appreciated. Always something to be done. Feel free to bring your line trimmer and other tools. A general spring tidy up will be the order of the day. Keep your powder dry. Jeff.

Range calendar and events. Shotgun (riverside skeet and down the line trap) and rifle ranges open to members and the general public every

Tuesday evening, 7:00-10:00pm

Rifle range closures: Antique Arms Canterbury Branch have full use of the shotgun and rifle ranges the Sunday immediately following the last Thursday of the month. Ranges closed to members 9:00-4:30pm Feb 26th April 1st April 29th June 3rd July 29th Sept 2nd Sept 30th Oct 28th Dec 2nd

NZHA Christmas shoot, Sunday, December 9th

Next committee meeting: October 8h, 7:00pm at the club rooms.

New Zealand Handloaders Association Inc., Phone 359-8832 (Clubrooms) McLeans Road, Harewood, Christchurch, Postal Address:P O Box 5497, Papanui, Christchurch 8542

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NZ Handloaders Associaton Inc. monthly newsletter.

CLUB ROOM ACCESS: For those that would like access to the clubrooms for the purpose of using the loading room the commit-tee is pleased to inform you that keys will be issued for such ac-cess on request. The conditions of access to the reloading room will be on 1) tenure with the club, 2) reloading experience or 3) completion of the reloading course. For reloading course details contact Jeff or Simon as per details below.

RANGE FEE REMINDER!! All non NZHA members are to pay a $15.00 range fee when using the range as a guest of a member. This applies to those 18 years and over. Children

are free. Money to go in the drop box.

******** BUYING OR SELLING. EMAIL JEFF TO

HAVE YOUR ADVERT IN THE NEWSLETTER.

Additional club posts/officers.

CONVENOR (Shotgun) Ivan Baird RANGE OFFICERS (Shotgun) Ivan Baird, Simon Glubb, Jeff Cox, Lee Cox, Danny Hofmeester CONVENOR (Rifle) Reg Kidd RANGE OFFICERS (Rifle) Reg Kidd, Graeme Barber, Darryl Bellchamber, Lake Sinclair, An-thony Danrell, Bill Terry, Paul Mander, Tony Ruffell, Chris Ros-siter, Wayne Genet, Jason Vaughan, Robbie Lane, Craig Ogier, LIBRARY Jeff Brown CO PATRONS Stan Kerr, Derek Taylor HONORARY LIFE MEMBERS Stan Kerr, Derek Taylor, Barry Ufton, Reg Kidd, Eric Moir, Bruce Adams, Anthony Danrell

Officers of the club 2012 - 2013 COMMITTEE EXECUTIVE President Tony Ruffell 021 343053, Email : tony@ruffell.co.nz Vice President Paul Marshall 021 2219994, Secretary/Newsletter compiler Jeff Brown 3421321Email: jeff.brown@clear.net.nz Treasurer Simon Glubb Email simonglubb@hotmail.com Immediate Past President Mark Boddy Email: tertle@clear.net.nz COMMITTEE: Jeff Cox 03 3122591, Lee Cox 03 3122591, Reg Kidd 9803872, Bruce Douglas Email: brucedouglasnz@yahoo.com, Ivan Baird 3296647 Danny Hofmeester 03 3122591, Lake Sinclair Email : puddles81@xtra.co.nz , Vic Saywell Email : davms@paradise.net.nz

***Regular Events*** Every Tuesday evening the Shotgun and Rifle Ranges are open to members and to the public. On the second Sunday of the month the Club holds a Shotgun Shoot in the morning commenc-

ing at 9.00am. Shotgun coaching with Ivan Baird. Black powder shoot on the third Sunday of the month, briefing 9:30am. Hosted by Jeff Brown. NZHA Committee Meetings are held on the second Monday of every month in the clubrooms

commencing at 7.00pm. All members are welcome to attend committee meetings. Speaking rights of non committee members are at the discretion of the president.

New Member(s) Brent Winks, Kevin Sheppard, Rob Sutherland, Vince Clark, Andrew Mattingly, Charles Cowie, Heath Davis, Keloin Tibble, Jacob Donsteegt. Prospective new member(s) Chris Manning, Andrew Garth, Sky Williams, James (Jim/JD) Henry, Aaron Clarke, Robert Boyd, Hayden Carlson NOTE: If anyone has any concerns about these prospective members please contact a committee member.

Second hand reloading gear at:

www.allaboutenfields.co.nz

New Zealand Handloaders Association Inc., Phone 359-8832 (Clubrooms) McLeans Road, Harewood, Christchurch, Postal Address:P O Box 5497, Papanui, Christchurch 8542

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NZ Handloaders Associaton Inc. monthly newsletter.

NZHA/Lincoln High junior shooters clean up the Canterbury Secondary Schools Shoot.

Pictured below are, from left to right, James Crafts, Josh Barlass and Mitch Thorn. All three are NZHA junior members and avid Clay target shooters. The boys took out the top gun individual trophy (James) and the top gun team trophy. I recognition of the success of these young shooters and in order to encourage their efforts further the committee has voted to sponsor the boys two slabs (500) rounds of 12 gauge shot ammunition. Well done to all three.

Club Hub is coming! ClubHub is an online registration, administration and membership management system. It allows members to register online and sub-scribe to alerts, notifications, renew their annual subscriptions, par-ticipate in forums and access to a ‘trade and exchange’ facility. The committee recognises that member engagement of the NZHA in recent times has been less than it would like. Maintaining manual email data bases is fraught with errors and mistakes. Mailing a newsletter is a large expense on an annual basis. Modern technol-ogy such as Club Hub will allow the NZHA to engage members for minimal cost ($6.00 per member per year - the equivalent of 50 cents per month or less than the price of a stamp) and enhance the power of instant communication. It is expected to have the NZHA Club Hub facility up and running by the time of the AGM.

Watch the club web site for the following logo and sign up.

THOSE BLOODY TYRES: The NZHPC has abandoned the stockpile of tyres on the sites formally used for pistol shooting. Disposal of tyres is a very costly process in this day and age and recently the president was charged $7.00 to dump ONE only tyre. The global demand for rubber chip and tyres is zero presently and the club is not in a position to pay to dispose of these especially since the tyres were not put on site by the NZHA to begin with. If any members know of a business or indi-vidual that would be interested in as many free light truck tyres as they can shake a stick at, please have them contact either Tony, Simon or Jeff. HUNTING ‘ACCIDENTS’: In the last seven days yet another hunter was shot dead by a member of his hunting party. Which part of IDENTIFY YOUR TARGET BEYOND ALL DOUDT do these people not understand? Too all of our field shooters—please, please, please do not make this mistake. There is no excuse. Rule 1: Treat every firearm as loaded Rule 2: Always point firearms in a safe direction Rule 3: Load a firearm only when ready to fire Rule 4: Identify your target beyond all doubt Rule 5: Check your firing zone Rule 6: Store firearms and ammunition safely Rule 7: Avoid alcohol and drugs when handling firearms