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Club News We are sad to report that a distinguished member passed away. A service for former Arizona Arms Association President Bill Wrons was held Monday May 9, 2005 at the National Cemetery, Phoenix, AZ. ? Our next gun and knife show will be held June 18-19 at the Coconino County Fairgrounds. We invite you to come up and join us in the cool pines. ? Our next general membership meeting will be held October 8-9 Pima Co. Fairgrounds, Tucson. Advertise! We recently announced our new advertising agenda. Here are some of the details again:
Business card size ads as well as classified ads will now be accepted. Of course members will receive a discount. The cost for three (3) insertions* will be as follows.
Business card size ads (2 x 3.5 inches): Members - $25.00 Non-members - $35.00
Classified ads (Maximum 15 words): Members - $10.00 Non-members - $15.00
We can accept ad ready copy’s or scanned business card by email. Contact the secretary for more information. For classifieds, email is preferred but phone ads are acceptable too.
* Printed in one mailed newsletter and 2 online newsletters.
-Cindy E-mail: HaleWest@aol.com
µ Governor of Arizona, Janet Napolitano shot down SB 1363, despite the fact that the House Judiciary Committee voted 6-3 in favor of HB 1363. This bill would have made Arizona one of over 30 states that currently allow law-abiding citizens to carry their self-defense firearms in restaurants and other establishments that sell alcohol. In addition to providing for self-defense, SB 1363 would have helped to ensure that firearms are not stolen from vehicles parked outside of these establishments by allowing citizens to maintain custody of their firearms while dining.
Sure you can trust the government! Just ask an Indian!
...and
You can put your boots in the oven, but that don't make 'em biscuits
Tucson Rod &
Gun Club to open new shooting range! Dear Fellow Gun
Owner, Jason Osborne of the NRA
Institute of Legislative Action represented NRA at this meeting and
Dave Hardy and Don Saba represented Tucson Rod & Gun
Club. This range will be
located within easy driving time, about 20 to 25 minutes from the
east side of Tucson or about 35 minutes from
central Tucson. The range will
offer yearly family rates as well as single day rates. The range
will be located at an elevation of 4300 ft, which will make the
range slightly cooler in the summer than in the city. I am asking you to join us in this unique opportunity for gun owners to secure a bright future for the shooting sports in Tucson for many years to come. If you can make a special commitment to this shooting range project, then we will be well on our way to having the shooting range that we have waited so long for. I am asking for your commitment to help make this new range a success by making special gift of $50 or whatever you can send. Then, please tell your friends and neighbors who are gun owners about this new range project and urge then to join you in contributing to this effort. And then, tell your gun owner friends who own businesses that we are looking for donations of goods and services, particularly we are looking for donations of construction services such as: · Surveying services · Earthmoving services · Concrete, masonry, plumbing, electrical, carpentry services · Shooting range ramada construction services (steel carports) · Construction volunteer laborers We are also asking for donations of: · Printing of envelopes and flyers to be used in the fund raising drive · Web page design for the fund raising drive · Food catering services for fund raising events · Any items that can be used for fund raising drawings, including firearms and sporting equipment. If you know of any
shooter owned businesses that may be able to donate such goods or
services please let them know that we are asking for their help to
construct this new shooting range for all shooters. It is our goal to provide Tucson with a low cost, readily accessible, full service shooting range. Please join us in this historic event. Sincerely, Dave Hardy Don Saba President Member, NRA Board of Directors Tucson Rod & Gun Club P.S. If I can count on you to make a special contribution to the TR&GC range construction fund of $50 or more today, we will be well on our way to raising the funds we need to finally open the shooting range that Tucson has waited so long for. Please let me hear from you today, and please be as generous as you can in support of our shooting range construction fund. You may use the contribution form below to send your contribution. Thank you again.
Send contributions to: Tucson Rod & Gun Club, PO Box 12921, Tucson, AZ 85732 - Include your name, address, phone number and email address. |
SHOW DIRECTOR NEEDED Are you a member in good standing and interested in becoming a show director for our Wickenburg show? We are looking for someone who lives nearby or in the far northwest valley, such as Sun City or Surprise. If so, contact one of the AAA officers immediately for information. Now is the time to call for table reservations for our Wickenburg show! This should be a really fun show in the old western Town of Wickenburg at the community center. The facility will allow approximately 100 6 ft. tables. It is air-conditioned and has parking for approximately 300. Tim: (480) 963-5004.
The Arizona Arms Association will hold their Collector Antique Arms Show at Mesa Centennial Hall November 12-13, 2005. Table reservations will be taken this summer for that big event. Bill Rudich will be director for that show. Contact him for information at 602 896-9218. Items allowed will include pre-1964 vintage and antique arms and armament including guns, knives, swords, cowboy western and Indian artifacts, militaria, vintage ammunition, powder horns, sporting guns, vintage scopes and accoutrements. This will be a BIG event!
History of the LeMat Revolver In the 1850s, the new rapid fire revolver pistol gained increasing attention from farsighted military officers. Not enough attention, as neither the revolver, nor Oliver Winchester's repeating Henry rifle were used much during the war. However, those few officers who saw the advantage of a repeating pistol had been busy negotiating deals in hopes of persuading the Army to adopt these as standard sidearms. One such negotation took place between Major P.T. Beauregard ,then of the US Army, and Jean Alexander Francois LeMat, a French gun designer, and, by coincidence (or maybe not), Major Beauregard's son in law. When war broke out, Beauregard became a general in the Confederate army, and sought to have the LeMat revolver produced in Europe and sent past the blockade. Unlike the Colt revolver, with it's cylinder lock on the outside of the cylinder, LeMat used a pin at the back of the cylinder to lock it in place. Not as rugged as Colt, but Colt held the patent on that design, and LeMat had to make do as best he could. To increase the utility of the revolver for military use, LeMat built a 9 shot cylinder - three extra shots. He chambered it for 40 caliber, giving it a bit more punch than the .36 bullet used by Colt, though this did make getting bullets a bit more difficult. And then there was the 10th shot, for which the LeMat revolver is most often remembered. LeMat put a second barrel under the normal 44 caliber barrel, and had the cylinder revolve around that barrel. The second barrel was a single shot .65 caliber 18 gauge shotgun. Short, very little range, but up close, it was a nasty weapon, effectively a sawed off shotgun hidden in the middle of the pistol. It was your backup, or desperation shot. The shogun barrel was fired by a primer that sat directly under the hammer. Flip a lever down on the end of the hammer, and the hammer will strike the shotgun primer instead of a cylinder primer. For this reason, this type of pistol in general is referred to as a grapeshot revolver. As the photos show, the LeMat is also remembered for it's unusual appearance. LeMat revolvers were built first in France, and then farmed out to gunmakers in England, due to quality problems with the French built models. BSA is reported to have been the primary contractor. About 2,500 were thought to have actually made it past the blockade and into the CSA army's hands. Today, an original LeMat revolver commands a high price: $20k - $40k. Many have lost their loading levers, due to one of the LeMat's shortcomings. If not properly secured, the loading lever can flip up from the recoil of the pistol. It's piston will be pushed into a cylinder, and the pistol will jam when the shooter cocks it for the next shot. Many a soldier must have wrenched the loading lever off in the heat of battle, when trying to clear this jam. An interesting pistol. Not the most accurate, nor the most rugged. Prone to hanging up if you're careless in rapid cocking. And the shotgun barrel is as much a novelty as an effective weapon. Photograph courtesy of the National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution
2005 ARIZONA GUN SHOWS Please be sure to confirm show with the designated show director before traveling!
May 14-15 Crossroads of the West Pima Co. Fairgrounds - Tucson Director: Bob Templeton - 801 544-9125
May 14-15 Roadrunner Convention Center - Glendale Show Director: Lori - 602 843-5303
June 18-19 Arizona Arms Assoc. Coconino Co. Fairgrounds - Flagstaff Show Director: Mark - 520 240-0445
July 9-10 Arizona Arms Assoc. Wickenburg Community Center Town of Wickenburg (Show director to be announced)
July 16-17 Arizona Arms Assoc. Rodeway Inn Grant Rd - Tucson Show Director: Walt - 520 298-0422
July 23-24 Crossroads of the West Ice House - State Fairgrounds - Phoenix Contact: - 801 544-9125
July 30-31 Roadrunner Phoenix Show Director: Lori - 602 843-5303
August 6-7 Firing Pin Enterprises Payson Contact: Dave Morse - 602 275-1623
August 20-21 Arizona Arms Assoc. Centennial Hall - Mesa Show Director: Mark - 520 240-0445
August 27-28 Firing Pin Enterprises Williams Contact: Dave Morse - 602 275-1623
September 3-4 Camp Verde Show Verde Valley Show Director: 928 567-0535
September 10-11 Crossroads of the West State Fairgrounds - Phoenix Director: Bob Templeton - 801 544-9125
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