If you aren’t getting PSC emails, then you are in good company – many Members don’t get some or all Club emails. This has been a growing problem for several years and it is getting exponentially worse. Unfortunately, there’s nothing that we’ve been able to do to alleviate the problem for Members and even Board Members. That said, below are some suggestions that may help.
- Verify that your email address on PSCmembers.com is correct. If not, change it but this does not automatically change it in https://PSCshootingClub.com. That requires a manual upload that occurs about once a month.
- If possible, add this to your email “white list:” *@PSCshootingClub.com. This should let Club email get past your spam filter. While you can mark Club email as “not junk” at the email client level (ex. Outlook, Thunderbird, etc.) white lists are located at the server level. You will have access at that level if you own your own domain name and have your own web host. If you don’t, ask your Internet Service Provider’s (“ISP”) technical support folks if they will do it for you. Some will, some won’t.
- Check the server-level spam folder, if you have access to it.
- List *@PSCshootingClub.com as a trusted email source with your anti-virus/malware service such as Norton, AVG, etc.
Unfortunately, none of these steps are a guarantee that Club email will get to you. I’ve done all of these and I still miss about 25% of the emails that go out. I know this percentage since I’m the guy who sends them for the Club! It’s unlikely to help, but you can also complain to your ISP. We have reason to believe that some Club emails are being blocked even before they get to your server, much less your email in-box. Actually, we have proof of that happening with one ISP, but we aren’t going to mention any names. A complaint has been filed with that major player, but none of us are holding our breath.
Since email is unreliable, it’s important that Members periodically check the Club’s website at https://PSCshootingClub.com for important information. Even if email was not a problem, checking the Club’s website would still be important. Long ago the Board made the commitment not to send a lot of emails to our Members. We all get more than enough spam emails and we don’t want Club messages to get lost in the mix.
So the bottom line is this: try the suggestions above and good luck!!!
The distribution of the new permanent Club Badges is going very well. Over 2,000 Club Members have picked up their badge and there are four more days scheduled for folks to pick up their badge. These days are Saturday, July 19th from 9AM to 1PM as well as Tuesdays July 8, 22 and 29 from 6PM to 8PM.
Several Members have asked how the new Badge system is going to work. This article will cover all of the questions we have heard as of this writing.
How Do I Enter the Main Gate?
A new card reader has been installed at the main gate. It is temporarily mounted to the panel that houses the old keypad. At some point, the old panel will be removed and a taller keypad mount will be installed. Some folks driving taller trucks have quite a stretch to reach the card reader.
To enter the Club, just hold your “smart card” Badge close to the card reader. The gate will open a few seconds later. Although the new card reader also has a keypad, the Badge alone will open the gate. Members won’t be using the keypad. (More on the new keypad later in this article.)
By: Randy Parker, PSC Rifle Director
I wasn’t around back in 1906, but I was probably around when your grandpa was a kid. Back when I was a kid when you thought about an “air gun” you were thinking about a Red Rider BB gun or a Benjamin pump-up pellet gun. These were used mainly by kids to have fun and maybe kill a sparrow or maybe a rat if you were lucky. Back then you wanted a .22 to do real shooting, and a box of .22 ammo was about $0.50 to $0.60 per box of .22 Long Rifle. Yes, and gasoline was $0.20 per gallon. We have come a long way since then, and “air gun” technology has also come a long way.
Back in 1800 there was the Girardoni air rifle and one or several of these were taken along with the Lewis and Clark Expedition in 1803. The Girardoni air rifle was a .46 caliber air gun producing a 1,000 ft per second muzzle velocity and could penetrate a 1” pine board at 100 yards. This rapid-fire rifle could shoot 22 times in less than one minute with high accuracy! Way better performance than the muzzle loading muskets of the time. Some of these air guns were used in European battles around 1790 to 1800. It is kind of amazing that there was not any investment in further development of air guns as a battlefield weapon. Anyway, after the Lewis and Clark Expedition air guns pretty much disappeared and we were left with the Red Rider BB gun.
Read more: Let Me Tell You How it was back in ought 6.
While informal shooting has always been the primary focus of the majority of our Members, PSC rifle, pistol and multi-gun matches draw hundreds of members and non-members together for a few hours of fun, fellowship and competition. While it may sound somewhat contradictory, competitive shooting isn’t solely about competition. In fact, some “competitors” don’t care about competing with anyone other than themselves. Their goal is to improve their skill at arms and have fun with old and new friends in the process.
Some matches attract more serious, competitive-minded shooters while others tend to be a bit more casual. This is discussed in more detail in the following paragraphs. Regardless of the atmosphere of the match, safety is always the primary focus. By “casual,” we mean shooters are more casual about their placement in a match, not that they are casual about firearm safety.
The PSC Shooting Club, Inc. was founded in 1966 and it is one of the finest shooting clubs in Texas. It is also one of the largest, if not the largest, serving over 3,000 Members as well as the community. Club facilities include a “position” rifle range, a bench-rest rifle range, .22 rimfire range for rifle and pistol, numerous pistol cells and pistol bays, air gun range, shotgun ranges and even an archery range. Club facilities are available to members during regular hours seven days a week. Special events including numerous matches, educational programs and other specialty events are also open to the public.