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New Electronic TargetsThey’re here! We finally took delivery of the CMP eScore
Electronic Target system on January 11th. For what
seemed like an eternity of waiting, our new CMP rep and his
helper delivered and installed them on Friday, and yes, those
of us down at the Club helping to unpack and set them up,
took them for a test drive! This is what the targets look
like:
Not
too terribly different from our regular rifle targets, but
these contain sensors and electronics to triangulate the
shots in the target. The targets communicate back to the
firing line via a radio frequency link to the tablets that
each shooter has.
The tablet displays the shot position, the shot
value, the center of the shot group and keeps track of the
shooter’s score! The system is self contained and battery
operated. ALGC is the first club outside of any CMP facility
to have these targets. This is a good example of your tax
dollars at work. Finally we received a range grant from
ODNR for $20,000 to help pay for this system. The
manufacturer has over 300 different target faces for the
system, which makes the system very flexible for competition
shooting, hunter training (yes they have animal targets!) and
police/military training. Come on down in the spring to try
them out! Apologies to those members who called to come down
and help with the set up from last month’s newsletter. I had
been misinformed by our old CMP rep that set up would require
four days, it only took four hours! Special thanks to Pat
Sink and the apprentices of Local 18 of the Operating
Engineers who helped with the berm construction as well as
those members who helped out during those blistering hot days
last summer.
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