Halton Hills Newspapers

Georgetown Herald (Georgetown, ON), January 7, 1981, p. 7

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TIIF1IFIIA10 January Pane Enthusiasts gather near Brampton Area gun club stresses care discipline Herald Staff Writer It not as easy as simply loading aiming and firing but recreational shooting Is be coming more popular in the Peel area especially among teenagers taking ad vantage of numerous gun offered at the Peel Game Farm In Brampton The main advantage of the sport claims John Harvey an Georgetown resident and secretary of the Peel Handgun Club PHC for the past years Is that there is practically no age barrier and you don t have to be an athlete to shoot Located on the west side of Heart Lake Road two miles the 14 gome farm was once used by local farmers to raise for hunting in the early 1950s Now scattered through Hardly a conventional hooting Lhla prone potlllon proved quite effective In gun competitions Tor Ernest or A member or the Peel Handgun Club Mr Mutter was practising Sunday at the Peel Game Farm range on Heart Lake Road In Brampton Pistol from around and Peel bring variety of In ling pistols to the range and Mr Muller seven millimetre Wichita above no Herald GO trains lose that old sound CP Rail is taking he a mil lar sound out train rides along GO Transit s new commuter corridor being developed bet ween Toronto and Milton It the result of a major rail upgrading programme now In final phase being irried out by CP along its right of way under contract to GO Transit Work crews started in late fall to replace most of the existing conventional Jointed rail throughout the corridor with modern continuous welded rail and thcenitre GO Train route has now been The welded rail weighing 116 pounds per yard comes in quarter mile lengths com pared to the standard 39foot lengths of conventional rail when two lengths of wekledrailarc joined they re welded Instead of bolted creating a continuous track surface instead of the normal joint with a small space rail ends As re sult there no more sound as train heels pass over these Of course there are other advantages In using welded rail Conventional rails tend to take their worst beating at the joints and therefore re quire heavy maintenance at ihwe points And joints are the most frequent area of fault whin disrup- attributable o tracks incur So the elimination of mtsprovidesfora more service standard as litre are fewer potential trouble spats on the line Cost of the entire nig of the Rail plant is estimated it 2 million with ihe money from the vince The kilometre route will be GO fourth ml I and will have seven with Union Station is the terminal point in Toronto The stations are Milton Frindalc Dixie and Kip- CP rail machine out the old rail and lay I levels and aligns new track along GO new TorontoMilton I commuter corridor out thi privately owned pro arc a handgun range rifle range traps hooting area and an Indoor range for younger shooters all super by highly skilled gun enthusiasts who arc among farm members Shooters come from all over metropolitan Toronto the Golden Horseshoe to ton Peel and to use probably the finest most com pletcshoatlng range club In the province And the farm has turned out a number of Canada finest shooter in eluding George Boa currently on lhi Canadian International team for small bore ride shooting Jules whose handgun expertise was demonstrated at the Pan Am In Mexico and peg and a Ioiir list of champ ion irapshootors since 1948 But as handgun shooter and executive member Michael Blade pointed out the clubs based at the farm winl new people to Join and ire offering for teenagers The small bore small is grow at the rate Mr Blade told The Herald Saturday The junior programs are really the of the clubs for the During the summer young shooters can train on a 50- metre range using club equip ment some rides may weigh as much as 11 pounds Thanks to renovations on the farm clubhouse there Is a range In the basement for winter practice Youngsters often get with while loading the target discs for adult shooters Mr Blade ex plained The farms junior program ages team competition and young trapshoolcre from the club to travel across the province for matches But the age barrier rises for yearning to lice with handguns and the starts Its junior program with air pistols on the 10metre indoor range Even adults have to pass an inclass train course and attend eight sessions on the range before they become bona fide members and become eligible for police permission to trans port pistols from home to Membership in the handgun smallbore rifle or Ing club Is relatively cheap avenging about with the exception of the handgun club which requires prospective memberi to take a training course for he first year in addition to a membership fee Firearms arc available at the club but experienced members usually bring their own ammunition and Shooters using the handgun range at Peel Game arm In Brampton can shoot from the comfort of Peel Hand Gun Club enclosed shed which faces range But not anyone can throw pistol Into the trunk of their car and drop by for a little practice Federal regulation and rules Insist prospective members join the club take It and prove their proficiency at the sport before they can even tram port their own gum a the Herald photo Pals of Pets Professional Dog Grooming For AIL Breed Bathing fears nails Shampooing Now is the time to get your dog ready for the New Year VERT CONVENIENT HOURS OPEN TUESDAY SATURDAY AVAILABLE EVENINGS CLOSED MONDAY HOW LOCATED AT BYRON ST GEORGETOWN 8778742 Join the majority- Be a nonsmoker National NonSmoking Week Jan 1824 1981 targets Mr Blade mends trying out the club equipment first before buying target rifle or pistol Willie the courses teach new members how a gun works and proper way to fire It here Is strong on line and lea rly evident during a visit the handgun range Sunday Inside the enclosed heated firing shed shooters obediently slopped firing and stepped away from the firing line at the range master command Once targets were checked and re newed shooting did not begin until the range master that the range was clear few rounds before lunch The guns were packed In large padded cases not holsters and many of the shooters were not only champion marksmen skilled who design and mold their own bullets and mix their own loads Mr Blades ammunition In fact Includes slugs made from lead once used in the linotype process to print The Herald A visit to the range every week allows him test his work Mr Harvey meanwhile maintains it hcenjoys shoot targets even more than he likes to hunt It the Ideal form of he said even though the cost of ammunition is going up I can shoot targets all day for about same cost as fl round of golf or some curling information on the Peel County Game Form and the gun club facilities Is avail able LADIES up to PRICE OFF STOREWIDE CLEARANCE SALE NATURALIZER SHOES Example Ron 45 NOW No Tax OVER STYLES COLOURS COMBINATIONS IN STOCK All PRICES REDUCED SIZES AA B Not all sizes available in all styles colours PRICE SALE EMPRESS all leather quality dress 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