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On Wednesday, April 30th, we will try an event for members and their children. It will start at 7:00pm at the indoor range. There will be a small entrance fee, and prizes will be awarded to the best teams. At this time, only .22 caliber pistols will be allowed. Please bring ammo, ear, and eye protection. The club has both if you need a set.

There is a new design for a target carrier for the range. It is to be used when one has the targets come forward, and is a large square unit. If you wish, please try it, and let me know you thoughts or redesigns. It purpose is to prevent the targets from folding when moving towards the shooters.

Al Croteau, Indoor Range Director

Additional youth program classes have been added to accommodate the demand. Visit the Youth Program page to see the new dates and to register for the program.

On March 6th, the Board of Directors approved range rule changes to become effective immediately. The changes are intended to expand and clarify the minimum age requirements for pistol and rifle use on both the indoor and outdoor ranges. Specifically:

Paragraph 4.11 has been added to the indoor range rules which reads:

Minimum Ages. No one under the age of 8 years old is allowed on the range. No one under the age of 12 years old may fire a handgun. No one under the age of 12 years old may fire a rifle with a caliber larger than .22. No one under the age of 16 years old may fire a handgun with a caliber larger than .22. Anyone under the age of 18, along with their parent or legal guardian, must successfully complete a youth firearms program. The youth must wear their youth badge/certificate when on the range.

Paragraph 5.12 of the existing outdoor range rules has been changed to read:

Minimum Ages. No one under the age of 8 years old is allowed on the range. No one under the age of 12 years old may fire a handgun. No one under the age of 12 years old may fire a rifle with a caliber larger than .22. No one under the age of 16 years old may fire a handgun with a caliber larger than .22. Anyone under the age of 18, along with their parent or legal guardian, must successfully complete a youth firearms program. The youth must wear their youth badge/certificate when on the range.

A full copy of the Range Rules can be found by clicking here. For details on the youth training program, please visit the Youth Program page.

Youths which have previously completed the youth program will be grandfathered in; their parents should contact Frank Bleszinski (fjbasc@aol.com) in order to recieve a youth badge for them.

March 1st was a cold, but sunny Saturday morning. At 8:30am, the cars started rolling in and before we knew it we had 13 shooters for our 100 bird shoot. We classified all the shooters on past and present averages and we ended up with five class "A" shooters and eight class "B" shooters.

Each class was competing among themselves for the prize money in their class. After the squads were made up and a brief safety and rules meeting, we were under way.

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