When? The 1st Saturday night of every month, except for special events TBA.
Time? April - October: 6:00 to 9:00 PM, November - March: 4:00 - 7:00 pm. We will have special events in the Winter months TBA.
For whom? Open to boys and girls, men and women!
Air Guns and Rimfire ONLY! Open to all rimfire calibers (with the exception of .41). Bring your own rifle or borrow one of ours.
All participants under 18 years old must be accompanied by a parent or legal guardian.
Eye and ear protection must be worn by all attending, shooting or not. Eye and ear protection will be available for loan at the range. All range rules will be in affect and must be obeyed. A Range Master will be on duty during this event.
Fun for all!
Pop-Gun Night Match
The Youth Sportsmen hold a ‘pop-gun’ rifle match for youths aged 8-17 years of age, starting approximately 7:00 PM (spring/summer)/5:00 PM (winter/fall) each Pop-Gun Night. The goal of the Pop-Gun Match is to provide a fun way for youths to test their skill in a friendly match with their peers. The firearms are those allowed at Pop-Gun Night; air and rimfile rifles. Generally the match is scored and a quick award ceremony is held around 6/8:00 PM.
The normal course of fire is 10 shoots total at the official NRA A-7/5 75 ft. Small Bore Rifle Target at 75 feet/25 yards (Well Duh! ;). As described on the target it self, the competitors shoot
“2 shots only on each bull. Shots touching a scoring ring receive the higher value...”
However we have modified the last direction as “... Shots outside of the scoring ring are scored as 4s.” What this means is the maximum score is 100 and the minimum is 40.
Tie scores are decided by X ring (10 ring) counts. Extra shoots on a bull are dropped... by dropping the highest scoring shots on that bull! As a way to level he playing field, the Young Sportsmen have added the following rule in 2007:
“Any competitor who has ever shoot 95 or better shall shoot their targets at 150 feet/50 yards, as long as there is sufficient light for the competitors to see the targets.”
There are three categories; shooters aged 8 - 11 years of age, 12 - 14 years of age and 15 - 17.
A trophy is awarded to the match overall high score and gold, silver and bronze metals are awarded to the top 3 shooters in each category. The trophy replaces the competitors normal gold metal.
