Cast Bullet Shoot on Sunday May 28, 2016 from noon to 3 PM.
Cast bullet ammunition. Rifle with iron sights only. No scopes.
Bring your single action revolver for some additional challenges.
You will be shooting at various distances out to 200 yards using crossed sticks, shooting prone over a log, sitting and kneeling.
The Annual Yukon Rifle Silhouette Championships will be happening at the gun club on Saturday and Sunday June 4 & 5, 2016. As a “Registered Shoot” your scores will be recorded to determine your classification for the Nationals being held in Calgary, Alberta July 17 to 23, 2016 at the Rosebud Silhouette and Benchrest Club should you be planning to attend.
Registration and rifle weigh-in starts at 8:00 am Saturday at the Club House. Shooting commences at 9:00 am both days.
Fees: $10 per rifle class
Small bore (rim fire) Hunter and Standard class in the morning.
Large bore (centre fire) Hunter and Standard class in the afternoon.
Please note: The Bench Rest Rifle area will not be available to members until after 4:30 PM.
IMPORTANT: Annual General Meeting of the Yukon Shooting Federation will be held at NOON on Saturday June 4th.
Saturday May 14th from noon to 3 pm you will be challenged with a variety of targets out to 200 yards. Novelty targets, steel and paper. You will require 40 rounds for the targets – a few spares for sighters or misfires.
Canadians need to be aware of the recently submitted private member’s bill S-223 that proposes changes to the Firearms Act that will have significant impact on all responsible firearms owners and the gun clubs in which they hold membership.
The proposed changes will amend the Firearms Act related to the transportation and storage of firearms that are not considered hunting firearms. The proposed changes will define firearms that may be kept in the home for hunting purposes and those that are classified as circumscribed and will need to be stored at a gun club or other approved facility and require an authorized transporter to move them.
Read for yourself. Here is the link to the proposed bill.
http://www.parl.gc.ca/HousePublications/Publication.aspx?Language=E&Mode=1&DocId=8177232
Many of you have been following this issue closely. The national watch dogs are providing updates. Go to the WRPC Weblinks Tab for those connections. https://wrpc.ca/weblinks/
Please note date change!
It’s that time of year, again. Spring clean up day is Sunday May 8, 2016 starting at 9:00 am. There will be a cease-fire on the entire range during the clean up activity. The range should resume live fire status after 4:00 pm.
Any amount of time (even an hour or two) you can give to cleaning up YOUR gun range is appreciated. Dress for dirty work! Don’t forget to wear shoes suitable for working in the rough areas of the range. Bring your work gloves. Maybe some sunscreen, too! A rake or brush cutters, if you have them.
There are jobs for all skill levels from retrieving the paper and other debris that has been blow into bushes, picking up brass, removing rocks from the shooting lanes, cutting brush that has grown up to block your line of sight, replacing target boards, painting targets, fixing the outhouses and shooting benches, washing windows and just helping to get the place tidied up after the winter.
Hope to see you there!
