Rifle Range

GENERAL POLICIES

• OBEY all shooting hours posted at the range!!
• Anyone over the age of 18 MUST possess a current range  membership or day pass to shoot or  handle a firearm. A membership which includes a spouse and high school children or younger permitting family participation. Day passes ARE NOT family passes. Each shooter requires a day pass
• NO guest shooters are permitted! Any member loaning his or her card to another person will be expelled from the club.
• Membership Cards or Day Passes must be in your possession and shown upon request.
• The consumption of alcoholic beverages before or during the use of the rifle / pistol range is strictly prohibited.

RANGE SAFETY RULES

• Treat all firearms as if they are loaded!
• Pay attention to the shooters around you
• Keep all firearms pointed straight up or down range only.
• Case and uncase firearms on the front shooting benches, muzzle pointed down range.
• All shooters must remain on the concrete. No shooting is allowed from in front of the benches.
• Muzzle loaders— If for any reason a shooter needs to pull a Breach Plug, this will be done on the firing line with the muzzle pointed down range.
• No one is to be in front of the benches or proceed  down range without first following cease fire procedures. 
• In the event of a “hang fire,” DO NOT OPEN THE BOLT  OR ACTION!  Leave the bolt or action closed for a minimum of 15 seconds  while keeping the gun pointed down range. If the firearm still has not  fired, remove the cartridge or shot shell from the chamber.
• Ear protection is required for anyone inside the range enclosure.
• Eye protection is required for shooters.
• NO 50 BMG firearms may be fired at Garretson Sportsmen's Club.

CEASE FIRES 

Cease fires allow shooters and staff to walk down range to check equipment or targets, do range maintenance, or set new targets up. Handling a firearm during a cease fire is prohibited. 

During a cease fire:

• all actions must be open
•  bench all firearms
•  no handling of firearms 
• step back from the benches

       The shooter calling for a cease fire must:

• Turn on RED blinking safety lights. Switch is  located on the back wall. Each range has it's own set of lights.   (Pistol / 100 yard / 200 yard)
• Check with other shooters to ensure actions are  open and shooters have stepped away from the benches before proceeding  down range.
• Once no one is down range and everyone is prepared to continue, all clear is declared, "Firing line is hot", "Firing line is live", "Firing line is clear", or similar, and shooting is allowed to resume. Turn off red blinking safety lights.
• The safest and most important thing you can do is COMMUNICATE WITH THE OTHER SHOOTERS for the safety of all.

RULES REGARDING MINORS

• At the range, a person 16 years of age or younger is considered a minor.
• A minor has to shoot with an adult parent or guardian present and the minor will shoot on the adults lane.
• An adult will stand within arms length of the minor while handling a firearm.
• The supervising adult must give full attention to a minor while handling a firearm and cannot be distracted by reloading magazines, looking through a spotting scope, or shooting at another table.
• Minors who are either not under STRICT adult supervision and/or are disruptive to other shooters will be asked to leave. A gun range is not a playground.

WHAT EQUIPMENT TO BRING (these are not supplied or available at the range)

• Shooting bags, lead sled, shooting rest, etc. to help support your firearm.
• Hearing protection — earplugs or earmuffs designed to cancel or muffle gunshots.
• Eye protection — proper safety glasses or shatterproof glasses
• Targets — only paper and cardboard targets are  allowed. 
• A stapler, tape, or push pins to hang your targets.

RANGE OFFICERS 

• Range officers are present during high use periods to promote safe firearms practices, protect the shooters and protect the club property or interests.
• Range officers are empowered by the Board of Directors to supervise and regulate the range as they see fit based upon their experience and training, in line with club policy.
• Range officers have the authority to expel anyone from the property. Range officers may disable an access card if they see fit. Should this happen, the incident will be reviewed and the member may be removed from club membership. 
• Range officers may, at their discretion, help or give instruction to any shooter that asks.
• Anyone concerned by the actions of a fellow shooter should notify the range officer if present, or call the phone number by each door.

NO PROFANE LANGUAGE IS ALLOWED ON THE RANGE!!!