SAND SPRINGS SPORTSMAN CLUB

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General Rules:

1. All activities on the range will be conducted in a safe, courteous and sportsmanlike manner.

2. Eye and hearing protection shall be worn at all times while engaged in, or watching any shooting sport.

3. When there is more than one participant on the Rifle and Pistol range, participants should agree to an acting Range Safety Officer, and that individual shall ensure the club rules are adhered to. Duties of this Range Safety Officer will be to insure that the firing line is safe before shooters go downrange to post or pull targets and to ensure that the area downrange is clear before shooting commences.

4. There shall be NO alcoholic beverages consumed on or brought to the property belonging to or leased by the Sand Springs Sportsman Club.

5. Any person deemed intoxicated, or unfit to handle a firearm or any person displaying conduct unbecoming a lady or gentleman shall have his or her firearm confiscated and will be escorted from the range.

6. Each member shall assist by taking the appropriate action.

7. Each member shall display his or her current membership card while engaged in activities on the range.

8. Fees.
a). The current fees for skeet, trap and rifle/pistol will be set by the Board of Directors and posted in conspicuous places on the Skeet-Trap Fields, at the Rifle/Pistol Range and in the newsletter prior to the date of change.

9. The director or person in charge of special shoots, such as leagues, tournaments, registered shoots and such, will be responsible for collecting all fees.

10. Before leaving the range, each skeet/trap shooter is responsible for recording on the cashier sheet his or her name, the number of rounds shot, the fee per round, the total amount paid and for depositing these fees into the money box. Pistol/Rifle range is no charge.

11. The first straight round of 25 birds broken in a shooter’s career shall be a free round.

12. The last person to leave the range shall be responsible for locking the entrance gate.

13. Members’ dependents under 18 years of age must be supervised by an adult club member.

14. Large signs showing appropriate safety rules will be displayed at the Rifle and Pistol Range, both Skeet Fields, and the Trap Range.

SAFETY RULES:

1. No firearm may be loaded until the shooter is on the firing pad.

2. All firearms shall have the breech open until on the pad to shoot.

3. When loaded, all firearms should be pointed in a direction that will not endanger shooters, field personnel, or spectators.

4. In the event of an equipment failure, the gun shall be unloaded, if possible, until the necessary repairs can be made.

5. In the event of firearm malfunction, the muzzle will remain pointed downrange, away from spectators, trap houses, other shooters, and yourself.

6. When not in use, firearms will be kept on the rifle/pistol benches, or in the racks with the actions open and unloaded. No one shall be forward of the firing line when shotguns, rifles or pistols are being discharged.

7. No one is to handle another person’s gun while in the rack, without the owner’s permission.

8. Everyone, especially children, should be kept behind the shooting pad and away from trap houses, as broken targets or stray shots can be very dangerous.

9. Empty shotgun shells are not to be picked up during the round. No live ammunition, including misfires, shall be left on the field.

10. To increase the number of shooters the club can accommodate, each shooter should line up behind the preceding shooter and be ready to step on the pad and shoot.

Anyone observed disregarding these range rules may have his or her membership revoked in accordance with Article IX of the Club Constitution By-Laws.

RIFLE AND PISTOL RANGE:

1. HOURS: Range open 7 days a week, sun up to sun set only. No shooting allowed after dark.

2. The Rifle and Pistol Range will be closed during Club Sanctioned Skeet Tournaments.

3. Individuals using the Rifle and Pistol Range or the designated Range Safety Officer will ensure that, before shooters move downrange, all firearms are in a safe condition and are not manipulated while shooters are downrange.

4. No firearm shall be pointed at or discharged at anything but your own target(s). Firing at the 200 yard gongs is permitted.

5. Discharging a firearm in any direction other than the Sand Springs Sportsman Club designated impact areas is prohibited. SHOOTING AT ANY OBJECT ACROSS PROPERTY LINES WILL COST YOU YOUR MEMBERSHIP.

6. Each shooter shall occupy only one stall at a time.

7. No fully automatic weapons of any kind will be allowed on the Sand Springs Sportsman Club Range. No fully automatic or simulated fully automatic firing is allowed on the Sand Springs Sportsman Club Range. “Bump firing,” Hell Fire trigger systems and similar methods used to make a semi-automatic fire at or near full-auto rates are prohibited.

8. No glass, or any kind of concrete blocks shall be used as targets.

9. Hard target, is to be defined as any type of metal target, silhouette or pendulum device.

a.)No hard targets will be permitted within 200 yards of the firing line for center fire rifles.

b.) No hard targets will be permitted within 50 yards of the firing line for muzzle-loading rifles/pistols or center fire pistols and .22 rifles/pistols.

c.) Competition Air Gun Hard Targets are allowed within 25 yards of firing lines.

d.) Metal beverage cans are permitted only if placed in front of a berm. No targets of any type will be allowed on the very top of a target holder or berm.

10. All shooters will be responsible for picking up their own targets, empty boxes, plastic jugs, cans, etc. and depositing them in the trash barrels. Do not throw live ammunition, including defective shells in the trash barrels.

11. No fast-draw or quick draw shooting will be allowed (holster cannot be tied down). Shooting from a holster, in PPC, IDPA, IPSC course or for timed shooting, as used in police course, will not constitute fast draw shooting.

12. Official NRA PPC silhouette targets may be used for PPC shooting and for family home defense training.

13. No shooting is allowed at the utility poles or power lines or any animal on the poles or power lines at any time.

14. Shooters wishing to use the covered rifle/pistol range must notify shooters on the military-style range that the covered rifle/pistol range will be in use.

15. Shooters on either the military-style range or the covered rifle/pistol range must coordinate any downrange activity with shooters on the other range.

16. No targets shall be placed beyond the 200 meter impact berm (in the woods).

MILITARY STYLE RIFLE AND PISTOL RANGE:

1. This range may be used for 100 yard shooting of paper targets only. No targets may be placed closer than the 100 yard berm and all firing must be done from the designated shooting pad, and fired directly toward the designated 100 yard target area.

2.Shooters may NOT fire from this pad toward the targets on the covered rifle/pistol range.

3. THIS RANGE IS TO BE USED ON A NON-INTERFERENCE BASIS WITH THE SKEET FIELDS. IF EITHER SKEET FIELD IS IN USE, THE MILITARY-STYLE RANGE MAY NOT BE USED.
If skeet shooters arrive to use EITHER of the skeet fields, shooters on the military-style range must move to the covered rifle/pistol range to continue shooting.

4. This range does NOT interfere with use of the trap field.

5. Shooters wishing to use this range must notify shooters on the covered rifle/pistol range that the military-style range will be in use.

6. Shooters on either the military-style range or the covered rifle/pistol range must coordinate any downrange activity with shooters on the other range.

7. This range is for centerfire or muzzleloader rifles and pistols at 100 yards only!

This range is specifically designed to be used in a variety of competition and hunting shooting positions. These include the use of shooting sticks as well as sitting, kneeling, prone, offhand, etc.
SAND SPRINGS SPORTSMAN CLUB
Range Rules—Rev. February 2004

Skeet and Trap Range Rules

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