FORKS
RIFLE CLUB
PROGRAMS
OUTDOOR PROGRAMS
- High
Power Rifle Postal League – Consists of the 200 yard stages of the
national match course, 20 shots offhand slow fire and 20 shots rapid fire
from sitting. Matches are fired on
the home ranges of the clubs participating in the league. The matches are held on Wednesday nights
starting in May and finishing in July.
- Rifle
Silhouette League – Consists of 20 shots off hand at five each of the
rifle silhouette targets, chickens, pigs, turkeys, and rams, at the range
of 200 meters. The matches are held
on Monday nights starting in May and finish the end of July.
- F-Class
League – Consists of 20 shots slow fire from a supported prone position at
each of 300 and 600 yards. League
matches are scheduled on specific Sunday afternoons throughout the summer.
- Outdoor
Handgun League – Consists of a 30 shot conventional smallbore course of
fire and a 30 shot smallbore defensive pistol course. Individuals can chose to shoot in
convention or defensive and center fire or rimfire categories. The matches are held on Tuesday nights
starting in June and finish the end of July.
- Junior
Outdoor Program – Consists of shooting 50 and 100 yard smallbore prone and
position courses of fire through the first part of June. After the state smallbore championship
is completed, .22 caliber rifle silhouettes are shot. Programs runs from May through July on
Tuesday nights.
IINDOOR PROGRAMS
- Junior
Marksmanship Program – Provides junior shooters with the marksmanship
skills needed to compete in 3-position and 4-position smallbore rifle and
precision air rifle competitions.
Program starts in October and runs into April.
- Red River
Postal League – Consists of teams firing weekly 40 shot 4-position
smallbore matches fired on the home ranges of the teams competing. League runs from January through March
on Wednesdays nights.
- Light
Rifle League – Consists of 20 shots for record on a light rifle target and
20 shot on a paper silhouette target fired each week. The league starts in January and runs
through March on Mondays nights.
- Smallbore
Handgun League – Consists of a 30 shot conventional smallbore course of
fire and a 30 shot smallbore defensive pistol course. Individuals can shot either or both
courses of fire. The League starts
in January and runs through March with relays on Friday afternoons and nights.
FEES
Fees in addition to the
basic membership dues are charged for participation in the leagues to defray
the cost of the individual programs.
Juniors may participate in any of the leagues at no additional
cost. Members can participate one time
at cost to see if they are interested.
HEATED
SHOOTING HOUSE
A heated shooting house which is
part of the structure on the sighting-in range is available for members to use
through out the year. The house has 3
shooting benches, benches for cleaning, and benches with loading presses for
load development. There is an additional
fee for access to cover the cost of heating and maintaining the facility.
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