Outdoor range activities:

Indoor range activities:

    Sporting Clays

Held every Wednesday evening 5:00pm until dusk beginning in May. We will no longer have shooting the first Sunday of each month.  We welcome everyone to try this 50 bird shoot.  There are 8 to 10 stations , each with its own challenge. The course varies weekly and all stations are easily accessible for young and old alike. Cost is $13 per round for members, $15.00 for non-members; youth members-$11.00, youth non-members-$13.00.  Each round purchased gets you a ticket in a drawing for a free round of sporting clays. 

 

   TRAP

 

Held every Tuesday evening 5:30pm until 10:00pm beginning in May.  Practice and league rounds are $3.00 for members and $5.00 for non-members. We strongly encourage shooters of all ages to try this 25 bird shoot (5 stations of 5 shots each). Open trap shooting and league shooting will begin the second week in May.  There is a $50.00 sponsorship fee per 5-person team.  This is a scratch league, what you shoot is what you get.  The season runs 12 weeks in which 10 league scores are recorded.  League rounds can be paid for in advance, if wanted.  Membership for trap league is no longer required due to change of insurance companies. Hunt and cover and an Annie Oakley are shot after dark, if enough interest. BYOBS!! (Bring your own bug spray!!)

 

    IDPA (Defensive Pistol)

 

Held the second Saturday of every month April-October. Sign-up starts at 8:00am, followed by a mandatory safety briefing at 8:45am. Matches start about 9:00am and usually run until 1:00pm. Hearing and eye protection are required!  Cost is $15.00 for members of RR&PC and $17.00 for non-members.

 IDPA emphasizes the use of practical equipment to solve simulated "real life" scenarios.  The main goal of IDPA is to test the skills and ability of the individual shooter.  Shooters are broken down into skill levels, so shooters compete against others of equivalent skill.  These matches are open to any "Safe" shooter--of all ages, abilities, and with skill levels from Novice to Master.  Anyone is welcome to come and watch, so bring the family with you.  We have a growing number of wives, sons and daughters, shooting matches and we would like to see that number continue to increase.  You will need very little in the way of equipment:  (1) A serviceable handgun of at least 9mm/.38 special or larger caliber, (2) At least 3 magazines or speed loaders, (3) A strong side hip holster, (4) Eye and Ear protection, (5) 100 rounds of ammunition, (6) Match Fee, & (7) A good attitude and a willingness to have FUN!

Ripon Defensive Pistol Form

IDPA match results

 

    UNITED STATES PRACTICAL SHOOTING (USPSA/IPSC)

 

Practical shooting is a sport that evolved from experimentation with handguns used for self-defense. The basic difference between IDPA and USPSA is slightly different rules and longer rounds.  Like IDPA, it attempts to measure the ability to shoot rapidly and accurately with a full power handgun, rifle, and/or shotgun.  Those three elements-speed, accuracy, and power-form the three sides of the practical shooting triangle.  By design, each match will measure a shooter's ability in all three areas.  To do this, shooters take on obstacle-laden shooting courses (called stages) requiring anywhere from six to 30+ shots to complete.  Competitors move, negotiate obstacles, run, speed-reload, and drive their guns through each of several courses as fast as their skills will allow.  There are competitive divisions for most handguns. from revolvers, to scope-sighted, recoil-compensated "race guns" developed just for this sport.  For more information, check out the link to the official USPSA site on our links page.

These matches will be held the fourth Saturday of each month from March (weather permitting)-October. Registration will begin at 8:30am, followed by a mandatory safety meeting at about 9:15. Match begins at 9:30am. The day should be complete by 1-2pm, with lunch included. Cost is $15.00 for RR&PC members, $20.00 for non-members, and $15.00 for Juniors (under 21). The first match will be a classifier.

 

USPSA Application Form

 

    SASS (Cowboy Action)

 

Held the third Saturday of every month April-October.  Sign-up starts at 8:00am with a mandatory safety meeting at 9:00am. Hearing and eye protection are required! Cost is $15.00 for members and $17.00 for non-members of RR&PC. Junior shooters aged 16 and younger are 1/2 price.

  As an affiliate of the Single Action Shooting Society (SASS), The Ripon Rifle and Pistol Club began hosting monthly Cowboy shoots in April 2000.  Anyone who ever dreamed of being a cowboy or cowgirl will recognize why this sport is growing so fast.  Participants get to dress up as cowpokes and shoot their 6-shooters, lever action rifles, and shotguns at metal targets in a scene from the old west.  You may have to shoot from an outhouse, through the bars of a jail window, from a blackjack table, or even dressed in a bonnet and apron.  Fun and safety are the two main ingredients of a Cowboy Action Shooting Match.  Events are timed--the faster you shoot, the better you score.  However, each target missed will add 5 seconds to your score, so the trick is to not go so fast that you begin missing targets.  Your fellow posse members will be happy to give shooting tips as well as congratulations or good-natured ribbing, depending on how you do!  There are several different classes of shooters, as designated by SASS. There are classes for ladies, black powder shooters, and duelist (shooting one-handed), traditionalist (two-handed), and modern (adjustable sights) shooters.  All cowpokes carry revolvers in their holsters and shoot lever action rifles (in pistol calibers) and shotguns.  ALL weapons must be copies of guns made before 1910, the end of the cowboy era. (Most of our shooters acquired their gear and guns a little at a time as they've gone along--after all, it's the Cowboy Way to share and we're always happy to share with new cowboys and cowgirls!!)  C'mon out and join Doc Bonecutter, One Shot, Dirty Deeds, Lil Buck, Ambush, Santa Fe Sal and the rest of the Liberty Prairie Regulators for a fun-filled Saturday.

SASS match results

  

     Long Range Rifle (600 yards)

 

600 yard Long Range shooting competitions are held periodically throughout the summer months. Participants may shoot from prone or sitting positions.  A typical match will consist of several ranging shots followed by 10 shots for score.  All participants will take their turn in the target pit spotting and marking hits.  This is a fairly informal and friendly competition and an excellent way to practice shooting rifles at long distances.  ***For those shooters wishing to shoot long range on their own, we ask that you move the sawhorse into the driveway at the bottom of the hill to give any arriving members a warning that someone is shooting across the range.  A compromise would then be required to accommodate both parties and their desire to use the range.

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*** MEMBERSHIP is REQUIRED  for Indoor Range due to CITY OF RIPON ordinance.

PISTOL LEAGUE (.22 caliber rim-fire National Match)

 

Held Tuesdays at 7:00pm beginning in January.  There has also been a league for 2nd shifters after work. Pistol league consists of 10 National Match scores to be posted in time allotted finishing with a 900 Club Championship Match in April.  A National Match course is 30 rounds fired at 3 targets (slow-fire, timed and rapid) for a possible 300 points and 20 X's. League cost is $20.00.

 

Open shoot

 

Every Wednesday evening  7:00-9:00pm. Acceptable weapons are limited to .22 caliber rim-fire rifles, rim-fire pistols and center-fire pistols with a maximum velocity of 1,000 feet per second.  Lead bullets only, no jacketed bullets, please.  No center-fire rifles, either. Cost is $3.00 per adult to offset heating costs.

 

Junior Basic Marksmanship Class

 

**This class is open to the public--all youth ages 8-13.  Class size is limited to 16 children.  Air rifles and ammunition are provided.  This class is 4 weeks long and is designed to teach young shooters the proper techniques of shooting well.  Gun safety is enforced at all times!  An additional six weeks is available for the shooters to practice what they have learned and to earn badges and medals as their skills increase.  This advancement can carry over year after year.  Class starts about the third Thursday of January from 7:00-8:30pm. Minimal cost of $5 is put toward a pizza party at the competition shoot at the end of the course. Parents are welcome to stay and watch.