Range Rules
1. NOTIFY THE MOULTONBOROUGH POLICE DEPARTMENT @ 476-2400 of your name, your arrival time, what caliber of firearm(s) you will be shooting and your estimated time of departure.
2. Range Officer(s), when in attendance are in charge of the firing line. Range Officers are there for your safety and assistance. A Range Officer when present shall have complete and final control of the firing line. Failure to obey a Range Officer, or these rules, will subject the member to disciplinary action or termination.
3. Range users MUST RECORD their name, names of guests present, date, times in/out and calibers/gauges fired. A member must be present with a guest at all times. Members are responsible for the conduct of their guests. GUESTS ARE REQUIRED TO READ THE LIABILITY WAIVER POSTED. Acknowledgement and understanding of the waiver shall be implied by the listing of the guest’s name in the attendance register. Failure to list a guest shall absolve the WSC of all liability and the unnamed party shall be considered a trespasser.
4. RANGE HOURS are Monday thru Saturday 9:00AM to dusk and SUNDAY 11:00AM to dusk. Exceptions and special programs shall be scheduled in advance by the Board of Directors.
5. Suitable EYE and ear PROTECTION are REQUIRED in the range areas. The use of suitable eye and ear protection is suggested in all other areas of the club property.
6. CEASE FIRE COMMAND: Anyone may call a “Cease Fire” if a safety concern is observed. When a cease fire command is given firearms are to be immediately placed on the bench or on the ground in front of the shooter with the muzzle facing down range and the shooter will wait for further commands.
7. Handgun and rifle shooting shall be done from the shooting shed. Closer distances may be used with the approval of a Range Officer, if present, or by agreement of members present on the firing line. No firearms shall be discharged at any distance behind a shooter while said shooter(s) is closer to the target than in the shooting shed.
8. No fully automatic firearms are allowed unless fired in the semi-automatic mode. SHOT SIZE shall be LIMITED To 7, 71/2, 8 and 9 on the shotgun ranges.
9. Semi-automatic firearm magazines shall be loaded not to exceed 10 rounds.
10. All firearms shall be unloaded and the action open until ready to fire on the firing line. Except, concealed carry permit holders may carry a loaded, holstered firearm removing it from the holster only when on the firing line. USE EXTREME CAUTION WHEN HANDLING FIREARMS BEHIND THE SAFETY LINE.
11. All firearms, other than the exception in rule 10 shall have their action open, unloaded and the muzzle pointed down range and placed on the bench unless actually being fired. Long guns shall be placed, unloaded, with the action open pointed down range on the bench or in the racks provided behind the firing lines.
12. When shooters are down range firearms shall not be handled and shall be placed upon the bench, unloaded with action open until all have returned and are behind the firing line.
13. ABSOLUTELY NO GLASS TARGETS SHALL BE USED.
14. CLEAN THE RANGE AFTER USE. USE THE BUTT CANS.
15. ABSOLUTELY NO ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES, RECREATIONAL DRUGS OR CONTROLLED
SUBSTANCES SHALL BE CONSUMED ON CLUB PROPERTY. MEMBERS OR GUESTS
EXHIBITING SIGNS OF PRIOR USE WILL BE ASKED TO LEAVE.
