Watauga Gun Club
Boone, North Carolina
This site is provided to our membership and the shooting public to provide a readily available electronic access for pertinent information such as the club events calendar, newsletters, special announcements, and other information.
Club Meeting: February 9, 2012
Discipline Events:Check the Calendar of Events for what's next for the disciplines of ATA Trap and IDPA. The links to each of the disciplines will also give you more information. Browse and see what you've been missing! .22 Tactical Rifle and .22 Pistol Steel matches are held on the second Saturdays from April through October. These are 2 different matches that occupy the same date. The rifle matches are on a more limited schedule, so check the links to mark your calendar. IDPA: The matches are held on the third Saturdays and the season starts up in January with the Winter Pistol Frolic that is held regardless of the weather. February is our annual IDPA safety officers class, March is a classifier and pistol match then the season starts in earnest in April and runs through October. This year we will have our major match on August 20th called the Mountaineer IDPA Classic. Trap is holding practice sessions Tuesday and Thursday nights and on Sunday afternoons. Cost is $3.50 a round for practice and league. Team trap and ATA match season runs April through November usually on the fourth Saturdays.
RANGE HOURS:8:00 A.M. to 8:00 P.M. on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday. Wednesday is from 8:00 A.M. To 12:00 P.M. if mowing is being done. Check with the person mowing to see if you can use the portions of the range where mowing has been completed. No Outdoor shooting is allowed after 6:00 P.M. on Wednesday. Sunday is from 1:00 P.M. to 6:00 P.M. Be sure to check by the two churches up the road to be sure they have finished their services before you start shooting at 1:00 pm. Scheduled events such as ATA Matches, Highpower Matches, I.D.P.A. Matches, etc. and the monthly Club matches may run after 8:00 P.M. on any days other than Wednesday or Sunday. The entire range is closed during scheduled discipline events unless the discipline director agrees to open parts of it to the general membership for practice. The entire range is closed on the Thursday evening when the club match is being conducted. No exceptions. Read your club manual. Check the Club Calendar and with the discipline director before you go out to the club on the date of a scheduled event so you don't waste a trip.
National Affiliations:
A shooters forum has been created with the objective of having a central place where all the southeast region gun clubs, shops etc. can communicate about matches, questions, competitions (idpa/ipsc/uspsa/3gun), etc.
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RETURNED MAILIf you know these folks, please contact them and have them get us a current mailing address. Dues notices or 2012 stickers have been returned as undeliverable. Bennett Beinfest -- : -- : --This will be a monthly event in 2012 on the 2nd Sunday! -- : -- : --.22 Tactical Rifle and .22 Steel Pistol
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NOTICE: 2012Dues for 2012 are $150 for the calendar year. Please send c/o the Treasurer to the club address below. Email Address?If you have an email address please contact us to save the club the mailing costs. New Members |
Club Links:
Calendar of Events
ATA Trap Discipline
Monthly Club Matches
WGC-IDPA Discipline
Newsletters & Minutes
Tactical Precision .22 Rimfire Rifle
How to join Watauga Gun Club
.22 Rimfire Pistol Steel Match
Directions to the club
300-Yd. Bench Rest
Members Business Links
and Member Friendly Links
Schutzen Verein
Watauga Gun Club is dedicated to upholding the Second Amendment rights of the citizens and to maintaining a safe place to exercise those rights. As is stated in Article II - Object of the club bylaws:
"The object of this organization shall be the encouragement of organized shooting events among the citizens of the United States in our community, with a view toward better knowledge on the part of such citizens of safe handling and proper care of firearms, as well as improved marksmanship. It shall be further object and purpose to forward the development of those characteristics of honesty, good fellowhip, self-discipline, team play and self-reliance, which are the essentials of good sportsmanship and the foundation of true patriotism."