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High Power Rifle Clinic

When
05/10/2025
7:30 AM - 3:30 PM
Location
HRC Clubhouse in AM; 100yd Range in PM
Spaces left
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Registration

Member Student – $125.00
Registration is Members Only

High Power Rifle Clinic.

AM - HRC Clubhouse/ PM - 100 yd Range.

The club's annual High Power rifle clinic will be held May 10th.

Learn to shoot the Garand and other High Power rifles.

The morning session includes classroom instruction in the care and use of M1, M1A and other centerfire rifles, as well as an introduction to NRA high-power rifle competition.

Topics will include:

Safety
Operation and care of the M1 rifle
Shooting from the Standing, Sitting and Prone positions
Sight adjustment
Trigger control
Procedures for firing a High Power Rifle match.

Participants move to the 100-yard range in the afternoon to shoot a high-power match. ┬áA few M1 rifles are available to borrow, with prior arrangement, and .30-06 and .308 ammo will be provided. Other centerfire rifles, including AR15s, may be used, with ammo provided by their owners.

The use of an M1 rifle and ammunition is included.

For more information contact Dave Wallis 413-248-8087/ DFW4159@aol.com

Course fee is $125.

Enrollment is limited to 10, and is only open to HRC members.

Lunch will NOT be provided, so BRING YOUR OWN LUNCH.

Dave and Rick Wallis are in charge. Contact Dave Wallis at:

413-527-2819 / dfw4159@aol.com

PRACTICAL MATCHES

Practical matches are held on the second Saturday of each month. New shooters should arrive at 9 a.m. for safety instruction. Participants should bring a centerfire pistol or revolver and 100-150 rounds of ammunition, extra magazines and speedloaders, an OWB Holster (outside the waistband), a baseball cap along with eye and ear protection. Dan Jones is in charge. Volunteers are always needed to set up the stages please arrive at 8 a.m.

BENCH REST RIFLE

Bench Rest Rifle shooting season in now underway.
Bench rest shooting is a sport in which very accurate and precise rifles are shot at paper targets from a rest or bench from a sitting position.
Bench-rest competitions are held on the first and second Saturday (and the 5th Saturday if there is one).
Set up time is 9am. Matches start at 10am sharp.
The cost of the competition is $1.00 per target.
Please go to the Bench Rest page for more information. Check the Calendar for the latest dates.

NRA & GOAL AFFILIATIONS

The Holyoke Revolver Club has affiliations with both the National Rifle Association and the Gun Owners Action League of Massachusetts. We highly recommend that our members support these two valuable Associations.

Please check Club Info & News for more information.

TUESDAY NIGHT FUN SHOOTS

Dave Sparko conducts fun shoots on Tuesday evenings at the club. Competitors shoot .22 pistols at steel plates and a “Dueling Tree” of spinning targets, trying to move all of the discs to the opponent’s side of the tree. Match schedules will be posted on the club’s website and calenda