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HRC Shooting 101

This is a follow-up course to the NRA Basic Pistol Shooting course and provides a more hands-on shooting experience. You will have the opportunity to try up to 10 different types of handguns.

Class and Range

In the class and on the range, safe shooting rules will be reviewed. One or more NRA Instructors and Range Safety Officers will be available to answer questions and help you familiarize yourself with a many different types and calibers of handguns.
Each participant will have a 1-on-1 instruction on the range. You will have the opportunity to handle and shoot many different types and calibers of handguns.

A majority of class time will be spent on the range and actually handling and shooting handguns.
This experience should clearly demonstrate what you will and won’t like in a gun and which will fit and feel best. The club supplies firearms, ammunition, eye and ear protection (if you do not have your own).

Requirements for Attendees:

Members – Please bring your Membership ID Card.
Students – (NRA Basic Pistol Shooting Course given at HRC in the last 9 months).

Please bring the MA BFS Certificate & the NRA certificate that you were issued by HRC.
Non-Members – MUST have valid License to Carry (LTC). Please LTC with you.

Tuition

Must be paid in advance to reserve your place in the class.
Space is limited to 10 participants per class.

The cost of the class:
Active Members – $75.00

BPSC Students - $85.00

Cancellation Policy:

Due to limited enrollment payment is non-refundable, but rescheduling with a 3 day notice will be allowed for the next available class. A class can only be rescheduled one time. Extenuating circumstances will be considered on a case-by-case basis.

Interest & Questions, email:

Training@holyokerevolverclub.com

Registration is not complete until payment has been received.

Visit the Calendar to select another class date.

Please register online by selecting the blue button with the date you would like to attend. Please submit your registration and pay online.

Class is Full- Click HERE for Waitlist

Registration is not complete until payment has been received.

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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