M.R.P.C. Indoor rules
Welcome to the Medford Rifle and Pistol Club.
This club is your club. Keep it safe.
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Turn on door alarm. This alerts you to someone entering the building.
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Sign in and deposit $1.00 for paid member, $2.00 for non-member.
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Turn on only what is needed for your comfort. (lights, heat, ventilation system).
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Observe signs inside the range regarding rules.
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Clean up after yourself, Pick up brass, sweep floor (if dirty), and turn off lights, heat, and ventilation system before leaving building. Help keep it neat and clean.
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The indoor range is ONLY safe for standard handgun loads used in target shooting, and for rimfire rifles. Do not use any Center Fire rifles or any handgun more powerful than a .357 Magnum on the indoor range, please! If you don't know whether your rifle is a center fire or a rim fire, ask a knowledgable shooter or gun shop owner.
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The indoor range is for paid club members and their guest only. It is not open to the general public. You are welcome to bring the same guest twice, but after that, they need to join in order to use the facilities.
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ALWAYS POINT THE MUZZEL DOWN RANGE LOADED OR UNLOADED
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The 180 rule is to be enforced at all times. This means the muzzle of the gun does not go past your shoulders (left side to right side), Head to toe. (ceiling to floor).
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KEEP YOUR FINGER OFF THE TRIGGER, and outside the trigger guard, until ready to fire or the command "Commence Firing' has been given.
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KEEP THE ACTION OPEN AND FIREARM UNLOADED UNTIL READY TO USE. On a firing range this means the shooters are in position on the firing line and the range has been cleared for live firing.
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If you come to the indoor range and there is a person on the shooting line. You must shoot on that line, or wait until the person is done to shoot on a different shooting line.
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KNOW HOW YOUR FIREARM OPERATES.
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WEAR EAR AND EYE PROTECTION. Look through the window into the range area before entering, and see if anyone is preparing to fire. If so, put on hearing protection before you go through the range doors! You must provide your own hearing protection and have it with you in the range area, and put it on when anyone is preparing to fire.
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BE COURTEOUS. If the range is being used, co-ordinate your non-scheduled use with the people who were there first. If you are using the range when someone else arrives, make sure their hearing protection is on and they are safely back of the firing line before you commence firing. The right to use firearms also requires the duty to be safe and courteous of other shooters.
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SCHEDULED EVENTS TAKE PRECEDENCE. If you arrive at a time when a scheduled event or regular practice session is about to commence, ask if you can participate with the other shooters (in most cases, after making sure you know the rules and have required equipment, you will be most welcome). Members will be more than happy to explain the event and invite you to participate. Whenever the range is not being set up for a show or prepared for a scheduled event, it is available to members for informal practice. Each organized group has a director, and establishes the rules to be followed during their scheduled event. Speak with the director about the rules for the scheduled event.
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DO NOT MIX ALCOHOL OR DRUGS WITH SHOOTING ACTIVITIES.
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Indoor shooting is to shoot down range and at a paper target only. No shooting pop cans, phone books, lights, glass. If you are found shooting at anything other than a paper target, you may have your membership revoked!
This is a safe range, lets keep it that way!
If you have any questions on rules and regulations, look on the contacts page for the club president and call or write. Or attend a monthly meeting and bring it up there. If you want to change a rule, bring it up as a motion at the meeting and let the membership consider it.
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