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Failure to comply with these rules or any unsafe behavior may result in your suspension or expulsion from RCGC

general Range rules

• Eye and ear protection is mandatory on the ranges when shooting is in progress.
• Shoot only during daylight hours.
• Use of alcohol or illegal drugs is strictly prohibited any time while on club property.
• Fully automatic firearms are not allowed on any range.
• Treat every gun as if it were loaded. Keep barrel pointed in a safe direction.
• Always keep your finger outside the trigger guard until ready to shoot.
• Personal vehicles are not allowed down range.
• Only licensed drivers may operate motor vehicles on RCGC property.

Shotgun Rules

• Do not attempt to operate the trap, skeet, or five-stand machines until you have been instructed on the proper procedure for safe start up and shut down.
• No one under the age of 16 is allowed in any trap or skeet house.
• Trap house #3 is for designated doubles only.
• No shot larger than 7 ½ is permitted.
• Guns must not be loaded until you are on a shooting station and it is your turn to shoot.
• Guns must be open when moving to and from a field and when walking between stations.
• While in the gun rack, guns should be unloaded and actions open on autos and pumps. When removed from the rack, guns should be open for transport to the firing line or elsewhere.
• Loading your shotgun
• TRAP: Only load ONE shell each time for singles and TWO shells each time for doubles.
• SKEET: Do not load more than TWO shells at any time while shooting Stations 1-7. Load only ONE shell at Station 8 unless shooting a low option.
• FIVE-STAND: Do not load more than TWO shells at any time. You are allowed to shoot twice at any single target presentation.
• Do not pick up hulls while shooting a round of skeet, trap, or five-stand. Clean up later.
• Do not walk in front of the skeet low house while the release mechanism is in the hands of the puller or if the trap is not properly disabled.
• Disarming and reloading the traps:
• TRAP: Decock the traps, fill with targets and close both trap house doors. Target box cardboard is to be broken down and taken to the trash dumpster.
• SKEET: Decock the traps, fill with targets and close the skeet house door. Target box cardboard is to be broken down and taken to the trash dumpster.
• FIVE-STAND: Do not reload the traps or walk beyond the shooting stands. Never stand in front of a trap.
• After shooting, pick up your hulls and dispose of properly. Do not pick up hulls on skeet Station 7 until the low house skeet machine is released and unplugged.
• Record the number of rounds you shoot in the trap or skeet stat house logbook and make prompt payment.

Bullet Range Rules

• Shoot only at authorized targets.
• Shoot paper targets you bring and place them on backers provided by the club.
• Do not shoot target frames or barricades
• Know your target and what is beyond.
• Before shooting make sure that there is no one down range.
• Before shooting make sure that your target is positioned so that your bullet will strike the backstop after passing through or near your target.
• Shoot only at targets directly in front of you; no firing cross-range.
• Shoot only from designated firing lines.
• Remove the magazine, open the action, unload, and set down all firearms when not in use.
• Turn on cease-fire lights when going past the firing line to approach targets
• Do NOT handle any firearm, optic or ammunition or stand at the firing line where firearms are present while others are down range or the cease-fire lights are illuminated
• Remove your targets, pick up your brass and clean up before you leave.