Fort Hill Rifle & Pistol Club Ranges

All FHR&PC ranges are private and for members and their guests use only.

Morningside Drive Ranges

Located on Morningside Drive in Cumberland

The ranges consist of the following:

The outdoor rifle/shotgun range

has the ability to shoot any distance up to 100 yards using the correct target frames.

The firing line is totally covered and has 10 fixed ambidextrous shooting benches, which yields approximately +/- 20 firing positions.

The outdoor pistol range

has the ability to shoot 25 or 50 yards.

The firing line is totally covered and has a shooting bench that is contiguous. It yields +/- 20 firing positions and has room for the shooters to rest their gear, scopes, scorebooks, etc. The cardboard targets are hung using bent clothes hangers placed over a cable strung across the range.

On both ranges target frames are provided, but shooters must provide their own targets.

ONLY PAPER TARGETS ARE PERMITTED AT THESE RANGES!

The outdoor action pistol range

Any type handgun can be used, revolver or semi-auto, any caliber, even .22, red dot scope or metallic sight, holster or no holster. You’ll need 48 rounds for each of the four different stages, the Practical, the Barricades, the Mover, and the Falling Plates.

The range officer is Jim Soulsby.

Warrior Mountain Range

Located off of Cresap Mill Road in Oldtown

This range offers shooting up to 600 yards. There are actually 2 ranges in one.

The first range offers a 100-meter covered firing point where the impact area is the base of the 600-yard firing line.

The second and the older configuration is a 600-yard range offering shooters the ability to shoot 100, 200, 300, 500, or 600 yards.

The 300-yard firing line is covered and has 4 benches. From the 300-yard firing line shooters can fire 100 yards at the impact area located on the left side of the range. Shooters may also fire 200 yards into the large berm on the right side of the range. 300 yard shooting is done using the target carriers located in what is called “the pits”. At the impact area there is a shed containing target frames that are to be used for the target carriers. Shooting into the berm in front of the wall is PROHIBITED!

The 600-yard firing line is used for 500 and 600 yard shooting. It is 300 yards behind the 300-yard position mentioned above and uses the target carriers in the pit. 500 yard shooting is done by shooting into the “200 yard” berm as mentioned above. 600 yard shooting required some extra precautions for safety. The requirement for shooting from the 600-yard position is a minimum of 3 people. One (1) shooter, one (1) spotter/lookout at the 600-yard firing line and the 3^rd person located in the pits.

Also required is a method of communication such as 2-way radios between the firing line and the pits. A backup plan should be considered and communicated just in case the radios fail. Such plans usually include that the person in the pits stay there until the line is safe and the shooter comes down to the pits to unseal it. Most 600 yard shooting is done with service rifles, but the F-class is growing. It is recommended that the first time 600-yard shooters come with and experienced person who can help them get familiar with these procedures. Any safe shooting position is permitted at this facility. Target frames are provided, but shooters must provide their own targets.

The range officer is Dave Thompson.

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