Hoosier Hills Rifle and Pistol Club

P.O. Box 1026, Columbus, IN 47202-1026

Thank you for your interest in Hoosier Hills Rifle & Pistol Club (HHRPC). To help acquaint you with our organization and it’s activities, I have attached the last newsletter and two shooting schedules. To quote our members "If it goes boom, we shoot it". Rimfire, centerfire, pistol, rifle, shotgun and highpower service rifle, on paper, silhouettes, steel plates, clay birds, and bowling pins. In addition to our weekly shooting schedule, we conduct monthly NRA approved Highpower Matches and a monthly Bowling Pin event and may expand to include a NRA sanctioned Rimfire Rifle and Pistol event.

The club has been associated with the NRA since 1959 and oral history having the club shooting since the 1930's. We currently have about 170 members, which continues to improve each year. Each member is required to join the NRA within one year of joining HHRPC, pay the annual dues of $75 per year, and attend one monthly meeting and range orientation. Additional family members are ten dollars per person. A junior memberships, between 18 and 21, cost is fifteen dollars, Once you are voted into the club, you gain full access to our outdoor and indoor ranges and an invaluable exchange of information on competitive shooting and the associated techniques, equipment, and supplies.

Our indoor range has 10 shooting positions where we hold our winter matches and an adjacent meeting room for our monthly winter meetings. It is located near the Columbus Airport. Our outdoor range has a covered firing line with fifteen position for 25, 50, 75, 100, and 200 yards matches where we hold our summer matches, meetings, Highpower, and Bowling pin matches. The outdoor range is located eight miles west of Columbus on SR 46 in Gnawbone IN. We do not allow any 50 caliber BMG or full automatic fire at either range.

Thursday night matches typically cost two dollars with the winnings from each week distributed via the "Lewis Point System". This system assigns award points to the shooters and is based upon the number who shoots in each match. If 5 people shoot, then the 1 and 2 place receive points. However, if ten people participate, the 1,2, 5, and 6 place shooters received Lewis points which allows shooters of various skills to receive Lewis points. The actual value of each point is equal to about one dollar and is based upon the year's match proceeds and number of shooters. The Awards Points checks are presented at our annual awards banquet where we also present our plaques and medals earned at various matches through out the year. We also raffle off one to two thousand dollars of shooting equipment and door prizes, which is a major fund-raiser for the club.