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Visit our Club
We welcome non-members to visit and experience our shooting events. We
have certified range safety officers who take pride in providing a safe
and challenging shooting environment at our ranges. For info on
club events, please contact a club officer.
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Several Fun Events
Besides the bar and pool table providing off-range enjoyment, there are
many fun events during the year for members, their families, and guests:
Pigroast
Clambake
Christmas Party *
* X-mas party is for members
and spouses / companions
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Bring Son or Daughter
As long as your child is under your supervision, have them try out rifle
target shooting. We have loaner kids rifles at the club. See
Julian or a range officer.
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Make great targets
We have bowling pin targets!
Try your skill hitting the bowling pins that we have set up at both the
Pistol and Rifle ranges. It's a challenge but fun.
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Trap and Skeet
We offer informal trap and skeet shooting, CTA registered shoots, and
club championships at four trap fields and one skeet field. Trap
and Skeet shoots are open to the public and occur every Saturday and
Sunday starting @10AM throughout the year. WLOPA conducts evening Trap Shooting every Wednesday night throughout
the year as long as enough people show up to make one squad of five
shooters. Shooting starts at 5PM. It is fun! One of the most popular activities is the weekly
CTA-sanctioned Trap
Shoots that are attended by many shotgunners throughout Connecticut.
In addition to holding local trap events, WLOPA hosts several ATA
regional events throughout the year. These events are held on
Saturdays and Sundays throughout the year.
Pistol Shooting
We have seven covered shooting ports in our pistol range (7 yards, 50
feet, and 25 yards) for informal target shooting and pistol silhouettes.
Our pistol range is always bustling with activity.
NEED A CONNECTICUT HANDGUN PERMIT? WLOPA offers handgun training
classes on our facilities monthly. It will provide you with the
safety course required to apply for a Connecticut Handgun Permit, as
well as the shooting exercises on-site.
Click here for the form to register for
Pistol Permit Class.
Additionally, throughout the course of the year, WLOPA hosts a number of
training programs for shooters desiring to gain proficiency in programs
such as silhouette shooting and pistol safety.
Rifle Shooting - Silhouette
We offer silhouette shooting, informal target shooting, military rifle
training and matches, and Air Rifle. Our rifle range has three
covered ports up to 100 yards and for air rifle we have a 20-position
air rifle range. Silhouette shoot schedule and rules. Inquiries to:
julian.giuggio@Yahoo.com
Hello campers! Another season has arrived and many are
itching to drag out those shootin' irons.
We're pleased to announce this year's schedule. And
remember, it's subject to change, so you may refer to
this page for date verifications.
ALL MATCHES ARE HELD ON SUNDAYS.
This is a great opportunity to enjoy some outdoor match
shooting with friends in a relaxed atmosphere with great
food. And, Remember, Non WLOPA members are always
welcome.
THE .22 PISTOL AND RIFLE SILHOUETTE SCHEDULE FOR
2013:
5/5
6/2
7/21
8/11
9/8
10/06 (tba)
TIME: 2:00 - 5:00 P.M. SHOOTING ORDER: is by
infiltration. Every 5 minutes a new shooter is accepted.
EQUIPMENT: Any ,22 rifle or pistol, any sights,
scopes. Slings, heavy barrels are O.K.
TARGETS: Standard NRA animal silhouettes for
rifle. For pistol, we use bowling pins.
RANGES: 44, 66, 77, 95 yards for rifle.
22/33/44/55 yards for pistol.
CATEGORIES: Benched rifle for juniors and
seniors...Standing rifle for adults.
PRIZES: Bragging rights for class winners,
satisfaction of competing for all shooters. Prizes for
the kiddies!
FEE: $5.00 / SCORESHEET
Food and beverages are available at all matches ,
including dogs and the ever popular homemade chili!
Inquiries to:
julian.giuggio@Yahoo.com
Rifle Shooting - High Power Service Rifle / Hunting Rifle
Wolcott Land Owners Protective Association sponsors military (Service)
rifle competitions throughout the year. Here's your chance
to exercise those old military rifles on our 100
yard range. These shoots are held on Sunday afternoons, usually beginning at 2pm.
Our military shoots
are designed to promote the highpower shooting sports, help participants
appreciate the accuracy and match potential of their military surplus
weapons, and to engage with others of like interest in highpower
shooting. Domestic and Foreign service rifles in original
configuration with "as issued" sights qualify, including new AR-15's
M1A's, etc. Slings are O.K. Our service and hunting rifle program is open to both members and
non-members. Food and drinks are available including hot dogs and
kraut or chili, soda, water, and snacks. This is a great
opportunity to enjoy some outdoor match shooting with friends in a
relaxed atmosphere and with great food!
MILITARY RIFLE SCHEDULE FOR 2013:
6/23
TIME: 2:00 - 5:00 P.M.
EQUIPMENT: SERVICE RIFLE Any service rifle,
or modern copy, any country, any ammo, original sights
preferred, slings okay.
TARGET: Standard 100 yd. small bore target
RANGE: 100 YD
COURSE OF FIRE: 40 rd., 4 position,
including slow fire (offhand), with rapid fire in
Sitting/Kneeling
Food and beverages are available at all matches ,
including dogs and the ever popular homemade chili!
Wolcott Landowners is at 920 Woodtick Road in
Wolcott, CT. Inquiries to:
julian.giuggio@Yahoo.com
Rifle Shooting - Air Rifle
WLOPA offers Air Rifle Field Target competition. Home to the 2006
United States American Airgun Field Target Nationals Finals, the Field
Target program is growing rapidly. We have a 20-position air rifle
range. To learn more about our robust airgun program that is
appropriate for all ages, click the link below:
American Air Rifle Field Target Association - Website of the airgun
field target shooting organization.
Air Rifle Schedule for 2012:
WLOPA hosts a monthly air rifle field
target competition during the spring
through fall months. The course
varies between a 40 -60 shot event over
variable distances of 10-55 yards in
three different classes - Open, Spirng
Piston, and Hunter. In open and
spring piston classes, no artificial
supports are allowed and shot can be
taken from pre-determined prone, sitting
and standing positions. Only
spring powered air rifles can be used in
the spring piston class. The
hunter class has the least number of
restrictions and allows use of bipods
and modified sitting positions.
High magnification scopes (20X) and
greater are strongly encouraged and
airguns that are of higher velocities
(>700 fps) are desirable as traditional
indoor or gallery airguns will not have
enough power to consistently drop
targets at further distances.
Airguns exceeding 20 ft lbs of muzzle
energy may not be used in competition
due to the damage that very high power
airguns can cause to targets.
Airguns are also limited to .22 caliber
or smaller.
On match days, our sight-in range opens
at 8:30AM and matches start propmtly at
10AM. We shoot rain or shine.
Shooters using pre-charged pneumatic air
rifles will need to bring their own
supply of air. It is also
recommended that the shooter bring
drinks and snacks as the course usually
takes about 3 hours to complete.
Persons new to field target need not
have their own equipment to participate,
but please call in advance to arrange
for a loaner gun. New shooters
will be squadded with experienced field
target shooters to provide instruction
on field target shooting and advice on
equipment new shooters may be
considering to purchase. Match
fees are modest and range from $5-10
depending on the size of the course to
be completed on any given day.
Please note that the air rifle program
at WLOPA is conducted with the goal of
bringing people who enjoy field target
shooting together. Many of the
shooters participate in preparation for
other more competitive matches that
occur throughout the country.
Although we do our best to provide a
challenging course and match that is
professionally conducted, competition or
conduct of matches to the exact
specifications of the American Airgun
Field Target Association is not a goal
of the WLOPA Airgun program.
Please see the calendar of events for
details. Contact David Day (davidlday@yahoo.com)
for additional information.
Dates:
April 29
May 27
June 17
Aug 19
Sept 16
Oct 14
Hunting
We have tranquil woodland setting behind our club and shooting ranges
used for hunting fowl during hunting season. It is stocked with
pheasants. Hunting is permitted only for WLOPA members.
Hunting hours are:
Saturday 8:00am - 10:55am
Monday and Tuesday 8:00am -
9:45 am
On November 24th and 25th the
hours are from 8:00am - 10:55am
Please be careful when
hunting; in the excitement of
the chase, people don't always
move in the direction you
expect. The tragedy at a fellow
gun club in Litchfield county is
a stark reminder of that to all
of us.
For
more info contact Dave Lucien.
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