Arvada Rifle & Pistol Club

[wyzardd]

Pretty painless process. Getting to the 3 or so required meetings (apply, range rules, membership vote) was the most difficult part of the whole process. Haven't shot yet, but I got the key and combination. Seems to be a decent bunch of folks (with a few exceptions).

[Glock19fan]

Hi, anybody is a member of this club. I checked website and it looks very interesting

[Glock19fan]

I am very interested in joining some club. Do they allow 9mm ammo?

Pretty painless process. Getting to the 3 or so required meetings (apply, range rules, membership vote) was the most difficult part of the whole process. Haven't shot yet, but I got the key and combination. Seems to be a decent bunch of folks (with a few exceptions).

[vim]

With the north site closed down and a 10-year waiting list at the BRC (we're in there somewhere), my wife and I went looking for a place where our family could shoot and not have to take a second mortgage on the house to do so.

Arvada Rifle and Pistol seemed good. Not perfect (no jacketed ammo), but plenty fine for our target .22 rifles and pistols.

We went to a meeting, introduced ourselves -- we THINK things went well -- and started on the club applications. We went about the business of getting NRA memberships for the kids ("kids" -- they're all over 18), and then came to the "sponsored by a member " part. We knew nobody in the club before that visit, so have some questions about that, but I can't get a response from the e-mail address listed on the application. So another month goes by.

Is the club disorganized, what is the deal? I can't figure out whether I should spend more time pursuing this or just reconcile myself to an even longer drive. (We're near Boulder, but have a daughter in Wheat Ridge, so this location made some sense.) My wife and kids want to shoot, and they do not really enjoy shooting out in the forest on snowshoes in a gusting wind.

Any insight into or opinions of this club would be appreciated. Or pointers to other clubs with indoor facilities and no long waiting lists.

[StagLefty]

You might try going there on a Friday night. Scout groups use the range that night and the adults there are members and might sponsor you. No guarantees but it might be worth a try. I ran Scout shoots there for quite awhile but never joined the actual club and wish I had now.

[vim]

I'm a retired Scoutmaster, and would love to see a Scout group in action, but trying to skate in that way seems awkward.

You ran shooting for Scouts? Thank you. My introduction to shooting back in the day was through a Scout camp rifle range, and I STILL have some old targets and NRA medals/patches that bring back good memories. (And the merit badge too, of course. )

[pickenup]

This may help, may not.
http://www.co-ar15.com/forums/showthread.php?t=8369

[StagLefty]

I'm a retired Scoutmaster, and would love to see a Scout group in action, but trying to skate in that way seems awkward.

You ran shooting for Scouts? Thank you. My introduction to shooting back in the day was through a Scout camp rifle range, and I STILL have some old targets and NRA medals/patches that bring back good memories. (And the merit badge too, of course. )

Ran ranges at Peaceful Valley for 16 yrs and Western region trap range at National Jamboree,Fort AP Hill. Sorry OP just having Scout flashbacks.

[StagLefty]

This may help, may not.
http://www.co-ar15.com/forums/showthread.php?t=8369

Good Grief I was posting on that 2 yrs ago ? Hope that helps the OP. Thanks pickenup.

[vim]

Ran ranges at Peaceful Valley for 16 yrs and Western region trap range at National Jamboree,Fort AP Hill. Sorry OP just having Scout flashbacks.

No kiddin'. National staff contingent, 1989, Merit Badge Midway here. (I won't say which MB booth openly; it was a very small group. I have some great memories of that one too.