KVRPC season starting up

The Kootenai Valley Rifle and Pistol Club is dedicated to the sport of small-bore shooting and invites all interested people to join.

Competitive shooting is a sport of precision. KVRPC practices indoors with .22 caliber rifles and

pistols shooting at a distance of 50 feet. Rifle shooters aim for a 10 ring not much bigger than the period at the end of this sentence.

Pistol shooters at a ring about the size of a dime. Senior rifle shooters, age 21 on up, use a scoped rifle and shoot from prone, sitting, kneeling and standing positions while junior shooters, age 12 to 20, learn Olympic style three-position shooting with peep sights.

The teams compete from their home range on Highway 2, and also travel to Sandpoint, Coeur d’Alene, Spokane, and Missoula.

Smallbore shooting is an NCAA sport, making college scholarships available. If you aspire to compete in the Olympics, it can all start through the club.

The pistol team meets on Tuesday (starting Oct. 3), the senior rifle team on Wednesday (starting Oct. 5) and the junior rifle team on Thursday (Sept. 28); all at 6:30 p.m.

Anyone who would like to learn more about these sports, is invited to stop by the range located on U.S. 2 three miles east of Three Mile Junction and see what it is all about. Men, women, boys and girls are welcome.

For those who have shot in the past, and have put that equipment away, dust it off and come join us, officials wrote. We welcome you back to make some more memories. Shooting, a sport for a lifetime.

For more information contact Don at 208-610-0226.