General

• Each shooter is responsible for acting as a range officer.  A shooter wishing to go down range must obtain the agreement to cease fire from other shooters on the range, and when all shooting is stopped, the range status is declared "COLD" and people may move down range.  When everyone has returned from down range and are behind the yellow safety line, the shooters must agree that shooting may commence, and that the range is declared "HOT".
• Any person may call a cease fire at any time for any reason.
• Keep guns unloaded and actions open at all times, except when on the firing line when ready to fire.  Do not place an arrow on the bow or bowstring until ready to shoot.
• Keep guns grounded and actions open when anyone is forward of the firing line (red line).  Do not handle strung bows when anyone is forward of the shooting line.
• All projectiles (bullets, shot, and arrows) must impact in the designated areas and remain on CRGC property.

50-Yard Range Rules

1. All general CRGC standard operating procedures and range rules apply to the use of the 50 yard ranges.  See CRGC Member Handbook section 2 for more information.
2. No unconstrained rapid fire.  Constrained rapid fire is defined by the NRA or the shooting discipline which the shooter is practicing and is, in any case, aimed fire.  "Unconstrained rapid fire" in the context of this rule means shooting the firearm as rapidly as possible with no objective other than emptying the magazine.
3. Keep guns pointed down, and down range whenever they are not actually being fired.
4. Shooters may use firing positions nearer to the targets than the regular 50 yard lines.  When this occurs, the farthest forward firing position is the declared firing line.  All shooting must be done from this line until the firing line is moved to a different distance from the targets.  Shooters may not handle uncased firearms at the 50-yard benches if the firing line is established forward of that point.
5. When transporting firearms to firing positions nearer the targets than the 50-yard line, uncased firearms must be unloaded with the actions open, with the muzzles pointed down and down range, and active care must be taken to ensure that the muzzle never points at any part of a person or object during transport.
6. Fire in established directions only, with the berm on that range as the backstop.  Shooting must be conducted such that a bullet does not leave the range on which the firearm is shot.
7. Always police the range.  Pick up your expended brass and trash, and remove targets and place them in a trash barrel.  Replace benches or other range equipment back under the covered shooting positions at the 50-yard line.

Firearms Rules

1. Rimfire firearms
• No special rules.
2. Centerfire pistol cartridge firearms (rifle and pistol)
• No special rules.
3. Centerfire rifle cartridge firearms (rifle and pistol)
• No rapid fire with centerfire rifle cartridge firearms is allowed, since there is no range protection to prevent an uncontrolled shot from leaving the club's property.  The maximum rate of fire for any centerfire rifle caliber firearm is 1 round every 3 seconds.
• Centerfire rifle cartridge firearms with sound suppressors may be shot on the 50-yard ranges without usage restrictions except as noted above.
• Unsuppressed centerfire rifle cartridge firearms are exceptionally loud, and can be a dangerous distraction to nearby shooters.  Unsuppressed rifles shooting centerfire cartridges larger than .223 Remington or 5.56mm NATO may be sighted-in on the 50-yard range, but must be loaded and fired single shot, and then taken to the 100-yard range when they are sighted in.  Other unsuppressed centerfire rifle cartridge firearms, .223 Remington or 5.56mm NATO or smaller, may be used on the 50-yard range.  [Note that when the 65-yard range is finished it is unlikely that centerfire rifle cartridge firearms will be allowed on the 50-yard range at all except for initial sight adjustments.]
4. Black powder firearms
• No special rules.
5. Shotguns
• Pick up and remove shotshell hulls.

Target Rules

1. Shoot at regular paper targets suspended at least 12 inches under the cable on target boards provided, or on their own target frames, except as noted below for shotguns. Regular clay targets may be placed directly on the berm.  No cans, bottles, shotgun shells, etc., are to be used as targets.
2. Do not place targets on the ground more than 3 feet from a point directly below the cable to prevent ricochets from going over the berm.
3. Do not shoot shotshells at targets placed on the CRGC target boards hung on the wire.  The pellets will destroy the target boards with only a few shots.  Use your own targets, or use steel targets, or clay targets on the berm.
4. Steel targets may be used only if they are in good condition and are constructed of at least AR400 through-hardened steel, and are placed in frames or carriers at such an angle (about 10 degrees) that will deflect the bullet fragments to strike the ground immediately below the target.
   • Shooters must wear protective glasses when shooting at steel targets.
   • If you damage (crater or punch a hole) in a CRGC steel target, you get to buy it.
   • Do not shoot at steel targets at a range less than 7 yards if using lead or plated bullets, or lead shotshell target loads, or less than 10 yards if using jacketed bullets.
   • Never shoot at steel targets with centerfire rifle cartridges or shotgun slugs at any range less than 100 yards.
   • Do not shoot at steel targets with any bullets that contain penetrators (e.g. "green tip", 5.56mm M855, 5.7mm SS190, and others), or any shotshells with steel shot.
   • Do not shoot at steel targets with rimfire rounds with muzzle velocity greater than 1,800 fps, such as .17 HMR, .17 WSM, or.22 WMR.  These small diameter, high velocity bullets can damage even hardened targets.