About the Club
The River City Rifle and Pistol Club (RCR&PC) was incorporated in 1968 in Mason City,
Iowa as a non-profit organization to promote civilian marksmanship, proper gun safety, competitive spirit, conservation of
natural resources, and to provide a safe and proper place to shoot.
The RCR&PC has members from a broad spectrum
of occupations in our communities. Members include families, men, women, and youth who reside in several counties not
limited to Winnebago, Mitchell, Cerro Gordo, Franklin, and Worth counties.
We shoot a wide variety of disciplines
such as:
 NRA High Power Power Rifle
Bullseye Pistol Shooting
Trap
Cowboy Action Shooting
CMP Rimfire Sporter
Running Deer
plus many others. Many of our members simply use the range for sighting-in their
hunting rifles.
How Does
the River City Rifle and Pistol Club Benefit the Community
This list shows the continuing networking that the River City Rifle and Pistol Club does to meet it's
mission listed above:
Open to the public-Monday
night trap shooting, monthly Cowboy Action Shoots, High Power Rifle Matches and host to various shooting events including
Civilian Marksmanship Program, Rim-Fire Sporter and Running Deer shoots.
Boy Scouts of America-Firearm Safety Merit Badge qualification training and overnight camp outs.
4-H - Shooting, Sports Club's practice, and competitions in Shotgun, Small-Bore
Rifle, and Air Rifle events.
High School - Trap teams, including Mason
City Mohawks, and the Northwood-Kensett Vikings trap teams.
Law Enforcement
- Outdoor training - The RCR&P Club facility has been utilized by the Mason City Police Department, Cerro Gordo County
Sheriff's Department, and the nine county North Iowa Drug Task Force Team.
The
United States Secret Service Department - Utilized the RCR&P Club facility for training exercises when President
Bill Clinton visited the North Iowa area.
The range can be made available to other Boy
Scout Troops, school shooting teams, 4-H shooting, sports clubs, and other shooting safety and education organizations.
The Future of River City Rifle and Pistol Club
As of July, 2009, the River City Rifle and Pistol Club is approximately 90% finished constructing and building our new
range facility at the southeast corner of Jonquil Avenue and B-20. We now have electricity to the range, the club
house from the old range has been moved to the new range and is currently under renovation, there is a new sign-in station
at the entrance, and finishing work is taking place on the remainder of the range.
In
the next ten years River City Rifle and Pistol Club has proposed to build an education and indoor shooting sports facility
on the northwest corner of the range. This facility would enable year round use of both rim-fire and center-fire handguns,
smallbore rifles, and air rifles. Training, education, and competitions will be highly promoted at this new indoor shooting
sports facility in addition to being used by the membership.
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