The Manistee Clan Muzzle Loading Club

Range Safety Rules

1. No smoking or alcohol on the firing line.
2. Loading directly from a powder horn or flask is prohibited. No open powder cans on firing line. Loading must be done at the loading area.
3. Do not snap caps, load or prime your gun until the firing line has been declared hot.
4. Your gun should be pointed in the air or down range at all times.
5. Immediately notify the range officer in any case where your gun malfunctions or fails to fire. Await his instructions and take your gun to the designated place to repair your gun or dislodge your dry-ball (our club has a CO.2 dry-ball puller).
6. All range commands must be obeyed and the decision of the range officer is final.
7. Spectators must stay behind safety barriers before and during all shooting matches.
8. Only paper targets stapled or clay pigeons glued to paper and stapled to target frame backer boards will be used as shooting targets. Solid objects, bottles and cans are prohibited for use as targets.
9. Make sure all shooting has ceased and the firing line made safe before attempting to hang new targets.
10. All guns must be stacked with the muzzle up between matches (no loading) and while targets are being hung.
11. When finished shooting, remove all used targets from the target frames and place all of your targets, cleaning patches and other trash in a barrel before leaving the range. Police your brass and deposit in the blue brass barrels.
12. Trap shooting or shooting of clay pigeons is not allowed anywhere on range property.
13. No obscene language or distasteful conduct will be tolerated.

REPEATED VIOLATIONS OF THE ABOVE RULES CAN RESULT IN SUSPENSION OF YOUR RANGE AND SHOOTING PRIVILEGES.