March 4, 2023
Blackpowder Shoot on April 4th and 18th at 6pm
South Cariboo Sportsmen Association will be hosting a Blackpowder shoot. This is intended to get interested people out to experience blackpowder, maybe for the first time! Meet at 6pm at the upper range at the clubhouse. The rifle and pistol ranges will be closed for this event special! Contact Ken Brown at 250-453-9415 if you have questions.
Sept 7, 2023
10th Annual Thanksgiving Blackpowder Shoot
Volunteers required to setup Black Powder course for the 10th Annual Thanksgiving Blackpowder Shoot on Oct. 5th to 8th. If you can contribute a couple of hours of your time to make this possible, we'd really appreciate it. Contact Ken Brown at 250-453-9415. Ken is available most days so can accommodate your schedule.
SCSA 10TH Annual Black Powder Rendezvous starts on Thursday Oct 5 and finishes on Sunday Oct 8th. A warm welcome to all black powder enthusiasts from across the Province and Western Canada.
To All Our Members....All Ranges will be closed to host the Black Powder Rendezvous. You are welcome to attend and view the competitions.
Sept 5, 2023
Range Closure - Special Event
The Rifle and Pistol Ranges will be closed this Sunday Sept. 10 from Noon until 3:00 for a Black Powder Demo.
Weather permitting (too much smoke or rain will cancel event to another date). This is a no cost event to our members. If you are interested in shooting black powder pistol and rifle this is the event to attend. Sign up now as spaces are limited. Ken Brown and Reni Lend will supply rifles, pistols, powders, etc. and demonstrate black powder techniques. Call Ken at 250-453-9415 or Reni at 250-457-7327 to sign up.
Only 5 Days Left To Sign Up!
August 2, 2023
Range Schedule Reminder
Some members are using both ranges on the same day. On other occasions members are using the rifle range while other members are using the pistol range. This is against our range rules and if the RCMP based out of Kamloops were to conduct a random inspection our certification could be revoked, which would mean the closure of the range. We do not want to lose our license.
Lower Range Schedules:
Odd Days - Rifle Range only
Even Days - Pistol Range only
Archery - Any day
Trap - Range is closed until further notice, see homepage for more details
Monday - Archery 5:00 pm onwards (phone Anita to confirm 250-457-1731)
Wednesday - Precision Rimfire 5:00 pm onwards
Signing In To The Range and Bringing Guests
1) Signing in when using the range is a RCMP range requirement.
2) Our club insurance won't cover someone who isn't signed in.
3) You can bring a guest(s) with you for ONE TIME ONLY.
4) Once a guest has been to the range that one time and wish to return, they need to purchase a membership.
https://www.southcariboosportsmen.com
Breaking the rules isn't an excuse and in future if the above observations are reported we will terminate that members card to the club permanently. Please take the above seriously. Ranges are under attack by all walks of government and any slip up of the rules gives them the opportunity to shut down our range. Please be mindful of the rules and regulations governing gun ranges across Canada and take an extra minute to sign in on the correct day and enjoy!
May 22, 2023
All ranges will be closed from this coming Friday, May 26th to Monday May 29th for BC PRS Competitions. Friday is setup day and Monday is take down day. Sat and Sun are the competitions....spectators welcome, range officers required. Let us know if you're interested.
Reliable Gun Presents Spring Sharp Shooters - Cache Creek 2023 BCPRL
Match starts: May 27, 2023 @ 9:00 AM · Match ends: May 27, 2023 @ 3:00 PM
Location: 205 Patterson Rd, Cache Creek, BC V0K1H0
Welcome to the first annual Spring Sharp Shooters Match in Cache Creek BC!
South Cariboo Sportsmen Association offers shooters multiple shooting locations, multiple shooting props and targets ranging between 25 and 400m!
This is a one day, precision rifle match hosted by the BC Precision Rifle League and will challenge shooters of all skill levels. Either timed or varying target sizes. There will be many different barricades and natural terrain to navigate through while shooting the match as well. Come prepared to have a great time!!
May 9, 2023
Notice of Annual General Meeting
The Annual General Meeting will be held on May 31st @ 6:00 pm in the HUB Gym, 711 Hill St, Ashcroft, BC.
1) All club members are invited to attend. You must have your 2023 membership card to attend and vote at the meeting.
2) Agenda:
a) Meeting called to order
b) Secretary to read the minutes of the 2022 AGM, motion to adopt and vote to accept
c) Directors Reports:
- Secretary
- Treasurer
- Rifle
- Pistol
- Blackpowder
- Trap
- Archery
- Publicity
- President
d) Questions by members regarding reports
f) 2022 Annual Financial Statement presented, motion to accept and vote
g) Election of Officers and Directors
3) Meeting adjourned - Motion, 2nd, vote.
Dec 2, 2022
Renew your membership online now!
Click here to go to the shopping cart to select your membership and purchase online.
Nov 24, 2022
Raffle winners as posted below
July 21, 2022
9th BLACK POWDER RENDEZVOUS
LOCATION: We are above the Cache Creek Transfer Station Site, 4.4 km out of Cache Creek going towards Vancouver on Hwy #1. Signs will be posted from both directions. Lots of RV Parking, areas to pitch your Primitive Camp. No power or water, please bring your own water.
SPECTATORS & VISITORS WELCOME! REGISTER EARLY.
SHOOTERS COST: $35.00/Shooter & Juniors $5.00 each
SCHEDULE
No inline firearms, no compound bows, no broadheads.
Friday - Oct. 7 - Setup Camp and a Tour of the Range to prepare you for the next days events.
Saturday - Oct. 8 - All participants (Men, Ladies, Youths) can start with any of these trails - Rifle or Hawk & Knife or Pistol or Archery, starts 9 a.m. until 5:30 p.m.
B/P Trap shoot at 2 p.m. for all shooters with exposed hammers shotguns only no plastic wads.
Once finished hand in your scores.
There is a pot luck supper at 6 p.m. for all attending.
Sunday - Oct. 9 - Continue shooting events from Saturday if you didn't finish until 12:00. Pistol & archery trails are closed to host the Quigley muzzle loaders long shoot, Men's & Ladies bench & cartridge Quigley long shoot bench.
If you need to finish the Rifle trail you can finish your match .
All scores must be in by 3 p.m. and the Awards will be handed out to the winners of each event. Top Mountainman & Mountainwomen are selected from all the scores handed in .
Events: Men and Ladies - Percussion - Flint Lock - Smooth Bore - Rifle Trail (Shooter can enter all 3 events) But only one counts as top Mountainman and Mountainwoman score - your choice.
Youth 12 - 17 yrs:
Rifle Trail, Hawk & Knife and Archery Trail
Men & Ladies:
Hawk & Knife, Pistol Trail, Archery Trail, B/P Trap, Quigley, Muzzle Loader
Men Only:
Cartridge Quigley
Monday - Oct. 10 - Final day, camps are taken down and reflection on the good times had by all. SCSA Thanks To Everyone Attending, Have a Safe Trip Home and We'll See You For the 10th Annual in 2023!
May 29, 2022
4th Rebuild Our Range Raffle
Thank you everyone for making our Feb. 1st raffle such a success. We sold out in 3 months, but unfortunately have to wait until August 1st to draw the winner as per B.C. Gaming rules.
We are now launching a 2nd raffle for 2022. $11,500 in prizes consisting of 4 scoped rifles and 3 additional bonus scopes. As before there will only be 2000 tickets available at $10.00 each.
Buy Your Tickets via Email e-Transfer to: southcariboosportsmen@gmail.com Password: cariboo OR
Phone in your Visa or MasterCard to Wayne Wawrenuik at 604-861-2454
IMPORTANT: Include mailing address, phone no. & email, we will email the ticket numbers back to you.
Valid PAL required to claim any prize above
May 3, 2022
NATIONAL RIFLE LEAGUE EVENT!
SCSA Range Closed To Members May 14 & 15 To Host National Rifle League Match.
Spectators Welcome
Click on this link for information and to join:
Match starts: May 15, 2022 @ 9:00 AM
Match ends: May 15, 2022 @ 3:00 PM
Location: South Cariboo Sportsmen Association
205 Patterson Rd
Cache Creek, BC V0K1H0
This is our the third NRL22 match of the year and it's an exciting one as we are starting at a new venue; South Cariboo Sportsmen Association, just outside of Cache Creek, BC! The South Cariboo Sportsmen Association offers shooters multiple shooting locations, multiple shooting props and targets ranging between 25 and 400 m!
This is a RIMFIRE (more specifically 22LR only) rifle match designed for competitors shooting non-magnum, rimfire cartridges at steel targets ranging from 0.25 MOA to 8 + MOA. This match will be run as a sanctioned, NRL22 match, that will focus on having shooters shoot off of improvised positions, barricades, tripods, prone and anything else that the modern marksman should be able to do.
Gear restrictions: no tripods for NRL22 stages (5 of them)
Estimated round count: 150 rounds maximum
Class explanations for signup: all class restrictions can be found on the NRL22 website. If you are confused, please contact us directly at bcprecisionrifle@gmail.com. As this is an NRL22 match, you will also be able to find the course of fire available to everyone (the April edition) on their website.
This is a one day, precision rifle match hosted by the BC Precision Rifle league and will challenge shooters of all skill levels. The match will be a pretty up-tempo match, lots of shooting, and will be both physically and mentally demanding. Most stages will have some sort of stress involved; either timed or varying target sizes. There will be many different barricades and natural terrain to navigate through while shooting the match as well. Come prepared! It is not supposed to be super easy. Again, Come Prepared and be ready to have a great time!! We strive to have minimal down time.
SCHEDULE
Sunday - Range open at 8 am for zeroing/speed gathering. Safety brief at 0900, rounds down range at 0930. Providing all runs smoothly and there are minimal target failures, we'll be done around 1300 - 1400.
Awards will be held outside to social distance, and to stay away from confined spaces, it will all be outside. Please come prepared for that as well.
Waters will be provided all weekend. Food and snacks are up to the match directors discretion, so pack accordingly for a day out.
Squading/scoring - We will be doing scoring via Practiscore.
Entry Fee: $35.00
Outstanding support again this year. Great prizes too!
We Appreciate The Tremendous Support From The Firearms Community
e-Transfer or Phone 604-861-2454 with your Credit Card to get your ticket(s).
May 2, 2022
JUST 18 RAFFLE TICKETS REMAIN!
Outstanding support again this year. Great prizes too!
We Appreciate The Tremendous Support From The Firearms Community
e-Transfer or Phone 604-861-2454 with your Credit Card to get your ticket(s).
April 12, 2022
RAFFLE TICKETS NOW 75% SOLD OUT!
Any purchases of tickets from Wed. April 13 to Mon April 18 will not receive your scanned tickets until after Mon April 18. Thank you for understanding.
Also this may well be your last opportunity to purchase tickets prior to the Kamloops Gun Show April 23 & 24 which may see SCSA selling out all remaining tickets.
Less than 500 Tickets Are Now Left! We Appreciate The Tremendous Support From The Firearms Community
e-Transfer or Phone 604-861-2454 with your Credit Card to get your ticket(s).
April 12, 2022
South Cariboo Sportsmen Association
2022 AGM Meeting To Elect New Directors and Approve Bylaw
Changes
When: May 10, 2022
What Time: 7:00 P.M.
Where: Ashcroft Hub - 711 Hill St, Ashcroft, BC
Who Can Attend: All Voting Members (You Must Have Your Membership Card To Attend The Meeting)
The Societies Act requires us to hold an Annual General Meeting and Elect New Directors. Positions are: President, Vice President, Secretary-Treasurer, Rifle Director, Pistol Director, Shotgun Director, Archery Director, Black Powder Director and Publicity Director.
Any member can stand for election to any of these positions. As a member you will need to attend 4-6 meetings a year to discuss and vote on issues important to the club and lend some of your time to help the club out. We need members of all ages to stand for election.
MARCH 18, 2022
TRAP SHOOTING COMMENCES THIS SAT. 1:00 PM
You can now purchase your trap shoot range card by e-Transfer or Credit Card 604-861-2454. Cost is $120 for 20 Rounds of Trap
RIMFIRE PRECISION SHOOTING
Starting This Wednesday, March 23 4:30 til Dusk
Rifle Range Director Joe Hunter is introducing
Precision Rimfire Shooting. A Rimfire course will
be setup out to 200 yards. Bring you .22 and
some ammo and learn a new shooting discipline.
RIMFIRE PRECISION SERIES-COURSE OF FIRE SAFETY
1. Always point your rifle in a safe direction. Never point a rifle at anything you don’t intend to shoot.
2. Always keep your rifle unloaded until ready to use. Treat all rifles as though they are loaded even if you believe otherwise.
3. Keep your finger out of the trigger guard until you are ready to fire.
4. Know your target, what is in front of it and what is behind it.
5. Always wear proper eye and ear protection.
6. Never use alcohol or drugs while shooting.
Rifle Safety While at a Match
1. Chamber Flags are MANDATORY to ensure rifles are in a safe condition. SCSA will ensure that Chamber Flags are available.
2. SCSA competitions are always cold ranges. All rifles are to be unloaded, with magazines out and actions open and Chamber Flag inserted into Chamber. Do not remove Chamber Flag until directed by the Range Officer. Magazines inserted into rifle only when directed by the Range Officer. NOTE: Always wait for the Range Officer’s commands. Do not close bolt until on target.
3. During a stage any movement or barricade transition must be done with the action open and an empty chamber. The Semi Automatic shooter must engage the safety, and yell “safe” loud enough for the RO to hear with ear protection.
4. During position change in a stage, the 120 rule must always be adhered to. The 120 rule refers to only pointing the rifle within +/- 60 degrees of straight forward. There may be stages when a Range Officer reduces the 120 rule even more. Always follow directions and be aware of where you are pointing your rifle.
5. At end of stage, remove magazine, unload, verify chamber is empty, insert chamber flag before moving off the firing line with rifle muzzle pointed up. Note: Range officer will give commands.
6. Ground rifles in a rifle rack, or location that the Range Officer designates as a safe direction with a Chamber Flag inserted into rifle chamber. Note: Rifles with fixed tubular magazines are discouraged as they are more difficult to make safe. Range Officers will pay extra attention to shooters with tubular magazines. Consideration for keeping tubular magazine follower and spring separate from rifle when not in use.
Bring your rimfire for opening day. See what others are using. Give it a try and enjoy a new discipline.
DECEMBER 17, 2021
Trapshooting Closed For Winter
TRAP SHOOTING IS NOW
CLOSED FOR THE SEASON
UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
Starting this Saturday, Dec. 18th we've
closed trap for the season.
Shooting re-commences next year and
we will be emailing all of you a notice
as to when we're back in action.
So until next we see you, SCSA is
wishing you and yours a
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
Be on the lookout for our new Buy/Sell/Trade newsletter with the 1st edition being emailed to club members only tomorrow. There's a lot of great stuff listed so check it out!
DECEMBER 1, 2021
Volunteers Needed!
Saturday December 4th at Noon we need some volunteers to meet at the upper range at 1pm to help unload a truckload of Shooting Clays that are being delivered (Thanks Home Hardware!)
October 29 2021
Rifle Range Updates
Please be aware there are no targets at the rifle range, you must bring your own. This is part of the ongoing work to improve rifle and pistol ranges, new targets will be installed soon.
AGM Scheduled
The General Meeting will be held on November 18, 2021 at 7:00 p.m. at The Hub Gym, 711 Hill St, Ashcroft, BC
It has been brought to our attention that the Bylaw changes which were unanimously approved on Sept. 15, 2021 were not fully published as per our Notice to Members on August 17th, 2021. Therefore we have called a 2nd GM to confirm the changes to the Bylaws only.
The format for this meeting will be:
a) Call the meeting to Order
b) Make a motion to adopt the Bylaw Changes
c) Someone 2nds the motion
d) We discuss the changes with all attending
e) We vote to accept or reject each item of the changes
f) We adjourn the meeting
October 7-31 2021
PISTOL RANGE EXTENDED CLOSURE
EFFECTIVE TODAY, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 7, 2021 THE SCSA PISTOL RANGE WILL
BE CLOSED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE DUE TO UPGRADES!
The Pistol and Rifle Range are both closed as of today for the previously announced special event. The Pistol Range closure will extend as we commence construction upgrades to the facility. For now, Oct 31 is the closure date but this will be adjusted as timelines firm up.
The SCSA will be undertaking a series of construction upgrades to our facilities. These upgrades may also include closure of the lower range, both pistol and rifle for a period of several days, additional notice to be provided should this be required. Until the pistol range is re-opened, please use the rifle range for pistol
target practice.
Thank you for understanding and your cooperation is appreciated.
September 28, 2021
TRAPSHOOTING is still active although time and day are undergoing changes as our days are rapidly getting shorter. Today, Tuesday 28 Sept we start at 5:30 PM. Next Tuesday, 5 Oct, also 5:30. Tuesday, 12 Oct, also 5:30.
After that, we will change to Saturday or Sunday afternoons, to be determined. Watch here, or Instagram, or Facebook for updates.
We have a good enthusiastic and active group right now and the intent is to continue into the fall until forced to pause due to weather. In the past we have continued on a weekly basis all through the winter, some years shot monthly,and a few years we halted shooting altogether for several months, so we’ll see how the current group feels as the weather changes.
September 13, 2021
Annoucement from our good friends at the Quesnel Rod & Gun Club.
We are having a 2 Gun competition Nov 6 and 7th (the same shoot on both days to allow attendance flexibility) and a bonus night shoot free for those competing to attend on Nov 6th.
It would be great to see some of you competing. We're hoping to have some good fun prizes and to provide a great challenge!
The info below includes some links to more detailed information but I'd be happy to answer any questions you have.
The instagram post: https://www.instagram.com/p/CTnCs-MJyD1/
The website with all the info: https://quesnelrodandgun.ca/3gun/2gun-competition-and-night-shoot/
The club practiscore link: https://practiscore.com/clubs/quesnel_rod_and_gun_club
Location: Quesnel Rod and Gun Club, 3398 Nazko Road, Quesnel, BC V2J 7G2
This 2 Gun Match (Rifle and Pistol) is comprised of 3 - 4 Stages, with a suggested ammo count: Rifle 150, Pistol 125, targets will be from 3 - 300m.
The same shoot will be conducted on both days.
Registration: Shooters must register using https://www.practiscore.com
A rental semi auto rifle (5.56) and pistol (9mm) will be available for $10 each with magazines included. All those renting a firearm will be placed in the same squad
A free night shoot will be available on Day 1 to those competing after the competition shooting has finished.
Cash payments only for registration and firearm rentals on the day, no exceptions.
Full information can be found at: https://quesnelrodandgun.ca/3gun/2gun-competition-and-night-shoot/
Contact email: quesnelmultigun@gmail.com
NB: The night shoot is listed as it's own match on Practiscore
Kind regards
Tom
August 18, 2021
South Cariboo Sportsmen Association
2021 Annual General Meeting
NOTICE: To All Club Members
WHEN: Wednesday, Sept. 15, 2021
TIME: 7:00 p.m.
WHERE: The Hub Gym
711 Hill Street
Ashcroft, B.C.
ATTENDANCE: Open To All Current Paid Members (bring your membership card with you).
AGENDA:
1. Vote to approve Agenda
2. Review and approve minutes of 2020 AGM
3. Review financial statements 2020 & 2021 to
2nd Quarter
4. Officers and Directors Reports
3. Election of new directors and officers to stand
until Spring 2023
4. Submission and members vote to Bylaw
changes by Special Resolution
August 9, 2021
Range is reopened. Much work was done to get to this point along with mother nature cooperating. Fuel mitigation work was completed and a local business donated 3x water totes each with approx 350 gallons of water.
July 3, 2021
SOUTH CARIBOO SPORTSMEN ASSOCIATION IS CLOSING THE UPPER AND LOWER RANGES UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE DUE TO THE EXTREME TEMPERATURES AND FIRE HAZARD EFFECTIVE TODAY, JULY 3, 2021
Please let all members know that the range is closed. We cannot risk a ricochet on steel or rock striking up a fire. We do not want to repeat what happened in 2017. Thank you for understanding.
The Executive will send out notice when the range will re-open once we have cooler temperatures and rain to wet down the range and surrounding area.