Category: Announcements

New dates and information on club shoots. Because we haven’t played as much as us skeet shooters would like, here’s the new deal on the club shoots. At each club shoot we are offering 2 rounds of 50 targets to make up for missing months. You do not have to shoot 2 rounds you can only shoot one if you choose. Two rounds two fees @ $20 each. Doubles will be offered, 50 targets after the two rounds of regular skeet. Here are the new dates: July 26; August 16; September 27; October 11; October 25; finals and awards luncheon November 15.

Please contact Preston if you have any questions at 586-215-3060

The results from the Firecracker Open can be found at https://www.msskeet.org/shoot_reports/shootresults_local.php?shoot_id=MV157513&report_gauge=12&all_scores=0&from_url=mssa

We will have our 5-Stand venue open Sunday, July 5, from 9:00 am until noon. In an effort to avoid clusters of people around the scorer’s table, the sign-up and fee collection will be at the picnic table on skeet field 4. We also encourage everyone to practice social distancing and wear a face mask when not shooting. Please ask from a distance for your score/others score if you
didn’t hear it when it was first read.

Our Sporting Clays venue will be setup this coming Saturday, June 20, from 9:00 a.m. until Noon. Our Covid 19 precautions that have been previously published and are available at https://mvss.pfeifferfamily.net/wp/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Safety-Precautions-for-Re-opening-Shotgun-Range.pdf remain in effect.

The shotgun range will begin our usual hours of operation after June 15. So, the range will not open on Tuesday, June 16, and Thursday, June 18, but will open on Wednesday, June 17, Saturday, June 20, and Sunday, June 21. The hours of operation will also return to normal, that is from 9:00 – 12:00 each day we are open.  Our night events are still on hold.

Sporting Clays

We will resume opening our sporting clays venue on Saturday, June 20, from 9:00 – 12:00.

Covid-19 Protection

The Covid – 19 precautions previously published will remain in effect until further notice.

Results for the Mesilla Valley Open Ishoot are available at

http://www.bdb.com/results/2020/2020_Mesilla_Valley_Open_iShoo.html

Status Through June 15

After further discussions with the City Parks Director, we will have to change our times of operation to 8:00 – 11:00 a.m. So to recap, we will be open from 8:00 – 11:00 a.m. on Thursday, Saturday, and Tuesday (I got some volunteers), starting tomorrow May 28, 2020.

Status Through June 15

This is where we stand today. The city has opened the pistol bays on the Butterfield Shooting Range from 8-11 and 5-8 on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays. For now we will be allowed by the City to open the shotgun range on Thursdays (starting tomorrow, May 28) and Saturdays from 9-12. The City will also allow us to open on Tuesdays but I as of now I do not have the volunteers needed to accommodate Tuesdays. I will let you know as our situation evolves.

The rules of operation will be as in this pdf (the same one shared on May 14):  

https://mvss.pfeifferfamily.net/wp/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Safety-Precautions-for-Re-opening-Shotgun-Range.pdf

The Southwestern Shotgunners Trap Club is  open as of May 16, 2020.

In keeping with the mandates put forth by the Governor of New Mexico the Southwestern Shotgunners Trap Club will be requiring ALL members to wear a mask while on the property starting Saturday May 16. We understand how difficult it is to wear a mask and shoot at the same time, therefore we will allow shooters on the line to remove the mask while shooting but the masks must be put back on when you come off the line. There will be no exceptions.

More information follows after the break.

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As of this minute, the range will not open this weekend. In discussions with the City, we might be allowed to open on May 28 with restrictions. We don’t know what those restriction might be as of now. We submitted to the  City the attached safety precautions that we propose to use when we re-open. We also have a scheduled registered skeet shoot on May 30, 31 which will have an impact on recreational skeet shooting even if we are allowed to be open on the 28th. I will try to keep you informed as additional information becomes available on the range’s status – Joe

https://mvss.pfeifferfamily.net/wp/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Safety-Precautions-for-Re-opening-Shotgun-Range.pdf