The High Power Rifle Range Orientation and 1000yd Certification will take place in three basic parts:

1. 600yd Range Orientation and Practical Exercise
2. 1000yd Range Orientation and Practical Exercise
3. 1000yd Certification

Cost is $20 to be paid in cash at time of orientation. Empty Chamber Indicators (required on this range) will be available for sale at $1 each.

In the past the orientation/certification process took as much as 4 hours.

Participants must check in at the High Power club house at 8:00. This is a members only event, no guests will be allowed.

Anyone desiring to complete only the 600yd Range Orientation will be issued an Orientation Card and be allowed to leave prior to the 1000yd Certification portion of the orientation. This Range Orientation Card allows unaccompanied 600yd range access and electronic target use.

1000yd Certification will require firing at a target under the supervision of a High Power Range official with the purpose of evaluating your understanding of gun safety, marksmanship principals, elementary ballistics, sight adjustments, and assessing your rifle/ammo combination’s capability of holding the target at 1000yds. For this kind of shooting, commercial hunting rifles and hunting ammunition rarely make the cut. It will be nearly impossible to certify without optics, or optics without external windage and elevation adjustments, and some sort of rife rest or bipod, including a rear bag. Ammunition must be supersonic at the 1000yd impact area in order to activate our electronic target system. Most commercial hunting ammunition shot out of hunting rifles or AR-15/10s will not retain sufficient velocity at 1000yds. >1250 ft/sec terminal velocity is preferred.

Members wishing to certify at 1000yds must show up with at least a 200yd zero on their rifle and will first establish a 600yd zero before moving on to 1000yds. A 600 yard zero is to be considered 3 consecutive shots within the aiming bull (36”). 1000yd certification requires 3 consecutive shots within the target frame of the 1000yd target (a 6’x6’ target). If the shooter misses the target 4 consecutive times at 600 or 1000yds the shooter will not be certified but will receive an Orientation Card and be allowed to shoot on the 600yd range using the club’s electronic targets unsupervised. This “4 miss limit” is a precautionary measure established to protect the electronic target periphery down range.

Please remove muzzle breaks – suppressors are fine.

We have found that it is most normally a shooting equipment issue which prevents members from certifying, not something to be taken personally. Additional attempts to complete the 1000yd Certification is encouraged and may take place by appointment. We will discuss this further at the orientation.

If you are unsure about these things, please consider participating in the 600yd Orientation only so you can use the 600yd range at your leisure, then get some assistance from the members who frequent the High Power range and work from there.

We want you to be successful, but without the proper equipment and knowledge base you'll just become frustrated. If you're determined that long range shooting is your thing, we'll help you get there. 

Please review the following range documents:

600yd Occupation Checklist >
1000yd Occupation Checklist >
ShotMarker Instructions >

Acknowlege/Register >

High Power Rifle Range Orientation and 1000yd Certification