About Us
The Asheville Rifle and Pistol Club is organized and chartered as a non-profit corporation, pursuant to the provisions of the North Carolina General Statutes Chapter 55A, the North Carolina Non-Profit Corporation Act as amended. Encourage organized shooting activities among citizens of good repute, resident in our community and elsewhere, and
2. Encourage marksmanship skills, sportsmans
hip, and the proper and safe use and care of fi****ms, and
3. Own and operate shooting range facilities for the benefit of its members, and to create a place of recreation and association for members, their families and invitees, and
4. Protect and preserve the God-given and unalienable right of the people, individually and collectively, to keep and bear arms for all lawful purposes, to exercise their rights to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness; to protect and preserve the Constitutional guarantees of those rights provided in the Constitution of the United States and the Amendments thereto, and in Article I, Section 30 of the Constitution of North Carolina. Our Range
Asheville Rifle and Pistol Club maintains two primary shooting ranges – an Outdoor Pistol Range with 16 positions at 25 and 50 yards, plus two 10-yard range lanes, and an Outdoor Rifle Range with 34 positions at 25-200 yards. Competitions
ARPC hosts several competitions every year. Many competitions are organized at the club-level, and others are part of a larger organized regional or national competition. Examples:
1. 2700 Pistol - Bullseye pistol matches are a very well regulated NRA governed discipline. We use NRA classification and the NRA rule book to classify and regulate our matches.
2. .22LR Rimfire Benchrest - The .22 caliber benchrest match is for ARPC members and their accompanying guests. The 100 yard target used is the IBS 200 Yard Hunter Rifle Target and the 50 yard target used is the USBR 50 Yard Target. Shooters fire 25 record rounds at each target/distance plus unlimited sighters. Typical equipment used includes:
- a front and rear rest, metal, sandbag or wood block
- a spotting scope
- a sighted-in rifle scope
- a .22 rimfire rifle
3. Smallbore Silhouette - Smallbore Silhouette Shooting Matches are an arcade-like rifle shooting event using a scoped (usually) .22lr rifle. There are 4 different animal shaped targets, each at their own, known distance – i.e. Chickens at 40 meters or nearly 44 yards; Pigs at 60 meters or nearly 66 yards; Turkeys at 77 meters or 84 yards and Rams at 100 meters or 109 yards.
4. Military Rifle Match - A “military rifle” is one that would have been issued to an enlisted man in any army in any war but nothing that is full automatic or selective fire. No sporterized rifles with military actions are permitted. Rifles must have open or aperture iron sights. They may not have scopes, dot or electronic sights. All firing will be from the bench with no artificial support.
5. Centerfire Rifle (UBR Matches) - The matches are intended for ARPC members and their guests. The competition is held at both 100 and 200 yards, and the targets are the UBR standard targets for .224, .243 and .308 calibers. Any scoped centerfire rifle up to 30 caliber is welcome. The matches are intended for ARPC members and their guests. Any scoped centerfire rifle up to 30 caliber is welcome.
6. Blackpowder Match - Do you have a 50 caliber Hawken rifle collecting dust in your gun safe ? How about an inline muzzleloader you bought years ago and only used for one deer season ? Well dig that old smoke-pole out of your closet because we are going to give you a reason to use it. The Asheville Rifle and Pistol Club is sponsoring a muzzle loading rifle match where you can use any kind of muzzle loading rifle.
