Welcome to the Itasca Gun Club web site!

For updates on range closures, please check the Calendar.  Updates to the calendar occur at night, so checking mornings is the best bet. 

Sight In Days are ON!

The annual Itasca Gun Club Sight In Days are here!  Members and the public are welcome to head for the outdoor range to sight in hunting rifles and pistols.  Sight In is open today through November 8^th, but check the Calendar to see which hours the range is open.  Raffle tickets are available for $2.00, and there are firearms, scopes and a knife being offered.

Sight In is an event to help hunters prep for the firearms deer opener, by making sure your rifle shoots to the point you expect.  There are club volunteers out there to assist in spotting shots on target for you, provide help with scope and sight adjustments, change targets as they fill up with holes and manage the firing line safely.

Sight in is an important fundraiser for the Club.  Please let others know about it.  The cost is $3.00 per firearm, which is quite cheap.  You can sight in more than one, and unlike some other ranges, we don’t impose a limit to the number of shots you can fire in order to get sighted in.  If long lines develop, we do have to use some reasonableness. 

Since there are a lot of Club members volunteering their time to help the club raise money, $3.00 must be paid for every firearm being sighted.  This applies to Club members as well.  If you want to shoot for free, sign up for one of the volunteer slots, and you can shoot when there are slow periods.  Please note that the outdoor pistol range is closed during this event.

There’s a lot of information on the Sight In page, including raffle prizes, hours of operation, volunteer duties/what to expect, directions to the range and fired brass for sale.  

Pass the word, head out there, make sure your scope is still aligned after storage, and have fun!

Grand Rapids Chapter of The Well Armed Woman

There's a new chapter of The Well Armed Woman forming in Grand Rapids.  The group is open to interested women, and will meet monthly for discussions, instruction, training and shooting.  There's an article about the chapter in the Grand Rapids Herald Review   The Well Armed Woman Brochure

Itasca Gun Club's summer programs are winding down.  Information on indoor range events will be added as dates are firmed up.   

Itasca Action Pistol, Itasca 3 Gun competition, Service Rifle and 100 Year Old rifle matches are on the calendar.  All these events are open to club members and the public.  Each event has a small fee, ranging from $5 to $20.  All of the shooting programs at IGC are 100% volunteer led.  People volunteer to run the programs, set up targets and stages for each match, and generally put in a lot of work to make these programs available to you.  If you have some time to help set up and clean up before and after matches, please speak up while you're there, or use the calendar links to find contact information.

Itasca Action Pistol is a weekly event, Thursday evenings. 

You can attend all of them, one of them or just show up on the weeks that work for you.  Bring your own pistol, hip holster, magazines, ammunition and eye and ear protection.  There's a list of equipment needed and what to expect on the Action Pistol page.

 Itasca Action Pistol Slideshow

Contact: itascaactionpistol@gmail.com

Itasca 3 Gun matches will be held once each month on Saturdays. 

It's the same concept - attend one, some, or all of the matches.  You'll need a pistol, magazines and ammunition and eye and ear protection.  You'll also need a semi automatic shotgun and semi auto rifle, but you can borrow one if you need to.  Read more about equipment on the 3 Gun page. 

Service Rifle matches are once a month on the third Tuesdays. 

There are two matches each time, one in the early afternoon, and one in the late afternoon.  You can bring your own rifle and ammo, or borrow a club rifle and purchase ammo.  Service rifles from any country may be used.  American Service Rifles such as M1 Garands,  M1 Carbines or M1A's are used, as are AR class rifles or Springfields.  Options from other countries include AK class rifles, Mosin-Nagant, SKS, Mauser or Enfields.  Service Rifle Slideshow

100 Year Old Rifle matches are also the third Tuesday of each month, and are held between the two Service Rifle matches.  You need to bring your own rifle, manufactured at least 100 years ago, and ammo.

Range News!

The existing clubhouse and indoor range will remain open and operational until the spring of 2020. IGC has been in discussions with the MN DNR to extend the club’s lease at that property, allowing us to continue using the indoor facilities for the foreseeable future. We will eventually move the clubhouse over to the new range on Prairie Lake Road and begin site clean-up at the old location.  The indoor range at the old location will remain open as long as possible.

1. The concrete has been poured for the 50 yard pistol range firing line.  The shooting structure has been moved into place and bolted down to the concrete, so there's now overhead cover.  No more shooting in the rain!

2. Contractors have completed the underground plumbing work, and the concrete building slab for the classroom/clubhouse relocation has been poured. 

3. IGC Volunteers have cleared enough timber along the entrance road so that the building mover can get the clubhouse/classroom out to the new site

Other Information

Handgun carry permit classes are taught twice a month by Certified Itasca Gun Club instructors.  Check the Calendar for dates and information.  

You can join Itasca Gun Club for only $30 a year, $18 for seniors, as a family membership.

There are multiple slide shows of range construction efforts on the "Range Relocation" tab above.  There's a new slide show as of Oct 17 2016 here.

While the range is open to members, please check the club calendar before you head out to make sure that the range is not temporarily closed for construction, training or scheduled shooting events.

Want to Join or Renew Your Membership?

Information on joining or renewing is on our Membership Page

Looking for a Pistol Carry Permit Class?

Certified Itasca Gun Club Instructors teach Minnesota Carry Permit Classes at least once a month at our indoor range and classroom. The cost is typically $75 for a one day class that meets all the requirements of the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension.  Check our Calendar for class dates and times.  Information about carry permits is on the same page as the classes.  Here's more information on Minnesota and Florida Carry Permits.

Looking for Fun Long Range Shooting?

We have built and placed the new 300 yard steel gong. It is 28” across and constructed of AR500 armor grade steel.  It will easily withstand 30-06 armor piercing at 50 yards so it should last a long time at 300 yard line! Conley Janssen and Grant Janssen built and assembled it, with Grant doing some of the final welding so he earned first “GONG”!  He put two shots in a 2 inch spotter with his custom 300RUM Remington 700 and Burris F class scope.  It rings very nice!  Gong Slideshow