Welcome to the Beloit Rifle Club Inc.

Posted on January 21, 2008

Welcome to the Beloit Rifle Club website.

 

Charted in 1925 and affiliating with the National Rifle Association in 1927, the Beloit Rifle Club currently occupies 20 acres of land on Philhower Road just north of Beloit.  This facility has become one of the finest in the Midwest featuring indoor and outdoor shooting and archery ranges.  Our membership of nearly 700 travels from as far away as Chicago.

 

Our main goal – promoting a safe shooting environment for the following disciplines: Trap, Black Powder, Pistol, Silhouette, Archery, High Power Rifle, Benchrest, Cowboy Action, Civilian Marksmanship.

 

Our facilities are used by the Rock County 4H Shooters, Boy Scouts, Young Marines, the Beloit Police Department, state policing organizations and Marine recruits.  Professor John Nickels of Beloit College brought his class to the range to learn about ballistics and to experience firing a pistol.  Safety education classes are also held.

 

A Brief History

1925 – Beloit Rifle Club is chartered – meetings held at Jones Hardware at the corner of 4th and Grand and featuring a 50 foot shooting range

1927 – Affiliated with the National Rifle Association

1930 – meetings moved to Grinell Hall

1949 – meetings moved to former Besley Wells plant on 3rd Street

1968 – land purchased on Philhower Road