Howell Gun Club

2025/26 Snow Country

The Clubhouse and Indoor Range will be in use 8:30a to 12:00p.
League will be from 9:00a to 12:00p on the following Saturday mornings:
November 8, and 22, 2025, December 13, 2025,January 10, 2026
January 25, 2026, February 7, 2026 and March 7, 2026

Small Bore Rimfire only.
60 shots prone slow fire, plus sighters.
All Targets are scored on the Orion Target System.
Bring your own cardboard back to hang targets.

Contact Ed Gostomski at [email protected] a couple of days before each match date to register.
Thank you.

Youth Small Bore Rifle League starts Saturday, September 21, 2024
Mandatory Classroom for New Shooters.
NEW SHOOTERS:
This opportunity is open to youths and young adults age 10 or older; the cost is a one-time charge of $15 (covers the textbook and course pack for the class).

Rifles, ammunition, targets, and eye and ear protection are provided by the Howell Gun Club.

MANDATORY Classroom training is on Saturday September 21st

The NRA Basic Rifle Shooting Course conducted by HGC's NRA certified instructors will start at 9:00 am at the HGC Clubhouse, and will last approx. 5 hours (this is 100% classroom, no shooting).
The classroom training emphasizes safety at every step, and includes info about different types of rifles, ammunition, how to select and maintain a rifle, using sights, trigger control, shooting from different positions, and how to deal with malfunctions and misfires. A test will be given and reviewed at the end of class.
Pizza will be provided for lunch.
Participants must attend this class once, and are then welcome to return and shoot in future sessions.
Class size is limited to 24 participants.

A parent or legal guardian must be present in person to sign a liability waiver prior to shooting. This can be completed at the time of the class OR prior to shooting on a Thursday. Parents/guardians are welcome and encouraged to sit in on the class.

Shooting will be on Thursdays 4:30 – 6:30 (please arrive by 6:00) beginning September 26th, and will last 10 weeks, ending December 5th (no shooting on Thanksgiving). September 26th is reserved for new shooters; returning shooters are welcome to rejoin starting October 3rd.

We can accommodate approx. 8 shooters at a time; shooters typically shoot for 30-40 minutes. Parents/guardians are urged to collaborate on arrival times to minimize waiting to shoot.

Once shooting commences, participants will be able to earn award levels in the Wi******er NRA Marksmanship programhttps://mqp.nra.org/media/4206/rimfire-rifle.pdf

To speed things up Saturday, please e-mail the following to [email protected] ahead of time:
Shooter’s Name
Shooter’s DOB
Parent/Guardian’s Name
E-mail
Phone
Mailing address

RETURNING SHOOTERS:
We’re shooting on THURSDAYS at the outdoor range, please report to the outdoor 50’ “pistol” range.
First Thursday, September 26th is reserved for new shooters, returning shooters are welcome to rejoin us on October 3rd or after.
For those shooters who have earned their Distinguished Expert in benchrest, additional courses of fire in position shooting will be available.
A new liability release form signed by a parent or legal guardian is required for 2024 if not already provided.
Questions? Contact Mark Wilsey at: [email protected]

AR Defensive Rifle Course, Saturday, September 21, 2024, 9 am to 5 pm, HGC 100 yard range.
Accepting registrations Now!
Only 12 Seats Available

COST: $125 per student. Students should bring an AR platform rifle that is zeroed at 50 or 100 yards, 150 rounds of quality ammunition, along with their defensive handgun with holster and 50 rounds of ammunition.

COURSE DESCRIPTION: The AR platform is the most widely purchased defensive rifle sold today. Owning one however does not translate into competency (just like purchasing a piano does not make one a musician.) This course will cover the safe operation and handling of the AR platform as a defensive/general purpose rifle. Students will learn proper loading/unloading, clearing malfunctions and fundamentals of accurate shooting from a variety of positions to include standing, kneeling, seated and prone. We will discuss/demonstrate sighting systems, magazines, weapon lights, slings, suppressors and other accessories for the platform. Student will practice rifle to pistol transition drills. The rifles will be shot from room- length distances to 100 yards (this is not a benchrest course.) Students will have an opportunity to shoot the Patrol Rifle Qualification course used by a large metropolitan Detroit police department. Additionally, those that successfully pass will be eligible to compete at the Center Mass National Patrol Rifle Championship on Saturday October 19th in Commerce Twp., MI. This course will satisfy the prerequisite training requirement for this match.
REQUIRED EQUIPMENT: Students should bring a quality centerfire AR platform rifle. Iron sights, red dot or low-power variable magnification optic (LPVO) are all appropriate sighting systems for this class. If you bring a caliber other than 223/5.56 or 9mm please bring at least five dummy rounds for that caliber (examples, 300 blackout, 7.62x39, etc.) We will have dummy rounds in 223/5.56 and 9mm for students to use during class. Your rifle should be equipped with a two point or single point sling that allows the shooter to go hands-off the rifle while standing and maintain a safe muzzle direction (the sling is to the rifle what the holster is to the pistol.)
INSTRUCTORS: Mark Stout is a former U.S. Army Infantry Paratrooper and worked a variety of assignments over a 30 year full-time law enforcement career including patrol, investigations, administration and training. He achieved the rank of Lieutenant and was a 14 year member of his department's Special Response Team with assignments including entry team, entry team leader, sniper team leader, and SRT commander. For the majority of his career he was assigned as a fi****ms instructor and has attended many of the top shooting schools in the country (Rogers, Gunsite, Lethal Force Institute, Vickers Tactical, Haley Strategic, Surefire/Simunitions, etc.) He is an avid competitive shooter having won multiple, national, state and regional championships. He is the only three time winner of the National Patrol Rifle Competition. During his career, he has trained thousands of students, both civilian and law enforcement, in fi****ms skills and issues related to the use of deadly force.

Please reach out with any equipment or class questions/registration to Mark Stout (phone 248-904-0950) or email [email protected].