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Special Announcements!
The next open Board of Directors Meeting is scheduled for Monday, October 2nd, at 6 p.m. in the clubhouse. All members are invited to attend and to learn what's happening at the club. Any new members should arrive early to complete the application process and attend the mandatory safety orientation tour. You may bring your membership payment with you or pay online below. Email info@bigforkgunclub.com with your membership questions.
Pay For Your Membership Online!
In an effort to make starting your membership easier and more flexible, we've recently added the ability to pay for your membership online using a credit or debit card or using any of PayPal's payment options. (Note that you must have or create a PayPal account to use PayPal's payment options, You don't need a PayPal account to pay with your credit or debit card.) Note there is a processing fee added for using online payment. You can avoid paying a processing charge by writing a check.
WHAT ARE MY ONLINE PAYMENT OPTIONS?
If you want to pay for a new One-Year Membership using PayPal or a credit/debit card, select either the "Individual One-Time Online New Membership Payment Option" or the "Spousal One-Time Online New Membership Payment Option" below. Click on the "Add To Cart" button and then the "Checkout" button. Click on the "Fast Checkout" button and then log into your personal PayPal account or use a credit or debit card to checkout.
If you have a problem or a question about online payment, email info@bigforkgunclub.com, and we will try our best to help.
SPECIAL NOTICE! PLEASE READ.
Payment does not guarantee membership; please read the membership requirements. Click on the Membership Info button below to read the requirements. Payment is only valid for one year; multiple-year prepayments are not permitted. If you pay more than a single payment, any additional payments will not be applied to future memberships and will be considered a donation. The only refunds given for additional payments are for technical malfunctions.
Individual and Spousal Online Membership Payment Option
Upcoming Events Calendar
MEMBERSHIP RENEWAL REMINDER
Memberships will expire on May 31, 2023, and the gate combination will be changed on June 1, 2023.
New cards will be mailed out to Life members and members who joined from January 2023 to May 2023.
To renew your membership, please submit your payment ($90/ individual or $140/ spousal), a signed Waiver (available in the Membership Area on the website or in the Clubhouse), and updates to your address, phone number, or email address.
You may mail your payments to the address below, bring it to a monthly Board meeting, or renew online. An additional fee will be added for online renewals.
Bigfork Gun Club
PO Box 529
Bigfork, MT 59911
Thank you for renewing your membership. Your support makes this Club possible.
If you are a member and have not been receiving Club emails, please send your email address to info@bigforkgunclub.com. Member email addresses are confidential and will not be shared with anyone.
If you are a member and have not been receiving Club emails, please send your email address to info@bigforkgunclub.com. Member email addresses are confidential and will not be shared with anyone.
MEMBERS MUST DISPLAY THEIR CURRENT MEMBERSHIP CARDS WHILE AT THE RANGE. Cardholders are available at the Clubhouse.
The entrance gate is to be kept LOCKED at all times except during authorized events. DO NOT share the combination with anyone.
There are NO alcoholic beverages on the Gun Club property at any time. PERIOD!
Know Your Rights
"A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed."
Second Amendment, Constitution of the United States of America
How to Get Here
From Bigfork Village, which is 30 miles south of Kalispell, take Montana Hwy 209 East until it dead-ends into Hwy 83. Then turn right and go 3.1 miles south to the entrance gate, on the left, marked by a large sign set back from the road.
Become a member
Are you thinking about becoming a member? Click on the button below to learn more.
Associated Groups
Here are a few associated groups you may be interested in learning more about.
For news about Montana gun laws - www.mtssa.org
For news about USA gun laws - www.nra.org
New Range Hours
The range hours have been updated.
Shooting hours start at 0700 or 1/2 hour before sunrise, whichever is later and ends at 2130 or 1/2 hour after sunset, whichever is earlier.
Yearly sunrise and sunset times can be found on the Fish, Wildlife, and Parks Zone 1 table at the left.
Administration
Shooting Disciplines
Skeet and Trap
Cowboy Action Shooting
High Powered Rifle
Skeet & Trap Schedule:
EVERY SUNDAY starting at about 10:00 and continuing until about 1:00 PM
EVERY TUESDAY afternoon starting at 2:00 PM - 4 PM - Approximately May through September
High Powered Rifle
Cowboy Action Shooting
High Powered Rifle
Matches are held on the 1st Saturday starting in May, finishing in September.
Safety Meeting / Set up is at 9:30 AM (Help appreciated)
Shooting Starts at 10:00 AM - generally finishes by 1:00 PM
Cowboy Action Shooting
Cowboy Action Shooting
Bigfork Defensive Pistol
The Bigfork Gun Club holds it's monthly Cowboy Action match on the 3rd Saturday of each month from April through October at the club range. Click on the button below to learn more about this fun and exciting shooting competition.
Bigfork Defensive Pistol
Small-Bore Silhouette and Prone Matches
Bigfork Defensive Pistol
Matches are held on the 2nd Saturday of each month, April through October.
Setup begins at 9 AM.
Safety Briefing starts at 9:45 AM. You must attend the safety briefing to shoot.
Shooting starts at 10 AM
(Shooters arriving after 10:15 AM will be an observer for the day.)
Small-Bore Silhouette and Prone Matches
Small-Bore Silhouette and Prone Matches
Small-Bore Silhouette and Prone Matches
Matches are held Wednesday evenings starting on May 1st, (weather and range conditions permitting), finishing in September.
Matches begin between 5 and 6 PM. (Help is always appreciated with setup.)
Bigfork Competitors Youth Program
Small-Bore Silhouette and Prone Matches
Small-Bore Silhouette and Prone Matches
Youth shotgun is open to all youth between the ages of 10-22. If you are over 18 you must be in college full-time. This season's practices will be every Sunday through June at 2 PM and Tuesdays at 5 PM, except April 17th, when there will be no practice. We are really excited to be making a solid team this year to attend the state competition!
RSO (Range Safety Officer)
RSO (Range Safety Officer)
RSO (Range Safety Officer)
The Bigfork Gun Club Range Safety Officer (RSO) program today consists of about 45 members. All participants were required to attend a safety training class, conducted at our clubhouse by an NRA Certified Chief Range Safety Officer (CRSO). The Club absorbed the full costs associated with training and issuing participants official RSO hats.
Hunter Safety
RSO (Range Safety Officer)
RSO (Range Safety Officer)
Registration is only available online at www.register-ed.com.
For more information contact:
Rod Day: Home = 837-3150 Work = 249-5402
Jon Cuthbertson: Home = 756-2220 Work = 755-2131
Montana Fish, Wildlife, & Parks (Kalispell Office): 752-5501
USPSA and Steel Challenge
RSO (Range Safety Officer)
USPSA and Steel Challenge
Weekly Shooting Schedule
Want to know the standard weekly shooting schedule? Click on the button below.
ATTENTION MEMBERS
Our Club needs additional Range Safety Officers. You must be a member, willing to attend a 5-hour training class, and put in a minimum of 4, 5-hour shifts between JUNE 1 to MAY 31 of the following year. If you are interested in helping out keeping our Club safe for everyone, please contact Chief Range Safety Officer Robert Henneman.
NOTICE: Tuesdays mornings 9 AM to 11 AM - This time is set aside for the periodic Range Maintenance. Volunteers working on the range have a preference. If no maintenance is scheduled, the range is open for regular use. (rev 8/6/12)
PISTOL RANGE AT 25 METERS Dedicated to Standard Pistol Calibers Only!
RIFLE RANGES AT 25, 50 & 100 METERS, and 200 and 300 YARDS
SILHOUETTE RANGE RIMFIRE ONLY!
NOTE: The Silhouette Range will be CLOSED to open shooting when weekly matches are taking place:
Sundays & Tuesdays - Trap & Skeet
Saturdays - events such as Cowboy and Defensive Pistol
Wednesday Evenings - Prone Rifle and Silhouette events
See individual disciplines or weekly shooting schedule below for event times.
SKEET & TRAP
NOTICE: WHEN FINISHED SHOOTING ON ALL OF OUR RANGES PLEASE PICK UP YOUR BRASS, TRASH, & FOOD ITEMS, ETC. REMOVE EITHER THE CLUB’S PORTABLE TARGET FRAMES AND YOUR OWN WHEN FINISHED SHOOTING.
HELP KEEP OUR RANGE CLEAN!
VANDALISM NOTICE
Anyone who observes any vandalism to the property should call 911 immediately. Lake County Sheriff's Department will respond. The club's Board of Directors and Officers will prosecute to the fullest extent of the law when the perpetrator is apprehended. Everyone should help in protecting the club's property, so please cooperate with this matter.