Welcome To
The Northampton Revolver Club
519 Ryan Road
P.O. Box 122
Northampton, MA 01061-0122
Phone: (413) 586-7821
The next quarterly
Club meeting is scheduled for Monday
March 24th@ 6:30 pm.
**Western Mass Pistol League
Results Click Here***
UPDATE 1/25/2007
Here is what's happening at the Club:
Basic
Firearms Safety Course
Dates:
April 26, 2008 with
Tim Messer from 8am to 2pm Please make note as the Indoor Range is closed to the
membership during these training times.
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December 22,2007
Hello NRC Member,
I hope this letter finds you and your family well
and wishing you all the best during this
Holiday Season. I just wanted to let you know
of several things regarding the
Northampton Revolver Club.
The election of Officers for 2008 are as follows:
President Tim
Messer
V-Pres Alan Clemente
Dave Korpiewski
Secretary Ken
Tardif
Treasurer Rick
Scott
Range Off Phil
Desrosier
Exc. Off
Don Dastoli
Stan Kajka
Dave Sadlowski
A "vote by proxy" clause has been added to the Club
By-Laws due to an issue that arose at
the last meeting. Due to not having enough members
present at the scheduled quarterly
meeting to conduct Club business, an emergency meeting
had to be called. In order to
prevent this from happening again, prior to any
scheduled meeting, an email detailing the
proposed agenda will be sent out to the membership.
Members will then be encouraged to
email in their opinion or "vote" when required.
All return email will be retained on file as a
matter of record.
As discussed at the last two quarterly meetings
the dues are being increased to $150.00 per
year. Please note that the last increase was ten
years ago and due to the cost of operating
the Club, the increase was necessary. Also note,
the membership has remained constant
throughout these last ten years. Your renewal is
enclosed/attached with this letter.
The key card reader and the combination to the front
gate will be changed as of the close of
business on March 31, 2008. New cards will be sent
out as dues renewals are received. Until
March 31, 2008 the old cards will still be active.
The next quarterly meeting is scheduled for January
20th at 6:30pm. Please watch the
website for any changes and a complete schedule
of events.
Happy Holidays.
Tim Messer, President
Northampton Revolver Club, Inc.
Dues renewal Form 2008
Attention all Members,
Please fill out this form regardless of weather
you are a paying member or not.
We are in the process of up-dating our member information
and need you to complete and
return this form before the March 31, 2008 deadline.
Name: ___________________________________
Address: __________________________________
City/Town: ________________________________
zip code:_____________
Telephone#: _______________________________
email:___________________________
(Please to be sure an include an email address if
you have one. This is and will continue to
be our primary method of communication to the membership)
Membership category: (please check off and return
with appropriate fee)
Standard Member:$150.00 ___
Senior Member:$75.00 ___
Associate Member:$75.00 ___
( Holyoke or Easthampton is your primary Club)
Honorary: $no fee
___
Family Member:$75.00 ___
(second, third, etc., member in same household)
Law Enforcement:$125.00
___ List Department Affiliation:
___________________
Return this form and your dues check to :
Northampton Revolver Club
P.O. Box 122
Northampton, MA. 01061
Download the NRC
Dues renewal Form 2008
form in PDF format to
print and fill out.
Click here
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A Brief History of the Club.
The Northampton Revolver Club was established
in October 1933. Its first range was located in a loft above an
auto repair shop in Northampton. In 1952 a woodlot was deeded to
the Club by two of its members, and a clubhouse was built. Twenty-five
and fifty yard outdoor ranges were set up, and an indoor range was
built for fall and winter matches. A 200-yard rifle range lasted
only until a housing subdivision went up downrange, when it was
replaced by the present 100-yard range.
In August of 1999, after a year of
planning, The Club broke ground on its new Indoor Range facility.
With President Tim Messer, and Vice President Lou Enselek acting
as project coordinators, Wing Construction of Southampton, MA, as
the builder, and many member volunteers, the project moved forward.
The spacious facility, attached to the original 1952 Club House,
features a heated, well-lit and ventilated, 50ft pistol range, with
a Savage Arms Snail Trap System. The entire range is run by a unique
electrical system designed and built by Club member and project
electrician, Dave Korpiewski. In addition, Club members and
guests may view the shooting activities from the comfort of the
Clubroom, through two large viewing windows. The Club is proud of
its facility and appreciates the efforts of all those who made it
possible. A plaque listing the names of these individuals hangs
in the Club House today.
These are the facilities, maintained
and improved over the years, that exist to this day. The Club now
owns 26 acres, including the original woodlot, which produces occasional
incidental revenue from timber cutting.
The Northampton Revolver Club is affiliated
with the National Rifle Association and participates in NRA qualification
programs. At the state level we are affiliated with the Gun Owners
Action League (GOAL). Over the years the Club has made its facilities
available to others, such as local black powder shooters. Our ranges
are also used by local law enforcement personnel for training and
qualification, a service we are proud to offer. We hold an open
house to give the local community an opportunity to visit the Club,
and try their hand at shooting a variety of firearms. In 1997 the
open house was combined with our first NRA Youth Sport fest, designed
to introduce young people to a wide variety of outdoor activities
and shooting sports.
The Club offers both the National Rifle
Association's Basic Pistol Course LTC-002, and The Massachusetts
Chiefs of Police Association Basic Handgun Safety Course LTC-001,
taught by certified instructors, and open to members and non-members
alike.
Over the years the Club has engaged
in competition with other local pistol clubs, and since 1990 has
been a regular member of the Western Massachusetts Pistol League,
shooting 21 matches each season. Our team won the league championship
in 1996 and sent a team to the all-state championship sponsored
by GOAL, coming in third. The Club also participates annually in
the United States Revolver Association (USRA) Winter League matches.
Regular membership is open to anyone holding a valid Massachusetts
License to Carry Firearms or Firearms Identification Card. Annual
dues are $150.00.
The Northampton Revolver Club is located
on Ryan Road, opposite the Ryan Road Elementary School in Florence,
a subdivision of Northampton.
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