Join the Massachusetts (and New England) Chapter for our second range day of 2025!
We'll be shooting OUTDOORS at Blue Trail Range in Wallingford, CT. We have arranged with Blue Trail to rent their Police/Dinan Range. This is a 50-meter, 30-station range where rifle, shotgun, and pistol cartridges are allowed. We will move the firing line as needed during the day to accommodate handguns and long guns. We'll have the entire range reserved from 9AM until they close at 5PM. We will stop shooting at 4:15PM in order to have time to clean up the range, have a debrief, and depart before they close.
A safety brief will be conducted promptly at 9AM, and anyone arriving after this will need to check in with one of the LGC Range Officers to have a safety briefing before uncasing any firearms. No targets are provided, but LGC folks can bring steel targets for pistol and shotgun, so long as proper distance is maintained and no centerfire rifle ammunition is shot at them (due to the limited 50 meter range). Blue Trail has paper target stands available for $3/each, or you can bring your own (2 pieces of strapping ~4' high and cardboard to staple between the uprights)
They have rentals available and sell ammo, but only to those with CT permits. Out of state residents are welcome, but unless they have a CT permit, please do not bring "Assault Weapons" or pistols with you. You can bring your own ammo and non-assault weapon long guns into the state. Please read CT state firearms laws to understand the finer points, but it would be unwise to bring any semi-automatic long guns into CT. There is also a 10-round magazine capacity limit for both handguns and long guns. No magazine-fed semiautomatic shotguns are allowed.
The cost is $40/person, which covers the whole day on the range. Non-LGC Member guests are $45. We will cap this range day at 30 people for now, and if we exceed that, we can open up more spots.
They should have a food truck on location, but I would suggest bringing a cooler with drinks and something to eat (after de-leading your hands). I've heard that parking can be difficult, especially if it's rained recently. More details to follow when we get closer to the event date.
