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July 2, 2018April 16, 2020

MRPC members can shoot at Lingan Trap and Skeet Club

The Lingan Trap and Skeet Club is looking to promote interactions between both of our clubs. They have offered to let members of the Metro Rifle & Pistol Club shoot Trap and Skeet all summer without having to become members of their club.
That is a great offer that shouldn’t be passed up. I would encourage members that take advantage of this gracious offer to reciprocate.

All that is required is that you take your current Metro Card to prove you are a member and insured, your shotgun and Shells (#7-1/2, #8 #9 shot or smaller) and $5.00 for each round, you want to shoot. A ’round’ is 25 clay targets.

Lingan Trap and Skeet shoot on Wednesday evenings at 6:00 pm and Sunday afternoons at 1:00 pm.
They are located just down Lingan Road from the old radar base.

Shoot Safe and Have Fun

Mike Kelly
President MRPC

June 3, 2018April 16, 2020

2018 McDonald Challenge & Selig Cup

The Team Metro Rifle and Pistol Club sent to the McDonald Challenge (Olympic Standard Pistol) and the Selig Cup (Olympic Free Pistol) this weekend devastated
………again………

taking first place in both and of course the trophies back to Cape Breton
………again………!

Andy Maxwell, our esteemed secretary, dominated the Selig Cup. He shot that match with the determination of a Rabid Pit Bull and went shot for shot with mainlander Bob Selig (provincial air pistol Champion who has won the match more than anyone else in its history) along with our own Joe MacHoll to take first place! Andy is a tuff competitor!!! Joe, proved no slouch either, narrowly missing silver and took home the bronze medal for our club; which astounded everyone since he only first fired an Olympic free pistol this past Wednesday……… for an hour……… I expected Joe to be last place (the new guy!), but he kicked my ass too! I think we will all see Joe accomplishing great things in the shooting sports in the future!

The Standard Pistol was even more eventful with first place moving back and forth among the top five shooters on the line as the match progressed! What amazed everyone in this match was not the winning but the sheer grit of Terry Eldridge. Terry started shooting competitively when the Dead Sea was still alive; that’s a long time ago! Not one to miss a Standard Pistol Championship he went; with a torn rotator cuff so he was unable to lift his pistol! Rather than give up, as anyone I have ever met would, he walked up to the line and grabbed his gun with his weak hand. I thought he was going to put it back in the case and go home but to everyone’s surprise, he shot the god darn match with his weak hand! I have been shooting competition since 1985 and have never ever seen anyone ever even attempt to do this before! And he was hitting!!! He narrowly missed placing on the podium because Andy inched by at the last moments of the match! I managed squeezed into first to take the Trophy. What a great day!

Article by Mike Kelly

April 22, 2018May 27, 2023

Join our PPC Team

What’s PPC?

The Nova Scotia Rifle Association, under the leadership of the handgun section and Bob Selig, has been organizing a pistol shooting competition every fall for decades. The match follows the rule structure of the Police Practical Combat Shooting (PPC) discipline. The match is organized to see who has attained the highest levels of proficiency with a pistol at the end of the summer shooting season and is open to all.

The match is a complicated one encompassing many components that are not normally encountered in most pistol shooting matches. Competitors are required to shoot from an array of positions from prone to barricaded using strong hand, weak hand, single handed and both hands. Targets are shot from a few feet at extreme speed in some events out to 50 meters in others events with a tiny bulls eye center. To be competitive you have to be hitting mostly ‘bulls eyes’. It is a very tough match, one that requires dedication and discipline to master.

Who attends?

Individual sportsmen, law enforcement, DFO, DNR, clubs from all shooting disciplines & the military have been sending teams and individuals from across the Maritimes for decades. It is the largest gathering of multidisciplinary shooters in the Maritimes all striving for the the title of “Top Gun”. The standing provincial record score, one that has stood for years, was shattered 2016 by 6 points by retired Canadian Forces NCO Rick Dunn. Rick devastated all competitors with 1410 points. Congratulations Rick awesome shooting!

Our results

In 2015, for the first time ever, the Metro Rifle & Pistol Club trained a group of marksman and sent a team. Sheldon Whitty, Allen MacEachern, Ian McNeil, Terry Eldridge, & Mike Kelly were that team.

How did Metro do in 2015? We took the bronze in the team event, narrowly missing silver. Terry Eldridge took 1st place in the Expert category and Mike Kelly placed 3rd over all in the match. We did phenomenal besting many seasoned competitors and teams; nobody expected Metro to do so well! In short, WE ROCKED!

The results can be seen at the NSRA website: https://www.nsrifle.org/handgun-match-results

This article is written by Mike Kelly. You may contact him via his e-mail mikekelly3939@gmail.com

May 4, 2017April 16, 2020

AGM 2017

This years AGM was held at the Grand Lake Rd Fire Hall on Sunday March 19th.

Here is just a quick update of the AGM highlights for those who couldn’t make it:

– There were no changes to the executive committee
– A match committee was established to help in organizing more competitions this year
– We are still awaiting final approval of the 25m range from the CFO. It has been inspected and we are awaiting his report
– Mike Kelly is doing NFA Certified Range Officer training as the numbers requesting a class warrants. Please contact him if you want on the list
– In an effort to encourage members to renew on time a “late payment penalty” of $35 has been added to the membership fee for anyone renewing after May 1. Anyone skipping a year is subject to this penalty as well before they can be put back in good standing. Members renewing late cause administrative problems for us with regards to insurance and such and we would like to eliminate as much of that as possible. So, if you renew after May 1 or skip this year membership will cost you $100 to get back in good standing. Anyone renewing before May first will pay $65
– There is a Black Badge course being held in Dartmouth for anyone interested in competing in IPSC. An e-mail has been send out to members
– Anyone not receiving club emails: please check your junk folder and if it’s not there let me know so we can verify your email address

Thanks,
Andy Maxwell
Club Secretary
andy@metroriflepistolclub.ca

April 17, 2017April 16, 2020

Mapleseed

Have you heard of the Appleseed program in the United States? Canada has its own version now: the Mapleseed program.

Hopefully we will see events across the country. It’s a great way to introduce new shooters to the sport and has something to teach the young and old. A Mapleseed event is designed to provide structured and safe rifle fundamentals to hunters and shooters of all ages and provides a solid framework of basic rifleman skills that benefits new and experienced shooters alike.

They are just getting off the ground and need support so if you’re inclined,there are certainly worse ways to waste $35 than to buy a membership and support the initiative.

For details: https://www.mapleseedrifleman.com/

September 26, 2016April 16, 2020

PPC Match 2016 at Mull Meadow Range in Halifax

For the last weeks a few club members practised for the competition in Halifax (NSRA – Provincial Open Police Pistol Combat Match in honour of Canadian Peace Officers Memorial Day). Thanks to Mike all improved a lot. The team had a great day (Sunday, Sept. 25th). Congrats to Andy Maxwell on taking first in Marksman class!

Practice at Leetches Creek Range:

July 4, 2016April 16, 2020

Military Surplus Rifle Shoot 2016

We had a great turnout with almost 20 shooters. Two classes, scoped and open sights, were shot off the bench at 100 yards under the roof and outside. Top Shot Mugs were handed over to Tom Kummer in open sight and Gary Latimer in the scoped competition. Congrats to all of the competitors.

We had some really nice looking old iron out that day, especially the display from Allan. Phenomenal collection!

The club provided a BBQ lunch and drinks.

Thanks to all of you who worked for that day and made this event happen

Andy
Club Secretary

May 17, 2016April 16, 2020

Metro Rifle & Pistol Club Team successful at McDonald Challenge (2016)

Our 2016 Team in Sackville

The Nova Scotia Rifle Association has been hosting shooting competitions since 1861. It is their band of volunteers, specifically coordinator Bob Selig, who organizes the annual provincial pistol shooting championships in the spring of the year. The competition, in keeping with tradition, is named after a past NSRA volunteer (McDonald Challenge) and follows the world standard ISSF rules, just like the Olympics. Teams from various shooting clubs across the province gather to via for the ‘top shot’ and ‘top team’ bragging rights and of course the coveted McDonald Cup. It is a friendly, family oriented event with a BBQ and camaraderie but still retains the intensity a provincial competition warrants on the firing line.

The McDonald Cup is ran just like the Olympic event of Standard Pistol. It is a .22 cal match shot at 25 meters, one handed. Like all Olympic pistol events it requires 60 shots. The first 20 shots are fired over a period of 40 minutes; in 4 five shot strings, allowing time for a high degree of accuracy. The next 20 shots are fired in 4 five shot strings in 20 seconds per string. This is referred to as a timed fire event and puts some time restraints on competitors thereby increasing the pressure. The final 20 shots are fired in 4 five shot strings in 10 seconds per string. This is the toughest component of the event and the one where competitors generally drop points. It takes even well-seasoned competitors a lifetime of practice to do well in this component of the event.

This year’s Provincials were held Saturday May 14th at the Bull Meadows range complex on the Beaverband Rd. outside Sackville. For the first time ever the Sydney Metro Rifle & Pistol Club trained a team for the event. How did the Cape Breton Team do? The best descriptor would be the word “Domination”. The cup and provincial title, 1st place, was won by Vice President Mike Kelly, the 3rd place bronze metal was taken by Chief Range Officer Terry Eldridge and forth place was taken by Club Secretary Andy Maxwell. 3 of the top 5 spots in the McDonald Challenge were won by competitors from the Metro Rifle & Pistol Club winning the Metro Club top team in the province.

Our President Sheldon Whitty placed 8th overall with Paul Whukitsch11th, Allen MacEachern 12th, Ian McNeil 13th, Dave Connors 14th and Andre Desjardin taking 16th place.

In the afternoon the NSRA has taken to scheduling a Free Pistol Match set up according to Olympic guidelines as well. Since people have traveled from all over the province to attend the McDonald Challenge I believe they felt it best to have lots of shooting to warrant the trip. The free pistol match is a series of 60 shots taken on your own time over a period of 2 hours. It is all one handed shooting at a standard pistol target placed at the rifle friendly distance of 50 meters…….. with a handgun! This event is the only Olympic shooting sport that has never been changed since its introduction and no one has ever come close to shooting a perfect score. That should give you an indication of how difficult this sport actually is. In essence you are shooting a pistol at an X ring the size of a quarter, over half a football field away, with one hand behind you back.

How did the Cape Breton Team do in this the toughest of pistol events? The best descriptor would again be “Total Domination”. 2nd place was won by Vice President Mike Kelly, the 4th place was taken by Chief Range Officer Terry Eldridge and 5th place was taken by Club Secretary Andy Maxwell. Again: 3 of the top 5 spots in the Free Pistol Match were won by competitors from the Metro Rifle & Pistol Club, again winning the Metro Club top team in the province. Our first time competitors did awesome as well with Paul Whukitsch placing 7th, Ian McNeil 8th, Allen MacEachern 10th, Dave Connors 11th and our President Sheldon Whitty placing 13th overall. It was a tough match and great fun was had by all those who participated!

Result details can be found here.

Mike Kelly
Vice President

November 26, 2015April 16, 2020

ATTs become a condition of a licence for certain routine and lawful activities

As of September 2, 2015, individuals with restricted or prohibited firearms may be eligible to have conditions attached to a firearms licence for certain routine and lawful transportation purposes.

If you possess a valid ATT, you will obtain, as a condition of your licence, the transportation activities of restricted firearms and/or prohibited firearms listed below:

Transportation to and from all shooting clubs and ranges
Transportation to and from any place a peace officer, firearms officer of Chief Firearms Officer (CFO) is located
Transportation to and from a business that holds a licence authorizing it to repair or appraise prohibited or restricted firearms
Transportation to and from a gun show
Transportation to a port of exit, in order to take them outside Canada and from a port of entry
Transportation of newly acquired restricted firearms and/or prohibited firearms from the place of acquisition to the licence holder’s dwelling house or other place authorized by the CFO

If you do not possess a valid ATT, you will get the relevant transportation purposes added as a condition to your firearms licence when you:

acquire your first restricted firearm or acquire additional restricted or prohibited firearms. The CFP will issue you a new licence card indicating that special conditions are attached
request a new or replacement ATT during valid period of licence
renew your firearms licence with restricted and/or prohibited privileges

Once the conditions have been added to the firearms licence, you are no longer required to request additional ATTs unless it is for a purpose other than those that have been added as a condition to the licence.

Existing paper ATTs are still valid and remain valid until expiry. In addition, as of September 2, 2015, if you are possessing a valid ATT to transport a firearm to and from a shooting club or range for the purposes of target practice, you have, as a condition on your licence, the six transportation conditions.

Please read the official RCMP post regarding the changes