disciplines

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We welcome out of area shooters to shoot with our different shooting disciplines. 

The first time shooting with us is free and after that if you live less than 50 miles from Great Falls, Montana you must become a member of the Great Falls Shooting Sports Complex.   Your range membership goes toward funding programs, target purchases, range maintenance and improvement to the facilities.  

Action Pistol is a dynamic discipline within the “Action Pistol” shooting sports. It is a combination of speed and accuracy, with more emphasis on the accuracy, with speed still playing a major factor in your ability to achieve up a good score. All shots are fired static (no moving while firing) from a set distance and depending on the course of fire shot sequence, round count or overall time are scored as well. This combination is what makes NRA Action Pistol a fun, challenging and exciting discipline. Being able to draw a pistol from holster, fire 6 rounds in 5 seconds into a paper plate sized scoring area, is a lot of fun and very challenging. The skill improvement and confidence gained in your marksmanship from shooting Action Pistol will be noticeable.

The most popular form of organized rifle-only competitive shooting in the United States is High Power Competition.  High Power Competition encompasses primarily Service Rifle and Match Rifle, with the lesser sub-discipline of Sporting Rifle.  

 One of the fastest growing shooting sports in the country right now is the action-packed multi-gun competition commonly known as “3-gun.” 

Competitors use at least three different firearms — a modern sporting rifle (MSR); a pistol; and a shotgun. Occasionally, a pistol caliber carbine, known as a PCC,  is used in addition to the pistol and rifle. Matches involve courses where the shooter must move through different stages and engage targets in a variety of different positions. Each stage will generally require the use of all three firearms and the shooter must transition safely between them.

The targets might include clay pigeons (both static and aerial), cardboard silhouettes, varying sizes and shapes of steel targets and targets that move when engaged.  Distances of the targets might vary from 1 yard to 400 yards.  The shooter who hits the most targets avoiding penalties in the least amount of time is the winner.

MultiGun practices throughout the winter months at the indoor range to maintain proficiency with pistols and PCC’s or .22 Rifles.  During the summer months, weekly practices are held outdoors along with four MultiGun matches.

We welcome out of area shooters to join us not only for practices, but also for our monthly matches and any shooter who is interested in wanting to learn more about the exciting world of MultiGun. The first time shooting is free and after that if you live less than 50 miles from Great Falls, you must become a member of the Great Falls Shooting Sports Complex. 

Shooting  sessions will be held on the 1st and 3rd Wednesday evening each month.   Preparation and setup will commence at 5:00 PM and firing will continue  til dusk.  
 

The 300 Yard and Silhouette Ranges will be closes to the general membership, on these dates, from 5 PM to dusk.  
 

The  Long Range Shooting group welcomes non-GFSSC members.  You may come and  meet and shoot with the group one (1) time as a non-GFSSC member.  You  Must Join GFSSC in order to shoot subsequent dates.

Questions, call:
Steve Brown 406-403-2055
Seth McAnally 406-781-4629 

Silhouette shooting is a sport sanctioned by the National Rifle Association in the United States and the International Handgun Metallic Silhouette Association (IHMSA) worldwide.  At its most basic, competitors shoot at animal-shaped steel targets, generally from a standing position.   

The smallbore league consists of winter and spring indoor position shooting of .22 caliber target rifles at a fixed distance of 50 feet with 40 total shots for score. 

Five teams in the Great Falls and surrounding area compete against each other with individual scores combing for the team scores.

Rifles can be either scoped or iron sites. League matches are held on Thursday evenings.

For more information contact:

Steve Prinzing 406-231-0752  

The Missouri River Women Shooters (MRWS) is a group of women from Great Falls and surrounding communities that meets monthly to practice, learn and grow as shooters. The group strives to create opportunities to discuss issues that uniquely pertain to women, learn safe gun handling skills, train together and have fun.

This group is for all women, from first-time shooters to experienced shooters. Come and learn in a comfortable and encouraging environment. Daughters are welcome!

Call Traci (799-2755) for more information and to book a slot at the next available shoot. 

Training the youth shooters is necessary to ensure the future of the shooting sports by providing proper knowledge, skills and abilities to America's young people. Some of what the youth program does includes competitions, awards and contests, training and safety courses.  Help instill firearm safety and introduce shooting sports to the next generation of gun owners.