Yellowknife Shooting Club is dedicated to encourage efficiency and promote high ethical standards in the use of firearms.
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ELLOWKNIFE SHOOTING CLUB
Canada's Northwest Territories
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Section Officers
Director
Ed Dizon
(867) 445-8959
Deputy Director
Chris Hotson
(867) 445-3396
Ed and Chris are Action Pistol and IPSC competitors. They are both active members of IPSC Alberta and compete regularly in IPSC-sanctioned matches.
In addition to the Basic Safety Rules, there are some further rules that will be followed:
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The casing and uncasing of firearms will be in the safety area only.
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Once holstered, pistols may not, under any circumstances, be handled in any fashion without express authorization of the Range Officer.
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Pistols in between stages will be carried in the holster, unloaded, hammer down, and no magazine inserted.
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Eye and Ear protection will be worn at all times during live fire.
Use of holster on club ranges
Drawing of loaded firearms from a holster is restricted to Black Badge qualified personnel only.
A Black Badge current membership card showing your Black Badge number must be visible at all times
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The above does not apply to duty firearms during approved classifications/practice.
The Handgun Section
The Handgun section conducts an active summer shooting season each year. Our activities start in the middle of May and run until the middle of September of each year.
We schedule regular league nights most Tuesdays from 6:30 pm to 9:00 p.m. Our league nights are open to all our Black Badge-trained handgun shooters in Yellowknife.
We usually set up 4-6 small to large stages to shoot on these nights. We also have our regular mini-matches once a month from June to August where we put up 6-8 small to large stages similar to an IPSC qualifier match. These are whole-day events and are scored accordingly. We also organize a Territorial Championship match which consists of 14-16 stages shot in a 2-day competition format with prizes, medals, and trophies for the winners!
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See our Match Schedule Calendar for details.
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Registration fees are $5 each night for our league nights
or $50 for the season and $10 for mini-matches.
Must be a current Club Member and Black Badge trained.
(These are to cover the cost of our paper targets and pasters).
IMPORTANT NOTICE TO OUR MEMBERS!
​Due to recent changes to our federal gun laws, we can no longer use PCC or Pistol Caliber Carbine Rifles and some of the Mini-rifles in our events as most of the available PCC in Canada are now included in the 324 additional prohibited/banned rifles released by the Federal gov't in December 2024. However, some of the mini-rifles or 22LR semi auto rifles are still good to use like the Ruger 1022. You can also use a Pistol to Rifle conversion kits.
If you own this rifle or any pistol to rifle conversion kits in pistol caliber rounds then you can still use them in our Steel Challenge league nights. If you are unsure if your firearm(s) is in the banned list, please check the link below.
​Additional ​banned firearms list as of December 2024.
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STEEL CHALLENGE
Steel Challenge is a new event that we will be offering to our Club members starting in the 2024 season! This event will be open to all club members who own a pistol/handgun (revolver included), and Mini-rifles (22LR semi-auto).
From the 2023 Old Bridge Steel Challenge.
Steel Challenge is a United States Practical Shooting Association (USPSA) shooting competition discipline that we can modify to suit to our level of shooters. We will set-up modified stages suitable for both beginners and seasoned shooters.
This shooting discipline does not require Black Badge training and will be open to all current members of the club that have handgun/revolvers, and Mini-rifles with at least 3-5 magazines (5 mags. is ideal). Both Iron Sights and Optics equipped firearms are allowed.
Youth and minors 10 years old and above that know how to shoot are
welcome to join! We require minors to be accompanied by their parent(s) or an adult if they wish to join in this event.
How it works?
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Competitors are scored solely by the time it takes them to complete each stage, and the match winner is the competitor with the lowest overall time in their division. Competitors will be divided into separate divisions based from the type of firearm they're using.
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​Participants will be presented with 5 steel targets at varying distances and locations inside the pistol bay from a designated static shooting position. The closest steel plate from a given shooting position is 10-12 metres.
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At the buzzer, competitors will engage the first 4 steel targets and shoot the designated STOP PLATE last. The STOP PLATE will determine the time for that string of fire. Competitors will then repeat this 4 more times. The worse time they have in the 5 strings will be eliminated and their best 4 times will be scored. If they're missing the targets during their run, they're allowed to shoot the targets multiple times until they hit them which could increase their time but they will avoid the penalties of not hitting their targets. A penalty (not hitting their target) is worth 3 seconds added to their time per plate. If the competitor missed 2 plates before hitting the Stop Plate, a 6-second penalty will be added to their time and so on.
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A thorough explanation of the rules and regulations will be explained by the designated Range Safety Officer before the start of each league nights.
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Round Count (50 to 100 rounds minimum)
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Please bring at least 100-120 rounds of ammunition. We will put up a minimum of 2 stages to a maximum of 4 stages per night. A stage will consist of 5 strings of fire. A string will have 5 rounds minimum (if you don't miss) to hit the 5 steel plates. So a stage will consist of 25 rounds minimum, 2 stages is 50 rounds, 3 stages will have 75 rounds minimum and 4 stages is 100 rounds minimum. We encourage you to use 22LR semi-auto firearms (rifles and pistols) for this event.
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Please see our Match Schedule Calendar for scheduled dates.
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$5.00 registration fee each night or $25.00 for the season is required to join in this event. Black Badgers who already paid for their season pass of $50.00 do not need to pay again.
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