1.  Use of eye and ear protection is mandatory on the F.O.P. Range Inc. facility.  Steel plate shooting creates fragments that can harm your eyesight if a fragment were to hit your unprotected eyes.

2.  All ranges are “cold” ranges.  No loaded firearms allowed anywhere but on the range firing lines.

3.  You must use the following verbal commands on the range firing line:

• Announce “going hot” prior to loading your firearm on the range firing line.

• Announce “range clear” when finished firing and your weapon has been “made safe”. (Magazine removed, action open, no ammo in gun.)
• Announce “going down range” prior to going downrange to check, change, or reset your targets. Make sure that everyone hears and understands that you are going downrange.  There is no gun handling allowed while someone is downrange.
• Announce “cease fire” if you see any unsafe condition on the range.  Find a range official and report the problem.

4. Load your firearm only at the range firing line.

5. Keep the firearm pointed downrange at all times. 

6. Never turn around or face in an unsafe direction (up-range) with a loaded firearm.

7. Never put your finger on the trigger until your sights are on your intended target and you are ready to shoot.

8. Always be sure of your target and what is beyond it.

9. Shoot only at paper, cardboard, or the range steel targets.  

10. Never shoot the steel targets with a long gun, or heavy magnum caliber handgun.  Standard velocity handgun ammo only.

11. Use target stands.  Do not shoot at targets placed on the ground.  (ricochet hazard)

12. Adjust your target so that all the rounds fired through it strike the backstop downrange.

13. Every round you fire must strike the backstop downrange.  If your rounds leave the range, so do you!

14. Clean up.  Pick up and dispose of all fired cases, including the .22, 7.62x39, and other non-reloadable cases.  

15. Dispose of your used targets in the garbage cans. 

16.  Put away any range equipment you got out or used. 

17.  Return any borrowed range equipment to the office before you leave.

18.  Do not throw or leave any garbage on the ground.  This includes cigarette butts, cleaning patches, etc.

19.   Keep children under control at all times

20.  Alcoholic beverages are not allowed.  Alcohol and guns never mix.  Anyone we suspect has been drinking will be asked to leave the property.

21.  Pets are not allowed on the ranges.  We cannot protect their eyesight or hearing. 

22. Members are responsible for the actions of their guests. 

23.  All guests must be accompanied by a member while shooting on the range.

24.  Always treat every firearm as if it were loaded and could fire.   Never point an unloaded firearm at another person.  Respect the potential damage a firearm can do to a human.

25.  Always check the condition of any firearm you handle to be sure of it’s loaded or unloaded condition.