Safety:
Our Number One Priority
and Everyone's Responsibility.

SSI is a COLD range. ALL WEAPONS must be unloaded with magazines removed and actions open when not in use. Semi-automatic pistols may be holstered with the hammer down on a cold chamber and the magazine removed. Revolvers may be holstered with an unloaded cylinder and the hammer down. Personal defense handguns may be loaded if holstered and carried on your person. No weapon may ever be loaded and left unattended at any time for any reason.

Treat every firearm as if it were loaded. Always point your weapon down range and be aware of the 180° plane that extends from your trousers out to your sides, and both vertically above your head and towards your feet. Keep your finger off the trigger any time you are loading, holstering, reloading, unloading or moving. Know your target and what's beyond it.

NO alcoholic beverages or drug use is allowed on SSI property at any time. Anyone found to be impaired or intoxicated on range property will be immediately removed from the range and banned for life. This includes prescription drugs. If your doctor has advised you not to drive while taking a specific medication, heed the same warning when it comes to use of a firearm and refrain from using the range.

No hunting is allowed on SSI property at any time.

NFA / Class III weapons — full auto or select fire weapons may NOT be used or possessed on SSI property. Members with an ATF Form 4 may use their suppressors and short barrel rifles/shotguns (SBRs) on range property. Other destructive devices, binary explosive targets (including Tannerite), and "any other weapon" category arms are strictly prohibited — no exceptions! Binary triggers are banned. Force Reset Triggers are allowed but MUST be used on Range 3 only. The Sig Sauer P320 (and M17/M18) is banned unless it has undergone the Sig Sauer upgrade program.

Range hours: 9:00 AM Eastern until sundown (as determined by the National Weather Service) seven days per week. Night firing is NOT allowed at any time.

Drive slowly on all roads, particularly the shared easement entry drive. 15 mph maximum on all range property. 5 mph from the SSI sign on Otis Burrows Rd. to the SSI gate. Drive slowly to the red gate, read and follow the instructions on the sign, and close the red gate behind you.

Members must LOCK the gate when entering or exiting. Reset the SSI combination lock to "0000" and secure through the clasp of the 2nd lock on the chain (2nd lock for Duke Energy). Members are required to open the gate for guests and follow them to the range. Do NOT give the gate combination to nonmembers — members have been expelled for doing this. Maximum three guests per member at any one time.

Park only in designated parking areas. Do not drive vehicles onto the rifle range. Walk downrange to set up, check or retrieve targets.

Calibers allowed: .17 through .58 including muzzleloaders, excluding .50 BMG (and like type rounds).

Ammunition permitted: all types except tracer, incendiary, and armor-piercing rounds.

Eye protection is required at all times on range property when shooting is in progress — shooters, family members, visitors, and guests alike.

Ear protection is required for all minors (under 18) and is strongly recommended for all others when shooting is in progress.

Shooting is only allowed in designated range areas. All targets must be placed so that all bullets fired are captured by the impact berms. The shotgun area is RESTRICTED TO BIRDSHOT ONLY (no buckshot). No rifle or handgun may be fired in the shotgun range area at any time.

Ranges 1–5: Rimfire or centerfire handgun cartridges (from handguns or rifles), airguns, BB guns, airsoft guns, muzzle loading pistols, and shotguns with birdshot loads. Range 3 or the rifle range only: Centerfire rifle cartridges, muzzle loading rifle (patched round ball, conical, sabot or other projectile), or shotguns with buckshot or slug loads — no exceptions!

Rifle range firing positions: Use only the 100 yard or 200 yard firing positions. Only one firing position is to be used at any one time. Raise the range flag at the firing position currently in use and lower it when done. No firing from the hip is allowed on the rifle range. If BOTH range flags are raised at the same time, the entire rifle range is CLOSED.

Targets: Paper or cardboard only on the rifle range (except clay birds and commercially manufactured steel targets rated for the caliber). Steel targets must be placed at the base of the impact berm and must be removed when finished. No cans, TVs, laptops, satellite dishes or other junk as targets. NO glass objects on any range at any time. NO beer cans allowed.

NO climbing on range berms or impact areas. Do not enter the area behind the impact berms — this may place you in grave danger if someone else arrives and starts shooting.

Clean up all trash, targets, target stands, and brass when finished shooting. Police up all personal gear and any live rounds before leaving the property. Put pistol range target stands back on the racks provided.

Members are responsible for the actions of family members, guests, and pets at all times. Guests (max 3) and family members are not allowed on range property unless accompanied by a member. Members must brief guests and family on all range rules and speed limits.

Training, classes, seminars, or events (including Concealed Handgun Permit courses) are forbidden without prior written approval of the Board of Directors. Conduct without prior approval is grounds for immediate dismissal and lifetime expulsion.

Report any safety violations or range problems to the Range Safety Officer or Assistant Range Safety Officer identified by their badges. If no officer is present, contact the Chief Range Safety Officer at 9196303927 or email shootingsportsincnc@gmail.com.