Membership

All shooters are considered members of our club. Paying members are VOTING members. There is no requirement to become a Paying/Voting member of our club or of the USPSA to shoot with us. While there is no requirement, we do encourage everyone to support not only the sport by joining USPSA but to also support the club you shoot with. Most all shooting clubs survive on shoestring budgets. Many ranges are going away. We lose these ranges every day due to encroachment of developments, lack of support, and interest as well as progress. Once gone, they can rarely be brought back.

Voting Membership is easy.

Be legally able to own a firearm
Be an NRA member
Shoot with our club a minimum of three times
Ask club member to be your sponsor
Request an application from the secretary
Complete the application and pay the $50.00 annual membership fee

Board will vote on membership applications before the next monthly shooting match.

Acceptance is not guaranteed - Any membership that is denied will receive a refund of their paid membership fee.

Paying Membership is $50.00. Membership can be paid through Stripe or with PayPal (to the account of ladygunlover@yahoo.com), in person, or by mail. Make checks payable to Hawkeye Gun Club, mail to Penny Gilliam, 2136 Owl Hollow Road, Mill Spring, NC 28756

People often ask, "why do I need to become a member of a club?" The answer is simple. Even though shooters pay a fee to shoot a monthly match, it is rarely enough to cover all the expenses of running a club. Annual expenses for a club include insurance, NRA affiliation dues, USPSA affiliation dues, and Sectional dues just to name a few. The cost of putting on monthly matches includes range rent fees (unless your club owns the property), utilities, targets, pasters, timers, classifier fees, and other incidentals. For our club the membership fees help pay the insurance and affiliation dues. The monthly shoots pay for most everything else. When we build a reserve in our bank account, we buy new props and other materials that our shooters suggest to make shooting more challenging and enjoyable. So in answer to the quest of why, it's because it provides much needed support to keep our sport and our club growing.