Changing Targets
2003 – Contributed by Anonymous
After shooting a round, Scouts go out to the targets and swap them out and find out if they qualified for their requirements.
Rifle Range
2003 – Contributed by Anonymous
Director Mike Arles looks on as Scouts eye up their targets.
Waiting to Shoot
Contributed by Rev. James Goudie
Scouts wait patiently to shoot as they receive safety instruction at the Rifle Range.
Erv Meyer
Contributed by Rev. James Goudie
Frazer 176 Soutmaster Erv Meyer in the late ’60s.
Checking Scores
Contributed by Rev. James Goudie
Scouts retrieve their targets after shooting at the Rifle Range in the ’70s. The backstop was rotated 90 degrees when the Rifle Range was replaced some years later.
Marksmen
Contributed by Rev. James Goudie
Scouts chill on mats at the rifle range in the ’70s. Shooting was done from the prone position on mats prior to today’s shooting benches.
Rifle Range
Contributed by Rev. James Goudie
At the rifle range, several counselors are there. Who are they?
Rifle Range
Contributed by Rev. James Goudie
Five .22 shells in blocks ready for distribution to Scouts at the Rifle Range. Who are the counselors? Is that Steve D’Antonio standing in the doorway?
Target Shooting
1982 – Contributed by David B. Woodward
Rifle counselor Doug Clark watches over the Scouts practicing target shooting at the Horseshoe Rifle Range in the early 1980’s.
Target Shooting
Contributed by Anonymous
Scouts line up the target from the prone position at the old Rifle Range.
Target Shooting
1982 – Contributed by David B. Woodward
Scouts take aim at targets using the .22 rifles at the Horseshoe Rifle Range.
Target Shooting
Contributed by Anonymous
The old Rifle Range.
Sighting Target
2006 – Contributed by John B. Rettew III
Looking down range at the target while sighting the rifle, this is the vantage point you’ll have.
Old Rifle Range
1995 – Contributed by Mike Arles
The rifle range in the mid-90s, where picnic tables were used before individual stations were built.
Rifle Safety
1944 – Contributed by John B. Rettew III
Pete Filkosky shows rifle safety.
Troop Shoot at the Rifle Range
2007 – Contributed by David B. Woodward
A highlight for many scouts is the chance to fire 22s at the Horseshoe Rifle Range.
Loading Rifle
2006 – Contributed by John B. Rettew III
Staff member “Topher” Roberts helps a Scout sight and load his rifle.
Watching Rifle Range
2008 – Contributed by John B. Rettew III
Scouts from Devon 50 watch from just outside the Rifle Range perimeter.
Cusick Rifle Range
2023 – Contributed by Evan Ellwanger
The Cusick Rifle Range was the name chosen for the Horseshoe Rifle Range in 2023.
New Rifle Range Gateway
2020 – Contributed by Evan Ellwanger
In 2020 during the coronavirus pandemic, a number of volunteers and donors made this project come together in less than 24 hours. Truly a remarkable feat!
Karl 'Moose' Winsch Rifle Range
2020 – Contributed by Evan Ellwanger
For the 2020 season, the Rifle Range was renamed in honor of longtime volunteer Karl “Moose” Winsch.
Watson Rifle Range
2026 – Contributed by Anonymous
From the 2025 Diamonds and Denim Gala bidding, Lynn and Stuart Watson won the naming rights to the Camp Horseshoe Rifle Range for 2026.
Jacob Latch Rifle Range
2022 – Contributed by Andrew Coe
As part of the CCC Gala in 2021, the Rifle Range name was auctioned off, and Jacob Latch was chosen as he was the 4th great grandfather of the auction winner, Andrew Coe, and because he was Gen. George Washington’s messenger at Valley Forge in the Winter of 1777.
