Activities

Shooting Sports
aka Range & Target Activities

Archery

Rifle Shooting

Shotgun Shooting

Troop 60 Shooting Sports Instructors

The purpose of BSA shooting sports is to teach firearm safety while introducing youth to a variety of shooting sports programs. The BSA’s shooting sports programs are developed and implemented through age-appropriate training and experiences.

The Boy Scouts of America adheres to its longstanding policy of teaching its youth and adult members the safe, responsible, and intelligent handling, care, and use of firearms, archery, and hand-held throwing sports in planned, carefully managed, and supervised programs for each youth who chooses to participate.

Coveted Gold 60 Club Patch
Earned by shooting a perfect score of 60

Shooting Sports are very popular is Scouting and Troop 60 is lucky enough to have several members of our council shooting committee in our troop.

Our Troop regularly supports council shooting events and can staff and run our own troop events if there is an interest.

If you are interested in Shooting Sports or earning one or more of the 3 Shooting Sports Merit Badges, talk to our Shooting Sports Team.

Shooting Sports Day at Kenmore Gun Range 2019

Cowboy Action Shooting 2022
Only authorized as a special Council Events

Shooting Resources

Scouting America has strict guidelines on how shooting sports are conducted, who is authorized to run these events and what events can be run. Some shooting events can only be performed at special Council Events. Others, like firing air rifles, .22 rifles, 12 gauge shotguns and archery can be run as a Troop event.

NRA Basic and NRA Instructors Courses

NRA Basic courses for Rifle and for Shotgun are available at scout camp most months of the year. These courses cover the basics of safe firearm handling and cover most of of the merit badge material for their respective firearm. For Adults interested in becoming an Instructor or for youth interested in becoming an Apprentice Instructor, come speak with our Shooting Sports Team. If you are interested in other disciplines, such as Black Powder or Pistol, come speak with our Team.

Scouts age 13-17 may attend Instructor courses to become NRA Apprentice Instructors
Scouts age 15-17 may attend Coach School to become NRA Junior Trainers
Assistant Instructors need to be 18 and older
Certified Instructors and Range Safety Officers need to be 21 and older

Card split with .22 rifle

USA Archery

USA Archery courses are available through Chief of Seattle. Similar to the NRA program, instructors are taught proper techniques and better ways to coach and run a safe archery program.

Scouts 15 and older may attend USA Archery Level 1 Instructor Courses
Instructors must be 18 to attend USA Archery Level 2 Instructor Courses
Instructors must be 19 to attend USA Archery Level 3 Instructor Courses

Perfect Score of 60

Scouting America Range Activity SAFEty

In September 2024, Scouting America added an additional training for Range and Target Activities. All Scouts BSA troops, Venturing crews, and Sea Scout ships who provide unit-level sponsored/planned range and target activities must have at least one registered unit leader 21+ years of age take the Range Activity SAFEty online training. This individual must be present at the range during the range and target activity(s).

Range Activity SAFEty Training
National Range and Target Activities Manual (2024 Edition)
Age Appropriate Guidelines for Scouting Activities
- Pistols – NRA FIRST Steps Program Only (Council Sponsored and age 13 and have completed eighth grade or 14 years old and up)
- Specialty Programs – Cowboy Action (Council Sponsored and age 13 and have completed eighth grade or 14 years old and up)
- Specialty Programs – Airsoft
- Specialty Programs – Chalkball (Council Sponsored)
- .22 Bolt Action Rifle
- Shotguns
- Muzzleloaders – Rifle and Shotgun Only
- Archery – Field
- Archery – Target, Action (moving targets)
- Pellet Rifle
- BB Guns
- Slingshots/Wrist Rockets
- Catapults/Trebuchets (Projectiles must be soft and small (no larger than a tennis ball)
Scouts BSA Range & Target Activities
Design Guidelines - Range and other guidelines