Lakeland Rifle & Pistol Club

If you haven’t made it over yet, the Central Florida Gun Show continues TODAY at Sun ’n FUN Expo Campus in Lakeland. Doors open at 9am, close at 3pm. There is also a USCCA legal seminar on site, 12–2pm. Tickets at the admission booth. Parking is free.
For more info, check out our show page: Central Florida Gun Show.

Great weather this morning for the 50 yd oops match, and a big turn out.

The May Pistol match (tomorrow) will be 25 yard paper target combo:
Silhouette and Pins
-turning target Bullseye timing of twenty and ten second five shot strings
-Hit-Miss scoring
-red dot X counts
-20 rounds/match
-3 each matches
-120 rounds total

Shooters' meeting will be at 0830, and the match starts shortly afterwards, ending around 1000.
First timers need to arrive by 0800 for special orientation.
Match starts with the larger silhouette target, dark center=dark score cards, 3 matches. Use the 8 ring for hits.
End match with paper pin, white target=white score cards, 3 matches.
All 20 hit score shooters who do not win first place will be awarded 2nd or 3rd place.
Bring minimum $15 match fee, PPE, minimum of 120 rounds of ammo, up to 6 different fi****ms. Juniors shoot free.
Award ceremony will be held after score cards are sorted. Donations of cash or items are always welcome. Line help is always needed.

PISTOL PRE-MATCH SATELY RULES APPLY!
Absolutely no physical handling of fi****ms until range is called HOT.
You may go up and down range to put up targets, place gear on firing line, load magazines, etc.

Competition for top rankings remain high with four shooters in top place and Rod Hamlet just one point behind:

POINTS 2026 YTD SUMMARY
12 RECTO, EYMAN,
B PRUITT, A PRUITT
11 HAMLET
9 FULBRIGHT GOSZKA
6 VOSS
3 COLEMAN, FLYNN

More pictures will be following in the next few days, but here are notes from our first airgun match.

"The very first LRPC Airgun match is in the books. Aside from some minor bench labeling issues (my fault entirely), the match was a great success.
We had 16 airgun shooters and 2 rimfire shooters. i was hoping some of the clubs rimfire guys would show up, but i understand, getting beat by a bb gun is not good for the ego!! just joking of course.
We did the 100 yard benchrest in the morning to try and stay away from the gale force winds. it was a good decision, although there was still some pretty good wind on the range.
After the 100, we switched over to the 50 yard using the Eley X-Shot target, and tried to use the electronic scoring from Eley. Unfortunately, the scoring system did not work as intended. it would have been so nice if it would have. The wind for the 50 was really howling, with up to 20 mph gusts, and tornado like vortexes inside the 50 shooting zone. This range is no joke when it comes to wind, and all of our shooters realized it quickly.
Which brings us to the scoring. As airgunners we know that scoring takes a while, but our volunteers were blindsided by it. it truly is a pain to try and score these huge targets, even though there is only one hole in each bullseye.
Our club volunteers, Bruce Maccia who called the match, Chris Maccia, Bryan Bennet, Lester Witman, and Jeffery Sasser all did a wonderful job. We could not have succeeded without their help. So much appreciation.
We had 3 shooters from Jacksonville, 1 from Merritt Island, 2 from Ft. Lauderdale, 1 from Okeechobee, and one from Jensen Beach. The rest were within an hour and a half. This just shows you how dedicated the airgun community is and miles we will drive to go to a good match. Everyone really liked the range, and said that they want to come here again. I would call that a success.
Thanks to LRPC for allowing this match to happen, and hopefully we will have many more.
thank you,
Calvin Lewis"

One of SEVERAL events this weekend !
Go to club website to get a full description of each event with rules included.

Pistol Match: 25 yard combo of PAPER BULLSEYE and SILHOUETTE-HIT/MISS SCORING with red dot X-count- turning target.
Bullseye timing of 20 and 10 second five shot strings.
First timers need to be on site by 0800.
Everyone else at 830. Five classes: rimfire auto, centerfire auto, revolver, carry, and carbine.

match & pre-match safety rules apply:

There is a minimum $15 match fee We need prize donations as well as line safety help!

We're excited to kick off our new Air Rifle Benchrest Match series starting next Saturday, APRIL 11! If you've never seen what a modern precision air rifle can do at 50 and 100 yards, you might be surprised — these are serious, high-end precision machines, and the accuracy is genuinely impressive.

Here's the quick rundown:
- Registration 7:15–7:45 AM | Match starts at 8:00 AM
- $45 — lunch included!
- LRPC club members and non-members are welcome (members get priority if full)
- Where: 100-yard Range, Lakeland Rifle & Pistol Club, 2000 Lasso Ln, Lakeland FL

These matches use high-end P*P (pre-charged pneumatic) air rifles — think precision benchrest shooting, not backyard plinking. Spring guns, CO2, and BB guns are not a fit for this match. If you use other types of air rifles, check out our OOPS matches — visit lakelandgunclub.com for details on those.

Full match info and rules, check our website (Events & Matches) at lakelandgunclub.com

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April is approaching rapidly and loads of things have been going on at the club. The installation of target frame hardware has been ongoing this last month. Hats off to Dan, Paul, and Bob and all those not mentioned to the incredibly long, detailed and what looks like tedious work. The work crew along with staff designed and built the new frames, installed them and placed protective posts to ensure long life of the new frames. Wow! Enjoy the pictures of their hard work and progress thus far!