NRA Grant Helps Fund Improvements at Northern Arizona Shooting Range

By Justin Stakes

Benefits include more public access to trapshooting, registered trap shoots

Flagstaff, AZ -(AmmoLand.com)- A bigger and better trap range awaits recreational shooters at the Northern Arizona Shooting Range, one of 10 public shooting facilities managed by the Arizona Game and Fish Department.

With a public range fund grant awarded by the National Rifle Association (NRA), the department achieved its project goal of providing more public access to trap shooting and the opportunity for the Northern Arizona Shooting Foundation to conduct registered trapshooting events.

The $22,650 grant helped to fund the construction of two additional trap fields, including trap houses and concrete field and sidewalks, as well as the purchase of two new trap machines, two new voice-release systems, a new propane generator and additional equipment necessary to operate the trap fields.

“We would like to thank the NRA for its continued support through the Public Range Grant Program,” said Mike Raum, statewide shooting range administrator for Game and Fish. “The completion of the trap and skeet fields at the Northern Arizona Shooting Range provides vast opportunities to expand trap shooting during Arizona’s hot summer months …Read the Rest

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