Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Yes! You can use your mobile device to renew or apply for membership. Visit the Membership Portal to complete the process.

Our goal is to process completed applications within 48 hours depending on current application volumes. We do not have the luxury of a totally automated system there is a nice lady by the name of Candace verifying your information and processing payments Monday to Friday each week.

Common errors slowing the process down are missing waivers and credit card information required for payment.

If you have an existing membership, you would have been issued a Gate Card to gain access to the Outdoor Range. There is a 4-digit number on the front of this card to enter in your membership profile or check the box that you need a new gate/swipe card.

Gate/swipe cards are reused each year, please retain your card for future membership years.

One gate/swipe card is issued per membership type, all family members under your membership will be using the same card. Gate/swipe card number is also your membership number each year.

Memberships expire on December 31 of the year they were issued for. You must apply for membership each year. Renewals are not automated.

Range rules are available at multiple locations for review:
1. On the Rules & Regulations page on the website
2. In the clubhouse – copy on the desk.
3. On the firing line at the outdoor range – relevant sections are posted

Members are responsible for the conduct and actions of their guests.

Members must use paper targets only or may use club installed steel gongs at various distances on the range.

Exploding targets, metal swingers, bouncing ground targets etc. are prohibited from being used on our facilities.

Members of law enforcement, military and security agencies are not allowed to bring any service firearms which are currently prohibited from use by the general Canadian public while shooting as a member of CSSA and must follow our rules. You are shooting as a civilian under our membership.

Exception is a when your agency has rented our ranges for firearms qualification of it’s members.  Individual self practice or unscheduled group practice by law enforcement, military or security agency members is not an exemption to this rule either.

Ammunition loaded with lead or jacketed lead bullets (most common in North America) is acceptable. 

Maximum caliber allowed (in terms of muzzle energy power) on our rifle range per RCMP/CFO is 338 Lapua.

Most military surplus ammunition either rifle or pistol from China or the former Soviet Union and its former satellite states including but not limited to Poland, Czech Republic, Ukraine etc. use ammunition with steel penetrator cores in the bullet construction. Use of this ammunition is prohibited at our range.

Shotgun slugs are allowed on the rifle range. Buckshot and or lead or steel shot hunting or target loads are prohibited from being used on the rifle and pistol ranges.

Skeet and trap ranges require shells loaded with lead shot no larger that size #7 1/2 is allowed.

The rifle and pistol ranges are open Monday to Saturday 8:00am to dusk, no later than 10:00pm, and Sunday 10:00am to dusk no later than 10:00pm.

These ranges are occasionally closed for maintenance, police training, or other events.

Always check the events calendar before you head out to the outdoor range.

Action Pistol, skeet and trap ranges are open only during scheduled times as a Camrose Shooting Sports Association approved Range Safety Officer (RSO) must be present while these ranges are in use.

Check the events calendar for dates and times.

A guest can accompany a member to gain range access for a limited number of visits. Fees apply.

Our ranges are certified by CFO/RCMP approved for both rifle and handgun. Current certification is valid to December 31, 2028.

We supply clay targets for the skeet and trap ranges at $7.00 per round (25 clay targets).

Members must provide their own legally owned firearms, ammunition and paper targets. We are not setup to rent firearms or sell ammunition and or targets.

The outdoor range is located at the junction of Township Road 463 and Range Road 203 Camrose. Legal land location SE-21-046-20-4 Camrose Alberta. 

The indoor range is located at 4516 – 54 Street, Camrose.

Non-Restricted Firearms (PAL), Restricted Firearms (RPAL), and Black Badge courses are periodically offered in Camrose.
Contact David Schoenberg info@firearmsinstructor.ca for session dates and pricing.