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Welcome to the Itasca Gun Club web site!

For updates on range closures, please check the Calendar. Updates to the calendar occur at night, so checking mornings is the best bet.

Spring is almost here, and IGC's summer programs are getting geared up. Itasca Action Pistol will begin on May 10th, and continue every Thursday until September 13th. This program is open to all.

Handgun carry permit classes are taught twice a month by Certified Itasca Gun Club instructors. Check the Calendar for dates and information. The clubhouse will be relocated this summer, so this spring is the last chance for taking classes with the indoor range. Afterward, the shooting portion of classes will be held outdoors.

You can join Itasca Gun Club for only $30 a year, as a family membership.

The outdoor range hours are 08:00 until 1/2 hour before sunset. People live in the area, and we want to remain good neighbors by not making noise too early or too late. Tannerite and similar explosive targets are banned at this range, due to insurance requirements. Be careful driving out to the range in the winter. Don't exceed safe speeds for the existing road conditions.

There are multiple slide shows of range construction efforts on the "Range Relocation" tab above. There's a new slide show as of Oct 17 2016 here.

While the range is open to members, please check the club calendar before you head out to make sure that the range is not temporarily closed for construction, training or scheduled shooting events.

Want to Join or Renew Your Membership?

Information on joining or renewing is on our Membership Page

Looking for a Pistol Carry Permit Class?

Certified Itasca Gun Club Instructors teach Minnesota Carry Permit Classes at least once a month at our indoor range and classroom. The cost is typically $75 for a one day class that meets all the requirements of the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension. Check our Calendar for class dates and times. Information about carry permits is on the same page as the classes. Here's more information on Minnesota and Florida Carry Permits.

Looking for Fun Long Range Shooting?

We have built and placed the new 300 yard steel gong. It is 28” across and constructed of AR500 armor grade steel. It will easily withstand 30-06 armor piercing at 50 yards so it should last a long time at 300 yard line! Conley Janssen and Grant Janssen built and assembled it, with Grant doing some of the final welding so he earned first “GONG”! He put two shots in a 2 inch spotter with his custom 300RUM Remington 700 and Burris F class scope. It rings very nice! Gong Slideshow

Who Are We?

The Itasca Gun Club of Grand Rapids, Minnesota is an all-volunteer, 501(c)4 non-profit corporation. Our facilities include a clubhouse/classroom that can seat up to fifty, an indoor pistol and smallbore range, and outdoor rifle and pistol ranges. We host a number of types of classes - click the Calendar tab above to see upcoming events or change the calendar to a "list" view.

Adult Permit to Carry
Women-Only Permit to Carry
MN DNR Youth Firearms Safety
MN DNR Adult Firearms Safety (not for carry permits)
Mother-Daughter MN Youth Firearms Safety
Train the Trainer for Youth Firearms Safety
Train the Trainer for Adult Permit to Carry

The club has relocated to a new site about a mile away from the old range. The new outdoor range will include two pistol ranges, a smallbore range, a 300 yard rifle range and eventually a 1,000 yard rifle range. The indoor range at the original site will be open until the spring of 2018.

MN DNR Firearms Safety for Youth

Firearms Safety Certification for Adults (not for carry permits)

Hunter Safety Certificate Requirements for Other States

Mentoring the Young Hunter

Please check the "Range Relocation" tab above for maps, layouts and information on range design and construction.

Club Activities Info

Click the "Calendar" tab above to view the full list of upcoming events. You can choose to see it as a list or as a calendar.

Upcoming events

Outdoor Range Closed for Itasca Action Pistol 3:30 PM Until Dark (session 7 of 19)

06/21/2018 3:30 PM • New Range 28716 Prairie Lake Road, P.O. Box 201, Grand Rapids, MN 55744.

Outdoor Range Closed for a 3 Gun match 8:00 AM - 2:00 PM

06/23/2018 8:00 AM • New Range 28716 Prairie Lake Road, P.O. Box 201, Grand Rapids, MN 55744.

MN Permit to Carry Class, Contact IGC Instructor Mike Hughes at (218) 999-7241, $75 Indoor range.

06/23/2018 8:30 AM • IGC Clubhouse, 10000 Arbo Rd, Grand Rapids

Outdoor Range Closed for Itasca Action Pistol 3:30 PM Until Dark (session 8 of 19)

06/28/2018 3:30 PM • New Range 28716 Prairie Lake Road, P.O. Box 201, Grand Rapids, MN 55744.

Outdoor Range Closed for Itasca Action Pistol 3:30 PM Until Dark (session 9 of 19)

07/05/2018 3:30 PM • New Range 28716 Prairie Lake Road, P.O. Box 201, Grand Rapids, MN 55744.

Important News From IGC

06/06/2018 5:02 PM | Anonymous member (Administrator)

Itasca Gun Club is a club of skilled people. We’re looking for a licensed plumber who can help with laying out the sanitary drain drawings for pouring the concrete slab for our new clubhouse location. If you can help with this, please call Mike Twite at (218) 259-3795. We need this layout in order to go out for concrete bids.

Range Construction

It will be a busy and unpredictable summer. Range construction will result in multiple range closures as contractors do their work. Please check the calendar regularly if you plan to use the range. Sometimes we have no control over when contractors can do their work, and range closures may happen on short notice.

In the short term, contractors will be hauling fill dirt for backstop berms, hauling clay for surfacing the berms to keep rocks from causing ricochets and building up three outdoor pistol bays to safety standards.

Concrete will be poured for the new pistol shooting points, and overhead cover will be erected. Concrete will be poured for the new clubhouse location, and a mover will haul the clubhouse over and place it on the concrete.

This work is being funded by a grant from the IRRRB.

There will be a great deal of work in disassembling the clubhouse, ready room and indoor range - breaking down the heating and ventilation systems, removing the interior fittings, the cabinets and other items. A new trail for DNR Youth Firearm Safety classes is laid out and needs to be constructed.

This will require a large chunk of volunteer work. We’re looking to club members and other volunteers to get this work done in stages, as specific work tasks. Your volunteer work helps the club twice, as the hours spent are recorded as an in-kind donation, which helps the club acquire future grants.

In order to ask for volunteers, we will be sending a few more regular and irregular emails asking for work parties to accomplish specific tasks.

The outhouse will be moved to the new site, and the existing port-a-potty by the rifle range will remain. The clubhouse will operate on a generator until heavy construction is finished. At that point, power can be run into the new site.

Summer Programs

Itasca Action Pistol happens every Thursday evening. Service Rifle matches are held every third Tuesday, as are the 100 Year Old Rifle matches. There will be pistol carry permit classes in the clubhouse/indoor range June 9 and June 23 (these require pre-registration). Monthly IGC meetings are held on the third Tuesday of each month. And a new pilot event, a 3 Gun Run will be held June 23. All these events are open to the public, and are on the Calendar, where you can click on any event to learn more and find contact information.

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