Range telephone: (512) 471-3623
Mailing address: POB 1187, Austin, TX 78641
email:
Phil Winsborough, head coach;
Michael Fulk, club president;
Charles Yarbrough

Welcome to the website of the UT Rifle and Pistol Club.

The club operates an indoor smallbore rifle/pistol range, located on the UT main campus, in Austin TX; and is open year-round to UT club members, Monday through Thursday evenings (6:30pm - 9pm).
Club membership consists of UT students, staff and faculty; as well as juniors who want to compete in 3 position air or .22, (courtesy of the Dean of Natural Sciences and the ROTC).
The club is headquartered in a 14-point, 50 foot indoor range; suitable for smallbore (.22 caliber), and air (.177 caliber) rifle and pistol training and/or competitions. Beginners are welcome and safety training is provided by our three coaches, all of whom are NRA-certified instructors. Most members have at least some of their own shooting equipment, but club equipment is also available for member use.

Club activities consist of...

Phil Winsborough is the nationally rated U.T. smallbore team head coach, he is preceeded by Col. George McKenna.

Visitor Maps:

The range is next door, and southeast of the Russell A. Steindam Hall (RAS), also known as the R.O.T.C building, opposite the parade grounds.

Landmarks due east of the parade grounds, is the large fountain (blue circle), and the 23rd st. turnaround.
The red square is the range.
Yellow areas show where some after-hours parking may be found, subject to restrictions.
Don't forget to lock your car and secure all valuables within!!!
The range has a water fountian, M/F restrooms, and security lockers for personal equipment (bring your own lock).

The club headquarters:

The firing line...

From the targets' point of view...

CURRENT EVENTS;

Thanksgiving week, range will most likely be closed wednesday and thursday evenings.

MATCH INFO;

2002, OCT 18 PTO results posted here.
2002, NOV 15 match results posted here.
2002, DEC 6 match results posted here.
2003, FEB 21 match results posted here.

Upcoming UTRPC pistol and rifle match dates:
Mar 28- 30, 2003;

Internal links:

Club History Archive.

Rifle and Pistol Team Lettermen Archive.

External Links:

The US Navy R.O.T.C. (UT Austin) is a sponsor of the UT rifle/pistol club:
http://navy.rotc.utexas.edu/

The US Navy Marksmanship Team:
http://www.usnst.org/usnstarms.htm

The US Army Marksmanship Unit:
http://www.usarec.army.mil/hq/amu/

The Naval Academy Pistol Team:
http://www.usna.edu/Pistol/

The US Army ROTC (UT Austin) is a sponsor of the UT rifle/pistol club:
http://www.utexas.edu/depts/arotc/

The Austin Rifle Club is a local private shooting club that supports the UT rifle and pistol club:
http://www.austinrifleclub.org

The United States Modern Pentathlon Association is an associate of the club.
http://usmpa.home.texas.net/

The UT Rifle and Pistol Club is also associated with U.S.A. Shooting, the T.S.R.A., and the N.R.A."
http://www.usashooting.org/
http://www.tsra.com/
http://www.nra.org/

The club hosts USA Shooting preliminary tryouts periodically; contact for more info.

Post your scores on the Intercollegiate Postal Series site:
http://uts.cc.utexas.edu/~utrpc

Fifty Caliber Shooter's Association Homepage (FCSA) has some interesting photos of the "extreme sports" shooters.
http://www.fcsa.org

Fundamentals of pistol marksmanship.
http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/Dreyer_infonet/amu-pmtg.htm

FM 25-4; HOW TO CONDUCT TRAINING EXERCISES.
http://www.adtdl.army.mil/cgi-bin/atdl.dll/fm/25-4/toc.htm

FM 23-35; COMBAT TRAINING WITH PISTOLS & REVOLVERS.
http://www.adtdl.army.mil/cgi-bin/atdl.dll/fm/23-35/fm23-35.htm

FM 23-9; M16A1 AND M16A2 RIFLE MARKSMANSHIP
http://www.adtdl.army.mil/cgi-bin/atdl.dll/fm/23-9/toc.htm

FM 23-10; SNIPER TRAINING
http://www.adtdl.army.mil/cgi-bin/atdl.dll/fm/23-10/toc.htm

FM 23-10; SNIPER TRAINING
http://www.adtdl.army.mil/cgi-bin/atdl.dll/fm/23-10/toc.htm

Here is a handy discussion of the basic physics involved in ballistics, mirrored off of the FAS website.

Here is a handy discussion of scopes.
http://www.charm.net/~kmarsh/scope.html

The 'Texas Military Forces Museum' is the Texas Army National Guard museum located at Camp Mabry, in West Austin.
Stop by and see some of the military history of Texas.
http://www.txis.com/~brad/tmfm/

Hi-tech ear protection series of "Game Ear" products.
http://www.edersbow.com/EMAILS/walker2.htm

Volquartsen has some interesting 10/22 related products.
http://www.volquartsen.com/

List of Austin area storefront gun-shops.
http://www.txguns.com/citypages/austin.asp

More Austin area storefront gun-shops.
http://www.thecityofaustin.com/gun/

SR-1 target air rifles.
http://www.steveridings.com/

The "Airgun Hall" in Munich, Germany.
http://www.pilkguns.com/coach/mako1.htm

External commercial links

Stay the course.....