Southern Indiana Rifle and Pistol Club: Eight Decades of Excellence in Competitive Shooting
Since its founding on December 8, 1941, the Southern Indiana Rifle and Pistol Club (SIRAPC) has cultivated a rich tradition of marksmanship excellence, safety education, and competitive camaraderie. For over 80 years, this distinguished organization has served as the region’s premier destination for precision shooting sports. SIRAPC’s 400+ current members and their guests enjoy access to world-class facilities designed for year-round competition and training.
- Georgetown Indoor Range Located at Indian Creek Shooting Center in Georgetown, Indiana, the club’s climate-controlled indoor facility features a precision 50-foot range accommodating both pistol and air/rimfire rifle disciplines. This venue hosts weekly Wednesday evening Indoor Bullseye Pistol matches, along with NRA-sanctioned Smallbore prone competitions and CMP-sanctioned Rimfire Sporter matches throughout the year.
- Borden Outdoor Range The club’s flagship facility—an 18-acre outdoor range—sits nestled among scenic farmland and state forestry property near Deam Lake. This expansive venue features shooting berms at 200, 300, and 500 yards, providing competitive shooters with the distance and infrastructure needed for advanced rifle disciplines, as well as XX pistol bays and a covered area for benchrest shooting.
SIRAPC distinguishes itself through an impressive calendar of monthly competitions across multiple disciplines:
- F-Class and Midrange Prone matches
- CMP Service Rifle competitions
- CMP-sanctioned Vintage Rifle “Games” Matches featuring historic military rifles including the M1 Garand, 1903 Springfield, and foreign military variants
- CMP Vintage Sniper Rifle team matches
- The club’s annual CMP-sanctioned Excellence in Competition (EIC) Rifle match
- CMP-sanctioned Garand and Sniper Team State Championships for Indiana and Kentucky
For pistol enthusiasts, the outdoor range features a covered firing line with a state-of-the-art turning target system, hosting monthly outdoor 2700 matches. SIRAPC also proudly serves as a host venue for the Indiana State Pistol Championship. The club maintains several cherished trophy matches with competition histories spanning over five decades.
SIRAPC members regularly travel as a team to compete in CMP Travel Games held across the country, as well as the prestigious National Matches at historic Camp Perry. This traveling contingent exemplifies the club’s commitment to excellence and competitive spirit at the highest levels of marksmanship, and has fostered several National Match trophies and a variety of national achievement awards and medals in a multitude of disciplines.
New shooter development stands as a cornerstone of SIRAPC’s mission. The club regularly hosts formal clinics led by experienced competitors, ensuring newcomers receive expert guidance in their chosen discipline. Furthermore, the club’s comprehensive loaner program removes financial barriers to entry, providing club-owned M1 Garand rifles and ammunition (for purchase) so prospective members can experience competition before investing in equipment. Members routinely bring spare gear to matches, embodying the club’s unofficial motto: “Lack of equipment is never an excuse for not participating.”
SIRAPC invests significantly in youth shooting sports, sponsoring both a junior sporter air rifle team and a precision smallbore team in partnership with the local JROTC precision air rifle program. These junior shooters have already distinguished themselves on the national stage, capturing the Navy JROTC Championship at Camp Perry and the Indiana State Championship this past season.
For over eight decades, SIRAPC has remained dedicated to fostering excellence in competitive shooting while building a welcoming community where shooters of all skill levels can explore and pursue their passion for marksmanship.
