All about Corpus Christi Gun Club

Facilities:

The club boasts extensive facilities to support its diverse shooting offerings:

• Clubhouse: A 40 x 60 foot clubhouse, which includes air conditioning.
• Amenities: A full kitchen for parties and events, along with 22 trailer hook-ups, suggesting accommodations for longer visits or events.
• Lighted Fields: Six lighted fields for extended shooting hours.
• Ammunition Sales: Ammunition is available for purchase on-site.

Ranges and Disciplines:

The Corpus Christi Gun Club offers a wide variety of ranges to accommodate numerous shooting disciplines:

• Shotgun Sports:
  • Trap Fields: 5 fields available.
  • Skeet Fields: 5 fields available, often with a trap overlay, meaning they can be configured for either trap or skeet. Typically, on any given day, two are set up for trap and three for skeet.
  • Five Stand: 1 field dedicated to this dynamic clay target discipline.
  • Sporting Clays: A 16-station course spanning 45 acres, with each station featuring three machines, offering a diverse and challenging experience simulating hunting scenarios.
• Rifle Ranges: 2 rifle ranges are present, including a dedicated rifle range with 16 benches and target backers at 50, 100, and 200 yards.
• Pistol Ranges: The club has a substantial outdoor pistol area, including:
  • Five pistol caliber and .22LR only bays (Bays #1-5).
  • A 25-stall covered pistol bay with a target retrieval system, suitable for distances from 1 to 15 yards.
  • A 25-yard range and a 50-yard range, each with benches for four shooters (totaling 8 benches between the two).
  • Seven multi-use bays (Bays #6-12) ranging from 30 to 100 yards, with most averaging 40-45 yards.

The club hosts registered shoots for various national associations, including the Amateur Trap Association (ATA), National Sporting Clays Association (NSCA), and National Skeet Shooting Association (NSSA), indicating high-quality ranges suitable for competitive events. They are also home to the CC Steel Challenge and Nueces County 4-H Trap and Skeet programs.

Services:

The Corpus Christi Gun Club provides several services, primarily focusing on its members and their guests:

• Instruction: Shooting instruction is available.
• League Shooting: The club supports league shooting for various disciplines.
• Corporate Outings: Facilities and programs are available for corporate events.
• Hunter Education and LTC Classes: The clubhouse and classroom facilities enable the club to host instructional programs, including state-mandated hunter education classes and License to Carry (LTC) handgun classes.
• Membership: Use of the pistol and rifle areas is generally limited to members and their escorted guests. Clay shooting is typically open to the public, though non-members may pay higher fees. Membership requires no felonies, being 18 or older, and usually requires two existing members to sign the application as sponsors.
• Firearm-related services: While the club itself does not sell or rent firearms, other local businesses in Corpus Christi offer gun sales, rentals, gunsmithing services (repairs, optic mounting, sight-ins, cleaning, stippling, Cerakote), and specialized classes like defensive pistol and low-light shooting. These are typically separate entities but contribute to the overall shooting ecosystem in the area.