Past News Stories from Heritage Shooting

This is a selection of past news stories from Heritage Shooting

Ashippun, WI - August 7, 2008. The Stone Bank Sportmen’s Club and Heritage Shooting were pleased to host our 5th Annual USMC / NRA Rifle Fundamentals Camp in cooperation with the United States Marine Corps. This event is designed to introduce and build confidence in the “poolees” in attendance. A "Poolee" is a person who has signed up to be a United States Marine and is waiting to be in the "Pool" of the next batch to go to one of only two U.S. Marine Corps boot camps.

From August 4th to August 7th, over 430 “poolees” and guests traveled from around the state of Wisconsin, including groups from Milwaukee, Green Bay, Racine, Brookfield, Waukesha, Beloit, Janesville, and Madison, to the Stone Bank Sportsmen’s Club grounds to gain experience and confidence in their physical skills and mental strength. Activities included physical conditioning, individual strength challenges, camouflage face painting, rifle fundamentals, and tasting their first MREs (Meals Ready to Eat). The “poolees” and guests also had the opportunity to talk with current Marines about their jobs and experiences in the USMC.

The NRA certified firearms instructors of Heritage Shooting volunteered their time and classroom facility on the grounds of the Stone Bank Sportsmen’s Club to conduct the basic rifle fundamentals course which included classroom instruction on the firearms nomenclature and basic operation, the opportunity to receive hands on training, and to actually shoot the rifle on our rifle range. This training opportunity allowed each participant to gain familiarity and confidence in the safe handling and use of the rifle, a skill required of all Marines.

Due to today's environment; more than 75% of high school graduates have never fired a rifle. Those that have most likely have not had any proper marksmanship training. The Stone Bank Sportsmen's Club membership and the Heritage Shooting volunteers feel that the least we can do for these brave young people is to give then an opportunity to at least learn the basics of rifle marksmanship.

We are doing our part to help the young men and women who have made the choice to serve our great nation by assisting the Marines at our facilities. This training will benefit every "Poolee" by introducing them to the firearms they will be using in basic training and throughout their military career. This "advance training" is so important to the success of the "Poolees" that many of the Marine Recruit Sergeants and officers present at this training volunteered to do this. We look forward to working with the U.S. Marine Corps annually to help future groups of “Poolees” receive this valuable opportunity and training.

This program was started in 2004 at the Stone Bank Sportsmen’s Club in cooperation with Heritage Shooting and the USMC and has been heavily funded by the Wisconsin State Friends of NRA. The USMC / NRA Rifle Fundamentals Camp program has grown in 2008 to include programs being conducted in La Crosse at the La Crosse Rifle Club and in Wausau at the Duane L. Corbin Shooting Range which reached over 600 young men and women this year alone.

The North Central Wisconsin Gun Collectors Assoc., Inc. has already stepped forward to donate funds to support this program in 2009. Tax deductible donations to Heritage Shooting, Inc. can be designated to support this important program.

August 2004

Heritage Shooting was pleased to host the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) as they conducted training exercises at our facility on the Stone Bank Sportsmen's Club grounds.

August 2005

It was our second time working with the US Marine Corps, but now the program if officially called the USMC/NRA Rifle Fundamentals Camp. A total of 173 Marine Poolees participated in this program! We look forward to working with the US Marine Corps in the future and seeing this program become a success nationwide!

August 2004

Heritage Shooting was pleased to host the US Marine Corps as they conducted Poolee Training at our facility on the Stone Bank Sportsmen's Club grounds.

Heritage Shooting was pleased to host the US Marshal Service at our facility on the Stone Bank Sportsmen's Club grounds.