Manteca Sportsmen Inc

Manteca Sportsmen Inc. (MSI) offers a comprehensive shooting sports experience in a safe, family-friendly environment. Here’s what you can expect:

Archery

• Two shooting opportunities: practice and field ranges.
• Practice range includes 5 targets (20-50 yards) with bow stands and a picnic area.
• Field range offers a 9-target walking path through wooded and grassy areas (10-80 yards).
• Special events and competitions are organized periodically.
• Note: No broadheads or crossbows allowed unless during club events.

Black Powder

• Operates under “Long Rifles of San Joaquin.”
• Shoots are scheduled on the second Saturday of most months.
• Only rifles, smoothbores, and pistols based on pre-1840 designs allowed.
• A yearly aggregate awards program is in place.

Cowboy Shooting

• Relive the Old West spirit with the Two Rivers Posse group.
• Competitions are on the first Saturday and fourth Sunday each month.
• Part of the international Single Action Shooting Society (SASS).
• Features stages with reactive steel silhouette targets scored on speed and accuracy.

Rifle Range (Temporarily Closed)

• Designed for beginners to professionals.
• Offers help to new shooters.
• Matches take place the first Sunday of every month on the 100-yard range.
• Features the NRA National Match Course open to various rifles, with 5 distinct stages.
• Equipment like shooting mats, spotting scopes, shooting coats, and sight blackeners can be used.

Strengths:

1. Safe and family-oriented environment.
2. Various shooting opportunities from archery to cowboy shooting.
3. Experienced staff offering tutorials, especially for beginners.
4. Organized events and competitions.
5. Affordable prices for most activities.

Weaknesses:

1. Non-compliance with certain state regulations (as noted with the rifle range).
2. Some users find the staff or range masters rude or unprofessional.
3. Restrictions on the rate of fire might be limiting for some.
4. The physical terrain of the area might be challenging for some participants.
5. Current closure of the rifle range, which has garnered mixed feedback.