BSA's Camp Geiger Shooting Range Opens

Camp Geiger Shooting Range, the first public shooting range in the nation to be built and operated by the Boy Scouts of America, officially opened its firing lines when Mr. Robert Mazzuca, Chief Scout Executive for the BSA, was presented with a commemorative CZ-USA Redhead shotgun by Alice Poluchova, President of CZ-USA (a sponsor of the new range) during a ribbon cutting ceremony on Friday, July 16.

The shooting complex offers 40 acres of 5 stand, sporting clays, archery, rifle, and handgun shooting facilities on the grounds of BSA Camp Geiger in St. Joseph, MO. When not serving as a scout camp, the shooting complex will be open to the public.

The public shooting complex at Camp Geiger is a pilot program for the BSA. If successful, the model could be followed at many of the four hundred Boy Scout camps spread across the nation. Used as a test model previously, Camp Geiger has pioneered other scouting programs that have been adopted nationwide including Project COPE.

The new range will assist in the continuing the efforts of the Boy Scouts to raise the next generation of responsible sportsmen. In addition to the BSA shooting programs, proceeds from shooting activities at the Camp Geiger Shooting Range will benefit the Pony Express Council of the Boy Scouts of America and fund programs for over 2000 Cub Scouts, Boy Scouts, and Venturers each year.