Coxsackie Sportsmen's Club

Established 1927

Chartered 1936

Incorporated 1938

We are situated in Coxsackie, New York, between the beautiful catskill mountains and the scenic hudson river. The club is dedicated to promoting the shooting sports, hunting, fishing, archery, conservation and the education of the public and our youth in the safe, ethical and responsible use of firearms for 80 years. 

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Range Rules

Come to the Smith & Wesson Range Day!

The Castleton Fish & Game Club is hosting Smith and Wesson on Saturday, June 22, 2008 at their range in Schodack, NY.  There will be a large inventory of S&W handguns available for New York State handgun license holders to try, as well as S&W rifles and shotguns on display. Click here to see more details.  Click here for a map to the club. If there is enough interest, car pools may be formed.  Call Jim at 943-3428.

Bullet Types on the indoor range

It has come to our attention that some members do not know the difference between jacketed and non-jacketed ammunition.  Jacketed bullets are encased in a thin metal covering, usually copper gilding metal or plated with copper, but can be brass or plated steel.  Non jacketed bullets are made of plain lead.  Just because there is no jacket exposed above the case on a round of ammunition does not make it non jacketed!  Please read the information on the box that the ammunition came in for information on whether it is jacketed or not.  Firing jacketed bullets on our indoor range is damaging the backstops.

The bullet on the left is jacketed, the one on the right is plain lead.  Jacketed bullets

are not allowed on the indoor range.

Trap Shooting is now open!

Trap will open on Friday, March 28, 2008 starting at 5:00 PM.  The activity is open to the public.  Call Mike at 518-291-4467 or Scott at 518-622-3007 for information.

New Web Site!

Click here the following link to see a sample of our new web site (under construction).  We hope to have this up and running soon!  Please let us know if you have any suggestions or ideas to improve it.

The new policy in the event of inclement weather is as follows:

If the Coxsackie - Athens Central School District closes on the day of our meeting, our meeting will be postponed until the following Thursday (the 3rd Thursday of the month).

NOTICE TO ALL MEMBERS AND THEIR GUESTS:

RANGE RULE CHANGES

1.    At the membership meeting of April 12, 2007, the following change to the range rules was voted on and approved by an overwhelming margin:

Firearms chambered in .50 BMG (.50 caliber Browning Machine Gun, or any derivative of that round) are not allowed on any of our ranges.  This rule has been put into place for safety reasons.  Violation of this rule will result in immediate termination of membership.  Thank you for your cooperation.

2.    At the membership meeting of June 14, 2007, the following change to the range rules was voted on and unamimously approved:

On the first and third Friday of each month, from dawn until 12:00 Noon, the outdoor ranges will be closed for unhindered access to the pond for fishing.  Fishermen must put up the yellow rope with the sign designating that the range is closed, and remove the rope and sign before leaving the premises.  Alternate Fridays, the 300 yard range will take precedence over other activities.  Please note that fishing is allowed at any time, but fishermen must yield to range users when requested at times other than designated above.  

During trap shooting, fishing is allowed on the south end of the pond, beyond the covered firing point.  Boats must be kept south of the 50 yard berm on the rifle range. Members wanting to fish must inform the Trap Committee of your intentions before you start.  Thank you for your cooperation.

Press Release From NYSR&PA

NEW BILLS ALLOW JUNIOR TARGET SHOOTERS TO BE TRAINED

ALBANY, NY -- (08/01/2006; 1515)(EIS) -- In a huge victory for New York shooters, Governor Pataki today signed into law State Assembly and Senate companion bills which for the first time allow New Yorkers as young as 14, and up to the age of 20, to learn to shoot handguns. This means that New York will now be able to begin training future Olympians and national champions far sooner than before, and will be able to field junior pistol teams at the USA Shooting National Championships and NRA National Championships each summer. To ensure safety, these "junior shooters" may "possess and use" pistols only at accredited shooting ranges, and under the supervision of a military officer, a military- or NRA-certified small arms instructor, or an adult certified in responsible hunting practices by the New York State Dept. of Environmental Conservation.

Users Note:

We have two URLs to access this site:

www.coxsackiesportsmensclub.com

or

www.cox-sports.org

Either one will get you to the same place.

Check out the the Related Links page!

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A REMINDER TO ALL MEMBERS:

IT IS AGAINST CLUB RULES TO GIVE THE GATE LOCK COMBINATION TO A NON-MEMBER.  ALL GUESTS MUST BE ACCOMPANIED BY A MEMBER WHILE ON CLUB PROPERTY.  LEAVING THE GATE OPEN OR UNLOCKED IS ALSO AGAINST THE RULES.  YOU ARE EXPOSING THE CLUB AND ITS MEMBERS TO LIABILITY BY DOING SO.  YOU MUST LOCK THE GATE IF YOU ARE THE LAST MEMBER LEAVING THE CLUB GROUNDS.

To contact the club, write to webmaster@cox-sports.org