The ARPC was formed in 1936 and operated in the basement of an unfinished hotel located at 7th and Tyler in downtown Amarillo.  In 1951 Amarillo attorney G.R. Whittington reorganized the Club to use expanded outdoor facilities at the present location.  Mr. Whittington owned the land and rented it all to the Club for $1.00 per year; however that rent was never collected or accepted by him.  The Club purchased the land and facilities from Mr. Whittington’s estate in 1986.   Mr. Whittington was well known among shooters during his lifetime. In addition to his Club leadership he was a nationally-ranked NRA Smallbore competitor and his name was included in the title of the NRA’s Whittington National Shooting Complex at Raton, New Mexico to honor his work in creating that property.

Our Club has an impressive 88 year operating history.  We have trained hundreds of young people to shoot and have provided years of educational and competitive shooting and sporting programs for the people of Amarillo.  We take great pride in our long record of safety and community service while providing a safe place to compete, to shoot, and to instruct generations of shooters in the safe, accurate, ethical, and legal use of firearms.

All of the Club Programs/Events  are open to the public: you need not be a Club member to compete or participate.  However, unsupervised use of the Club’s outdoor ranges is restricted to Club members and their accompanied guests. The Indoor Range is used only for supervised, scheduled activities and is not available for unsupervised use by anyone.