Amarillo Rifle & Pistol Club

About Us

Established 1936

The Amarillo Rifle and Pistol Club (ARPC) is a National Rifle Association (NRA), Texas State Rifle Association (TSRA), and Civilian Marksmanship Program (CMP) affiliated private-membership organization located on 40 acres of Club-owned land on North Western Street, 2 miles north of Loop 335.  Facilities include two outdoor rifle ranges, three outdoor pistol ranges, and a building housing a classroom/meeting room and indoor range for smallbore rifle and bullseye pistol competition. 

History

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.

Officers & Directors

Officers

President:
Jeff Tormey

Vice-President:
Karen Shraeder

Secretary:
Kathryn Karcher

Treasurer:
Rick Gibson

Division Directors

Action Pistol Director:
Mark Timmons 

Benchrest Director:
Don Burks 

Bullseye Pistol Director:
Daryl Taramasso 

Junior Program Director:
Bruce Lambdin

Smallbore Director:
Doug Wall

Match Directors

Junior Program:
Bruce Lambdin
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Junior Program (assistant)
Sarah Cummings
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Smallbore Rifle League:
Doug Wall

4H Coordinator (Potter Co):
Brooks Gentry

4H Coordinator (Randall Co):
Sarah Cummings

Centerfire Benchrest:
Lanny Koenig

Match Directors

Smallbore Benchrest:
James Wheeler

Schuetzen Rifle:
Don Burks

Bullseye Pistol Match:
Daryl Taramasso

Action Pistol Match:
Mark Timmons

Buildings and Grounds:
Thaland Roberts

Hunter Safety Classes:
Wayne Ellis

Accepting New Members!

For more information about joining ARPC and a downloadable Application Form click learn more.

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