Dorchester Rifle and Pistol Club has a long history, having been founded in 1903 to improve marksmanship after the shortcomings experienced in the Boer War! We provide a friendly environment for competitive and practice shooting across the disciplines of air rifle and pistol, black powder pistol, gallery rifles, and prone .22RF target rifle.
We welcome beginners as well as experienced shooters, and the Club has adopted the recently introduced NSRA training programme for probationary members. Whilst many members shoot in individual and team competitions, others shoot just for fun or for practice for other types of shooting.
The Club has an indoor 25 yard range in Dorchester and an outdoor range at Piddlehinton. We have a regular competition with the shooting club of our twin town, Bayeux, which includes all the main disciplines.