What ever happened to them, both in NJ and in America?

 

I remember shooting on one in the 70's, but I am not sure when they went away.

(and taking my rifle to school on the bus !)

Not to sure but Delsea Regionals rifle team will be going to nationals this year.  (South Jersey School)

IE won't let me copy and past, give me a minute to switch browsers and I'll post a link

 

http://www.nj.com/gloucester-county/index.ssf/2013/12/delsea_regionals_jrotc_rifle_team_prepares_for_national_competition_in_ohio.html

How can you have a school rifle team when they lock down schools if you even use the word "gun"

 

I remember growing up on Long Island in the 1970's and one of our public elementary schools had an indoor rifle range in the basement.

some kids ought to petition for a gun club....shake things up a bit

We had a "gun club" at my high school starting in 1970, that first promoted safety, an introduction to firearms, and then shooting fun amongst ourselves. There was no one else to participate with in the area, so we participated in the league shoots at the club. We shot trap or skeet at Thunder Mountain. We brought our guns to school on the bus. We stored them in our football coach's office, and he drove them up to the range in his car while we rode in the bus. Unheard of today.

 

There are still many on Long Island, but they are dwindling.

http://scores.newsday.com/sports/highschool/resultsbysport.php?id=57-scores

http://www.msd.k12.ny.us/news.cfm?story=886

 

 

Locally most HS kids that are in a Rifle Team are Club-sponsored.  Old Bridge has several good shooters, some of whom are multi-disciplined and shoot black powder rifles and pistols with me at our Black Powder League.

 

I think I remember reading about Immaculata HS in Somerville having a Rifle Team.

 

Out in Iowa (where my son lived and worked for nearly 2 years) they have HS Shotgun Teams.  A guy he used to work with has a son involved in such a Team.  So  I got a chance to shoot shotgun with a 14 yr old doing sporting clays and he kicked my ass that day, lol!  But he was at his "home course"...  So there ARE still some places in 'Murica where the word "GUN" doesn't create a "DUCK AND COVER" scenario!

What ever happened to them, both in NJ and in America?

 

I remember shooting on one in the 70's, but I am not sure when they went away.

(and taking my rifle to school on the bus !)

 

My school had one in the mid 70's, but I seriously doubt it's there now.  After both the economy and the school shootings... I'd bet my school is lucky to have Football.

We had a non competitive school sponsored rifle "club", met just like any of the other clubs, and this was in the early 80's.

Local High School has one, but it is air rifle and is part of the NJROTC program.

Great program, both the HS ROTC and the rifle competition.

 

Sometime ago half of the air rifles came forma neighboring school that eliminated their program.

Our school also does drill with real non functioning M1's, no wood parade rifles for these kids.

 

 

BTW, if you have kids approaching HS, there are several great opportunities for college scholarships in the firearms sports.

Something any kid can do well in.

We had a "gun club" at my high school starting in 1970, that first promoted safety, an introduction to firearms, and then shooting fun amongst ourselves. There was no one else to participate with in the area, so we participated in the league shoots at the club. We shot trap or skeet at Thunder Mountain. We brought our guns to school on the bus. We stored them in our football coach's office, and he drove them up to the range in his car while we rode in the bus. Unheard of today.

 

There are still many on Long Island, but they are dwindling.

http://scores.newsday.com/sports/highschool/resultsbysport.php?id=57-scores

http://www.msd.k12.ny.us/news.cfm?story=886

Thanks for the links

 

It looks like shooting is DEFINITELY Co-Ed there.

 

For that reason alone, you might get more boys to join the team.

We have rifle teams in PA schools but they are dwindling in Lehigh Valley region. Probably because of of people from NY & NJ.

We have rifle teams in PA schools but they are dwindling in Lehigh Valley region. Probably because of of people from NY & NJ.

Goes with the general Progressivization of the Leaky Valley.

 

I shot on the (smallbore) varsity Rifle Team at Lehigh Univ from '74-'76

We were the winningest team on campus during that time.

The school disbanded the team in the early 80's in order to be politically correct.

I was not on the NJ HS rifle team circa 1962-66, but I remember them bringing their rifles to school on the school bus on the days they had a match.

 

What a surprise: no one got shot. Only targets.

 

This demonstrates clearly (at least to me) how far we've fallen. The rifles have not changed.

I was not on the NJ HS rifle team circa 1962-66, but I remember them bringing their rifles to school on the school bus on the days they had a match.

 

What a surprise: no one got shot. Only targets.

 

This demonstrates clearly (at least to me) how far we've fallen. The rifles have not changed.

 

Just curious... Did they also take the ammo with them on the bus, or just the rifles?  IIRC, that's how it was at my school. You could transport the rifles all you wanted, wherever you needed to, but the ammo was tightly regulated by the school and not provided unless/until you were actually on the range, actively shooting.

I was on a college rifle team in the late 1970's.   At that time, there were about 1700 college teams, either ROTC or Varsity.   We had a great gear and travel budget, won something like 78 straight matches over a two year span, and qualified three shooters for the Olympic tryouts.  Good times...    

 

There are still college varsity rifle teams out there, but not nearly as many as there used to be.  The NCAA still recognizes the sport, which is great.    http://www.ncaa.com/sports/rifle

HBFN7: I don't honestly know. I never asked one of the team members, because it was a non-issue! I wasn't really paying attention to them.

 

I didn't buy my first firearm until 1978.

My dad was in the HS Shooting club in 1982, long gone by the time I entered the place in 2005. I don't know how he transported but he used my grandfather's rifle and ammo at some point.