5-Stand Range
Joe DeAugustine, Chief Range Officer
Range Hours
Thursday & Friday 12:00PM – 3:00PM
Tuesday 5:30PM – Sunset (Starting April 2, 2024)
Saturday 9:00AM – 4:30PM
Sunday 12:00AM – 4:30PM
(Hours may vary slightly based on Weather & Range Officer availability)
About the 5-Stand Range
5-Stand is a clay target shotgun game that’s been a fun challenge to all DCF&S shot-gunners since 1994. The game consists of 5 different shooting stations arranged along the “shooting line”. The game is played with a max of 5 shooters — one at each station — shooting in turn at pre-programmed targets of various presentations. Each station will have a menu card that lets the shooter know the sequence of clay birds he or she will be shooting. The shooter is presented with 5 targets at each station, first a single bird followed by two pairs. Pairs can be either “report pairs,” in which the second bird will be launched after the shooter fires at the first; or “true pairs”, when both birds launch at the same time. After shooting at the 5 birds listed on the menu at that station, the shooter proceeds to the next station, where they find a new menu of 5 targets.
Typical 5-Stand targets are a rabbit, chandelle, overhead, standard skeet high house and low house shots, teal (launched straight up into the air), trap (straight ahead from ground level), and an incoming bird.
Some Basic Equipment:
- Sporting Shotgun (capable of loading 2 shells)
- 12G & 20G work well for 5-stand!
- Shot sizes permitted: #7 ½ & #8 are common
- Eye & ear protection is required
- Shotshell pouch or vest w pockets is desirable
- Improved Cylinder CHOKES are preferred
5-Stand Range Rules
- Follow all General Rules appropriate for this range.
- Guns should remain unloaded until standing in the cage. Actions must be kept OPEN until the shooter is ready to fire.
- Only shot sizes 7 ½, 8, 8 ½ and 9 are permitted. High velocity and magnum shells are NOT permitted. Shells are subject to inspection by range officers.
- All shooting will be at clay targets thrown by club equipment.
- Loading a maximum of two (2) shots is permitted.
- Back-up shooting is NOT PERMITTED.
- Shooters on the firing line (shooting cage) are not permitted to leave their station until the gun is unloaded and the action opened.
- Picking up empty hulls during a round is NOT PERMITTED.
