About Us

The Black Hawk Rifle Club, Inc. was organized in February 1936 by a group of smallbore rifle shooters at the University of Chicago. The original name was the Blackhawk Rifle Club. A letter was sent to the NRA on May 8, 1936 seeking NRA Club status. The club was later incorporated on March 25, 1940 by the State of Illinois as Black Hawk Rifle Club, Inc. Today the Black Hawk Rifle Club is one of the most prestigious smallbore rifle clubs in America. The club claims numerous National, World and Olympic Champions among its members. Its shooters are well represented at such competitions as the NRA National Smallbore Rifle Championships each year. Indeed, the club is usually well represented by members on the Randle Team, the Dewar Team, the Pershing Team, the Lord Earl Roberts Team and the Wakefield and Drew Cups. Over the years the club has expanded to include members from across the USA and even some  in the British Isles and Australia. The club also hosts the annual Black Hawk Open Smallbore Rifle  Match on Memorial Day Weekend each year. Club meetings are held each year at the Black Hawk Open and during the NRA National Smallbore Rifle Prone Championships. Here is a list of the Black Hawk Rifle Club Honor Roll. They are deceased members who helped promote competitive shooting through teaching and coaching, organizing and working matches and helping other shooters. 'A Short History of the Black Hawk Rifle Club-the First 75 Years' by Hap Rocketto guides readers through the first three quarters of a century of one of the most prestigious smallbore rifle clubs in America … the Black Hawk Rifle Club. The book is available for purchase online and shipped directly to your door for $12.56 plus shipping at http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/detail/2301175. All profits are to be divided evenly between the Black Hawk Club and Pronematch.com to help support their efforts in promoting smallbore rifle competition. Anyone desiring to have the book inscribed by the author need only send it to Hap Rocketto, 18 Stenton Avenue, Westerly, RI 02891, along with a self addressed stamped envelope for return, or hang on to it and find him at his firing point during the NRA National Smallbore Rifle Championships. For additional information contact: