About the Guthsville Rod & Gun Club
Location & History
The Guthsville Rod & Gun Club is a full-service shooting, fishing, &
social club located in beautiful Orefield, Pennsylvania - just north of Allentown.
The Club takes its name from the village a few miles northwest of the intersection of
routes 309 and 22.The earliest written records of club activity still in existence date from the mid-1940's but some of our older members tell us that the club was operational years before. The Guthsville Club has state-of-the-art facilities including top-quality outdoor shooting ranges, an indoor shooting range, a trap range, and club meeting building.
Facilities
Located on some forty plus acres, the club has
both indoor and outdoor shooting ranges. The club has several pistol ranges, both 25 and 50 yards with 25 yard turning targets on the covered 50 yard range. Members also engage in casual shooting on our popular plinking range. Black powder shooters also have their own range. A 50 yard rifle and 50 foot rifle range are also available. Under-utilized at present are a two house trap range, a fine trout stream and a 3.2 acre pond.
Separated from our indoor range in its own building is our club house with a full function kitchen. Rest room facilities are available to members throughout the day in the club house. We have a live-in caretaker.
Programs
On these ranges Guthsville hosts bullseye and combat pistol, action shooting,
cowboy action shooting, and
both smallbore and center fire rifle competition. On our eleven position, covered,
100 yard range, the club sponsors sixteen NRA approved National Match Course shoots per
year. Several three position and prone only smallbore matches are held in our newly
constructed, state of the art, twenty-five yard indoor range.Guthsville is proud of its public service range. This range is constructed primarily for police training. Guthsville has long provided its services to area police units and recently set aside a range specifically for that purpose. Members may shoot on this range too when it is not scheduled for police training.
Membership
Senior membership dues are $60.00 for the first year, or part thereof, then $30.00 for each year thereafter. Life membership may be requested by those members reaching age sixty-five who have been an active member for at least ten consecutive years. Members holding office for six years become life members and are exempt from paying dues while they hold office.All members are encouraged to become active in the club’s various activities and serve on committees. Monthly membership meetings are held at 8pm on the second Monday of every month at the clubhouse. These meetings generally last no more than one hour during which time various aspects of club business are discussed and voted on. Free refreshments are served at the conclusion of the meeting. We encourage all members to attend these brief but important meetings.