The SAN DIEGO Shotgun Sports Association provides free instruction and reduced price shooting to youth groups.

Boy Scouts: We provide instruction leading to the Shotgun Merit Badge. The merit badge requirements are covered in two afternoon sessions, arranged to fit in with your troops' schedule.

The class teaches shotgun basics, including:

safety   history   shooting fundamentals   gun care

Please let us know if more than 6 boys will be participating, so we can arrange for more instructors to be present.

Each session consists of:

1 hour of classroom instruction, held at the SDSSA range

A lesson on Safe gun handling   A demonstration of shotshell reloading
2 hours of hands on shooting.
Getting prepared to break some skeet clay targets
To participate each Scout should have his "blue card" signed as approved by his Scoutmaster.  To enroll in a session please call
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Our 2nd BSA Group A BSA Troop from Fallbrook on 1/18/03
		Before the class, please make sure the Scout has read the merit badge pamphlet available at BSA headquarters, 1207 Upas Street, San Diego, CA 92103. The Scout must bring the pamphlet and his blue card to the sessions. Any registered Boy Scout is eligible to participate, but we recommend that boys be at least 13 years old, and rated 1st Class and above.

The SAN DIEGO Shotgun Sports Association waives the non-member day use fee for Boy Scouts who shoot in an organized event. Also, a ½ price discount is offered for the cost of shooting a round (25 targets) of skeet or trap. The usual cost is $6 a round; but Boy Scouts shoot for only $4.00 per round. SDSSA provides eye protection without charge and reusable hearing protection at $.50. Ammunition is available at $5.00 per box. Plan on spending a total of $19 per day per boy. To receive the reduced fees the Scout must be in an organized BSA event and have a current BSA card.

Please do not bring your own guns or ammunition without the prior permission of the Program Chair, Bennett (Biff) Ellington.

We require that at least one parent of the boys attending be present at all times.

Other Youth Groups: For children not involved with Boy Scouts, we also offer NRA shotgun instructions. This program is very similar to the Boy Scout Merit Badge course. Upon completion, an NRA certificate is awarded.

Costs are the same as for Boy Scout classes, except the NRA Basic Shotgun book is used instead of the merit badge pamphlet. The cost of this book and related supplies is $10. The books will be available when the class first meets.