Gemmer Muzzle Loading Gun Club

Looking for a place to competitively shoot muzzle loaders during the Winter? Old Farm Shooters has bench matches every Sunday October to April. Practice starts about noon and match starts at 2pm.

Address: 3826 MO-89, Linn, MO 65051
About 35 miles past Stony Hill Gun Club

1st Sundays of the month Oct to April – Light Bench muzzleloader match, 14 lbs and under. 3 shot match, 2 practice shots. Practice before 2pm. Scoring targets placed at 2pm. Meat prizes. $10 entry fee.

All the rest of the Sundays are Heavy Bench Gun Matches. 3 shot match, 2 practice shots. 2pm start time. Practice noon till 2pm. Meat prizes. $10 entry fee.

Here is their description of the matches:

“Our club is open to anyone who want to shoot a muzzleloader of any kind as long as it has open sights, no peep sights, we shoot starting in October – April, on the first Sunday of the month we shot small offhand muzzleloader 14 lbs and under, the rest of the Sunday’s we shoot bench (chunk guns) shooting off of sand bags in the front with no sand bags on the rear, must be held to the shoulder, our shoots are all currently meat shoots, practice all you want until 2pm that when scoring starts, each shooter will get 2 adjustment shoots, before actual shots are counted (scored) our targets are at 60 yards, a white 3″ bullseye nailed to a wood block with tar paper background.
Our insurance policy at the club, new shooters are required to sign a insurance waiver before any shooting takes place.
We usally have around 30 shooters at any of our shoots.” – Russel Samsen