Pacific Rod & Gun Club

QUICK FACTS ABOUT THE PRGC:
• In operation on Lake Merced since 1934.
• Maintains four culturally significant skeet fields, four communal outbuildings, as well as one of the few public restrooms on Lake Merced.
• All volunteer organization.
• 501c(4) non-profit organization
• Public recreational facility. Open to everyone.
• Offers private and group lessons in shotgun safety, trap, skeet, and five-stand sporting clays. Provide instruction to over 700 people annually via NRA certified shotgun instructors.
• Provides a low cost meeting venue for numerous local groups and events (see list below).
• ONLY Olympic skeet field and training facility within 40 miles. Currently training two future Olympic hopefuls.
• ONLY venue in the San Francisco city limits that offers Hunter’s Education classes (mandatory to purchase a California Hunting License) throughout the year. Provide Hunter’s Education certificates to over 400 people annually.
• Requires NO taxpayer or ratepayer subsidies. Fully self-sufficient.
• Contributes $85,000 - $120,000 in NET income annually for the SFPUC generated through monthly rent payments and 50% of all GROSS income from third party activities (Club House rental, golf tournaments closures, etc).
• Low impact range. Shoots only non-toxic shot and biodegradable clay targets.
• The last facility of its kind in a MAJOR metropolitan area’s city limits.