What’s New

What’s Going on at the Cameo Shooting and Education Complex

This page is updated frequently in order to keep you in touch with all the goings-on at CSEC. It’s definitely worthwhile checking back every couple of days, as there is a lot happening at CSEC and things are changing quickly. For a quick summary of the major events coming up this year, see the new Events Page


Cameo Gift Certificates Available

November 22, 2024: Want to give a gift of an annual pass? Gift certificates are available at  the range office.


Heligunner

Heligunner is Returning to Cameo

November 29, 2024:  Heligunner is coming back to Cameo. On Saturday, April 26th and Sunday, April 27th (2025), Heligunner will be flying at CSEC. If you have always wanted to engage ground targets from a helicopter in flight, this is your chance.

Tickets are available here.


Registration is Now Open for the 3rd Rock Regional IDPA Championship

November 13, 2024: On Memorial Day weekend Cameo is hosting the largest IDPA event in the world. On May 22nd through the 25th The 3rd Rock Regional will see 26 stages spread across two tier 4 matches. Last year’s event was attended by over 330 shooters. This year’s event is looking like it will be even larger.

The 3rd Rock Regional IDPA Championship is run by the Action Pistol Group (APG) and sponsored by Wilson Combat, Ruger and Glock.

For more information, see the APG Major Matches website.

To register, go to Practiscore.


Competitive Shooting at Cameo

November 4, 2024: Have you ever wanted to try your hand at competitive shooting? In addition to the state, regional, national and world-level events, Cameo hosts a number of local competitive shooting events run by the Action Pistol Group (APG), the Western Colorado Precision Shooters (WCPS), and Ultimate Hunter Shooting Sports (UHSS).

A list of the regular matches follows:

    • IDPA (International Defensive Pistol Association) – a pistol and PCC match held on the 1st Saturday of the month and sponsored by APG.
    • UHAC  (Ultimate Hunter Archery Competition) – a hunting-themed archery match held on the 2nd Saturday of the month and sponsored by UHSS.
    • UHRC (Ultimate Hunter Rifle Competition) – a hunting-themed centerfire rifle match held on the 2nd Saturday of the month and sponsored by UHSS.
    • PRO .22 – a rimfire rifle match held on the 2nd Sunday of the month and sponsored by WCPS.
    • USPSA (United States Practical Shooting Association) – a pistol and PCC match held on the 3rd Saturday of the month and sponsored by APG.
    • Steel Challenge – a centerfire and rimfire pistol and PCC match held on the 4th Saturday of the month and sponsored by APG.
    • UHRF (Ultimate Hunter Rimfire Competition) – a hunting-themed rimfire rifle match held on the 4th Sunday of the month and sponsored by UHSS.
    • PCSL  (Practical Competition Shooting League) – a two-gun match held on the 5th Saturday (of months with 5 Saturdays) and sponsored by APG.
    • NRA F-Class – a long-range centerfire rifle match held periodically throughout the year and sponsored by APG.
    • UHHC (Ultimate Hunter Handgun Competition) – a hunting-themed handgun match held periodically and sponsored by UHSS.
    • UHMC (Ultimate Hunter Muzzleloader Competition) – a hunting-themed muzzleloader match held periodically and sponsored by UHSS.

If you would like to try IDPA, USPSA, and Steel Challenge in a low pressure environment, APG holds regular Introduction to Competitive Shooting classes throughout the year. In these classes, students learn the rules and get to try sample USPSA, IDPA and Steel Challenge stages.

To sign up for most of these matches, go to Practiscore, and search matches, using “Cameo” as the search keyword.

To subscribe to the APG mailing list to receive match announcements, click HERE.

To subscribe to the UHSS mailing list to receive match announcements, click HERE.


Check Out the Long Ranger Club Page

October 14, 2024: The LRP has been really hopping lately. A lot of shooters are getting hits on the 1,000 yard, 1 mile and 2,000 yard targets. A hit on one of these targets, witnessed by an RSO, will get you a certificate (suitable for framing), as well as a listing and your picture on this website.

Check out the Long Ranger Club page.


October Facility Closures

October 3, 2024: The following parts of the CSEC facility will be closed on the listed dates:

      • Bay 1: 10/26
      • Bay 2: 10/27
      • Bay 5: 10/22-10/23
      • Bay 6: 10/4, 10/22, 10/23
      • Bay 7: 10/4, 10/22, 10/23
      • South Clays: 10/18 – 10/20

Free Rifle Sight-In Days

October 3, 2024: The following days will host free rifle sight-in on bays 6 and 7 for  members of the public showing a valid big game license:

      • October 5: 1st Rifle
      • October 19: 2nd Rifle
      • November 2: 3rd Rifle
      • November 16: 4th Rifle

Winter Hours are In Effect

October 15, 2024: CSEC will be running on Winter Hours starting on October 15.

Public Shooting Bays, Archery Bay and 3D Archery Courses:: Shooting 7 days a week. 8am to 4pm.

Sporting Clays Courses: Shooting 7 days a week. 8:00 AM to 3:30 PM, 

5-Stand: Shooting on Saturdays.  10:00 AM to 2:00 PM

LRP: Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday & Sunday (unless closed for an event, please check the Calendar of Events for range availability). Call the range office at (970) 464-1339 to make a reservation. Reservations on the LRP must be scheduled at least two days before desired date, but no more than one month in advance. 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM


IDPA Distinguished Master Austin Proulx to Host Training at Cameo on October 6th

July 2, 2024: Current world champion CCP shooter Austin Proulx will be offering a training class here at Cameo on October 6th.

Come join Wilson Combat team shooter and Distinguished Master, Austin Proulx, for a full day of competition-specific training!

*This class is intended for shooters local to the Grand junction/Western Colorado area*

He’ll utilize hand-picked stages from the October local IDPA match to break down efficiency, speed/accuracy balance, timing, movement, moving targets, and more in order to improve your competitive shooting skillset in the most applicable environment possible!

Price: $200 per person
REGISTER HERE
Contact info:
Email: contact@gofastconcepts.com

To see more of Austin’s courses, check out his website.


LRP Target Maps Updated

May 1, 2024: The target map for the LRP has been updated. We now have 45 targets on the LRP and the map has been updated with the new targets and improved ranges,

The LRP target maps are available for download in PDF format in both 11×8.5 and 17×11 sizes here:


Bowhunter Education at Cameo

February 26, 2024: We are excited to finally get Bowhunter Education here at Cameo Shooting and Education Complex. The first course at Cameo will be on March 10th. This has been in the workings for about 4 years now. We will now have several Bowhunter Education instructors to now teach this course here at the facility.  This course is required in 11 states and several provinces although it is not a requirement here in Colorado, it will be accepted in States like Alaska and provinces like Quebec, in Canada.  This course can be taken online and the completion course can be scheduled here at Cameo.  Also by taking this course, remember the certificate is only good for archery tags, not rifle hunting or rifle applications for big game.  It is a very specific course that will recognize that you have completed the Bowhunter Education class and you will get a card to present if you are pursuing a big game in other states and provinces. For more information go to REGISTRATION LINK, and set up your online course and register for the completion course. There are fees required as will be found on the registration link. 

 
More information can be found at these two links as well. https://www.bowhunter-ed.com/colorado/  and  https://cpw.state.co.us/learn/Pages/HE-Bowhunter-Classes.aspx

 


ELR Calibration Target Installed on the LRP

February 16, 2024: The CSEC LRP now has an Extreme Long Range (ELR) Calibration target measuring 12”x48” for fine tuning the bullet’s Ballistic Coefficient (BC) to match the bullet impact. The ELR Calibration target is placed at 1150 yards where for many 6mm, 6.5mm PRS match cartridges the bullet velocity enters the Transonic zone (1.2 Mach – .8 Mach). The ELR Calibration target is also suited for many .270 Win, .308 Win, 280 Ackley, and .30-06 cartridges.

Want to use the CSEC ELR Calibration Target? Ask the LRP RSO for the ELR Calibration target handout which contains more details.


More Improvements to the LRP

February 15, 2024: A team of CSEC staff and volunteers finished installing  overhead sound mitigation material in the LRP shelter. With the addition of this material, the concussive effect of gunfire, especially for rifles employing muzzle breaks, is significantly reduced.

The installation team
The finished sound absorber

 

LRP Range Improvements

January 9, 2024: The LRP access road and downrange roads have been recently graveled, graded and rolled and magnesium chloride has been applied for dust control.

As usual, it is requested that 4WD be engaged on vehicles traveling these roads to limit damage to the roads, especially in wet conditions


What’s New with Cameo Sporting Clays

December 26, 2023: Cameo staff and the Volunteer sporting clays committee have been working on changing up the North and South Clays! We now have North Clays set up as a beginner/intermediate sporting clays course. With that in mind we transitioned the South course into a 14 station super sport course. The South Super Sport will have 3 birds per station instead of the traditional 2 bird sporting clays. On the South clays you will find it to be a more challenging course for our location competitive clay shooters. We hope that these updates attract new sporting clays shooters and create a challenge for the local clay competitors.

Reminder: 5-stand is now open every Saturday from 10am-2pm.


Colorado Precision Rifle to Hold Classes at Cameo

November 18, 2023: Brian Whelan of Colorado Precision Rifle will be holding classes at CSEC on the following dates in 2024:

Click on any of the above links for more information or to register for the course.


Shooting USA Features Cameo and Ultimate Hunter

November 16, 2023: Shooting USA has featured The Ultimate Hunter Shooting Sports and CSEC on a recent broadcast. See the video below:


5-Stand Expanded Hours

November 16, 2023: As of December 2nd, the Clays Committee is expanding  the 5-Stand hours:

Every Saturday from 10AM to 2PM, unless the calendar indicates 5-Stand is closed.


The Bighorns are Active

November 16, 2023: The CSEC bighorn sheep have been visible a lot lately. Vallerie Kunz shot this video the other day:


Chandler Challenge

June 14, 2023: Does your rifle shoot sub MOA? Can you shoot sub-MOA? You better, if you are going to complete  the Chandler Challenge. This contest requires you to hit each of the 12″ x 12″ targets at or beyond 1,000 yards. 

For more details, check out the Chandler Challenge page.


Inaugural Ultimate Hunter Archery Competition Held at CSEC

May 18, 2023: On Saturday, May 13th the first ever Ultimate Hunter Archery Competition was held at Cameo. Seventeen archers competed over 5 stages of 3 targets per stage. Cameo’s own Vallerie Kunz was the overall winner by a large margin. The final scores are posted here.

The Ultimate Hunter Archery Competition (UHAC) uses typical hunting gear to engage 3-D targets at ranges out to 50 yards. Competitors have 180 seconds to find, range and hit three targets at each stage. The targets have marked zones used in scoring the match, where the score for each stage is the sum of the scores divided by the time it took to hit all three targets. This makes speed important as well as accuracy, as it would be in a hunting scenario.

The plan is to host monthly UHAC matches at CSEC. Keep an eye on the CSEC calendar or the Ultimate Hunter calendar for the dates.


Monthly Matches at CSEC

February 16, 2024:

Nearly every month there are regularly-scheduled shooting matches held at Cameo. Matches are run by the Action Pistol Group (APG), Ultimate Hunter Shooting Sports (UHSS),  Western Colorado Precision Shooters  (WCPS) or A Girl and A Gun (AGAG).

      • IDPA – 1st Saturday – CF Pistol/PCC –  APG
      • UHRC – 2nd Saturday – CF Rifle – UHSS
      • UHAC – 2nd Saturday – Archery – UHSS
      • UHRF – 4th Saturday – CRF Rifle – UHSS
      • AGAG – 2nd Saturday – CF Pistol – AGAG
      • NRA F-Class – 1st Saturday – CF Rifle – APG
      • PRO 22 – 2nd Sunday – .22 Rifle – WCPS
      • USPSA – 3rd Saturday – CF Pistol/PCC – APG
      • Steel Challenge – 4th Saturday – CF Pistol/.22 Pistol/.22 Rifle/PCC – APG
      • PRS – 4th Saturday – CF Rifle – WCPS

These matches are all open to the public, to compete, or even just to watch.

Matches usually require registration in Practiscore.

Match dates are subject to range availability if there are conflicts with major events scheduled, so be sure to check the CSEC Calendar of Events.

Weather Station Installed on the LRP

December 19, 2022: A weather station has been recently installed on the LRP to assist long range shooters by providing wind, temperature, humidity and barometric pressure data. This information is typically input to ballistic calculators to provide the holdover needed for long range and extreme long range target shooting. The new weather station, manufactured by Ambient Weather, provides an illuminated LCD display.

Due to the lack of WiFi coverage at the LRP, it is not possible at this time to access the weather station remotely. It is planned to eventually provide this ability.


Bighorn Sheep at Cameo

October 23, 2022: It’s that time of year again, and the mountain bighorn sheep at Cameo are very much in evidence. If you are interested in seeing them, stop in at the office or talk to a volunteer, and they can tell you where the sheep were last seen. These pictures were taken on October 22.

Bachelor Group
The Herd
3 Rams and a Ewe


Box for a Cop


LRP Wind Drift Estimator

May 12, 2022: Brian Young, LRP RSO, has worked up a wind drift estimator that has proven to be extremely accurate out to 2,000 yards at the LRP. You can read about it here.


Take a Look at the Future Plans for CSEC

September 16, 2021:  Check out the Future Developments page.


Chronograph Service

Have a load for your rifle or pistol for which you want to know its actual velocity through your gun? CSEC is now offering a chronograph service. See the Chronograph Service page for more details.


Schedule the Use of the Long Range Precision Course on a Non-Public Day

Users wishing to use the LRP on days other than the scheduled public days may now do so. Scheduling must be done a week in advance to provide time to schedule a Range Safety Officer. Scheduling is subject to availability of range and Range Safety Officers.  Call the Range Office at (970) 464-1339 to schedule.


 Fired brass available for sale at CSEC office

CSEC has fired range brass in 10 pound bags available at the range office. The brass is available in a number of pistol and rifle calibers. See the Range Office page for details.