Join us for our March indoor rifle merit badge day!

Get ready for a fun, hands-on day of rifle shooting! Trained and qualified volunteers will guide Scouts BSA youth and Venturing crews through the Rifle Shooting Merit Badge. Scouts can complete the badge in its entirety or focus just on the shooting portion—bring your blue card and join the fun!indoor rifle merit badge day!

Cost – one session: 10 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. (possibly 2 p.m.)

• $10 – NEIC Scouts BSA youth and Venturing crew members
• $20 – Out-of-council Scouts BSA youth and Venturing crew members

When: Sunday, March 1, 2026 

Pre-course preparation

• Print and complete requirements 1 and 2, Section B from the workbook and bring your filled copy to check in.
  • These are on pages 1–3 and 8–10: http://usscouts.org/mb/worksheets/rifle-shooting.pdf
• Using Scoutbook (recommended)? Assign Matt Maj (mmaj1999@yahoo.com) as your rifle merit badge counselor ahead of time if possible.
• Using blue cards? Bring your own. Scoutbook makes tracking easier, but either option works.

Requirements

• Read the Rifle Shooting Merit Badge (MB) pamphlet
• Review the requirements: Option B for air rifles
• Print, complete, and bring the worksheet (Option B for air rifles)
• Bring a completed blue card signed by troop Scoutmaster

Class structure

• We’ll start the day with a safety briefing—please arrive on time so we can get started together.
• Scouts will be split into two groups: one group will do bookwork while the other practices shooting and cleaning. Groups will rotate to complete all requirements.
• Participants can finish their merit badge requirements before the 1:30 p.m. end time; if finished early, the extra time can be used for more shooting fun!

Participant limits

• We have five lanes, with five shooters at a time, rotating with others.
• If fewer than 20 sign up, each Scout will get more time on the range.

CLICK HERE if your troop or crew also wants to do cold-weather tent camping one of these weekends. This link takes you directly to the Camp Crown reservation page. IMPORTANT: Reservations by families are not permitted. They can only be completed by BSA units.

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