Appendix B — Range Rules

Student Handbook, 2026–27 edition · Issued August 2026 · Responsible office: Department of Athletics, in consultation with the Department of Campus Safety · Next review with the 2027–28 edition

This appendix states the rules for the Sub-Level Range. Policy 4.14, Weapons on Campus, governs firearms and ammunition on College property, and where this appendix and the policy differ, the policy governs.

1. Use of the range

Non-team range use is charged at the rate in the Schedule of Charges. Community use is described at Community Use of Facilities. The range is not otherwise open to the public.

2. Range officer and live fire

Live fire occurs only while a range officer designated by the Head Coach is present. The range is closed and locked when no range officer is present. Live fire occurs only during scheduled practice, scheduled matches, and scheduled supervised sessions; match dates are published in the athletics schedule.

The Sub-Level Range is a restricted area. Access outside scheduled use is coordinated through Campus Safety with the approval of the Department of Athletics.

Membership on the Coed Rifle team does not qualify a student as a range officer or instructor.

3. Firearms and ammunition

College rifles and ammunition are stored in the locked storage of the range and do not leave the range except for travel to a match. A personal rifle is brought to and from the range unloaded, with the action open or a chamber flag inserted, in a locked case, by the most direct route from a College lot to the range elevator, and is not opened outside the range. No other firearm is brought into the range. A personal defense spray is not carried in the range.

4. Rules of the firing line

• Treat every firearm as loaded.
• Keep the muzzle pointed downrange at all times.
• Keep the finger off the trigger until the sights are on the target.
• Keep the action open, with a chamber flag inserted, except while on the firing line with the range officer’s permission to load.
• Obey every command of the range officer at once.
• On “cease fire,” stop firing, unload, open the action, and step back from the firing line.
• No person goes forward of the firing line until the range officer has declared the range clear.
• Eye and hearing protection is required for every person in the range during live fire.

5. Lead

Food, drink, and tobacco are not permitted in the range. Wash hands and face with soap and water on leaving the range and before eating or drinking.

6. Service animals

A service animal may be excluded from the Sub-Level Range during live fire, on the basis of hearing damage to the animal (Policy 6.40). The handler decides whether to leave the animal in a designated waiting area or to receive an alternative arrangement. The College does not take custody of a service animal.

7. Minors

Persons under 18 use the range only as supervised program participants aged 12 and over, with written parental consent (Policy 6.55). The supervision ratio in the range is 1:6 regardless of age. Range supervisors with direct, unsupervised responsibility for minors complete a BCI and FBI criminal records check before assignment, renewed every four years.

8. Accessibility

The Sub-Level Range is accessible by elevator, and two firing points are height-adjustable. Where an accommodation interacts with required eye or hearing protection, the Disability Services Coordinator works with Environmental Health and Safety. Safety requirements are not waived.

9. Photography

The range is not photographed during live fire except by a team member or coach for coaching purposes, from behind the firing line (Policy 2.40).

10. Violations

A range officer may stop any activity and direct any person to leave the range. A violation by a student is addressed under the Student Code of Conduct (Policy 5.30).