About Big Pine Gun Club
Big Pine Gun Club sits on Big Pine Road in Guilford, Maine, roughly six miles north of town along Route 150 in the mountains of west central Maine. Established as a community organization and now operating as a member-run club affiliated with the National Rifle Association, it serves shooters across central Maine with a broad mix of indoor and outdoor facilities rather than a commercial pay-per-use model.
The property includes a 50-foot indoor, nine-station pistol range, a 100-foot outdoor youth rimfire range with six stations, and outdoor rifle and pistol ranges at 100 and 400 yards. Additional dedicated spaces include an outdoor action pistol range, a cowboy action shooting range, and an automated shotgun facility offering skeet, trap, and an eight-stand sporting clays setup with seven traps. All ranges are advertised as handicap accessible. The club maintains caliber restrictions on the youth range, limiting it to .22, .22 Long, and .22 Long Rifle while prohibiting .22 Magnum and 22-250.
Membership runs $95 annually and covers the member, a spouse, and dependents for one year. The club is not a typical public range; guests must be accompanied by a member, are limited to two at a time, and may visit up to three times before the club encourages them to apply for membership. The application process involves a vote by the membership, and new members receive safety briefings and orientation from club officers.
Beyond open shooting, the club hosts structured activities including NRA courses, hunters safety instruction, and special events such as the annual Youth Foundation Bar-B-Que and Auction and an annual gun show. Monthly meetings occur on the first Tuesday of the month at the clubhouse - at 7:30 p.m. from April through November and 6:30 p.m. from December through March - with event details and course schedules published across the club’s website and its NRA page.
Reviewers regularly describe the atmosphere as welcoming and professional, citing well-maintained grounds and knowledgeable leadership. Several note the breadth of options for both young shooters and adults, with particular praise for the rimfire youth range and the educational environment. However, the shotgun range operates on a fixed schedule - generally Tuesday evenings at 5:00 p.m. and Sunday mornings at 9:00 a.m. - and the club’s event and scheduling information is distributed across multiple web pages, which may require visitors to check several sources for last-minute changes. The rural location and membership-guest structure also mean casual drop-in access is limited compared to commercial ranges.