Winchester Canyon Gun Club
Santa Barbara, CA
Address: End of paved road West Camino Ceilo, Santa Barbara, CA, Santa Barbara, CA
Website: www.wcgc.org
When/Where/Type/Notes:
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NO "LOANER" Rifles available!
Due to the recent passage of California Assembly Bill 1511, we will no longer be able to lend rifles to attendees in the state of California.
AB1511 bans loaning of all firearms, unless "to a spouse or registered domestic partner, or to a parent, child, sibling, grandparent, or grandchild".
Effective August 1st, 2021, The Smith & Wesson M&P 15-22 rifle can again now be used at Project Appleseed clinics. Check details on our How to Prepare page: https://appleseedinfo.org/how-to-prepare/
Please Read: How to Prepare for an Event
Safety Notice:
Rifles must be cased and left in vehicle until after the Safety Briefing. Do Not bring your firearms out until instructed to bring them to the firing line. No loaded firearms on the range unless on the firing line and load command has been given. Eye and ear protection required. No illegal firearms are allowed. Some ranges are .22 rimfire only. At ranges that allow centerfire no rifle cartridges over 8mm cal are allowed.
Range Fee: Non-members of WCGC $20.00/per day Members of WCGC $ 5.00/per day Youth under 18 $ 0.00
Capacity: 20
Camping Available:
Not onsite, though camping is available at Lake Cachuma Campground
http://www.sbparks.org/DOCS/cachuma2.html
Hotels:
10 miles to Santa Barbara and 20 miles to Solvang
Directions:
If you are traveling from the South
To get to the Winchester Canyon gun Club take highway 101 to
the San Marcos Pass (State highway 154) freeway exit.
Go north up the pass to West Camino Cielo (approx. 7 miles).
Turn left on to West Camino Cielo and follow the road
(stay to the left at the fork) for approx. 3 miles.
The gun club is located at the end of the paved road.
If you are traveling from the North
To get to the Winchester Canyon gun Club take highway 101 to
the State highway 246 freeway exit in Buellton.
Continue on 246 though Solvang until you reach State highway 154.
Go south on 154 to West Camino Cielo (approx. 16 miles).
Turn right on to West Camino Cielo and follow the road
(stay to the left at the fork) for approx. 3 miles.
The gun club is located at the end of the paved road.
GPS: 34.504429,-119.865494
State Laws to be aware of:
It is the responsibility of attendees to know and comply with all California and Federal Firearms Laws.
Check State Laws http://www.ag.ca.gov/firearms/
*No detachable box magazines may be brought into state with capacity exceeding ten rounds. Unless you owned them prior to Jan1, 2000; then it's OK. All Tubular-magazine 22s are OK.
*“Assault weapons” ban- If you’re registered with CA DOJ already, you’re fine and can shoot your AK, AR15, G3 etc. with no problem. Might want to Xerox the DOJ document and keep it in the rifle case. Do not bring an unregistered “assault weapon” into the state. Do not bring an unregistered “assault weapon” to the range. Similarly, unregistered 50 BMG is not legal.
Out of state shooters, don’t bring military-pattern semiautomatics as they’re almost sure to fall under the “assault weapon” ban. M1 Garand and most 10-shot fixed-magazine SKS' are OK, however. There is one SKS exception: Zastava SKS Carbines 59/66 are considered destructive devices in California and therefore may not be purchased, possessed, imported, or kept for sale without a permit. (Having said all that about “assault rifles”, there is provision in state law for out-of-state shooters to bring “assault rifles” to CA shooting events; anybody wants to try that out might want to read the statute for themselves and consult a lawyer-welcome to California.)
As to transporting firearms, Transport rifles and pistols unloaded. Pistols and “assault rifles” go in padlocked containers. Car trunk is considered a locked container, but glove compartment, even if it locks, is not OK. (I go the extra mile and padlock everything, firearms in one padlocked container, ammunition in another padlocked container. More than law requires, though.)
Misc:
Up in the mountains, with views of the Pacific ocean, on a clear day, this is one of the areas best ranges. no armor piercing or tracer ammo, 10 rnd max mag capacity, no flash hiders, no unregistered assualt weapons NO Alcohol Permitted
For more information contact:
Name: CA State Coordinator Email Address: CA@appleseedinfo.org
Name: Rachel Phone: 805-275-2041
Name: Private Message to 'Marpat Pippi' on the Appleseed forum
Instructors Resources: PDF