“The Papillion Gun Club’s first shoot was held Saturday, December 8, 1923 on grounds west of Will Cordes’ home in the Northwest part of Papillion. It started at 10 AM with geese and ducks as prizes. Two traps were in use.
The second shoot was held Sunday January 31, 1924 but the County Attorney, acting upon complaints of noise, issued an order to halt the shoot and Sheriff Olderog came out and ordered the sportsmen to cease fire. Another reason given for the order was that it was presumably unlawful to shoot blue rocks on the Sabbath.
The official organization papers for The Papillion Gun Club were filed in 1923 or early 1924. The club start was informal with about 25 sportsmen on hand for the initial event.”
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Since 1923, the club has slowly evolved from just an open field and an old train boxcar for a clubhouse, to what we enjoy today. Currently, we have a permanent clubhouse built in 1995 (which is available for rent), complete with a Shoot Director’s office, a full kitchen, a bar, and restroom facilities . Our active membership of approximately 120 members now enjoy the clubhouse, our seven automatic voice-activated “Pat traps” for Trap Shooting, and two NSSA certified Skeet Fields (that also double as Trap and 5-Stand).
During the last 100 years we have grown to host the following events annually that are not just for members, but are also open to the public: two annual meat shoots; ATA sanctioned shoots; NSSA sanctioned shoots; a summer Trap League; a summer Skeet League; a fall 5-Stand League; a summer Trap and Skeet Youth League.
Additionally, in keeping with our commitment to youth sports, we are fortunate to have become the primary practice club and the “home” to several local youth middle and high school trap shooting teams. We support the Eastern Nebraska Cornhusker Trapshooting Conference (ECTC) by hosting half a dozen middle/high school trap competitions for schools across the region during their school season each spring.
And in keeping with our commitment to teaching firearms safety and training responsible hunters, PGC continues its community involvement by hosting Shotgun Safety classes, Hunter’s Education classes, and many regional NRA Certification courses – just to name a few.
We have been blessed to grow and become an integral part of our community, and here is to 100 more years!
