Trinidad Rifle Association

The Trinidad Rifle Association was established in 1879 and is a Sport Shooting Association. The present Shooting Range is located in Tucker Valley, Macqueripe Road, Chaguaramas. The Rifle Range has firing points from 100 yards to 600 yards, with shooting taking place from West to East, with the Diego Martin mountains acting as a bullet back stop. Calibres used for the Full Bore Rifle Discipline are .308/7.62 round using the 155grain Bullet. This discipline is in accordance with the National Rifle Association of Great Britain (NRA of UK) and the International Confederation of Fullbore Rifle Associations' (ICFRA) rules.

The Small Bore Rifle & Pistol Disciplines uses calibers of ammunition such as .22; .32, .38 and .177 Pellets. This type of shooting/discipline is done at the CAC Games, Pan American Games, Commonwealth Games, at World Cup Games where Minimum Qualifying Scores (MQS) are achieved to participate at the Olympic Games. The Practical (Hand Gun) section uses the 9mm, 45 ACP, .380 and the .38 calibres of ammunition.

While Membership is open to all persons who can meet the requirements an amendment to the Laws of Trinidad and Tobago now requires that persons who wish to use any type of firearm must be 25 years or older.

The Trinidad Rifle Association was established in 1879 ten years before t he island of Tobago was incorporated into a crown colony with Trinidad , hence the reason we are the Trinidad Rifle Association.That same year that the Trinidad Volunteer Force was established and approximately four years before the island of Tobago was joined with Trinidad to form one united Country. It was on March 13th, 1879 that an advertisement was placed in “ The Fairplay & Trinidad News”, (a weekly paper of the Colony), announcing the formation of the proposed Volunteer Corp and inviting volunteers. It was at that meeting of April 9th, the bye-laws were ratified and the terms of service established for a period of not less than 2 years. The entrance fees were set at £1 per annum! This was collected to help offset the cost of Uniforms. Not withstanding having to pay an entrance fee, there was an immediate recruitment of about 300 persons. The Volunteer Ordinance of1879 was passed by the Legislative