Hi-Line Living: VFW Bear Paw Junior Rifle Club

Kids and young adults in the Havre area have been shooting .22-caliber rifles at Havre's VFW Bear Paw Junior Rifle Club since the 1930s, and shooting instructor Randy Martin said he's had teams place as high as second in national competitions.

"If you look at our showcases," he said Monday, gesturing toward showcases in the club's shooting range under the Havre Fire Department, "when we go to these matches, we often place nationally. Some of these guys have made second and third in the whole nation.

"Like this team here - second in the entire United States," he said, adding that the group was...