Rocky Rod and Gun Club has created a record-breaking marksmanship test.

The club is celebrating the grand opening of the longest public gun range in Canada in a ceremony on Sept. 7. At 1,612 metres or one-mile long, the range is 12 metres longer than its nearest rival in Cadomin run by Edson Fish and Game.

It is also be more than 1,000 meters longer than the Rocky club's previous longest 600-metre rifle range.

Club corporate secretary Bruce Thornhill said work began about a year ago to clear space for the new range. The club put in $170,000 and a matching provincial grant was lined up to cover the cost, which involved creating a 500-metre permanent road to an elevated shooting platform.

Thornhill said the 1,700-member strong club expects the range project will raise the profile of the

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