Vance Outdoors

56,000 Sq. Ft

All sporting goods in 1978
Opened range in 2014

  • 1938 Richard H. Vance started Vance’s  as a general store
  • 1978  full-time Sporting Goods store
  • 2002 Vance’s merged with Buckeye Outdoors
  • 2014 Vance’s 3rd retail location in Obetz, Ohio
    56,000 Sq. Ft
    24 Lane Shooting Ranges – 75 feet 
    Meggitt Training System
    Training Center.

Shooting Range & Training Center
4250 Alum Creek Dr
Obetz, OH 43207


Vance Outdoors started Vance’s in 1938

Very large local shop in Ohio
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Cardinal Shooting Center

 built in 2005

Ohio State Trapshooting Museum is headquartered there

  • 14 pistol range bays (40′ wide by 75′ deep). We currently have 2 shooting positions per bay
    extensive array of steel targets
  • rifle range 100 yard, paper and steel targets.
  • Shooting Facility is the largest in the state
  • 14 sheet fields
  • 5-Stand
  • two complete sporting clays courses
  • archery practice range
  • 3D archery range
  • golf car rentals

Cardinal Center
616 St. Route 61
Marengo, OH 43334

419-253-0208

Camp Perry

over 300 acres

opened in 1906

located on the shore of Lake Erie in northern Ohio

  • 1906 original land purchased
  • 1907  Civilian Marksmanship Program (CMP)
  • 1907 and the NRA-sponsored National Rifle Matches
  • May 1, 1908 officially named the Camp Perry
    named after Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry
  • 1909 evolved into a permanent camp 
  • July 13, 1911  flagpole was erected
  •  During World War I, Camp Perry served as a training center for Army officers and marksmanship instructors
  • 1918 area adjacent the Erie Army Depot for artillery ordnance storage
  • 1918 Small Arms Firing School opened
  • During the Second World War, Camp Perry served as a POW camp for German and Italian prisoners
  • 210 rifle positions
  • 20 revolver positions
  • 1964 Erie Army Depot closed
  • June 24, 1998 a tornado damaged several buildings on the grounds

Camp Perry
1000 Lawrence Road, Bld 600
Port Clinton, OH 43452-9578

https://ong.ohio.gov/campperry/history.html