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Requirement

2. Shoot under certified supervision. Do ONE option

Required

Under a certified NRA Shotgun instructor and a certified range safety officer, at a nationally authorized camp property or a commercial firearm range. The badge states the choice: a modern shotshell shotgun or a muzzleloading shotgun.

Notes and warnings

Warning. The condition is in the requirement itself: "Working under the supervision of a certified National Rifle Association (NRA) Shotgun instructor and a certified range safety officer, at a nationally authorized camp property or at a commercial firearm range (as defined in the Scouting America National Range and Target Activities Manual)". It applies to whichever option you choose.

Tip. Requirement 2 needs a certified NRA Shotgun instructor and a certified range safety officer, at a nationally authorized camp property or a commercial firearm range. Ask your counselor at the first meeting where and when that can happen, and which of the two options can be shot there.

What this is made of

Where this step comes from

  1. Shotgun Shooting Merit Badge Requirements (Merit Badge Hub, last modified 2025-09-19), Requirement 2 · Sets the supervision and the kinds of range for the whole requirement, and states "do ONE of the following options".