The purpose for which the Manchester Sportsman Club formed is as follows: To promote standards of good sportsmanship in all phases of sports; To promote conservation of our wild life and natural resources; To promote interest in hunting and fishing and all outdoor recreation; To promote proper gun handling and safe firearm usage; To operate skeet and trap-shooting ranges; To conduct contests of marksmanship; To conduct dog field trials; To cooperate with and assist government and conservation agencies; To promote legislation to conserve wild life and natural resources; To own real and personal property; To do all things necessary to carry out the foregoing purposes. Taken from the articles of incorporation, the 8th of June 1954. The Manchester Sportsman Club, MSC is a non-profit organization founded in 1953 and incorporated in 1954.