Although there are several clubs that claim the title, the Massachusetts Rifle Association (also known as "Walnut Hill", "Mass Rifle" or the "MRA") is the oldest active gun club in the United States. It was founded in 1875, just four years after the creation of the National Rifle Association

National Rifle Association

The National Rifle Association of America is an American non-profit 501 civil rights organization which advocates for the protection of the Second Amendment of the United States Bill of Rights and the promotion of firearm ownership rights as well as marksmanship, firearm safety, and the protection...

 in 1871. The MRA has been continuously active since its founding and in the same location in Woburn, Massachusetts since 1876.
On November 4, 1875 a notice was published in the Boston Morning Journal extending an invitation to all who would be interested in the organization of "a Boston Gun Club." At 4:00 p.m.