The first recorded minutes of the Club are from , reporting that targets and traps for the Club had been secured.

The earliest record of trap shooting in West Chester, Pennsylvania, was by a group who called themselves the West Chester Gun Club. On May 30, 1890, the Daily Local newspaper reported that the Club was to hold a shoot that afternoon at Isaac Thomas’ grove in Cottage Hill on the north side of Paoli Pike where the West Goshen Township School is now located. On February 17, 1891, the Daily Local reported that there were discussions about organizing the group into an official gun club. After a sufficient number of members were recruited, the Club was formed in 1892. The Club signed a lease with Martin Darlington, who offered a parcel of ground just off of South New Street for $25 per year. At the Club meeting on March 2, 1898, it was voted to incorporate into West Chester Gun Club and Athletic