The MCWCC was established in 1920 by Richard Tufts, a member of the socially prominent Tufts family, as an amenity to the Holly Inn. The club offered shooting and hunting sports to the affluent and exclusive membership who were: guests of the Holly Inn, personal friends of the Tufts family and predominately male. It was, in essence, a private shooting club for gentlemen of the old school, well respected by their peers, wealthy, and exclusive. They shot trap and held meetings and socials at the old trap range that used to be located on Gun Club Road in Pinehurst. Through the thirties and forties, the Tufts group met at various locations in Carthage and Deep River, where they maintained a shooting camp under the tutelage of Julian Bishop, a famous wing-shot of the day. There were fifteen to thirty members, and dues were fifteen dollars per year. In 1950, Dr. Grier and Cornelia Vam of the Tufts group reestablished the club as it exists today open to all ladies and gentlemen who want to participate in the shooting sports and who have an interest in nature and wildlife.