Taking aim squarely at the past, WGC has launched a mission to chronicle the club's marvellous 146-year history.

WGC member, and amateur historian, Geoff Kidd yesterday revealed the club was calling on help from the Wagga community to complete the along and ambitious project.

Speaking to The Daily Advertiser yesterday, Kidd said the extensive research would form a platform to recognise WGC as "one of the oldest" sporting organisations in the city - and across NSW.

"We started looking (for information) a month, or a month and half ago," Kidd said yesterday.

"The CSU archives and the Wagga museum have been a great assistance.

"We have traced the club through newspaper articles from the Advertiser and the Riverina Argus.

"We have dug out copies with names and dates relevant to the club."

Clearly a labour of love for Kidd and other club members, the four-year search is set to allow WGC to celebrate its sesquicentennial in stunning style in 2018.

Significantly, WGC's 150th anniversary will coincide with Wagga staging the World Trap Shooting Championships at the National Shooting Grounds.

As many as 1000 shooters , including a "large contingent" from around the world, are expected to attend the championships, which were last held in Wagga in 2006.

Kidd said WGC would encourage the the Wagga community to get involved in the club's anniversary, and the coveted world titles.

"We'll be looking to have events and functions around the city," he said.

"It's a big deal and we want to nail it down."

Four years ahead of the World Trap Shooting Championships, Kidd has predicted a steep rise in shooters from the previous event eight years ago.

"There were 700 competitors in 2006 and I would expect to exceed that number this time," he said.

"I've already got shooting friends from the USA and UK who are planning to come.

"There will be a large overseas contingent. They'll be coming from all over."

With the World Trap Shooting Championships to be run by the Australian Clay Target Association, WGC will work closely with the national organisation to ensure the double celebration of shooting is a rip-roaring success.

Kidd is keen to enlist the assistance of the family and friends of shooters from the past to build a time-line for WGC's growth.

"We'd love to hear from people who may have had a grandfather or great grandfather involved with the club," he said.

Information has already surfaced that shows WGC has been operating at various venues around Wagga since 1868.

Research has unearthed a list of names with a close affinity to the club, notably Stidworthy, McIntyre, Clarke, Armstrong from the founding year..

Kidd said WGC would like to make contact with people who have information relating to dates and places surrounding the historic club.

Among Wagga's great sporting survivors, MGC is believed to be second only to the Murrumbidgee Turf Club.

The MTC or an earlier racetrack equivalent has been staging race meetings in the city since 1849.

Wagga Gun Club

What: 150-year anniversary

When: 2018

What: Historical information