Scott Weber is putting his money where his mouth is. 

The vocal proponent of the Wyoming State Shooting Complex in Park County announced at the June 12 meeting of the joint powers board he has set up a trust fund with more than $2 million in it, some of which will help pay for the complex’s yearly operations after his death. 

That is, if the complex and its management meets a few big requirements geared toward making it the world-class complex Weber, who most recently ran a firearms auction business in Cody, has been working to get. 

If the conditions are met, after his death, every year the complex will get 10% of the trust fund that will be earmarked for the shooting disciplines International Trap, International Skeet, Sporting Clays, Five-Stand and Helice. That amounts to more than $200,000 a year.

Another 10% yearly from the fund will go to Safari Club International.

“If the trust fund is properly administered and invested, it’s possible the principal of the trust fund will not be touched and money could go each year to the Wyoming State Shooting Complex in perpetuity,” Weber told the Tribune on Tuesday, adding that it could also wind up being a good bit more than $2 million. 

His conditions for this going into effect include: 

1. That the major flaws in the current draft be corrected and that all of the original shooting disciplines be offered for competition.

2. That a competent shoot manager and staff be hired and that they do the work necessary to keep up a world class shooting facility. And that a competent JPB be established in the future.

3. My death. On my death, my will specifies that this particular trust will start awarding 10% of the principal to the Wyoming State Shooting Complex. 

Weber said he may release some money early.  

“However, at this point the JPB’s planning and governance is in a fledgling state (the majority of the JPB have zero experience in shooting competitions) and it remains to be seen how the complex will be built, a manager and staff hired and their position/reputation with major shooting tournaments statewide, nationally and internationally,” he said. 

The complex is scheduled to be completed in late 2026 or early 2027, with work on the county road leading to it slated to start in July.