Swiss range over a road

[VSS]

As others have said cant imagine getting on a bus with a rifle, whether in a bag or not today.

Why not? Nothing wrong with that at all.
Let's just suppose you were taking your rifle into town to drop it off with the gunsmith for some minor repair. There's absolutely no reason why you couldn't go by bus.

 

[Kalahari]

Tim I agree with you, but what about the conditions the bus company might impose?

David.

 

[GlennUK]

Why not? Nothing wrong with that at all.
Let's just suppose you were taking your rifle into town to drop it off with the gunsmith for some minor repair. There's absolutely no reason why you couldn't go by bus.

Whilst i understand i could, I'm not sure i could be bothered a) with the hassle of using a bus and b) some 'well meaning do-gooder' would like raise a stink if they realised what i was carrying.

 

[kennyc]

I shoot in Switzerland a couple of weeks a year, its not uncommon to see people cycling to and from the range with their rifle slung on their back, we used to shoot at a lovely range , to get to it we had to take a gondala lift up, we used to get a lot of worried looks from the tourists the locals barely noticed .
we are told that it is prefered to see the rifle rather than have it hidden in a bag, as that way it can be seen that it is unloaded and in a safe condition.
as far as the provision of shooting ranges, that is a legal requirement for communitys, the local council must provide the land and basic facilities, the old range at Gimmelwald only closed because they were down to 4 or so active members due to the large numbers of holiday homes in the village! other ranges in the area are still active, several of which we use and in doing so support their future.

 

[udderlyoffroad]

Back in the 60s, the sight of 20 or 30 armed boys in school uniform marching down the road led by a 17 or 18 year old youth failed to arouse panic or mass hysteria. Just a few parlour curtains twitching on the adjacent bungalows.

FWIW i started shooting (.22 and .303) as a Sea Cadet which ouwl dhav e been early-mid 70s. We used to get on a bus with rifles in sligns and boxes of ammo, to get to the shooting range, which happened to belong to London Transport

Point is, even in the 60s, you weren't taking your Lee Enfields or whatever home, at the behest of the MoD.

we are told that it is prefered to see the rifle rather than have it hidden in a bag, as that way it can be seen that it is unloaded and in a safe condition.

New doctrine is apparently to remove the bolt when in public and store seperately at home; probably causes more problems than it solves but there you go.

I shoot in Switzerland a couple of weeks a year, its not uncommon to see people cycling to and from the range with their rifle slung on their back, we used to shoot at a lovely range , to get to it we had to take a gondala lift up

Nice; do you mind me asking where you're shooting now? My grandparents lived for many years in Wengen, just up the valley. Though my officer grandad had long since surrendered his pistol by the time I came along.

 

[kennyc]

Nice; do you mind me asking where you're shooting now? My grandparents lived for many years in Wengen, just up the valley. Though my officer grandad had long since surrendered his pistol by the time I came along.

I know Wengen well, have skiied there since the late 80's, we now shoot at Sigriswil,Thun,Spiez, Bonigen and Spiez so quite a mix, Action Sport in Interlaken is very welcoming for people wanting to shoot pistols, and of course theres always Brunig indoor, where you can shoot to 300m inside a mountain

 

[Kalahari]

I know Wengen well, have skiied there since the late 80's, we now shoot at Sigriswil,Thun,Spiez, Bonigen and Spiez so quite a mix, Action Sport in Interlaken is very welcoming for people wanting to shoot pistols, and of course theres always Brunig indoor, where you can shoot to 300m inside a mountain

Not at all jealous!

David.