I was checking to make sure it wasn’t the 1st April….

[gixer1]

Surely this is a wind up?

6.5 Creedmoor Ban on MoD Ranges

6.5 Creedmoor Users Please Note the Following: URGENT AND IMPORTANT NEWSFLASH. For those of you who use MOD Fixed Firing Ranges, particularly Wiltshire’s SPTA (Salisbury Plain Training Area) ranges (and most likely nationwide Military Fixed Firing Ranges). With immediate effect, a ban on the use ...

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[deerstalker.308]

Recognition at last for just how incredibly devastating the round is! I take this as a badge of honour personally!

 

[308rws]

I’m guessing that this may be a safety template issue. In essence there’s a cost to produce a range safety template. MOD only pays for the safety templates for ammunition calibres used by the military. If you want to use any other ammunition calibre on a military range then you need to produce a recognised safety template.

 

[Essexsussex]

long live the Swede…

 

[tackb]

this could not be more ridiculous !

this nearly as ridiculous as not being able to use .303 brit on thetford range as it's not 308

i am seriously worried about whoever is in control of these decisions and their lack of knowledge

 

[Phil fox man]

The last time I went to a mod range
(altcar) Was when 22/250 was banned.
As I understood it it was a velocity issue not calibre one.

 

[NullMac]

Well if you are in their head the logical conclusion is to ban everything other than 5.56.

They just want rid of us really

 

[Greenmist]

A story I heard on saturday, possibly exaggerated but in line with the subject, apparently when the safety template was written it was for 5.56, a unit then turned up with GPMG's (7.62) and weren't allowed to shoot as they exceeded the safety limit

 

[tackb]

The last time I went to a mod range
(altcar) Was when 22/250 was banned.
As I understood it it was a velocity issue not calibre one.

yep , 3275fps is the range limit generally which can actually rule out 223 with 40gr heads (i used the term heads because it makes me happy to wind up fudds)

 

[Greenmist]

The last time I went to a mod range
(altcar) Was when 22/250 was banned.
As I understood it it was a velocity issue not calibre one.

Most MOD ranges have a velocity limit of 3280fps, 1000m/s

 

[Essexsussex]

yep , 3275fps is the range limit generally which can actually rule out 223 with 40gr heads (i used the term heads because it makes me happy to wind up fudds)

Works on me too. Best chuckle I’ve had this morning

 

[markj1]

The MOD has little motivation to allow civilian shooters to use their facilities. Our club stopped using MOD ranges around 10 years ago when they increases the cost significantly.

 

[wytonpjs]

 

[finnbear270]

It is purely a bun issue.

 

[timbrayford]

Most MOD ranges have a velocity limit of 3280fps, 1000m/s

Also applies on some civilian ranges, something to do with insurance?

 

[Dalua]

(i used the term heads because it makes me happy to wind up fudds)

I suppose it depends how you define a fudd - but for the definition that springs to my mind, I would tend to regard such usage as a first-rank symptom of actually being one.

 

[Essexsussex]

long live the Swede…

 

[Smellydog]

It never ever ceases to amaze me how negative and retarded authoritarians are on this **** island.

 

[Eddie P]

yep , 3275fps is the range limit generally which can actually rule out 223 with 40gr heads (i used the term heads because it makes me happy to wind up fudds)

It amazes me how proud some people are to be borderline illiterate.
If it turns you on, then great, but it still makes you look like a pratt.

 

[zambezi]

seriously worried about whoever is in control of these decisions and their lack of knowledge

Yup