Expanding ammunition on Bisley ranges
Further to a reply I made to swarovski I looked at the Bisley range safety regulations and it does not mention expanding ammunition as being prohibited.
2 Firearms and Ammunition
a All shooters are responsible for ensuring that their firearms and ammunition are safe to
use. All firearms and ammunition must be made available for inspection and testing
whenever required. The regulations concerning dangerous ammunition are laid out in
Appendix V of the NRA Handbook, Rules of Shooting (the Bisley Bible), which is available
on request.
b Unless the CE has given prior permission in writing, use of the following on Bisley ranges is
prohibited:
i Tracer; incendiary; armour piercing; armour piercing incendiary (API); depleted
uranium; ammunition containing any igniferous or explosive substance.
ii Projectiles of any construction other than lead core with gilding metal or soft iron
jacket, including specifically mono-metallic bullets (ie made from a single metal) except
solid lead bullets.
c The use on any NRA range of cartridges such as .50” Browning MG, 0.55” Boyes Anti-tank,
12.7mm Russian MG, or cartridges of similar or greater power, whether ‘downloaded’ or
not, is absolutely forbidden, regardless of the type of firearm used to fire them.
Reproduced from Bisley Range Safety Regulations
Expanding Ammunition
Expanding (hollow-point) ammunition is defined as a round which is specifically designed to expand in a controlled manner on contact with the target. While a non hollow-point round expands on contact, it is not specifically designed to do so in a controlled manner. Expanding ammunition is normally only authorised for hunting or vermin shooting. This covers both small-bore (.22) and full-bore calibres. Expanding (hollow-point) rounds are not allowed for target competition shooting, but you may use expanding ammunition at targets for zeroing and adjustments, subject to NRA specific approval. Some police forces require that you list separately the target (solid point) and hollow-point ammunition of the same calibre, while other forces are happy to list “target and/or hollow-point” up to the maximum allowable for that calibre. Note that the .22 target ammunition that has a very small hole in the nose as part of the manufacturing process is NOT counted as “hollow-point”.
Reproduced from The NRA website
Hope this helps clear it up a little.
Regards,
Mickey308