jthyttin
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Glad you can at least shoot pistols/revolvers. How about more dynamic than pure 25m, like IPSC / IDPA / etc? I've understood that some mainland UK shooters have arrangements where they come to Europe for training?
Shooting Clubs in the UK
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enfieldspares
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Pistols were banned by the Tories, those true friends of shooting the Conservative Party when in government, in 1996. The only legal pistol clubs "open to the public" in the United Kingdom will be in Northern Ireland. There are pistol clubs, yes, in the rest of Great Britain but these are for those are so named "Home Office Designated Ranges" for the owners of s7 historic pistols.
Cost depends. The shooting club near me (and it is a s7 range) is about £400 a year plus a green fee. It is an indoor 25 metre range for .22" RF rifles and pistol calibre lever action rifles plus (using Trail Boss reduced lead bullet loads) such as the .303 Lee Enfield, 7.62mmR Moisin-Nagant and other service rifles.
OTOH also near me is a clay pigeon club that you just turn up on the day and "pay and play". No formal membership is needed. I've shot there off and on for thirty plus years and never been a paid up member (which is £55 a year) preferring just to pay that small extra charge for the clay pigeons of 36p for non-member rather than 30p for a member. No green fee either way.
Bird hunting?
My present syndicate shooting six days and maybe getting about thirty birds each time is £1680 and we shoot six Wednesdays in season. Plus £35 a day for breakfast and when the day is done roast pork and the keeper's tip. My previous syndicate was a half gun and three main days and four boundary days. Cost was from memory somewhere around £3500 on the main days we shot two days of two hundred and one of one hundred and thirty. The boundary days were maybe forty birds or so. There was a beaters' fee of £20 each day.
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Foxyboy43
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Yep, there is quite an interest in Practical Pistol etc. here - on a competition day we could put through over a hundred guys and girls.
My clubs
£100 a year, monthly 200y shoots no green fees
£150 a year no green fees, 12 practical bays with upto 270 deg arc of fire and upto 35y, opportunities to shoot further if no others members there, or all in agreement.
£125 a year no green fees, indoor 20m rimfire range 2 evenings a week, ourdoor 50y pistol caliber range, daylight hours, 500 yards a couple of times a month. We also organise trips to bisley to shoot out to 1000y but there is a small cost to this.
Each club scratches different itches.
£100 a year, monthly 200y shoots no green fees
£150 a year no green fees, 12 practical bays with upto 270 deg arc of fire and upto 35y, opportunities to shoot further if no others members there, or all in agreement.
£125 a year no green fees, indoor 20m rimfire range 2 evenings a week, ourdoor 50y pistol caliber range, daylight hours, 500 yards a couple of times a month. We also organise trips to bisley to shoot out to 1000y but there is a small cost to this.
Each club scratches different itches.
WOW, the holy grail.
Club 1:- £300, with no range fees. 6 days a week.
Club 2:- £65 with £20 per day/half-day range fee. 1-2 shoots a month.
NRA(UK) membership:- Discounted Standard Membership
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Club 2:- £65 with £20 per day/half-day range fee. 1-2 shoots a month.
NRA(UK) membership:- Discounted Standard Membership
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6pt-sika
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I’m a guest many times a year at a shooting club in WVA USA that’s a bit different from my home club . This place has three houses with plenty bedrooms if one wants to stay overnight , a couple fully stocked kitchens . They have a serviceable 200 yard rifle range right off the back porch of the main house covered deck . Then they have a sporting course , 5 stand , skeet , trap , ZZ bird , crazy quail , grouse butt , box birds ring , Colombaire ring , tower shoots and walk up pheasants Partidge quail . This place is nice , the initiation fee is $8000 and yearly dues are $3800 as well as having to pay for everything you do . It takes me two hours to drive there (thank God) or I’d have joined , but thru invites I shoot 5 or 6 clay bird events , 4-6 tower shoots , the Colombaire shoot and any box bird shoots . So I go 10-14 times each year .
£110 per year with no range fee for 1-300 yards is great!
The Swedish word Jakt/hunting are for stalking, shooting, trapping, ferreting and more types of hunting.
£5/year for the closest up to 300m rifle range, ~£50 for the pistol club.
Some interesting comparisons on here. In Australia you can own a pistol of just about any calibre, but it's a long drawn out thing getting the license. Once you're licensed, no problems just lodge a "Permit to Acquire" and that might take a week or two to be processed. We are not allowed to have any semi Auto's at all, and no pump action shotguns. Things vary a bit from State to State, but mainly that's how it runs. Most of our hunting is done on Private land with the approval of the owner, although in a couple of States public land is available.
Most people join the Sporting Shooters Association, but there is also the National Rifle Association that runs Bisley type shoots. There are also a few privately owned ranges, mostly dedicated to long range shooting up to one mile. The State of Western Australia has recently banned 50cal rifles along some other calibres they think may be used as sniper rifles. Unlike Britain, we can't have moderators either, unless we have a very good reason. So I have two safes (Mandatory) with six centre fire rifles and 3 shotguns.
Most people join the Sporting Shooters Association, but there is also the National Rifle Association that runs Bisley type shoots. There are also a few privately owned ranges, mostly dedicated to long range shooting up to one mile. The State of Western Australia has recently banned 50cal rifles along some other calibres they think may be used as sniper rifles. Unlike Britain, we can't have moderators either, unless we have a very good reason. So I have two safes (Mandatory) with six centre fire rifles and 3 shotguns.
Mousegunner-UK
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OK so for my two pence worth to the discussion.
I'm a member of a a few clubs and associations, so for rifle I'm a member of the NRA where membership is £100 and a member of the Highpower Rifle Association (actually the Chairman) and we charge £25 membership per year. We predominantly shoot at Bisley Ranges and shoot Highpower Rifle matches following the course of fire as used in the USA. The most common match is the Regional Match where we shoot the following - 22 rounds (2 as non convertible sighters) standing slow fire in 22 mins at 200 yards (no sling allowed), 22 rounds (2 as non convertible sighters) broken down into 2 strings of 10 with a forced reload sitting rapid fire in 60 seconds at 200 yards, 22 rounds (2 as non convertible sighters) broken down into 2 strings of 10 prone rapid fire in 70 seconds at 300 yards, 22 rounds (2 as non convertible sighters) prone slow fire in 22 mins at 600 yards; this match is mostly shot using a scoped AR15 straight pull but with no more than 4.5 zoom allowed (originally shot using irons but were all getting old and eyes do not work as well as they used to). We also shoot Civilian Service Rifle and that is shot under the NRA rules and regs an average match may be 50-60 rounds and we shoot 2 in a day. Again using Military courses of fire and figure targets, there is a winter league and this is normally shot once every month; though in July we shoot the CSR Championship and that normally requires 450-460 rounds for 4 days competition. Also a member of Gardners Guns where membership is £120 and we have the use of 100 and 200 yards at Longtown and 2000M at Eskdalemuir costs vary between £25 and £40 depending on the day you attend. Member of FCSA costing £100 allowing me to shoot on range days that are booked at Warcop, Lydd and other venues. As well as being a member of Low Mill Ranges (£140) where we predominantly shoot GRPC matches using LBP, LBR, GRSB and GRCF. If you need to know more just ask.
I'm a member of a a few clubs and associations, so for rifle I'm a member of the NRA where membership is £100 and a member of the Highpower Rifle Association (actually the Chairman) and we charge £25 membership per year. We predominantly shoot at Bisley Ranges and shoot Highpower Rifle matches following the course of fire as used in the USA. The most common match is the Regional Match where we shoot the following - 22 rounds (2 as non convertible sighters) standing slow fire in 22 mins at 200 yards (no sling allowed), 22 rounds (2 as non convertible sighters) broken down into 2 strings of 10 with a forced reload sitting rapid fire in 60 seconds at 200 yards, 22 rounds (2 as non convertible sighters) broken down into 2 strings of 10 prone rapid fire in 70 seconds at 300 yards, 22 rounds (2 as non convertible sighters) prone slow fire in 22 mins at 600 yards; this match is mostly shot using a scoped AR15 straight pull but with no more than 4.5 zoom allowed (originally shot using irons but were all getting old and eyes do not work as well as they used to). We also shoot Civilian Service Rifle and that is shot under the NRA rules and regs an average match may be 50-60 rounds and we shoot 2 in a day. Again using Military courses of fire and figure targets, there is a winter league and this is normally shot once every month; though in July we shoot the CSR Championship and that normally requires 450-460 rounds for 4 days competition. Also a member of Gardners Guns where membership is £120 and we have the use of 100 and 200 yards at Longtown and 2000M at Eskdalemuir costs vary between £25 and £40 depending on the day you attend. Member of FCSA costing £100 allowing me to shoot on range days that are booked at Warcop, Lydd and other venues. As well as being a member of Low Mill Ranges (£140) where we predominantly shoot GRPC matches using LBP, LBR, GRSB and GRCF. If you need to know more just ask.
kennyc
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I belong to an approved rifle club, cost si around £40 a year plus range costs at Bisley (dependent on numbers attending and which range used) I also belong to a club that shoots in Switzerland (where they still allow us to own and use pistols and semi-auto rifles) that costs considerably more although it is a good holiday twice a year in the Bernese Oberland 
underneath London Bridge £25 a month, facilities at Bisley. shooting at Bisley £20 a trip
6pt-sika
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I’ve kinda got it in my head that once I’ve moved to the Philippines full time I wanna open a small range . Like to have a 100 yard rifle range and a five stand sort of deal . Have it open to the public but price it high enough that most couldn’t afford it . It’s not my intention to have it as a buisness but rather my own use and hopefully make it easier to import what I want for myself .
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