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DISCIPLINES 

The club practices a wide range of disciplines to cater for most sporting and target shooters. These are as follows;

Full Bore Rifle. The club range is limited to pistol calibre firearms from .22  to .455 cal. Additional fullbore rifle facilities as mentioned previously, are fixtured throughout the year at places such as Bisley, or a number of MoD ranges in East Anglia. Conventional targetry and ‘practical rifle’ type targets can be accommodated for. 

Small Bore Rifle. .22 calibre rifles and carbines are permitted on the club range. The Ruger 10/22 is the most popular rifle. In addition to conventional targets, mini rifle disciplines can be catered for, 'practical' competitions are held twice a month.

Pistol Calibre Carbine. Under lever carbine rifles such as Winchester and Marlin .357 magnum, .44 magnum and .45 Long Colt, are favoured by most of our members. This also gives the club a competitive edge as some of the rifles are very similar, the results of a shoot relying on skill and not necessarily technology. Club 'practical' competitions are held twice a month.

Long Barrelled Revolvers and Muzzle Loading Pistols. Thanks to the government, pistol shooting in this country is now restricted to the above types of pistols. These pistols range from .22 calibre, through to .45 calibre. Modern pistols such as the Ruger ‘Old Army’ are by far the most accurate and reliable muzzle loading pistols used at the Club. Long barrel conventional revolvers are permitted in this country, provided the overall length of the revolver measures at least 60cm (24"). This can be achieved by a minimum barrel length of 30cm (12"), and a rod or wrist brace being fitted to the grip. 

The Last Resort (for the time being.) Many clubs who were previously involved in 'practical' pistol shooting now use AirSoft pistols, whilst not the same as the real thing, these pistols allow our members to to become competent in shooting techniques and safe handling. Some of our members still compete in international pistol shooting competitions and find AirSoft pistols a useful training aid. It is likely that more and more of our members will become more involved with this type of pistol. There is growing support to resurrect pistol shooting in the UK in time for the 2012 London Olympic Games. For your information visit this website:- www.ResurrectTheSport.net

Practical Shotgun. We are unable to provide practical shotgun shooting for the foreseeable future, this is due to the reorganisation of the farmland on which we would normally provide this facility.

Safety. All disciplines are strictly organised and supervised. We have two qualified rifle and pistol instructors and several  NRA qualified Range Conducting Officers. New comers and particularly novices will be made welcome and provided with the necessary safety and operational briefings. All members are required to attend annual refresher safety briefings.

              SAFETY IS ALWAYS PARAMOUNT 

 

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