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MOD shooting ranges

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By any chance, has anyone on the forum heard anything about new restrictions on civilian use of Ministry of Defence shooting ranges. I heard rumours of such things several months ago, but it's all gone quiet!
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All civilian use of field firing ranges has been stopped until further notice.

If you go back a couple of pages and scroll down to `another nail in the coffin` you can read the discussion.

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Right... Ok, cheers.
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ukrifleman wrote:All civilian use of field firing ranges has been stopped until further notice.

If you go back a couple of pages and scroll down to `another nail in the coffin` you can read the discussion.

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Really??? We are going to Otterburn ranges tomorrow with our club.
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Take plenty of thermals, this is what is was like on Wednesday lunch time,
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Lever357 wrote:
ukrifleman wrote:All civilian use of field firing ranges has been stopped until further notice.

If you go back a couple of pages and scroll down to `another nail in the coffin` you can read the discussion.

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Really??? We are going to Otterburn ranges tomorrow with our club.
Is Otterburn a field firing range?
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#7 Post by bhodge »

It may be a silly question, but what's a field firing range?
The MOD range that my club shoots on is a field...and we fire on it. I assumed that would make it a field firing range!
Seriously, its a range with set firing points between 100yds to 300yds, shooting prone, at targets with butts.
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#8 Post by DaveB »

If it has targets with butts, it isn't technically a field firing range. What you are describing is a gallery range.
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#9 Post by snayperskaya »

bhodge wrote:It may be a silly question, but what's a field firing range?
The MOD range that my club shoots on is a field...and we fire on it. I assumed that would make it a field firing range!
Seriously, its a range with set firing points between 100yds to 300yds, shooting prone, at targets with butts.
As an example F Range at Sennybridge is a field fire range, set in natural terrain with multiple targets of various sizes at different ranges designed to simulate activity in a combat enviroment. Often field fire ranges include things small structures and old vehicles......F Range has a few old APC's and a T-55 as well as whats left of a much abused F8 Meteor that has been brought back nearer the firing point and is no longer a target.
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#10 Post by bhodge »

Thanks for that guy's, now it makes more sense...
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