I expect you're all wondering why I've asked you here...
Posted: Wed Jan 15, 2020 1:33 am
I just wanted a post title that wasn't "new member".
Anyway - new member here.
I got into target rifle shooting at school, courtesy of the cadet force, both .22 and .303, then carried on at uni where I was club secretary for a few years.
After uni, I just sort of gave it up, and life, career, family kept me busy enough.
Now retired, and I'm thinking I might take up the sport again, looked for an online community to join, so here I am.
Right now I'm not a member of any club (haven't seriously looked for one yet) - what would have been an obvious choice for me (for smallbore, at least) would have been Ruislip - I live within walking distance, but their range etc has gone, courtesy of HS2, and they're closed to new members. There used to be full-bore shooting in an old quarry in the Harefield/West Hyde area, but that's vanished without trace (can't even find anything on t'internet that proves it ever existed).
I'm "only" 25-30 miles from Bisley, so anything between 45 minutes and 45 hours drive, depending on the M25.
I used to have an FAC, and can think of no good reason why I won't be able to get one again, and I have no live rounds or empty cases in my possession sah!
Actually, the bit about empty cases isn't strictly true...
Regds.,
Mike
Anyway - new member here.
I got into target rifle shooting at school, courtesy of the cadet force, both .22 and .303, then carried on at uni where I was club secretary for a few years.
After uni, I just sort of gave it up, and life, career, family kept me busy enough.
Now retired, and I'm thinking I might take up the sport again, looked for an online community to join, so here I am.
Right now I'm not a member of any club (haven't seriously looked for one yet) - what would have been an obvious choice for me (for smallbore, at least) would have been Ruislip - I live within walking distance, but their range etc has gone, courtesy of HS2, and they're closed to new members. There used to be full-bore shooting in an old quarry in the Harefield/West Hyde area, but that's vanished without trace (can't even find anything on t'internet that proves it ever existed).
I'm "only" 25-30 miles from Bisley, so anything between 45 minutes and 45 hours drive, depending on the M25.
I used to have an FAC, and can think of no good reason why I won't be able to get one again, and I have no live rounds or empty cases in my possession sah!
Actually, the bit about empty cases isn't strictly true...
Regds.,
Mike
