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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!

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.

ukrifleman

Right... Ok, .

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.

ukrifleman

Really??? We are going to Otterburn ranges tomorrow with our club.

Take plenty of thermals, this is what is was like on Wednesday lunch time,

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.

ukrifleman

Really??? We are going to Otterburn ranges tomorrow with our club.

Is Otterburn a field firing range?

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.

If it has targets with butts, it isn't technically a field firing range. What you are describing is a gallery range.

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.

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