Enforcer Sale!! Wow!!

[Gil Boyd]

Trying to get on there Simon is hard work, as you have to man the footpath that crosses the range or has that finally benn diverted?
Let me know next time you are there.

[Simon P]

Gil

We have to put out two sentries either side of the range, also have to have someone next to the phone in case STANTA need to make contact and a fourth nominated person to watch for light aircraft in the danger area.

Its all changed now the RCO has to ring STANTA to get permission to shoot and then ring back when shooting is finished.

[newcastle]

I imported one about 7 years ago from the UK. cost a packet to do but worth it. had to sell it when i lost a job a few years later but I made a fair profit on it. Though I do HUGELY regret selling it still.

[Hal O'Peridol]

I sold mined to a forum member. Once I got it, the bloom was off the rose. Besides, I already had an L42.

Took the money and bought my Boys rifle.

MUCH!!!!! more fun.

[Gil Boyd]

Simon,
That sounds like a right balls ache.......STANTA West Tofts over 90 miles away, how ridiculous is that, and what a waste of time, as if they could respond to any incidents?? I suppose they are the most local Range Authority, and thats probably where the OC of all Eastern Ranges has his office one presumes!!
It will all change I understand when Bassingbourn comes "back" to life shortly, as a new Regiment are moving in, after the Labour Government, closed it, stripped it, and then brought the Libyan Army over for training grrrrrrrrrr and fully reequipped it even an Astro turf football pitch, which they duly set fire to when they left.............only in this country could that happen, they really caused serious dramas in Cambridge as well, with two being jailed for a series of rapes on men and women, after they decided to let them out on the town
Another story, but with the old barracks opening up, hopefully such a beautiful range will once more flourish and be controlled with its own Range Officer locally.

[PrinzEugen]

Gil and Simon - I wonder sometimes if the MoD goes out of its way to annoy shooters - our range is Kingsbury and they've really been screwing us over lately. Basically if you don't know it, there are two sides - one with electronic targets, the other with the traditional manual labour ones which we use. Usually the army is there or cadets - previously it was no problem - we could shoot at 300 and they on the other side did what they want to do. Now they insist we're always at the same range as them for some spurious safety reason they've recently dreamed up - so we have to keep watch and if they change (they don't warn us and the possibly two other clubs there at the same time when they're about to move - why would they...?) we have to instantly. We usually shoot a morning with a changeover in the butts at the halfway point. You can imagine it's a bit of a nightmare, and they have taken delight in messing us round with frequent changes etc. Clearly civvy shooters tend to have lots of kit and many at the clubs have mobility issues and certainly some aren't as young as they were. All in all it's proving very difficult! (And this comes after the whole range was shut for a long time after an (army) ND!). The idea of someone from one side putting a round at an angle which could endanger the other... well it's just daft.

[Gil Boyd]

Yes I know how you feel. I have to say in defence of the Military, not all clubs or shooters abide by the same expected standards.
You only need one in a club to let the side down, and thereafter it applies to all as far as that goes. It is similar in the Military.
If one hot head in a unit decides to do something the Range Warden doesn't like, you get black balled as a unit too, and behind the scenes you also got messed about..........so its not just picking on the civvy gun clubs for the sake of it IMHO anyway and from what I've seen!