Going shooting, rifles etc, target shooting. Whats the cost.

[Ribenapigeon]

I'm thinking of having a go at shooting. What's the cost? Do you have to have your own gun and all the hassle of a firearm certificate?

[Wave2k]

No, but you'll probably have to join a rifle club .
some might have certain public days but shooting these days in the UK is quite the upper class sport and is usually priced as such .

Clay pigeon may be your best bet for price and fun .
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[-Matt-]

I'd go for clay pidgeon shooting somewhere if you just want to give it a go. If its solely clay pidgeon shooting and not one of the 'activity days' you can turn up and do it virtually straight away for as little £15 sometimes.

Unless you're talking air-rifles; shooting clubs are going to be wanting membership/references/putting you on probationary period and giving you instruction etc if you're wanting to use live ammunition - a lot of them can provide the firearms and ammunition though so you don't nescesarily need to be looking at buying everything yourself. Its still going to be a lot of hassle though if it turns out you don't want to carry on with it.

If you're more interested in a generic target range rather than moving-clays I would just have a go with air rifles to start with, you might find thats enough anyway and you don't need to jump through all the hoops to use air rifles with most clubs.

[Jewlio Iglesias]

Look, you've already got the poor bastard sacked from J&S. Let it go. You don't need to shoot him, too.

Inb4 Boozehawk is Derrick Bird.
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[Ribenapigeon]

Did clay pigeon shooting when I was younger and used to hunt rabbits with air rifles when I was a kid. Clays are fun but I want to try rifles for more of a challenge.

[Jewlio Iglesias]

It's a lot easier to get an SGC than an FAC.

You'll need to join a club to get your FAC really. Or have access to massive land, and have a genuine reason to need it, eg culling foxes etc.
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[Rockhopper]

Decent full bore rifle from £300 to the sky's the limit! To be competitive you'll be looking at the thick end of £6k easily. I shoot an old .303 SMLE, ammunition for that is £1 a round.
.22 rim fire is much cheaper overall.
My club has loan rifles so you just pay range fees and ammunition.

[Joncrete Cungle]

Have you got land you have permission to shoot over? 22 Rimfire rifles can be picked up for a couple of hundred quid off guntrader. Join your local club and have a supervised go on their 22 Rimfire rifle on their range. Shotgun Certificate is a bit simpler to get but busting clays gets boring for me after 100 shots.

[Wave2k]

[steveh]

Give clay shooting a try to see if you like it.. then look into it more..

depending on what you do it can get abit expensive, ive got a few rifles (.22/.223/.303/.308) and about 7 shotguns, the best thing you can do is join a big club like Diggle.. then you can have whatever you want (that's legal)

I was a member of a shooting range, but I got bored with it, so all of my guns are now for pest and vermin, including fox and deer control.


Steve.
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Why not start with an air rifle? Much simpler and does the same thing if you aim it at a target.
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[Ribenapigeon]

Found a local club site. Not any info about cost but a schedule of meets.

I would be interested in historic guns. Not sure how much is just curiosity though. You never know with this sort of thing.

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