matt87
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Don't forget G36, if you are shooting an FAC firearm held for reasons of target shooting, one of your conditions is that you only shoot on suitably insured ranges. That means you need a safety certificate. Now, time was the MOD used to do these gratis, but Labour pennypinching means that they stopped doing these about 2 years ago. The NRA (the original one) and NSRA both have qualified professionals who can issue them now, but you have to pay -- a rough ballpark figure I was given by the Devon & Cornwall chief firearms enquiry officer was about £1000 all told, for an indoors rimfire range. Then consider that you probably have to faff about with planning permission too. Don't you just love pointless bureaucracy?
Having said that, if you can find 9 mates you can form a target shooting club and get Home Office approval. Then you can split the costs 10 ways, plus you can get a club FAC, which has a lot of benefits, albeit at a cost of some small amount of cash and some paperwork. (Club FACs are free to vary, you can often get a much higher ammo allowance, meaning bulk discounts, and you help beginning shooters to get off the ground. They don't though let you have long-barrel pistols, anything section 5 or (I think) Section 1 shotguns.)
Bullet traps/catchers can be quite simple, depending on what you intend to shoot at them. If you keep it to soft lead .22LR a 6mm mild steel sheet set at 45degrees above a big sandbox will do it. Non-jacketed in pistol calibres (for gallery rifle, practical rifle, long-barrel pistol, muzzle-loading pistol etc.) is similar yet beefier.
Having said that, if you can find 9 mates you can form a target shooting club and get Home Office approval. Then you can split the costs 10 ways, plus you can get a club FAC, which has a lot of benefits, albeit at a cost of some small amount of cash and some paperwork. (Club FACs are free to vary, you can often get a much higher ammo allowance, meaning bulk discounts, and you help beginning shooters to get off the ground. They don't though let you have long-barrel pistols, anything section 5 or (I think) Section 1 shotguns.)
Bullet traps/catchers can be quite simple, depending on what you intend to shoot at them. If you keep it to soft lead .22LR a 6mm mild steel sheet set at 45degrees above a big sandbox will do it. Non-jacketed in pistol calibres (for gallery rifle, practical rifle, long-barrel pistol, muzzle-loading pistol etc.) is similar yet beefier.
