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Can anyone enlighten me as to what the MOD/Landmarc definition of a 'Field Firing Range' is?
Thanks.

Yep. It's an area where firing takes place, where there is no fixed structure (apart from a possible spotters shelter/op)

It is a range with NO reduced danger area

"Field Firing Areas, now termed Live Fire Tactical Training Areas (LFTTA), provide very realistic battle conditions having no artificial lanes and few structures to limit the arcs of fire. The scale of use is from individual to brigade level exercises."

https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/s ... _DLRSC.pdf

Field firing ranges give you some of the best fun you can legally have with a rifle in this country.

dromia wrote:Field firing ranges give you some of the best fun you can legally have with a rifle in this country.

Unless you already have your own really big field!

Sennybridge F range is a perfect example and is a brilliant range.

Meaty wrote:Can anyone enlighten me as to what the MOD/Landmarc definition of a 'Field Firing Range' is?
Thanks.

You should have received an email i sent to the rest of the committee earlier today. The issue is with moving targetry on the impacted ranges and civilian NRA RCOs not being qualified to run such courses of fire.

Ceri

Cj10 wrote:

Meaty wrote:Can anyone enlighten me as to what the MOD/Landmarc definition of a 'Field Firing Range' is?
Thanks.

You should have received an email i sent to the rest of the committee earlier today. The issue is with moving targetry on the impacted ranges and civilian NRA RCOs not being qualified to run such courses of fire.

Ceri

I haven't got that one yet! still buzzing around in hyperspace somewhere I should imagine.
My original question was to just try and ascertain what the definition of the field firing range was so I could try and understand what the reasoning was behind Landmarcs latest decision without letting anything out of the bag before you had a chance to speak to them.
Thanks Ceri.

The standard NRA RCO Course only covers fullbore gallery ranges. Not field firing ranges or moving targets.

However, the British Sporting Rifle Club run a supplementary RCO course covering moving targets, for their Running Deer range on Stickledown. Might be worth talking to them.