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How does one go about finding "permission to shoot over land"?

I'm pretty fed-up with my lot with regards to full bore ranges. I get to shoot once a month and, due to very limited time (and some other technicalities), usually only get to shoot one calibre. So, I figure that this mythical "private land" thing where I have permission to shoot any time I like might be a good gig. But where do I look? Surely not in Yellow Pages or Facebook? Is it a question of 'not what you know but who you know'?

...and is private land typically given over for target shooting? I just wanna plink, dammit!

If you find some, send it my way too...!
Been a total of once to the range this year, with holidays coinciding with shoot dates, called off due to not being allowed to shoot at any distance differing from the cadets on a separate range, and not enough members.

It would be nice to have a place I could put some metal plates out and go back to varying distances and just plink til my hearts content... Putting meat on the table would be an added bonus, but al I wanna do it see how my rifle reacts to the wind, at different ranges and not have to worry about a 2 and 15 limit and shoot only 34 rounds in a whole day.... :(

Even the competition I was supposed to be shooting at Bisley this weekend was cancelled due to not enough folk :(

Still going though, so if you see me, say hey!

I'll be the heavily bearded, long haired scruffy git with a red RPA... haha

You'd need to own a farm/large piece of land, or get permission from someone who does. Simple concept, difficult/rare in reality.

When most people talk about a 'land permission' they mean somewhere to shoot pests/game, not plink.

When I win a £100M on the euromillions tonight, I'll buy some "land" and you'll all be most welcome :goodjob: :goodjob:

Alan

Highly unlikely but not impossible that you would be granted permission on your certificate to merely plink or target shoot over open land rather than a properly constructed range where adequate insurance arrangements are in place.

*books ticket to Murica*....

Seriously though; why is shooting static, planned targets (even if set up 'ad-hoc') more inherently dangerous than stalking and blasting random, skittish animals?

I don't get this country at all.

"Blasting random skittish animals."

I might agree with the skittish though they shouldn't be if you are stalking correctly but Random and Blasting??????
I take it you don't have a great understanding of stalking then??

Chapuis, I don't think he meant it like that.

I think it was a reference to the clear and methodical manner in which you can set up a target in a completely safe area with supremely safe backstop and know it's not going to move and there will be no margin of error as the plate/target cannot decide to get up and walk off to somewhere that is less safe and thought out, unlike a rabbit/fox/badger/deer etc...

Exactly that. :-)

I'll admit though, I only have limited experience of stalking 'animals' of the bipedal variety.

I believe that it is more to do with the nature of use.

Shooting over land for live quarry is an occasional use even if you go out every night the actual rounds fired is not a lot.

Setting up a "range" for target plinking use implies a greater frequency and a different type of use. Such permanent ranges require things like certification, planning permission etc.

I have a range on my land but it is only for zeroing my live quarry guns, if I was to use it all day to target shoot with my target shooting type rifles then not only would the nature of my zeroing range have changed but I would have breached the condition for those guns on my FAC which says that they must be used on ranges suitable for the safe use of that class of firearm. Such ranges need to certified to evidence suitability.