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I expect you're all wondering why I've asked you here...

#1 Post by TRG-22 »

I just wanted a post title that wasn't "new member".

Anyway - new member here. :wave:

I got into target rifle shooting at school, courtesy of the cadet force, both .22 and .303, then carried on at uni where I was club secretary for a few years.

After uni, I just sort of gave it up, and life, career, family kept me busy enough.

Now retired, and I'm thinking I might take up the sport again, looked for an online community to join, so here I am.

Right now I'm not a member of any club (haven't seriously looked for one yet) - what would have been an obvious choice for me (for smallbore, at least) would have been Ruislip - I live within walking distance, but their range etc has gone, courtesy of HS2, and they're closed to new members. There used to be full-bore shooting in an old quarry in the Harefield/West Hyde area, but that's vanished without trace (can't even find anything on t'internet that proves it ever existed).

I'm "only" 25-30 miles from Bisley, so anything between 45 minutes and 45 hours drive, depending on the M25.


I used to have an FAC, and can think of no good reason why I won't be able to get one again, and I have no live rounds or empty cases in my possession sah!

Actually, the bit about empty cases isn't strictly true... :squirrel:

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#2 Post by Blackstuff »

Welcome aboard Mike!

No need to worry about the cases, they aren't a controlled item :good:
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#3 Post by Les »

Hello Mike .... welcome to FBUK! :good:
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#4 Post by Mattnall »

Hello and welcome :wave:
Blackstuff wrote: No need to worry about the cases, they aren't a controlled item :good:
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#5 Post by Daryll »

"....and if you should get home and find one lodged in the turn-ups of your underpants return it to me ASAP and nothing more will be said..." is what our Flt. Sgt. always used to say as we left the range...
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#6 Post by Christel »

TRG-22, welcome :wave:
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#7 Post by BestDrugDoc »

Hello and welcome from Northumberland!

bigteeth

I used to go to a school with a cadet force, .22 indoor range and outdoor .303 range situated in Moor Park.

Its not the same one by any chance?
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#8 Post by dodgyrog »

Welcome aboard, it's a madhouse here. Lol
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#9 Post by Ovenpaa »

Welcome :wave:
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#10 Post by Geek »

Hello and welcome :wave:
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