West Atholl Rifle Club

Information for visiting Target Shooters to Jubilee Range

Visitor* fees and membership

West Atholl Rifle Club welcomes visiting Target Shooters to Jubilee range and hopes they will enjoy shooting on this scenic, challenging range which has the benefits of electronic targets. The targets were installed in 2008 at a cost of £35,000. To cover the costs of purchase, maintenance and a programme of rolling replacement the subscription for members has increased by more than 300% to £95 p.a. At the current level of visitor fee visiting shooters could attend every club shoot in the season for less than the cost of an annual subscription. To raise the visitor fee in line with the membership subscription would result in a charge of £32 per day, which is too high. The Committee has therefore decided on the following policy:

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The daily visitor fee will remain at £10.

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After a visitor has attended Club shoots* twice in one year, no further attendance at Club shoots can be made until that person has completed an application form for probationary membership, paid the membership fee and been accepted by the committee as a probationary member.
( *Attendance at non-WARC events such as Open competitions do not count.)

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Any visitor fee(s) paid in that year will be deducted from the membership subscription for that year.

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The above will apply beginning with the Club shoot on 31 May 2009. Visits made and fees paid before that date will not count.

Safety

Either the bolt must be removed from the rifle or a safety flag must be in the breech (or both) at all times, except when on the firing point, under the RCO’s supervision, with the rifle pointing at the target and preparing to fire or engaged in firing.

When the bolt is being closed on a live round (or is being opened without the round having been fired) the barrel must not be elevated above 70mils (about 4 degrees) from the horizontal: in practice this means it should be horizontal.

In case of a misfire do not open the bolt. Keep the rifle pointing at the target and call the RCO.
At the end of shooting the rifle must be cleared by your score keeper and your score-card signed to that effect. The rifle must then have the bolt removed or a flag inserted (or both) before you leave the firing point. It is not acceptable for the rifle to be cleared then to have the bolt closed. This applies even when the rifle is put in a case on the firing point. You may know the chamber is empty; others do not.

Magazines are strongly discouraged. If one is fitted it must be used only as a loading platform for single rounds. The rifle must never contain more than one round at a time.

*(a person holding a valid Firearms Certificate with permission to shoot on Approved Ranges)