I need advice for finding a firearms range in the west midlands area

[bradders hw100]

Hi guys, I would like to find a friendly range were I can take my rim fires and centerfires, I don't mind travelling a bit any help or advice would be very appreciated, do I need to join a club or can I just turn up and pay for the day how does it work ?

Many thnx ben

[bullbarrel]

How far are you from Minsterly?

I think they are a show up and shoot range, but have a club too.

If I was you I'd look for a local rimfire club and they might have access to an MOD range you can use as part of the club for fullbore.

Try the NSRA for a list of local clubs.

[Fierynick]

Swadlincote in Derbyshire is one of the best facilities in the country. 100, 50 and 25m/20yd outdoors, a 10 lane ISSF airgun range indoors, turning targets indoor and out, just building a dedicated Practical Shotgun range and then 25m indoor range is on the cards!! I travel 25 miles each way to get there.... it is worth every mile! !

-Nick-

[robpark]

The clubs that spring to mind are:

Wednesbury Marksmen (Wednesbury)
http://wednesburymarksmen.co.uk/

Wedgnock (near Warwick)
http://www.wedgnock.co.uk/

Minsterley (Shropshire)
http://www.minsterleyranges.com/

Worcester Norton (Worcester)
http://www.wnsc.co.uk/

Wednesbury would be your closest, it's a 25m indoor range, suitable for rimfires and pistol calibre rifles (also arrange visits to Minsterley and the MOD range at Kingsbury for shotgun and full bore shooting).

[BaggieBoy]

Hi guys, I would like to find a friendly range were I can take my rim fires and centerfires, I don't mind travelling a bit any help or advice would be very appreciated, do I need to join a club or can I just turn up and pay for the day how does it work ?

Many thnx ben

Hi

Facilities at Worcester Norton are on par with the best ranges anywhere! Two x 25m ranges and one 50m range...plus air gun range and (new) air gun range for HFT stuff. There is an armoury - club guns - plus shop and a café open on Sunday mornings. Shooting 364 days of the year. Friendly well run club and well worth the (near) 60 mile round trip that I have to make to get there. Some scope for shooting as a 'guest' on Sundays but you'd need to be a member for regular shooting. See the club web site.

BaggieBoy