Hampshire air rifle shooters

[Rib8580]

Evening all,
I will potentially be re-starting an air rifle range (club) near Winchester. Just gauging interest on here before moving forward too much.
Pay and play followed by possible membership if interest is good. Range will be open air to start with and possibly undercover benches in the near future, range of targets, paper with catchers, fun, gongs, spinners and clays etc. out to around 40-50m, approximately 6 lanes.
Initial opening will be Tuesdays 5pm until dark, will look at other days and times depending on uptake.
Let me know your thoughts please.
Many thanks.

[Farsight]

I would be keen to make use of this kind of thing dependent on fees , convenience of access, the permitted use of paper targets and probably some other factors which will doubtless come to me in a minute

Atb
Mark

[Rib8580]

I would be keen to make use of this kind of thing dependent on fees , convenience of access, the permitted use of paper targets and probably some other factors which will doubtless come to me in a minute

Atb
Mark

Thanks for the reply, info to follow.

[BC312]

Which side of Winchester, Alton side?

[Rib8580]

Which side of Winchester, Alton side?

Wallers ash, just off the A33.

[Chris1]

Yes, I would be interested when over here

[Chris1]

Evening all,
I will potentially be re-starting an air rifle range (club) near Winchester. Just gauging interest on here before moving forward too much.
Pay and play followed by possible membership if interest is good. Range will be open air to start with and possibly undercover benches in the near future, range of targets, paper with catchers, fun, gongs, spinners and clays etc. out to around 40-50m, approximately 6 lanes.
Initial opening will be Tuesdays 5pm until dark, will look at other days and times depending on uptake.
Let me know your thoughts please.
Many thanks.

Any update re the club.?

[Rib8580]

Any update re the club.?

We are currently clearing the area we need and creating the space. I’ll keep you posted.

[Rib8580]

The range is now built and will be open by the end of July.

[Andylaser]

Excellent news.

[Rib8580]

Search for The Drove Air Rifle club on Facebook.
Thanks for all your messages.

[Rib8580]

From Facebook.

Final update:
Good evening all!
Thankyou for your patience and the good news is we had a final push after the clay shoot today and we are now finally ready to open!

Our first day will be Tuesday (23rd July) opening at 4pm, and then every Tuesday after that. We will also open the range at 3pm every other Saturday after the clay shoot, the first of these being the 3rd August and fortnightly thereafter. We are obviously hoping this will increase due to demand.

Although we intend to run as ‘pay and play’ we recommend you contact us to book your lane to avoid disappointment. Last lane booking will be 8pm.

Range information:
Covered dry firing point.
4 lanes.
Card targets.
Metal resetting gongs.
Clay targets.
Targets set at 7, 15, 25 & 35m

Pricing as follows:
£10 per lane per hour.
£6 for any subsequent hour.
Free card targets!

The range has taken some time to build and has been a lot of hard work but we wanted it to be permanent and as usable as possible from the start.

We would encourage your feedback on the range when you visit so we will supply free tea and coffee for the first few weeks of being open.