Thread: NZDA requires FAL number

Originally Posted by grandpamac

Greetings @Gillie,
Even occasional use under the Range Manual needs to have a level of compliance with the need for backstops and danger zones. These are less formal than for an approved range but still need to be complied with. I have an area at the rear of our block that I use for check zeroing before comps and such. There is a bench, built years ago, but nothing else. I have run the template over it and am happy that any danger is confined on site.
The real risk in Hawkes Bay is that we will wind up without any hunting type rifle ranges. There is a significant cost in setting one up from scratch let alone the difficulty in finding suitable land. We never realised how good we had it when the Roy's Hill Range was open.
Regards Grandpamac.

Roys Hill Range remember that -shot at Hawkes Bay Champs as a 16 year old in C grade -shot 48,s 200,300,500,600, and then the acid test 800 and 900 - never shot that far as our Gisborne range only went back to 600 -well 800 my usual 48 but 900 collapsed in a heap 36 - was still good enough for I think it was 3rd or 4th got $60 back in 1968 was a bit for a young fella - that 48 score was a real hoodoo for me as a young fella shooting fullbore