Thread: Shooting ranges

looking bloody great. cant wait to get down and see it for real

Originally Posted by matto1234

Is the whatawhata range running?

Yes but not often.
Looking at January now for shooting.

Rifle range project to boost South Canterbury economy | Stuff.co.nz

Originally Posted by StrikerNZ

Rifle range project to boost South Canterbury economy | Stuff.co.nz

Congratulations guys, job well done. I been there(outside) and with my partner overlook the place as suggested by @Beaker and it looks great.

Keep the great work, thank you Timary district council, police and all the other involved for the support.

Mac

So web site is in a first release now....
Aorangi Range

AND now the range is accepting people to sign up for membership
AND it has certification for the first 2 short ranges, and should be shooting them in 2 weeks time (in a rather muddy way....)
AND the 100m range should be up and running in a few months


Suggestions for the web site content are more then welcome

And now the barrels have a couple of holes in.....


First shots fired!

Congratulations to you guys in Timaru! Congratulations to you @Beaker for keep us posted and fire the first shots(I hope it was you).
Keep the great work!
Congratulations to ALL of those who made it possible.

Mac

Originally Posted by small_caliber

Hmm, good view.

I thought these ranges being built are to be "no exit" ranges yet looking at that it would be very easy to put a round or two over the backstop. How are these classed as "no exit" yet they don't have any baffles?

This range in the picture (number 5) is certified as a ‘No Danger Area Range’ so no need for baffles (due to length and width of permissible shooting area and berm heights and widths.) This applies to all of the short designed ranges (8) in the complex. Also the butts of the 2 longer ranges will be able to be shoot in a similar manor

However, when finished the 100m and 300m ranges will be ‘Baffled’ ranges, with a fixed firing point (target placement at varying distances). As it sits now, the design has covered target lines at 50, 100, -on 100m range and 50, 100, 200 and 300m on the 300m range, as these will be below some of the baffles/eye brow at these points. A bit of a win there!

If you’re after some more detailed information on range certification requirements -

https://www.police.govt.nz/service/f...nge-manual.pdf
Range Inspections

Quite important to understand these documents well, to prevent rework when building ranges, as there are a few things that can slip past people. (exposed steel, hard wood used where projectiles could impact, getting standing orders written early in conjunction with certifier, etc…)

Luckily we haven’t had to do any rework on the build yet (not saying that we won’t have to ! ), as we have had excellent communication with the certifiers, police and design/construction guys . In fact the national police certifier and trainer are coming for a visit soon and we are going for certification for another finished range in the near future.

And just to put the words into pics -
Looking from 300m firing line - (the concrete footings for the baffle supports, will be below finished ground level, and are only drawn in for easy of reference, support poles for the building will also line up with the baffle supports, so we don't loose shooting positions because of them, also all steel work will be softwood clad. The final engineering design for the 300m range is yet to be completed - 100m range has been our priority, and doesn't have intermediate supports)



100m butt area -


General overview (with some small errors... ) -


Hopefully that makes the baffling issue abit clearer.

Looks stunning, i can't congratulate you guys enough for such a great "investment", determination and effort.

The guy who did the shooting?

Is this new range facility open to the public yet? If it is where about is it please?

Cheers Antz

Originally Posted by small_caliber

Possibly, if there is proof the shooter isn't following the standing orders, but what happens if a richocet goes over the top and injures or kills someone...........both instances would be a bad out come for the person on the recieving end and given todays finger of blame it could also fall on those providing the facility as it could be deemed they didn't do everything possible to prevent this scenario from happening.

So far there have been no firearm related deaths on any range in NZ, namely because of how a range is laid out with safety zones.

You have obviously not seen the DOC/NZDA `sighting in area ` near St Arnaud.....on public land , 80 mts off the main gravel road and with a mountain bike track running behind it a couple of hundred meters away.
Not suggesting there have been any incidents there yet, but considering the number of shot up bourbon can etc etc that were laying around the so calledrange last week, I would not be surprised to hear of one.

Really?

Originally Posted by Pengy

Attachment 47595Attachment 47596Really?

Rumor is (get this) this particular range is restricted to Rimfire only which given all DOC permits state Centerfire Only or words to that effect ??