Thread: Is there an accessible range in the Oamaru/Timaru area?

So being fairly new to hunting and being equally as new to the Waimate area I'm looking for a range thats not a million miles away. Looking at the NZDA branches and their nearest branch with a range is a 2+ hours (each way) drive. You'd think living on a reasonable chunk of land I could do it at home BUT I'm in that odd position of not having any direction I can safely shoot in that does not have a dwelling and I've ONE spot that has adequate backstop BUT this is audibly quite close to neighbours and even with the suppressor the .243 is just a bit too loud to be comfortable. I'm looking for somewhere that will allow me to shoot out to 100 -150/200m at most. I'm really happy with my .22 grouping but need more time behind the trigger on the .243 before I feel I can rely on my aim to take an animal nicely, I do NOT want to be responsible for maiming an animal and have it crawl off to die slowly. So, if anyone knows of a suitable range, I'd be much obliged if they could make themselves known.
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