Thread: Where can I shoot my semi-auto shotgun?

confucious say dont shoot rabbits in a river bed or gravel road with steel of any kind its frightenly richochetable

As mentioned above, Awakeri Shooting Federation is a good spot (I'm a member) and open to visitors on Sunday mornings. Best to come mid morning - pending the week there may be a "Comp" on so you may have to wait for that to wind up if you want to hit the big range (there's 13 or so, other, short ranges though).
$10 for a visitor, stay for a few hours and give the shoulder a good work out
Plenty of good old boys there for a yarn, they may even let you have a play with some of their toys

Originally Posted by gsp follower

confucious say dont shoot rabbits in a river bed or gravel road with steel of any kind its frightenly richochetable

Yes, and for another important reason.
Some time ago a couple of us keen North Islanders were invited south to night shoot Rabbits / Hares, spotlighting and shotguns only, firing from the deck of a landcruiser. Well, we just took our duckshooting ammo, all steel. Was all good until our shots were hitting stones and gravel, making sparks fly ! The poor farmer had to get stern with us. There was real danger of getting a fire started there. Jeez, did we feel stupid. Farmer was 100% correct of course. Lucky the other boys brought enough lead ammo, helping us and the fun continue.

Originally Posted by DavidGunn

Nip over the Kaimais to my place and you can hammer away to your hearts content, wander around after dark and bang a few possums or there is a modern clay thrower, bring your own clays.

Hi David, im in tauranga too and would love to go over to yours and do some clay shooting if the offer is still available 