Thread: Rifle range in Hastings in trouble ?

Originally Posted by Trout

I stopped in at Ashburtons rifle range couple of weeks ago.Gates locks,way in the distance 400yds?was a big high,wide concrete wall.May be 8mtrs wide and 6 mtrs high,my guessing could be out.3 big bullsizes painted on it.River bed bank n willows in the back ground.Set up looked impressive.

Exept that mountain bike track goes behind the butts I believe.
Council have tried to shut it down but I think in the fine print when it was gifted by the army? They can only close it if they provide the same thing else where in country.
That proved troublesome I think, they were looking at somewhere down Hakatere but then all the NIMBY's stymied it so its still in center of town as it were.
i remember as a schoolboy biking thru Ashburton going from home to range with my .22 slung across my back. Would not try it now!!