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By: David Lawson

David Lawson — Sun, 28 Mar 2021 04:10:13 +0000

Five years in jail in the UK is only for being in possession of an unregistered firearm. It was introduced after the Dunblane school massacre.
You will get more than five years if you have a criminal record and have a firearm.
The police don’t have to carry guns in the UK and criminals seldom carry them due to the long sentences.

By: Rod Davies

Rod Davies — Sun, 28 Mar 2021 03:35:56 +0000

I have had kangaroos block my scope view and spend the day happily grazing underneath our shots dozens of times. One I always remember though is a bunch of emus starting the day just in front of the targets and by the end of the day followed us back to the 1000y line until they were only 50m in front of our muzzles and had to be shood away.

By: John

John — Fri, 26 Mar 2021 20:11:13 +0000

With regards Five years in jail, what absolute tosh. Whilst the UK has many idiosyncrasies in its laws five years for shooting a deer is not one of them.

By: Clayton R Hollowell

Clayton R Hollowell — Wed, 06 May 2020 04:10:29 +0000

Shooters, you will have 17 minutes to fire 15 rounds for record, and two sighting shots, NOT AT THE ANTELOPE. You may begin firing when your targets appear. -Actual words heard at a match.

The elk never hang out long with us, the antelope never leave.

By: Bruce

Bruce — Tue, 30 Jul 2019 08:11:38 +0000

Military ranges, being closed to regular “civilian” use, also have this problem.

In my otherwise unexceptional army days, I expended a LOT of Her Majesty’s ammunition on several big ranges, much of it at Greenbank, just outside Brisbane, Queensland.

The kangaroos seemed to think it was a game to bound onto the mechanical ranges and then saunter around among the targets as they popped up and disappeared during the shoot. Sometimes magpies and crows would take a lot of interest in some patch of the range, possibly where some previous furry or feathered visitor had a short lesson in applied terminal ballistics.

The biggest hazard were the wild horses. These rarely wandered onto a “hot” range in my experience, but seemed to delight in galloping out of the bush and onto the dirt service and main ring-road of the range complex. Being confronted by a horse suddenly crossing the road in front of the Land Rover is definitely NOT fun. Such an experience wakes you up MUCH more violently than the morning coffee you just finished.

Most of the other Oz military range areas I visited have similar opportunities to get “up close and personal” with the wildlife.

The old Gatton range was a “shared” facility used by Military and Civil organizations. One day we were doing a Grenade-Launcher shoot and had to stop for a small herd of cows to wander across the area containing the plywood temporary targets for the grenades.

Interesting times? Had a few.

By: Jim Wilkins

Jim Wilkins — Mon, 29 Jul 2019 17:41:03 +0000

Reminds me. I used to shoot at the Isaac Walton range in Birchwood, Alaska. The range was laid out so we were shooting out towards the Knik Arm of Cook Inlet. Between the backstops and the water were a line of tall trees. In them we often saw Bald Eagles… lots of them. As far as I know none were ever shot.

By: Viper65

Viper65 — Mon, 29 Jul 2019 05:48:52 +0000

Five years in jail? Because you accidentally shoot a deer? By the way, what is the minimum size of a potential “victim” to make you eligible to share a cell with rapists, murderers and carjackers? Would a stray dog or any rodent qualify? UK has gone insane for too long, they won’t see my precious bucks any time soon.