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I visited Gardner's Guns a couple of weeks back and was very impressed with the new 100m & 50m shooting range.

All of which have covered, bench rest firing points, the set up was brilliant not only is there a hand onsite gun shop but also the firing points back on to a newly built club room with a lovely wood burning stove.

 

On speaking to the owner Marc Gardner, he told me about the new facility he is having built which will be a range with the ability to be able to shoot out to a mile.

 

In addition to the Mile long targets the new facility will boast a number of excellent facilities:-

 

1. Targets at 100m set intervals from 100m out to 1000m and 1000 yards (plus additional targets out to a mile)

2. Electronic target system allowing the shooter to watch there long range shots via an ipad at the bench (recording group size)

3. A huge selection of Gongs of various shapes and sizes.

4. Covered, weather proof firing points - with benchrest facilities - all heated.

5. Large Bothy heated both with kitchen and full access toilet facilities.

6. Full disabled access.

7. Only 25 mins from the M6.

8. Set to open June 2017

 

Below I have added a number of pics from my visit which give you an idea of the current facilities and the ones being built.

This facility will be absolutely brilliant for the North of England and will help shooting grow.

 

Mile Long Range:-

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Site of Mile Long Firing Point:-

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Map of Mile Long Range:-

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Bothy:-

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Club room & viewing area:-

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Firing Points:-

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Firing Points looking on to current 50m & 100m Range

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What Tisme said....................plus, a big comfy old B&B with some secure storage within 15mins drive would also be good............

 

RePete

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3 hours for me, be rude not to give it a bash some weekend though.

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Wow....looks like American ranges that we can only dream about!

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Might just have to haul our asses 300 miles south to have a go there.

Might just have to haul my ass 70 miles west(ish) to have a go there!

Will be nice to have another long range up in this neck of the woods and if it is open during the working week, even better.

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I've often wished we had more "pay as you shoot" type ranges here in the UK. In the US and Canada such ranges are commonplace. If we had such facilities it would make shooting more available to the public.

 

Here's hoping - Good luck to Gardner's Guns with this excellent project.

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3.5 hours for me. We could have a .338 bash a mile day

 

Plan, once I get the rifle built!

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