Thread: TECT all terain park rifle range

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Originally Posted by dfmaisey

Actually, the price is dirt cheap. If it was a commercial venture you would be paying more than 10 times that - like golf club fees or squash clubs feez etc. Or, buy your own bit of land for several hundred grand, go through resource consent process for thousands more, and then pay annual,rates of $4000 - $5000 PER YEAR , maybe more??

Makes $100 - $160 per year for subs and 300m range access look pretty cheap aye !


Safety issues are a major concern with any rifle range. Alot of the shooters that turn up NEED more than one vist before they really get the gist of what the protocols are. Some of the shit we see on the public range days when on R/O duty can be pretty scary. And yes, sometimes it is 'experienced' firearm license holders at fault too, not just the newbies. That is why there are strict rules that must be followed, otherwise 1 incident could shut the whole place down, especially seeing it is council leased land, not privately owned.

Yes, you could say i have had a 'little bit' to do with setting this facility up, so am intimately aware of the issues faced. Cheers.

So do the funds received go to the NZDA, the Council or do you just cover costs? Just asking, not really any bone to pick, I'm in Taupo all the time and enjoy shooting there, the safety down there seems to be OK, mainly because you have to talk to each other to use the range.