Thread: Otorohanga rifle range closed

Originally Posted by Gillie

The range danger area hasn't changed - but if you have a compliant backstop and can control range floor strike then the older NRA range restriction around muzzle velocities and energy limits can be relaxed. The magazine fed thing came from NRA to assist them controlling their Cone of Fire down to +/-5MIL.


That is not the current definition of a range by the Police / FSA... If you want to run an organised shoot or as part of a club then is doesn't matter if there is permanent fixtures or not.


"Had" being correct... NZDA refer to the Police Range Manual now is my understanding. The Police Range Manual refers to it, but my understanding is it is now defunct.


Yep, as others have said clubs only need to be incorporated if they are selling ammo. Otherwise they don't need to be incorporated - I haven't dealt much with the clubs side of things but my understanding is it is "encouraged" but is not a requirement. Being incorporated has advantages for the committee members to say the least.
And I agree for a "one off" range the cost, and more so the work involved in putting together the RSOs, danger area validation, range inspector, etc. can be pretty onerous.


This I agree with... How would the effectiveness of the range regulations be measured in a few years time? Against an incident rate? There wasn't one to start with? So how would the cost of the range certification regime be justified?

This is so correct, how do you measure the effectiveness of regulation when there wasn't a measurable problem previously.
Range design and requirement are so high the likely hood of a safety issue is pretty remote, pity they didn't design roads to the same standard that road fatalities are not able to happen.

The clubs and ranges regulation came about because of false accusations made in the media, mud seemed to stick.