AusTac wrote:It's just my personal experience, but by all means go to springvale to shoot, they deal with alot of unlicensed/new to/tourists/unsafe people and as such run a very very tight ship, theres just something about having someone breathing down your neck ( sometimes literally ) that puts me off, rules such as bolts up till your ready to physically squeeze the trigger, as in load, sight picture bolt down bang, if you missfire and they catch if they wait 15 seconds and take the rifle off you yours or range rental to clear it like i'm a licensed experienced shooter please leave me be, little things all in the name of safety i guess, it's not personally against they ro's or anything but maybe i just had a bad run but i think thats enough for now i wouldn't bother going to little river if your just taking a air rifle waste of fuel/time if your in the eastern northern suburbs
Supaduke wrote:AusTac wrote:It's just my personal experience, but by all means go to springvale to shoot, they deal with alot of unlicensed/new to/tourists/unsafe people and as such run a very very tight ship, theres just something about having someone breathing down your neck ( sometimes literally ) that puts me off, rules such as bolts up till your ready to physically squeeze the trigger, as in load, sight picture bolt down bang, if you missfire and they catch if they wait 15 seconds and take the rifle off you yours or range rental to clear it like i'm a licensed experienced shooter please leave me be, little things all in the name of safety i guess, it's not personally against they ro's or anything but maybe i just had a bad run but i think thats enough for now i wouldn't bother going to little river if your just taking a air rifle waste of fuel/time if your in the eastern northern suburbs
I have been there dozens of times , I have never seen or been told about the bolt up practice.
Do you look dodgy or something?
halfcocked wrote: Heard a few gunshots but not alot or constant.
darwindingo wrote:halfcocked wrote: Heard a few gunshots but not alot or constant.
Blaze Orange and live to shoot another day
Rifle realist wrote:Blaze orange camouflage clothing is available. Animals don't see the the same way we do, so you can reduce the chance of an animal seeing you and increase the chances of being seen by another shooter.
halfcocked wrote:I think id prefer to be shot. Die with dignity haha