New range in Vic, coming soon.

[juststarting]

So I hear council approved the plans for a shooting range in Pakenham. Excellent news! Though 10 lanes seems a bit tiny. Happy though.

[AusTac]

Rimfire only though right? As per the usual

[juststarting]

All, upto 7.62 I believe but with steel core, but could be wrong

[AusTac]

Now we're talkin' ,somewhere on the east to take a centrefire other than the bush would be awesome

[happyhunter]

Speaking of ranges, anybody know what happened with the Cobaw shooting Range? last I heard was years back before I took off overseas that it was going to be opening. That was 6 years ago.. lol

[AusTac]

Its open for .22 and 12g, been meaning to go, open every second saturday, apparently they are trying for centrefire one some sound baffling can be sorted

[Squiddy]

http://www.scfproject.com.au/

[happyhunter]

Its open for .22 and 12g, been meaning to go, open every second saturday, apparently they are trying for centrefire one some sound baffling can be sorted

The local ssaa have been trying to get it running since the 90s. I remember reading in vicshooter the winery people were giving them grief. Hope it finally works out. A lot of hard work went into setting that place up.

[No1Mk3]

Pakenham will be a indoors 50m range for rimfire, centerfire and handgun. The next stage is to raise finance, and they hope to be open in 2 years (end 2017) Jump on facebook and support them.

[Baronvonrort]

Pakenham will be a indoors 50m range for rimfire, centerfire and handgun. The next stage is to raise finance, and they hope to be open in 2 years (end 2017) Jump on facebook and support them.

I thought it was going to be 100 yard indoor range from what I read a while ago.

[juststarting]

I've been following them for a while, always 50m as far as I remember. 10 lanes however it's a bit low. I am guessing it will be leased by the hour or so... NFI

[Baronvonrort]

I've been following them for a while, always 50m as far as I remember. 10 lanes however it's a bit low. I am guessing it will be leased by the hour or so... NFI

I had an old news article that said 100 yards so maybe it has changed.

I have a friend who is looking at options for a factory in SW Sydney he owns, I am trying to talk him into doing a 100 yard indoor range, at $30 an hour for a lane I think he needs around 15 customers a day just to pay receptionist and Range Safety officer with no other bills paid, minimum wage is over $17 per hour.

10 lanes at full capacity is around 660 customers a week or $300 per hour, I did the maths on it to sell the idea to him.

[Wes]

Do any ranges currently do a 'per hour' fee arrangement?

Not sure how that would go when everywhere else is charging a fixed entry fee.

[adam]

This looks very interesting. Good to see some people with the confidence to invest into our shooting sport, and create a more modern range. I hope this takes off and we see some more.

[<<Genesis93>>]

Vic is the promised land of shooting sports and hunting....

another range is on the drawing boards in Vic, 12.5m / 25m / 100m indoor unlimited (unlimited!)pistol rifle shotgun.... space & $ permitting 100++m.....

shhhhh

[AusTac]

Tell me yours i'll tell you mine? What suburb mate?

[<<Genesis93>>]

what have you got Tac?

All I can say, stay tuned melbournites..... somewhere east of Spring Street, Melbourne, well east

[AusTac]

A certain club i'm a member off north of melbourne has proposed to buy a whole heap of land and turn it into an archery range, rimfire, centrefire Handgun not sure on long gun calibers at this point paintball, and enough accomodation/amenities etc to host olympic shooting events on a massive scale, they have the money its just getting all the permits and associated junk organized but time will tell

[Harper]

All I can say, stay tuned melbournites..... somewhere east of Spring Street, Melbourne, well east

How far east? 1 suburb? New Zealand?

[<<Genesis93>>]

All I can say, stay tuned melbournites..... somewhere east of Spring Street, Melbourne, well east

How far east? 1 suburb? New Zealand?

Not as far east as NT..... sorry

[rsj223]

Speaking of ranges, anybody know what happened with the Cobaw shooting Range? last I heard was years back before I took off overseas that it was going to be opening. That was 6 years ago.. lol

Cobaw now open to center fire
http://ssaavic.com.au/index.php/2015-12 ... 1-13/cobaw

[AusC]

Not as far east as NT..... sorry

That'd be a long scenic route