Guest stevo Posted December 7, 2017 Report Share Posted December 7, 2017 (edited) As per title , this is is about as awesome as it could possibly get. , it makes Bisley look like a straw bale shoot ! ! I for one will be going over in new year for some comps just looked it up and door to door it’s 400 mile , so around a 9 and a bit hour drive. Which I really don’t mind as I love France . http://www.ipscmatches.org/worldshootfrance/files/2016/11/Brochure-CNTS-WSXVIII-Shooting-Range.pdf Edited December 7, 2017 by stevo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wymberley Posted December 8, 2017 Report Share Posted December 8, 2017 Flippin' 'eck. How can you not fill yer boots there! Will that be a single or return ferry booking, Stevo? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TIGHTCHOKE Posted December 8, 2017 Report Share Posted December 8, 2017 Bisley would have been far better but some odd restrictions and conditions that were proposed made several large investors pull out rather late in the day. I commend the French for their foresight, a wonderful idea coming to fruition. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldypigeonpopper Posted December 8, 2017 Report Share Posted December 8, 2017 hello, looks an amazing place, could even stop off at a Decathlon store and pick up some cheap cartridges Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mossy835 Posted December 8, 2017 Report Share Posted December 8, 2017 looks a very nice place, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dibs85 Posted December 20, 2017 Report Share Posted December 20, 2017 is it easy enough to get guns through the tunnel or on a ferry? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dodeer Posted December 20, 2017 Report Share Posted December 20, 2017 30 minutes ago, Dibs85 said: is it easy enough to get guns through the tunnel or on a ferry? Yes, I have done it lots. Just take your license and European firearms pass (free from local Police). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaymo Posted December 20, 2017 Report Share Posted December 20, 2017 Just don’t take a pump shotty as they have a slight variation to what’s expected- short barrel pumps are available over there on the normal Licence, but they have to be rifled barrelled otherwise they come into a more restricted category, much like our FAC /Sec5 rules Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nic Posted December 21, 2017 Report Share Posted December 21, 2017 583 miles from Gloucester! may have to change holiday plans :-) good thing she shoots as well Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshwarrior Posted December 21, 2017 Report Share Posted December 21, 2017 It'd be nice to be able to build some similar here Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaymo Posted December 21, 2017 Report Share Posted December 21, 2017 2 hours ago, welshwarrior said: It'd be nice to be able to build some similar here Well. The FFTIR and FFBT who govern both target and trap respectively are the ones who issue the licences on an Annual basis In France there are those who obtain a Permit du Chasse which is your hunting licence which has to be renewed each year ( that’s right, no hunting without one) and this allows you to purchase Firearms pretty much unrestricted. Then you have the two main bodies that I mentioned- so you obtain an ‘Adhesion’ to a Club and in return they obtain you licence for you- this then gets stamped by your Doctor, this is an Annual thing. Shooting, well Target Shooting is In my experience from 9 years there is that it’s very expensive - for example, my pistol club is €175 per year plus €25 to see my Doc. The rifle club is €360. A fair chunk of change and quite a bit obv goes to the sporting bodies- hence some great facilities like this. Its probably also given Government assistance too ( cannot conform or deny of course) as the French don’t seem to have the same ‘anti’ movement that we do here. Saying that, it would be nice to have the same here- I’m a member of the NRA at Bisley and although cast improvement seems have been made, it’s still a little rough n ready in places Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gerry78 Posted December 23, 2017 Report Share Posted December 23, 2017 Not as nice as a Marsh/moors /or fields manufactured shooting at paper targets if you ask me dont mind the clays as they move a bit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest stevo Posted December 23, 2017 Report Share Posted December 23, 2017 (edited) 1 hour ago, Gerry78 said: Not as nice as a Marsh/moors /or fields manufactured shooting at paper targets if you ask me dont mind the clays as they move a bit So do you shoot foxes. Rabbits. Deer. While there running across a field ? You also have to keep in mind there are just as many shooters that are NOT interested in killing anything. They much rather the competitive side. Or just pulling the trigger of the old antique rifles and pistols. There are soooo many different sides to shooting other than sitting in a field all day cold and bitter after realising you got it wrong and the birds are dropping in crop on the next door farm hahah ( got that T shirt ?) If something like this was built in this country. To me it would be a symbol of strength within the entire UK shooting community. And sends a massive message that we as a group of the most trusted and law biding people that WE do not want to be treated like rubbish. However it’s not. And it never will. Unfortunately we are nothing more than income to ALL of our shooting organisations. Right where’s my coffee ? Edited December 23, 2017 by stevo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitebridges Posted December 23, 2017 Report Share Posted December 23, 2017 (edited) Good job it isn’t called Centre United National Tir Sportif. Agree 100% Stevo. Edited December 23, 2017 by Whitebridges Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mudpatten Posted December 23, 2017 Report Share Posted December 23, 2017 It`s good to see that the French CNTS have overcome their genetically ingrained desire to drop their weapons and run away from the sound of gunfire. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gerry78 Posted December 24, 2017 Report Share Posted December 24, 2017 Stevo shooting at static paper targets just not for me i find it boring To answer your question yes i shoot foxes.rabbits .crows.pheasants.ducks etc ITS not all about me killing i find the hunt more exciting pitting my wits against nature that has evolved over thousands of years Ive had plenty of days in the fields Hunting and not getting a shot but that like most hunters makes me love this SPORT. HEY if you like paper target shooting and enjoy it good on you but as i say in my original post not for me the sunsets and sunrises and misty fields full moons i could go on etc ive seen out trying to hunt u cant beat it Now wheres my Brandy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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