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DSC Indoor Shooting Range (Range only)
6yd, 10yd or 10m indoor shooting range which is inside of the main hall of the District Scout Centre. Â Can accommodate up to a maximum of 12 shooting at a time.
Minimum hire period 1 hour, thereafter in 15 min blocks. Â Remember to allow sufficient time in your booking for setting up and clearing away.
User provides their own paper targets and equipment. Access to the range starts at your chosen start time and you must cleared up and left the range by the end of your chosen end time. Therefore allow for setup and clear up time when choosing your booking start and end time.
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District Scout Centre Main Hall
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District Scout Centre Meeting and Training Room
Our District Scout Centre has a room off the reception area and main activity hall which can be used as a training/meeting room.
The indicative price above is based on 1 hour room hire.
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Shooting Session Air Gun (District Scout Centre Range and Instructor)
Mersey Weaver  have an indoor range located at the District Scout Centre.
We have available a number of NRSA qualified Range Control Officers/Instructors/Coaches who can be booked, in advance, should you not have your own qualified staff. Currently, they are only available by prior arrangement on evenings or weekends.  One instructor is recommended for every 6 Scouts/Explorers shooting; however, this ratio may be adjusted depending on the age/maturity of the shooters on agreement of the Instructor, e.g. Cubs may need a higher ratio of supervision on the range (e.g. 1 instructor per 4 Cubs shooting).
The booking includes the range and services of one qualified NRSA RCO/Air gun YPS instructor (or NRSA Club Coach).
Session will start with a 10 minute safety briefing for all shooters, allow 5 minute turnaround time between groups of shooters. Â Therefore in a 2 hour booking, a maximum of 4x 25 minutes sessions is possible allowing for safety briefing and changeovers.
Note: A group of 6 shooters will typically shoot three targets of 10 shots over 20 minutes.
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Shooting Session Air Rifle (District Scout Centre Range, Instructor & Equipment)
Mersey Weaver  have an indoor range located at the District Scout Centre together with a stock of equipment suitable for Cubs through to Explorer aged young people and adults.
We have available a number of NRSA qualified Instructors who can be booked, in advance, should you not have your own NRSA Instructor. Currently, they are only available by prior arrangement on evenings or weekends.  One instructor is recommended for every 6 Scouts/Explorers shooting; however, this ratio may be adjusted depending on the age/maturity of the shooters on agreement of the Instructor, e.g. Cubs may need a higher ratio of supervision on the range (e.g. 1 instructor per 4 Cubs shooting).
The booking includes the range , springer air rifles (Gamo Delta Fox), 1 pack of 50 targets (17cm), 1 tin of 500 pellets (4.52mm) and services of one qualified NRSA Air rifle YPS instructor (or NRSA Club Coach).
Session will start with a 5 minute safety briefing for all shooters, allow 5 minute turnaround time between groups of shooters. Â Therefore in a 2 hour booking, a maximum of 4 x 25 minutes sub-sessions is possible allowing for safety briefing and changeovers.
Note: A group of 6 shooters will typically shoot three targets of 10 shots over 25 minutes. Â Therefore we recommend purchasing additional 1 pack of targets and 1 tin of pellets when making the booking, unless you are providing your own consumables.
If you have your own equipment the range can be booked on its own here. If you need just an instructor to come to a venue of your choice you can book them individually here.