Shooting Session Air Gun (District Scout Centre Range and Instructor)

From: £28.00

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.  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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Description

Target shooting is an internationally-recognised sport which features in both the Commonwealth and Olympic Games. This is the most popular form of the sport where, as its name suggests, participants shoot at static targets in order to score points. The size of target used, and the distance over which they are shot at, varies. A round consists of firing normally ten shots. This is the number of shots that each shooter fires prior to the scores being recorded and the target collected.

In order to achieve consistent scores, the shooter aims to ensure that they are consistent in what they do for every shot. This includes adopting the exact same position, aiming at the same spot and so on. Many shooters only ever compete against themselves, aiming to better their own personal best scores. Others will enter competitions and tournaments at local club level, county level or even national level.

Please note that the Range Officer/Instructor is only responsible for the supervision of those on the firing line, the  hiring group’s leader is responsible for the safety and discipline of those not on the firing line.