Where can I Learn to Shoot?

[Naughty Magpie]

I want to learn to shoot. Where can I do this? Needs to be close to Ely/Cambridge.

Hannah.

[jackyum]

Think there are plenty of Pikey sites out that way so you should have the benefit of moving targets

[evovlee]

Rod & Gun skeet club just outside the base at Lakenheath, gun club at the old runway at Mepal/Sutton, clay club at the motocross track in Doddington, another club just down the road from the Lazy Otter, loads of places locally depending on what ya want to to do.

Lee

PS i spotted ya, in the Townhouse the other week......

Edited by IWANT1 on Thursday 31st July 21:09

[Simpo Two]

Who's the target?

[Slarty Bartfast]

Try here...

http://www.wildfrontiers.co.uk/wildfrontiers/desti...

Not particularly local, buy you will learn very fast...

Edited by Slarty Bartfast on Thursday 31st July 22:14

[_Mechanic]

You wanna shoot game or clays?

Excuse the hair it was early...

[Naughty Magpie]

Thanks Simon, bit too far to travel unfortunately. Also, not keen on things that might shoot back.

John, just fancy having a go at shooting. I'm not angry with Scott or anything sinister
I've had my shotgun application form for a couple of years all filled out & ready for the police to check but didn't know anyone to sign it that knew me for 2 years & was an upstanding member of the community.

Are any of you teachers, accountants, surveyors, army/raf that'll vouch for me? I must have known most of you for two years.

Lee, I've looked up those sites & found two possibilities. Going to give them a call later on today.
http://www.fultons-shooting.co.uk/services.shtml & http://www.countrypursuitscambridge.co.uk/newcomer...

It wasn't me in the Townhouse, I've never been in there (yet) so if there's a doppelganger of me, I hope she's behaving herself. Most of my friends are in Cambridge so I don't go out in Ely (got no-one to go with, as my friends think it's a hick town).

Mechanic, I want to start with clays. There's loads of shooting opportunities round where I live, and back up in Shropshire, where I'm from.

Edited by Naughty Magpie on Friday 1st August 10:25

[markCSC]

Hi Hannah

Try Peter Lee at http://www.cambridgeshooting.co.uk/

Gen and I had a lesson with him a while ago. He's not cheap but a really good teacher


Mark

[thewave]

http://www.highlodge.co.uk/s6/Clay-Shooting.html

John Bidwell's place, (5 times world champion) he taught me too, although it was probably 10 years ago now.

[boosty]

If you can do a few sessions of laser clay shooting then do that before you move onto real clays. It will get you used to tracking the clays through the air and holding the weight of the gun, you also tend to get four times as many clays for your money. After the first 45 minute session of that expect not to be able to lift your arms properly for a day or two. Two sessions on the lasers and you should be cracking a pair off on at least 90% of the pulls and you'll be ready for real shot.

The one thing that laser clay shooting doesn't teach you is how to "lead" or deal with the recoil but to my mind you are best off learning that once you can handle and aim a gun properly anyway.

[IWANT1]

You must have a twin then........

Thinking about it pop into the Fur and Feather in Ely that's going to be your best bet for local knowledge.

Have a manual clay trap if that of any use hasn't seen daylight for a few years.

[bigburd]

http://www.armyjobs.mod.uk/Pages/HomePage.aspx

[Naughty Magpie]

bigburd said:

http://www.armyjobs.mod.uk/Pages/HomePage.aspx

Tempting but it's too much like hard work.

[bigburd]

Naughty Magpie said:

bigburd said:

http://www.armyjobs.mod.uk/Pages/HomePage.aspx

Tempting but it's too much like hard work.

My thoughts exactly but it would have been wrong not to suggest it. But then again I think this translates to being Cannon Fodder for the U.S.!

[Blue-Lightning]

thewave said:

John Bidwell's place, (5 times world champion) he taught me too, although it was probably 10 years ago now.

I have shot there a few times, but haven't been for over a year.

[Racingdude009]

jackyum said:

Think there are plenty of Pikey sites out that way so you should have the benefit of moving targets

Their is a Farmer up Kings Lynn way that did the that if I remember.