Shooting in Kingston, Ontario

[farshot]

I read your title and thought there was a shooting in Kingston! getting jumpy with headlines I guess

[Chemist]

I can't imagine. Non-member shooting is almost always under escort of a member (as a guest). Unless there is a fulltime staff onsite (like Stittsville, a commercial range operator), there would be no way to collect daily fees from shooters, and without that, shooters would shoot for free, and there'd be nobody signing up as a member.

There's also the issue of insurance - many range insurances require payment per guest.

SFRC should get into the range business! That would help the area.

If you have a spare million, I'll open one

[galamb]

The range at Brockville will allow you to shoot on Sunday's "if" one of the regular members is there to do the range duties - used to charge 10 bucks or something for the day.

They also offer a discount (for a membership) if you are more than so many kilometers away (based on your actual address). I have considered joining but have never quite got around to it.

I live about 15 kms north of Kingston and while the "almost an hour" drive wouldn't be bad in the nice weather, I (think) that I would get tired of even making the drive there to shoot (plus the 2 hours worth of gas each outing).

When I first moved out this way seven years back there was a "waiting list" for the Kingston club - a couple years ago they stopped even taking names for the waiting list so I have pretty much written that off as somewhere that I will ever shoot at in my lifetime.

There is almost no crown land south of Highway 7 and it's next to impossible to find private land to hunt or shoot on unless you are related to someone who owns it.

I like living in the Kingston area but the hunting/shooting opportunities are just not within a half hour drive.

[klatham]

The range at Brockville will allow you to shoot on Sunday's "if" one of the regular members is there to do the range duties - used to charge 10 bucks or something for the day.

They also offer a discount (for a membership) if you are more than so many kilometers away (based on your actual address). I have considered joining but have never quite got around to it.

I live about 15 kms north of Kingston and while the "almost an hour" drive wouldn't be bad in the nice weather, I (think) that I would get tired of even making the drive there to shoot (plus the 2 hours worth of gas each outing).

When I first moved out this way seven years back there was a "waiting list" for the Kingston club - a couple years ago they stopped even taking names for the waiting list so I have pretty much written that off as somewhere that I will ever shoot at in my lifetime.

There is almost no crown land south of Highway 7 and it's next to impossible to find private land to hunt or shoot on unless you are related to someone who owns it.

I like living in the Kingston area but the hunting/shooting opportunities are just not within a half hour drive.

The best thing to do if you are interested in joining the Brockville club, is to use the contact us form on our website, which sends an email to the executive, or send me a PM.

[nugunner]

A guy I worked with commuted daily from Brockville to Kingston. Tedious, yes, but for an occasional outing? Easy-peasy. I just mailed my app to Brockville; the range is half hour or so from my place. They insist on a pistol-safety course (done by the club) before one can pew-pew-pew there.
PS: the title of this thread....cough-cough.

All ranges in Ontario require safety courses, for legal reasons. It's the CFO's requirement that they make a legal declaration that you're safe to shoot. They can't do that without some backup and the safety course puts everybody on the same footing.

[KODIAK BEAR]

If you have a spare million, I'll open one

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