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Hello,

I'll be traveling to Moncton to visit the in-laws and I'd love to get away for an afternoon and sight-in my new rifle and scope.

Are there any Moncton residents that know of a place I could go? Maybe as a guest of a range membership holder?

I'm currently trying to get a hold of a NB authorization to transport my rifle from DNR. Took sometime, but I think I managed.

Is there anyone there who want to spend a couple hours at the range with me?

This is my first personal firearm and would appreciate any guidance.

**Update**
I just received approval to Transport and shoot at the Moncton Fish and Game.

Anyone going to be there Monday or Wednesday next week?


M.
 
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Al-Sway said:
Is this a new thing in some provinces? Needing an authorization to transport a non-restricted firearm?
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It's the first time I hear of it also. Called to inquire about a place to go shoot as a nonresident. A supervisor got involved with a concerned tone and thought I wanted to go shoot at a public quarry where locals seem to go sight in their rifles. All I wanted, was information about local gun ranges. I was told I need an authorization to transport while I was in the province. Since it didn't cost me anything more than five minutes of my time I didn't argue.
 
Nikuser said:
It's the first time I hear of it also. Called to inquire about a place to go shoot as a nonresident. A supervisor got involved with a concerned tone and thought I wanted to go shoot at a public quarry where locals seem to go sight in their rifles. All I wanted, was information about local gun ranges. I was told I need an authorization to transport while I was in the province. Since it didn't cost me anything more than five minutes of my time I didn't argue.
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That is a load of crap. I dealt with this a couple of years ago with my local DNR office (northern NB) .I was stop by a local conversation agent and was confronted with this BS NR ATT lisence. I then went to the head DNR office for the north of NB and inquired more into this. Just to give more context, the agent who stop me was trying to convince me I needed a ATT for my NR to go to the range I am a card carrying memeber. So I was told by the head huncho who search I amd low for half an hour in is office for the so call ATT. To then go on to say that was an old rule that hase ben discarted.

But here in this wonderful nature concervation province, you can not just go and shoot in the wild like a normal Canadian province. You must ether have a current hunting license and be on your way to hunt , have a range membership/ invitation or have a socal NR ATT.

So if you have a range invitation or recorded conversation (email) approving your presence at that range you are good to go. Its just DNR officers trying to pump there chest trying to show they got jurisdiction they don't have.
 
Thats what I thought.

Either way, took me 5min and cost me nothing. I now have a transportation permit. Still looking for any range members who will be shooting between next Monday and Thursday.

Anyone can have me as their guest?

M.
 
Nikuser said:
Thats what I thought.

Either way, took me 5min and cost me nothing. I now have a transportation permit. Still looking for any range members who will be shooting between next Monday and Thursday.

Anyone can have me as their guest?

M.
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Well I am too far north but I guess it depends on your range, I for one for a 5$ fee could have you as a guest.
 
I'm back home in Moncton for a few weeks and have the same BS to deal with. I contacted a local range and was given this response, which makes no sense to me. I do understand that out of season sight in permits are required for public land. Last time I shot here was in the early and mid 90's on my own property where I didn't have to deal with this.

Travis:


You wrote...Hello, I'll be back home in Moncton for a few weeks (from B.C) and plan on sighting in a rifle. Next year when I move back, I'll be looking for a local club. I'm curious as to why a sight in permit is needed to visit the range?

There are a couple of reasons why a permit is needed. Firstly, the Moncton Fish and Game Range is only for members of the MFGA who have paid the seasonal range fee. Secondly, the public can access the range for sighting in by obtaining the permit from Natural Resources and remitting the $15 fee to the MFGA. The permit is also an authorization to transport a long gun to the range during a closed hunting season.


Our sighting in periods are Monday, Wednesday and Saturday afternoons only.


Your only other option is to have a valid member take you out as a guest. In that case the member must advise in advance and remit the $5 guest fee.


Also note that NBDNR do not issue any permits the week of the moose hunt to reduce the number of unauthorized rifles in the forests. The moose hunt is Sept 26th to 30th this year.



Hope this helps.


Hugh
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Yep, NB sucks. Can't move a bow or NR firearm anywhere in the province, unless you have an applicable hunting license, or a membership card for the range you're going to-or-from when they stop you, or a sighting-in permit (which is usually used for shooting in gravel pits, and good for about 4-hours).
 
xdmer said:
I'm curious as to why a sight in permit is needed to visit the range?
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From what I can understand it is because that specific range (MFAG) is on crown land leased under a specific arrangement.

So they require you to have a permit to discharge your firearm. If it were a private range like Petitcodiac or others I lookup, or even private land, it's a different story i imagine.
 
Wow, okay, well that does make sense, thanks for chiming in.
Nikuser said:
From what I can understand it is because that specific range (MFAG) is on crown land leased under a specific arrangement.

So they require you to have a permit to discharge your firearm. If it were a private range like Petitcodiac or others I lookup, or even private land, it's a different story i imagine.
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Nikuser said:
From what I can understand it is because that specific range (MFAG) is on crown land leased under a specific arrangement.

So they require you to have a permit to discharge your firearm. If it were a private range like Petitcodiac or others I lookup, or even private land, it's a different story i imagine.
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Club membership cards are considered NR transport permits (otherwise all members of the Cub would need individual daily sighting in permits). If I was the Club Secretary, I would issue a an invite on letterhead, emailing a copy to DNR's Fish and Wildlife Branch (which has a collection of the year's "sample" membership cards from each Club). That would suffice, without having to get a sighting in permit.
 
Has anyone in NB spoke with their MLA about this BS?
Really.. I have a hundred acres of land in the middle of nowhere... and cant take a NR out and shoot some cans with the kids!
 
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