How to visit Marple Rifle
and Pistol
Club
To speak to a Range Officer and make an appointment for a visit, call: 0161 427 9133
between 20:00 and 21:00 Monday to Thursday and you will be given directions to the Club.
We operate a booking system and only take a maximum of 2 new visitors per day.
Anyone can come to visit the club and shoot for a maximum of 3 visits, before having to decide whether or not to join as a probationary member. After joining, a minimum of 18 visits within a 6 month period are necessary before full membership can be granted. Minimum age for airgun shooting is 17, younger persons can be accepted for cartridge shooting, subject to Range Officers discretion.
For directions to the club's indoor range, telephone 0161 427 9133 between 20:00 and 21:00 Monday to Thursday. When you first come for a visit, please bring some form of identification with you, preferably with a photograph of yourself on it, such as driving licence.
As a visitor you will be loaned a suitable gun, hearing protection and given basic shooting instruction. You will be accompanied onto the range by an experienced shooter who will stay with you until we are confident of your abilities.
The total cost of a visit is normally made up of a £5-00 visitor fee, plus about £3-00 for 50 rounds of .22 ammunition, plus £0-70 for 5 targets, making a total outlay of about £8-70 per person (see below for airgun shooting).
We cater for three different types of target shooting:
a) Precision .22, using single-shot guns and done to international rules, on Mondays and Tuesdays from 19:30 to 21:30. You will be loaned a suitable gun equipped with aperture sights.
b) Sport / hobby shooting using all calibres and types of gun, both rifle and pistol, from .22 rimfire to unlimited calibre black powder, on Wednesdays and Fridays from 19:30 to 21:30 and Sundays from 10:00 to 12:00. Please note that as a visitor you will be loaned a club .22 rimfire multi-shot carbine equipped with telescopic sights.
c) Precision airgun using 4.5 mm single-shot guns, from 19:30 to 21:30 on Thursdays with a minimum age of 17. You will be loaned a suitable air rifle or air pistol and supplied with some targets and pellets for a total of £5. (please note that only 4.5 mm airguns are allowed on the 10 metre airgun range). If your impressions of airguns are based on shooting at tin cans, be prepared for a surprise, this is a serious and precise discipline, not at all what most people imagine.
Summary of the times and days of the week that Marple Rifle and Pistol Club is open for target practice
Monday from 19:30 to 21:30 for .22 precision shooting: see a) above.
Tuesday from 19:30 to 21:30 for .22 precision shooting: see a) above.
Wednesday from 19:30 to 21:30 for sport / hobby shooting: see b) above.
Thursday from 19:30 to 21:30 for airgun shooting: see c) above.
Friday from 19:30 to 21:30 for sport / hobby shooting: see b) above.
Sunday from 10:00 to 12:00 for sport / hobby shooting: see b) above.
For any further information please telephone the club as detailed above in the yellow highlighting at the head of this page and / or read Marple Rifle and Pistol Club details.
Revised 01-May-2008.