RANGE UPDATE!!!! Glenn Smith 08/06/2025 Categories: Latest News UPDATE: We are pleased to confirm the police have renewed our resident Clubs Home Office Approval for FULL Bore Rifle. We have obtained a MOD licensing to use one of their outdoor ranges in Beckingham Newark for the day firing up to 600m. We have a New MOD qualified Range Conducting Officer (RCO) employed to operate the day safely and even an MOD combat medic in the unlikely event one is ever required. Places are limited, and full details are available on your visit to the club. Members can attend our next range allocation on Friday 18th July 2025. At the moment, we can only accommodate FAC holders who have their own FULLBORE firearms. If you are interested, please call in at reception to book your place. A small range fee for the day will be applicable as usual, the remaining fees are paid by the Phoenix range to subsidise the event for our members. In other news: Please note that our various licences are now up for renewal and there has been unavoidable processing delays leaving the shooting centre currently unable to carry out the following: 1) Try shooting sessions 2) Gun and ammunition sales 3) Probationary member lane and gun hire sessions This does not affect current members who possess their own Firearm Certificates and firearms. Those members may continue to book and use the club range. Please call to book your lane as the online booking system has been paused until our licence arrives enabling us to be fully operational once again. The club members attending our practical Shooting night every Wednesday are unaffected for FAC holders. In addition, air weapon members are unaffected for their Saturday and Sunday allocation for lane bookings, again please call to book. However, for a LIMITED TIME ONLY, the air gunners may also use the and book a firing lane ANYTIME 5 days a week during our normal opening hours until the centre is fully operational again. Again, call to book. Try Shooting sessions will be reinstated as soon as possible once the licence arrives, we will post updates as soon as we are live again. Finally, as a club and business we have recently had a difficult time even before the licensing delays; whereby we have had a shortage of staff resulting in reduced opening hours and times. We would just like to thank EVERYONE who stepped up and kept the doors open through this difficult time for everyone’s benefit. It’s a real TEAM effort and been a pleasure to work the front of house with such a dedicated team. See you all on the range. Glenn G Smith Club Police Liaison Officer Empire Shooting Sports Club.
