New tunnel range. Scottish Borders. Braidwood clay ground.
Posted: Sat Feb 25, 2017 10:10 pm
Have visited the clay set-up a few times, but paid my first visit to the 100m tunnel range today.
Will have to get photos later as didn't have phone/camera on me.
Normal tunnel environment (harmonics, etc.)
Small neat firing point area/room.
Quite a well designed firing set up: a sturdy bench with decent shooting mat, which quickly converts to ambidextrous bench.
Shots are automatically monitored on laptop, giving H & W data for the shot string in mm.
Supposedly measured digitally by sound at impact area.
Fees are £15/30 mins or £30/hour
The negatives.
Target is ONLY at 100m distance.
The target face isn't "standard", nor can you use your own targets.
(the centre today was a large ragged hole, of considerable size: not conducive to accuracy)
While the laptop screen IS brilliant, no option to print results or otherwise save them is annoying.
No chronograph facility; would be very was to add given the proximity of mains electric, laptop, etc.
Would I go again? Possibly....
In comparison, the Livingston 100m indoor range at Morton Clays is more flexible (but has atrocious lighting)....it's the same price & closer to me...
Overall though, not a bad location & facility.
One MAJOR error/issue. The website states the max caliber is 7mm. This is something they need to address.
Will have to get photos later as didn't have phone/camera on me.
Normal tunnel environment (harmonics, etc.)
Small neat firing point area/room.
Quite a well designed firing set up: a sturdy bench with decent shooting mat, which quickly converts to ambidextrous bench.
Shots are automatically monitored on laptop, giving H & W data for the shot string in mm.
Supposedly measured digitally by sound at impact area.
Fees are £15/30 mins or £30/hour
The negatives.
Target is ONLY at 100m distance.
The target face isn't "standard", nor can you use your own targets.
(the centre today was a large ragged hole, of considerable size: not conducive to accuracy)
While the laptop screen IS brilliant, no option to print results or otherwise save them is annoying.
No chronograph facility; would be very was to add given the proximity of mains electric, laptop, etc.
Would I go again? Possibly....
In comparison, the Livingston 100m indoor range at Morton Clays is more flexible (but has atrocious lighting)....it's the same price & closer to me...
Overall though, not a bad location & facility.
One MAJOR error/issue. The website states the max caliber is 7mm. This is something they need to address.
I used an unsuppressed .223 in there and that was bad enough 