Nick wrote:Mike it was me you spoke to.
To join you have to be ‘range safe’, I have to have a paper trail which shows you as a HOA club member.
From our application form:
The Applicant must hold a current Firearms Certificate showing authority to shoot on approved ranges as an HOA club member (valid for at least three months from the date of application). The original certificate should be supplied (though 2 photocopies will be acceptable - all 4 pages please), it will be returned to the holder by recorded delivery by return or as soon as possible. Your HOA club must appear on your FAC. If your FAC is only for vermin control and/or stalking you may have to attend a membership assessment.
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Note 3: The enclosed form must be completed by your HOA club secretary confirming full membership of that club, that the member is of good standing within the club and detailing any shooting related incidents that could give cause for concern. The applicant may not be related to the club secretary. If they are then another club officer may complete the form.
Now, your FAC hasn’t got your club on it as a condition of issue. As a courtesy to you I accepted an emailed scan of your SCC as proof of club membership, this is not something I usually do.
We are currently snowed under with new applications hence the delay. You are right when you say we have around 6.500 members, however these are individual members, I also mentioned to you that we also have approx 750 clubs affiliated to us whose membership totals around 50,000.
Nick
I'm a member of an affiliated club, but have also applied for NRA membership recently, although my cheque has yet to be cashed, so I guess I'm part of the snowfall at present. But if I do become a member, I would be one of the 6,500 and the 50,000, and there are perhaps others in the same position. And some folk may even be members of more than one affiliated club.
Hopefully my application will be sorted soon, then I can make more use of the Bisley ranges than the once every three weeks my club does, it's all too easy to be busy on one weekend and have long gaps between shooting practice.