The May newsletter for COLFO that a small levy from your membership fee goes to support is available here. Joining as an individual is cheap in the overall scheme of things as detailed below, Just a reminder that COLFO is the Coalition For Licenced Firearms Owners. And here is the email that accompanied the newsletter itself from the secretary of COLFO, Stuart Hayman While I so of course support the wish to get more people involved in shooting, the Service Rifle clubs I am aw

Saturday 5th was C.N.I.G.C. Service rifle club shoot. Sunday 6th was 300M target shoot, and we managed 2 details of 4, eight shooters which is great. As people are not shooting for scores there are none to report Sunday 20th was the deer target shoot. I was busy doing inductions, but initially one of our newer members turned up and patiently waited till I had finished the inductions by which time two more had turned up to take part, they only did one run through each, but wer

Members please note; advertised range bookings generally only apply to one or other range, there will still be a range available for casual use. Saturday 7th C.N.I.G.C. Service rifle club shoot. Sunday 8th 300M Target shoot, six or eight people turned up for this shoot, our attendances are slowly increasing, as this is not a formal shoot people fire off the number of rounds they wish, under range officer control. The number of shots fired is about 3 to 5 rounds each segment t

Police have commenced the second round of public consultations on secure storage. Details can be found here http://www.police.govt.nz/advice/firearms-and-safety/news-and-updates. Get involved and make a submission Note that all responses and feedback are required to be sent to: secure-storage-firearms@police.govt.nz

Jobs to do; Dismantle old mens long drop toilet, recover treated posts in screen wall. ( bring spades hammers pliers, ) If fine & dry seal holes in 200M mound roof, sealant supplied. Rake up stones 50M range floor and after some leveling has been done rake up stones debris on 300M floor, both jobs to make the areas fit to mow. Bring rakes shovels wheel barrows Make up new target frames, and clean up rubbish. Bring saw, battery drill. Remove heap of dirt by new toilet and use