yesterday i was shooting mostly a Colt Ar15-A2   semi auto at http://www.coppensschietsport.com/

great range complex in belgium only 60 miles from the Euro tunnel.
flash your id (passport) and pay E 12 range fee & then choose from a selection of revolvers/semi autos & shotguns or rifles& carbines.we went as a Club day out,  were buying  rounds of all sizes from 9mm to 50ae  & cracking off a large amount of ammo in a very short time
Paul the owner will open on saturdays if you pre book it.

down loading pics asap ................ including credit card receipt for ammo ......... just dont show my wife

I went to Coppens in June, and I have to say, it was awful.

I am not being funny, don't get me wrong, I got to shoot handguns for the first time: a Beretta 92F and a Glock which was good.

BUT, I emailed about 6 months, and then a week in advance confirming the date, and that I could use any of the club guns listed on the website inc rifles. Yes, I was told, that is fine.

Turned up there on the day I had arranged to be told by Paul? that the range was busy, there was probably a 2 hour wait if I even got to shoot at all and that the chap who replies to emails should have told me all this as it was known it was going to be busy that weekend.

He also told me no photos were allowed. I had looked forward to a little vid on Youtube I have to admit, but hey.

I was a little peeved to say the least having driven about 150-200 miles out of our way to be there and then being told I might not be able to shoot. We hung around, then about 30 mins later they said they had a lane available for me if I was still interested in shooting.

Great, what rifles do you have?

None I am afraid, only Pistols......

Bit of a let down considering their logo is an AR15 and there are pics on their website of the club rifles and an outside range...

Well, I shot a couple of pistols as above had fun blatting away, and then went to pay.

Before I had got the two pistols I had asked the prices of the ammo and although the prices escape my memory now, it was about 12 Euros for 50 S&B 9mm. I had had 100 and was told that the range fee was 30 Euros. I had worked this out to be 55 Euros, and gave the chap a 100 Euro note. He faffs around trying to find change, in the end getting it from the bar. He gives me back 15 Euros and a few coins. When I queried this he said that the ammo I had bought was not the 12 Euro stuff but more expensive as the 12 Euro/50Rnd stuff would not cycle in the semis despite it still being 115grn? S&B??? So why tell me the price of it as you hand it to me along with two semis!!!!

The whole experience put a crap finish on what was an otherwise great trip round Europe!! And needless to say I won't be rushing back there anytime soon.

Whilst you are at it,

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Interdum feror cupidine partium magnarum Europae vincendarum Sometimes I get this urge to conquer large parts of Europe.

Anytime you're in CZ, try this range...

www.triggerbrno.cz/en/

Yes more details required, I feel like a shooting holiday with all the toys the government has desided not to trust us with.

Matt (rediscovered his password)

Quoted: Anytime you're in CZ, try this range... www.triggerbrno.cz/en/

Bollocks, I'm in Brno at the moment for the MotoGP races but don't think I'm going to get time because of work. If I do I'll post pics!