Shooting for tourists in Europe...

[big_les]

Hope this is the right sub-forum. As a Brit, I have never fired a handgun or semi/full-auto rifle/subgun, and as someone interested in military history and issues (aka a closet gun-nut), I would love to try it. A friend was able to try out a few different weapons at a range in Texas, but my travel budget is a bit more modest than his!

I've heard that the Czech republic has clubs set up to allow tourists to shoot, but otherwise I know very little about how accommodating European clubs might be to people such as myself. I can see that responsible clubs would be wary of it, but I like to think I'm a responsible person with a legitimate interest. I suppose somewhere like Luxembourg would be the ideal, as I've just read that they allow full-auto weapons, but honestly anywhere that still allows handgun shooting would do. As well as any general advice you guys can give, has anyone else from a socialist utopian country like mine (sigh) tried doing this?

Closer to home, the channel islands maybe?

[Jippo]

Closer to home, the channel islands maybe?

Not closer, but at least in Helsinki you can rent guns and shoot them.


-jippo

[Freibier]

Near Düsseldorf - they allow guest shooters without previous experience and they have rental guns:
http://www.frisch-auf-orken.de/gastschuetzen.htm
One of the 25m ranges there:
http://img472.imageshack.us/img472/2678/25mstand1gd6.jpg

[rister]

http://www.bruenigindoor.ch/index.php?page=668

Near Luzern, Switzerland: Shoot your heartout....the only 300m underground Shooting range in the world.


Schützenhaus
- 300m Anlage
- 150-, 100-m-Anlage
- 10 m Anlage kombiniert

Olympia Halle
- 50 m
- mechanische Scheiben 10-50 m
- NEU: Einschiessmaschine 50 m
- 25 m Pistole



Polysportive Halle
- Jagdliches Schiessen auf bewegliche Ziele
- Dynamisches Schiessen (Combat)
- Bogen-, Armbrust- und Blasrohrschiessen

[big_les]

Ah, brilliant, thanks guys! Now I just have to find an excuse to visit one of those fine countries...

[theholeinthedonut]

Actually your information about gun laws in Luxembourg is not 100 percent correct. In fact alltough you can get a license to own full auto weapons, you are not allowed to shoot them, at least not legaly. Regarding shooting on a gun club range it would be no problem if you happen to know a member of a local gun club who would agree to take you there. But, as least as far as I know, there's no club around here who accepts tourists to shoot in charge of a fee.


P.S.
Wheredid you get your info regarding full auto weapons?

[Niels]

You can go to most gun clubs in Belgium and the Netherlands and rent some firearms. I'm pretty sure the same goes for France.

[big_les]

Actually your information about gun laws in Luxembourg is not 100 percent correct. In fact alltough you can get a license to own full auto weapons, you are not allowed to shoot them, at least not legaly. Regarding shooting on a gun club range it would be no problem if you happen to know a member of a local gun club who would agree to take you there. But, as least as far as I know, there's no club around here who accepts tourists to shoot in charge of a fee.


P.S.
Wheredid you get your info regarding full auto weapons?

I just checked. It was you. :)

http://www.militaryphotos.net/forums/showthread.php?t=107060

(I assume I got the wrong end of the stick there!).

[theholeinthedonut]

I just checked. It was you. :)

http://www.militaryphotos.net/forums/showthread.php?t=107060

(I assume I got the wrong end of the stick there!).

That's about it.............

[Mablod]

Read in a norwegian magazine that you can pay the ukrainian army to shoot their weapons.