Clubs where you can shoot a .50?

[calsdad]

Reading thru some threads on .50BMG rifles and it got me thinking - what clubs allow this caliber? I don't recall seeing it banned at any clubs specifically - but I may just not have been paying attention because I don't have one.

Is there any general rules that the majority of clubs go by when shooting the larger calibers ( stuff over .30 ?)

 

[vellnueve]

Best to ask... You need some big berms as some of the smaller berms are built for pistol and light rifle and aren't meant to take a beating. Any club with a steel backstop isn't going to allow .50.

 

[Shepherd]

50 BMG is allowed over at Reading and at Harvard.

 

[M1911]

There is no "general rule" as there is no "general club." Different clubs have different physical limitations. Check the range rules, and if it isn't addressed then ask.

 

[oneswithfunes]

There is no "general rule" as there is no "general club." Different clubs have different physical limitations. Check the range rules, and if it isn't addressed then ask.

+1

 

[gerrycaruso]

There is a group of shooters that shoot .50 caliber rifles at Harvard. It's a chance to see rifles from many makers and to ask what ammo they shoot and why. That's not possible at most gunshops.

 

[Jose]

I can tell you that finding a club to do that here in Ohio is pretty difficult. None that I have belonged to or competed in do. Maybe in the SE part of the state where it is very hilly you might find a place.

 

[jshooter]

My club, Old Colony in Pembroke, .50 BMG and tracers are not allowed.

 

[codenamepaul]

Quaboag Sportsmans club has no issue that I'm aware of. No tracers though.
http://www.quaboagsportsmensclub.com/

 

[Rockrivr1]

Hopkinton Sportsman's Association allows .50. Shoot mine there all the time. On the other hand my Dad's club, Sturbridge Rod & Gun Club, does not allow .50s in the rules. While they don't allow it in the rules, I see members shooting them there all the time. Sometimes I think the rules were written a long time ago, are out of date and nobody enforces them.

 

[radioman]

N.Leominster Rod+Gun no 50 BMG. It's is a recent bylaws change.

 

[Hikes]

50bmg is also a no-go at worcester pistol & rifle

 

[Monadnock]

.50 ...a big thumbs-up at Monadnock Rod and Gun Club ...full auto too, we just have to let the locals know when the full auto is going to be fired.

 

[drumenigma]

You can shoot .50 at Ames P+R but you need to get the OK first. Same thing with machine guns.

 

[JGreen]

50bmg is also a no-go at worcester pistol & rifle

This topic was taken up about two years ago by the BoD. 50BMG is allowed on the 100yd range.

I think it is a case of the signage being out of date.

 

[theGringo]

I've seen rules posted at Lee Sportsmen's Assn. that 50 BMG requires permission beforehand.