Range Safety 1. Always treat firearms as if loaded.
2. Bolts are not to be in rifles unless the range officer has given instruction to do so.
3. Bolts are not to be closed until the rifle is in the shoulder and pointing down range in the direction of the targets.
4. If the red disk is raised at the butts rifles bolts must be removed and ammunition removed.
5. No one is permitted to move forward of the firing point when the targets are raised.
6. The Range Officer has ultimate control over all range activity and what firearms are permitted to be used on the range.
7. Hearing protection to be worn on the firing point when live firing is taking place
Butts Safety 1. Hearing protection to be worn at all times when live firing is in progress
2. Red flag must be raised on hill behind the butts before targets are raised.
3. The road gate at the top of the hill adjacent to the red flag must be kept closed when shooting is in progress.
4. Red Safety disk must be displayed when targets are down and red flag raised
5. Stay within the safety area of the butts when targets are in the raised position and visible to shooters on the range.
6. If road users appear at the top gate requiring access to the range road the targets are to be lowered, the red disk raised and the firing point advised of the presence of people on the road.
7. The red disk is not to be lowered and targets raised until the firing point has advised that it is safe to do so.
Range Traffic 1. A Danger sign is to be displayed at the gateways at either end of the range access road.
2. The Gate by the butts must be kept closed while shooting is taking place.
3. Access along the range road from the butts is not to take place while the targets are visible.
4. Butts personal will indicate when it is safe to proceed along the range road from the butts end of the range (once targets have been lowered).
5. When traffic is travelling from the road towards the butts proceed no further than adjacent to the firing point and wait for the targets to be lowered and signalled to move forward.