Thanks !
Shooting areas are easy to access, and paying.
There are less and less shooting area, because of neighborhood problems and responsibilities.
The european government don't like guns ... but I didn't like it...
Here in France, we can import everything, for some parts of weapons stored we must to have an agreement of the French Customs. Easy to receive it !
We would like to buy a lot of nice parts in the USA, but the ITAR requires you don't to send !! Unhappiness
We have to buy in Eastern countries that have opened their shops in the West, with good prices.
What parts do you send in France?
The rifle club I belong to has been in existence for over 100 years (think late 1800s, but can't find that info easily; founded by German immigrants and originally a German social club of sorts). Located in the suburbs in the last 20 years, housing developments have started sprouting around it. Which limits the range and requires us to sight in at shorter ranges before moving to the longer rifle ranges... Not a problem, but it has limited some of the targets we shoot at, etc.
The only real problem we've had is some dimwit threw unfired rounds on her roof a few years back and said bullets from the club were hitting her roof and she left the them up there for the cops to see... Obviously, they saw through it and there haven't been further issues...
Ultimately, the reason I joined was one that is a lot cheaper to shoot, 2nd no annoying range masters, 3rd all the waits at the public ranges on weekends with all the the new shooters, and 4thly all the new shooters at public ranges and reckless safety violations that terrified me...
