Resources
Range Rules & Safety
Every range the association runs is governed by its Range Regulations and by the bye-laws for the discipline being shot. Read them before your first visit, and ask a Range Officer if anything is unclear.
The Range Regulations are Appendix D of the association’s Rules and Regulations, alongside the bye-laws for control of ammunition, for the operation of the vault, and for each discipline — fullbore rifle, ISSF, practical shooting and archery.
Bye-laws and range regulations in effect are posted on the notice board and on the ranges themselves, and are published in the current Rules and Regulations booklet. They are binding on members until repealed by the Committee or set aside at a General Meeting.
Nothing on this page replaces a Range Officer’s instruction on the day. On the range, the Range Officer’s command is final.
The regulations
Appendix D and the discipline bye-laws are inside this document.
- Range Regulations, Appendix D (PDF)Rules and Regulations of The Jamaica Rifle Association, 2019 Edition (PDF, opens in this tab)13 pages · 115 KB
On the day
The competitor guide answers the practical safety questions in the association’s own words.
- Do I need to be made Range Safe?What the Range Safe requirement is, who signs you off, and what happens if you have not been through it yet.
- Where may I handle my gun?Safe areas, when a firearm may be uncased, and the one thing that is never allowed inside them.
- The range commandsEvery command a Range Officer will give you, in order, and what you are expected to do on each.
- What to bringEye and ear protection, and the rest of the kit you will be turned away without.
New to the range?
Members are taken through the safety brief before they shoot, and no one is put on a firing point until they have been. Call the office and we will tell you when to come.
