Welcome To

ORSTON
SHOOTING GROUND

Open 5 Days A Week

Tuesday - Saturday | 9am to 5pm

The Midlands Finest Clay Pigeon Shooting Facility

Orston Shooting Ground provides a friendly, professional and safe environment for all your shooting requirements.

An established 53 acre shooting facility brimming with world class equipment. We ensure that all clay shooting experiences from having a go to hosting national championships are run to the very highest of standards.
Our team provides huge levels of industry experience from running exclusive corporate events to professional advice on buying your first gun; we have it covered!

We don’t just do clay shooting! We have a purpose built Air Rifle Range – Nottingham & Belvoir Air Rifle Range. And we recently acquired planning permission for a full-bore rifle range.

In our on-site shop you can also find premium accessories from Browning to Pilla.

Orston Shooting Ground is located on the county borders of Nottingham, Leicestershire & Lincolnshire with fantastic access from all major roads including the A1, M1 & A46.

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Supplying the finest shotguns, cartridges and accessories in the East Midlands

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Try Before You Buy

We have a fantastic selection of demonstrator guns available to try before buying. The majority of our second-hand guns are available to try too.

Please arrange an appointment before visiting us, so that we can ensure that the gun is available for you to try. Clays and cartridges charged as used.

Our opening hours are Tuesday to Saturday 9am to 5pm

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* Whilst we always try and accommodate appointments at the exact time, we cannot guarantee appointment times

FURTHER INFORMATION ABOUT SHOTGUN OWNERSHIP

DO I HAVE TO KEEP MY SHOTGUN AT HOME?

No – you do not.

Within your shotgun application form, in the section referring to storage of shotguns, you could simply state that if you were to purchase a gun you would store it at a local gun club, such as Orston Shooting Ground. We do offer long term and short-term storage options dependant on your situation. Storage is free to Club Orston members. Alternatively, you can also store it at another license holders address. We also offer options for clients who would like to purchase a shotgun prior to receiving their license, enabling them to shoot with their own gun on their lessons at Orston SG. See available guns for sale here.

 

DO I HAVE TO PURCHASE A SHOTGUN?

No – you do not. 

Many people have a shotgun license and do not own a shotgun. We have guns available to hire for shotgun license holders here at Orston. The price is FREE for members of the club and £20.00/gun for non-members.

THE PROCESSING OF YOUR APPLICATION

Your shotgun license can take anything between 6 weeks to 6 months to process depending on your local constabularies processing time. Usually the process goes like this:

 

  1. Your cheque will be banked
  2. You will receive a call from your local firearms licensing officer who will arrange an interview you.
  3. When a suitable interview date is agreed he/she will want to ask you some safety questions (most of which we will have gone through within your lessons) and ensure you are safe to have a shotgun certificate. He/she will also check your security within your house and check that it is sufficient to store shotguns within it.
  4. Providing your interview has been successful along with your medical check and reference check you will then receive your shotgun license in the post usually 2-4 weeks after completion of your interview once signed off by the head of firearms for your county.

REFERENCES & MEDICAL CHECKS

Amongst your shotgun license application form you will be asked to complete a medical check and supply two references. 

Your references will be contacted at some point throughout your application process before approval. 

You can get your medical check completed by your doctor, however recently the doctors’ fees are varying and timescales differ, so in some instances it is easier to apply through Med Cert, who charge a flat fee and have a good turnaround time. 

APPLYING FOR YOUR LICENSE

If you’re wanting to take shooting further at this stage, we would suggest applying for your shotgun license. This is a certificate that authorises you to purchase shotguns and ammunition. If you’re wanting to go shooting alone or hire a shotgun you will need to gain a certificate in order to do so. This certificate lasts for 5 years.

You apply via your local firearms department, part of your local police force. Typically, local to us is Nottinghamshire, Lincolnshire and Leicestershire although you may be reading this article from further afield! Typically, this is/would have been in paper form, however in recent times certain firearms departments have moved to an online system so it is worth checking with your local department online prior to filling out a form (below). The cost of a shotgun certificate is a one-time fee of currently £80.00.  You can find your local firearms department, by simply searching on the internet ‘County Name’ Firearms department.

When applying for your shotgun certificate the application form will be for both firearms and shotguns. For clarification when firearms are referred to, it means ‘rifles’ so therefore is not relevant to a shotgun application form. 

Paul Murgatroyd

CLAY INSTRUCTION

Paul has been an invaluable member of Orston Shooting Ground over the last 3 years.

Paul has extensive clay shooting competition experience, shooting for his County on many occasions and for the Leicestershire Police Shoot Team, winning many national titles. Paul’s ability for target setting some of the UK’s finest courses at Orston undoubtedly benefits his clients through his coaching techniques and methods. His professional and calming persona provides a very good balance for those starting on the competition ladder or wanting to develop their clay shooting skills in the sporting disciplines. Paul is APSI qualified.

Steve Brightwell

GAME & CLAY INSTRUCTION

We are very lucky to have Steve as part of #TeamOrston, for those of you involved within clay shooting will know he needs no introduction! 

Steve has won numerous national titles and is currently on th GB shooting team in countless disciplines. Having said this, Steve’s dry sense of humour and infectious talent helps encourage new individuals into the sport and is as happy to teach first time clay shooters as well as competition level shooters and game shooters!

 

Steve Spiers​

GAME & CLAY INSTRUCTION

Steve’s love for clay and game shooting shines through with all his
clients, whether offering a first time Have A Go session or teaching
regular game shooting clients.

A retired police officer, Steve can often be found competing around
the County in clay shooting competitions, assisting on local game shoots
and competing for Leicestershire Police Team.

Andrew Watson

GAME & CLAY INSTRUCTION

Andrew is an APSI Fellow, meaning he brings a huge amount of experience and knowledge to all of our clients at Orston. A highly regarded instructor both on the clay ground and in the game field, Andrew brings a huge amount of success and enjoyment to his clients.

Whether its smashing your first clay, or hitting clays off the 100 ft high tower, Andrew will bring passion, enthusiasm and enjoyment to your lesson.

DANIEL MARTIN

HEAD INSTRUCTOR / DIRECTOR

Daniel has over 10 thousand hours worth of coaching experience in both the clay and game shooting environment. Daniel has been shooting for over 25 years and competed to the highest level with team GB. But his experience doesn’t stop there! Daniel has also shot at many of the finest and most prolific sporting estates and certainly holds his own out in the field.