Guidance

Range advice notes

Clarify range safety or construction issues not directly effecting range safety.

From:
Ministry of Defence, Defence Infrastructure Organisation and Defence Safety Authority
Published
29 January 2010
Last updated
23 November 2016 — See all updates

Documents

01/16: Biennial works inspections of MOD range facilities

PDF, 135 KB

05/14: ban on civilian gun clubs using specific weapon/ ammunition types as a result of two recent serious incidents

PDF, 68.4 KB, 2 pages

04/14: implementation of the army operational shooting policy 2014

PDF, 549 KB, 3 pages

03/14: live firing artillery: change to safety rules to mitigate faulty ammunition fuzes

PDF, 63.7 KB, 2 pages

02/14: 12.7mm limted range training ammunition (LRTA) safety checks

PDF, 39.7 KB, 2 pages

01/14: live firing artillery: safety checks

PDF, 83 KB, 2 pages

05/12: 1. fire trenches on fixed ranges. 2. RAM and not RASP for cadet forces and civil clubs. 3. daily range summary

PDF, 39.7 KB, 1 page

04/12: use of combat shotgun on fixed ranges

PDF, 124 KB, 3 pages

03/12: EOD disruptor: weapon danger areas

PDF, 70.2 KB, 3 pages

02/12: air pellet catchers: cadet ranges

PDF, 66.9 KB, 2 pages

01/12: 1. unloading bays. 2. LMG practices. 3. range floor marking

PDF, 66.9 KB, 2 pages

7/11: fire risk in rubber granualte

PDF, 59.3 KB, 2 pages

6/11: gallery ranges mantlets: shooting in boxes

PDF, 112 KB, 2 pages

5/11: simulated ammunition.

PDF, 136 KB, 3 pages

4/11: sand used in bullet catchers and stop butts

PDF, 67.4 KB, 2 pages

3/11: use of plastic timer on ranges

PDF, 53.9 KB, 2 pages

2/11: small arms range targetry system (SARTS) project preparitory works

PDF, 59.3 KB, 2 pages

1/11: shoot house wall specification

PDF, 55.8 KB, 2 pages

7/10: timber boarding in throwing bays on grenade ranges

PDF, 47.2 KB, 2 pages

6/10: use of plastic timber on ranges

PDF, 46.3 KB, 1 page

5/10: amendment 1 to JSP 403 vol.2 change 5

PDF, 70.8 KB, 4 pages

04/10: alternative anti-splash curtain details

PDF, 64.3 KB, 2 pages

03/10: clarification: control of lead in air in indoor ranges

PDF, 47.6 KB, 2 pages

02/10: gallery range (GR) 50m firing point

PDF, 50.3 KB, 2 pages

01/10: gallery range (GR) developments for 50m practices

PDF, 53.1 KB, 2 pages

10/09: advanced close quarter battle (ACQB) ranges on live fire tactical training areas (LFTTA) bullet retaining wall systems

PDF, 57.5 KB, 4 pages

09/09: use of granulated rubber with tracer ammunition

PDF, 46.8 KB, 2 pages

08/09: update on use of granulated rubber

PDF, 247 KB, 3 pages

07/09: indoor ranges: exposure to lead in air control measures

PDF, 46.4 KB, 1 page

06/09: grenade ranges potential hazard

PDF, 46.8 KB, 2 pages

05/09: RCO exposure to lead in air cadet summer camps

PDF, 45.9 KB, 1 page

04/09: cadet ranges: further clarification of lead in air issues

PDF, 48 KB, 2 pages

03/09: cadet ranges

PDF, 47 KB, 2 pages

02/09: AKAMAS control measures

PDF, 543 KB, 5 pages

01/09: Project Odysseus: range alteration and change of use

PDF, 49.1 KB, 2 pages

Details

Range advice notes are issued from time to time to explain and clarify range safety or construction issues that do not directly effect the safety of a range.

Updates to this page

Published 29 January 2010
Last updated 23 November 2016 + show all updates

  1. Added 01/16: Biennial works inspections of MOD range facilities.

  2. Moved RSN 02/14 and 03/14 to Range Safety Notices page.

  3. Added 14-02: range template controller in control of movement on parallel ranges or multiple units on a single range and 14-03: ban on civilian gun clubs using specific weapon/ammunition types

  4. Added new Range Advice Note 14-05.

  5. Added Range Notice 14-04 Implementation of the army operational shooting policy 2014

  6. Added Range Advice Note 01/14.

  7. Summary and detail updated

  8. Added new RSPL

  9. Added to series page

  10. New Range Advice Note added

  11. First published.

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