SMISC Range Rules

Please take time to read this important information for first time visitors to our range. Please retain this information and always check with range staff on future visits as rules may be amended at any time.

We are a public facility open to all shooters.

While safety is the bottom line at all ranges, you will find some differences in range procedures and operation from range to range. It is the responsibility of the shooter to be aware of and comply with the rules of any range that they shoot at.

PLEASE NOTE: Only licenced shooters may use the facilities. Non Licenced individuals may only shoot through our try shooting program.

Important Information for Pistol Shooters

The following documentation is required for those wishing to shoot pistol at our facility:

Target Shooters with a full H Licence

  • Must present their firearms licence endorsed for category H pistol use.
  • Must present evidence of current financial membership of an approved pistol club (e.g. a club membership card with valid expiry date, a confirmation of membership document for the current year with a club letterhead and the signature of a club official, or a NSW APA card appropriately in date for the current year).

Probationary Pistol Licence holders who wish to shoot unsupervised

  • Must present their Probationary Pistol Licence (PPL)
  • Must be in the 2nd six months of issue of their PPL, and present evidence that they have successfully completed their club training and 6 months of supervised shooting (e.g. certificate, confirmation email, registration certificate for a firearm issued to the PPL)
  • Must present evidence of current financial membership of an approved pistol club. (e.g. a club membership card with valid expiry date, a confirmation of membership document for the current year with a club letterhead and the signature of a club official, or a NSW APA card appropriately in date for the current year).
Attendance Recording

All shooters using the range will have their attendance electronically recorded.

SSAA members utilising the range will additionally have their range attendance processed through SSAA's Electronic Attendance System.

By using our facility, you agree to SSAA's Conditions of Entry and Range , as well as the specific Range Standing Orders of St Marys Indoor Shooting Centre which take precedence over SSAA's general range rules in instances where they would conflict.

Click here to view SSAA's Terms and Conditions of Entry and Range Rules.

St Marys Indoor Shooting Centre Range Standing Orders

Approved Ammunition

St Marys Indoor Shooting Centre operates under an energy and a calibre limit.

The maximum permissible Muzzle Energy as per the SMISC Range Approval is 7000 Joules (5160 ft lbs). 

No ammunition (factory or reloaded) exceeding this limit is permitted for use on the range.

The following calibre limits also apply:

  • Air pellet of a calibre up to .50" (12.7mm)
  • Rimfire of a calibre up to .22"
  • Pistol of a calibre up to .45"
  • Rifle of a calibre up to .50" (12.7mm)

All parameters of ammunition must fall within these specified energy and calibre limits to be permissible for use on the range.

Any ammunition not listed on this approval is not to be used as it will not be contained within the RDA and may cause danger to life, limb, or property.

Persons who do not comply with approved ammunition requirements are taken to be in breach of range standing orders and will be held accountable for any costs incurred due to damage to range fixtures, or injury to persons.

No sub caliber projectiles are to fired for fire forming purposes; projectiles must match firearm bore size to prevent ricochets.

All spent cartridge cases that fall behind the firing line must be collected and not left on the range. Shooters may retain possession of their own fired brass. If they do not wish to retain the brass, it must be disposed of in a marked blue brass bin. Brass disposed of in this way is property of SMISC. Shooters are not permitted to collect brass not belonging to themselves.

Any brass falling forward of the firing line is deemed lost and not to be collected. Cease fires will not be called to facilitate the collection of brass. Such brass is property of SMISC and will be removed by approved staff members outside of range operating hours. Approved events involving shooting forward of the line are exempted from this rule, and brass collection conditions are as listed in the previous point.

It is strongly recommended that gloves and a mask are used when collecting used brass, and that the shooter washes their hands on completion of the activity at the sink available in each range. Brooms should not be used to sweep up brass for collection if the persons on the range are not in appropriate lead dust hazard PPE (sealed jumpsuit, respirator, gloves).