Discharging your firearm - minimum property size

[Fishman]

Morning. As the title suggests...A friend of mine has a 23ha property. He wants to do some shooting on a range (open lane of 200m with a earth embankment as a backstop). This will be for himself, family and friends. Not open to public! It is a private property.

Can he do so legally?

Is this sort of thing regulated in any way? with regard to property size, privacy of his neighbours etc

[Skip]

IMHO it is not the size of the property but the city limit / boundary that will determine if you can shoot or not. You can shoot on a 1ha plot if it is outside of city limits

[shooty]

Im reasonably sure Skip is correct. As I have heard it also depends as what the land is seen as.
Farming/Agricultural or Build up living area.
Im not 100% what these terms are. But that will be the main thing.

[Fishman]

I too would think that location would determine it is possible or not.


Does anyone know anything from a legality point of view?

[carlp]

His biggest concern would be if his next door folks is happy with the noise and the adjoining property especially down stream of the range. That would be my biggest factor for a go a head

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[Gustav van der Walt]

I have built a handgun range on my farm. As long as it is 5km out of the munucipal boundaries, you build it according to outdoor standards safely and infirm the neighbors, it should be fine.

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