This membership is for people new to shooting who require full training in the skills of marksmanship and target shooting. You must pass a probationary membership training course to become a full member of the NRA.
If you have some shooting experience please contact membership to discuss possible assessment day or additional tuition.
£ 82.00
Renewal / Annual
As a Probationary Member, on completion of a satisfactory reference and the required police check you will be booked onto a probationary course to begin your training.
There is a joining fee of £82.00 which includes your Police check and all the Membership benefits detailed HERE once your training is complete.
Probationary training fees for 2025
- Modules 1 – 4 cost £142 per module. The under 25 fee is £86 per module.
- Shooting Club costs £44 per half day session, excluding firearms hire and ammunition which needs to be booked separately through the NRA Armoury.
- Final Briefing Session costs £71. The under 25 fee is £43.
Membership Features
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The NRA runs training courses for its probationary members at the National Shooting Centre, Bisley throughout the year. Under Home Office guidelines, probationary membership is for a minimum period of three months during which time you must undergo instruction in the safe handling of firearms and also shoot regularly under supervision.
All live firing is conducted under the one to one supervision of NRA qualified instructors. You will be trained to use target (open sights) rifles, F class (scoped) rifles, gallery rifles (both semi-automatic rimfire and pistol calibre carbine). You will also receive a copy of the NRA Probationary Training Manual.
Probationary sessions usually take place at the weekends and are a complete introduction to fullbore and gallery rifle. Topics included are firearms and the law, range safety procedures, shooting techniques, elevation and sight-setting procedures, certification and range booking procedures. Upon successful completion of the course, you will be upgraded to a full NRA Member and receive your membership and certification cards.
Course Overview:
MODULE 1: A full day covering the NRA’s four Safety Rules; the basics of handling firearms; principles of marksmanship
MODULE 2: A full day covering grouping and scoring; angles, elevation and sight adjustment; reading different sight systems; zeroing a rifle
MODULE 3: A full day which covers using the elevation table for longer range shooting; wind reading and calculating sight changes; how to use a score card
MODULE 4: A full day assessing knowledge of all theory covered in previous modules; assessing safe handling of the different firearm types covered on the course; assessing capability to zero a rifle and adjust sights
NRA SHOOTING CLUB: Required to attend a half day Shooting Club session on 2 calendar dates. The NRA Shooting Club provides opportunities to meet other members, shoot in a group, share information and ease recently trained beginners into using the ranges.
FINAL BRIEFING SESSION: A half day event consisting of final briefing on NRA rules for individual members; final shooting test; where to next briefing
For further information on the Probationary Training course, please click here.
Download and complete the attached application form Click Here and return it to membership@nra.org.uk.
