Museum Represents a museum WC No EventsForChildren No Place The town or city Forfar HearingLoop No IsIncludedThisYear Yes DisabledAccess No OpeningTime1 10am - 4pm OpeningDate1 9/14/2019 IsNewThisYear Yes ID Google Panorama ID 19333 Refreshments No Street The street address Myre Road Postcode DD8 1AZ Parking No DisabledWC No LimitedAccess No NotAccessible No Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Forfar Small Bore Rifle Club Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived angus Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 475 Type The nature or genre of the resource Museum Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. current,55.86362,-4.261207; Description An account of the resource Forfar Small Bore Rifle Club is an active small bore target rifle club offering 0.22 Target Rifle at 25 yds (indoor) and 6 yard air pistol target shooting. The club was the first in Scotland to benefit from electronic targets and recently celebrated its 80th anniversary.A public meeting was held in Forfar in the Meffan Hall in the evening of Monday 24 October 1937 to propose the formation of a miniature rifle club in the town. The meeting chairman was the local Chief Constable D. C. Christie. The resolution was unanimously adopted and a committee was appointed to look into premises, finances etc.[Forfar Herald 28/10/37]By December that year, the club had been formed as the Forfar and District Small Bore Rifle Club and had raised the necessary finance through a loan of £350 from James Lindsay who was the Postmaster at Letham, Angus at a very reasonable interest rate of 4%. This interest was paid annually to Mr Lindsay (after deducting tax!) until September 1951 when £150 of the loan was paid off with the balance being paid off in November 1953. The club was also paying £2 10/- half annually in ground rent to a Mr. Bowen and in January 1955 the ground was purchased (very cheaply) for £100.Visit the club to see the facilities and a firearms demonstration.Suitable for children aged 12+, must be accompanied by an adult.