Terms and conditions

Last updated: 12 October 2026.

About the association

The West Side Rifle & Bow Association is a not-for-profit community organization that operates an outdoor shooting range at 1110 Great Pubnico Lake Road, Pubnico, Nova Scotia. It is run by volunteers. Fees cover the cost of operating and maintaining the range.

Using this website

• This website is for people aged 18 and over.
• Information on the site is provided in good faith and may change. Check with us if something is important to you.
• Do not misuse the site: no attempts to break, overload or gain unauthorized access to it, and no sending false or abusive messages through its forms.
• The text, sketches and photographs on the site belong to the association or its contributors. Please ask before using them.

Membership

• Membership is by application. You must hold the licences the law requires to use firearms and you must be a member of the National Firearms Association, which provides our liability insurance.
• You can join for one to five years. All memberships expire on 31 December of the final year.
• Fees are listed on the fee information page and are paid by cheque. Your membership is not active until we have received payment.
• Members receive keys and a card for the gate and equipment shed. Keys and cards stay the property of the association, must not be copied or lent, and a lost key or card should be reported to us right away.
• The association may refuse, suspend or end a membership, on the approval of the directors, where the rules are broken.

Range rules and safety

Everyone on the range, member or guest, must follow the rules and regulations. Members are responsible for their guests, and for collecting the guest fee. Abuse or violation of the rules is sufficient reason to suspend an individual, group or club from using the range, and reinstatement is only on approval of the directors.

Bookings

A booking request is not a confirmed booking until the association replies to confirm it. A registered member must be on site for the whole booking. Group booking fees are listed on the fee information page.

Risk and liability

Shooting involves risk. The West Side Rifle and Bow Association shall not be responsible for any damage, loss or injury to any person or property caused by negligence of anyone but the association, including the negligent misuse of a firearm or any other weapon. Anyone setting foot upon the firing line does so at their own risk. Shooters are urged to wear eye and ear protection, and the association is not responsible for any injury resulting from the failure to wear it.

We do our best to keep this website available and accurate, but we do not guarantee it will be free of errors or interruptions.

Privacy

How we handle your personal information is described in our privacy policy.

Changes and governing law

We may change these terms from time to time, and the date at the top shows when they last changed. These terms are governed by the laws of Nova Scotia and the federal laws of Canada that apply there.

Questions

Please contact us if anything here is unclear.