Lessons

Twice voted ‘Best shooting ground in the country’

We provide tailored tuition designed to match your individual ability and help you develop your own style. Our teaching is rooted in the expert tuition of the great Percy Stanbury, but we draw on the latest sports instruction techniques to suit every shot, whether your interest is in game or clays.

Start with a one hour individual lesson with one of our experienced instructors. Learn about safety and etiquette, the correct gun mount and the right technique from the outset.

Learning with WLSS

Founded in 1901 by the Richmond-Watson family, our renowned team of instructors have taught many generations to both game and clay shoot. We offer One Hour, Two Hour Lessons and Courses for both Ladies and Gentlemen.

Lessons can be booked from Monday to Saturday from 8.00am to 6.00pm according to the season. For the Ladies, we offer a specially designed Ladies Course, which is now recognised as the very best way to get one started. Designed specifically to be flexible in today’s busy world.

Prices

INSTRUCTION	MEMBERS	NON-MEMBERS
ONE HOUR LESSON (YOUNG SHOTS / LADIES / GENTLEMEN)	£108 / £122 / £133	£135 / £154 / £172
GUN FITTING (LADIES / GENTLEMEN)	£122 / £133	£154 / £172
ONE HOUR LESSON OR GUN FITTING (FEB TO JUNE)	£105	£172
ONE HOUR LESSON – 2 OR MORE SHARING	£89	£113*
TWO HOUR LESSON – 3 OR MORE SHARING	£89	£113*
THREE HOUR MASTERCLASS – 5 GUESTS SHARING MINIMUM	£89	£113*
ONE HOUR ON RIFLE RANGE (OWN ZERO / LESSON)	£91* / £133*	£105* / £172*
ONE HOUR LESSON - PARENT & CHILD SHARING	N/A	£89*
ONE HOUR LESSON - TWO YOUNG SHOTS SHARING	N/A	£86*
INSTRUCTION IN THE FIELD (EXC. EXPENSES)	£472	£787
FRIDAY TWO HOUR ZERO SPECIAL RATE	£91	£105
COURSES (COURSES MUST BE TAKEN WITHIN 12 MONTHS - NON REFUNDABLE)	MEMBERS	NON-MEMBERS
COURSE OF 3 LESSONS (YOUNG SHOTS / LADIES / GENTLEMEN)	N/A	£113* /£128* /£148*
COURSE OF 6 LESSONS (YOUNG SHOTS / LADIES / GENTLEMEN)	N/A	£118* /£132* /£142*
THE LADIES COURSE (3 X 1 HOUR LESSONS & COMPETITION)	N/A	£390
THE YOUNG SHOTS FULL DAY COURSE (ALL INCLUSIVE)	N/A	£181
SPORTING CLAYS (GUIDED 100 BIRD COURSE, INC CLAYS)	MEMBERS	NON-MEMBERS
CLIENT'S CHOICE (CHOOSE THE STANDS YOU DO)	£78	£100
CLAY COURSE (A SET SERIES OF STANDS)	£53	£68

*PRICE PER PERSON PER HOUR

Young Shots

We offer individual One Hour or Group Lessons for boys and girls aged 10 to 17 years. They will be taught by one of our expert instructors, the essentials needed to be a good and safe shot. Whether they are shooting for their School or going on a game shoot with their family or friends. Our instructors can help them to progress to the necessary level.

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Rigby Rifle Range

We are delighted to introduce the Rigby Rifle Range at West London Shooting School. We have built a state-of-the-art range that offers a five-lane 100m range with running boar setup, together with an adjacent two-lane 200m range, and is the first of its kind in the London area.

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Sporting Clay Course

The Sporting Clay Course has had a major re-design with targets which shooters of all abilities will enjoy. There is a standard range of fur and feather including a simulated pair of rabbits that will entice and frustrate all at once.

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Gun Fitting

We cannot over-emphasise the importance of a good gun-fit. The correct relationship between eye and muzzle; consideration of eyesight and build; consistently correct gun mounting – all these mean that the gun will work for you and not against you. With a long history of gun-fitting we boast the biggest collection of tryguns in the world which allows us to fit shotguns to rifles.

The correct relationship between eye and muzzle; consideration of eyesight and build; consistently correct gun mounting – all these mean that the gun will work for you and not against you. With a long history of gun-fitting we boast the biggest collection of tryguns in the world which allows us to fit shotguns to rifles.

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Membership

WLSS is unrivalled in the shooting industry and has been the home of tuition and gun fitting since 1901. Becoming a member of WLSS will offer exclusive access to benefits, events and offers.

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Our Instructors

Julian Watson

Julian has been a professional shooting instructor for over 12 years having worked for some of the best known names in the shooting industry. He joined the West London Shooting School team in September 2023 as a full time instructor teaching both rifle and shot gun, he is also one of our gun-fitters. Julian shoots both clays and game and regularly stalks around the country. You will often find him out training or shooting over his favourite English Springer Spaniel.

Paul Whitton

Paul is an experienced game and clay shot, having been brought up in a shooting family. He is passionate about the countryside having worked in agriculture for a large part of his life. Over the years he has shot game in the UK, Denmark & Spain and is also an experienced grouse shot. Now retired from farming after 35 years, Paul is keen to share and pass on his passion for shooting. APSI qualified and a competitive clay shot he has a wealth of knowledge on both shooting and etiquette in the field.

Chris Castle

Chris has a wide range of game shooting experience from driven boar to dove shooting in Argentina to plains game in Africa. He is no novice to clay shooting, having shot on his fathers clay ground since he was 16. He is known for his sense of humour and relaxed style of coaching which has kept him with regular customers.

Mickey Rouse

One of the best clay-shots ever and unbeatable in his day. A lightning-quick style of shooting has led to numerous wins including the World, British and English championships. He has been teaching at West London for over 10 years and he is an accomplished at teaching game shooting as he is the clays. He is renowned for his entertaining shooting tricks which demonstrate his skills and accuracy.

Richard Weller

A keen game and competition shot (GB Police Team) he is an experienced instructor in the field and a gun dog enthusiast. In earlier years, Richard was awarded Greater London County Champion in FITASC, Sportrap and Skeet. A frequent host of corporate parties as well as taking individual lessons.

Paul Gendall

Paul has a background as a professional deer manager and ghillie on one of the royal estates and consequently is both DSC 1 and 2 qualified. He is an outstanding shotgun and rifle shooter, Paul has also trained many gun dogs, both for himself and others. He is also a APSI trained instructor.

Mark Heath

Mark has worked at the school since 2010 and leads the team with roles as head instructor and general manager. As one of our main gunfitters for the shooting school, he is in demand from all of the major manufacturers both UK based and international brands. He started shooting at the age of 12 and went on to be a regular member of the England and also Great Britain police teams. A keen game, clay and rifle shot, he enjoys all forms of shooting but particularly grouse over pointers. Also a gun dog enthusiast his two dogs are normally resident in the reception at the shooting school.

Testimonials

Since I had the gun fit and lesson my shooting has improved immeasurably giving me some fantastic shooting days all for the cost of four driven Pheasants once again thanks to Alan for his advice and expertise.

Eric Thornton (Private Client)

19 October 2023

Thank you for a really great day shooting yesterday. You and your team were perfectly well organised and Bruce was a great instructor!

Laura Harrison (Private Client)

19 October 2023

Thanks for the coaching last week, shot better than I have in my life on Tuesday at Queensberry Estate. Some very high pheasant and some very fast partridge, great fun and I shot some cracking birds. Thanks for the top tips.

Sam Chapman (Private Client)

19 October 2023

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Lessons

Twice voted ‘Best shooting ground in the country’

Learning with WLSS

Prices

ONE HOUR LESSON (YOUNG SHOTS / LADIES / GENTLEMEN)

£108 / £122 / £133

£135 / £154 / £172

GUN FITTING (LADIES / GENTLEMEN)

£122 / £133

£154 / £172

ONE HOUR LESSON OR GUN FITTING (FEB TO JUNE)

£105

£172

ONE HOUR LESSON – 2 OR MORE SHARING

£89

£113*

TWO HOUR LESSON – 3 OR MORE SHARING

£89

£113*

THREE HOUR MASTERCLASS – 5 GUESTS SHARING MINIMUM

£89

£113*

ONE HOUR ON RIFLE RANGE (OWN ZERO / LESSON)

£91* / £133*

£105* / £172*

ONE HOUR LESSON - PARENT & CHILD SHARING

N/A

£89*

ONE HOUR LESSON - TWO YOUNG SHOTS SHARING

N/A

£86*

INSTRUCTION IN THE FIELD (EXC. EXPENSES)

£472

£787

FRIDAY TWO HOUR ZERO SPECIAL RATE

£91

£105

COURSE OF 3 LESSONS (YOUNG SHOTS / LADIES / GENTLEMEN)

N/A

£113* /£128* /£148*

COURSE OF 6 LESSONS (YOUNG SHOTS / LADIES / GENTLEMEN)

N/A

£118* /£132* /£142*

THE LADIES COURSE (3 X 1 HOUR LESSONS & COMPETITION)

N/A

£390

THE YOUNG SHOTS FULL DAY COURSE (ALL INCLUSIVE)

N/A

£181

CLIENT'S CHOICE (CHOOSE THE STANDS YOU DO)

£78

£100

CLAY COURSE (A SET SERIES OF STANDS)

£53

£68

Young Shots

Rigby Rifle Range

Sporting Clay Course

Gun Fitting

Membership

Our Instructors

Julian Watson

Paul Whitton

Chris Castle

Mickey Rouse

Richard Weller

Paul Gendall

Mark Heath

Testimonials

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