Northern Tablelands MP, Adam Marshall, visited the club over the weekend and said the upgrade would give it “a bigger shot at hosting national events in the future and attracting even more out-of-town shooters.

“The funds allow the club to fully reconstruct a retaining wall that complies with firearms range safety standards and that’s a big step forward.”

“The old log wall was built years ago but the logs had rotted and were collapsing from the weather and white ants.

“The new fully reconstructed concrete blocks will be a permanent solution to weathering and deterioration.”

The club treasurer, Wayne Unicomb, said the new 37-metre wall wouldn’t need ongoing maintenance.

“We’re thrilled with this funding because we were worried that the whole wall would collapse,” he said.

The club meets every weekend and has about 40 members.

Mr Marshall said it was “growing in reputation and in attracting more shooters from outside the area to their big match weekends.”

The latest funding for the pistol club came via the NSW Government’s Crown Reserves Improvement Fund and was one of 22 projects announced by Mr Marshall for clubs in his electorate that were sharing in over $700,000 from this year’s program