Live firing is allowed only in registered shooting galleries and as of 2005, as public shooting galleries, there are three registered ones such as the Kanagawa Prefectural Isehara Shooting Range in Isehara City, Kanagawa Prefecture, Chiba Prefecture General Sports Center shooting galley in Wakaba Ward, Chiba City and Wakayama Prefecture Shooting Range in Kainan City, Wakayama Prefecture (however, the Isehara Shooting Range is under construction and currently can not be used, and in addition, there are private shooting galleries where live firing is possible).
実弾射撃は指定された射撃場でしか認められない、2005年現在、公営射撃場としては神奈川県伊勢原市の県営伊勢原射撃場、千葉市若葉区の千葉県総合スポーツセンター射撃場、和歌山県海南市の和歌山県営射場、の以上3ヶ所（但し伊勢原射撃場は工事中で使用できない、また他にも私立の射場で可能な所がある）で認められている。