Pony:
Best of luck to both you and your wife. Many years ago, while working overseas in Western Europe, I worked and lived for a time in London, which was in 1970, a fascinating place, in some ways, like an outdoor museum.
I was "visiting" Stone and Webster, and Anglo-American engineering firm in London, where a couple of the people I met at the office turned out to be competitive rifle shooters. They could not underestand why all the fuss in A from the Britiash Rifle ASssociationmerica over and or about "silencers", after all, they said, one has a muffler on one's car.
In any case, one weekend, my wife and I went out to Bisley, via the surburban train, and a brief stroll down a tree shaded country lane. I even got to shoot at Bisley, having rented a .303 Lee-Enfield Rifle, and a couple of boxes of ammunition, from the British Rifle Association people there.. Had a lovely afternoon. Later on, back in the U.S., when I got into competitive rifle shooting, I ran into some people who had shot in the Palma Matches at Bisley Camp in 1972.
Of course, many things have changed since 1970 0r thereabouts, and as has been observed, while change indicates movement, it isn't always movement in the direction of improvement. Once again, best of luck in the U.S. and remember that even California didn't used to be as nutty as it has unfortunately become, see the above..