"There seems to be absolutely no restrictions from council to stop this."
She said residents' quality of life was going to be reduced for the activities of just a few people.
"The sound restrictions seem to mean nothing, it's crazy to have a gun club so close to a community."
Ms McNeill said people with houses on the market couldn't sell because of the club.
"No one wants to live on a lifestyle block and hear this noise constantly."
She said a group of residents will present their concerns to Greytown Community Board next week.
Jerry Steer, who lives at Battersea, questioned the club's reputation at its former site.
He said neighbours complained about shotfall landing on their properties and there was potential for land and water to be contaminated by lead pellets.
Mr Steer said the club would bother him because it could be shooting almost every weekend of the year.
"People move here because of the relative peace and quiet.
"How is it that anyone can set up a shooting club without regard to the district and neighbourhood?"
He said residents raised concerns with South Wairarapa District Council at a meeting last month.
"Concern was expressed but that's as far as it went. There are other gun clubs, how many gun clubs do we need?
Jenny Keeton, who rides horses in the area, said she would no longer go riding.
"It'd be really dangerous to have people actually firing guns where you are riding."
She said there were six regular riders in the area.
"The club needs to be in a more deeply rural place."
Club vice president, David Donald, said they wanted to be good neighbours and that's why they had the noise report done.
"As to the noise issue, I am aware that this has been raised.
"The report confirms we will be operating within the requirements of the district plan."
The club was moving because the former site was too small, creating issues with shotfall on neighbouring properties.
Malcolm Hunt Associates, which carried out the report in 2012, said the activity didn't "technically" comply because they couldn't compare the measurements as the plan used old standards and a different measuring system.
They measured noise 400m away from the site using newer standards and found it was under the plan's limits.
Sounds were perceived as "a series of short duration muffled thud sounds" and didn't startle stock or horses nearby.
Mr Donald said construction would start soon and the club aimed to open before the end of the year.
He said the 130-year-old club was installing first-class shooting facilities which would attract visitors and boost the economy.
Murray Buchanan, SWDC group manager planning and environment, said there was nothing council could do as the club already had consent to build a club house and create parking.
"The shooting itself doesn't require consent."
He said the district plan was created when technology for measuring shotgun sound hadn't been developed.
Mr Buchanan said the report found the shooting would have no greater impact than farming noise.
The district plan considers rural areas as being for farm production and not lifestyle blocks, said Mr Buchanan.
"If you live there you kind of have to expect these downsides."
Under the consent, the club has to ensure the shotfall area is not near the Moroa water race, only operate for 88 days a year and provide parking.
The club said it will clean up pellets from the shotfall area which is on land whose owner agreed to it.
Mr Buchanan said the case had prompted council to look at changing the district plan to bring in new standards and regulate this type of noise.
However this wouldn't help the residents, he said.
