Doc
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just finished class at the new Thunder Ranch in Oregon
and we had a great time!
my cousin and i did the Concealed Carry course for three days
-prior we did a two day tutorial shooting hunting rifles.
we flew into Klamath Falls and drove our rental to Lakeview.
the town is very quaint and everyone is very friendly!
we shipped our rifles to Brad & Tanya at BJ's Mercantile
so we stopped in to visit and introduce ourselves; and pick
up a few essentials like dr pepper and jerky and ammo...
we stayed at the Hunter's Hot Spring Lodge which has a hot
spring and perpetual geyser on the property - the spring water
is used to make the pool a natural hottub!
though the hotel had it's heyday a few years ago,
it is still clean and more than adequate for a bunch of
gun nuts! they also have high speed internet access in some
rooms and in the lobby for those of us who just can't be out of touch
(Miss Ann on the desk understands only too well)
breakfast was at Jerry's (think classy diner, like the kind you WISH
was down the street from your house) where Cindy waited on us
every day and fixed our box lunch when we wanted them.
We had awesome burgers at the tavern on the other days for lunch.
We hear the pizza is good too.
TR-O is an all green facility so we shot lead free ammo both in our
rifles and our pistols. The rifle ammo was from TTI;
It was very accurate and
had the same ballistics as the previous hunting ammo i had used,
so no significant point of aim/point of impact was noted.
Students used the TTI and ICC ammo during the pistol course with
good effect and no problems.
The green ammo can be expensive BUT the vendors on the TR website
have their ammo specially priced for TR students and shipped direct.
Clint and Heidi Smith are the consumate hosts! We had dinner together as
a group during the first evening of the class--our dinner was at the
local mexican restaurant and Heidi tells me that she is going to rotate
the restaurant each month. The second evening the Smiths' hosted the
entire class in their home for an awesome home cooked bison
baked-spagetti dinner with all the trimmings. Their home is spectacular:
both inside with the many animal trophies and outside with the views of
the mountains!
check part two for the rifle tutorial specifics
and we had a great time!
my cousin and i did the Concealed Carry course for three days
-prior we did a two day tutorial shooting hunting rifles.
we flew into Klamath Falls and drove our rental to Lakeview.
the town is very quaint and everyone is very friendly!
we shipped our rifles to Brad & Tanya at BJ's Mercantile
so we stopped in to visit and introduce ourselves; and pick
up a few essentials like dr pepper and jerky and ammo...
we stayed at the Hunter's Hot Spring Lodge which has a hot
spring and perpetual geyser on the property - the spring water
is used to make the pool a natural hottub!
though the hotel had it's heyday a few years ago,
it is still clean and more than adequate for a bunch of
gun nuts! they also have high speed internet access in some
rooms and in the lobby for those of us who just can't be out of touch
(Miss Ann on the desk understands only too well)
breakfast was at Jerry's (think classy diner, like the kind you WISH
was down the street from your house) where Cindy waited on us
every day and fixed our box lunch when we wanted them.
We had awesome burgers at the tavern on the other days for lunch.
We hear the pizza is good too.
TR-O is an all green facility so we shot lead free ammo both in our
rifles and our pistols. The rifle ammo was from TTI;
It was very accurate and
had the same ballistics as the previous hunting ammo i had used,
so no significant point of aim/point of impact was noted.
Students used the TTI and ICC ammo during the pistol course with
good effect and no problems.
The green ammo can be expensive BUT the vendors on the TR website
have their ammo specially priced for TR students and shipped direct.
Clint and Heidi Smith are the consumate hosts! We had dinner together as
a group during the first evening of the class--our dinner was at the
local mexican restaurant and Heidi tells me that she is going to rotate
the restaurant each month. The second evening the Smiths' hosted the
entire class in their home for an awesome home cooked bison
baked-spagetti dinner with all the trimmings. Their home is spectacular:
both inside with the many animal trophies and outside with the views of
the mountains!
check part two for the rifle tutorial specifics
Good to hear things are hitting on all cylinders already out there (like there was any doubt!). 
