WrongHanded
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I have found I would rather drive 1hr+ one way, to an unoccupied piece of National Forest and take my time all alone, than go to a range and have to consider the needs and hazards of others.
You guys are making me appreciate my country home.
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Your local club needs a RO.
Someone picking up a rifle while the line is closed would be a deal-breaker.
"wetlands some miles away and build a housing project. on the news the local reporter was at the housing project and held up a piece of empty brass and declared that she found it there so it must have come from our local range."
Perhaps someone could invite the same reporter to go shooting so she could learn a little more about our sport and become educated on how our tools function. Then she would be in a better position to present intelligent stories the next time she has the opportunity.
I wasn't looking for this thread/post but glad I found it. I'm almost 69. Had to drive into town about 1.5 hours away so figured I'd go the local country range. When I saw there were 5 or 6 cars there, I left and came home. I almost felt embarrassed because I didn't think I could handle the anxiety while around that many other shooters. The National Forest is just a few miles down the road so I will use that even though you don't have the shooting bench, etc. Glad I'm not the only person.I have found I would rather drive 1hr+ one way, to an unoccupied piece of National Forest and take my time all alone, than go to a range and have to consider the needs and hazards of others.
A friend of a friend has a 1000 yard range on one acre of land.
He gets a farmer with a huge grain field to leave a narrow strip unplanted. 3000 feet long, 14 feet wide.
Whereabouts are you? I can recommend several excellent, highly controlled outdoor and indoor ranges in Fl.trying to sort this out in my mind how to explain, to start let me say our local range is a mile down a road to an area of no housing, however someone decided it was a good idea to clear the protected wetlands some miles away and build a housing project. on the news the local reporter was at the housing project and held up a piece of empty brass and declared that she found it there so it must have come from our local range. an uproar ensued. the range decided to rectify the situation by rerouting the rifle ranges from north/south to east/west. now the problem, because of the layout the rifle ranges are no longer under the eye of the ROs and are self regulated. which is fine if you're there to plink steel but if the purpose of your visit is precision shooting or running a load ladder and a paper target is required a safety issue now exists. on a slow day (which I prefer) it would be to easy for some cowboy to arrive while I was downrange and not noticing or caring I was down range and start popping away. And I was just considering buying a 7/08 which would need to be scoped and sited.
get you one of these:I wasn't looking for this thread/post but glad I found it. I'm almost 69. Had to drive into town about 1.5 hours away so figured I'd go the local country range. When I saw there were 5 or 6 cars there, I left and came home. I almost felt embarrassed because I didn't think I could handle the anxiety while around that many other shooters. The National Forest is just a few miles down the road so I will use that even though you don't have the shooting bench, etc. Glad I'm not the only person.
get you one of these:
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Yeah’ how does a piece of brass eject a mile or so ? That’s ridiculous..That piece of brass must have been fired from an SKS if it came from the range.
Nice setup.I'm going to check those out!