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Offline DalesCarpentry

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Re: I hate public shooting ranges
« Reply #30 on: June 30, 2007, 04:03:19 PM »
Good for you Mac!!!!! Looks like a real nice place and the dues won't won't break the bank.
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Re: I hate public shooting ranges
« Reply #31 on: June 30, 2007, 05:00:32 PM »


Yup...I can hardly wait...I'll finally be able to really try out all my Elites and my Handi in  338-06 A-Square at some decent yardages....That aught to turn a few heads there... :D :D :D :D

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Re: I hate public shooting ranges
« Reply #32 on: June 30, 2007, 08:02:02 PM »
wow mac...that look's great & the price seem's decent enough...i'm considering a place for about $75.00 yearly...pretty cheap..."however" real estate here is catching up with the rest of the nation...not sure i like that ?? it will get more spendy i know as time go's on...glad that worked out for you...

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Re: I hate public shooting ranges
« Reply #33 on: June 30, 2007, 08:31:04 PM »


Thanks Dave...

I'll be reloading and cleaning all my rifles most of today..in hopes of some range time Monday..Nomosendaro sent me a whole bunch of 22 cal bullets to try...and Digger sent me some of his 243 Lapua brass...so...I think I'll take the 243 Elite & my Winchester along for a ride with me when I go Monday for starters...I picked up one of those Shooter Ridge bi-pods this morning to try out on it...and I need to shoot the 243 some more before having it rechambered to 6mm AI later on this month..just so I can compare the 2... ;)

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Re: I hate public shooting ranges
« Reply #34 on: July 01, 2007, 01:44:35 PM »


Thanks Dave...

I'll be reloading and cleaning all my rifles most of today..in hopes of some range time Monday..Nomosendaro sent me a whole bunch of 22 cal bullets to try...and Digger sent me some of his 243 Lapua brass...so...I think I'll take the 243 Elite & my Winchester along for a ride with me when I go Monday for starters...I picked up one of those Shooter Ridge bi-pods this morning to try out on it...and I need to shoot the 243 some more before having it rechambered to 6mm AI later on this month..just so I can compare the 2... ;)

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Mac I have the same bipod that is 6 to 9 inches it has adjustable legs witch really works out great for me. I can throw it up on the hood of my truck and adjust the legs because my hood has a slant to it and shoot groundhogs at pretty far distances. It is almost as good as shooting off a bench. I think you will really like it. It is alot like a Harris but less expensive.
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Re: I hate public shooting ranges
« Reply #35 on: July 01, 2007, 03:21:36 PM »
Man I wish we had a private club around me. You guys should consider yourself lucky. I live in Chicago and the nearest outdoor range is an hour drive. Actually there's two, one allows rapid fire into a pit which is cool to take the ar-15 and ak to and the other is in Indiana and is a park district range that's pretty nice. I'm forced to do most of my shooting at an indoor range and the scary thing is when you look at the dividers between the stations there are bullet holes in them. I was in there once and a bunch of young kids came in, four guys with one nine mm. and they're holding it sideways and emptying it and laughing. That's when I left.

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Re: I hate public shooting ranges
« Reply #36 on: July 01, 2007, 04:51:48 PM »


GRIMJIM:

This club is about 1 hour away from me too...and I'll tell ya...There are a bunch of smaller ranges...some 200 to 400 yards...but they have a big waiting list to get on them...and most have the obligatory requirement o f4- 6 weekends worth of volunteering for membership...Most of these clubs are about 1/2 hours drive from where I am at...so there is a big demand to get signed up at them....I've had my eye on this one for sometime...and with my wife's blessing it became a must have...see...it is all because of the idiots at the public ranges around here...and her not wanting the me or kids to have to deal with them really...plus the fact of becoming vested in the club as well...were as this isn't possible at any of the other clubs I looked at...

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Re: I hate public shooting ranges
« Reply #37 on: July 23, 2007, 07:47:20 PM »
i still go the the range for 300 yard shots. i got a 200 yard range in my backyard
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