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Offline G Dog

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Public Ranges
« on: March 08, 2018, 01:33:04 PM »
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Re: Public Ranges
« Reply #1 on: March 08, 2018, 01:42:47 PM »
Glad you survived. These issues don't seem to happen around BP and CAS sites.
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Re: Public Ranges
« Reply #2 on: March 08, 2018, 01:48:14 PM »
True.  Those boys are shooters and know how to act.  Some adult supervision doesn't hurt any, either.

This is California though, we have a bit of everything here.
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"For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places".  
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Re: Public Ranges
« Reply #3 on: March 08, 2018, 03:03:26 PM »
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Re: Public Ranges
« Reply #4 on: March 08, 2018, 03:31:05 PM »
I have to admit, I haven't shot at a range since the 1970s. Like G Dog, I mostly shoot on BLM land out in the boonies. I did have one incident about 10 years ago that made me a bit nervous.

I was out by myself shooting my Remington when a truck drove by me with three men in the front seat. Unusual to see anyone else in that particular spot where I was and they drove to the backside of the 15 foot high natural berm I was using as a backstop and proceeded to fire what sounded like high caliber rifles at the other side of the berm, in my direction! After I heard a couple of bullets buzz by over my head I was out of there as quick as you can imagine. They may have been drinking as one of the passengers appeared to have blood shot eyes as they passed me coming in.
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Re: Public Ranges
« Reply #5 on: March 10, 2018, 02:30:27 PM »
When I'm not shooting at my place, we sometimes go to a public range about 45 minutes away. Usually not too many people there during week days. One time there was a dad teaching his young son how to shoot. There was a jam (AR15 type gun) and the kid just spun around before dad could stop him. There were a bunch of us ducking! That was the only time though. There is a dumpster provided (I pick up lots of empty cartridge boxes!) but there is still a bit of trash left on the ground. Yep, some people are just pigs.
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« Reply #6 on: March 10, 2018, 04:48:03 PM »
This is what BLM land looks like around here.   I got tired of looking at messes like this and hauling a truck load of other peoples trash home with me so I don't attempt to shoot on public land anymore.   The place was relatively clean when these photos were taken.  Usually there is several old appliances and hundreds of aluminum cans.    The scrap metal scavengers must have been there recently.
      
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Re: Public Ranges
« Reply #7 on: March 12, 2018, 03:24:03 PM »
I know, some people are just bad at shooting trash and don't clean up after them self......

I always make a box with phone books in it to save all the lead and bullets.

I do pick up most trash out there when I shoot.  ;)
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« Reply #8 on: March 12, 2018, 04:14:28 PM »
Have to relay something that I experienced a few years ago.  Where I lived in West Virginia I had access to two public ranges.  Both of these ranges are on Wildlife Management Areas (WMA's).  Public hunting land.  I made it a habit to go to the ranges during the week or VERY early before the stupid bunch gets out of bed.  Now these ranges have rules and regulations that the local rangers or PD can write tickets for.  BUT when alone, even when the rule is to ground your firearm and leave all weapons at the butt when checking or changing targets.  Do not do this when alone or when all folks go down range.  Put you gun on safe, leave it loaded and take it with you.  Look up "Beech Fork gun range and preacher".  This guy was an acquaintance of mine and we had shot together before.  I was at the same range the day before he was killed, alone and shooting.  This could have been me.  NEVER EVER leave a gun unattended.
I was at the range I shoot at now Palachucola in Garnet South Carolina.  Another unsupervised range.  I drove up about a month ago and 5-6 guys were 100 meters down range and there were a minimum of 10 AR's and M14's sitting on the butts unattended.  I could have scooped up a 1/2 dozen and been on my way out and they wouldn't have even seen me.  I challenged these guys when they came back from their targets and you would have thought I was the stupid one.  I do not care where you are or what you are doing DO NOT LEAVE A GUN UNATTENDED.  Please, Mike
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Re: Public Ranges
« Reply #9 on: March 13, 2018, 07:39:50 AM »
Seems to me that if the anti-gun folks want to get serious, all they have to do is visit a public range.  After hearing what some of you have experienced at public ranges, it would be easy to become anti-gun.  Sure glad I have my own ranges.
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Re: Public Ranges
« Reply #10 on: March 13, 2018, 10:27:57 AM »
The only outdoor range I shoot at is run by the Mi D.N.R.  It is manned and is very nice. Only paper targets or clays if skeet shooting are allowed and no human shaped targets. It has 10 ft, 50 ft, 100 ft, and 200 ft ranges, A skeet and trap area. Shotgun patterning range, and archery range. The rifle and pistol ranges have covered shooting points. and the newest addition is indoor toilets.

It's called the Sharonville shooting range.
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Re: Public Ranges
« Reply #11 on: March 13, 2018, 11:30:39 AM »
I'm glad I shoot on my own property. No idiots other than me. Nobody to criticize my safety habits or lack thereof and if I don't want to pick anything up I don't have to. (k-
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Re: Public Ranges
« Reply #12 on: March 13, 2018, 07:42:21 PM »
Quote from: Kaeto on March 13, 2018, 10:27:57 AM
The only outdoor range I shoot at is run by the Mi D.N.R.  It's called the Sharonville shooting range.

Hi Kaeto -      That looks like the country club of ranges.  A public facility like that would never happen in California.  This state authorizes expenditures only in opposition to shooting sports and would never budget expenditure to actually further the activity.  Sacramento hates all gun enthusiasts and anyone slightly to the right of Mao Zedong, so only via the private sector would we ever have a place like Sharonville Shooting Facility.  Michigan did good.

That wooden sign - Dept. of Natural Recources could use a spell check, though.  Other than that detail the place looks near perfect.
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Re: Public Ranges
« Reply #13 on: March 13, 2018, 08:08:20 PM »
And it's paid for exclusively through Hunting License Fees.  No tax dollars are spent on it.
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« Reply #14 on: May 21, 2018, 11:03:28 PM »
G Dog, there is an outstanding public range in San Luis Obispo, California. Staffed, covered, bathrooms, a rifle/pistol with steel and/or paper from 7 yards out to 750 yards. A skeet/trap range, an archery range, special muzzle loader range, cowboy action range and long range rifle which I believe goes out to 1,500 yards. http://slosa.org/

I'm not sure if this is true but what I heard was the land used to be privately owned and the owner gave the land to the state on the condition that they would maintain it as a shooting range forever. On Tuesdays and Wednesdays when the range is closed California Fish & Wildlife does environmental studies out there.
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