Enjoyed reading and seeing the pictures. Impressive targets also. The "range" I used to shoot at was an abandoned dirt pit. It was an "every man for himself" range. Most shooters were very respectful and safe. It was recently shut down by the owner because people were hauling in junk to shoot at and leaving it behind. I currently have permission to shoot on our local Police range, which is nothing fancy, but still a good place to shoot.The nearest real shooting range is about 20 miles away and last time I checked you had to be a member. Your range looks like a great place, but I prefer a rural spot away from everyone where I can shoot at my own pace. Those places are getting hard to find though.
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A Day at the Range
- Thread starter SgtLumpy
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I too enjoy those desert rural spots where you can shoot plastic water jugs, watermelons and so forth, which you can't to at most ranges. We can't do that south of Phoenix due to the armed and unwelcomed northbound visitors. Right now, my usual desert spots that aren't in the smuggler corridor are closed by the USFS for extreme fire hazard.
So I shoot whatever avails itself. At the range, I focus more on marksmanship, R and L handed, one handed etc. We're allowed to draw from holsters at our range so we can do a little of that. Then when I get out in the desert I can dance tin cans, shoot from prone and supine, from inside a car, while standing on my head juggling chain saws, etc.
Sgt Lumpy
So I shoot whatever avails itself. At the range, I focus more on marksmanship, R and L handed, one handed etc. We're allowed to draw from holsters at our range so we can do a little of that. Then when I get out in the desert I can dance tin cans, shoot from prone and supine, from inside a car, while standing on my head juggling chain saws, etc.
Sgt Lumpy
Closing The Gap
New member
Being in Michigan now but formerly in Nevada I miss the BLM areas greatly. Here there are state game areas that target shooting is allowed but they are typically up state. Even the National forest is in northern lower MI. The only places within an hour drive of metro Detroit are gravel pit types and one of them was so over run by trash that the state cleaned it and set and posted new rules stating only clay, paper or cardboard may be used(its a state game area). Anything else will result in a fine. I miss exploding fruit...
A couple of the local clubs go to our local desert shooting spots and clean up old brass, shot up appliances etc. It's publicized on the USFS website and the area is closed by the rangers for that day while they're doing cleanup. Some smart thinking club members there. They clearly approached the USFS and let them know they wanted to help keep the place clean, no matter who messed it up. I would imagine that any rural spots that are in the process of being overrun by less responsible shooters, and which are destined to be shut down, would benefit greatly from something of that nature - volunteers cleaning up the area.
In the southern part of AZ, volunteers clean up trash left by the drug runners. That's a little more of a critical situation. They have to go in there with armed escorts. And shooting, even visiting, down there is not allowed due to the danger from human coyotes. But it used to be that we could go down there and shoot tin cans and so forth.
Sgt Lumpy
In the southern part of AZ, volunteers clean up trash left by the drug runners. That's a little more of a critical situation. They have to go in there with armed escorts. And shooting, even visiting, down there is not allowed due to the danger from human coyotes. But it used to be that we could go down there and shoot tin cans and so forth.
Sgt Lumpy