I like guns.

[mjrob]

Wow, this is fun! My long guns range from .17HMR (Savage) to .50BMG (Barrett) and a whole mess of stuff in between. The 17's dead-on accurate but that 50 goes "BANG!" real loud. Thankfully, I'm in the middle of the country and have 160 acres on which to play but, honestly, that's not really enough room for the Barrett--or my Armalite .338 Lapua. Us Nebraska boys like to play.

Thank God ammo's sort of starting to get back to reality...except .22LR. What's up with that? Just bought 3750 rounds of CCI (the good stuff) on an on-line auction for my son's AR15-22. It was still about 1/3 higher in price than it should be but it's his birthday and he helps me keep everything clean and running smooth.

 

[Insta-Gator]

Ok, some of you lucky people will have plenty of property, like hickock45, so you just step out the back door and start having fun (safety procedures followed, presumably.) But, I was wondering how most folk practice. Do you shoot indoor or outdoor? Punching holes in paper or solid targets? Distance: 7 yards, 10 yards, 25 yards?

When I'm able to shoot it's indoor. Outdoor ranges are quite a drive or are private. I just punch holes in paper, generally at 10 yards (30 feet). I assume this would be my max distance for engagement. Any threat further away would allow me to retreat (I could be wrong.)

I would really, really like to shoot steel plate or soda bottles and such.

So, what's your practice regimen?

 

[scallop]

Lol. Yes, we do.

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Deerfield Beach down by the Embassy Suites?


I have an indoor range about 20 mins from my house, don't go there very often because I don't really like regulated ranges. My brother and I have 25 acres out in the boonies of Athens county where we can shoot whatever and however we want. Only drawback is it is 1.5 hrs drive each way. Reactive targets are very entertaining. Anything from paper to propane tanks, 2 litres, pop cans, tannerite ect. Have a shooting lane that goes to 200 yds, mostly stick to 100 or less though.

I would love to be able to walk out the door and shoot. Would probably kill me in ammo costs though.

 

[0002s]

One of the best ranges in FL is the Manatee Gun Club about 28 miles east of 75 on 64. They allow public (weekends) access to 25-1000 yard shooting. Full pistol and shotgun as well. 600 & 1000 are steel plates or reactive targets (of course you can set up paper). They have vehicles to drive down range for 400 - 1000 yards.

 

[Mike]

Not a big fan of indoor ranges, we have a couple of nice out door ranges, some that let you shoot almost anything you want to, but with hefty membership fees and such. Personally nothing beats going out to US forest land in Colorado and shooting what you want to, steel targets, cans, watermellons you name it, you just have to be clean and clean up after yourself.

 

[rhwestfall]

$50/year membership, and $2.00 per day range use fee for the local gun club. Rifle range is 200 yards max, and a "short range" is available too, along with trap & skeet... Paper targets only. Works for me when I need it.

 

[letterboy]

Deerfield Beach down by the Embassy Suites?


I have an indoor range about 20 mins from my house, don't go there very often because I don't really like regulated ranges. My brother and I have 25 acres out in the boonies of Athens county where we can shoot whatever and however we want. Only drawback is it is 1.5 hrs drive each way. Reactive targets are very entertaining. Anything from paper to propane tanks, 2 litres, pop cans, tannerite ect. Have a shooting lane that goes to 200 yds, mostly stick to 100 or less though.

I would love to be able to walk out the door and shoot. Would probably kill me in ammo costs though.

Yuppers...

 

[scallop]

Yuppers...

Thought it looked familier. Stayed there in 2012

Wife had an unfortunate meeting with a seagull there

 

[letterboy]

at least it wasn;t a snow bird that crapped on her. . .

 

[mjrob]

We have a bunch of hardened steel plates, 6 and 8 inch, and we've made rebar frames for them. The plates hang off the rebar with short lengths of fire hose--we keep a roll of it. We use those on a 100 yard and a 600 yard range, as well as some "impromptu" setups in the woods. We just spray them with fluorescent orange paint so we know exactly what we're shooting at. We also have a 50 yard setup right off the deck at the ranch house where my son shoots iron sights on his .22 and I use the scope on my .17 and he consistently kicks my ass. Sure wish I had young eyes again. On the 100 yard range, I fill mags and count for him while he shoots the 8" round steels (with the .22) and consistently hits better than 95 of 100. You can literally hear the bang when he shoots and then the clink when it hits the target. I need to figure out how to get super slo-mo video of that because I can't, for the life of me, figure out how he gauges the arc at that distance.

For handguns, we use either the range off the deck or the 100 yard range and just set up various targets at, normally, 7 and 10 yards. We use mostly spinners, spots and paper targets for those. We also shoot golf balls and some more pretty durable plastic balls for speed and fun. If you've never done that, it's a riot. Sure beats actually golfing, IMO.

Some of the most fun is condemned cylinders at medium range with the .338 and the .50. The .338 whacks 'em pretty hard but the .50 can blast 'em in half.

Life is good.