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Shooting ranges...how busy are they now?
- Vaquero
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Re: Shooting ranges...how busy are they now?
What Al said Bandit, what is the one on the left?
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H001, H006, H012
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Re: Shooting ranges...how busy are they now?
The rifle on the left is my Remington 512X. It was made in '65 and had the dark red/brown mud finish from the factory. I refinished it with Tru-oil. Has some nice wood for a rifle that was probably mid fifty to sixty dollar range new. The other two rifles are my CZ Grand Finales. Here is the other side.
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Re: Shooting ranges...how busy are they now?
Interesting replies and thanks for sharing.
Nice rifle collection Bandit!
Nice rifle collection Bandit!
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- Vaquero
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Re: Shooting ranges...how busy are they now?
Thanks for the reply Bandit, I knew it was older one, I do like the refinishing, you can find some really nice wood under those ole plain finishes. I did my little H001 here a while back. Looks so much better than the original.
We all know CZ puts some outstanding rifles out.
RP
We all know CZ puts some outstanding rifles out.
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Monte Walsh "You have No idea how little I care".
Ain't No Apologies for My Temperament
Si vis pacem, para bellum
H001, H006, H012
Ain't No Apologies for My Temperament
Si vis pacem, para bellum
H001, H006, H012
Re: Shooting ranges...how busy are they now?
At the Leadville range, a couple weeks ago, there were two other groups there when I arrived. I waited them out and finally had an entire range to my self. The local Denver area range was close to my daughters house, and I heard shooting daily.
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Re: Shooting ranges...how busy are they now?
I’m a member of this range John mentioned. I was there a few weeks ago and I found it to be a bit busier than normal. This was in the morning on a very hot day so I expect like me folks were trying to get their shooting in before the heat. Adding to this the range removed every other shooting bench in order to follow social distancing guidelines. Seems like every time I go there I see the same 3-4 guys who shoot black powder and the same 4-5 guys John mentioned sitting inside shooting the breeze instead of outside shooting targets. This was the 100 yard line and after shooting there for a few hours I moved to the 200 line to zero my long range rifle and had it to myself.John E Davies wrote: ↑Mon Aug 31, 2020 2:49 pmI haven’t been to the one I joined lately, but I hear shots all the time when the wind direction is right, it is about two miles away as the crow flies. A lot of the more “mature” members don’t go there to shoot, they just hang out in the lounge area, drink coffee, stare into space and gossip for hours on end. It is a really old club, started in 1916. I think some of the original founding fathers still go there to nap.
I guess it is Shooter’s Heaven, where bent, arthritic gun enthusiasts go to die..... That kind of social activity never appealed to me very much.
John Davies
Spokane WA
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Re: Shooting ranges...how busy are they now?
Haven't been to a public or club range for years, but my range hasn't been used much lately. Once a week I guess I do some plinking.
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Re: Shooting ranges...how busy are they now?
Ranges here on Long Island have been really busy. The old timers own the early am hours and the kids sleep late so I go around 11am-1pm. Covid has also put a every other bench policy at some and that slows things up a bit.
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