Where do you shoot

i shoot on the farm. i have a 200 yard range in a ditch w/ shelter belts on both sides so even if there is some wind, me, my targets, and my bullets are protected.

when i need to shoot further, i go to my uncle's farm. the possibility is there for me to practice at any range i see fit, out to 1.5 miles.

if a local farmer has given you permission, might take him up on it a couple of times and then ask him if they could hear the gunfire in the house. chances are very slim that they would hear you.

one of the benefits of living in a rural state w/ a low population is that it is assumed that you have ready access to a place to shoot - the need for quality ranges w/ targets out to 1000 yards is unrecognized.

there was a very nice range by mitchell w/ benches set up out to 500 yards. very well kept, huge berms surrounded the range on 3 sides...but, it got closed due to stupid people (people shooting over the berms, general vandalism by the members, etc).

Morning SDLOU  >>  MT's pretty cool as far as shooting possibilities go.  If you don't own the land, you certainly need some contacts, but there's a 1000 yd. range just about any place you take the time to set one up at  ;o)  .  Got 500 yds. behind the home of a close hunting partner that gets most of my load development work.  Our extreme range work is done at a 1000 yd. range set up on some flat range land a bit farther up the valley.  With these free ranges at our disposal, organized ranges don't interest me all that much.  I don't like shooting from benches all that much anyway.  I've never found one that fit.  They're fine for light recoil stuff, but folding myself over something on the bench that has a kick to it just ain't all that much fun.  At our ranges we shoot on solid benches worked into our truck beds.  I much prefer shooting from bags, standing then sitting.  I find this a lot more comfortable simply because of the position behind the gun.  I do have membership at one small range just up the road from me a jump, but only being 100 yds., it's just used to fireform cases, check zeros, test out prospective rifle purchases; minor stuff like that.  Later.  >>  klallen

I joined a local gunclub about 4 miles from my home. Great venue. Fully covered shooting points for those rainy, wet British Columbia coastal winters. Pistol bay has 50 yard range with automated target system. Put up your target on the shooting line, dial in the range, target goes out to that point, bring it back when you're finished. The rifle range is only 100 yards though. Perfect for testing loads, though.

I also belong to another gun club with a rural rural range [about 20 miles away]. Bit of a drive but can shoot rifle 200-300 yards.

Marcus.

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That said, I'm spoiled rotten. There are three excellent 500 yard plus ranges within an hour, all clubs. The free places to shoot on public land are all being trashed and closed by the same morons that don't belong to the NRA and don't pay attention to elections. Blows my mind.

Our range goes to 1000 yards, has 600s and a nice big 300 yard line. We're on state land with a lease, but Plum Creek sold 2500 acres to some fancy developer and our lease line is only 1300 feet behind the bitts. One of our members is a caretaker, and he can hear even the 22s, when the fifties come out it's definitely audible. I sure hope Republicans or Libertarians and NRA members are building up there.

There is some concern over encroachment, we're about 7 miles from town and the DNRC agency is undergoing planning scoping on a hunk of state land that includes popular lakes, trails and our range. We're sweating a lease increase, but what we really would like to do is BUY the dirt and a bit more so no one can gripe to the Land Board and kick our butts off.

We have trees on either side, deer and bear all over (great for practicing range estimation), and a good group of people. The range is pointed north and the winds are usually dead for two hours after and before dark, most other days are pretty calm. Concrete benches, too. And only thirty five bucks a year. The only gripe I have is that we have winter...which means for five months my trigger finger rusts, but then again, I keep the rust off my SKIS then.

Kwacker;

We'll have to get together & do some skiing if not ridin' or shootin'.  Do you ever venture off the big mtn?  Every once in a while I'll go up to Teton Pass or down to Great Divide.  Could try to get over to Whitefish.

Here in GF Mont. the private range most use is the Missouri River Shooter's Assn. range.  It's the old AFB KD range.  It's about 5 miles out of town & pretty woeful when you get there.  Dues are $30.00.  The Assn. is building a new range though, but I haven't even seen the site.  Dues'll probably go up though.  Comes the time, I'll just set up ranges on the father-in-law's place when my wife inherit's.

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