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But when I do I get a clue why Dick Metcalf got himself into hot water....
just sayin'
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oh lordy did you go out to our borough range and witness the carnage and destruction by fools with firearms?
been many a day I've spent out there that I can glean why some folks are anti 2nd
idiots abound.
glad you survived the trip Mark
I'm pretty certain when we sing our anthem and mention the land of the free, the original intent didn't mean cell phones, food stamps and birth control.
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A Doe walks out of the woods today and says, that is the last time I'm going to do that for Two Bucks.
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no range rules, no range officer
the range is provided free of charge, paid for by our borough taxes.
it's a pity some of the stuff that takes place there.
but I'm grateful we have one available.
I'm pretty certain when we sing our anthem and mention the land of the free, the original intent didn't mean cell phones, food stamps and birth control.
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you do realize the title of the thread says, "Re: I don't often go to a pubic range"
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oh lordy did you go out to our borough range and witness the carnage and destruction by fools with firearms? you do realize the title of the thread says, "Re: I don't often go to a pubic range" Woops!
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no worries Mark, don't know about you pard, but I don't get to the pubic range as often as I'd like these days either (grin)
I'm pretty certain when we sing our anthem and mention the land of the free, the original intent didn't mean cell phones, food stamps and birth control.
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no worries Mark, don't know about you pard, but I don't get to the pubic range as often as I'd like these days either (grin) DITTO! But when I do, I really like to Bang away!
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I like when the range is busy because it affords me the opportunity to show off.
Travis
Trump being classless,tasteless and clueless as usual. Sorry, trump is a no tax payin pile of shiit. My young wife decided to play the field and had moved several dudes into my house
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Now, THAT's positive thinking, Trav.
We have a membership range on state land, and even so, I am effing amazed sometimes at the members we have, um, allowed to join. They have to be NRA members -- you'd think someone smart enough to join NRA and help pull the rights wagon would be clueder than the average schmoe -- but not even close to always.
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no worries Mark, don't know about you pard, but I don't get to the pubic range as often as I'd like these days either (grin) DITTO! But when I do, I really like to Bang away! Classic, well played!
I'm pretty certain when we sing our anthem and mention the land of the free, the original intent didn't mean cell phones, food stamps and birth control.
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no worries Mark, don't know about you pard, but I don't get to the pubic range as often as I'd like these days either (grin) DITTO! But when I do, I really like to Bang away! Lots of people do anything just to fit in! I like when the range is busy because it affords me the opportunity to show off.
Travis You don't even have to be much good from what I've observed................. brave? Perhaps..... (It appears than anything more precise than 'noise' will get one into the 1% club real quick.)
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That's why it's my favorite audience. They all suck so I look even more awesomer than usual.
Travis
Trump being classless,tasteless and clueless as usual. Sorry, trump is a no tax payin pile of shiit. My young wife decided to play the field and had moved several dudes into my house
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My "public" range. Blasting rocks at 1000 yards.
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I have "volunteered" to be a range officer at our local public range which is jointly owned/operated by our club and Idaho Fish & Game. September and October are the busiest times of year as folks come out to sight in for hunting season so they desperately need the extra help. We have to give 20 hours of service to the club each year as a condition of getting the key to the front gate, which then lets me shoot at all the times the public is NOT there, so it's well worth the effort. Four, four hour shifts over yesterday afternoon, Saturday and Sunday morning of this coming weekend and Sunday morning the following weekend and another shift TBD in October. Your thoughts and pears would be appreciated...
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Last public range I went to had bullet holes in the roof and the support beams. Good luck!
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well at least ours is not the only one in that condition.
absolutely mind boggling that idiots shoot up our range
I'm pretty certain when we sing our anthem and mention the land of the free, the original intent didn't mean cell phones, food stamps and birth control.
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I try to avoid the range the month before and during hunting season. Not just because it's crowded, because the once a year gang shows up. Not a bad place to let the kids make empties during the off season
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The Pennsylvania Game Commision has a range open to the public near me. I have been hitting it quite a bit for the 300 yard range. I have yet to have a bad experience. Everyone is polite, practice good firearm safety, and friendly. There is no range officer, they do require you buy a permit or have a valid hunting license use it. One group was even nice enough to lend me their spotting scope when I was having trouble seeing the shots at 300.
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I shoot at a private range that has too many members. A while back I had to chastise some older guys for standing around behind the firing line in a circle examining a Luger that had A CLOSED BOLT AND THE MAGAZINE WAS IN. They were passing it around and pointing it at each other. The range was "hot" but still... My experience has been that it's the old guys that have been around guns all their lives that are the ones who get the most careless and casual with guns.
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