Places to shoot near Colo Springs ?

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Originally Posted by mtnrider

I don't think they have done anything with that yet? I was in and out of gate 20 today (where the site is supposed to be) and saw the sign that said "Future home of shooting range". Didn't look like anything has been done yet?


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Are you sure it is at gate 20 or gate 19? When I read the proposal they referred to gate 19.

Pikes Peak GC has rifle and pistol ranges too.

PPGC is open to the public too, it's pay per use. Members get a discounted rate according to their website. http://pikespeakgunclub.org/MembershipFees.html

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Originally Posted by sabot_round

Are you sure it is at gate 20 or gate 19? When I read the proposal they referred to gate 19.

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I saw the sign on the right as I exited gate 20. The east gate that goes over to Mesa Ridge

So I'm still wondering ... is the south shoot site (outside of woodland park) still open, or not ?

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Originally Posted by hammer03

PPGC is open to the public too, it's pay per use. Members get a discounted rate according to their website. http://pikespeakgunclub.org/MembershipFees.html

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Yes. Im a member. Its $5 day for the rifle range and I think $8 day for non members.

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Originally Posted by Holger Danske

Yes. Im a member. Its $5 day for the rifle range and I think $8 day for non members.

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So whats the place like. I've never been there, could you give a quick review? How crowded is it etc? What are the rifle and pistol ranges like, what kind of targets etc. Thanks.

Since when I go to shoot, I shoot full auto, I mostly wind up at Dragonman's unless some friends and I are up to head out into the national forest.

BLGC has nice facilities, but at 90 minutes drive each way, it's just too far.
PPGC doesn't allow full auto.
Frontier only allows auto at the south site, not the closer (to me) falcon site, and has a waiting list anyway.

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Originally Posted by Circuits

Since when I go to shoot, I shoot full auto, I mostly wind up at Dragonman's unless some friends and I are up to head out into the national forest.

BLGC has nice facilities, but at 90 minutes drive each way, it's just too far.
PPGC doesn't allow full auto.
Frontier only allows auto at the south site, not the closer (to me) falcon site, and has a waiting list anyway.

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Which national forest spots do you recommend?

The Ft. Carson/El Paso County range was supposed to be done at the end of October, as was stated before, but it isn't done yet, for whatever reason. To locate it, if you are about to enter gate 20, you would turn left (South) just before getting to the security checkpoint. There is a white and red "bar" gate that will be the entrance to the road. It is about 600-700 meters down the road. The idea is that you won't have to enter Ft. Carson to get to the range and thus, won't have to register your firearms on post. I drove by and checked it out the other day and they had just sprayed the green "topsoil-holder-in-place-stuff" all over it.