Another Off-Month North crowd shoot: 7/16 Who's in?

Oh yeah, a nice guy from the Forest Svc stopped by to remind us of the rules and such. Added that he shot there too, and that shooters really need to keep the place clean if we want it to stay open. Sounded like the closing of Lefthand was imminent due to all the crap people leave there (I know that's been said before but...). There was a fire right behind the 7/72 area recently and apparently it started right at the back of the range.

Just a heads-up. Those guys that shot up 2C's spinner were quick to greet the State Trooper that stopped by later, but we didn't see 'em pick up any brass or targets. Looked like everybody else there packed out at least what they brought.

Did the FS guy(s) say anything about being set up so far back under the trees? I completely understand wanting to be in the shade and have some room to stretch the legs on that sweet looking Lapua (AR-30?) but from what I remember even our regular line in the middle of the field is only about 100 yards away from the road.

If they didn't say anything then cool, I don't care and think it's a stupid rule, but I don't want to tick anyone off that might get a range shut down.

The FS guy said, yeah we had to be 150 yards from the road, but since he was in a good mood and we were picking up and looking safe he didn't feel the need to push the issue.

It seemed like for him the overwhelming issues were trash, damaging the resource and safety. He reiterated several times the trash thing and said they strongly suspect the recent fire was shooter-caused, also he mentioned trees and rock being shot and that we had to be sure our shots were hitting dirt.

He said that since the fire, the nearby property owners have ramped up their level of complaints.

2C, what kind of ammo were you using, how far away were you and what all did you shoot it with?

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Originally Posted by MPfiveengineer

2C, what kind of ammo were you using, how far away were you and what all did you shoot it with?

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3 different kinds of M193: wolf, S & B, and TG arsenal, 40 yards (guessing)
I also hit it 2 or 3 times with wwb 9mm (with my Taurus, I'm proud of that!)
And another guy with an ak took a couple shots at it.
I do know a couple holes were already in it before the 9 and ak started.
The overwhelming majority of hits on it were from the AR.

I'm going to write a topic with more details about the material, construction and results so give me a day or so.

My next test will be at closer range with the taurus, I may make a second one for that.

Here's the damage our neighbors on the firing line did to my 22 spinner.
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My afterthought was that since the Sheriff showed up when everyone was packing up, I should have told him they were not very responsible and would he make sure they cleaned up their brass and targets.

Anybody else think that would have been worth doing?

The FS guy did say that the sheriff could impose a lot higher fines than he could and he invited us to call the sheriff if people were doing stuff that could potentially cost us the site.

Report 'em all, let the sheriff sort 'em out. [roll] Karl.