Shooting/fire bans

[HoneyBadger]

Here is what i posted, after this one was started. Bottom of story, fo rthe mentioned areas still in effect.
I doubt we will see public shooting until there has been a solid week of rain.
2 weeks left this month then aug which is not known for a lot of moisture.

http://www.coloradoan.com/article/20...nclick_check=1

Not sure why you posted that Jim, it's out of date and it's not from an official source.

[Great-Kazoo]

Not sure why you posted that Jim, it's out of date and it's not from an official source.

Out of date story, mentions fire ban until X day. Read the story and see the info at bottom. I believe quoting usually is from an official source
Question asked about about fire ban, there are shooters in NOCO who would like to know when they can shoot on public land. Not limited to you el paso guys

[roman gnome]

South site was busy this morning.

[Notorius]

South Site is definitely open. Notorius, I'm not sure when you were there, but I was there from 10-12, we were the tan pickup truck, closest to the entrance. Great day for shooting, and good to see so many people there being safe and responsible. I'll post pictures and a report in the South Site thread after I get home from work.

must have just missed you. i think we got there a couple after 12 and that first area was empty. and the next area up was there all afternoon doing some kind of drills or something.

howd the new gun shoot?

[HoneyBadger]

Out of date story, mentions fire ban until X day. Read the story and see the info at bottom. I believe quoting usually is from an official source
Question asked about about fire ban, there are shooters in NOCO who would like to know when they can shoot on public land. Not limited to you el paso guys

I'm sorry, I got thinking this thread was just about the south site... my bad!

[HoneyBadger]

South site was busy this morning.

Were you the one running the drills shouting "BLUE! TRIANGLE! SQUARE!"?? Whoever that was, it sounded like fun. I wanted to go introduce myself, but we kind of ran out of time.

must have just missed you. i think we got there a couple after 12 and that first area was empty. and the next area up was there all afternoon doing some kind of drills or something.

howd the new gun shoot?

It shoots alright. We got a diamondback DB9. I can shoot it with no issues, but when she shoots it, it FTFs almost every round. I watched her shoot almost 50rds like this and I can't figure out why... very frustrating for her to say the least. I want to say that she is limp wristing or just not holding it tight enough, but her hands had red imprints of the grips and from where I was standing, I couldn't see any obvious problems. I'm not sure what the problem is. She has incredibly small hands, so maybe she just needs a smaller caliber, but I'm not sure. The best thing happened though: She isn't very confident with her new gun (because she couldn't get it to feed reliably!), but she did finally admit that she really liked shooting my AR, and when I halfway jokingly suggested that she would have to get her own AR to shoot, she was very open to the idea.. maybe even a little excited.

[DaBull]

Forgive my ignorance...but what is the south site? I am in the Springs too...and always looking for a safe place to shoot.

[tmckay2]

Anyone know of any backcountry areas that are allowing fire?

[roman gnome]

Were you the one running the drills shouting "BLUE! TRIANGLE! SQUARE!"??

No, that wasn't us. We drove up into the back area.

And a giant thanks to whoever left all the 45acp brass on the ground...

cleaned it, sized it and reloaded it all last night!

[HoneyBadger]

No, that wasn't us. We drove up into the back area.

And a giant thanks to whoever left all the 45acp brass on the ground...

cleaned it, sized it and reloaded it all last night!

Nice find! (and thanks for picking up other people's 'trash')

Where I was shooting, there was only a little bit of .22lr brass, but nothing reloadable and no trash. I always try to pick up as much brass as I can, even though I don't have a reloading setup yet. I keep brass in 1 gallon plastic gatorade bottles and I have 2 gallons of .223/5.56 brass, 1.5 gallon of 6.8 brass, and 1 gallon of 9mm brass. Someday I'll get a reloading station...