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Range 15 on Fort Lewis used to be a good place to sight in a hunting rifle, shoot your pistol or do some plinking. A few years s ago, they really spiffed it up compared to what it used to be.
Now, the old timers are retiring from range control and all these new 5.11 wearing gomers are taking over. The same kinds of guys that wear Oakley's and grow those Navy SEAL beards. They act like they are doing YOU a favor by being available to take your money. Same kinds of guys I see proliferating gun shops in my area.
There are a couple old timers left, but they are all leaving slowly and surely.
Now, the new geniuses at range control have decided that magnum rifles aren't safe! Regardless of what has been slung around on that post into that small arms impact range for nearly a century. A guy with a 300 WSM was asked to leave the other day. A 300 WSM? But a 30-06 is OK and "safe" without those dangerous 50 to 100 fps.
Just to be a smartazz, the 222 magnum had to come out. "Sorry sir but that's a magnum rifle".
Now, the old timers are retiring from range control and all these new 5.11 wearing gomers are taking over. The same kinds of guys that wear Oakley's and grow those Navy SEAL beards. They act like they are doing YOU a favor by being available to take your money. Same kinds of guys I see proliferating gun shops in my area.
There are a couple old timers left, but they are all leaving slowly and surely.
Now, the new geniuses at range control have decided that magnum rifles aren't safe! Regardless of what has been slung around on that post into that small arms impact range for nearly a century. A guy with a 300 WSM was asked to leave the other day. A 300 WSM? But a 30-06 is OK and "safe" without those dangerous 50 to 100 fps.
Just to be a smartazz, the 222 magnum had to come out. "Sorry sir but that's a magnum rifle".