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I was out there Memorial Weekend. It's dirty but it is close to PortlandAnybody know when and if the Oz pit will be open??
Sorry to say, jtoran, that doesn't look like a good place to shoot. No high earthen berm backstop and bunches of trees shot down. Shooting into trees, or stands of trees is not a backstop and you could get fined for shooting there. If a place does not have an earth backstop. (at least 8 ft high), we should not shoot there. It make all of us look really bad and causes closures to shooting. It's not only a natural resource protection kind of thing, it's also a public safety thing. A bullet could slip through the tree branches and who knows where it stops! "No rounds leave the range!"There is a gate and I drove about a mile past it and found this place to shoot.
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I intrested in checking out the OZ pit but, concerned it might be closed/closed off.This is weird. Someone put a flag on Google maps that says closed, but, no date on when that was. The only gate I've ever heard of is the one at the Memaloose Rd bridge, off Hwy 224. Otherwise, I believe the only other access to the pit is from the Hillockburn Rd which becomes the NF45 Rd, and I've never heard of a gate anywhere along that road.
It is possible, however, that a bridge washed out and they had to close the NF45 for repairs, but, I haven't heard of such a thing.
It's a long and rough road, but the pit should be worth it. It offers good distance and high backstops.
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Notice, just below the 'Star' rating, it says School. Don't know why it says that, but, Google must think if it's a school, it's temporarily closed.So, I was looking at checking Oz pit out this weekend but now it says "temporarily closed" on Google maps.
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Might be a good idea to call USFS Mt Hood Corp Office. Problem is, I'm sure they're closed till Monday. Some areas are closed and others are open. Just logically thinking, I would think the NF45 would be open, but IDK nuttin.Rand Hawkyns asked a new question about Oz Pit.