Tri County Gun Club

[RicInOR]

@techiej - are the targets kept somewhere - like by the firing line, or are they just out by the target stands?

 

[Meridian7750]

RinInOR...
The steels on the silhouette range are "in the field"...
They are always down range, at various distances from the firing line.
Example, the small "chicks" steels are 25 yards, the bigger chickens are 50, pigs are at 75, goats 100, etc (doing this from memory, may be off on numbers or species, but you get the idea). Must be over 100 steels out there.
It's a great range...the kids dig it!
It's a hot/cold range, but with no timer. Declare a cold range, get safe, and go down range to set up the numerous steels for another blasting session.
Lotsa fun!
On another note, are you shooting Speed Steel this Sunday?

 

[jrprich]

Question for veteran TCGC members.......I forgot to ask at the meeting.

Both my .22lr rifles load from the rear of the buttstock (Browning SA22 & Rem. Nylon 66).
So I am wondering how I can quickly unload them when the range goes cold without pointing the muzzle upwards so that the rounds slide back out of the stock?

Jim

 

[Goosebrown]

Glad to see your post. I have been a member for a couple weeks now and it is nice to know that I am not the absolute FNG now.

So silhouette is fun as. The range is black powder, rifle caliber carbines and some other VERY limited calibers. (Read it in your handbook... ) and 22 rifles, not pistols.

There are several sizes of silhouettes there on the range with an explanation right in front. Each size is supposed to be used at a different distance. The smallest go closest, the next smallest next nearest and so on. What we have found is that the small ones go over with one shot. The rest won't always fall over so it is important to be able to hear. When we are there with the 22s only, we loosen our earplugs a bit so that we can hear a little more otherwise you really don't know if you hit them.

VERY fun range. I like that almost the best actually.

Good luck at Appleseed. That is this weekend at DRRC I think. Let us know if you get your rifleman and your Daniel Morgan patch.

 

[Goosebrown]

On another note, are you shooting Speed Steel this Sunday?

I will be if I get all my honeydos done tomorrow.

Name is Matt. Maybe I'll see you there.

 

[Goosebrown]

Question for veteran TCGC members.......I forgot to ask at the meeting.

Both my .22lr rifles load from the rear of the buttstock (Browning SA22 & Rem. Nylon 66).
So I am wondering how I can quickly unload them when the range goes cold without pointing the muzzle upwards so that the rounds slide back out of the stock?

Jim

I would ask the range officer. I don't have an answer, but was told that they have work arounds for things. Just ask first and get their opinion.

 

[Goosebrown]

@techiej - are the targets kept somewhere - like by the firing line, or are they just out by the target stands?

They are all down range. You just have to go set them up. Some folks take their last cease fire to set some up for the next guy... there are hundreds I think so you can't set them all up.

 

[Meridian7750]

Question for veteran TCGC members.......I forgot to ask at the meeting.

Both my .22lr rifles load from the rear of the buttstock (Browning SA22 & Rem. Nylon 66).
So I am wondering how I can quickly unload them when the range goes cold without pointing the muzzle upwards so that the rounds slide back out of the stock?

Jim

Because going cold is a "Group Consensus", perhaps you can announce to the other shooters that you will be able to go cold once you have shot the rounds still in your magazine.
Seems preferable to having your muzzle pointed above the berm.

 

[Meridian7750]

I will be if I get all my honeydos done tomorrow.

Name is Matt. Maybe I'll see you there.

Hi Matt,
I'm John...our group usually starts in bay 8...come on by and say hello.
I'm the old guy with the white beard.

 

[jrprich]

Good idea, wonder how the other shooters will accept that

 

[Meridian7750]

Good idea, wonder how the other shooters will accept that

I bet it won't be much of an issue, unless you have 5 minutes worth of shooting in there.
Most guys will busy themselves with chamber flags (gasp!) and doing some light BSing while you finish up.

 

[RicInOR]

@Meridian7750 - no I am shooting Appleseed over at Douglas Ridge.
Using the rifle I won at Man of Steel !

 

[Meridian7750]

Nice!

 

[Goosebrown]

Hi Matt,
I'm John...our group usually starts in bay 8...come on by and say hello.
I'm the old guy with the white beard.

And I can pick you out how? LOL. I have done speed steel there before and there are a lot of grey beards. My beard is turning as well so I will be soon...

 

[Meridian7750]

Yeah, I was gonna get all butt-hurt about that until I realized its pretty darn true.
Alright, I'm throwing down the challenge...
Slow score buys the Grecian Formula!

 

[Goosebrown]

I'll bring the Ensure.

 

[Goosebrown]

Yeah, I was gonna get all butt-hurt about that until I realized its pretty darn true.
Alright, I'm throwing down the challenge...
Slow score buys the Grecian Formula!

it was great to hang with you guys and shoot. Had to leave early, the delay moved me back into honeydo time. See you next month.

 

[Meridian7750]

Hey Goose...
Great shooting with you also. Sorry you had to miss the last stage, but SHMBO always comes first. At least they think they do.
An interesting day at TCGC, no doubt...
See you next month.
J

 

[Goosebrown]

Indeed. It all got off schedule and I had to scoot.

See you next month.

 

[mtaylor7210]

put in my request about 2mths ago or so, I moved here in july.
I just got an email and scheduled orientation for mid January.