Well Shoot!....

RVTECH · Nov 1, 2025

Started out sunny and nice earlier and I wanted to go shooting. I had to run a couple quick errands first and came home but it clouded over Really quickly and the wind came up.

Well, I grabbed my RIA, some ammo, and took a ride out to one shooting spot just a few minutes from home but it started sprinkling and still pretty windy.

Well, I didn't shoot but picked up about a 100 or so 9mm cases recently shot! Not like I need them but I cant leave brass just laying there! There was a LOT of .223 laying there as well and I might go back and get it in a day or so for anybody who might need it here in Central Oregon!

Tlock · Nov 1, 2025

Its blacktail killing weather on this side of the hill. Instead of hunting I took my daughters to the gun show and lunch

orygun · Nov 2, 2025

Tlock said:
Its blacktail killing weather on this side of the hill. Instead of hunting I took my daughters to the gun show and lunch

It is great weather for that, but instead I drove to Myrtle Creek to pick up a hard to come by fender for my Model A. I thought about stopping by the gun show on the way home, but didn't. Probably should have, just for a break.

ron · Nov 2, 2025

RVTECH said:
Started out sunny and nice earlier and I wanted to go shooting. I had to run a couple quick errands first and came home but it clouded over Really quickly and the wind came up.

Well, I grabbed my RIA, some ammo, and took a ride out to one shooting spot just a few minutes from home but it started sprinkling and still pretty windy.

Well, I didn't shoot but picked up about a 100 or so 9mm cases recently shot! Not like I need them but I cant leave brass just laying there! There was a LOT of .223 laying there as well and I might go back and get it in a day or so for anybody who might need it here in Central Oregon!

Sorry for you guys having to shoot in the elements. Winter is coming. I am totally spoiled belonging to a gun club with
a covered on three sides shooting benches, every position with radiant electric heat, and 3 ranges to choose from. Golf
cart for the 300 yard range. Indoor bathrooms with flush toilets. Everyone follows the range safety rules. I use to shoot
in the woods, when sometimes people will show up to shoot that have no idea how to handle a firearm.

roseburger · Nov 2, 2025

Tlock said:
Its blacktail killing weather on this side of the hill. Instead of hunting I took my daughters to the gun show and lunch

I was stubborn and tried to find a deer.

arakboss · Nov 2, 2025

It was nasty yesterday. I encountered a couple of lakes where it should be pavement. The afternoon break was a welcome treat for the dog to run around.

Tlock · Nov 2, 2025

orygun said:
It is great weather for that, but instead I drove to Myrtle Creek to pick up a hard to come by fender for my Model A. I thought about stopping by the gun show on the way home, but didn't. Probably should have, just for a break.

Restoring your first car you bought new? Thats cool you kept it all these years!

Tlock · Nov 2, 2025

roseburger said:
I was stubborn and tried to find a deer.

I found 2 good ones, they just keep showing up at dark

orygun · Nov 2, 2025

My game cameras went blank right about the time hunting season started.
Barely started up again...

orygun · Nov 2, 2025

But after breakfast, I am taking my rifle for a walk.

Snellvis · Nov 2, 2025

ron said:
Sorry for you guys having to shoot in the elements. Winter is coming. I am totally spoiled belonging to a gun club with
a covered on three sides shooting benches, every position with radiant electric heat, and 3 ranges to choose from. Golf
cart for the 300 yard range. Indoor bathrooms with flush toilets. Everyone follows the range safety rules. I use to shoot
in the woods, when sometimes people will show up to shoot that have no idea how to handle a firearm.

What range is this?

Mikej · Nov 2, 2025

Snellvis said:
What range is this?

One of those with a waiting list a mile long?

And you'd need to be 14 YO now and get in, maybe, when you were 70? Just guessing though.

ron · Nov 2, 2025

Snellvis said:
What range is this?

Clark Rifles 300 yard range.

ron · Nov 2, 2025

Mikej said:
One of those with a waiting list a mile long? And you'd need to be 14 YO now and get in, maybe, when you were 70? Just guessing though.

Not true. You need an member to recommend you for membership.

RVTECH · Nov 2, 2025

ron said:
Sorry for you guys having to shoot in the elements.

Heck, nothing to be sorry about! I have shot in 'the elements' most of my life and consider it a blessing to be able to do so conveniently and with the freedom it offers. A 10 minute drive from home is nothing so if I choose not to NOT shoot for whatever reason (such as weather) well, no big deal.

Fortunately where I live I have a lot of choices and rarely have to deal with other people.

I am not certainly NOT impuning ranges and IF I were closer to one I would probably be a member and occasionally use it but the closest I am to is Redmond rod and gun club at about 40 miles. Next is COSSA at just shy of an hour. Either way thats a bit more than I care to drive to shoot so in the elements it will be!

Bobbygun · Nov 2, 2025

RVTECH said:
Heck, nothing to be sorry about! I have shot in 'the elements' most of my life and consider it a blessing to be able to do so conveniently and with the freedom it offers. A 10 minute drive from home is nothing so if I choose not to NOT shoot for whatever reason (such as weather) well, no big deal.

Fortunately where I live I have a lot of choices and rarely have to deal with other people.

I am not certainly NOT impuning ranges and IF I were closer to one I would probably be a member and occasionally use it but the closest I am to is Redmond rod and gun club at about 40 miles. Next is COSSA at just shy of an hour. Either way thats a bit more than I care to drive to shoot so in the elements it will be!

I'm with you on that one.

Plus, I can sit in the dry pickup cab and wait for the wife to put up the targets and set up the dining canopy and portable benchrest. Of course, I will be waiting a loooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooong time. :s0140:

Bobbygun · Nov 2, 2025

Tlock said:
I found 2 good ones, they just keep showing up at dark

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That's a nice forkie, but that other buck looks like Boone & Crockett potential.

trukinbear · Nov 2, 2025

I put down a rug (my shooting rug) so that I never leave brass behind. Leaving brass on the ground is a real dick move, and the stuff is literally money I don't have to spend again.

RVTECH · Nov 2, 2025

trukinbear said:
Leaving brass on the ground is a real dick move, and the stuff is literally money I don't have to spend again.

I agree and This is why I may go back out and pick up all the .223 brass I saw yesterday.

Weather looks a little nicer so I many get some shooting in as well!

Mikej · Nov 2, 2025

trukinbear said:
Leaving brass on the ground is a real dick move, and the stuff is literally money I don't have to spend again.

So is it a "dick' move, or a "good" thing, for you? I'm confused.

There's always people coming along not to long after people have left their brass lay. I identify, as one of them!

I also bring a magnet, grabbers, a bag for garbage and a bucket.