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Posted: 10/14/2010 4:41:32 PM
THE IMAGE ABOVE IS A PAID ADVERTISEMENT www.topgunshootingclub.com Top Gun Private Shooting Club 519 Private Road 462 Leonard, TX 75452 ph: 214.799.3357 info@topgunshootingclub.com ===== Highlights from website: We have a rifle range with 100, 200, 300, 400 and 500 yard targets. Owners of Class III firearms must be in possession of any special permits or paperwork required by law. Rifles up to and including .460 Weatherby Magnum caliber may be fired. Full Metal Jacket ammo is permitted - but Tracer, armor piercing, and steel core ammunition are prohibited. To shoot at the 200 yd target you must be able to place 2 of 3 shots in the red center of the target. The same is true to move from 200 to 300, 300 to 400 and 400 to 500 yard targets. ===== Fees: The shooting fee for a one time visit is 20.00. If you are a member it will be 15.00 per visit. The opening special for October 2010 is 40.00 for the rest of 2010 and all of 2011. November 1st. it will go back to the regular yearly price of $100.00 per year. At this time we are cash only. ===== We will be open from 9 am to 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Friday and Saturday. We will be open on Sunday from 1:30 until 6:30 p.m. Phone 214.799.3357: Directions: Take Hwy 75 North to exit 45, 121 Bonham 14.3 mi Take the 1st right onto TX-160 S (at Exxon Station) 0.5 mi Turn left at TX-78 N 4.3 mi Turn left at P R 462 Traveling East, just before our gate you will see a yellow two story house on the left (North side). Yahoo map driving directions to Top Gun Shooting Club ===== Weather Warning If there is rain, a lot of rain, please check the website or call before coming. ===== My comments: Everyone has said that area north of Dallas needs a long range to shoot at and now we have it! Realistically, this is as close to DFW as a new 500 yard range can get. Go and shoot! |
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Melvinator2k0
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Posted: 10/14/2010 4:46:49 PM
I noticed one of their rules only allows approved paper targets. What does this include?
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Posted: 10/14/2010 4:52:59 PM
Originally Posted By Melvinator2k0:
I noticed one of their rules only allows approved paper targets. What does this include? check website. Not sure. they have some type of space age fiberboard setup that looks like foamy rubber (not the type at garland gun range). this was not an answer but I am trying to ad firsthand knowledge but am not doing good job... at work. I think they will let you use your paper targets, too. |
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bcw107
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Posted: 10/14/2010 7:03:29 PM
So how big is "the red center"? |
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Posted: 10/14/2010 7:16:28 PM
Originally Posted By bcw107:
So how big is "the red center"?
The paper targets or the steel plates? Steel plates are 8". I did not measure the paper target but is probably near that. |
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Posted: 10/14/2010 10:09:08 PM
[Last Edit: 10/14/2010 10:09:32 PM by jkwatkins]
Been to the web-site. I see benches. Do you have to shoot from the benches or do they offer the option to shoot from real shooting positions?
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Posted: 10/15/2010 10:44:49 AM
Prone can be utilized from bench 1, or 10. Ask for them.
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machinisttx
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Posted: 10/16/2010 12:35:42 AM
Originally Posted By 1IV: Prone can be utilized from bench 1, or 10. Ask for them. I didn't think to ask when I was there if they would allow position shooting with a sling(other than prone). |
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Posted: 10/16/2010 11:46:24 PM
Not to piss on you JKW, but this was the most covinient post to reply to. They will let you shoot from any position you are safe from. Talk to the owner and give him your background/credentials, front of the line, and then prove it. Not hard. If you are F class, NRA highpower... easy. D.O.S contractors practicing today. Spend 20 dollars for one day and if you don't like it don't go back, nice place, nice people. 8" plate is all you have to hit @ 200, 300, & 400.
Originally Posted By jkwatkins:
Been to the web-site. I see benches. Do you have to shoot from the benches or do they offer the option to shoot from real shooting positions? |
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SouthEndXGF
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Posted: 10/17/2010 12:34:02 AM
this is relevant to my interests.
tag. |
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Isenhelm
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Posted: 10/18/2010 2:08:22 AM
oooh, looks like it might be pretty nice.
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Posted: 10/18/2010 12:34:25 PM
inteeresting about 45min from me.
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Posted: 10/21/2010 11:18:01 PM
will be heading out there on Friday. bought a membership last Friday. Was a no brainer. $40
The shooting fee for a one time visit is 20.00. If you are a member it will be 15.00 per visit. The opening special for October 2010 is 40.00 for the rest of 2010 and all of 2011. November 1st. it will go back to the regular yearly price of $100.00 per year. At this time we are cash only. |
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Posted: 10/23/2010 4:38:11 AM
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Posted: 10/23/2010 11:23:29 AM
Went yesterday. Great experience. I joined.
Terry is friendly, old school, helpful, strict on the rules. I used lane 1 and shot prone. There were some amazing shooters out with exotics, and some bench rest guns. I brought 2 ARs ( open sights and aim point), hit the 200 m, 8 inch ringer with both. Zeroed those two at 100 and confirmed 300 m dope. Could not reliably ring the plate at 300 so I did not graduate to 400 or 500. Brought my PSL. Rang the 200. No problem. But my 2-3 moa ammo, vert stringing, and quartering wind kept me from qualifying for 400. I also had my Ak. It is a bullet hose. 100 m no prob. 300 m no way. Then finally I zeroed my Rossi 1892 in 44 mag. 100 m no problem. 200 m ringer was a no go because of the wind. Spent 3.5 hours. Bought a coke. Ate some pizza. Had a Great time. This IS a SAFE range. It is also dedicated to hitting the target. Come out and play. |
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FALARAK
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Posted: 10/23/2010 6:42:57 PM
Can you back your car/truck up to the firing line? If I brought a lot of guns I hate carrying them all. This is why I used to shoot at Backwoods Traps in Little Elm - it was one of the few places with nice concrete benches that you could back your vehicle right up to.
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Posted: 10/23/2010 9:49:39 PM
Originally Posted By FALARAK:
Can you back your car/truck up to the firing line? If I brought a lot of guns I hate carrying them all. This is why I used to shoot at Backwoods Traps in Little Elm - it was one of the few places with nice concrete benches that you could back your vehicle right up to. Any way you want to cut it you will be decanting your guns 50 - 75 feet. |
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Posted: 10/26/2010 4:35:03 PM
Originally Posted By FALARAK:
Can you back your car/truck up to the firing line? If I brought a lot of guns I hate carrying them all. This is why I used to shoot at Backwoods Traps in Little Elm - it was one of the few places with nice concrete benches that you could back your vehicle right up to. I have seen others ask Terry to bring car/truck on firing line and he ok'd for load/unload. Want to clear with Terry first. |
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Posted: 10/26/2010 9:16:18 PM
Originally Posted By 597newbie:
Originally Posted By FALARAK:
Can you back your car/truck up to the firing line? If I brought a lot of guns I hate carrying them all. This is why I used to shoot at Backwoods Traps in Little Elm - it was one of the few places with nice concrete benches that you could back your vehicle right up to. I have seen others ask Terry to bring car/truck on firing line and he ok'd for load/unload. Want to clear with Terry first. Bringin' the whole arsenal out??? Nothing like an arfcommer bringing out 87 guns.... 
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wganz
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Posted: 10/26/2010 10:29:36 PM
Originally Posted By 1IV:
Went yesterday. Great experience. I joined. Terry is friendly, old school, helpful, strict on the rules. If it has the 1IV seal of approval, I'm in. Headed up there Saturday.  |
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Posted: 10/30/2010 3:27:45 AM
[Last Edit: 10/30/2010 3:34:21 PM by 597newbie]
Originally Posted By 1IV:
Brought my PSL. Rang the 200. No problem. But my 2-3 moa ammo, vert stringing, and quartering wind kept me from qualifying for 400. This IS a SAFE range. It is also dedicated to hitting the target. Come out and play. 1IV -I think you are the other PSL guy out there... I was out for 4th friday in a row and it has been open for 4 weeks. What I wrote up below from psl forum (am having scope mount issues) went to www.topgunshootingclub.com again today to test my changes to scope mount. Am not up for typing everything that went wrong with mount. might try to go back to stock 4x posp mount. again, too much to type right now will do later. on the very good side of the romanian psl... I had the owner (Terry) spot me while I shot at the 8 inch orange painted steel plate at 400 yards with iron sights and hungarian surplus light ball ammo. after numerous misses I hit 3 of the last 5 shots (which I think surprised Terry). You could say that I hit 3.5 or 4 times as I scraped the edge of the plate with one of the earlier rounds. I have shot the big oxygen tanks at 450 yards with iron sights on my mausers and psl but this is the first time to hit a small target at 400.. longest previous was 300 yards at a slightly larger than a sheet of copy paper steel plate at apg before it was sold. 3 of last 5 on 8 inch steel plate at 400 yards using iron sights with fading light (I had to look thru scope and memorize where target was and then switch down to irons and feel the target)... I was a happy man driving home |
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Posted: 10/30/2010 12:20:47 PM
A long drive for me, but looks like I'll be trying it anyway.
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Posted: 10/30/2010 2:28:00 PM
Another non-50bmg range
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wganz
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Posted: 10/30/2010 4:39:50 PM
Originally Posted By wganz:
spent about an hour there, just enough to find out that I need different rings on that 10/22 and that the HandiRifle in .223 now extracts both steel & brass casings.
Originally Posted By 1IV:
If it has the 1IV seal of approval, I'm in. Headed up there Saturday. Went yesterday. Great experience. I joined. Terry is friendly, old school, helpful, strict on the rules. Liked it. Simple strict rules. Be safe. Shoot straight. No BS. I took them up on their $40 offer. If having to hit an 8" gong to show that you're safe at a particular distance is an affront to your masculinity; then, some testosterone supplements may be required. All the riflemen that I've ever known would take this as a challenge without a blink of an eye. It is a great BS filter. Shoot or shut up. 
I'm going to make that a regular Saturday afternoon run. |
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Posted: 10/30/2010 7:07:01 PM
Talked to a friend of the owner at the Allen gun show today. He reminded me the last day for the $40 membership is tomorrow. The price will go up to $100 a year after Nov. 1st.
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Posted: 11/1/2010 10:06:52 PM
Was out there late yesterday with my Para FAL for a little shooting. I liked what I saw and the plans the owner has for the place. I think the 40.00 membership fee for rest of this year and 2011 was money well spent.
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