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Posted: 2/12/2006 5:29:55 AM EDT
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Check out my shooting page (which needs updating badly) for some pictures from the pit. The top 3 pictures, as well as the one of me shooting the S&W 76, are taken from the pit. Heres a link geocities.com/shootist556/ Hope this helps. EDITED to say that it looks like my web page craped out. Here are a few pics from the pit.........   
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Posted: 2/12/2006 7:02:51 AM EDT
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Worked fine for me. Cool pics and vids. |
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Posted: 2/12/2006 10:39:44 AM EDT
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Here is a down range shot:
 I almost forgot that tractor was whole once.  Kris |
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Posted: 2/12/2006 1:51:50 PM EDT
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Where exactly is the Pit?
Id like to get out there before this place is taken away |
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Posted: 2/12/2006 4:30:08 PM EDT
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There's a map and directions in a pinned thread up top. And this place is nothing new. I was there about 9 or 10 years ago, and it'd been used for years at that point. Still, if people bitch enough, they may succeed in getting it posted....
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Posted: 2/12/2006 7:12:05 PM EDT
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I'm confused when people say the pit may be shut down or posted. Wouldn't state law have to be changed for that to happen? The pit is state land afterall and has a suitable backstop for shooting. Am I missing something?
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Posted: 2/12/2006 9:24:14 PM EDT
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heres a pic of the "pit". McM
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Posted: 2/13/2006 4:14:59 AM EDT
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What the Pit really needs is a large street sweeper (not the gun) and just "sweep" all the trash into one spot. It will be a heck of a dust storm but it should work. Then it'd be easier to shovel the crap into a large dumpster. The only problem is renting the sweeper and dumpster several times a year.
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Posted: 2/13/2006 11:40:53 AM EDT
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A few times a year, clean up shoots are held at the pit. The DNR usually arranges for a dumpster to be brought in. If enough people show up for the clean up it usually only takes a couple hours at most to fill up the dumpster.
The local machine gunners are largely responsible for arranging these clean ups though the Michigan Arfcom contingent did sponsor one last year. It is usually a lot of fun as once it is cleaned up, the toys come out. Most times there is food on hand as well. If this damn weather ever breaks we will have to get something set up because I am sure that place is probably needing a clean up pretty bad after sitting all winter. |
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Posted: 2/13/2006 4:13:04 PM EDT
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^^^^ Great idea! ^^^^^
I'd be happy to help clean up that place. |
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Posted: 2/13/2006 5:49:34 PM EDT
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I was there Sat and it looked pretty decent. There was a fair amount of snow so I can't say for sure but it did not look horrible like it sometimes does.
Come the end of March I am sure we will get a clean up scheduled. I am leaning more for after Knob Creek, which is April 7-9, so I can try out anything I may have picked up there but the first clean up of the year has historiclly been the last Sat in March so this year that would be the 25th. We could also postpone it a week and go on the 1st of April but as I say that is running dangerously close to Knob Creek and I don't know if I can swing back to back shooting weekends. Guess we will play it by ear and see what mother nature does to help the situation. |
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Posted: 2/14/2006 5:51:11 PM EDT
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i am from waterford and i havent heard of the "pit" before, i just picked up an ar 2 months ago.
is the pit just state land that is open to the public year round to go shoot at ? or is it just designated land that holds mg shoots once in awhile? |
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Posted: 2/14/2006 5:58:42 PM EDT
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how do you get there? does anyone know directions from waterford?
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Posted: 2/14/2006 6:10:52 PM EDT
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State land, open to anyone.
Follow the link to a map, you can find I75, I94 or I69 I assume. www.ar15.com/forums/topic.html?b=8&f=39&t=180138 |
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