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Posted: 7/31/2018 10:49:02 AM EDT
[#1]
I went by the range last weekend and it looks the same as it has been for at least the last three months.
However....Just checked on the permits for the accessory and restroom buildings and it looks like they will finally be approved within a week. The permits are in the final phase which takes a couple days. We may actually see work started in the next few weeks. |
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Posted: 7/31/2018 11:09:01 AM EDT
[#2]
thank god, 17 years
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Posted: 7/31/2018 11:45:52 AM EDT
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I shot there wed. just give them a call and get the latest details from Keith. If there are going to be people there you can come too for $50. If you have 4 guys he will meet you there for $200. Give him a call for details. This is current info as I was just there last Wed.  online info as with most online stuff is outdated.also Okeechobee shooting sports is going to start up their 500 yard shoots on Tuesdays but you must call George the range officer at the range directly. $50 a day also heavily depending on availability. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Quoted: Looks like 700.00 for Okeechobee and 150.00 for Malabar - per year. If it is 50.00 per day, I could see it to test any new loads I try. My current load is spot on out to 1400 yards, almost can't miss at 1200 yards, so 1000 yards isn't that big a deal. I would also use it when I had a visitor who has never shot very far. Regardless, it's great to have multiple options and thanks for pointing them out. online info as with most online stuff is outdated.also Okeechobee shooting sports is going to start up their 500 yard shoots on Tuesdays but you must call George the range officer at the range directly. $50 a day also heavily depending on availability. It took me a minute to get it dialed in. |
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Posted: 8/1/2018 5:41:40 PM EDT
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Oh yeah...I almost forgot about this place :/
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Posted: 8/14/2018 6:51:34 PM EDT
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I won't be at all surprised if the PBC range is never completed; somethings definitely fishy about the entire situation because it just doesn't take all that much time to build a range and a few out buildings.
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Posted: 8/18/2018 9:02:43 AM EDT
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I won't be at all surprised if the PBC range is never completed; somethings definitely fishy about the entire situation because it just doesn't take all that much time to build a range and a few out buildings. |
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Posted: 9/11/2018 11:03:41 AM EDT
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Went there Saturday Sept 8th. Gates locked shut. From what I could see no changes . Might try to go on a weekday to get a closer look.
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Posted: 9/14/2018 7:16:47 AM EDT
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Looks like the fall -winter 2018 opening date is just another lie.
Meanwhile, it takes just a couple months to turn a working farm into a strip mall here in PBC. So yeah, it was actually just another lie. Let's see how the latest date of May 2019 for the opening of a partially completed range works out. 
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Posted: 9/14/2018 12:36:45 PM EDT
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Looks like the fall -winter 2018 opening date is just another lie. Meanwhile, it takes just a couple months to turn a working farm into a strip mall here in PBC. |
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Posted: 9/14/2018 3:13:49 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I really don't think it will ever open at this point. The money has been misappropriated, the people in power at the FWC don't want it, etc.. |
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Posted: 9/18/2018 12:43:50 PM EDT
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I've believed that for quite a while, corruption and political pressure of one sort or another are the only plausible reasons for the endless delays. Quote HistoryQuoted:
Quoted: I really don't think it will ever open at this point. The money has been misappropriated, the people in power at the FWC don't want it, etc.. |
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Posted: 9/18/2018 8:30:43 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: While I believe that it is taking forever, there is actually work being done now on the support buildings. Lookslike the slab and underground electric are in according to permit inspections. |
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Posted: 10/2/2018 8:06:32 AM EDT
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October Update! Seems to be some movement however slow!
Shooting benches 
Building foundation 
Furniture stacked up 
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Posted: 10/2/2018 9:19:29 AM EDT
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October Update! Seems to be some movement however slow! Shooting benches http://i1193.photobucket.com/albums/aa351/VinDelP/20181001_134319.jpg Building foundation http://i1193.photobucket.com/albums/aa351/VinDelP/20181001_134245.jpg Furniture stacked up http://i1193.photobucket.com/albums/aa351/VinDelP/20181001_134313.jpg |
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Posted: 10/2/2018 5:52:39 PM EDT
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Thanks for the update and pics. What am I looking at in the 3rd photo? The items wrapped in plastic...
Never mind - just saw the caption |
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Posted: 10/6/2018 9:08:52 AM EDT
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The way they are doing the baffles it looks like it is going to be loud!
But, you know, government, because F free enterprise and capitalism. We could have formed a co-op of AR15 members and had it operational faster than .gov. And we argue about everything. |
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Posted: 10/6/2018 10:34:15 AM EDT
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...and we argue about everything.
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Posted: 10/6/2018 10:59:44 AM EDT
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NO WE DON'T!!! Quote HistoryQuoted:
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...and we argue about everything. ?? |
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Posted: 10/6/2018 6:08:06 PM EDT
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You are both clearly wrong, I am the only one who is right!
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Posted: 10/6/2018 8:38:34 PM EDT
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My wife told me that SHE owns that distinction!!! When I married her 30 years ago, I thought I was marrying Miss Right... I just didn't know her first name was Always! Quote HistoryQuoted:
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You are both clearly wrong, I am the only one who is right! |
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Posted: 11/14/2018 5:25:56 PM EDT
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What ya know - there's actualy an update from FWC...
http://myfwc.com/media/4518618/updatepbc.pdf Their estimate is 6 months or so. I'll plan on this time next year.... |
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Posted: 11/15/2018 9:30:54 AM EDT
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...an update from FWC... Their estimate is 6 months or so...
So, after years of hearing talk about this range, I had to go and find it and take a look for myself... The pistol and 100 yard rifle ranges are basically finished. For the 200 yard and 300 yard rifle ranges, the only thing that is done is the berms and backstop. The 300 yard range has a nice feature - a cut in the left berm at the target end so you can drive down the outside of the range on the left to get to your target. Should help speed up "range cold" times on the 300 yard range. The little building in the picture doesn't look much different today than when that picture was taken. Unfinished concrete block exterior with no windows or doors... For those interested in taking a look. The easiest way to get there is to take your favorite east-west road (Southern, Okeechobee, or North Lake) west until you get to Seminole Pratt-Whitney Road and turn north. Follow Seminole Pratt Whitney Road north until the pavement ends. The entrance to the range is 1.8 miles north from there on the right. From Wellington (Forest Hill & 441), it is about a 1/2 hour drive. P.S.: MarkL1 - thanx for the link! 
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Posted: 11/15/2018 4:16:13 PM EDT
[#23]
Thank you Reorx
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Posted: 11/15/2018 6:28:37 PM EDT
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Yeah, their update memo is a little vague. The facilities/admin buildings are supposed to be completed late spring. What we've been told is that the park can/will open once these buildings are complete. We'll see if that holds true.
I think the name of the contractor is perfect - Leisure Construction. They work at their leisure ;) |
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Posted: 11/15/2018 11:57:21 PM EDT
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I think the name of the contractor is perfect - Leisure Construction. They work at their leisure ;) Quote HistoryQuoted:
I think the name of the contractor is perfect - Leisure Construction. They work at their leisure ;)
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Thank you Reorx 
Looking at photos higher on this page (posted by VinD on 10/2), that building (the only building I saw) only had 3 rows of block in early October and now it is farther along... it almost has a roof! Not bad for 6 weeks!!! Liesure Construction indeed!
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Posted: 11/16/2018 7:58:32 AM EDT
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the sad thing is if we all volunteered to come down and help them build it they would have said no. govt
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Posted: 11/17/2018 8:36:35 AM EDT
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Leisure is right damn!! I had a whole house built in 3 months once they broke ground. It took two days to lay the block.
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Posted: 11/17/2018 11:11:03 AM EDT
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Leisure is right damn!! I had a whole house built in 3 months once they broke ground. It took two days to lay the block. You were probably using your own money. It would cost you (money-stress-inconveniences) the longer it took. |
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Posted: 12/7/2018 9:23:39 PM EDT
[#29]
Any progress? I'm literally growing old waiting for this range to open.
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Posted: 12/8/2018 11:09:12 AM EDT
[#30]
They broke ground on this site in Sept 2016. I'm not expecting to shoot there before Sept 2019.
3 years to build a facilities building, clear some land, pile up some dirt and build wood benches... |
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Posted: 12/11/2018 12:27:17 AM EDT
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Any progress? I'm literally growing old waiting for this range to open. |
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Posted: 12/11/2018 8:28:54 AM EDT
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Ill head over this week and update Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Any progress? I'm literally growing old waiting for this range to open.
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Posted: 12/26/2018 9:40:32 PM EDT
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Got busy and forgot to swing by until today..Gate was closed but there was a truck inside at the building doing work. I saw at least one building up with roof and windows/doors. Permits show thats about as far as they have gotten on both the restroom and "recreation building". Permits are also in progress for the 200 and 300 yard covers and the trap/skeet fields.
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Posted: 12/29/2018 11:23:36 AM EDT
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Got busy and forgot to swing by until today..Gate was closed but there was a truck inside at the building doing work. I saw at least one building up with roof and windows/doors. Permits show thats about as far as they have gotten on both the restroom and "recreation building". Permits are also in progress for the 200 and 300 yard covers and the trap/skeet fields. |
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Posted: 1/31/2019 10:24:36 AM EDT
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So in May they will be able to tell us when the pistol and rifle range will be open?
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Posted: 2/2/2019 2:00:57 PM EDT
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I wouldn't expect anything...
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Posted: 2/25/2019 1:12:45 PM EDT
[#37]
 Attached File Attached File Attached File Attached File Attached FileJust got back from there. The first three pics are of the checkin room/bathroom by the rifle ranges. the last two are of the bigger building by the shotgun area. its a much bigger building. In summary its been two years from the first post and its slowly getting done. In the last two years all that's been done is to build the two buildings and get the shotgun fields graded and electrical put in nothing else. No work was done on the 200 or 300 yard rifle ranges. The fixed position ranges could have been opened two years ago as not much has changed. I hope its not too much longer it looks like it will be a very comprehensive facility once it gets open. The bigger building in the back is a substantial structure and shows me they are serious at least about the shotgun stuff. Nice big parking lots also. Its at the west end of Northlake boulevard. Go north .7 miles to dirt road and another 1.7 miles on dirt road to the range on the right just before boy scout camp. |
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Posted: 2/25/2019 9:25:40 PM EDT
[#38]
Thanks man for the update, and taking the time to go out there!
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Posted: 2/25/2019 10:43:18 PM EDT
[#39]
Thanks for the update.
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Posted: 2/26/2019 12:58:30 AM EDT
[#40]
Thanx Reel!
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Posted: 2/26/2019 7:08:36 PM EDT
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Gotta love the only thing finished is the handicap spot complete with sign lol
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Posted: 3/29/2019 11:12:37 PM EDT
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March 28, 2019
Progress being made at Palm Beach County Shooting Sports Park Contractors are making headway on two buildings at the Palm Beach County Shooting Sports Park. Drywall work is complete in the administrative building and underway in the restroom. The next building construction phase will include work on the ceiling, flooring, heating, ventilation and air conditioning, and finalizing the plumbing. In addition, permits were secured to construct the trap and skeet fields and the 200- and 300-yard shooting lines and overhead baffling. A timeline for completing the rifle and handgun ranges will be available in May. |
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Posted: 3/30/2019 7:20:45 AM EDT
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The only thing I want is the 200+ range.
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Posted: 3/30/2019 8:49:07 AM EDT
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March 28, 2019 Progress being made at Palm Beach County Shooting Sports Park...
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Posted: 5/2/2019 3:16:01 PM EDT
[#45]
Any updates? Has anyone been out there lately?
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Posted: 5/2/2019 4:54:20 PM EDT
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Large strip malls are constructed within months of clearing the land but a handful of tiny outbuildings at the range site take forever.
What a damned joke this is.
https://myfwc.com/hunting/safety-education/shooting-ranges/palm-beach/ |
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Posted: 5/2/2019 6:11:43 PM EDT
[#47]
20 years.
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Posted: 5/10/2019 2:39:08 PM EDT
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I'm going to be up near there tomorrow. I'll try to stop by and get some pics.
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Posted: 5/10/2019 3:48:22 PM EDT
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I'm going to be up near there tomorrow. I'll try to stop by and get some pics. |
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Posted: 5/11/2019 7:39:38 PM EDT
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Holy shit. Guns will be banned and I'll be dead before this place goes hot.
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