Posted: 4/1/2010 7:47:53 PM EDT
| New to the site, and to Colorado (Fort Collins). Looking for a range (preferably free) that I can go and shoot. I've tried the range locater on here, but it seemed like you had to join a club to shoot. I've also heard of the Pawnee Grasslands, but don't know where to go. Any suggestions? Perhaps the mountains? |
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From another forum
[QUOTE=2ndChildhood;49666]It's pretty easy to find places to shoot here. People seem to just stop near any gully and use the bank as a backstop. Some don't bother with a backstop and just shoot beside any old lonely dirt road. (bad idea I think) The grassland is administered by the forest service, here's the regs. http://www.fs.fed.us/r2/arnf/passes/rules.shtml To get there From I-25 take exit 269 (Fort Collins), go East on CO hwy 14 for 21 miles. This is where the highway curves to the left. There are 2 main places to go: 1) 88 & 61 is a smaller area that doesn't get as much use. Continue about 4 miles on hwy 14 and turn right on cty road 88, at about 3 miles 88 drops into a big gully and shooting area is on the left. Coordinates for 88/61 N40 37.461 W104 29.18 2) Road 96 has 3 areas. Continue about 5 1/2 miles from the left hand curve. Just as the highway takes a right hand curve, cty road 57 is on the left. Go 3 miles on 57 to cty road 96. At this intersection, there are two smaller places to shoot at the bottom of the gully to your left. Or you can go right on road 96 to the biggest shooting area. After a mile on 96, turn right at the gully and go in a quarter mile to a parking spot. The forest service organizes cleanups at these spots a few times each year. Please clean up your mess. We'd sure like to continue using these spots for shooting. Oh yeah, when you go through Ault, slow down. They like their speed traps there. 2C :mrgreen: Here's a map of the area after the highway takes the left hand curve at the 21 mile mark.  [/QUOTE]
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we site them in laying prone Diddo. The shooting mechanics are totally different between shooting prone vs shooting from a bench. If you want to sight in from a bench, you're going to have to pay to use a range. Most free places don't have the accomodations that you're looking for unless you bring your own gear. Just FYI. |
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Not free but easy drive from Fort fun. Has gongs from 300 to 500 yards. I like this range. Gun club |
