Posted: 4/29/2007 11:50:16 AM EDT
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looking to try a long distance shoot never tried but want to. can anyone tell me of any not to far from the greenbay area thanks |
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Shiocton goes out to 500 yards, but you'll have to walk all the way down to check your target. Not something I'd do at a public range like Shiocton, unless you have someone stay back at the line to cover you. There is a nice private 600 yard range in Stockbridge. It's currently only used for practice, no competiton. But we do have a spotter pit down by the target. |
Easy to join. $30/year plus a $50 club raffle ticket each year and 10 work hours. There are 2 rifle ranges, 100 yard only, and 200-600. The 200-600 requires a $5/day fee for members, $10/day for non members. It's one mile east of the town of Stockbridge on Hickory Hills Rd. www.wecc-stockbridge.com Pardon the gay website. It's put together by a bunch of Fudds who mostly just drink beer and talk about da turdy point buck. Unfortunaly that same group is also the Board of Directors, but there is a large enough group of rifle shooters that we can at least slightly cut down on the crap. And yes, all our names are on the ballot each year. We have a rimfire rifle match the 1st Thursday evening of each month and a centerfire rifle match on the 3rd Thursday evening of each month if you can come down and check it out. |
Kevin
A club certified range officer must be present during range activity? You cannot shoot without a range officer? Aminimum of 2 people to shoot beyond 300yards? One of which needs to be certified by the club? Certified for what? |
I told you it was gay. The complete story is extremely long and would take hours to type. Basically, the Board is scared of what they don't know (which is trap and deer hunting). They think "I can't hit a deer at 100 yards, so there's going to be bullets going everywhere at 600 yards." The rules aren't as bad as it sounds. They slapped a bunch of rules on us at the beginning, most of which we got some slack on by threatening to not renew our memberships (the rifle activities are the only thing keeping the club above ground, trap is in the red). Anyone can be a 'certified range officer'. Any 'certified range officer' can 'certify' anyone else. The process takes about 3 seconds when I do it because all you need to do is sign the piece of paper where it says you know and understand the rules. In essence, join the club, read the rules, sign the paper, and you can use the range on your own (with a $5/day fee) We fought the fee too, and got it lowered from $10 (they wanted $15) but really, where else can you have a range like this to yourself for a day. Beyond 300 yards, 2 people are required. One shooting and one in the spotting pit with a radio. Really, it makes it that much more enjoyable to have you shots radioed back rather than drive back and forth. Again, the Board is scared of people wandering down range and getting shot and wants the second person to be watching for people down by the target. Not like anyone tresspassing onto a hot range doesn't deserve it, but.... If you want to come up and see it and poke a few rounds down range, give a shout. ETA: I've had board members and other club members ask me several time about shooting at 600yds, "How much do you have to hold above the target to hit it?" I say to them "Dude, that's what those knobs on your sights are for. Maybe if you tried using them, you'd be able to hit your deer." Just goes to show how much they know about rifle shooting. |