Posted: 1/30/2008 9:04:02 AM EDT
| Anyone want to join me sometime on Saturday? I need to get out there and sight in a few guns. |
| I should be there around 10, 1030 at the latest. The weather is looking better. Hopefully there won't be a crowd. There's been some interesting reading about Wilson Shoals on Silencer Talk lately. Anyone that goes there and is into NFA should have a look at those threads. |
Don't forget to print out the regs I posted if you go with an NFA item. 
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FWIW, one of the range officers told me that on Saturdays (particularly nice ones) it tends to be packed after about 11 am. I have never been there on a weekend, so haven't seen for myself, and I'm booked tomorrow in any case. At least the berms should be nice and soft for staking targets... at the back berm the mud will be bad. |
| I used to shoot their quite a bit. Didn't know they had offical range officers now. The place had gotten kind of scarry and I quit going. Literally have had guns pointed at me while down range. Fair Weather Saturdays used to have a waiting line. Have fun out there, but be careful. |
I searched for that thread and can't find it. I am tempted to go there with my cans and when the dumbfuck says something I will hand him the paper with his boss's name and phone number and tell him to give him a call.  I can't find the thread, but there was one that this was hashed out in and some calls were made and it was determined that the law contains an exemption if you have done all the NFA song and dance. |
I quite going for the same reason, atleast going by myself. 5 or 6 years ago I had a guy try to rob me at the shooting range. Long story short, he pulled a knife ( at a gun range) and wanted my money  , an 8mm round went into the ground by his feet, and he left quickly.I was dumb and scared to call the cops cause I didn't want to get into trouble for doing something wrong. At the time I didn't now crap about shootings and didn't know if I should have shot or not. Looking back, if it happened again, lots of things would have been different, just about the whole situation would change. |
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FWIW - went to W.S. from mid-morning until about 1230 hrs today. Nothing but nice folks there, including jmarkma who was shooting some good groups with his AR. The range officer was a nice older gentleman, I didn't get his name :( Eye n ears, weapons open & unloaded & benched & untouched when the range was cold, weapons checked upon arrival (unloaded?), etc. were all politely enforced. I was running a new bipod temporarily attached to a railed gas block, got some wandering groups and was blaming that setup, after I got home I discovered that jmarkma was right and my RRA scope mount knobs were a bit loose (duh!). Except for the mud and the fact that the back berm is only 80 yds it was good. |
+1 One of the ROs at Wilson Shoals told me they'd only been staffed for about 7 months. I wouldn't have gone there before because of the potential for things like this and accidents from... careless fellow shooting enthusiasts. |
It was nice meeting you! I am glad it was only some loose mounts but your groups earlier in the day were pretty darn good. Now you need to go back and shoot some more! I found I am very rusty shooting my handguns, really need to practice some more. The RO was a nice fellow and a needed addition to the range. If anyone goes keep in mind that if you want to fire less than 25 yards, a staked target on the 25 yard berm is fine, you need a target stand at least 48" tall or higher. |
