Alright, LET'S GET IT ON!



Here we go folks - NUMBER 10!  Looking forward to seeing everyone again!  We'll be shooting during the day and camping the night away at Buckeye Gun Club!  (complete with newly installed SATELLITE TV!)  I know, I know, what kind of camping is that?  Just saying its there if we want it!

I'd like to extend a special invitation to all the new members that have not ever joined us before.  These shoots are a lot of fun and this really is a superbly wonderful group of people!  I guarantee you will be glad you came, we are all normal folk just like you!  We've seen some new faces at several of the last shoots and I truly hope it continues!

I also want to say that I am totally psyched about being able to use Buckeye for the camping.  I want to extend a big thanks to Ray Woodrow for helping me out on that end!

Plan is to shoot all day at Ft Dix.  We can stay all the way until closing (4:30) but I think the campers will need to pack up by 3 so we have time to go eat and then get to the campsite before it gets too late.  

In the event of rain - DO NOT FEAR!  Buckeye has a bunk room so we can all sleep inside!  So, since none of us are afraid of getting our ARs wet, this is a rain or shine event!  (well. within reason...)

Important note - there will be NO SHOOTING at the campsite on Saturday night.  There will be no handling of firearms at all on Saturday night.  (A negligent discharge is simply NOT an option, so I hope you understand)  However, you may do some shooting after 10 am on Sunday, thanks to Ray!

For those that will be camping, we will caravan from the range to a restaurant  for dinner(TBD, will post later) and then on to the camp site.  (won't be anything facny or expensive, just some place decent and reasonably priced)

As always, there will be a door prize drawing for everyone who comes.  We will also do a 50/50 for anyone who wants to participate.  (all money goes to buy door prizes for the next shoot, as usual)

Also, for those that join us for camping, all money is going to Buckeye and the good things that Ray and Co. do so this is a great way to have some fun and give our money to a good cause!

Lastly, there will be a special door prize drawing Saturday night around the campfire!  So...  Get yer asses into a tent and join us!  We had 10 campers the last time, I hope we get more this time!

The details:

When: Saturday 12/11, 9:00 am until whenever
Where: Ft Dix Range 14, Camping at Buckeye Gun Club
What: Fun, Guns and Friends!
Cost: $3/hour for shooting, $10/person for camping

I will post directions below.  Here are links to a few threads and pics from previous shoots:

Thread from BLAST IX

Thread from BLAST VIII

A few BLST VIII pics

BLAST VII Pics

BLAST VI Pics (SNOWBALL SHOOT!)

Directions to the range from the Turnpike.  If you need directions from somewhere else, post here and someone will definitely provide.

I know they are long but, I was very descriptive with them. The whole trip is really very simple.

•Take NJ Turnpike to Exit 7

•After paying toll, take Rt. 206 South

•After a short distance, make a LEFT onto Rt. 68. This is a very well marked intersection with signs for Fort Dix. Also, you can only turn left or go straight at this light, there is no right turn. Rt. 68 is larger highway divided in the middle by a grass median.

•After several miles, you will turn LEFT onto Rt. 537/Monmouth Rd. If you go too far, you will run into the entrance to Ft Dix and the MPs will tell you so. Just turn around and go back a couple of roads.

•After a couple of miles, you will come to an intersection with a WAWA on the far left corner, a diner on the far right corner, a motel on the near left and a gas station on the near right. The WAWA is a good landmark and the last/best place to stop for supplies before getting to the range… Continue straight through the light and on 537.

•A couple of miles past the WAWA you will go through a traffic light. Soon after that you will pass a farm market on your left (with the farm on both sides of the road) and then come to a flashing yellow light. Turn RIGHT at the flashing light onto Jacobstown Cookstown Rd. Note – one of the signs on the corner only says Jacobstown Rd but, that’s the one you want. Just look for the flashing yellow light; that is the best landmark.

•Follow this road to the end, it is a couple of miles. When you get to the end/stop sign, turn RIGHT onto the little main street of Cookstown. I do not believe there are any street signs here.

•Once you go through town you will pass a farm field and then cross over onto the military reservation. (Ft Dix) There is one little white sign that you might miss but, as soon as the field ends and the woods begin, you are on base. Continue straight, this is now Range Rd. You will pass some Bivouac sites on the right and a range or two on the left and the ‘urban’ range on the right. Look for ‘Messina Range’ on your left and the urban/MOUT looking range on your right (they are directly across from each other). These are good landmarks and Range 14 is the next left up the road. You will see a small brown sign on the left that says ‘Ft Dix Rod & Gun Club – Range 14’. Turn LEFT here.

•Go down the short road and cross the tank trail and go through the gate. (you will see the red ‘range hot’ flag flying) Go straight down the long ‘driveway’. You will pass the skeet/trap range on your left, the small archery courses on your right and will eventually come to the rifle range. (You have to turn left)

•We generally have two or three tables all the way down on the right side of the firing line. (These would be the first two you will see when you pull in) Look for a BRIGHT YELLOW F-150 parked on the line. You can pull right up to the line to unload.


Directions from Ft Dix/Range 14 to Buckeye Gun Club.  Even though we will caravan, I'll post the directions just in case.

•Turn left out of the range driveway.

•Travel for roughly 2-2.5 miles until you come to Rt 530/Lakehurst Rd.  Turn left onto Lakehurst/530.

•Follow Lakehurst/530 for roughly 5 miles until it merges with Rt 70, turn left onto 70 (heading east).

•Follow 70 East for roughly 5 miles until you reach Rt 539.  Turn right onto 539 south.

•Follow 539 South roughly 10 miles to Rt 72.  Turn left onto 72 east.

•The gun club is a short distance down on the right side.  It is a dirt road driveway that is almost hidden in the trees.  A good trick is to count 11 telephone poles from the light and the driveway will be right around there.

This will be a sign up list for a few things for the camp out.

If you think you are going to camp out, PLEASE POST so I can keep a list of people.  Its not a commitment of any kind, just want to A) Get an idea for numbers and B) Possibly motivate others to come camp when they see who all is camping!

Potential Campers

FMJunkie
zbrane
Bobby_the_Hun
DWFAN
sjauch
M1-Matt

Quoted: This sucks, I was going to the Harrisburg gun show that day

Bah!  Get yer priorities straight man!

Quoted: Sleeping outside in December sounds like fun!  I'm in for camping.

You simply haven't lived until you've woken up to a foot of snow surrounding your tent!

Quoted: Definite Shoot and Camp for me, Mrs. is not sure yet. Mike

Tell her there could be moderate;y priced jewelry in it for her, you slacker!

Quoted: I'm new to the site and unfortunately I don't have an AR, but I do have a Nagant and a Mossberg 835 Ican bring along if thats allright. I live about 40 minutes from Dix and I am joining the gun club this week so getting there shouldn't be a problem. I hope I'm not intruding on anything being so new and all. Just let me know if this is a problem.

Welcome!  You are absolutely welcome to come out and join us!  You can bring anything you want to shoot and you will find that everyone is extremely generous when sharing their firearms.  I personally will have quite a few with me and you are welcome to shoot them all...

Again, welcome to the site!

Rob

Quoted: Quoted: Guys, I just "mass mailed" all NJCSD members  about your shoot in the "Self-Defense Tactics, Tools & Training" section of www.njcsd.org. I told them to direct ALLL questions to this link. RW3 10-4

Roger, Roger!

Quoted: BTH the reduced recoil was not cycling in semiauto shotguns maybe I didnt say that there i go again thinking alower than I type i also have a suggestion since everyone is not too sure about names maybe we should nametag ourselves so all the newer recruits can learn who we really are I thought about this before but never mentioned it i still dont know everyone by heart only the few who have been to almost all the blasts

FWIW - I have personally seen a Benelli cycle 1.5 oz target loads so there ain't much they won't feed as long as they are cleaned/lubed.