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How far of a drive is... #8090657
03/02/24 12:25 PM
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How far of drive is your gun club....so you can shoot.

For me ...door to door is 30-35 minutes.


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Re: How far of a drive is... [Re: Nessmuck] #8090662
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5 miles have been a member many years.

Re: How far of a drive is... [Re: Nessmuck] #8090664
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If its not muddy or crops in about 2 minutes. regular range is about 10 miles.


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Re: How far of a drive is... [Re: Nessmuck] #8090675
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In Wv the nearest open window or the Porch. In Fond du lac about 15 minutes.


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Re: How far of a drive is... [Re: Nessmuck] #8090678
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I shoot on my property or in the woods. I have never been to a gun club.


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But, I Do Nothing Every Day."
Re: How far of a drive is... [Re: SundanceMtnMan] #8090684
03/02/24 01:06 PM
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Originally Posted by SundanceMtnMan
I shoot on my property or in the woods. I have never been to a gun club.

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Don't think I could live where I couldn't shoot in my own back yard. There is a gun club up the road where they shoot skeet, trap etc... It's only about 3 miles away

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Re: How far of a drive is... [Re: Nessmuck] #8090787
03/02/24 03:23 PM
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What's a gun club? Oh wait maybe it is a gun that no longer works and is therefore a club?


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Re: How far of a drive is... [Re: Nessmuck] #8090793
03/02/24 03:37 PM
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Drive??? From my cabin door to the place I can start shooting at the swinging pistol targets I have set up is .... oh... probably 4 steps smile. For my 100 yard set up to make sure my scopes are on is a little farther... say about 30 steps. If I want to shoot out to 300 or 400 yards I do have a drive of about 3 miles, to one of our family farms. My shot gun shooting place is wherever I drag my Champion electric thrower too. This is why I could never hang my hat in a city. Lived in a local "major metropolitan city".... for the area at least...Swanton Nebraska, pop 98 when I got married in 1978 for a short time. Hated it. Will die in the country and plan on being out there forever... ashes thrown in the wind !


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Re: How far of a drive is... [Re: Nessmuck] #8090797
03/02/24 03:46 PM
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Originally Posted by Nessmuck
How far of drive is your gun club....so you can shoot.


For me I just open the back door
and I have a thousand yard range
right off the back porch.

I can be chooting in 30 seconds !!! laugh

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Re: How far of a drive is... [Re: Nessmuck] #8090810
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Out my front door can't get closer.

Re: How far of a drive is... [Re: Nessmuck] #8090821
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Less than a mile, going there to recover some lead tomorrow.


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Re: How far of a drive is... [Re: Nessmuck] #8090840
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One of EdP's sayings is "If you can't shoot in your back yard then your yard is too small." I can and do shoot in my back yard but also belong to gun clubs. One is 19 miles away (about 25 min) and has a range out to 600 yds with covered firing lines and concrete benches. That's where I do my load testing for cartridge guns. Another is a ML club and it is just over an hour away.

Re: How far of a drive is... [Re: Nessmuck] #8090852
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I mostly shoot here on my farm. For long distance I go to a friend's farm 6.8 miles from here. He has markers out to a 1000 yards.

Keith

Re: How far of a drive is... [Re: Nessmuck] #8090871
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In town have to go across the river and down to the end of Jacksonboro road.About a 5 minuit drive.
Everybody in town shoots there.Lots of targets set up at different ranges.
Or anywhere 5 minutes out of town your in the bush so no problem.
At the cabins on the traplines right out the door.

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Re: How far of a drive is... [Re: Nessmuck] #8090911
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Club range is 5-6 miles. Private property to shoot on 6-7 miles.

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Re: How far of a drive is... [Re: randall brannon] #8090913
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Lol Randall! You are correct on WV
From my reloading bench to my shooting bench is approximately 15 steps!!

Re: How far of a drive is... [Re: Sshaffer] #8090929
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My property is my gun club. A few feet to a door, or less to a window if I'm still in my socks! laugh

We have a nice range set up (outside) with a berm backdrop and hangers for targets.

We have a couple of nice gun clubs around here though. One is seven miles and the other is ten miles from here.


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Re: How far of a drive is... [Re: Nessmuck] #8090931
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About 4 miles. Open every day. 800 members. Rifle and pistol only. About the same distance to sporting clay club.

Re: How far of a drive is... [Re: Nessmuck] #8091016
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I guess I’m spoiled also! I can shoot out the back door, and shoot out the front door. There are two houses to the north of me, so I would not want to shoot that direction, but I have killed coyotes right from my doorstep, or right from where I park my pick up, south, east, and west from the house.


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Re: How far of a drive is... [Re: Nessmuck] #8091023
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17 minutes to the indoor pistol range that is next to the shotgun club. The rifle range is another couple minutes further down the road.

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