Hello from western Washington
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Welcome aboard, and yes, it's been pretty shitty over here on the wet side!
Welcome for the S. Tacoma area!!! Wife and I love getting down to Eatonville. Have lunch at Brunos and head out to Elbe.
Welcome from sw wa! I was actually able to get to the range Sunday during a little break. Need to make a hike up to our long range spot to see if our targets are still there.
Welcome, from the wet side. Weather still sucks. But, if you're a local, you already know that............. 
Eatonville is where Upper NIsqually 'sportsman's club is located. They have a 550 yard range that is open any day there isn't a match going on, and they have steel targets placed at various distances on that range. Last time I was there, steel was at 200, 350, 435, and 500 yards. Folks usually put a bunch of 4" clay birds on the berm at the 550 yard line, and it is kind of fun to pick off those bright orange spots at 550 yards.
They have all sorts of various matches including PRS monthly club matches as well as points matches for national PRS standing. For the PRS monthly matches, they use both the 550 and 600 yard ranges so they can have a number of stages running at the same time.
Almost all of the rifle ranges have covered firing positions. There are some nice pistol pits with lots of steel and a plate rack too....also with a covered firing position if you want.
They have a sporting clays course that brings in lots of competitors. I have heard that it has quite a good reputation among sporting clays shooters.
Yup, it’s a good range. Last time I shot there , was a couple old guy shooting clays on the berm at 550 and then picking off the pieces. They let me and my brother peck away at them with they’re guns. I don’t think there was a chip you couldn’t hit with the guns they had or at least cover them with dirt haha. It was the bug that got my brother and I to start shooting long range. Rangefinders weren’t really a thing back then. Muzzle brakes were just starting to surface in the public world. Looking back I can sure appreciate the amount of time and fun those guys must have spent to get those guns to that level.
Yup, I know the gravel pit you probably go to. Exploded a gallon size rock with the first round out of a 338 Lapua there. They have rules there now I heard , probably for the best lol
Those guys in the East don’t know how good they got it. A gong disappears in a month around here and your not just going to buzz your quad out there to clear it lol
I miss my shooting spots in eastern Washington but I’ve got some really nice spots now in the Vancouver/Portland area.
That’s amazing, seems like houses going up like popcorn down there. I used to cut timber and worked in some areas down there, some state and Weyerhaeuser land. Ground was less steep and state had some 80-90 year red fir crops that was good bushling. Everything is 35-45 year now and ground so steep you feel like repelling down to your strip. Glad that craps behind me lol
Post #4874 on the Funny & Awesome pics thread was taken not far from Eatonville, back when the trees were big. Welcome from Buckley
I liked the pic , wish mine look more like the one in the pics state but it's not . I locked up the rear axles many years ago racing a vet home from the beach . been under tent since sadly waiting .
Hi Nealm66,
Is the Upper Nesqually range pretty busy in the AM (8am-12) weekdays for long distance rifle? How busy is it on the weekends too?
Im currently a member of the snoqualmie valley club which only goes to 200yds. On a waitlist for cascade rifle club which goes to 600yds but rarely adds people each year.
Thanks,
Dom
Changed in a good or bad way? Can you ask your friends if it’s a friendly range to join? I’ll make a separate post to try and get a sponsor to join.
Thanks ??
Well, it depends on your perspective. Most (pretty much all) of my friends that used the range, grew up here. The range members were mostly locals and it was pretty friendly. Well, as is probably the story with most ranges in rural settings, there is a lot of outside influences coming in, some redneck wantabees. It didn’t take long before they had to block things off and put up a security gate and from there (from what I hear) it’s gotten very formal. Nothing wrong with that but , for instance, you can’t just apply for a membership and shoot. You would have to be invited from a current member and that has to be approved by people who probably don’t even live here if you get my jest. I’ve heard the long range is generally unavailable on the weekends, not sure about the week days. As for myself, I do load work at a public 200 yd range and have a spot about 1.5 hours away to shoot 600 and a buddy in Moses lake to shoot past my ability
Thanks, finally got some range time last weekend. Breaking in my new CA Mesa LR in 300 prc. Was a bit more violent then what I was expecting for how heavy it is. There was a girl laying prone smacking a three inch target at 500 meters about 3 tables down from me. God bless America
