Just got transferred to coos county OR and seems like there is nothing going on around here or in Oregon in general?
Is there any training or matches in S.Oregon or anywhere near?
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Don't know about southern Oregon but there are matches and such in central oregon outside of bend.
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I saw that on practiscore at COSSA, that’s far but I guess that’s all there is in OR
If you think that's far then just stop shooting now. Most of us drive 3-6 hours to shoot matches.
Phil and Caylen do a bunch of classes in Yakima each year.
Yes bend is 5 hours …I was spoiled when I was in Texas where we had at least 2 matches a month between 30 min to 1.5 hrs away. Spending time with my family is more important than spending time driving, plenty of public land out west to shoot
Yakima is a little over 7
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There is a guy we shoot with who lives in Kalamath falls and drives to all the matches up north. You are kind of in a dead area for matches. I think the northern most CA stuff is near Monterey and the southern most match I know of is Cossa which will have their first PRS match next month. There are a bunch of PRS, RTC and NRL hunter 2 day matches over the next few months in WA/ID.Yes bend is 5 hours …I was spoiled when I was in Texas where we had at least 2 matches a month between 30 min to 1.5 hrs away. Spending time with my family is more important than spending time driving, plenty of public land out west to shoot
I need to find out who that guy is cause i live in Medford and we could just car pool
COSSA is awesome. If you've got a trailer or motorhome, bring it out on the last weekend of the month (Fri-Sun) and camp with others at the Great Basin Precision Shooters range there for the Friday-Saturday long-range matches, and the Sunday Gas-Gun match. It's great fun, and a lot of guys go over the hill on Thursday and camp at the range. Check the Calendar and Disciplines pages on the web site for details.
I was stationed at the AIr Sta there about 10yrs ago... I also worked for JGS, the reamer makers part time while out there. There are a fair amount of people that set plates and shoot in the hills, or there use to be at least.
BLM shooting in Oregon is fine for pistols and rifle-plinking, but not much good for long-range precision shooting practice or match-level work. In the past I've shot about a gazillion rounds on BLM land around Bend, but now I almost exclusively make the short trek to COSSA and either work groups at the sight-in range, shoot matches on the Buffalo range, or work on my distances on the Gong range. There are about 20 pistol ranges too, but I spend 95% of my time now on load development and distance practice/matches. Not sure what the ranges are like on the other side of the Cascades ... I just know that a lot of shooters from there drive over the hill to camp and shoot at COSSA.
Okay cool I’ll do that thanks I got family in Wenatchee
Parma is an awesome range ... I drive there a couple of times a year for their monthly Varmint Silhouette match. It's really fun, and very challenging.
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