Manicured KD Range...

[Mike_Honcho]

LPR & home rolled 77s. Position one - 607 yrds, had to do a funky kneel / downhill leg straddling part of the downed tree. Slung and wedged up against root wad was too difficult to see Mikes (wind shifts) 1.75 - 2.2 MILs of left wind hold.





(Photos from a previous day) Position two was the same type of set up (chest deep hole) from 727 yrds but with a 12% downslope. Here I sit with my left hip in the slope and use my sand sock under my right elbow and between my left knee for a fairly solid position. The wind backed off a little here 1 - 1.5 MILs.

 

[1Sg (ret)]

Nice place to bust some caps.Thanks for sharing.

 

[DocJimJam]

OK, well then... I'm hooked!! How many shoots a year? Any money shoots? This is perhaps Colorado? Thanks for posting those GREAT pics. Love to come up and do some shooting in BEAUTIFUL country like that!!!

Doc

 

[WVshooter]

What part of the country is this? I would love to move the family to somewhere with country like that around. If only my job skills were a little more transferrable.

 

[Mike_Honcho]

I live in OR.

I was in Seattle last week and it hit me: Traffic was bad for @ 100 miles out; once in town it took 50 minutes to go 11 miles at 2:30 in the afternoon on a Wednesday. I paused in reflection that most folks probably don't get to shoot as much as I do and when they do it is likely at a 'range'. To shoot in a spot like this for some is probably like going hunting - getting out of town is such an investment in time and energy that they may not go unless they were camping b/c it might take them 3 - 5 hours to get there.

That spot? I can be there and have targets set in @ 30 minutes. It is pretty common for me to take off @ 4 pm - go play in the late day thermals from 100 - 1,200, and then come home and make dinner for the family.

 

[rideHPD]

That spot? I can be there and have targets set in @ 30 minutes. It is pretty common for me to take off @ 4 pm - go play in the late day thermals from 100 - 1,200, and then come home and make dinner for the family.

No one has ever sighed as hard as I did reading this.

 

[WVshooter]

At least in that regard you've got it made man. Nothing near here to shoot more than 200y and I'm not a member there. Best I can get right now is 100y and that gets pretty boring.
Only time I get to stretch out a little in the country is when I head back to WV for a visit a couple times a year at best. I keep telling the wife we should move west but she's not too
keen on the idea of moving just so I can have better places to go shooting.

 

[997/2man]

Very cool pics. FL has no changes in elevation, can be windy, usually just mirage, starting at 8:30 in the morning…

Regarding traffic, I get itchy if there are more than 4 cars in front of me. 50 minutes to go 11 miles, sounds like South FL.

Nice to see someone air out an LPR, 600-700 steps is pretty respectable.

I'd never get anything done, except burn up a pile of ammo, gas, white paint, sandwiches, probably 2 new scopes, another spotter. See where this is going?

Beautiful part of our country, you're a lucky guy. Thanks for the pics.

 

[Mike_Honcho]

I also steal my fair share of blackberrys from the local bear populous each trip.

 

[6brshooter]

Man, that's some pretty country. I concur, it would suck to have to drive any distance to go shoot100-200 yds. I'm in il, no suppresor, that part sucks but i can walk out of my farm shop and smack steel from 500-1320 yds.