Head down to Florida. What is there to check out while there? Manufactures, Smiths, gun shops etc
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Gulf Coast Precision, not really a walk in shop but if you call the number and need anything he will let you in. Has a small pro shop inside. This is in Venice, not sure where you will be. Super nice guy and tons of knowledge.
Go to the gulf coast and drink beer, do an inshore fishing charter, pasco county strip clubs. Way better shit to do in FL than circle jerk in a gun shop.
It's 639 miles from Key West to Tallahassee.
Knowing where you're staying might be of some help for recommendations...
Haha I’m starting out in st Augustine then Orlando then vero beach. After that I have a few days to go wherever.It's 639 miles from Key West to Tallahassee.
Knowing where you're staying might be of some help for recommendations...
I'm sorry you're being dragged to Orlando. 
I'm on the other coast just southeast of Tampa
I'm on the other coast just southeast of Tampa
Casa Reina in St Augustine is a great spot for fresh lime margaritas and great Mexican food. The Fort there is pretty cool to check out too. The amphitheater is great too and you can catch some good concerts there.
Can’t help you on Vero Beach but I’d suggest driving right past Orlando on I4 to Tampa. Orlando sucks unless you want to pay $150 to go walk around a park to hear a bunch of screaming kids and eat a turkey leg.
Tampa area is awesome, especially if you go west of the beach and basically go St Pete Beach and up. Clearwater is a massive tourist trap. Frenchys restaurant is sediment but you can go to the one in Dunedin and avoid all the teenage tiktokers running around everywhere. If you make it up to Tarpon Springs go to Rusty Bellies if you want the best seafood you’ll ever eat.
Or bring your rifle and go hang out at JTAC with @Mike Casselton
Driving down the keys to key west is pretty awesome. Sunset from Mallory square is cool
Huh?
I've always considered Florida as the STD ridden penis of the United States and Tampa as one of the larger herpes sores.
Either I've been approaching trips to FL all wrong or you're batshit crazy. I'm genuinely curious.
Then feel free to stay the fuck out.
Where else am I gonna get a gum job from a toothless hooker for a tall boy of natty ice and a pack of marlboros?
Those are available in lots of places. You probably have an easier chance of finding it in more places in FL
You definitely have a better chance of that in Charlotte. FL you’re going to need a bottle of liquor and some drugs.
If your in the panhandle, Altus has their range and a small pro shop near Baker, I live in the panhandle and I am about 2 hours from Altus and about an hour form the Colesium in the edge of Georgia.
How long do you have to wait to buy a pistol in your crazy anti gun state?
However long it takes for the NICS check.
The pistol purchase permit thing is BS, but it doesn't apply to anyone with a ccl.
It's horrible I'd recommend never going to FL. It's all true just a nightmare. Save yourself and your family the headache you will hate it even more in person!
Jay @ On The Mark Tactical and Joe Walls’ shop is just north of St Augustine in Jacksonville. It’s crazy how a little shop can produce so much stuff.
I went there yesterday just to shoot the bull with Jay The next thing I know I was whipping out the card and walked out with a 19 inch 6.5 bartlein carbon barrel for a future build.
I went there yesterday just to shoot the bull with Jay The next thing I know I was whipping out the card and walked out with a 19 inch 6.5 bartlein carbon barrel for a future build.
From Orlando to Vero beach you can take a detour to Titusville and visit Knights Armament - not sure if they have a public shop or anything but if they do that would be top on my list.
There's a bounty on Burmese Python's that are taking over the everglades, always fun to head down to wrestle some large snakes
There's a bounty on Burmese Python's that are taking over the everglades, always fun to head down to wrestle some large snakes
Have you done that?? I gotta tell ya if there is one critter on the planet that just makes me cringe it's snakes. Pan back to Raiders of the Lost Ark ' - 'snakes. why did it have to be snakes'. On the old hunting lease we had massive timber rattlers and pygmies.....let's just say I never opened a gate w/o my snake boots on.From Orlando to Vero beach you can take a detour to Titusville and visit Knights Armament - not sure if they have a public shop or anything but if they do that would be top on my list.
There's a bounty on Burmese Python's that are taking over the everglades, always fun to head down to wrestle some large snakes
I haven't done the Python hunt yet (it's on my bucket list to do with my daughter), but I love snakes, when I was a teenager my friends called me "nature boy" because I was always out and about finding and catching some critter - mostly snakes and lizards.
I've ran into a few rattlers when out hiking and such (west coast), would love to run into a big Eastern diamondback now that I'm out east, but they're pretty rare so it's almost like winning the lottery.
Just south of Orlando, check out https://libertysdefense.com/shop
They have some really cool gear and their suppressor cover is the best I've seen, can take full auto fire and unique attachment system
They have some really cool gear and their suppressor cover is the best I've seen, can take full auto fire and unique attachment system
I’d love to shoot at jtac but seems you have to qualify and it’s only once a month. Any other open ranges down there.
There is a place in Orlando can't recall the name, but I do believe they have a drop in setup. Daggummit name escapes me....heard good things about them. Ares maybe?
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arestrainingfacility.com
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Ares Training Facility
We are committed to supporting firearms training education, promoting recreational and self defense shooting for everyone.
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And someone thought I was nuts for wearing flip flops and shorts out there...
And someone thought I was nuts for wearing flip flops and shorts out there...
A guest doesn't have to qualify. They are the responsibility of the member...
ur still nuts! that's ok though it's kind of a prerequisite for our motley crew. varying degrees of cuckoo. how was it out there today?
Perfect conditions.
I shot like shit.
That fella from Cologne made up for it.
Just that kind of day.
I shot like shit.
That fella from Cologne made up for it.
Just that kind of day.
BT aiming for Wednesday.....I'll do that same.....he's stuck coming back from Dallas at present. You good for Weds?
Kel-tec is in Cocoa, not sure if they do tours, whatever happened to tradecraft in Immokalee?
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Neverming has a new name https://swflrange.com/
has a 2 mile gun range
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Neverming has a new name https://swflrange.com/
has a 2 mile gun range
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While not exactly precision rifles oriented, Randall made knives is in Orlando and has a museum you can visit along with the shop.
www.randallknives.com
Randall Made Knives
Randall Made Knives fixed blades. Established 1938. Tomorrow's collector piece, today.
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I think I'm on the hook for mom sitting Tuesday and Wednesday
They have range to put targets out to 2 miles on special occasions. The regular long range has steel out to 1200M and they are talking about clearing out to 1 mile and setting up steel there but we will see.Kel-tec is in Cocoa, not sure if they do tours, whatever happened to tradecraft in Immokalee?
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Neverming has a new name https://swflrange.com/
has a 2 mile gun range
