Poll: Where do you usually shoot? - The Firearms Forum

LurpyGeek · 01-17-2006, 04:42 PM

Where do each of you usually shoot? Sometimes a range is nice because of the order and organization, but sometimes it's nice to just go out in the wilderness and plink a bit.

Pistolenschutze · 01-17-2006, 04:50 PM

Actually, around here, I could in any of the first three if I wanted to. Shooting in my backyard though, would probably get me arrested! I beling to an outdoor range and much prefer it to any indoor range.

Marlin T · 01-17-2006, 05:34 PM

I maked in my back yard, but I have to walk one block. I think that is close enough and this is the reason that I moved to New Mexico!

flopshot · 01-17-2006, 06:26 PM

years ago i dragged a loader home from work and dug a pit. i'm outside the city limits by apx 2 miles. the only problem is my wife. she keeps eating up .223 and now she's got the hots for my garand.

cec · 01-17-2006, 09:00 PM

I don't really have much of a choice, so I go to the local indoor range. Which isn't so bad, it is out of the elements and I don't have to climb over a snowbank 3 months out of the year.

I have shot at outdoor ranges as well, but so far I prefer the indoor ranges. I guess that makes me odd (or odder depending on who you ask).

pickenup · 01-17-2006, 09:04 PM

All of the above?
#1 and 2 most of the time.
#3 Used to all the time, but not so much anymore. Ranges = less hassle.
#4 For a “few” rounds, like when I am testing something out or sighting it in. Too many shots, and the neighbors can get testy.

Pistolenschutze · 01-17-2006, 11:51 PM

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Originally Posted by pickenup

Too many shots, and the neighbors can get testy.

Too true, Pick. The holes in the neighbor's house tend to let in the weather during the winter months, and incoming rounds tend to disrupt dinner.

358 winchester · 01-18-2006, 04:40 AM

You may not belive this but I shoot at an outdoor range

Ron

AGB · 01-18-2006, 07:25 AM

Only in the local outdoor range. There are some indoors, but I don't like. We have 2 great outdoors here, so the place to go. And just as a note, it is illegal to shoot in the wilderness, if You get caught, You're in deep trouble. Some fellows do, I prefer not to risk.

Marlin · 01-18-2006, 10:25 AM

We have a great outdoor facility nearby in the National Forest. Makes it convenient and very inexpensive, only $ 1.50 to get in with my disability pass!!!!

thunderstruck507 · 01-18-2006, 10:54 AM

the range is fun so I go there in town here at college, but I would much rather be shooting in my yard or wilderness

paper is fun enough, but melons cabbage and coconuts are much more interesting to shoot

MRMIKE08075 · 01-18-2006, 11:10 AM

RANGE SAFETY OFFICER
RANGE OFFICER
BOARD MEMBER
all at the local outdoor range.

best regards, mike.

Deputy Dawg · 01-18-2006, 11:34 AM

I own seven acres 40 miles from where I live,that is the place where I do my plinking.I allso have free access to our local outdoor Police Dept range.

Country101 · 01-18-2006, 02:36 PM

I'm lucky. The forest service has a range that they maintain for the public just a little ways away from here. Unless it's right before hunting season, I dont have to worry about many people being there and I can do what I want without having to worry about people being idiots.

LurpyGeek · 01-18-2006, 10:50 PM

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Originally Posted by AGB

...And just as a note, it is illegal to shoot in the wilderness, if You get caught, You're in deep trouble. Some fellows do, I prefer not to risk.

Maybe I should have stated that differently. I really didn't mean a designated wilderness area, just a rural area. One reason I asked this is because I usually shoot at the local range, but sometimes I would prefer to just go to an out of the way area to plink a little. When I was much younger, my brother used to take me shooting in some large empty fields (a few hundred acres) a few miles from our home. Now there are subdivisions in a lot of those places and even if I do find a place where I don't think I would disturb anyone, I'm still afraid of being cited and/or having my rifle taken away. I know that I can go out in the west desert (I live in Utah) but that's a 45 minute drive. Anyone know what the specific laws are about this, or have any helpful maps?

rangerruck · 01-18-2006, 11:34 PM

well, there is apretty good indoor range by my house, but American shooting centers here in west housotn is gigantic, has a little bit of everything, and holds a couple of the biggest shooting events in the country, every year. plus the peeps out here are super friendly, so i usually go here.

Familyguy · 01-19-2006, 01:50 PM

Probably "rural wilderness" more often than outdoor range, because we get to blow stuff up (ever seen Kingjoey's lawnmower and computer pics?

). The outdoor range, however, is closer and well maintained, so it comes in a close second. It has trap ranges, too

raveneap · 01-20-2006, 06:19 PM

My son lives about 10 miles from me and the wilderness starts at the edge of his backyard. He built a small outdoor range there a few years ago and we use it mostly for handguns unless just trying out a new rifle. Plenty of backstop but not much range for rifles. We used to have a very large rural gravel pit with 40 - 50 foot banks but suddenbly it's posted for no shooting.

berto64 · 01-20-2006, 10:02 PM

Outchyonder---->

Bruce FLinch · 01-20-2006, 10:42 PM

I'm 2 miles from one of only 2 outdoor public ranges in the county. After 8 years of membership in the private club, I was Lucky? enough to get involved w/ the Politics. We only shoot Airgun indoors.

Hey Flopshot, If you don't teach your wife to reload...she'll probably keep you around!

My wife doesn't shoot, so I still have to clean my guns & my bathroom.

But she is a great cook & provider!

dge479 · 01-21-2006, 01:36 PM

My indoor range is closed, and so have 3 of my local gun stores
NJ Really sucks
I live 10 miles from NY state, not aloud to go to a rande in NY state.
This whole area of the country just sucks if you want to enjoy yourself

William81 · 01-21-2006, 07:49 PM

There is a nice outdoor range half way between home and work, so it is really easy for me to stop off on the way home and burn through a box or two. I seldom shoot indoors as the ones in my area are not ventilated very well.

Marlin T · 01-21-2006, 10:51 PM

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Originally Posted by MrMagnum

This whole area of the country just sucks if you want to enjoy yourself

And this is the reason that I left the left coast!! Most common question "Who are you and why are you here, I'm gonna call the cops"

LurpyGeek · 01-21-2006, 11:10 PM

I appreciate all of your responses.

I'm still looking for more specific info though. I've asked a lot of people who are very knowledgeable about hunting and shooting, and no one I have spoken with has a clear answer on where a person can and cannot shoot. The subject is very vague. Some people will say one thing, while others will say the exact opposite.

Isn't there anywhere that I could get specific info? Like maps? State by state laws? (I'm new to this.) I just want to stay out of trouble.

Thanks again to all of you for your help.

rangerruck · 01-21-2006, 11:52 PM

ok,lurpy that is different. you can shoot on any private land as long as you get the owners permission, obviously , you cant do this inside city limits, with neighbors and such. they will be more tenable if you offer them sometingh in exch, sya ridding of varmisnt , coyotes, etc. as for other land, you should call your state wildlife office and fidn out what they say.

View Poll Results: Where do you usually shoot?
The local indoor range	8	13.56%
The local outdoor range	24	40.68%
A local rural wilderness area	10	16.95%
I live in a place where I can shoot in my yard if I want to	17	28.81%
Voters: 59. You may not vote on this poll

01-17-2006, 04:50 PM	#2
Pistolenschutze Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Colorado Posts: 13,094	Re: Poll: Where do you usually shoot? Actually, around here, I could in any of the first three if I wanted to. Shooting in my backyard though, would probably get me arrested! I beling to an outdoor range and much prefer it to any indoor range. __________________ --Pistolenschutze (Pistol Shooter)

01-17-2006, 09:00 PM	#5
cec Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: New Hampshire Posts: 501	Re: Poll: Where do you usually shoot? I don't really have much of a choice, so I go to the local indoor range. Which isn't so bad, it is out of the elements and I don't have to climb over a snowbank 3 months out of the year. I have shot at outdoor ranges as well, but so far I prefer the indoor ranges. I guess that makes me odd (or odder depending on who you ask).

01-17-2006, 09:04 PM	#6
pickenup Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Colorado Rocky Mountains Posts: 6,837	Re: Poll: Where do you usually shoot? All of the above? #1 and 2 most of the time. #3 Used to all the time, but not so much anymore. Ranges = less hassle. #4 For a “few” rounds, like when I am testing something out or sighting it in. Too many shots, and the neighbors can get testy. __________________ The gene pool needs chlorine

01-18-2006, 04:40 AM	#8
358 winchester TFF Admin Staff Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Pensacola Fl. area Posts: 7,335	Re: Poll: Where do you usually shoot? You may not belive this but I shoot at an outdoor range Ron __________________ Administrator & Owner RangeDay.com Proud, White, Heterosexual, Gun Owning, Southern American, Christian. Any question about where I stand?

01-17-2006, 04:42 PM	#1
LurpyGeek Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: UT Posts: 1,436	Poll: Where do you usually shoot? Where do each of you usually shoot? Sometimes a range is nice because of the order and organization, but sometimes it's nice to just go out in the wilderness and plink a bit. -->

01-17-2006, 05:34 PM	#3
Marlin T Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: New Mexico Posts: 7,857	Re: Poll: Where do you usually shoot? I maked in my back yard, but I have to walk one block. I think that is close enough and this is the reason that I moved to New Mexico! __________________ "But the simple truth--born of experience--is that tyranny thrives best where government need not fear the wrath of an armed people." Judge Alex Kozinski - United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit It is the duty of the patriot to protect his country from its government. - Thomas Paine Did you read todays GOOD shooting? >>>KEEPANDBEARARMS.COM <<<

01-17-2006, 06:26 PM	#4
flopshot V.I.P. Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: North Carolina Posts: 294	Re: Poll: Where do you usually shoot? years ago i dragged a loader home from work and dug a pit. i'm outside the city limits by apx 2 miles. the only problem is my wife. she keeps eating up .223 and now she's got the hots for my garand. __________________ take a kid shooting... they are the next vote

01-18-2006, 07:25 AM	#9
AGB V.I.P. Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Brasilia, DF, Brasil Posts: 144	Re: Poll: Where do you usually shoot? Only in the local outdoor range. There are some indoors, but I don't like. We have 2 great outdoors here, so the place to go. And just as a note, it is illegal to shoot in the wilderness, if You get caught, You're in deep trouble. Some fellows do, I prefer not to risk.

01-18-2006, 10:25 AM	#10
Marlin TFF Admin Staff Chief Counselor Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: At SouthernMoss' side forever! Contributor Posts: 13,853	Re: Poll: Where do you usually shoot? We have a great outdoor facility nearby in the National Forest. Makes it convenient and very inexpensive, only $ 1.50 to get in with my disability pass!!!! __________________ *The flag represents a living country and is itself considered a living thing.* *The only criminal class native to the United States is Congress.*

01-18-2006, 10:54 AM	#11
thunderstruck507 V.I.P. Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 107	Re: Poll: Where do you usually shoot? the range is fun so I go there in town here at college, but I would much rather be shooting in my yard or wilderness paper is fun enough, but melons cabbage and coconuts are much more interesting to shoot

01-18-2006, 11:10 AM	#12
MRMIKE08075 V.I.P. Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 384	Re: Poll: Where do you usually shoot? RANGE SAFETY OFFICER RANGE OFFICER BOARD MEMBER all at the local outdoor range. best regards, mike. Last edited by MRMIKE08075; 01-18-2006 at 11:11 AM..

01-18-2006, 11:34 AM	#13
Deputy Dawg Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Central Texas Gulf Coast Posts: 2,229	Re: Poll: Where do you usually shoot? I own seven acres 40 miles from where I live,that is the place where I do my plinking.I allso have free access to our local outdoor Police Dept range. __________________ LOCK and LOAD................................... GOD, GUNS,GUTS the three that keep us FREE!!!!

01-18-2006, 02:36 PM	#14
Country101 Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Dardanelle, AR Contributor Posts: 2,028	Re: Poll: Where do you usually shoot? I'm lucky. The forest service has a range that they maintain for the public just a little ways away from here. Unless it's right before hunting season, I dont have to worry about many people being there and I can do what I want without having to worry about people being idiots. __________________ Gainfully employed= shooting somebody elses bullets and getting paid for it Country101

01-18-2006, 11:34 PM	#16
rangerruck V.I.P. Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 449	Re: Poll: Where do you usually shoot? well, there is apretty good indoor range by my house, but American shooting centers here in west housotn is gigantic, has a little bit of everything, and holds a couple of the biggest shooting events in the country, every year. plus the peeps out here are super friendly, so i usually go here.

01-19-2006, 01:50 PM	#17
Familyguy Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 40	Re: Poll: Where do you usually shoot? Probably "rural wilderness" more often than outdoor range, because we get to blow stuff up (ever seen Kingjoey's lawnmower and computer pics? ). The outdoor range, however, is closer and well maintained, so it comes in a close second. It has trap ranges, too

01-20-2006, 06:19 PM	#18
raveneap V.I.P. Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Maine Posts: 216	Re: Poll: Where do you usually shoot? My son lives about 10 miles from me and the wilderness starts at the edge of his backyard. He built a small outdoor range there a few years ago and we use it mostly for handguns unless just trying out a new rifle. Plenty of backstop but not much range for rifles. We used to have a very large rural gravel pit with 40 - 50 foot banks but suddenbly it's posted for no shooting. __________________ ... ed ... MAINE - The Way Life Should be ... NRA/C&R

01-20-2006, 10:02 PM	#19
berto64 VMBB Admin Staff Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Owyhee County, Idaho Contributor Posts: 7,388	Re: Poll: Where do you usually shoot? Outchyonder----> __________________ Be who you are & say what you will, Those that matter won't mind and those that mind don't matter. I'm a bitter clinger, One Nation Under God.

01-20-2006, 10:42 PM	#20
Bruce FLinch Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Bay Point, Kali..aka Gun Point Posts: 5,016	Re: Poll: Where do you usually shoot? I'm 2 miles from one of only 2 outdoor public ranges in the county. After 8 years of membership in the private club, I was Lucky? enough to get involved w/ the Politics. We only shoot Airgun indoors. Hey Flopshot, If you don't teach your wife to reload...she'll probably keep you around! My wife doesn't shoot, so I still have to clean my guns & my bathroom. But she is a great cook & provider! __________________ A bad day @ the Range, is better than a good day @ work.

01-21-2006, 01:36 PM	#21
dge479 Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Haskell NJ Posts: 618	Re: Poll: Where do you usually shoot? My indoor range is closed, and so have 3 of my local gun stores NJ Really sucks I live 10 miles from NY state, not aloud to go to a rande in NY state. This whole area of the country just sucks if you want to enjoy yourself __________________ Proud GOA and NRA member. Old Mopars and Guns, About as good as it gets. Guns Dont Kill, Socialized Healthcare does

01-21-2006, 07:49 PM	#22
William81 Member Join Date: May 2004 Location: Illinois Posts: 47	Re: Poll: Where do you usually shoot? There is a nice outdoor range half way between home and work, so it is really easy for me to stop off on the way home and burn through a box or two. I seldom shoot indoors as the ones in my area are not ventilated very well.

01-21-2006, 11:10 PM	#24
LurpyGeek Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: UT Posts: 1,436	Re: Poll: Where do you usually shoot? I appreciate all of your responses. I'm still looking for more specific info though. I've asked a lot of people who are very knowledgeable about hunting and shooting, and no one I have spoken with has a clear answer on where a person can and cannot shoot. The subject is very vague. Some people will say one thing, while others will say the exact opposite. Isn't there anywhere that I could get specific info? Like maps? State by state laws? (I'm new to this.) I just want to stay out of trouble. Thanks again to all of you for your help.

01-21-2006, 11:52 PM	#25
rangerruck V.I.P. Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 449	Re: Poll: Where do you usually shoot? ok,lurpy that is different. you can shoot on any private land as long as you get the owners permission, obviously , you cant do this inside city limits, with neighbors and such. they will be more tenable if you offer them sometingh in exch, sya ridding of varmisnt , coyotes, etc. as for other land, you should call your state wildlife office and fidn out what they say.