Trap shooting at Sloans Lake - Bet you didn't know

[USMC88-93]

More of the old family slides. There used to be a Trap range on the Southwest corner of the lake. December of 1967


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[Trigger Time 23]

That's pretty cool!

[USMC88-93]

That's pretty cool!

Back in a time where the neighbors would just say dont worry about it they are not shooting across the lake just in it. That noise is the sound of freedom.

[Mercula]

The good of days !

[HBARleatherneck]

That is the Denver Municipal Trap shooting club.

http://digital.denverlibrary.org/utils/ajaxhelper/?CISOROOT=p15330coll22&CISOPTR=86746&action=2&DMSCALE=15&DMWIDTH=512&DMHEIGHT=469&DMX=0&DMY=0&DMTEXT=&DMROTATE=0

more pics and information at this link. they held championships there.
http://www.gettyimages.com/photos/denver-municipal-trap-club?excludenudity=true&mediatype=photography&phrase=denver%20municipal%20trap%20club&sort=mostpopular

[USMC88-93]

That is the Denver Municipal Trap shooting club. They held championships there.

Nailed it. For a forth place trophy on the silver one I'm wondering what the 1st place one looked like.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v651/PhotoTWB/Old%20family%20pix/Dads%20trophies_zpsg3qgtj25.jpg (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/PhotoTWB/media/Old%20family%20pix/Dads%20trophies_zpsg3qgtj25.jpg.html)

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[Guylee]

Jeez. Last I knew that old building with the torpedo was a boxing gym, but that was probably 15+ years ago.

You got me all excited. I thought there was a secret trap range at Sloan's or something.

[Doc45]

Jeez. Last I knew that old building with the torpedo was a boxing gym, but that was probably 15+ years ago.

You got me all excited. I thought there was a secret trap range at Sloan's or something.

Nah, just an informal target range for some of the neighborhood yutes.

[Fentonite]

And even now, if you listen real hard at night, you can still hear the gunshots around Sloan's Lake!

[BPTactical]

And even now, if you listen real hard at night, you can still hear the gunshots around Sloan's Lake!

Well played

[BladesNBarrels]

The ghost of Starr Yelland

[rxgremlin]

Family legend has it that my dad was kicked out of there because he brought my two brothers along. There was a gumball machine in the club house and one brother put in a coin into the machine and out came the gum ball. The other brother immediately punched the first in the gut and stole it from him. They were running around screaming and punching each other and my dad was told to take the two brats and not come back.

This was about 1968 or so and it sounds like my brothers (I'm the good son). I work up in Edgewater about every six weeks or so and one day I decided to look to see if I could find where the range was. I figured out it must have been close to that adobe looking building.

What a shame, burned powder smells so much better than the marijuana smoke I smell constantly in that area. I think there are like 5 pot shops in Edgewater itself.

[USMC88-93]

Well I guess some of you did know.

[thebolt]

I remember watching them. Thank you for sharing the nice memory.