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Lurch
04-26-2017, 17:29
Less then a month away....

https://www.cheyennewellsmachinegunshoot.com/

electronman1729
04-26-2017, 18:20
Im going to actually make plans for this, this year. Cheyenne wells has been on my bucket list for years

BigBear
04-26-2017, 18:35
I'm a little confused by the wording... it costs $250 to rent a MG to fire? $250 for 5 seconds of fun?... am I reading it wrong?

Lurch
04-26-2017, 18:39
Im going to actually make plans for this, this year. Cheyenne wells has been on my bucket list for years

If you go look me up I will be somewhere on the line.


I'm a little confused by the wording... it costs $250 to rent a MG to fire? $250 for 5 seconds of fun?... am I reading it wrong?

$250 is for a spot on the line. The MG rentals start around $30 for a magazine

crays
04-26-2017, 18:42
I'm a little confused by the wording... it costs $250 to rent a MG to fire? $250 for 5 seconds of fun?... am I reading it wrong?
$250 to rent a spot on the firing line for the weekend.

MG rentals vary by vendor. If you go, plan to spend some $$. You're paying (typically) to shoot one magazine at a time, unless you are on "friend status" with someone who has toys and a firing position.

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JohnTRourke
04-26-2017, 18:52
Bring money

and a Camera

it's a fun, knock all those bucket list things off your list. (I want to shoot this and this and this and this)

Hell, back in 06/07 ish? (before ammo went insane) i dropped $800

worth every penny.

BigBear
04-26-2017, 19:05
Ah, so we pay the $10 specatator fee and then just drop the $$ on what we want to shoot? Got it. I might have to try to get to this!

crays
04-26-2017, 19:14
Ah, so we pay the $10 specatator fee and then just drop the $$ on what we want to shoot? Got it. I SHOULD get to this!

FIFY

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crays
04-26-2017, 19:18
Bring money

and a Camera

it's a fun, knock all those bucket list things off your list. (I want to shoot this and this and this and this)

Hell, back in 06/07 ish? (before ammo went insane) i dropped $800

worth every penny.
^^^^This^^^^

I took my dad last year. His first time with full auto. Didn't get nearly enough video.

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Dlesh123
04-26-2017, 22:20
FYI Most of the vendors deal in cash only, just a few will take CC. Just a reminder that they do close the line at noon on Sun. Every year I have been, someone always shows up around noon on Sunday and gets turned away. I will be stuffing magazines at Jerry's Machine guns, stop by and say hi( and shoot some guns).

Dlesh123
04-26-2017, 22:26
[QUOTE=Lurch;2067265]If you go look me up I will be somewhere on the line.

Are you just shooting your own, or will you be renting out? What will you be shooting?

Lurch
04-27-2017, 06:54
[QUOTE=Lurch;2067265]If you go look me up I will be somewhere on the line.

Are you just shooting your own, or will you be renting out? What will you be shooting?

I will be shooting my own but stop by with some factory ammo and a magazine or two may fall your way. 9mm, 223 and 308 would be the flavors that my guns like

rondog
04-27-2017, 08:04
If you plan to shoot video, I HIGHLY recommend a tripod! It's a long-ass drive too.....

crays
04-27-2017, 08:39
FYI Most of the vendors deal in cash only, just a few will take CC. Just a reminder that they do close the line at noon on Sun. Every year I have been, someone always shows up around noon on Sunday and gets turned away. I will be stuffing magazines at Jerry's Machine guns, stop by and say hi( and shoot some guns).

Jerry had a pretty good deal last year. 4 guns/1 mag each, for $60. I put my dad behind a Thompson, M-16, Uzi and AK. He enjoyed it quite a bit.

AND THIS PROBABLY GOES WITHOUT SAYING, BUT BRING YOUR EAR PRO

BladesNBarrels
04-27-2017, 08:52
Dang, same week-end as the Colorado Gun Collectors Annual Show.
Missed it last year for the same reason.

Lurch
05-13-2017, 19:37
Just wanted to give this a bump since it's next weekend. If your planning on coming down give me a shout and stop by and say hi.

rondog
05-13-2017, 23:03
Just wanted to give this a bump since it's next weekend. If your planning on coming down give me a shout and stop by and say hi.

Where?

Great-Kazoo
05-14-2017, 08:29
Where?


post #1

Cheyenne Wells Machine Gun Shoot

Less then a month away....

https://www.cheyennewellsmachinegunshoot.com/

Lurch
05-14-2017, 09:09
Don't know the exact spot on the line but with have 2 white canopies setup with a 1919a4 with it's tripod sitting on a home built table. Mostly one of the 3 of us will be smoking a cigar also. If you still can't find us look for a guy that is 6'7" that would be me.

ray1970
05-14-2017, 12:36
So, just look for the white canopies? I'm thinking you might not be the only one set up under a white canopy. Lol.

rondog
05-14-2017, 12:37
post #1

Cheyenne Wells Machine Gun Shoot

Less then a month away....

https://www.cheyennewellsmachinegunshoot.com/

Well duh. Where AT? Is he going to be renting guns? Just shooting his own? Selling hot dogs? WTF.... And it's NEXT WEEKEND, a damn sight sooner than "less than a month away".

rondog
05-14-2017, 12:39
Don't know the exact spot on the line but with have 2 white canopies setup with a 1919a4 with it's tripod sitting on a home built table. Mostly one of the 3 of us will be smoking a cigar also. If you still can't find us look for a guy that is 6'7" that would be me.

See, now THERE ya go! Info! 6'7"? No wonder the "Lurch" handle.....

Great-Kazoo
05-14-2017, 13:21
See, now THERE ya go! Info! 6'7"? No wonder the "Lurch" handle.....

I didn't want to enable you ;)

Lurch
05-14-2017, 19:37
See, now THERE ya go! Info! 6'7"? No wonder the "Lurch" handle.....

Won't be selling hot dogs but will be smoking ribs on the smoker for Saturday night. Also I don't rent my guns but I do like to share a mag or two among friends. When we get there Thursday and if we have cell service I will post up our positions.

rondog
05-15-2017, 14:49
Last year I shot an STG-44, a Sturmgewehr 44. Super-rare Nazi rifle from near the end of the war, basically where Kalashnikov got his ideas from. I'd only seen them in museums, and there was one on a "rent me" table. Saved one round for my collection, they're some oddball caliber. Too cool!

Oh yeah, an M2 carbine also. An M1 carbine with a select-fire happy switch.

BladesNBarrels
05-18-2017, 10:58
Any report on the Shoot? Thursday used to be set-up day, and the week-end looks rough.
Not the first time. Bob McBride, who set it up years ago, always said: "We shoot, rain or shine"

Lurch
05-18-2017, 16:44
Any report on the Shoot? Thursday used to be set-up day, and the week-end looks rough.
Not the first time. Bob McBride, who set it up years ago, always said: "We shoot, rain or shine"

Little cold and muddy but lots of targets. In spot 49 and 50 stop by and say hi.

Dlesh123
05-20-2017, 22:46
Finally stopped raining fri night. Wind dried the mud on sat, but still had a busy day. Got to cap off the evening with a 250 rd PKM belt and a 100 rd tracer in the MG42. Sunday should be a nice day, come out and shoot some machine guns. But is does shut down at noon.

Dlesh123
05-07-2018, 21:31
2018 Cheyenne wells machine gun shoot.

https://www.cheyennewellsmachinegunshoot.com/

Less than two weeks away. Hoping for great weather this year.

rondog
05-07-2018, 22:44
2018 Cheyenne wells machine gun shoot.

https://www.cheyennewellsmachinegunshoot.com/

Less than two weeks away. Hoping for great weather this year.

No kidding! Missed it last year because of the weather. I knew it would be a muddy mess and said screw it.

RYAN50BMG
05-08-2018, 19:50
I will be set up on Saturday only. look for the "Gemtech" flag.