North location
Let Me know if anybody needs a caravan up there.
Time 10:00- whenever.
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North location
Let Me know if anybody needs a caravan up there.
Time 10:00- whenever.
I'm going straight up this time unless someone specifically asks me to meet them. Karl.
meet me in Pueblo @ 8am
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Thats my birthday, I'm going so i have something to do. and i have never been to the north shoot so it will be a change.
Don't forget everyone bring me stuff :mrgreen:
I like ammo, guns, hookers you know the usual stuff [roll]
I really hope to make this one, my first one of course! :mrgreen:Quote:
Originally Posted by Marlin
Is it that hard to find or is the caravan really helpful?
WOAH! What kind of get together is this? I hope my wife doesn't read these posts. :PQuote:
Originally Posted by mr_will
I can't make this one guys rumor has it that a huge 6x6 bull Elk want's me to perferate him with a .300 Ultra mag. :mrgreen:
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NORTH SHOOT N40 10.002 W105 27.509 8092 ft
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Go stright up 36 to Lyons, Turn left on 7 Go to the Yellow Call box. Right across the road, and up the hill.
I can make this one! :twisted:
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Originally Posted by 7idl
Ummmm, NO! :P Karl. :twisted:
I'll be there.
I was there (the North Shoot Location) today and had some fun by myself! 200 rounds through the XD and 150 through the M4. Sweet!
It isn't that hard to find. Take I-25 north to Hwy 66. Take Hwy 66 west to the end (pass through Lyons). At the end, make a left onto Hwy 7. Go 13.4 miles. It is near the intersection of Hwy 7 and Hwy 72 (Hwy 7 mile marker 19). There is a callbox there for a landmark. It is across the street from the callbox. There are some signs and an embankment to prevent vehicles from going in there. Climb the embankment, and you are at the location. :D
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Sweet! Thanks for the coordinates and location 'yall.
That's cool that we can go there and shoot on our own, I wondered about that (and hadn't seen any posts or commentary on the subject). So what type of land is the N. Shoot? Govt? Private? Any other "official" rules about going on our own?
Also, I hate to sound like a total noob but what do you folks usually recommend for targets shooting outside like this? :oops: Of course I've used paper targets but I don't have stands to attach them. What do you guys use? Or do you use the metal reactive targets? I guess I really wouldn't know what the crap to bring. :oops:
It is a national forest area. There are signs posted (the signs to prevent vehicles from climbing the embankment) that basically say take out whatever you bring in (trash, brass, etc.) and not to shoot trees.Quote:
Originally Posted by Driftwood
I brought a bunch of boxes (which I taped the targets to) and some phone books to shoot up (and to provide weight in the boxes so it wouldn't move when I shot them). Seemed to work well. Next time I will bring a staple gun though, it would be a lot quicker than taping the targets to the boxes.
If you had some extra $$ laying around and an hour or so, you could make a few of these, which are nice because they disassemble for easy transport.
_erin
a bundle of wood stakes from lowes/home depot is about 5 dollars i use the 18-24" ones, then you get a couple of boxes, if they have a refrigerator box its perfect, you cut it to the size you need. staple it to the stakes and you now have a target. I use that at the range and where ever, easy to clean up and its cheap.
I am about to make a new clay hanger since my last one was stolen.
if i can find someone locally that sells ar500 i can make a metal target
Well, bring whatever you want to shoot at as long as you clean it up when you leave. Things that shatter into millions of pieces are a bad idea eg glass, brittle plastics, computer monitors, home appliances.Quote:
Originally Posted by Driftwood
A lot of people bring clays and set them up on the berm, the forest service doesn't mind cause they're supposed to break down over time.
Myself, I have been figuring out how to make steel targets on the cheap.
Here's a thread showing some of my attempts.
http://coloradoshooting.org/ipw-web/...pic.php?t=4476
PLEASE READ THE RULES FOR A TEAM SHOOT!
http://coloradoshooting.org/ipw-web/...pic.php?t=4574
THANK YOU! :mrgreen:
Driftwood-
Sportsman's Warehouse and others sell these combo target stands/first pack of targets for like $15 (replacement target packs are less, maybe $7). Tried one and the dang CO ground is so rocky and dry I bent the (cheap) thing trying to stick the base prongs into the ground. Something that'll just sit there seems better.
Stick with the KISS principle and follow some of the suggestions above. A sturdy cardboard box with some phonebooks in it for weight seems like a great idea, may try that myself next time. Seems like I get new phonebooks every month so I've got a few to spare. Take some tape and you can carry the box broken-down. Oh yeah, bring a trash bag. [wink]
Last North shoot I picked up a couple cheap gallon water jugs and put a little food coloring in 'em. Fun and easy to clean up, but only good for a shot or two (who shot those anyway? wasn't me heh). First time I did that with 2ndChildhood the jug was totally destroyed by one round of .223 at about 40yds. They lasted a bit more at longer range the second time.
And thumbs-up to devochka for the Box Of Truth link. That's a fun website.
More target ideas. Try this one.... Tape your paper bulls eye target to a piece of card board and then tape it to a real estate sign. http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y22...mdead/fsbo.jpgAlso These are strong enough to pound into the ground with a hammer. They'll last awhile if you don't hit the frame. After the November Elections grab up a bunch of those wire stake lawn signs they make great targets if you can find soft enough ground to stake them down. http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y22...l-cooryard.jpg
does anyone have a .308 rifle that they will bring to this shoot. Would really like to shoot a nice Rem 700 or an AR10/DPMS .308
I will let you shoot any gun i bring Your choice to let me shoot your .308 for 32 rounds. I say 32 rounds because i have exactly 32 rounds of .308 and i dont have a .308 at this moment and i want to shoot them.
Thanks for the advice and thoughts, everyone! It's much appreciated.
make sure you appropriate your shooting targets in a proper maner [;)]
mr-will... what kind of rounds do you have? Snobs like me with a PSS won't shoot any old .308 through it! :mrgreen:
I'd let you shoot my pss or m1a or fal, but I will be in Michigan at the time.
If you don't get any other takers I'll let you run the rounds through my FAL, as long as they're not superhot hunting loads or anything. (i.e. milsurp 7.62nato is fine, el cheapo remington or winchester from wallyworld is fine, wolf is fine, etc.).Quote:
Originally Posted by mr_will
But I'm sure someone has a nicer gun than that for you to run real .308 through.
Hey! I kind of like fal's.
It's HSM 150gr FMJ rounds They are left over from when i had my Saiga .308. It is loaded to mil spec so if someone don't want to run it through their gun thats fine. I understand that.
If all else i will give someone these 32 rounds. i cleaned out some more space and they were in there thats why i brought it up.
keeep the .308 and use it as an excuse to buy another rifle :mrgreen:
I do plan on a .308 bolt rifle as my next rifle.Quote:
Originally Posted by 7idl
so i could hang on to it if i wanted to.
Right now im in the planing stages of building a nasty varmint rifle with a wildcat cartridge.
Been talkin to a couple of barrel makers. When the plans are done, I will share it with you guys. It will probably take a while to build it but will be worth it.
Its goin to be a L---O---N---G range prarrie dog abuser, and still have the power for larger game if wanted, but probably dont want to pack the rifle around. It will be made primarily for bench rest stuff.
I could bring My Fal, It's not very picky. Beside I need to take it out anyway, It's been giving Me funny looks. :mrgreen:
It's on a weekend, and I only have school Monday-Thrusday, so I should be able to go.:mrgreen:
BYW, anybody have an opinion about using cinder blocks as targets? Ie, would 556 wind up breaking it?
to damn heavy to carry around thats for sureQuote:
Originally Posted by Spenser_in_Broomfield
Oh hell yes it would break it. You'd have a lot of pieces to pick up.Quote:
Originally Posted by Spenser_in_Broomfield
Check out this video "Concealment does not equal cover" http://www.militaryvideos.net/videos.php?videonum=43
Cool vid, thanks for posting that. :oops: Makes me glad I asked first lol
What about making this a pumpkin shoot.. Close to halloween so pumpkins will be cheap..
YES. thats a plan and biodegradable [postal] [postal] [postal]Quote:
Originally Posted by GearHead
And reactive... :mrgreen: [postal]
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pumpkin shoot..
November, They'll e even cheaper. :mrgreen:
November is our pumpkin shoot. Karl.
Last November, all the store's were sold out of pumpkins..Quote:
Originally Posted by Marlin
Rethink
I had pumpkins. Anyway, I didn't say to buy them the day before the shoot. Buy them when the supplies appear to be getting low. I got mine a day after halloween on sale. Sit them in the garage where they wont go bad and have them ready for the trunk the morning of the shoot. Karl pumpkinhead Mann. [roll]
anyone know anyone that grows them. When i lived in ga there was a guy that would give us his watermelons that he couldnt sell. so i figure maybe pumpkins maybe the same way.
Make sure You put where the Dog can't get to 'em. :roll: