Jeffco forming group to explore public shooting range

[whitbaby]

Who did you send it to? The commissioners?
Fingers crossed on this!

I volunteered to be on the working group, sent my notice to: commish@jeffco.us

I used to shoot IPSC on South Table Mountain until they closed down the range. Seems some retards were intentionally shooting rifles over the berms down into the homes. About the only thing up there now is the shared CSP and JCSO driving range. (I've driven on it...kewell)

There used to be a range...Coors/Golden Gun Club? on west side of Hwy 93 years ago, wonder if it might be available?
http://www.goldengunclub.com/aboutus.php

Hell, disregard...looks like they moved out to Watkins.

[Jeffrey Lebowski]

I volunteered to be on the working group, sent my notice to: commish@jeffco.us

I used to shoot IPSC on South Table Mountain until they closed down the range. Seems some retards were intentionally shooting rifles over the berms down into the homes. About the only thing up there now is the shared CSP and JCSO driving range. (I've driven on it...kewell)

They definitely shoot up there on that CSP driving course. It has to be a blast - I'm envisioning evasive driving tactics with someone sitting "shotgun" shooting.
They let us race (bicycles) up there in summer, and you'll see spent casings on the side.

There used to be a range...Coors/Golden Gun Club? on west side of Hwy 93 years ago, wonder if it might be available?
http://www.goldengunclub.com/aboutus.php

Hell, disregard...looks like they moved out to Watkins.

Yeah, that's quite a move, hey?
Golden to Watkins?

Where is that LE only range?
Somewhere near Matthew Winters or more up towards Genesee? Seems like there would be a spot there.
OR - why not near Rocky Flats? What with all the diseases from that, seems like useless land, right? Oh, oops, they're putting in a subdivision there! (Wow, count me out on wanting any part of that!)

[whitbaby]

Where is that LE only range?
Somewhere near Matthew Winters or more up towards Genesee? Seems like there would be a spot there.
OR - why not near Rocky Flats? What with all the diseases from that, seems like useless land, right? Oh, oops, they're putting in a subdivision there! (Wow, count me out on wanting any part of that!)

They shoot just off I-70 over against an abandoned quarry wall on the west, it is near the Matthews-Winters open space park on the northwest side of I-70.. Actually some satellite views look like there still might be some quarrying ops going on.

Now and then you can see some LEO-type cars parked there and LEOs walking around with earmuffs. I've never seen any kind of shooting booths, but a few cable reels and boxes as benches and target stands at the base of the wall.
I don't know if it's an official range or just a place they squatted on and assumed ownership of. If it's an established shooting range I'd imagine they'd want to keep it to themselves and not let us riff-raff in. It would be a good place for an organized range. It IS relatively close to I-70 though, less than a mile.

It's not like the only place they have to shoot. I've been in their tactical shooting center in the basement of the sheriff's complex. They have some good shoot/no shoot video trainers. They use lasered Glock guns that record hits and misses and dozens of scenarios, from indoor domestic disputes to outdoor engagement around dumpsters, etc. I've shot there at a Citizen's Academy session...impressive.
They also have outdoor places where they train SWAT tactics...so they do have other places but they didn't disclose where.

There is an established shooting area on the way up to the radio facility atop Squaw Mtn just off C103.
Not a very good area. Rocks everywhere and no place to park, just on the shoulder of a dirt road.

[kidicarus13]

why not near Rocky Flats? What with all the diseases from that, seems like useless land, right? Oh, oops, they're putting in a subdivision there! (Wow, count me out on wanting any part of that!)

I wonder if the developers are required to disclose all the toxic waste illegally dumped in that area before it was bulldozed over? WOW! I'd rather buy swamp land in Florida.