South Shooting Site :(

[Irving]

Yes, very far from Ft. Collins. Ft. Collins is actually north of the North Site, so you are probably better off shooting there. There is a thread on here of all the shooting locations mapped out on one Google map.

[Marlin]

Yes,, Hook up with the guys here, http://www.co-ar15.com/forums/showthread.php?t=22237 .

[KL7]

Here is the map of different shooting sites.

Colorado Shooting Sites

[Daniel_187]

Is this south sight far from Ft Collins. Can some one help me out with directions from Ft Collins. I see some one posted directions but I'm not familar with Colorado yet.

From Ft. Collins, its a long drive. 1 1/2 hour drive. you would do better at the north site outside of Lyons, am not great with Drictions though or spelling LOL

[Beprepared]

Went to south site yesterday before weather blew in. Other than shotgun wads pretty clean!

[CrufflerSteve]

I just got back from the South Site. It was my first time there and it is in pretty decent shape. The only extra junk I brought back was a fair number of shotshells and a couple of targets. It gives me hope for the future shooting to see a public range that isn't trash.

I was scouting it out for a future visit bringing a trailer. Can I call dibs for a spot for next Saturday? It's a spot on the double left that ends up going south. About a half mile or so. There.s a road on the right with a closed sign in about 20 yars and a patch of bare dirt at the foot of the hill 220 yards in. I'd be happy to yield to anybody with a bigger caliber than mine, 225.

Steve

[CrufflerSteve]

Has a fun day at the south site. Thanks to Tim K for his help. The spot I used had a target at the foot of the hill about 215 yards from my shooting position. I was shooting my repro of a Civil War 2.25 inch Bronze Mountain Rifle. I used lead Minie Balls weighing about 4 pounds with 3.5 ounces of Goex 1f BP. I was trying variations plain rounds, beeswax in the Minie cavity and wadding over the BP. Plain worked best. I got 2 out of 3 in the black with that. After 16 rounds of this I moved the cannon to point at a stump and tried some canister. Impressive stuff. It dispersed well.



For those of you not familiar with the south site. It used to be lush green forst until I showed up. My cannon puts out big fireballs. Sorry.

Steve

[xjtwo]

Hayman Fire 2010?

[d_striker]

Has a fun day at the south site. Thanks to Tim K for his help. The spot I used had a target at the foot of the hill about 215 yards from my shooting position. I was shooting my repro of a Civil War 2.25 inch Bronze Mountain Rifle. I used lead Minie Balls weighing about 4 pounds with 3.5 ounces of Goex 1f BP. I was trying variations plain rounds, beeswax in the Minie cavity and wadding over the BP. Plain worked best. I got 2 out of 3 in the black with that. After 16 rounds of this I moved the cannon to point at a stump and tried some canister. Impressive stuff. It dispersed well.



For those of you not familiar with the south site. It used to be lush green forst until I showed up. My cannon puts out big fireballs. Sorry.

Steve

Dang...4 lbs of lead per shot. I could get about 250 9mm bullets out of a chunk of lead like that.

Can you recover that chunk of lead or does it just splatter?

[CrufflerSteve]

Dang...4 lbs of lead per shot. I could get about 250 9mm bullets out of a chunk of lead like that.

Can you recover that chunk of lead or does it just splatter?

I recovered 7 out of 16. They were banged up but intact. The hillside was a mix of dirt and hard clay. If they hit the dirt they went right in and those were the ones I recovered. The ones that hit the clay left a skid in the ground and took off. If you find them you can keep them.

Steve