Stuff for Scouts to do in Loveland / Greeley

[Mykidsdad]

Great Guns in Nunn is a "sanctioned" range and all that is needed is an NRA cert'd instructor and RSO for it to be BSA approved. For any other questions as far as shooting go, Ken Craft out of the Greeley BSA office is the guy to talk to. I believe Weld county and Pawnee are on the approved range list as well.

Great to know!

[Aloha_Shooter]

Going to chime in here on the shooting sports related activities.

Unfortunately, ALL shooting sports activities for the Boy Scouts are now heavily regulated. Even though many of us can afford the Scouts a properly supervised and safe shooting experience, the regulations promulgated at the national and council levels for the Scouting program require that ALL shooting activities take place at officially sanctioned and approved facilities. So as not to disappoint the Scouts with false hope, be sure to check with the local council office.

There are ways to get approval for shooting on Grandpa's farm and other non-range ranges BUT the biggest hurdle is that there MUST be 1 NRA-certified RSO **AND** 1 NRA-certified instructor per 8 shooters. If shooting at summer camp, you're allowed to drop the number of RSOs down to 1 per 16 shooters. Also, Boy Scouts can now use magazines but can still only fire shotguns and .22 caliber bolt action rifles. Handguns and high power are reserved for Venturers.

[Great-Kazoo]

There are ways to get approval for shooting on Grandpa's farm and other non-range ranges BUT the biggest hurdle is that there MUST be 1 NRA-certified RSO **AND** 1 NRA-certified instructor per 8 shooters. If shooting at summer camp, you're allowed to drop the number of RSOs down to 1 per 16 shooters. Also, Boy Scouts can now use magazines but can still only fire shotguns and .22 caliber bolt action rifles. Handguns and high power are reserved for Venturers.

They're in luck, i'm a NRA instructor.

[Zman]

Not going to add to the Shooting Sports discussion because it has gotten more restrictive to the tune the ranges need approved by council shooting sports CRSOs.

Now the missile silo ... Was planning on taking my troop this year, but my last discussion with the caretaker is the site may not be open for tours any more. I would give them a call.

Z

[two shoes]

Not going to add to the Shooting Sports discussion because it has gotten more restrictive to the tune the ranges need approved by council shooting sports CRSOs.

Z

The established ranges up north here (Pawnee, Weld, Great Guns) are all approved by the Longs Peak Council CRSO. Any self made ranges would need inspection before use. I believe the next LPC Shooting Sports Committee meeting is next Wednesday in Greeley. If anyone is interested, let me know and I will pass along details.

[JohnnyEgo]

Eagle Scout and former Assistant Scoutmaster in Florida. I'll join the stick-in-the-mud crowd and say too much work, too little time, and too much risk to accommodate a shoot. It would be one thing for a group of boys who were close friends and also scouts. It is another thing entirely for a scout troop under the guise of a scouting related trip. Whatever you may know about one boy's family, you don't know about all of them. And even if nothing goes wrong, kids being kids and bragging to other kids, it's very easy to be sanctioned by the organization for these sorts of well intentioned activities. Nothing sucks more than getting kicked out of a troop or losing a good Scout Master over an hour's range time with fun but not Scouting approved firearms.

Nebraska, from what I remember of it, is mostly flat. Take them out to Devil's Backbone, the Horsetooth Reservoir, or other outdoor functions, and let them run around like the idiot pre-teens and teens they are, until they are exhausted and the parental supervision can get a decent night's sleep. If you feel compelled to do indoor activities due to the heat or weather, take them to that laser tag place in Loveland and let them pretend to shoot one another.

[Great-Kazoo]

take them to that laser tag place in Loveland and let them pretend to shoot one another.

http://thesummitwindsor.com/specials/

[Mykidsdad]

Indoor Scouting option if weather craps out.

http://www.denverboyscouts.org/openr...px?orgkey=3096

[Brian]

Thx again - forwarding on all the ideas... haven't heard of any decisions yet.

[two shoes]

If you feel compelled to do indoor activities due to the heat or weather, take them to that laser tag place in Loveland and let them pretend to shoot one another.

BSA will not allow any simulation of shooting another person/human... not even squirt/water guns...