Possibly moving back to Colorado and have LOTS of questions.

[Gman]

If you think Californians have screwed up Idaho, just wait until you see Colorado.

[Aloha_Shooter]

Bottom line is, if a magnet sticks to it, you can't shoot it at an indoor range.

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Part of that, IMO, is ranges who want to make extra $$ by selling you THEIR ammo vs. cheap Russian ammo, but there is also a legitimate concern that steel-core ammo can damage the back stops in a way that lead core ammo doesn't.

I can't speak to ranges up north but the concern at Whistling Pines in Colorado Springs and the Cheyenne Mountain Gun Range near Fort Carson is purely about damage to the backstops or targets. I've only ever seen them use the magnet test on the bullet itself, not the case.

[jenznat0r]

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I can't speak to ranges up north but the concern at Whistling Pines in Colorado Springs and the Cheyenne Mountain Gun Range near Fort Carson is purely about damage to the backstops or targets. I've only ever seen them use the magnet test on the bullet itself, not the case.

I hate to reveal my source, but what about some stuff like this if you have an AR in 7.62x39 like me? Do you think you could shoot stuff like this out there at an indoor range?

https://www.classicfirearms.com/tula...y-1000rd-case/

They sell it individually, I may get some depending.

[jenznat0r]

If you think Californians have screwed up Idaho, just wait until you see Colorado.

No need to explain haha, I used to live there for about a year and a half combined. Although, I wasn't as politically active or a firearms owner back then.

I remember coming home from working at DIA back in early 2017 late one night off an overnight shift. I was at a light and literally in the car next to me someone was lighting up their bong as the light was turning green. I get it's legal there, but jeez, use some discretion and do it at home when you're not driving.

[Mtneer]

I made my degree work because, at the time, CU allowed you to create your own degree (individually structured major). Wasn't easy but I felt like I actually got the education I paid for. Since then, the world has changed and I've moved on but no fault of the degree.

FWIW if you still have any inkling for law school, water law is your honey ticket. Fascinating subject that will only grow in value with your knowledge.

[Great-Kazoo]

What's really scary to me is I'm a senior with 3 semesters left. IDK how I've been able to get this far, but I am having a lot of mixed feelings about finishing. It's not what I'm passionate about anymore, and I don't know what my academic plans would be after graduation.

IMO you're foolish with only 3 left to depart that area. But transferring to another college in ID could help

I basically go to school forcibly for that reason. Society has told me in order to make more money, I need a piece of paper that says I'm capable of a pay increase. I'm just at a really tough point at my life right now. I'm 32, I'm married with 2 kids, and all I want at the end of the day is to comfortably provide for my family. Maybe not lavishly, but enough to buy a safe home and have what we need. That's really my selfless wish, and I find it funny that I've tried school very unsuccessfully since I was 18 on and off. Yet I keep re-enrolling every time thinking it's going to be different this time, and it never is. I honestly don't know the secret to making that happen for me individually.

Well IMO (once again) if you move to CO. The odds of making more than $12-15 hrly wage are not happening, as an entry level position. You haven't said what skills, other than a disillusioned college student, you have. THOSE skills could get you a better starting wage in CO.

Not sure what your expectations are for living accommodations. However unless you can afford say $2k monthly rent, or a $350K home. Plan on living with her relatives, for a longggggggg time.

Or become one of the many one reads about, living out of their vehicle, looking for a job they can support them self and their family on.

I hate to reveal my source, but what about some stuff like this if you have an AR in 7.62x39 like me? Do you think you could shoot stuff like this out there at an indoor range?

https://www.classicfirearms.com/tula...y-1000rd-case/

They sell it individually, I may get some depending.

Source? That stuff is all over the web as well as most gun stores in CO. It's nothing special out of the other x39 available and NO you cannot shoot it indoors. It's not steel case. It's a bimetal jacket over a lead bullet. However a magnet will stick to it, preventing discharge at an indoor range
Unless you have green / steel case norinco from the 80's the days of actual steel core bullets are gone.





I believe you and your wife should sit down. Discuss every option available as well as financial status, before relocating to CO. As a former resident of CO, based on the freedom and small population you have in Rexberg. You may have a hard time getting comfortable along the front range of CO.

[jenznat0r]

IMO you're foolish with only 3 left to depart that area. But transferring to another college in ID could help





Well IMO (once again) if you move to CO. The odds of making more than $12-15 hrly wage are not happening, as an entry level position. You haven't said what skills, other than a disillusioned college student, you have. THOSE skills could get you a better starting wage in CO.

Not sure what your expectations are for living accommodations. However unless you can afford say $2k monthly rent, or a $350K home. Plan on living with her relatives, for a longggggggg time.

Or become one of the many one reads about, living out of their vehicle, looking for a job they can support them self and their family on.




Source? That stuff is all over the web as well as most gun stores in CO. It's nothing special out of the other x39 available and NO you cannot shoot it indoors. It's not steel case. It's a bimetal jacket over a lead bullet. However a magnet will stick to it, preventing discharge at an indoor range
Unless you have green / steel case norinco from the 80's the days of actual steel core bullets are gone.





I believe you and your wife should sit down. Discuss every option available as well as financial status, before relocating to CO. As a former resident of CO, based on the freedom and small population you have in Rexberg. You may have a hard time getting comfortable along the front range of CO.

I honestly don't know what I am doing at this point. I am very undecided also to what to do. I'd keep up the fight and continue on with my major, but I've learned often that sometimes you can't output when you're input is lacking. I've considered deferring one semester to work locally just to clear my head and see what I truly want. That is an option too.

Currently, I am giving it my all in my current semester. I have also applied for a Paralegal Studies program at Idaho State University as a transfer student, and am waiting to see if I get accepted. So I am weighing out that option too. It's my hope I'll have a decision by the end of the year. Thankfully, my University finishes up on December 18th. I'm going back to Southern California and Disneyland for the holidays, and I'm hoping a break from some of my struggles will help clear my head too.

It was an idea at best, and we have come connections back there. But I get where everyone is coming from about logistics, freedom, and cost. I've learned many times in life, that sometimes when you're out of answers, you outreach and mentor with those who are wiser and have more insight than you. That wasn't my original intent of this post, but I guess it has evolved into that.

[sroz]

Awesome.

I lived in Aurora prior, I am familiar with Cherry Creek. I appreciate all your insight. That sounds kind of tricky with the magazines. What ranges in the area would you recommend? My biggest concern is my AR in 7.62x39 shoots a diet of steel case ammo. I know some ranges depending do not allow steel case ammo indoor or outdoors. Here we have an outdoor range 15 minutes west of town or we just shoot in the desert. It's pretty nice out here.

It's a tough one indeed. Pay is a lot lower here, but so is cost of living. What makes it hard is the opportunities are almost nonexistent unless you move to Boise, and even that's a small city at about 245k.

Triple-J in Littleton allows steel case ammo.

[Irving]

It was an idea at best, and we have come connections back there. But I get where everyone is coming from about logistics, freedom, and cost. I've learned many times in life, that sometimes when you're out of answers, you outreach and mentor with those who are wiser and have more insight than you. That wasn't my original intent of this post, but I guess it has evolved into that.

I think your intro thread is going pretty well. I could be worse. https://www.ar-15.co/threads/176297-...54#post2246554

[cstone]

Have you ever had a job you enjoyed? Enjoyed enough that you didn't hate it all of the time?

Finish school if it wouldn't drive you deeper into debt. IMO your first obligation is to your family. What will be best for your children and your wife? If you don't or can't finish school, find a trade. Plumbers, welders, electricians make more than most college graduates.

Colorado, Idaho, Arizona, California, Maryland, these are just places and I wouldn't move my family unless there was a good reason with very strong prospects waiting for me and my family.

I wish you luck. Be safe.