Anyone interested in going to a night shoot at Dragonman's?

[ChadAmberg]

Think how much fun it would be to set up tannerite targets at 100 yards in the dark...

[psawjack]

Only if it is a true night shoot. Star light/IR only. 200-500 yards would be nice. I have only shot to 300 yards so far and would like to go past that with my PSL.

Jerrymrc,

I'm not sure but Dragonman may want to have a couple lights from the RSO shack on and so I think it will be more like low light shooting as apposed to no light shooting. I'm also not sure on this but will assume that he will open the 100 yard/pistol combo range close to his store so shooting 300 yards might be a no-go. I gave him the impression that the shoot would be more for close-up night sight and laser training as opposed to NV and IR rifle scope training. Next time I stop by I'll ask him for more details.

I'd give it a go... no NV equipment or lasers, but that's OK.

Chad,

I gave Dragonman the impression that the shoot would be for myself and others learning how to and training using night sights and lasers on low light conditions. Basically more training for those times when we check out the things that go bump in the night at our houses as opposed to being geared towards shooting scoped high powered rifles at 300 yards(although that would be sweet as I've never done that before).

Well I have at least 1 so far...just a couple more and we are golden.

Thanks everyone. I can't wait.

Patrick

[BigBear]

Think how much fun it would be to set up tannerite targets at 100 yards in the dark...

Tannerite is a binary explosive that reduces with water vapor only. Tannerite does not ignite with a "flash". Meaning, the "explosion" you see is just water vapor. If you were to shoot Tannerite in the dark, you wouldn't see anything.... but you'd hear the boom.

I'm also not sure on this but will assume that he will open the 100 yard/pistol combo range close to his store so shooting 300 yards might be a no-go. I gave him the impression that the shoot would be more for close-up night sight and laser training as opposed to NV and IR rifle scope training.

I gave Dragonman the impression that the shoot would be for myself and others learning how to and training using night sights and lasers on low light conditions. Basically more training for those times when we check out the things that go bump in the night at our houses ....

Well, heck. If it's on a Sat or Sun night count me in. I have a light/laser for the G19... but nothing for the long gun. Will he open the shoot house and the SF range for us to actually get "real world" training in clearing a house or are we just talking about command fire from a line? Either way, I think it might be fun.

[psawjack]

Well, heck. If it's on a Sat or Sun night count me in. I have a light/laser for the G19... but nothing for the long gun. Will he open the shoot house and the SF range for us to actually get "real world" training in clearing a house or are we just talking about command fire from a line? Either way, I think it might be fun.

With BigBear in for the night shoot I think we are now down to the planning phase. If we go for a Sat or Sun night I think the next available time for me is the weekend of the 7th of Aug. If that works with everyone I'll get with Dragonman the during the week prior to that weekend and see if that's cool with him.

If anyone has any questions or scheduling conflicts just let me know and we'll try to adjust as necessary.

Patrick

[CrufflerSteve]

Low light would be a good starting point. I have a couple of night sight pistols and a rifle with an illuminated reticle for low light.

Steve

[psawjack]

Pending hearing back from ChadAmberg and his guest I think we can aim for the 7th of August. I think the backup date could be the 14th of August.

Once everyone has confirmed the 7th with me I'll give Dragonman a call and ask the questions y'all have asked me to pass along and get the date set.

I'll post any updates here for anyone else who would like to tag along (or you could just PM me with questions). The more the merrier and if the night shoot works out great maybe we could try to make a habit out of going once every couple months or so.

Thanks everyone.

Patrick

[ChadAmberg]

Yeah, I'm good for that date too.

One thing we may want to remember when planning this again in the future, is the phase of the moon, so we know when we will have some light.

Oh, here's a video of tannerite at night: http://il.youtube.com/watch?v=2nW9z8...eature=related