Left Hand is still open. I was up there today!
It is covered in trash and shotgun cartridges though
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Left Hand is still open. I was up there today!
It is covered in trash and shotgun cartridges though
You are correct, I went on Saturday.
Hey I recon'd that carbine! I gotta drag my lazy butt to send you the cleaning kit.
How much further up the road is the new site from the old one with the steel cable that i thought was closed? Is it any better that the site down by Wellington Lake?
As far as I can tell the range is still open, but it is trashed, and there are still tons of idiots up there that put others in danger. If you go up there try to encourage people to pick up their crap and not to shoot glass. Every time that I go up there people are firing even when people are down range. I try to tell everyone that I see to be more responsible but it seems that this place has a lot of young kids that treat it like a game, playing with their toys. Everyone needs to be more proactive about educating young shooters out in these areas otherwise we will see more accidents and more closures.
x2 on the cautionary advice if you're going up to LHC anytime you may not be alone up there.
I spent a few weekends up there (normally have access to a good indoor facility) over the summer and, each day I was there, things were sketchy on the good days and downright spooky on others.
The "new" area was getting trashed pretty fast and still saw the proliferation of homies, Call of Duty gun experts, rednecks without ANY regard for the people around them, and downright dangerous people with little or no firearms experience.
The worst situation I ran into up there put our large group of about 8 folks in direct risk by people consistently sweeping our group "dude, it ain't loaded..." and going up the hill when we were shooting.
Definitely shoot at your own risk up there... if you shoot often or weren't equipped from the factory with eyeballs in the back of your head and a bulletproof birthday suit, you may want to look for a better place to go.
Sounds like all the more reason to invest in a membership at a private facility. Not to say you could never have this kind of dangerous activity at a private range but I have seldom seen it. Typically the "homies" and irresponsible types can't afford or refuse to pay the membership dues for a private facility and members who display unsafe behavior usually find their membership revoked. I have been a member of several private facilities over the last 19 years or so and it is well worth the price of membership for the peace of mind.Originally Posted by SonOfTheGriz
You have to get up to LHC early to avoid the 'yee haws'.
Just head further west as there's other safer and nicer areas to practice.
I was up in Boulder on Sat for lunch and wanted to head up to shoot a bit but figured it would be really muddy with all the snow melting.
I went up last Saturday and had a great time. Everyone was very respectful and we called seize fires when ever someone wanted to go out and move the targets. We arrived at 10:45 or so and beat most of the traffic. I plan on going out again in a few weeks and taking a grill and some burgers. Does anyone think that people would have a problem with that?
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