The post whore thread.

[ChickNorris]

Too far to drive or something?

[BuffCyclist]

Over an hour away, private club, membership is like $500/yr, only have access on certain days. And from what I hear, its a pretty crappy range.

[ChickNorris]

I see.

[BuffCyclist]

And yes, in the grand scheme of things, thats probably not that bad, especially to the cost of indoor ranges.

But I got used to a $60/yr membership, sunrise to sunset, 7-days a week. 4 private general purpose lanes, 16-pistol lanes, 200-yd rifle and 400-yd rifle. Staffed with complimentary target stands.

edit: its primarily the distance. Losing 2-hrs travel time means Id have to be at the range at least 3-hrs to make it worth it, and thats half a day. Which translates to lots of money in ammo.

[Great-Kazoo]

And yes, in the grand scheme of things, thats probably not that bad, especially to the cost of indoor ranges.

But I got used to a $60/yr membership, sunrise to sunset, 7-days a week. 4 private general purpose lanes, 16-pistol lanes, 200-yd rifle and 400-yd rifle. Staffed with complimentary target stands.

edit: its primarily the distance. Losing 2-hrs travel time means Id have to be at the range at least 3-hrs to make it worth it, and thats half a day. Which translates to lots of money in ammo.

Amen to that. Weld cty is $125 365/6 sunrise - sunset out to 200 meters. Pawnee (split fee with other forum members) my part was $30-40 year round sunrise to sunset

Down here it's a 10 - 30 min drive depending how far out i want to shoot. Or the range ($150 membership) able to draw from holster, discount on classes, soon to go out 5-600 yds with steel plates. Or i can drive to the valley and shoot at Ben Avery

Or ....hypothetically suppressed 22 in an undisclosed area

[Great-Kazoo]

The hummingbird feeders attract a decent flow of traffic. There's an inquisitive one who has no problem literally coming with in inches of you.

He/she fly's around your head, chirps a few times, then takes off. Seeing there's no threat will come back to visit some more before a final goodbye. We're hoping we get a visit when we're sitting down.

[BuffCyclist]

Yea, in NM, if I drove an hour, I had access to a 1k+ yd range. Was building up my long range skills at 200-400yds (reloads included) before I went out there. Then we moved and I never got the opportunity.

I just cant justify that cost, especially with the long drive to get to the range. If it was that high and 15-min away, it might be more manageable. Oh well, one day we’ll have better access to a range.

[OtterbatHellcat]

Got a lot of wiring done today....all of the lights are done now.

There's still some stuff to do in the cab but it's mostly done as well.

[BuffCyclist]

So OBC, whatcha buildin'? Seems like quite the project! I haven't gone back digging but it looks like it'll be a pretty nice truck when you're finished!

[OtterbatHellcat]

Thank you, I think it will be.

It's a '79 F-250 but it has a 7.3 powerstroke in it. I actually started the project eight or so years ago, but life problems hindered progress for several years. It was actually Labor day weekend last year that I took the cab off the chassis and replaced the first engine that I put in. So...this last year much has happened, and it's getting close to completion. I should be able to get a decent pic of the whole thing after the driveshafts are done and I can get it outside again. Driveshafts are waiting on the T-case install, which should be ready to pick up Mon/Tue latest.