Headed Out To Chaffee

[leatherneck448]

I'm glad you all like our range, we are pretty proud of it.

It isn't exactly free though. The locals donate to it as does the Friends of the NRA. Bill N. does a ton of work out there on his own dime and time. Many of us locals will pick up trash when we are out there. If your ever down to Salida, American Hunting and Fishing Supply has the donation bucket. AHFS also has lots of ammo, targets, guns and anything else you need. Lawrence usually has the best prices to boot. He is located accross from the Patio Pancake out on the highway best breakfast in town. The german sausage is awesome BTW.

Let me not forget to mention the Chaffee County dump people for doing the dirt work, DOW for the annual range fix up and quite a bit of money also. Butala construction donates or sells at cost a lot of the gravel used out there and Hylton lumber gives and sells at cost much of the backing board and other supplies used out there too. But the biggest Thanks goes to Bill for all his work.

Please enjoy the range, but don't tell to many people. Right now we are at a good level of use. Not enough people using the range to make it not fun or unsafe but enough to keep the idiots in check. We residents know we are lucky to have the range and want to keep it nice. I live 10 minutes away so I can go before or after work or anytime for that matter.

Enjoy!

thanks for making this range possible.

Big A+ from me

[Chaffee2]

thanks for making this range possible.

Big A+ from me

I can't take any credit for it. I was still on Active Duty when the range was built. BTW the range just got another 10 year lease signed.


They are putting in a covered shooting position at one of the upper pistol ranges and are expanding the rifle range to I believe 14 positions, some are covered, and a couple will not have any benches for prone shooting. Earlier this year the shotgun range was expanded and improved.

[leatherneck448]

will they be adding to the action pistol range? id like to see that opened up a little.

[Chaffee2]

will they be adding to the action pistol range? id like to see that opened up a little.

Several of us would like that opened up a little also. From what I heard what it is, is what it is going to be. They were heading in a good direction and all of a sudden the 4 target back boards were put up and the walls, tire hallway, moving target, cables and all came down.

I'll not sure but I think part of the problem was idiots. Bill N. and a couple of others put up moving targets and some cables up for moving stands and someone kept shooting the cables and posts on purpose. So after several repairs and lots of time and money all that went away and the 4 target back boards appeared.

I believe the idiot factor had a hand in the action pistol pit being what it is today.