Very interesting post.

I thought I had it tough with a 30 mile drive. Now I don't feel too bad about my circumstance. The 100 yrd range is run by the Missouri Conservation Department. Cost is reasonable at $3 an hour and the facilities are first class.

It can get real busy just before hunting season but the rest of the year it's a walk up and shoot deal. I don't mind the cease fires as they run a tight ship and it turns around pretty quick.

They usually are very nice but the one near me has a 1 hour limit if there is a waiting list. Which it almost always has unless you go in the middle of the week.

There's a 100yd public sight-in range about 20 minutes away from me. I go there sometimes; the benches are solid and permanent and make for good shooting. There's only 2 benches with a right and left handed side each, but there's hardly ever anyone there. Other than that there is plenty of ground within a few miles of me that I can just drive into, set up my target stand, and shoot. The sky's the limit, as far as range.

I have a nice range 15 min away from me.

It has a black powder/sight in range with targets at 25-50-75-100 yds. With covered concrete shooting tables.

Two pistol ranges.

Rifle range with covered concrete shooting tables with targets for 50 to 500 yds. I can shoot BP on it, but I try to shoot where the wind is blowing the smoke away from the other shooters.

Plus a clay bird range.


The best part is it's open 7 days a week during daylight hours, and it's free.

Most of my shooting is done at the private weapons range at Ft. Sill: It is a 100 meter range with several shooting benches. A friend has a range to 100 yards located about 13 miles from my home. i have a range to 200 yards with a good covered shooting bench: Too bad it's 75 miles from home in Garvin county.

Spent Saturday afternoon and Sunday morning at our hunting club rifle range. So I snapped a few fresh pictures while there. Had it all to myself this weekend.

Here's the view of the range from the deck of my little hooch.



Here's a closer picture of our two crudely covered benches.



And the view down range (300 yards) from one of the benches.



We have campaign sign target holders at every twenty-five yards out to 200 yards, and one at 300.



It's real easy to spend the whole day shooting there. If only it wasn't 80 mile from home!

That place looks great, Semi. Yeah, too bad it's so far from your house. That shooting bench looks very similiar to the one my friend built except he made an identical provision on the right side of the bench to accommodate us "southpaw" shooters. One of these days I'll get some pictures of the place and post them(as soon as I look up how to post pictures lol).

God, I would love to see some green on the ground and in the trees instead of all this white stuff here in Indy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!