keep me posted I’d love to meet up some time.
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My son and I tried the range near Crossville, TN called Crossville Shooting Sports Park. Mostly set up for skeet and sporting clays, but nice pistol bays and a 200 yard rifle range. Friendly and well kept,
Hours
Thursday & Friday: 10am – 7pm
Saturday: 8am – 7pm
Sunday: Noon – 6pm
All Times are Central Time Zone
*Monday-Wednesday: Closed to the public. Only open for Private events and Training.
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Final reminder - Range Day hosted by Southern Colorade Chapter of Special Forces Motorcycle Club. At Cactus Flats near Penrose starting at 0900. Raffling off several guns. Shoot with grizzled Green Berets.
All proceeds (as in 100%) go toward helping veterans and their families.
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Any NRA members here?
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If so, please message me.
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Will you be out at dragon mans for the big shoot this weekend.
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I cannot attend, much as I’d like. My shoulder couldn’t take it, although I’ll at least be able to take my wife on the bike this weekend. Dragon Man certainly has a great range. Have you been in his museum?
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Unfortunately, I’m on my Week on at work so I cannot go too. But the next time my daughter is in town I want to take her. I’ve heard so scary stories about the range. We go to Cheyenne Mountain shooting complex.
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It’s okay. I haven’t shot there in a few years.
Colorado does have a history though. Two twins women shot themselves at Cherry Creek back in 2010.
And there’s that unofficial range that used to be on Bar Camp Road where some dude shot himself.
I will say one thing: Mel can shoot.
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I was a member there from way back when… Tried to sign up again, but they require you to have an actual paid email account (no Google or yahoo stuff). Don’t have time to waste with the fudds there. 
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Yes; Life Member since 2016 and NRA/USCCA-certified Pistol Instructor.
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I used to mess around with 230-grain FMJ bullets and some Unique powder. Nothing fancy, but it ran great in my Colt and felt smooth to shoot. Honestly, it’s kinda fun dialing in what works best for your gun, especially since 1911s can be a bit finicky depending on how they’re set up. Just start low on your loads and work up—that’s what worked for me.
Oh, and if you’re in the Coon Rapids area and thinking about carrying, check out the Coon Rapids MN conceal carry classes. They’re solid for covering the legal stuff, which is good to know if you’re gonna carry on the regular.
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Welcome to the forum!
Absolutely. I have a Para USA 1911 and the recoil spring (match, although which brand I have no idea) is extra stout. I wanted a nice flat shooter, so I started with a standard load with Titegroup, worked it back until the gun would no longer fully cycle, and then added .2 grains. It’s an extremely accurate gun and load.
Deployment special - $750 with five mags included. Worth twice that much. I should have bought three:
New 308 Winchester 1000 yard build for the 2025 season. New production RAR prefix R700 long action .
With Brux 31 inch 10 twist heavy varmint barrel, Badger Ordnance FTE brake, Gre-Tan cocking piece/firing pin assembly, Badger Ordnance 20MOA picatinny base, Jard bolt knob and Jewel 8oz trigger. Blueprinting/chambering and barrel threading done by my favorite 2112 at PWS Quantico using a PTG FTR reamer with .170 free bore.
All of this went into a AiCS 2.0 DRMO Mk13 chassis that had the IMUNS removed and the trigger well opened up for a Jewel trigger and topped of with a spare Vortex Gen3 6-36x56 scope in Badger Ordnance rings.
Why a long action 308? Because I’m using Berger Hybrid 200.2 grain 20X bullets. These make the COAL well over 3 inches when loaded, making feeding from a short action magazine nearly impossible. This is a 300 WinMag modified for oversized 308 rounds.
Because I know @18bravo is going to ask, here are some 100 yard groups an a shot of the 100 round break in procedure with Berger 185gr juggernaut target bullets.
And load development pictures. The measurements are for distance off the lands and N150 powder weight.
Using N150, Lapua small rifle primer (Palma) brass, Federal Gold Medal match primers and Berger Hybrid target 200.2 grain 20X bullets.
I stopped load development back in October but will start back up in March or earlier. Hopefully I’ll have it out on Range 4 at MCB Quantico by April with my Shot Marker electronic target.
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Al that looks like a very expensive rifle but a ton of fun. Outstanding shot groups!
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Yeah me too. Working the pits at the range. Who knew that hearing all those rounds whiz over my head would save my life one day when somebody was really shooting at me?!
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This year I completed a Cerakote factory applicator’s course and have added that to my gun smithing repertoire.
Here’re a couple of my recent projects;
Have a couple of long guns in the shop right now that will get Cerakoted in the next few weeks.
For @18bravo, here are some tumblers that I knocked out a few weeks ago (not specifically related to shooting, but…)
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You could sell those all day long. Nice!
Very impressive grouping there, Arch,
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