Can someone with a membership at the Poco Gun Club up Burke Mountain tell me a bit about it? I would love to hear about the range itself and actual benefits for membership, how open membership is, gatherings/parties that happen within the club. Anything, really! Rave on! Pros and cons are welcome too.
Port Coquitlam and District Hunting and Fishing Club
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I saw the plans for housing... Kind of a bonehead move on the city's part but everyone on council wants those extra property tax dollars *sigh* Someday we will live in a world not controlled by money but not in my lifetime.
I have a few friends who have very recently outed themselves as members!
They said they would take me.
I have a few friends who have very recently outed themselves as members!
They said they would take me.Hmmm... Well, in my own opinion, to own land doesn't really mean you have to build on it. I consider land as spacing between the stacks upon stacks of people. In a perfect world, I would buy a farm. In a real world scenario here, I would by my quarter acre lot and the neighboring ones as well, hill or not.
I'm a member. It is busy on the public range (on weekends) but it's members only between 9am-12pm right now so it's not too bad during those times (non-members can still go between 9am-12pm but they must be accompanied by a member and must share/shoot in the same lane)
My advice like others, is to get a day pass, check it out, and ask a member or RO to check out the lower ranges with you on a quick walk.
I only go to the public range if I need to sight in an optic past 50 yards (it's the longest range there at 200m) or if I bring a friend to go shooting. Other then that I only use the private lower ranges as I'm not a big fan of crowds, and it helps free up space for non-members to shoot.
Start with the website: hxxp://pcdhfc.com/
It has lots of good information to get you started before you head up.
My advice like others, is to get a day pass, check it out, and ask a member or RO to check out the lower ranges with you on a quick walk.
I only go to the public range if I need to sight in an optic past 50 yards (it's the longest range there at 200m) or if I bring a friend to go shooting. Other then that I only use the private lower ranges as I'm not a big fan of crowds, and it helps free up space for non-members to shoot.
Start with the website: hxxp://pcdhfc.com/
It has lots of good information to get you started before you head up.
If you like sitting around WAITING a lot, its a good place to go.
If you don't have black badge, don't even think about bringing a holster there, an believe they want you to take their own holster course on top of that.
Also to use anything other then range 7 the main public range, you need to take a "range user course", even tho when you take the new member course they outline everything about the other ranges and their rules of operations.
I on occasion go there to shoot if a friend of mine who is on the board of directors and is an active RO is working, otherwise I go out to the bush.
Currently on the waiting list for Abby Fish & Game club so I can use a holster freely without any extra non-sense.
Overall Poco is a decent facility but wait times can get to you at times.
If you don't have black badge, don't even think about bringing a holster there, an believe they want you to take their own holster course on top of that.
Also to use anything other then range 7 the main public range, you need to take a "range user course", even tho when you take the new member course they outline everything about the other ranges and their rules of operations.
I on occasion go there to shoot if a friend of mine who is on the board of directors and is an active RO is working, otherwise I go out to the bush.
Currently on the waiting list for Abby Fish & Game club so I can use a holster freely without any extra non-sense.
Overall Poco is a decent facility but wait times can get to you at times.
I was a member for 5 to 6 years. I gave it up 2 years ago due to how busy it is. It is a decent range just a very frustrating place to shoot. If you do the course to allow access to the lower ranges it is better but I dont think you can shoot hi powered hunting rifles on them (cant remeber for sure).
I also find this range at times IMO attracts some less desirable sport shooters that are a little shaddy. I will leave it at that. The RO's can also be less than polite but also maybe for that reason.
We need more ranges in the Lowermainland! Especially to dial in a hunting rifle and not have to wait an hour in line for it.
I also find this range at times IMO attracts some less desirable sport shooters that are a little shaddy. I will leave it at that. The RO's can also be less than polite but also maybe for that reason.
We need more ranges in the Lowermainland! Especially to dial in a hunting rifle and not have to wait an hour in line for it.
It's gonna be like Westwood race track. It was all good until people started moving onto the mountain side and then complained about noise. I could hear the races at Lougheed and Shaughnessy st. I used to bike up there to watch. And as houses get closer to the rod and gun club they too will complain. There is something in the law that refers to precedence in that both were there first and you should have looked at things when you bought the place. I know in Langley Money's mushrooms did composting and people complained about the smell. They had the legal right to stay and won. Funny though, Moneys mushrooms packed up and moved to Chilliwack.
Considering that PCDHFC is the biggest club of its kind and especially in the lower mainland, it can get busy. However, once you get the range user course done, you can use the smaller rangers and can basically shoot whatever you want (biggest caliber I believe is 556/223). To avoid all this, go when it isn't peak times (like the weekends right before lunch). If you go right when it opens, I guarantee you won't have to wait.
As for shady shooters, I find this is absolute not true. Want shady shooters? Go to DVC and report back.
ROs do their jobs. They take stuff seriously and at the same time will make fun of you (in a teasing kind of way) if you screw up. They are the authority and they let you know it.
