New 1000 yard range in BC
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I will start off by saying I actually called no one on this thread a fudd.
Maybe the guy who started the range is not a fudd either but using words like "military type semi autos" is not what we need these days. We need to make sure everyone knows a gun is a gun.
I totally understand not wanting guys doing mag dumps or not being able to get permits for restricted. I would highly doubt the CFO has a rule that only allows single shots.
I do wish all shooting facilities the best of luck as the more of them there are the better. I, like most enthusiasts, want shooting sports to grow and last for a long time. However, if you look around you will see that the fatest growing sports are the action ones. Younger people grew up on COD, Bond, etc. and that is what they like to do. I have concerns about the viability of a facility that only caters to a single sport.
An example would be the full bore club out in Sibbald. Not sure of the average age of the member there but they are not spring chickens and I question its existence long term.
I know it was a tonne of work to do the range and I am sure it is great. I wish he had less rules as I would love to try and hold a match out there.
Maybe the guy who started the range is not a fudd either but using words like "military type semi autos" is not what we need these days. We need to make sure everyone knows a gun is a gun.
I totally understand not wanting guys doing mag dumps or not being able to get permits for restricted. I would highly doubt the CFO has a rule that only allows single shots.
I do wish all shooting facilities the best of luck as the more of them there are the better. I, like most enthusiasts, want shooting sports to grow and last for a long time. However, if you look around you will see that the fatest growing sports are the action ones. Younger people grew up on COD, Bond, etc. and that is what they like to do. I have concerns about the viability of a facility that only caters to a single sport.
An example would be the full bore club out in Sibbald. Not sure of the average age of the member there but they are not spring chickens and I question its existence long term.
I know it was a tonne of work to do the range and I am sure it is great. I wish he had less rules as I would love to try and hold a match out there.
so accuracy international, Barrett, cadex, are all no go because they are military used?
I recently spoke with a friend who I shoot pistol with and he has been out to Mikes facility. He has commented that the range is superb for its purpose and Mike is definitely a shooter who enjoys doing it.
He also has commented to me that Mike is a hell of a nice guy and has some flexibility once he knows you. I'll head out there one day with my friend and check it out.
As per Dave above an email or phone call would sort out any questions.
He also has commented to me that Mike is a hell of a nice guy and has some flexibility once he knows you. I'll head out there one day with my friend and check it out.
As per Dave above an email or phone call would sort out any questions.
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- Surrey by the sea (nanaimo)
usually its me haha
- Location
- calgary alberta
My experience with Trinity Long Range is that Mike can be cautiously flexible to a degree, once he gets a feel for a person. Still can't turn a blind eye to 50s or mag dumps however.
Being a private range means he is on the hook directly for any and every incident that may occur. He has invested his life into this venture and given the high volume of stupid that happens these days, he has to be careful. I believe his wording regarding military style semi autos is more geared to advise people that his range is not set up for the spray and pray mag dumpers. Maybe not the best wording but with all of today's political correctness.............
He certainly had no problems when I brought out my Modern Hunter, after seeing how I behaved with a few bolt rifles.
I spent a week with him at the range and had a great time both with the shooting and just general time spent together. He is a great host.
Not a fan of all the rules he has, but I completely understand wanting to protect your investment from idiots, and it is after all his range, so he gets to make the rules (just like other privately owned facilities). My range goes to 600, but it would be fun to shoot to 1000 off a bench. I bet it was a lot of work to get it approved and constructed.
- Location
- calgary alberta
Yes 6 fixed indoor heated shooting stations.
Seems like a lot of work to open such a small facility, no?
I wouldn't expect it to be 50 bays or anything, but 6 bays seems so small, both from a general size perspective and an economic perspective.
Well Lumby has about 1,700 people, Greater Vernon which is 40 minutes away has 60,000. Kelowna would be an hour and a half + drive - 125,000.
I would think that amount of bays would be adequate for his client base.
The Trinity Valley Road in some places is not much better than a FSR. Active logging on some of the side roads so expect logging trucks tossing fist sized rocks in your direction.
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Oh I am aware of the demographics of the region, I used to live on Mabel lake road, which is literally down the street from this new facility, and in Kelowna before that.
I would think a fair number of people would want to use the facilities on weekends though, and it simply seems like a crap load of work for such a small facility. The economics of the whole thing seem off too...
I guess if it's a labor of love with the business as a side effect (ie he wanted to make himself a range, might as well make a few bucks while he's at it) it makes sense...
Well you would know the area for sure living on Mabel Lake Road.
My buddy did not say how busy it was the couple of times he used the facility. His comment was certainly to the effect it was money well spent and he would go back any time.
I would suspect your last point would be correct.
Well that's the thing, with it being new, word has to get out. This is the first I've heard of it. I wouldn't be surprised if it wasn't a very busy place yet.
However, once the shooting community knows about this place I would expect weekends to be booked weeks or even months in advance due to the limited number of bays.
- Location
- calgary alberta
I am not sure this would be the case. The long range shooting fraternity is quite small. Given all of the farm, crown and forest lands not too far from any of the towns in the OK valley I would think many guys only wanting to shoot a few hundred yards and FOR FREE only the true hard cores would be Mikes clientele.
I may be wrong, I guess I will see later this summer when I head out there again.
I still go to Lumby every fall for black bear. If I can find the time I'm going to go check it out myself. It's not something I'd regularly use considering the cost (and, you know, being 5 hours away) but I would love to see if my BDC reticle is on target at 300 to 500yds.
