Last Day at The Range

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Made my way out to the range yesterday for probably the last time this year. Was about -1 celcius and 8" of snow covering the road heading in. The minivan wouldn't make it through the snow so I parked at the gate and walked in took my Browning BL22 and BSA Martini. Fired some rounds with the BL22 at my swinging target then shot paper for the rest of the time with the Martini. Beautiful day, not sunny at all so I don't get any glare off the barrels. Very happy with the Martini, several one hole groups at 50m, the BL22 is fun to shoot but way to small for me and the groups reflect this, shot one target with it and my 15 shot group looked like I used a shotgun. It is my only repeater though, so fun to blast off 15 rounds very fast. Here's some pics of a beautiful old gun on a beautiful winter's day.

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Well I've only been a member since August and I guess this year they put up the shack over the benches, before that they had tables sitting on an open wood platform. If I had a truck I could probably get in there year round, but -3 is about my limit for shooting anyway. Hard to aim straight when your shivering on the bench. :)
 
We don't have the snow in Regina YET, we know it's coming. The range I belong to has a covered firing line and is open all year. They do clear a lot of area but the benches get pretty short when the snow packs in.
 
I snowshoe into mine in the winter when they don't have the road plowed (which is often). Its not that far in though, only about 200-300 yards. Unfortunately its mostly uphill and when you are pulling a sled with about 100lbs of gear on it, its a workout (especially when you are a fat ##### like me).
 
Why is that? It is in the middle of a 1/4 section of land with large berm at the far end of the range and large hills on either side (outside the picture frame).
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I serve on the executive of a range with over 2000 members, and our range is up for reapproval next spring.
In order to be approved, the range must meet a template that specifies berm heights, the distance from the targets to the berms etc. The range pictured, would probably not meet the requirements to be approved by the Alberta CFO. Is it a rimfire only range, or are centerfires allowed?
 
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Rimfire, Centerfire and there is a place to shoot shotguns as well. Apparently the Sask CFO checks it out so it must be good to go. It is only a 200M range and the 200M target board is right in front of the back berm.
 
Rimfire, Centerfire and there is a place to shoot shotguns as well. Apparently the Sask CFO checks it out so it must be good to go. It is only a 200M range and the 200M target board is right in front of the back berm.
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We are required to have a berm immediately behind every target board on our centerfire range. Obviously the CFOs are not using the same template, or they are not interpreting it the same.
 
j_06 said:
Cabin fever?!too cold to shoot!?c'mon guys this is Canadian gun nutz not tropical gun nuts:p . Bundle up and go shoot! Wouldn't get much coyote hunting done if the weather kept me indoors for 6 months
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Too cold for me :) Sitting at a bench with the wind blowing at you back, it's cold. I did go grouse hunting Saturday, but you are moving around more.
 
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