Hey there.
Forgive me if this is in the wrong place. I'm currently from the peace region and I'm very much an avid long range shooter. In the peace country there's plenty of open crown land for a guy to head out to and set up a few gongs and smack em from 400 to 800yds. There's a few places out there where guys can take their Lapua magnums out to the mile they are meant to be shot at. Buts I'm a 1000yd and less guy.
Now I may be moving to Edmonton AB and it's giving me a bit of a panick attack as a shooter. I've looked around on the Internet and all the gun ranges surrounding the city only seem to go out to 300m. This isn't good enough for me. I love to dial and listen to that 3 second delayed "smack" as your round hits the 700yd gong.
There was a place called genesee or something that went to 800m which is very acceptable but I heard that part of the range was closed until further notice. Does anyone know if it's open again?
Crown land around the city seems too sketchy for a guy to go plinking. In the peace you could shoot all day and not worry about anything but from the stories the CL around Edmonton is full of people recreating, no way am I gonna shoot if there's a risk of someone walking or quadin onto my range, that Anti gun vibe from the city seems to spread out further into the surrounding countryside so I obviously don't want any trouble.
Spruce grove range seems nice. I would join that and it would definitely give me an excuse to buy an ar and practice there. But only 300m my precious bolt guns just won't have the room to stretch
So I'm asking, there must be folks who practice long range shooting around Edmonton. If so where do you go? Like an hour or two outside of town would be fine for me. But if there is no such range I am willing to drive a bit further.
If there are no ranges that can accommodate the long range shooter is there a group of like minded individuals that head out from Edmonton to somewhere to shoot?
Please help me out. In the peace I could just head out on a whim drive an hour out of town to some crown land and shoot to my hearts content at a range I wanted to. I can't go back to not shooting or having to shoot sub 300yds. All that cash spent on rifles and optics and reloading setups I fear I will lose my beloved hobby if I move to Edmonton from lack of range or vacant land to practice it.
Forgive me if this is in the wrong place. I'm currently from the peace region and I'm very much an avid long range shooter. In the peace country there's plenty of open crown land for a guy to head out to and set up a few gongs and smack em from 400 to 800yds. There's a few places out there where guys can take their Lapua magnums out to the mile they are meant to be shot at. Buts I'm a 1000yd and less guy.
Now I may be moving to Edmonton AB and it's giving me a bit of a panick attack as a shooter. I've looked around on the Internet and all the gun ranges surrounding the city only seem to go out to 300m. This isn't good enough for me. I love to dial and listen to that 3 second delayed "smack" as your round hits the 700yd gong.
There was a place called genesee or something that went to 800m which is very acceptable but I heard that part of the range was closed until further notice. Does anyone know if it's open again?
Crown land around the city seems too sketchy for a guy to go plinking. In the peace you could shoot all day and not worry about anything but from the stories the CL around Edmonton is full of people recreating, no way am I gonna shoot if there's a risk of someone walking or quadin onto my range, that Anti gun vibe from the city seems to spread out further into the surrounding countryside so I obviously don't want any trouble.
Spruce grove range seems nice. I would join that and it would definitely give me an excuse to buy an ar and practice there. But only 300m my precious bolt guns just won't have the room to stretch
So I'm asking, there must be folks who practice long range shooting around Edmonton. If so where do you go? Like an hour or two outside of town would be fine for me. But if there is no such range I am willing to drive a bit further.
If there are no ranges that can accommodate the long range shooter is there a group of like minded individuals that head out from Edmonton to somewhere to shoot?
Please help me out. In the peace I could just head out on a whim drive an hour out of town to some crown land and shoot to my hearts content at a range I wanted to. I can't go back to not shooting or having to shoot sub 300yds. All that cash spent on rifles and optics and reloading setups I fear I will lose my beloved hobby if I move to Edmonton from lack of range or vacant land to practice it.
