New 1000 yard range in BC

[Paul_T]

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.

Pretty much correct. Vernon F&GC Range members can shoot to 400yds as well. Oceola (Winfield) to 300.

 

[alberta tactical rifle]

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.

It would be the perfect place to do that as Mike "cut" the shooting lanes along a hillside and used the displaced earth as a berm on the lower side, so the wind flags he has out lay limp most of the time meaning wind is nearly nonexistent. Shooting 1000 yards last summer I had to dial only a 1/4 to 1/2 MOA to compensate for wind on the windy days.