New 2,000 Meter Range In Grande Prairie Alberta - Show Interest?

Hey all.

Dropped by the County office to rattle a chain about this. Fella I spoke to said e-mails of support are encouraged.

plan@countyofgp.ab.ca

It is a general e-mail box. So I am using as a title "Support For Saddle Hills Long Range Shooting Range"

Apparently there will be a meeting where parties living within 3 miles will have a chance to dispute this project. But the fella warned that people may talk and a whole wack load of people could show up like a previous meeting. He said things could start to happen by the end of summer but warned that could change and be a farther out timeline.
 
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Perhaps when the range built the developers can invite the guys from 9 Hole Reviews to do some runs with the guys from 9 Hole Reviews on rifles not avaible or common in the States, like the Type 81, Type 97, or even the Renegade, Maverick, or LPC. They will have to figure a score adjustment for the 5 or 10 round magazines : embarrassed facepalm: Henry on a QA on their channel just mentioned the other day how he never expected to be able to shoot a Type 97 on the channel. Perhaps the new range can help :)
 
I have not followed this thread but wish it well. It is one things to put a range in. The big thing is having the RESPONSIBLE people to run it and RESPONSOBLE people who use it. It is the local members who are impacted the most. This be it when it comes to running the facility and matches. What i see today, the younger generation just wants to shoot. They are not interested in working/volunteering to keep it running. I have seen it.

I would say more but I would be considered a fuddy fuddy. I will have to take and post pics of our local range. Over 1000 members and lucky if 1/2 dozen show up for spring cleanup. I can tell you that the ones who show to work are not the ones that shoot things up and leave it.

Hopefully this club will have a initial range orinintation and most importantly a way to track who enters or leaves the facility.
 
Max Owner said:
Hey guys. Sadly no real update. Messaged with the fella spear heading this. Said it would be spring of next year before ground can be cleared. Ofcourse court case could have something to say about it.....

I was afraid that the project would go by the wayside. So far, it hasn't.
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I sure hope Mike’s Lawyers are getting ahold of all adjacent lease holders. Did you hear exactly which species of mammal or bug they are using as the excuse for the challenge?

If they win, then all of that grazing reserve/lease should be banned. Will see how liberal the judge is if they win. Due to previous oil and gas on the site invalidating their claim.
 
I know nothing about the case or grounds that’s it’s based on. Only thing I heard was it was based on “undue process”. Residents claiming they were not consulted in a proper fashion. Case is against the Province. So guy I know and the County are not involved directly in case that I am aware of.
 
Religious Fecies Batman!!!!!

I screwed the pooch. The court case (judicial review) is coming up November 23rd for this range. Apparently a decision will be made that day and things are ready to start happening soon after. The County zoning type stuff and permitting I guess?

Truly hoping for the best outcome!!!!!!
 
Max Owner said:
Religious Fecies Batman!!!!!

I screwed the pooch. The court case (judicial review) is coming up November 23rd for this range. Apparently a decision will be made that day and things are ready to start happening soon after. The County zoning type stuff and permitting I guess?

Truly hoping for the best outcome!!!!!!
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Wishing you the best. Canada needs more ranges like this
 
Biologist said:
Check out ShotMarker. They say: "The Sensor Hub battery lasts 100 hours, and the Access Point battery lasts 18 hours". All rechargeable.

They say its designed for F-class, but I could not find on their website a statement for the maximum range for the transmitter. F-class is max 1000m. Maybe give them a call at ShotMarker to see if can work for 2,000m?

I know nothing about this technology, having not used it. But I see YT videos of it being used for F-class training. Reason I am interested is that if this 2000m range is a go, I might travel out on vacation for the opportunity to shoot 2000m, which is way way impossible where I live. It would be awesome.
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Shotmarker targets need the bullet to hit the frame at super sonic speed, if the bullet is close to going trans sonic, you get a note on your screen saying so.
Since it has its own IP address, I doubt if there is much worry abut 2,000 yards not registering if the bullet can stay super sonic, but holy jeepers that would take some expensive gear!
I would suggest Shotmarkers out to 1K and steel after that ......

Cat
 
iron cat said:
Shotmarker targets need the bullet to hit the frame at super sonic speed, if the bullet is close to going trans sonic, you get a note on your screen saying so.
Since it has its own IP address, I doubt if there is much worry abut 2,000 yards not registering if the bullet can stay super sonic, but holy jeepers that would take some expensive gear!
I would suggest Shotmarkers out to 1K and steel after that ......

Cat
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IP address only matters if you have the hardware to connect to the internet.

Ive seen target systems that communicate to the master display via, wi fi, blue tooth, VHF, UHF. All with pros and cons. Communication is easy. Staying supersonic at 2k is the hard part. Also, the detection zone of the equipment needs to get larger. A 3x3' detection area is fine for most. 5 MoA spread at 500m is only 2'. At 2k its 8', so with margin of error youd want a 10x10 detection area.

Steel is nice, easy , cheap and simple. But you get what you pay for. Steel wont tell you where you hit, or which direction you missed, and at 2k you might not even hear impact.

The military has targets for this, but $$$$

Virtually all accoustic detection systems have the supersonic issue. Optical trackers dont have that problem, but they have their own problems (dont usually work at night, weather dependent, keeping lenses clean).
 
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