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General Topics => General Discussion => Topic started by: Gordyf on June 08, 2025, 09:19:11 AM
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Just curious...There is an active firing range within earshot of my place in Aiea Hts. Pretty busy some days
Is it at Camp Smith? Or some other facility. I would expect a rifle range at a Marine base
I see google maps shows a range also in Halawa valley, Government I guess, but have a hard time believing that the sound would carry that far up and over the hill
from there.
Inquiring minds want to know ;)
Thanx!
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It's in Halawa valley. Government range, forgot who owns it, military or State
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OK Thanx!
I am surprised the sound carries that far, but satisfies my curiosity.
Looks like mauka of the fuel storage in The south valley.
Close enough to Camp Smith to serve
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It belongs to the Navy. Special Navy units, Fed police and certain agencies use it. The story is that Admiral Nimitz had the range made for his personal use during WWII.
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The Navy range right next to Red Hill / Halawa prison is pretty austere, only 25m. They do rifle, pistol, and shotgun quals, I got qualified on the M16 and M9 there way back in 2006.
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There must have been some improvements since then. It is now 1940 and getting dark.
Just heard several sets of high power rifle fire, a number of shooters it seemed, rapid fire.
Gets a lot of action about this time of evening.
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I actually was able to shoot there. It's a nice range with covered firing points and lighting for night time use. Brass clean up was easy due to the concrete deck. There was a water tank for the plumbing.