Is the Pistol Range OPEN?

So we can shoot at 50?  Sweet!  How's the new down range target stand pipes?  Did they install new ones?   Is there a new "rules" sign?

they were trying to preserve the target stands
looks like they were successful
i know for a fact there were no new target stands made or installed

it's great that 50 is ok
very surprising to me
but a welcome surprise

Sweet, thanks for the info & pic as well!   Doesn't look nearly as crowded as I thought it would...

Mahalo 

Boomah

Pistol and sillouhette are all open.

I hear that the name of the rifle range The Beach at KHSC?

That's how the RO announced it this morning.

Any holes in the eyebrow yet?  Who's going to be the first one.  Get plenty on the pistol side.

Over/under is nine days

I braved the "crowds" to shoot late afternoon and arrived to an almost empty range.   Got briefed on the new rules by one of the ROs and shot for the remaining hour and a half before shutdown. Great to have it open again 

The baffle, "eyebrow", or whatever they're calling it is not so bad and thank goodness the 50yd targets are still available.   And it's really cool we can still shoot hanging steel at 100yds, sweet!   The Beach is a very appropriate name as well 

Looking forward to have a little more time, next time 

Boomah   

Should be getting out there sometime this week, surprised you can still shot hanging steel. Anything regarding people placing clay pigeons against the backstop? Also are there still the three or four 25yd stands?

So installing the wooden eyebrows with plastic translucent roofing and spreading out sand was $94k?   

Not that busy. Targets at 50 and 100 yards.

3 cheers hip hip hooray!

So installing the wooden eyebrows with plastic translucent roofing and spreading out sand was $94k?   

ain't that something.  includes the lead testing?  gov / no bid contract like zeronocare?

Should be getting out there sometime this week, surprised you can still shot hanging steel. Anything regarding people placing clay pigeons against the backstop? Also are there still the three or four 25yd stands?

I believe there were 3 new rules briefed that were roughly as follows:
1) With a round in the chamber, the barrel WILL not be raised any higher than the bottom of the "eyebrow"
2) Targets of any kind will not be placed on the ground or against the backstop/berm.
3) Well, #3... I don't quite remember now but believe it was shotgun shooting (on the rifle side) is limited to slugs ONLY and must be at an approved target and not simply shot into the ground or backstop/berm.

Regarding steel targets:

Only hanging steel is authorized & it must hang perpendicular to the ground as well as be able to swing freely.
Steel at 50 yds is limited to .22 cal only
Steel at 100 yds, same as before.

Again this was briefed by one of the ROs before we were allowed to shoot.   I do hope it's written somewhere so all of you can get the real gouge straight outta the reg  Vs. my iffy paraphrasing 

The intent of the new rules is obvious... ricochet mitigation.   I'm just happy to have it opened again but admit I'd still like an official ruling on the stray bullets...

HTH & And expect a short brief when you make it out there.

Boomah 

Oh yeah... I was on the far right side today, I believe the area with 25yd stands is still overgrown, I didn't notice any others...

feels good to be cleaning some dirty guns tonight

So installing the wooden eyebrows with plastic translucent roofing and spreading out sand was $94k?

wait a second, they only added the sand?
no dirt to thicken or raise the backstop?

shit, guys
there's likely to be more work to do that with dirt
let me do some checking

wait a second, they only added the sand?
no dirt to thicken or raise the backstop?

shit, guys
there's likely to be more work to do that with dirt
let me do some checking

You know macsak I was thinking the same...

My bud did make it out to the 100 line and said it looked different, either cut or filled in.   It looks at least more uniform, IMHO anyway    I wonder if the grounds were filled with the red dirt first, leveled, then covered in sand to create a bullet trap.   The RM & one of the ROs went out after the shutdown and dug in a few places around the 50yd line.   One of the other ROs mentioned they were sampling, checking to seeing if the sand was catching the rounds.

Fingers crossed you find out it really is complete & See ya at the Tuesday neighborhood board meeting! 

Boomah 

Have'nt been to the rifle range yet but I think SOP is to have the berm at 90 degrees (flat wall) so maybe the just cut int o the berm/bank to make it a 90

You know macsak I was thinking the same...

My bud did make it out to the 100 line and said it looked different, either cut or filled in.   It looks at least more uniform, IMHO anyway    I wonder if the grounds were filled with the red dirt first, leveled, then covered in sand to create a bullet trap.   The RM & one of the ROs went out after the shutdown and dug in a few places around the 50yd line.   One of the other ROs mentioned they were sampling, checking to seeing if the sand was catching the rounds.

Fingers crossed you find out it really is complete & See ya at the Tuesday neighborhood board meeting! 

Boomah 

ok
went out and looked around
got to chat with mike a bit too
they didn't F up the target stand holes at 50 and 100!
25 yard targets are open
50 yard metal, free swinging gongs .22lr and black powder rifles ONLY
metal free swinging gongs are ok at 100 yards
rifle side and silly side full, but with short wait lists
didn't check pistol bay

so what they did at the berm is that they cleared 10 yards or so behind the 100 yard line
they then added dirt to the backstop to make it more vertical (though not 90 degrees)
you can actually see the tractor tread marks
they did NOT raise the berm 5 feet as originally planned

mike was all smiles this morning
i asked him if they were done for now, and he said yes
asked him about the extra 5 feet
he said he made a several page report and they are not going to do that part

he said that the biggest hazard from the eyebrow is that the angling down pieces of wood  are not cut flush with the eyebrow
on the left side, where the slope is not severe, they had to put warning flags on them because you can hit your head

he just smiled and made no comment when i told him the over/under for pukas in the eyebrow is 9 days