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It's now official. JTAC Ranch closing
- Thread starter Mike Casselton
- Start date
Someone sounds bitter.
Like, maybe he couldn't pass the screening.
No worries SigfriedandRoy2009,
they are closing anyway.
You can keep shooting at Manatee.
Great match name!
I’m actually just a Melvin Milktoast masquerading as a real person on the interwebs, but please do come and shoot one of my matches at Volusia. Next one is Dec 2nd, the Cold Turkey Match.
You’ll have a good time at a small local match with some good people.
I hope it all goes through and another range in the area opens in the area. The last gcp prs match will be dec 10 and i surely plan on shooting there one last time. Maybe the nee place will have matches on saturdays.
I always wanted to get down there with the mikes and dan and get out to a mile but it didnt happen
. Maybe the new place will have the opportunity for that
I always wanted to get down there with the mikes and dan and get out to a mile but it didnt happen
. Maybe the new place will have the opportunity for that
There is a place opening up on the east coast in palm bay that will go out to a mile. They have been posting on facecrap about it Hopefully it will give another option
This statement just shows everyone that you're talking from a position of complete ignorance.
It's good that you were never a member there.
I hope it all goes through and another range in the area opens in the area. The last gcp prs match will be dec 10 and i surely plan on shooting there one last time. Maybe the nee place will have matches on saturdays.
I always wanted to get down there with the mikes and dan and get out to a mile but it didnt happen
J,
Whenever you get some spare time, text me and I'll update you on the possible new range.
Hey Sparky, ever heard about 22lr? We zero them at 50y and shoot them out to 500…. @ 430 they have about the same dope then a 6.5 cr @ a mile.
But of course you wouldn’t know shooting at 600 max.
I'll see some of you at the match on the 10th - It'll be my first and last time out there, they announced closing just as we settled in from the move. I signed up for the new range notifications thing, but I can't expect that to be a quick process/opening. Finger's crossed it ends up with a local 1k range, but I may need a new 22LR in the meantime...
I will be there as well as a bunch of the regulars some pretty good guys shoot there for prs stuff
In squad 3 with a few of them
This is so true. I am a member at Manatee and was also a remote member at JTAC. I really liked how at JTAC, you had the ability to shoot multiple distances, 300 out to 2000 from one spot. At Manatee, they are going to open up the 1000 yards but it doesn't sound like that capability will exist. They have a separate 600 yard line, 1000 yard line, 300 200, 100, etc. It is much more limiting but the 1000 yard and 600 yard fixed distance shooters will probably like it just fine.
Mike, what's the 411 on the possible new range? Is it a go? If so, what are the details? With at least three different respected precision rifle builders in the general vicinity, it makes perfect sense. TYIA
I have no information that I can pass on at the moment.
Hang tight and as soon as I can, I'll post up some info.
Hang tight and as soon as I can, I'll post up some info.
Thanks, hopefully they can get something going by their "soft" goal of about July.
Unfortunately, you're gonna have to wait longer.
The first deal didn't work out.
Other properties have been looked at.
If a proposed range can't be at least a mile (or more) it won't happen at all.
The first deal didn't work out.
Other properties have been looked at.
If a proposed range can't be at least a mile (or more) it won't happen at all.
Yes, for those that met and shot at JTAC, the loss of a decent venue is tangible. Being quite a bit northeast of there, doing Immokolee is a two day event for half a day’s shooting.
I miss the friendship the most, honestly.
Well, at least that's an update Mike. It doesn't seem like the best time to find land, if there's any left! But I'll be hopeful.
There's land out there. The problem is proximity to houses or other occupied buildings.
Location, cost and the ability to go a mile or more.
Unfortunately, birds eye views through Google maps or other mapping software hides a lot of very important details.
An example would be something that looks like it just needs to be cleared, might be low swamp land and totally useless for a shooting range.
Also, if images are taken during dry season, the image hides lakes or other wetlands.
Then there's the stuff that looks like shrubbery and ends up being a twisted jungle. @lash can attest to that.
Location, cost and the ability to go a mile or more.
Unfortunately, birds eye views through Google maps or other mapping software hides a lot of very important details.
An example would be something that looks like it just needs to be cleared, might be low swamp land and totally useless for a shooting range.
Also, if images are taken during dry season, the image hides lakes or other wetlands.
Then there's the stuff that looks like shrubbery and ends up being a twisted jungle. @lash can attest to that.
Sounds like a drone would come in handy. I'm pretty sure 1 square mile is 640 acres, for Florida acreage, that's not gonna be cheap.
Longer and skinny works better around here. The first place we looked at was just freaking awesome. It didn't work out.
Another place was too close to houses and paralleled a well traveled highway.
Other places had their own issues.
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