Re: the best place to live for longe range shooting.
Big Wonderful Wyoming.
Check out Lander WY, Lander Valley Shooting Assn.
You have the mountains, hunting, fishing, etc. but check out the LVSA and their range.
They have pistol, rifle, shootgun, cowboy action, etc. but lets talk about the rifle range. They have a 1000 yard range, (plus the HP range of course) but they also have gongs up to 1400 yards. When you join the club you are issued a key and have access to the whole range. You can flat burn out some barrels.
They have all kinds of matches. Every weekend there is something going on.
I live on the other part of the state, but I attend their HP matches. They always have the HP matches in conjuction with some other match so I dont have to drive across the state just to to shoot one match, I can get in a HP match on sat and a 1000 yard or garand or F class match the next day.
Better yet. I can load up for several of my rifles, hit the range on Thursday Night /Friday morning, park my camper and shoot gongs testing my loads.
Lander isnt the only place, there is Worland and Cody, both have excellant ranges, its just that lander is a bit closer to me.