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General Categories => Shooting Sports => Topic started by: dkarp on February 19, 2014, 01:22:18 PM
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Ok, this really didn't fit the "newsworthy" section. I haven't seen much about it anywhere until I searched the Game & Parks website:
http://outdoornebraska.ne.gov/hunting/programs/education/Boosalis/index.asp (http://outdoornebraska.ne.gov/hunting/programs/education/Boosalis/index.asp)
Your thoughts? In my case it is literally right up the street from me, would be nice to go there on luch breaks.....
Hope it doesn't end up hurting Big Shots...
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Yep, should be done soon.
The NFOA was indirectly involved with this early on. You can read more under the WMA Range Committee
Big Shots was quite concerned about this early on, but I believe it will compliment them as it is focused more for youth and family education and events, whereas Big Shot (IIRC) has a minimum age limit. and seems to cater to a certain crowd.
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You can read more under the WMA Range Committee
That area is for committee members only
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Quite a few hours spent in stuffy board rooms over this, glad it is finally going to open!
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That area is for committee members only
Oh yeah, I meant the WMA Range Committee report to the Membership. Should be a couple posts back in there somewhere.
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Quite a few hours spent in stuffy board rooms over this, glad it is finally going to open!
Hey Jesse! glad to see you are still around
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whereas Big Shot (IIRC) has a minimum age limit.
12 years old, I believe.
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12 years old, I believe.
That's what I thought, I was hoping someone would come on here and prove me wrong, or that they had changed it. ;)
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Will this facility be open for CHP instructors to teach concealed carry classes? Does anyone know?
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And the status of the range we (The NFOA) donated $5K to without member notice ????
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To be frank, bullit, IDK! The folks at HQ seem to have a problem answering emails.
I think a trip to G&P HQ is on my list. (throw it in with Top shot meetings, and Legislative hearings... I'll git r done.)
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And the status of the range we (The NFOA) donated $5K to without member notice ????
NFOA started this process in late 2011 and had a all volunteer committee of NFOA members organize and deploy an online range survey that ran in this forum for quite some time, and We (NFOA) were very public about our plans to get some new ranges built in Nebraska that would be open to the public.
I doubt anyone thought the ranges would be built with no funds coming from NFOA since it was our idea to begin this process
Funds raised in raffles that can not be used for lobbying purposes were tasked to help get the range project off the ground and will be matched 3 or 4 to one by NE G&P and other funding.
To say that the members were not notified is just not true. We publicly asked the members to participate in the process. Those members that stepped up did a very fine job of representing the NFOA.
All of the BOD decisions made are documented in the minutes of the NFOA Board and have been posted online.
Here is a link and a excerpt from one if the early reports from the range committee
http://nebraskafirearms.org/?p=1232567 (http://nebraskafirearms.org/?p=1232567)
2i.) Work with G&P to develop a public range at WMA – Action report/update
Dan W. reported the committee has made good progress. Jeremy C. and Keith E. are to meet with a contact from the NGP soon. Report should be made next month.
Volunteers have been offering to help with the work on a regular basis.
As a result of this activity, the committee has developed and is currently running a survey online for the members and the public input information about the state of public and private shooting ranges throughout the state of Nebraska.[/quote]
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I asked NE G&P staff about progress on the sight in ranges. Here is the response I received.
The new design is about complete and we are hoping to put this sight in range out for bids in the next month or so. Killdeer WMA is the location and it will be a really nice place for hunters to sight in a deer rifle. We are still looking at a tube style design.
Killdeer WMA is approximately 2 1/2 miles north of Martell, NE, in SW Lancaster Co.
Ghost
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Thanx for the update, Ghost.
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The new design is about complete and we are hoping to put this sight in range out for bids in the next month or so. Killdeer WMA is the location and it will be a really nice place for hunters to sight in a deer rifle. We are still looking at a tube style design.
So, this is just for "sight-in" purposes? ::)
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Will this facility be open for CHP instructors to teach concealed carry classes? Does anyone know?
I will quote my own question, as I did not see that anyone answered it.
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WMA "Sight In" ranges. That's what they are being called.
Gary, you'll have to ask G&P about that. I spoke with Jeff a while back and I don't recall what was discussed about that. I want to say no, but don't quote me.
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Oh yeah, I meant the WMA Range Committee report to the Membership. Should be a couple posts back in there somewhere.
Forgive my ignorance, but where can I find this report? "Search" is not my friend.
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A lot of the early discussion re: ranges at G&P locations was in this thread:
http://nebraskafirearms.org/forum/index.php/topic,4346.0.html (http://nebraskafirearms.org/forum/index.php/topic,4346.0.html)
Ghost
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Thanx Ghost, me and Mr. Search was not getting along either. I knew it was there somewhere.
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Read somewhere (thinking on the G&P page) that the indoor range is for .22 cal only? And my other question is the outdoor range is "for sight-in only". Meaning bore sighting, or actual sighting in the firearm and what is the caliber size limit?
So theoretically, you can use the range any time there open, and if anyone says anything, you just tell them that I'm "sighting-in" the rifle.
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....my other question is the outdoor range is "for sight-in only". Meaning bore sighting, or actual sighting in the firearm and what is the caliber size limit?
So theoretically, you can use the range any time there open, and if anyone says anything, you just tell them that I'm "sighting-in" the rifle.
NE Bull can chime in if my memory has failed me more than usual. In our discussions with G&P, the term "Sight-in Range" was used to describe informal, unsupervised, ranges that would be developed at existing G&P locations, such as WMA's or SRA's. We brought it to G&P's attention that there were large numbers of big game permits sold in the state each year, but there were few publicly accessible places available for those permit holders to sight in their rifles. That discussion was where the term "Sight-in Range" originated.
In our discussions with G&P re: range design, they were planning that a typical sight-in range would be set up for both rifle and pistol use. There was never any discussion about limiting the use of "Sight-in Ranges" to just the sighting in of hunting rifles. Our understanding has been that the sight-in ranges could be used for most anything that any informal, unsupervised range could be used for, i.e. plinking, testing handloads, informal target shooting, and/or the sighting in of deer rifles.
I don't recall that we were ever involved in any discussion of caliber limitations. I believe G&P was originally planning on including some hanging steel for targets, along with more conventional target backers. JMO, but any caliber limitations for a given sight-in range would probably depend on the location of the range itself, and on G&P's final design for the target area at each range. G&P will probably develop, and post any special requirements at each sight-in range.
Ghost
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^ What he said ^
A few limits that I recall; No 50BMG or other such super high damaging round. (Gongs will be of armored plate)
The pistol portion would depend on topography, size limits, etc.
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Thanks Ghost and Bull.
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Thanks, that's the kind of info I was hoping for!