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Originally Posted by Randallflagg
Indeed! I grew up going to my Grandfather's dairy farm nearly every summer. My God! Those were the days!
Now I go to my Cousins place near Paola. He has 100 acres and we go there to shoot quite often.
In the Army - we had to qualify out to 300 yards. No scope - just iron sights.
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God, I miss the days when I could just grab a rifle or shotgun and wander the fields of my grandparents' farm. There was a gently sloping field ending at a berm that would have been absolutely perfect for long distance target shooting with the rifles I have now. I can see it in my mind's eye like I'm standing right there. Alas, the farm was sold nearly 30 years ago.
I live outside Chicago now. There are a couple of public ranges, but the nearest one is an hour and a half away and their longest range is only 100 yards. Plus, due to insurance regulations and constant worry of getting shut down by the liberal scum that control things up here, the people that run it are forced to micro-manage every little thing you do. It can be maddening at times. There's another one up in Wisconsin that's not too far, but due to some past dust-up with the local fascists, they actually require you to only load one round at a time when shooting. **** that.
At least there's a nice pistol range close to my house.