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It's likely that I'll be heading to Cherry Ridge after the trap range to help Jordan wring out the new .22. All are welcome.

We generally assemble at 1:00, and start shooting shortly thereafter.

Just a couple of comments: The left off of 23 on to 517 will put you going through Ogdensburg. Obey the speed limit signs. That's their only source of revenue, and they'll happily pull you over for 5 over posted. If you're on 517 and you cross rt 15, you went a couple of hundred yards too far. Station Road is the last light before the rt 15 interchange. There's a park on the right. After you make the right, just keep going past the park and a house or 2. Mark mentioned this already. If you're on station road and you go under the trestle into downtown Sparta, you went too far. The turn is into what looks like the parking lot of a small commercial building with a sign that reads C-Tech, or something like that, immediately before the underpass.

23 to 517 south...the traffic light at the bottom of the mountain. Follow 517 south for 5 miles or so to traffic light, make a right on station road...follow around to left...if you go under a railroad bridge...you went too far. Turn right just before that...follow "gravel parkinglot" past lumber yard...make left at last building, cross tracks..park. http://tinyurl.com/257k778 See map...drive through lumber yard and cross over at the end...you can see the trap field. Replace "lumber yard" with "dilapidated industrial property". It works better that way.

What direction are you coming from?

I don't do crosses, and I don't have enough fingers for a Star of David. See ya Sunday. Or not.

I may bring Jordan for his first taste of formal trap.

You have a job??

you have a friend??

Nice. Have fun with it.

Yeah, but the octagon barrel is just so classsy. Every time I see a lever gun, I want to get a saddle scabbard. Shame I don't have a saddle. Or a horse.

Greetings from the Northern Frontier.

Last time I was at Cabela's, I had a used one of those in my hand. Sorely tempting, but I put it back on the rack. I'm still kicking myself. Beautiful gun, great balance and very classy. Maybe next time. Congrats, and have fun with it.

Since I've been thinking about .22 rifles, I had an urge to find out a little more about my dad's .22 rifle. I couldn't find any serial #. Apparently, the gun predates the requirement to have a SN stamped on it. But it has a date code (A PP) stamped on the barrel. I found a site that has some information about date codes, and it turns out that this gun was manufactured in March of 1945. Wow. That's over 10 years before I was born. If anyone has a datecoded Targetmaster, this is the link to the site. http://www.remingtonsociety.com/questions/BLACKPOWDERX.htm

Welcome to the monkey house.

Had fun. Besides the usual good time with Mark, Troy and Dan, Jordan brought a friend of his who had never shot before. He had a good time, was thoroughly thrilled with the silo and shotgun ranges, is thinking about a .22 rifle, and wants to join the range. A good day.

Happy Memorial Day, and deepest thanks for your service and sacrifices.

I'll likely be starting at the handgun range. I'll get Lynn and Jordan set up and into a rhythm, shoot for a bit, and then I can move around pretty freely. See ya later.

Mark, I think I'm planning to get there around 3 (the Boss has the final word). If you don't mind schlepping the thrower, it would be great. If it's too much of a pain, don't bother. Jordan may be meeting me there, and I'll bring the the manual tosser if he wants to bang around on the shotgun range. I'll probably be on the handgun range for a while, and then move to the silo range to bang for a while and to check out Troy's new rifle.

Nice gun, and nice collection.

It isn't formal trap or skeet. It's just a casual shotgun range. bring a thrower, and throw from the shooting line. If you're interested in real skeet (or trap, or wobble) the range at Sparta has it, but they're Sundays and part of the day on Tuesdays only.

Happy birthday to your daughter as well. Jordan's birthday is 1 day before mine. Lynn just wouldn't wait, but after 19 hours in labor, I can't really blame her. Rabbit stew??

Just splitting this off of the Sparta thread. I'm planning to hit CR tomorrow (Monday) with Lynn and, possibly, Jordan. I'm trying to get her to agree to a late-ish time so it'll be past the heat of the day, and all of the yahoos planning barbecues will have left by then. Thinking no earlier than 3:00, but the decision is all hers. Anyone else planning to be there?

Lots of fun today turning big pieces of orange clay into little ones (some of the time) and hanging out with good company. Nice day. Warm and sunny, but not humid. Thanks, Troy for bringing the water. The Stoeger seems to be getting better. 100 rounds fired today, and no light hits. All I did before leaving the house was spray some gunscrubber into the pin holes and blow it out with canned air. Seems to help. Looking forward to Cherry Ridge tomorrow.

Cherry Ridge tomorrow (Mon., 5/31). Meetup time TBD.