Can anyone recommend a range with 400 or 500yd capacity within a few hours drive of North Jersey? Something that's not too expensive would be great, since I'm already a member at Shongum and Cherry Ridge... and I don't anticipate shooting at that range very often - I just want to make sure that my drop calculations are accurate for 3-gun matches with long range targets.

 

Thanks

 

- Aaron

http://www.mifflincosportsmens.com/membership.htm

 

Depending on what you consider a few hours, this is like 3.5 from me.

mifflin is nice,about 4+ hours from no. bergen co. costs about 60$ this year.one drawback is the range points uphill.your front rest is at a angle up.

Thanks guys - Mifflin looks good. About 3 hours and 15 minutes from where I am. Closer would be better of course, but it seems good long range facilities are few and far between nowadays.

Regarding the uphill angle, is it steep, or just minimal? (Cherry Ridge is actually down about 3-4° from the 300yd line, which is not enough to affect ballistics data.)

Also, I noticed that they list various distance options...e.g. 300, 500, 1000. Is it possible to set up a target at a distance intermediate to those listed? Like 400 or 600?

targets every 100 yds to 1000 yds. uphill about estimate 30 degrees?good bbq at pork palace on way back home.via rt 80.selinsgrove p.a.

Kind of a weird question but how often do you change targets at 1000yds? I was changing at fort six at 150yds and getting winded. LO

L!

 

On bigger ranges you can drive your vehicle out. At CJ we have a 2 and 300 yard ranges and on both we can drive out since you have to lug all your own targets and steel with you to set up.

They have static steel throughout the course of fire up to 1080 yards so you dont have to put a target out there. If you want to put a target out there then you can drive up the side of the mountain to do that. They have permanent stands in place to mount paper targets. Also, feel free to shoot at stationary clay birds, bowling pins, softballs, etc if you want to place them out in the course of fire. Its a real relaxed atmosphere up there and they treat you like a responsible adult. Refreshing! And worth the 3.5 to 4 hr car ride.

 

To counteract the angle of the mountain you want to bring a bipod that has an elevation of at least 12". The Harris 6-9" bipods wont cut it. If thats all you got then bring a couple 2x4s to boost it up from underneath.

 

 

 

Kind of a weird question but how often do you change targets at 1000yds? I was changing at fort six at 150yds and getting winded. LO

L!

I went to college in Altoona @ Penn State, and we took the turnpike out west. I don't know the exits now because sometime during my second or third year they redid the numbers and I never cared to learn them, but somewhere like 2.5 hours out from Langhorne area, past Harrisburg and coming up closer to exit 11 which was Bedford and where I got off to take 220 Into Altoona, there was supposedly a big country area range. I believe it has a .50 cal option too. And I am sure I've heard it talked about before on forums , they 're been posts about the 50 cal range with a 1000yd? lane or so out western PA.

 

I know where my old man's campground spot is in Hamburg near Cabelas there is a range on a mountain, the guy seemed really nice, and it supposed to be a few hundred I believe. IF that helps.

Saugerties Landowners and Sportsman

400 yard rifle range that will on day be 1000 yard.

 

Saugerties, NY

 

$200 initiation fee and $60 annually.

 

 

 

 

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Don't forget Cumberland Riflemen http://www.cumberlandriflemen.com/

Millville (Cumberland County) NJ

Rt 49, about 2 mi east of Rt 55

$200 Initiation

$100 annually

 

The big range is set up for 200, 300 & 600 yd (paper only)

Don't forget Cumberland Riflemen http://www.cumberlandriflemen.com/

Millville (Cumberland County) NJ

Rt 49, about 2 mi east of Rt 55

$200 Initiation

$100 annually

 

The big range is set up for 200, 300 & 600 yd (paper only)

That's less than 5 miles from me.... From what I have heard, and the people I have talked to... It's almost impossible to get in. You have to be sponsored by two members, and they only take in less than 10 new members a year. I would love to get in there, I can hear the big bore from where I live....

From what I have heard, and the people I have talked to... It's almost impossible to get in. You have to be sponsored by two members, and they only take in less than 10 new members a year....

 

Not true

They intake 2 classes of new members per year, approx 20 - 35 per class

Current member sponsorship and a face-to-face interview with the Exec Board are part of the intake process to weed out the a-holes

Come shoot some competitions there and you'll get to know and be known by the powers that be.

 

Go to the website and click the bullseye on the first page to get to the match section, where the 2013 schedule is posted

 

Not true

They intake 2 classes of new members per year, approx 20 - 35 per class

Current member sponsorship and a face-to-face interview with the Exec Board are part of the intake process to weed out the a-holes

Come shoot some competitions there and you'll get to know and be known by the powers that be.

 

Go to the website and click the bullseye on the first page to get to the match section, where the 2013 schedule is posted

Would I be able to shoot competitions and hang around without being a member? I would love to get down there and meet people. I could even volunteer some time to hopefully find a sponsor.

You don't need to be a member to shoot in the matches

March 24 is not that far off (from my mouth to G-d's ears, please!)

 

PM me for more info (that goes for all of you, not just BleedingOrange!)

 

In the meantime, there are 3 more Frozen Nutz matches at SoJersey shooting club in Winslow.

A lot of the competition shooters come and shoot to keep up their skills over the winter.

January 20: 0800 registration, 0900 first shot $10 entry

60 record shots, 300 yd prone

Scope and bipod or iron sights and sling, your choice