im thinking about buying some land somewhere to set up my own long distance range. maybe going out 1000+ yds. considering AZ or maybe a neighboing state.  seems like the prices are very cheap. i like the desert idea bc I wouldnt have to clear much.  also prefer some elevation so i can set up targets at different yards.  how many acres do you think i would need?  any thoughts? 

I was looking at buying a home in Alabama and the house on it was huge and it had 23 acres... wit hthe big house and all the land they were asking $315..... Land anywhere south or west is a lot cheaper than here...

i dont care about a house onsite for the time being. i can always set up a trailer, then build a bunker.  i dont plan on living there, just visiting to shoot.

640 acres is a square mile, thats what i would look for

Montana, Wyoming, Idaho?

640 acres is a square mile, thats what i would look for

 

DAMN!!  who the hell can afford that??

someone who wants to shoot 1000 yrds+ on their own land.

someone that can go to az on the weekends to shoot...lol

Look in georgia... I saw a plot of land, 3 sq miles for like 2.5 mil lol

Why would you want to buy land out west or down south? If you have to fly there how much are you going to use it? I would look at buying land in PA, at least you could go out there on a regular basis.

Hmmmm spend 60 bucks a year to join the range in mifflin pa, about 3 hr drive AND they will let you use the bunkhouse if not in use or spend xxxxxx to fly to AZ and deal with transporting all the toys on an airplane, rent a car and hotel room to find out a bunch of squatters are on yer property your never at so you cant shoot hmmmmmmmmmmmm

Why would you want to buy land out west or down south? If you have to fly there how much are you going to use it? I would look at buying land in PA, at least you could go out there on a regular basis.

 

bro moving to AZ & i plan on leaving NJ.  i will not die here, just gonna be buried here!  (near CJRPC, -haha)

land is cheap in AZ I was looking at some 40+ acre pieces

 

heres some examples these are land only. one has a huge well

 

http://www.landwatch.com/Apache-County-Arizona-Land-for-sale/pid/204986677

 

http://www.landwatch.com/Navajo-County-Arizona-Land-for-sale/pid/204662333

 

http://www.landwatch.com/Navajo-County-Arizona-Land-for-sale/pid/204800872

land is cheap in AZ I was looking at some 40+ acre pieces

 

heres some examples these are land only. one has a huge well

 

http://www.landwatch.com/Apache-County-Arizona-Land-for-sale/pid/204986677

 

http://www.landwatch.com/Navajo-County-Arizona-Land-for-sale/pid/204662333

 

http://www.landwatch.com/Navajo-County-Arizona-Land-for-sale/pid/204800872

 

 

Wow...If i didnt have an elementary school aged Daughter I would but that and just plop my RV down right in the middle of it......sigh....someday

Wow...If i didnt have an elementary school aged Daughter I would but that and just plop my RV down right in the middle of it......sigh....someday

There's always homeschooling.... Lol

im thinking about buying some land somewhere to set up my own long distance range. maybe going out 1000+ yds. considering AZ or maybe a neighboing state.  seems like the prices are very cheap. i like the desert idea bc I wouldnt have to clear much.  also prefer some elevation so i can set up targets at different yards.  how many acres do you think i would need?  any thoughts?

 

Alex, where in AZ are you thinking? I was just in Sedona back in May and talked to people in 2 gun stores, one in Sedona and one in Cottonwood. They both told me the same thing. You just go out into the forest and shoot. Plenty of places to go. If you want to shoot on a 1000 yd range, there is one about 2 hours away in Phoenix. There is also an indoor range I passed, driving from Cottonwood to Prescott.

 

I don't think you really need to buy all that much property unless you want to make an "official" range.

land is cheap in AZ I was looking at some 40+ acre pieces

 

heres some examples these are land only. one has a huge well

 

http://www.landwatch.com/Apache-County-Arizona-Land-for-sale/pid/204986677

 

http://www.landwatch.com/Navajo-County-Arizona-Land-for-sale/pid/204662333

 

http://www.landwatch.com/Navajo-County-Arizona-Land-for-sale/pid/204800872

Yes, that is cheap, but it depends on where you want to be. All three of those properties are out to the east of Flagstaff & Winslow. Not much out there. You'd be a few hours drive to any big city.

 

Some people may want that, most probably not.