Well, me + that thread title should be enough to scare anyone.
Anyway, good shooting area is hard to find. I shoot rifle indoors at 25 mtrs just for fun, 200 yd max at my nearby outdoor range, where oh where to go long range? Right now I have no gun up for 1,000 yds, but may get one again. I do have my M-1A that I would desperatly like to turn loose at 600 though.
What I came up with is within 30 miles of me in several directions is very rural farmland. Could I concievably scout out several patches that offered a flat soybean/peanut field with a decent hill backstop and then approach the landowner about occasional use? I think a written up proposal detailing some limitations would be good, things like 4-6 people max, no alcohol, no wild parties, no Sunday shooting or whatever the landowner would want. Invite the landowner to come out shooting too, offer a payment, maybe 10 bucks or so per person, per visit. If I found a spot and made very sure that crops weren't damaged, no trash was left and such I could see this working. Has anyone tried this?
Back home my dad's neighbors own enough river bottom that they land their airplanes in their hayfields, they might be amenable to such, but thats 180 miles away.
Anyway, good shooting area is hard to find. I shoot rifle indoors at 25 mtrs just for fun, 200 yd max at my nearby outdoor range, where oh where to go long range? Right now I have no gun up for 1,000 yds, but may get one again. I do have my M-1A that I would desperatly like to turn loose at 600 though.
What I came up with is within 30 miles of me in several directions is very rural farmland. Could I concievably scout out several patches that offered a flat soybean/peanut field with a decent hill backstop and then approach the landowner about occasional use? I think a written up proposal detailing some limitations would be good, things like 4-6 people max, no alcohol, no wild parties, no Sunday shooting or whatever the landowner would want. Invite the landowner to come out shooting too, offer a payment, maybe 10 bucks or so per person, per visit. If I found a spot and made very sure that crops weren't damaged, no trash was left and such I could see this working. Has anyone tried this?
Back home my dad's neighbors own enough river bottom that they land their airplanes in their hayfields, they might be amenable to such, but thats 180 miles away.