In order to participate in the GunBroker Member forums, you must be logged in with your GunBroker.com account. Click the sign-in button at the top right of the forums page to get connected.
For you wanna be snipers in N Tx
JnRockwall
Member Posts: 16,350 ✭✭✭
There is a new range that has opened north of McKinney on 75 that has rifle ranges out to 500 yards. It's called Top Gun and you have can't just go and shoot 500 yards. You have to earn your way up.
I hear you have to prove you can shoot 2" groups at 100Yd before you can be moved up to shoot 200 yd and so on.
Sounds interesting. I would like to try it out.
I hear you have to prove you can shoot 2" groups at 100Yd before you can be moved up to shoot 200 yd and so on.
Sounds interesting. I would like to try it out.
Comments
will look into it thanks
Noah[;)]
quote:Originally posted by thermonuclear
There is a new range that has opened north of McKinney on 75 that has rifle ranges out to 500 yards. It's called Top Gun and you have can't just go and shoot 500 yards. You have to earn your way up.
I hear you have to prove you can shoot 2" groups at 100Y2 before you can be moved up to shoot 200 yd and so on.
Sounds interesting. I would like to try it out.
Do they pass you if it's tighter groups
[:D][:D][:D]
2" at 100 .17 HMR on a windy day[:D][?]
BTW for me at 100 yards it would have to be under 1/2 inch.
According to Wiki (I didn't want to do the math myself) "The exact measure of MOA is 1.047" at 100 yards of distance." Therefore 1 MOA at 500 yards would be 5.235". That would be some pretty fair shooting for most of us. [:D]
sounds about right...the deviation would be a sine of the angle.
1 minute is 1/60 of an angle and taking sine(1/60) times 90 meters gets 2.6cm. 90 meters is 100 yards and 2.6cm is close to that value you gave in inches (1 inch = 2.54cm)
btw, you think they'll let me use my red ryder?
That and it would force them ( dignity at stack here ) To try harder .
I have done pop-up targets out to 600m with an issue rifle (irons) and about 800m+ with optics on a "pie-plate". I understand that the average shooter needs A LOT of practice so I kinda understand why they have a requirement. Heck, it gives the up-in-comers and wannabees a goal to focus on.
come out here and you can shoot out of the bed of my truck for miles!
I don't feel the need to prove anything to anyone when it comes to shooting, nor do I have to "earn" a damn thing. I know what my capabilities are, and they are not up for interpretation or scrutiny by anyone else but me.
sounds like someone who can shoot over 500 yards!
quote:Originally posted by 35WhelenClassic
I don't feel the need to prove anything to anyone when it comes to shooting, nor do I have to "earn" a damn thing. I know what my capabilities are, and they are not up for interpretation or scrutiny by anyone else but me.
sounds like someone who can shoot over 500 yards!
I have rung a 1000-yard gong with my Swift a time or two.[:p] Not so much for groups, but just to see if I could.
come out here and you can shoot out of the bed of my truck for miles!
Shhh! C'mon you know we don't do that here in the Big Sky Country! [:p]
quote:Originally posted by thermonuclear
There is a new range that has opened north of McKinney on 75 that has rifle ranges out to 500 yards. It's called Top Gun and you have can't just go and shoot 500 yards. You have to earn your way up.
I hear you have to prove you can shoot 2" groups at 100Yd before you can be moved up to shoot 200 yd and so on.
Sounds interesting. I would like to try it out.
Do they pass you if it's tighter groups
Maybe it's like a school. They'll let you skip a grade (well in this case yards).
As for the range surviving? I say if they're the only 500 yarder out there 100 miles radius. They'll have folks traveling.
Won't last, with those rules...
I bet it does. It's the male condition to seek competition. That's why pilots accrue a host of ratings they don't need, why karate students become black belts, why businessmen continue making money long after they have plenty. It's how we're wired.
i'm game . it will last because there is not a good long gun range around here. hey! i have not shot my m14 in so long i forgot i owned one[:D]or my bmg 50.
will look into it thanks
Noah[;)]
Tiger Valley has a 1000 yd range outside of Waco headed to Mexia.
I'm looking at more distance than that out my back door.
For those who do decide to visit this range, be advised that Cheaper Than Dirt has opened a store front on 75 in McKinney. A grown man's Toys-R-Us. [:p]
And if you really want to learn how to shoot long range in North Texas check this guy out, www.northtexasrifleprecision.com
If you really want to learn how to shoot, go to building 73, Kyle Hall, Harmony Church.
You don't need a fancy rifle or costly training. Training will be provided free of charge and you will even get a nice rifle out of the deal. All you need to do is sign some paperwork and you're in!
It's the coolest training camp around!
500 yards was the standard range in basic training with M1 Garand. What's such a big deal?
Mostly because all of the other shooting ranges in DFW max out at 100 yards. It's not often you get the option to go out and shoot 500 yards unless you have a deer lease or your own land to go out and shoot on. See, some people live in this thing called a city, cities don't have a lot of room to build 500 yard shooting ranges, so having that option is kind of a big deal. Do you understand now or do I need to draw you a picture with crayons?
What is MOA at 500 yds?
~5"
or 1.0471996" (MOA) x 5 = 5.235998" at 500yds
500 yards was the standard range in basic training with M1 Garand. What's such a big deal?
True, but keep in mind that bullseye was measured in feet.
That's quite a bit greater than what most who are willing to travel out in the country for this range have in mind.
quote:Originally posted by RtWngExtrmst
500 yards was the standard range in basic training with M1 Garand. What's such a big deal?
Mostly because all of the other shooting ranges in DFW max out at 100 yards. It's not often you get the option to go out and shoot 500 yards unless you have a deer lease or your own land to go out and shoot on. See, some people live in this thing called a city, cities don't have a lot of room to build 500 yard shooting ranges, so having that option is kind of a big deal. Do you understand now or do I need to draw you a picture with crayons?
I don't get it. If you have crayons draw me a picture.
If that range is only 500 yards, then where do the snipers go to shoot?
Snipers only get .22Short [;)]
And fiery auto crashes
Some will die in hot pursuit
While sifting through my ashes
Some will fall in love with life
And drink it from a fountain
That is pouring like an avalanche
Coming down the mountain
If that range is only 500 yards, then where do the snipers go to shoot?
to the OP's credit, he did say "wanna be snipers"
And fiery auto crashes
Some will die in hot pursuit
While sifting through my ashes
Some will fall in love with life
And drink it from a fountain
That is pouring like an avalanche
Coming down the mountain
So I would venture that 1,000 yards is more of a "long-range" target distance. But I'm glad you have that facility near you. Enjoy!
500 yards? I have that in my back yard. I thought Texas was big. Guess only in regards to some things.
See above. [;)]
quote:Originally posted by 35WhelenClassic
I don't feel the need to prove anything to anyone when it comes to shooting, nor do I have to "earn" a damn thing. I know what my capabilities are, and they are not up for interpretation or scrutiny by anyone else but me.
You're only 31 right?
You have a ton of things to prove still. [;)]
Oh?
Tell me, Dano, what exactly do you know of me outside of GB? What do I need to prove? Not a damn thing, that's what. Not to you, or anyone else, especially not to you.
I may not be a 00-type wannabe super agent that "can't go into details" about a bunch of made-for-the-internet BS, that goes along with my fake persona, but I can hold my own when it comes to shooting.
You talk like the morons at gun shows that see someone like me as nothing more than a kid that's never touched a firearm. You assume that because of my age, I can't possibly know what I'm talking about.
You know what they say about assumptions, don't you? They're the Mother of all F-Ups.
Age does not automatically equate to experience, and the sooner you learn that, the sooner I will take more of what you say with fewer grains of salt. Contrary to what you may believe, you haven't seen it all, nor have you done it all. You talk a good game. Too bad the words are hollow.