Good places to shoot?

[majew]

I'm looking for a good place to shoot. I have a glock 22 and a mosin. I really like atterbury but ideally I'd like to shoot at a place where I can set up my own targets that are not just paper. It seems like that would have to a private property but I'm not sure. I'm 27 years old and I just got back into firearms within the last year. In high school I had a buddy whose grandfather owned a farm in southern Indiana and we would go shoot at milk jugs and cans there. It would be nice to be able to do that again? anyone know of a place where you can do that?

 

[MikeDVB]

I don't know of any formal ranges that let you use anything but paper targets. I imagine it would have to be private property.

 

[majew]

That was what I was thinking, how do you meet people who will let you come over and shoot on their property? lol

 

[ryanmercer]

You can look for a conservation club... still going to be shooting paper at all of them though and some (like Danville) have a 1 round every 3 second rule which... I don't care for at all.

 

[MikeDVB]

That was what I was thinking, how do you meet people who will let you come over and shoot on their property? lol

The friends I know that have property that I can shoot at - are just friends I've met through friends over time.

 

[majew]

You can look for a conservation club... still going to be shooting paper at all of them though and some (like Danville) have a 1 round every 3 second rule which... I don't care for at all.

1 round every 3 seconds is kinda odd, I know at atterbury its 1 round every second and thats ok.

 

[mbaza3]

You will have to join a private range and even then there will be range rules limiting what you can shoot at. There is liability involved in allowing someone to shoot on your property and in these days with everybody sue happy it will be hard to find someone who you do not know well that will let you shoot on their property.

 

[majew]

The friends I know that have property that I can shoot at - are just friends I've met through friends over time.

Ideally I would own property I could shoot on but that's not going to happen for a while. I've lived in major cities my whole life (Indianapolis, Chicago) so I have no friends in a more rural area.

 

[ryanmercer]

1 round every 3 seconds is kinda odd, I know at atterbury its 1 round every second and thats ok.

It's because housing additions have a nasty habbit of popping up everywhere. Danville Conservation has a pond/lake, across it a hundred yards or so is an upscale neighborhood... immediately across the street is an older neighborhood. I was a member there for a year, went like twice, was just too annoying.

 

[ryanmercer]

Ideally I would own property I could shoot on but that's not going to happen for a while. I've lived in major cities my whole life (Indianapolis, Chicago) so I have no friends in a more rural area.

Gather up some like-minded friends, form an LLC, pool money together and buy some remote acreage.

 

[majew]

Gather up some like-minded friends, form an LLC, pool money together and buy some remote acreage.

thats a great idea!

 

[ryanmercer]

thats a great idea!

Sadly easier said than done, I've been trying for 5 years haha. I have precisely zero other interested parties.

 

[majew]

Sadly easier said than done, I've been trying for 5 years haha. I have precisely zero other interested parties.

whats that going to set you back?

 

[ryanmercer]

whats that going to set you back?

Haven't a clue, not worth even looking for land until funds are available.