Colorado Front Range: Attn. Shooters on Public Land

Colorado Front Range: Attn. Shooters on Public Land If you live in Boulder, Gilpin, Laramie, Clear Creek counties, there will be a meeting in your county to discuss a blanket policy for shooting on public land. Circle the date on your calendar and GO!

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Important times/dates:
Recreational sport shooting

Boulder, Larimer, Gilpin and Clear Creek counties -- along with the U.S. Forest Service and Colorado Parks and Wildlife -- have scheduled open houses to provide information about potential locations suitable for safe recreational sport shooting. The meetings:

Larimer County: 6 to 8 p.m. June 27 at the Carter Lake and Boyd Lake meeting rooms in the Larimer County Courthouse Office Building, 200 W. Oak St., Fort Collins.

Gilpin County: 6 to 8 p.m. July 11 at the Gilpin County Community Center, 250 Norton Drive, Black Hawk.

Clear Creek County: 6 to 8 p.m. July 16 at Idaho Springs City Hall, 1711 Miner St., Idaho Springs.

Boulder County: 6 to 8 p.m. July 23 in the Boulder County Commissioners' third floor hearing room in the Boulder County Courthouse, 1325 Pearl St., Boulder.

Further information about the Northern Front Range Recreational Shooting Management Partnership is available online, at SportShootingPartners.org. People can also call project coordinator Garry Sanfacon at 720-564-2642 or email info@SportShootingPartners.org.

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question for the USPSA shooters

I'd run a full size gun but other than that I wouldn't sweat it on worrying which gun you have. I prefer 9mm because it's so cheap to feed. Unless you reload...

Ike

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What do Benchrest shooters do with their old barrels?

They used to sell them on Ebay for $50.
I bought a number of them, mostly Shilen, but some Krieger, Lilja, and Hart.

They are short, fat, and 1 in 14" twist.

So far I have used only one.
I put one a an old 1917 Savage 99 take down 250 Sav.
I chambered the barrel for 6mmBR.
I have only fired a few rounds with it.
0.1" at 50 yards, 0.3" at 100 yards, and keyholes with 75 gr Vmax bullets.

If you can think of some uses for short fat 14" twist 6mmPPC barrels, let me know.

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10mm shooters fixed or adjustable sights

What sight set up do the 10mm users out there like?

If you are running fixed sights how badly does your point of impact change between various weight loadings?

I am thinking of a 1911 in 10mm and could see using 135 to 220 gr projectiles, much more of a weight spread than any other semi-auto platform that I use. What would the 10mm crowd advise?

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MN shooters Carbine training in north central MN

Attached you will find a training announcement on a rifle course that Dave and I are hosting through Timm Training and Consulting. Dave and I are both LE officers in the Brainerd Lakes area. We both have extensive backgrounds in firearms training, not only in law enforcement but also in the military (Mike) and competition shooting (Dave). We have conducted other courses in the past but this will be our first two day rifle course. We kept the price low as we know budgets are tight. This is ideal training for the patrol officer and departmental firearms instructor as well as quailified civilians.

The course will be held in the Breezy Point/Pequot Lakes(North central MN) area on June 29th and 30th 2013. Cost is $200. This course is POST approved for 16 credit hours. Class size is limited to 18 students.

Below are some areas of training we will be covering:

-Safe handling of a firearm and the rules of firearms safety
-Carbine Prep and Maintenance
-First and second line gear
-Carbine and gear configuration
-Ballistics and practical application in tactical/practical environments
-Fundamentals of Marksmanship
-Numerous practical shooting drills to develop fundamentals
-Drills to build and reinforce loading, operation, and effective
accurate delivery of rounds
-Ammunition management, and loading techniques and types
-Compression of fundamentals to build speed
-Malfunctions and clearing techniques
-Optic malfunctions and use of back up sights
-Movement, shooting on the move
-Shooting moving and reactionary targets
-Cover and Concealment
-Handgun transition, weapon selection

For a list of complete details (registration, gear list and ammo count) visit us online at timmtraining.com.

If you have any questions please feel free to contact Dave or me at david@timmtraining.com or mike@timmtraining.com .

Mike

Mike Davis
Instructor/training coordinator
Timm Training and Consulting

MORE TRAINING CLASSES FOLLOW BELOW THAT WE ARE HOSTING

Carbine, Shotgun, & Pistol Training Courses - Brainerd Area
by Dave-HuldraArms on Wed May 15, 2013 12:06 am

Hi Everyone,

We are excited to have a great offering of training this year with multi-day courses in carbine, shotgun and pistol. We are also bringing back some training friends, top tier national trainers Louis Awerbuck ad Jeff Gonzales.

Here is our primary class training announcements for 2013, all classes are in the Brainerd Area. For more information please visit our webpage, linked below.

Tactical Shotgun 1 with Louis Awerbuck, August 3-4 $540
Louie is back and is bringing some shotgun skills with him. For those that have trained with Louie before you know what a great experience it is. As with the Stage I Handgun, this course is designed to create reflexive gunhandling, competent marksmanship and tactical thinking. In addition it places strong emphasis on learning what the shotgun will, and most particularly WILL NOT, do. The importance of patterning the shotgun properly is discussed at length. The course also covers ammunition selection, loading and unloading, reloading and ammunition selection while involved in a shooting scenario, shooting from several ready positions and various tactical body positions, dim-light and flashlight shooting (dependent on time of sundown and range restrictions), shooting on the move, moving targets, multiple targets and weapon retention.

Combative Pistol 2 with Jeff Gonzales, August 23-25, $625, plus local range fee
Jeff of Trident Concepts is also back to train with us this year, except this time we are offering a handgun course with Jeff.
The Combative Pistol, Level Two (CP2) is an intermediate 3-day course focused on hammering out the rough edges to the modern gunfighter. It will instruct the pistol’s core fighting skills by using full range sessions and high repetitions to continue forging correct technique. The course will progress to more challenging drills that will increase the student’s shooting speed and combat marksmanship. Graded evolutions throughout the course provide instant feedback to the student on skill development, technique deficiencies and overall ability. The linear progressive training exercises refines the combative fundamentals in order to progress to more advanced courses.

For more information, and to register, please don't hesitate to contact us or visit our webpage. Fast links to the above courses is available on the main page on the announcement tab on the right.
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As many of you know, Mills Indoor Shooting & Archery is open and a phenomenal firearms range and retail shop. More training opportunities through the range, smaller one day classes, will be announced soon.

Thanks everyone and we look forward to training with you!

Dave & Mike

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