Originally Posted by Packard

When I lived on Long Island the range was about 30 miles from my house and it took about 1 hour to get there. Basically I only shot on Saturdays or Sundays.

When I moved upstate (only 90 miles upstate) I was 45 miles from the range and it took about 1 hour to get there. Basically I only shot on Saturdays or Sundays.

I just joined a pistol club with 4 ranges. Range #1 is 25 yards only and shooting from the shooting house only (heated, but not air conditioned).

Range #2 allows variable shooting distances out to 100 yards from the shooting house only.

Range #3 is a dynamic range and you can shoot from the shooting house or move outdoors as long as no one is behind you shooting.

Range #4 is a pellet gun range only.

It is open from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. but no magnums after 8:00 p.m. No rifles or rifle chambered pistols.

But best of all it is only 3.9 miles from my house. Depending upon traffic 8 to 12 minutes each way. So I can shoot weekends and most week evenings if I choose. I like that.

I am further upstate. Belong to 2 Fish & game clubs and one rifle club. So I have 3 ranges, plus my back yard. Time from 0-45.
I am another hour and 45 or so minutes upstate from Long Island.

Legally I can shoot in my backyard. I choose not to annoy other people and instead drive to an unsupervised, state run outdoor range at a WMA (Wildlife Management Area). It's 40 miles away, all 65mph highway except for one 3 stoplight town.
Around here the odd gunshot means someone's defending his livestock against predators or just got a deer.

My range is in my front yard. I can see my house, my kids play area, my firepit, my shop, and the mailbox.

We have 100 yards available with a berm at 50 yards and also at 25 yards.

I will add that I hope to annoy my neighbors and I shoot as often as I can afford to in hopes of making them miserable. I hate them and even though I can't see their house, I hope they move. My Dad who lives next door also has 100 yards at his house and he shares in my hate for them and joins me. We often pair fire so that it disturbs the peace that much more.

He will text me sometimes and we will plan our attack. LOL

Want to buy a house in my neighborhood?

Originally Posted by momtotwo

...Want to buy a house in my neighborhood?

Naaah... The good ones have all sunken into the ground.

But seriously... What's wrong with your neighbors?
Are they from California? New York? New (Gasp!) Jersey?
Do they keep dogs which want to eat your sheep? Children? Line laundry?
C'mon, now—'fess up.

Originally Posted by Steve M1911A1

Naaah... The good ones have all sunken into the ground.

But seriously... What's wrong with your neighbors?
Are they from California? New York? New (Gasp!) Jersey?
Do they keep dogs which want to eat your sheep? Children? Line laundry?
C'mon, now—'fess up.

He is a communist....no really, he is my uncle. Its a long story...family stuff. The short of it is that he wasn't happy with how my grandma did her will because he didn't get as much as he thought he should so he drug out the whole thing for 2 years and drug it through court and ended up costing the estate thousands of dollars and all of it was just to try to hurt me because he doesn't like me and didn't like the fact that I was BUYING her house. He wanted me to pay $300,000 for it. She put it was to be sold for $75,000. It appraised at $80,000. I don't think I got that great of a deal and I don't think it was worth all the crap.

She GAVE him half of her stuff, her car, her lawn mower, her tread mill, her sewing machine and all kinds of other stuff...they got pissed with I told them they couldn't take the china without talking to my dad, who was the one in charge of the estate. They would come over when I wasn't there and take stuff. I lived with her and cared with her before she died. She wanted me to move and get rid of my stuff and 'get settled into my new house' so she didn't have to worry.

He is generally a lowlife. This is just the main reason I don't like him. The bad part is, he has a son is is just turned 18, I don't think he has done him any favors by teaching him to be greedy and lie for what you want in life.

I offer you my condolences:
It's always the worst when a close relative makes himself an enemy, rather than behaving like a friend.

Originally Posted by Steve M1911A1

I offer you my condolences:
It's always the worst when a close relative makes himself an enemy, rather than behaving like a friend.

Thanks, the worst part is, his son is my only cousin and we have not had a relationship for 4 years now. I used to take care of him when he was little. He used to be a good kid. Now he is doing drugs and drinking and getting in trouble with the law. (I know this because I know some of his friends and I know the local deputy who patrols this area.)

My grandmother would be ashamed to know how all of it went but I can hold my head high knowing that I kept my nose clean and did what was right and what she would have wanted. I kept her in mind all along no matter my personal feelings. It was always her wishes that mattered.