COLORADO guys, check it out.....(Get out and SHOOT)

General General Discussion
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I know there are a lot of guys here from Colorado and a lot of you don’t visit the competition forum…but, if you’re from Colorado check it out:

https://www.m4carbine.net/showthread.php?t=2475

-Good training for only $15,

-Meeting like minded people - free,

-Having a really good time - free,

-Learning you and your guns strengths and weaknesses - free

Surgeon General Warning: Talking about guns on the internet is not going to improve your shooting skills or teach you the pros and cons of your rifle / carbine and the accessories you have mounted on it. :stuck_out_tongue:

Disclaimer: I’m not affiliated with the guys that put these matches on and don’t make a dime off any of these matches. I post this information in an attempt to get guys off the internet and involved in quality trigger time and the shooting sports.

Hope to see you there!!!

Semper Fi,
Jeff

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Directions to the range:

-From the City of Pueblo

-Exit I-25 at the Highway 50 West exit (also know as US 50) and head WEST bound (toward Pueblo West)

-Hwy 50 West to Purcell (first traffic light in Pueblo West)

-Turn Right (North) onto Purcell and travel 2.6 miles to Platteville Rd.

-Turn Left (West) onto Platteville Blvd and travel 1.5 miles to Gantts Fort

-Turn Right (North) onto Gantts Fort and tavel 2.4 miles to Platteville Rd. (Platteville Rd makes a large loop through Pueblo West)

-Turn Left (West) onto Platteville Rd and travel .3 (3/10) mile to Cashmere Ave

-Turn Right on Cashmere ave and take the second road left to the range. There are green / white signs once your reach Cashmere ave directing you to the range

-From Colorado Springs (Southbound I-25)

-South bound on I-25 to Exit #108

-Exit on #108, at the end of the off ramp take a right onto Purcell

-Travel 4.2 miles on Purcell to Platteville Rd (dirt road) and turn right onto Platteville Rd.

-Travel 2.4 miles on Platteville Rd to Cashmire Ave (when Platteville road turns from a dirt road to an asphault road, you have less than a half mile until you are at Cashmire Ave)

-Turn Right on Cashmere ave and take the second road left to the range. There are green / white signs once your reach Cashmere ave directing you to the range

-From Pueblo West

-Take McCulloch north of Highway 50 west and follow it until it dead ends into Platteville Rd.

-Turn Left (West) onto Platteville Blvd and travel to Gantts Fort

-Turn Right (North) onto Gantts Fort and tavel 2.4 miles to Platteville Rd. (Platteville Rd makes a large loop through Pueblo West)

-Turn Left (West) onto Platteville Rd and travel .3 (3/10) mile to Cashmere Ave

-Turn Right on Cashmere ave and take the second road left to the range. There are green / white signs once your reach Cashmere ave directing you to the range

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Good News, I live in Northern New Mexico. That would make for a good road trip.:slight_smile:

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We also shoot LR in Raton monthly.

See http://demigodllc.com/srm

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Awesome, I’m 2 hours from Raton.

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Saturaday morning bump.

Hope to see some of you guys tomarrow morning!!!

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RIFLE MATCH THIS COMING SUNDAY…HOPE TO SEE SOME OF YOU THERE

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Planning on showing up!

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Any (.223) events in Raton?

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6mm is the minimum caliber for the Sporting Rifle Match in Raton because lesser calibers do not indicate hits clearly enough on the hanging steel targets.

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Match tomarrow (04-22-07). Bolt gun or Semi-Auto

Check link above for details

Semper Fi,
Jeff

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Rifle Match this Sunday, 5/27/07

(Semi-Auto Gun Format (AR15, AR10, Mini-14, M1 Garand, M1A, FAL, etc.)

I am sorry for the late notice; Xxxxxx and I were out of town until Friday evening.

Rifle match this Sunday. Semi-Auto format. Ranges from 200 to 425 yards. Expect to shoot about 100+ rounds depending on your skill and Pueblo West wind. Use the Blue Lock (combo: 2506); be sure to relock in a series so other users of the Range have access. $15.00 Entry Fee. Set-up about 0645hrs; we need extra help on set-up this month. Walk-thru at 0930.

**Side Note: We just returned from training at a Federal Facility which included work with AR-15s. The longest shot we took was 100 yards at targets about 1.5 times the size of our Flash Targets. I’d like to think shooting our matches puts our participants way ahead of that “curve.”

Eddie Xxxxxx

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[b]Gents,

  Check out Zak Smith's article in "Book of the AR-15 (magazine by Guns & Ammo....on sale at news stands now) titled "Armalite's Infantry Rifle" (pg 128 - 135).

   In this article Zak talks about the rifle match in this thread:

[from Zak’s article] (posted with permission from Zak Smith):

[i]"I am lucky to live in a part of the country with a dedicatedcommunity of practical shooters: USPSA/IPSC, three-gun, and action rifle. In paticular, the monthly Pueblo (West) Rifle Match is run by an experienced law enforcement officer who believes that rifles should be used to their full capability. In other words, it’s a har match, with targets from contact distance to 425 yards.

The most common rifle set up for this match is a 16- to 18-inch AR, with a low-power optic such as the Trijicon ACOG, Aimpoint, or Schmidt & Bender Short Dot.

These optics aid target location, acquisition and sight picture, especially for small targets, distant targets and targets that have very low contrast with the background. I was curious to find out how this stock A2 rifle would fare and how much more difficulty I would have with the iron sights compared to a modern optic…"[/i] [/from Zak’s article][/b]

   In short if you're a local shooter, get the article / magazine, you'll recognize some local shooters in Zak's pics.  And if you're local come out on the 4th Sunday of every month and shoot.

     The match is a lot of fun.  You learn a lot about yourself, your gun, and your gear (optic, etc).

     The atmosphere is non-intimidating (the only person that will judge your abilities as a shooter is you).  A lot of people think you have to be a world class shooter to shoot in competition.  You don't.  Competition is only going to make you shooter / rifleman, and the only person you should be competing with is yourself.

    Hope to see some of you guys on the 4th Sunday of this month!!!







      If you've seen Zak's article some of the pics in this thread may look "familiar":  https://www.m4carbine.net/showthread.php?t=2475

:smiley:

Semper Fi,
Jeff

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PPPS Rifle Match is a GO for Sunday, 7/22/07
(Semi-Auto Format)

As always:

-Set-up starts about 06:45 am (helping set up gets you a discount off the cost of the match but is not mandatory)

-Walk-thru at 09:45 am

-Cost is $15.00

-Combination to the BLUE lock is 2506. Be sure to always lock the locks back through each other to make a series. This is important because other clubs may have events in-progress as well.

-Remember this is Pueblo West in the summer, prepare for hot weather with a severe thunderstorm/tornado to follow in the afternoon.

-Xxxxx Xxxxxx

Semper Fi,
Jeff

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[b]Awesome match yesterday. I saw a lot of new faces.

Talked with a couple shooters who had never shot the match and they really enjoyed themselves and took a lot of lessons away from the match.

This match is probably the best bang for fun and lessons you will learn about yourself as a shooter and the gun / optics / accessories you are using.

Thanks to Zak Smith for the awesome photo work and hosting the pics from the match[/b]

Semper Fi,
Jeff

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Match this coming Sunday (Aug 26th). Bolt gun month. You can use either a bolt gun or semai-auto (AR15, AR10, AK, etc)

Semper Fi,
Jeff

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I’m very envious of these matches, it makes me want to move which might happen eventually.

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Make the move you won’t regret it.

Unfortunatley a majority of the guys who live in Colorado don’t take advantage of all the shooting oppertunities in their own back yard.

Semper Fi,
Jeff

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[b]The PPPS Rifle Match for Sunday, 8/26/07 is

CANCELLED

(Due to out of state matches and family commitments)

-Eddie[/b]

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Got this via email:

The Rifle Match for Sunday, 9/23/07 is a GO
(Semi-Auto Format)

-As always, set-up begins around 6:45am. (not mandatory, but if you want to come out and help set up they will deduct a few bucks from your match fee)

-Walk-thru begins at 9:45am.

-Depending on ability, luck, and the weather, you’ll need about 125 rounds to complete the match.

-Cost is 15.00.

-Use the BLUE lock at the front gate, combination is 2506, remember to relock the Blue lock back in a series so that other users of the facility can use their lock(s) to enter and leave.

Conditions have been great. September is the best month for mild weather in these parts, come out and enjoy.

Eddie Xxxxxx

Semper Fi,
Jeff