Tacoma Sportsman's Club - Range
Posted: Tue Feb 22, 2011 9:47 pm
The grapevine reports that the Peil Range, in the next few months, will be open to members for small-bore use during the week.
The intention is to allow opportunity for small-bore shooters to practice outside center-fire shooting, and to facilitate more family-oriented sessions.
However, the biggest motivating factor is to reduce the pressure on the public range, as well as, the member's only range thereby providing more revenue-generating opportunity. (This is in contrast to opening the range to the public. While possibly more revenue could be garnered, the impact and cost of managing it would likely be problematic.)
So, Why am I writing about this. I think it's best we stay out in front of this and provide a little leadership in terms of guiding how the range will be setup and used going forward to make sure any changes or problems are headed off at the pass, so to speak. Prepare to volunteer your time or donations toward projects that will be benefiting the range and its use. My oldest will be organizing his Eagle project around improving the range. It's the perfect time and opportunity to get things off to the right start.
If you have any ideas or access to equipment or materials, please advise me at your convenience. Much appreciated and thanks in advance. --MC
The intention is to allow opportunity for small-bore shooters to practice outside center-fire shooting, and to facilitate more family-oriented sessions.
However, the biggest motivating factor is to reduce the pressure on the public range, as well as, the member's only range thereby providing more revenue-generating opportunity. (This is in contrast to opening the range to the public. While possibly more revenue could be garnered, the impact and cost of managing it would likely be problematic.)
So, Why am I writing about this. I think it's best we stay out in front of this and provide a little leadership in terms of guiding how the range will be setup and used going forward to make sure any changes or problems are headed off at the pass, so to speak. Prepare to volunteer your time or donations toward projects that will be benefiting the range and its use. My oldest will be organizing his Eagle project around improving the range. It's the perfect time and opportunity to get things off to the right start.
If you have any ideas or access to equipment or materials, please advise me at your convenience. Much appreciated and thanks in advance. --MC