$10 million shooting facility proposed in Wyoming

[Downeast]

Wyoming Communities Will Get Their Shot At $10 Million Shooting Complex

Communities across Wyoming will soon get their chance to vie to become home to a proposed $10 million shooting complex that state officials say will be world class.

cowboystatedaily.com

When I read this the first thing to come to mind was Hyde County. Very rural, not many job opportunities, and lots of open, flat, land.

 

[Timfoilhat]

Wyoming Communities Will Get Their Shot At $10 Million Shooting Complex

Communities across Wyoming will soon get their chance to vie to become home to a proposed $10 million shooting complex that state officials say will be world class.

cowboystatedaily.com

When I read this the first thing to come to mind was Hyde County. Very rural, not many job opportunities, and lots of open, flat, land.

You'd think in a place where there's more prairie dogs than people per square mile that a shooting complex would consist of a port o john, some steel to ring, and some shaded concrete shooting platforms, then you could pocket 9.5 million.

 

[Oneofsix]

You'd think in a place where there's more prairie dogs than people per square mile that a shooting complex would consist of a port o john, some steel to ring, and some shaded concrete shooting platforms, then you could pocket 9.5 million.

Dude, it's a .gov project that's exactly what they have in mind, but with delays and cost overruns it'll be 2-3 times as much in the end
And still have portajohns.

 

[Diablos]

the gov range down from me is very nice (hearing protection, stands, targets, etc on site that you pay a small fee for), and has vault toilets like you'd find in national parks

 

[Timfoilhat]

vault toilets like you'd find in national parks

 

[Diablos]

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aint no asians doing the squat on these, so they're clean

 

[Button Pusher]

Somebody will make a huge profit for the land.

 

[Diablos]

Somebody will make a huge profit for the land.

most likely a rancher (unless they bend said rancher over with eminent domain)

 

[Downeast]

I've been to a few state parks in MT and WY where the range complexes were very impressive. One park I visited and talked to the staff said their biggest money maker was shooting. They held matches every weekend for something; skeet, trap, IPSC, IDPA, PRS, BR, F class, plus black powder, cowboy action, and archery. Hundreds of competitors. Think of the $$ in hotels, restaurants, stores, etc. to support such a complex. Around here we spend millions on stupid ball fields and bike trails.

 

[jimmyjames8]

Hmm. Decisions decisions. Go down east and try to develop something or move to the Wyoming/Montana area to shoot and hunt. I will shortly have the ability to do either one. I did a week long hunt out in MT 20 yrs ago or so and we had to opportunity to hunt and shoot every North American animal known to man except moose. THe upland bird hunting was fantastic. Hunting muleys and pronghorn was more like shooting. It didnt take a lot of "hunting" for them. If I never get back it was truely memorable.

 

[Downeast]

I would not want to be in Wyoming, Montana, or the Dakotas in January or February. Nope.

 

[Tim]

$10mm really doesn't go that far these days when looking at major construction projects.

 

[Radar]

I would not want to be in Wyoming, Montana, or the Dakotas in January or February. Nope.

Or Texas in July and August lol

 

[Radar]

$10mm really doesn't go that far these days when looking at major construction projects.

Especially not when you gotta give 10% to the big guy

 

[Diablos]

I would not want to be in Wyoming, Montana, or the Dakotas in January or February. Nope.

the weather does have one redeeming quality, it keeps most of the idiots from california from moving here. one good winter usually sends them packing

 

[BlueGecko]

You'd think in a place where there's more prairie dogs than people per square mile that a shooting complex would consist of a port o john, some steel to ring, and some shaded concrete shooting platforms, then you could pocket 9.5 million.

Maybe they've always have the portoJohn setup and they've finally be given funds for an actual shooting complex. Shooting in the dead of winter out west can get miserable.

 

[jimmyjames8]

Shooting and everything else outdoors here in the dead of summer is miserable.

 

[two77]

I lived in Wyoming for three years back around 1978-81 and another year in Utah. One winter there would cure most folks of wanting to live there. All year there is a lot of wind. It is not unusual to have 40mph wind.

 

[CZfool68]

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Wyoming has the population of Greensboro (and its suburbs).

Wake county has twice as many people as Wyoming.

On Zillow now. You just sold me.

 

[CZfool68]

I lived in Wyoming for three years back around 1978-81 and another year in Utah. One winter there would cure most folks of wanting to live there. All year there is a lot of wind. It is not unusual to have 40mph wind.View attachment 645890

The wind isn‘t bad by the fireplace.

 

[CZfool68]

I would not want to be in Wyoming, Montana, or the Dakotas in January or February. Nope.

That’s why they make fireplaces and recliners.

 

[Downeast]

I have my freezer set at 0 degrees. I'm not living anyplace where if things go downhill my backup plan is to go lay down in my freezer to keep warm.

 

[ronn47]

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Wyoming has the population of Greensboro (and its suburbs).

Wake county has twice as many people as Wyoming.

Didn't Wake close the public range a little while ago?

 

[RetiredUSNChief]

What does Wyoming need to build a shooting range for?

They already have 97,914 square miles of shooting range.

 

[Diablos]

I lived in Wyoming for three years back around 1978-81 and another year in Utah. One winter there would cure most folks of wanting to live there. All year there is a lot of wind. It is not unusual to have 40mph wind.View attachment 645890

Its unusual to have a calm day, start to think something big must be brewing

 

[Diablos]

On Zillow now. You just sold me.

Some beautiful places in WY

 

[Diablos]

Summertime aint half bad at running em out either...

 

[jimmyjames8]

Yep. For a little while.

And they’ll close again for the month of August.

You can book free lanes right now. Give the page a few seconds to load.

Wake County Firearms Education and Training Center Lane Reservations - Calendar

North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission

www.ncwildlife.org

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Its my understanding there is no air conditioning, 100% outside air whether its hot or cold being pushed through as single pass system for ventilation only.

 

[Pogue]

You'd think in a place where there's more prairie dogs than people per square mile that a shooting complex would consist of a port o john, some steel to ring, and some shaded concrete shooting platforms, then you could pocket 9.5 million.

That’s where the $10m comes into play. You gotta relocate the prairie dogs and make sure their new homes are up to code, and of course pay each one a little something for the trouble.

 

[Timfoilhat]

That’s where the $10m comes into play. You gotta relocate the prairie dogs and make sure their new homes are up to code, and of course pay each one a little something for the trouble.

What do we do about the holdouts? 55 or 62 grains?

 

[Downeast]

Can't figure out why most are against this? I'm a big supporter of the shooting sports and if they are willing to use taxpayer money (with local support), it beats using it for some woke welfare/ trans/pedophile/groomer project. If someone would build a world class facility here in NC I think it would be fantastic. The NCWRC has built ranges (thanks to PR funds) and then turned them over to the local governments to run. Not a bad idea imo.

 

[Timfoilhat]

I'm not reading the comments that way. I guess it's just a matter that $10 million sounds like too little to build anything world class, and out there in the western boonies a person can shoot whatever they want, whenever they want without a facility...so it's ripe for comments.

 

[Downeast]

I guess so. But it's a different culture (pro gun) out there too.

 

[Pogue]

What do we do about the holdouts? 55 or 62 grains?

62 grain green tips of course. They’re earth-tone.

 

[Jmoser]

I would not want to be in Wyoming, Montana, or the Dakotas in January or February. Nope.

Hunted WY opening day Oct 1 in 80 deg T shirt weather, 3 days later deadly blizzard with 3 ft snow. Killed off like 10K cattle between WY and SD. If we hadnt driven 600 miles all night we would have been stranded in Rapid City for 3 days til the airport reopened.

 

[jimmyjames8]

I almost took a free hunting trip to Kansas with some friends of a friend. I think they left Friday after Thanksgiving a few years ago. I think theyre still stuck in the snow. 50 or 100 yr blizzard hit when they got there. They left a 4 wh drive Suburban where it got stuck and came back after the thaw.