Thanks, guys
Also sorry if I’m derailing your thread OP
Sounds like I’m gonna have to set a more permanent shooting area, and extend the target area further to the different distances I looking to shoot, instead of moving forward or back myself.
AlienRayGun,
Welcome to INGO. I think you’ll like it here.
I suggest you check out Revere’s Riders to see an active, local, grassroots organization working to promote responsible gun handling, awareness of American history (especially as it relates to the founding of our country), and civic awareness. We have a carbine class coming up at Bedford Contingent, one of the best ranges in the state and located in South Central Indiana. The class is in less than two weeks. You should come by and check it out:
https://www.indianagunowners.com/fo...ifle-223-carbine-bedford-10-12-13-2019-a.html
I’m sure the networking opportunity will be worth the time and effort.
Hmmm, tough call. Free checkout day sounds good. Crowds and tons of noise (tannerite?) not so much.
However, I could make a day of it, and check out Deer Creek if Pro-TEQ gets too much.
thanks for the info.
I shoot at Deer Creek several times a month. I don't think it will suite you needs. You may want to check out the Cloverdale Conservation Club. Members only club. I am not a member but I do know one and have driven out to the range. I think it could meet your needs.
Unless you get out to these places we have listed and mingle....get to actually know someone people are not all that willing to just let you come in and spray lead.
You will need to shake some hands and FTF with folks and even then you will be very hard pressed to get someone to open the gates for you.
Legality's are a "HUGE" factor. Finding an area that is not populated (Neighbors are just about everywhere these days) will be near impossible. Respecting of the neighbors is always high on priority's. Just a bit of reality. Wide open land anywhere within 2 hours of Indy is just a rarity.
Thanks, that's a shame about Deer Creek. But unfortunately my budget of zero (after FFL fees, ammo, gas, targets, etc) is less than their membership fees.
That's why I'm trying to find a private individual. I'm more than willing to throw in some 2x4's, and sweat equity to make a nice shooting range for them, but I can't afford much more.
Please dont take this wrong, but if your membership budget is actually zero because of other obligations, and you cant spare $40 for a YEAR of membership
Well, just because I go to an event doesn't mean I'll meet INGO people specifically? And doesn't seem like I'd meet people with land at a meet?
I'm not asking for carte blanche to someone's land without meeting them in person a few times, probably even taking a trip to a local range, so they can see I'm not some wingnut, and I know my 4 rules, and I'm not a pervasive muzzle sweeper, etc.
Hate to be argumentative, but that's not true. The laws are pretty lax. There's no "distance" away from property set in Indiana Code. It's typically only per county, and a county such as Johnson requires you to only be 100 ft away from any structure, and not shoot across or from a road or waterway.
The center of Johnson is only 25 min away from Indy proper, and 15 min away from me. There's dozens and dozens of large farms out in Johnson... and yeah, if I don't find someone on here, I'm likely to knock on all of their doors and ask if I can shoot on their property.
I'm just really hoping, instead of having to haul a table and targets out to someone's farmland every time, someone on here wants some help to build a nice shooting area, bench, target racks, etc on their property, and get something nice on their property in return for hospitality.
Hope to find something soon, another pistol for testing arrived today. Two more will be arriving shortly.
Man you are deaf. We live in the state and have seen the results of 1 errant round getting out. It is bad.
Yes there are distance laws per county and sometimes townships. Why would you want to argue this with the natives. I am giving you the straight up skinny. What you ask of folks is deep.
You will meet all kinds of people at these events. Not just Ingo people. But networking is the key. And again..........Well, I give up.
Best of luck in your search. Heck man just asking to hunt will get doors closed in your face. People have to earn it.
Sorry man, not trying to frustrate you... but where I moved from, we have a lot less hand wringing, and people weren't dying willy nilly.
Where I grew up, we openly display rifles in our pickup's gunracks at school, nobody was ever shot in anger, and not a day went by where you didn't hear gunfire close by. So, I'm not tuned-into the 'gravitas'.
I'm not saying the range fees are trivial. Just that if you want to do this test shooting, you have to be realistic and realize that without the luxury of a friend with land, you will have to pay for it, so that fee will need to be factored in to your shooting budget.
When you talk about the BLM land you are used to, I'll bet you can go there, get your binoculars and spin 360 degrees and not see any occupied structure anywhere in view. The lack of people there, and the numbers of people here are what make the difference. If you don't recognize that people are both the difference, and the solution, you will have a hard time getting your situation changed. Mouse is just trying to you to recognize those differences and guide you to a potential solution.
Hope this helps you understand the advice that has been presented.
--Rick
Trouff this! He'll find something somewhere.Reality check for Indiana.
Unless you get out to these places we have listed and mingle....get to actually know someone people are not all that willing to just let you come in and spray lead. That is the overall general assumption these days. Legality's are a "HUGE" factor. Finding an area that is not populated (Neighbors are just about everywhere these days) will be near impossible. Respecting of the neighbors is always high on priority's.
You will need to shake some hands and FTF with folks and even then you will be very hard pressed to get someone to open the gates for you.
We shoot on private land mainly and if these people were not seriously good friends then nope. No way brother. Not gonna happen.
Just a bit of reality. Wide open land anywhere within 2 hours of Indy is just a rarity.
Trouff this! He'll find something somewhere.