Last April Cabela's had these on sale, but were sold out same day. Got a raincheck, didn't come in until last June. I used to belong to a gun club here and did a lot of shooting. About 4 or 5 years ago, gas went to $4 a gallon and I wasn't shooting as much so I let my membership expire. What a mistake. Contacted the club last week to rejoin. $100 one time initiation fee, $150 yearly dues. Have to have a club member sponsor, or 2 letters of recommendation, and attend a club orientation meeting. Also be a member of the NRA, no problem there, have been for many years, and I still knew a member who wrote me a sponsorship letter.
I was looking at 05/05 as the first time I could take the orientation as they only do it on the first Saturday of the month. I got an email Thursday that someone cancelled and they could get me in Saturday, 04/07. It started at 8:30 and finished at 4:15, there was about 20 of us. We were finger printed to run a background check. Sat through a slide presentation on rules. Toured the range, took a test and still not done. They have an indoor 25 yard range at another location. On May 10th we meet there at 6:00 to tour it and learn how to operate the fans, lights, air and heat, and how to clean up after shooting. At 7:00 that night is the general club membership meeting and they will or won't vote you in.
It realy is a nice range and is about a 30 mile trip to the outdoor range, indoor is about 15 miles. Outdoor has 8 ranges, 30 postition 100 and 200 yard rifle, another 100 yard range with berms at 75, 50, and 25. A moving target range for pistols, a general purpose 50 yard range, a falling plate range they also use for cowboy action, a 50 yard bullseye range, a 50yard pistol range with baricades, and another 50 yard general purpose, what they call plinking range, because it has a few spinners. They said there are between 7 and 8 hundred members now, and they will probably cap it at a thousand.
I guess I'm getting older, because I never had this much patience before, but you can bet I won't let this membership expire.
My sport, I put a quad rail I bought from ebay on it, a Walther red dot that I read some good reviews on Midway about, and a JP yellow spring kit that really did lighten the trigger pull. Got plenty of ammo and Pmags, ready for May 10th to get here.