AnaxImperator
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Anyone who wants to join in on these 1st-day/1st-weekend of the month OCO meetings; email, PM, or call me. For August, the 1st lands on a Friday, which may work out better for some of us than waiting until Saturday or Sunday.... Less conflict with family, church, work schedules, etc.
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Unlessthe majority attendingdisagree, by default the range we'll initially meet up at will be the Rampart Range Rd.public shootingrange. For those that've never been to this range, I highly recommend that a fair quantity of water (and possibly snacks)be brought for hydration, as there are no facilities up there. That means heavy-duty trash bags, TP, & a e-tool is a must as well for when nature calls. Please, either carry out your waste, or dig a cat-hole & bury it. There's been an ongoing fight against range closure with the Park/Forest Service as a result of people trashing the place with garbage & waste. Leaving empty brass or hulls is fine, but please pick up any empty packaging or used targets for disposal later.
Unless the majority attending disagree, the default initial meet-up time will be between 4pm-6pm. On nice-weather weekends, the Rampart range is always most crowded from 10am until 3pm-4pm. Once it starts getting hot around 3pm, people start leaving; or the ones that showed up early run out of ammo. Generally by 5pm, all the yahoos have left.
An issue with the time that I can forsee is weather. As we locals from the Springsknow, this is the time of year when those dailyrain/thunder-squalls pop up in the late afternoon. I myself don't mind getting a little wet and waiting for the rain to pass on by, but there may be someOCO members in attendance who don't want to risk getting an expensive/sensitive firearm wet. So if the consensus is that we try to avoid the late afternoonsqualls, we can move the meet-up time to early morning; to around7am-8'ish. That'll allow us to keep from being crowded at the shooting tables by careless idiots, and avoid the heat later on.
After we're done shooting, it's just a short drive down to the Front Range BBQ for refreshments or brunch/dinner. From there we can part ways, head over to Sportsmans/Specialty/Big5 for more ammo, or stroll as a group along Old Town's business fronts for some window/actual shopping. If we choose to do that, I suggest that everyoneiron-out their responses for curious/scared/offensive citizens or LEOs. I didn't suggest that we have a monthy OCO meeting as a means to make active political statements, but we should be prepared regardless.
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Under no circumstances will alcoholic beverages be brought or consumedduringour OpenCarry.org monthly meeting. I believe that we're all adults, and that we can behaveresponsibly & show the general public that we're not a bunch of gun-clinging drunk hicks. But there'susually gotta be at least onebonehead that decides to buck the rules and ruin it for everyone, so I feel that the no-booze rule needs to be reiterated. Don't get me wrong; I'm all for kicking back and having a beer, just don't do it while we'regathered as a representative group..... and whileevery single one of us isOC'ing a handgun. That's just begging for a hoplophobe to point us out as a bunch of drunks waving guns around to an overzealous LEO.
Under no circumstanceswill any OCO member withdraw their handgun from its' holster, except for use inlawful self-defense. I'm sureat somepoint there will be a curious citizen orreporter that will ask to see an OCO member's handgunmore closely. Simplylet them lean in for a closer look, make no motion to draw, and make sure they keep their hands off. Then politely direct them toSpecialty Sports (for ex.) if they want to actually handle a handgun.
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On days with inclement weather, we may want to head to Whistling Pines Gun Club for $10 Guest Passes (As per WPGC's Home Page).
Or if we have a lot of members who want to shoot their Mausers, Mosin Nagants, AKs, ARs, Enfield SMLEs, Arisakas, etc; and don't want to buy expensive new ammo, we can go shooting at Dragonmans. Range use is $8/person, he has a variety of paper targets for sale, and he has a fairly large selection of milsurp ammo (8mm Mauser, .303 British, 7.62x54R/7.62x39/5.45x39 Russian, .30-06, .308/7.62 NATO, 6.5mm/7.7mm Arisaka, etc).
Another reason to visit Dragonmans is that we could reserve a tour through his military history museum. Reservations are required, we can't just show up. Unfortunately, Dragonmans is kinda in the middle of nowhere, so it's a bit of a drive back into town for food.
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Any other suggestions or thoughts for making this a monthly reality?
Anyone who wants to join in on these 1st-day/1st-weekend of the month OCO meetings; email, PM, or call me. For August, the 1st lands on a Friday, which may work out better for some of us than waiting until Saturday or Sunday.... Less conflict with family, church, work schedules, etc.
_______________________________________
Unlessthe majority attendingdisagree, by default the range we'll initially meet up at will be the Rampart Range Rd.public shootingrange. For those that've never been to this range, I highly recommend that a fair quantity of water (and possibly snacks)be brought for hydration, as there are no facilities up there. That means heavy-duty trash bags, TP, & a e-tool is a must as well for when nature calls. Please, either carry out your waste, or dig a cat-hole & bury it. There's been an ongoing fight against range closure with the Park/Forest Service as a result of people trashing the place with garbage & waste. Leaving empty brass or hulls is fine, but please pick up any empty packaging or used targets for disposal later.
Unless the majority attending disagree, the default initial meet-up time will be between 4pm-6pm. On nice-weather weekends, the Rampart range is always most crowded from 10am until 3pm-4pm. Once it starts getting hot around 3pm, people start leaving; or the ones that showed up early run out of ammo. Generally by 5pm, all the yahoos have left.
An issue with the time that I can forsee is weather. As we locals from the Springsknow, this is the time of year when those dailyrain/thunder-squalls pop up in the late afternoon. I myself don't mind getting a little wet and waiting for the rain to pass on by, but there may be someOCO members in attendance who don't want to risk getting an expensive/sensitive firearm wet. So if the consensus is that we try to avoid the late afternoonsqualls, we can move the meet-up time to early morning; to around7am-8'ish. That'll allow us to keep from being crowded at the shooting tables by careless idiots, and avoid the heat later on.
After we're done shooting, it's just a short drive down to the Front Range BBQ for refreshments or brunch/dinner. From there we can part ways, head over to Sportsmans/Specialty/Big5 for more ammo, or stroll as a group along Old Town's business fronts for some window/actual shopping. If we choose to do that, I suggest that everyoneiron-out their responses for curious/scared/offensive citizens or LEOs. I didn't suggest that we have a monthy OCO meeting as a means to make active political statements, but we should be prepared regardless.
__________________________________
Under no circumstances will alcoholic beverages be brought or consumedduringour OpenCarry.org monthly meeting. I believe that we're all adults, and that we can behaveresponsibly & show the general public that we're not a bunch of gun-clinging drunk hicks. But there'susually gotta be at least onebonehead that decides to buck the rules and ruin it for everyone, so I feel that the no-booze rule needs to be reiterated. Don't get me wrong; I'm all for kicking back and having a beer, just don't do it while we'regathered as a representative group..... and whileevery single one of us isOC'ing a handgun. That's just begging for a hoplophobe to point us out as a bunch of drunks waving guns around to an overzealous LEO.
Under no circumstanceswill any OCO member withdraw their handgun from its' holster, except for use inlawful self-defense. I'm sureat somepoint there will be a curious citizen orreporter that will ask to see an OCO member's handgunmore closely. Simplylet them lean in for a closer look, make no motion to draw, and make sure they keep their hands off. Then politely direct them toSpecialty Sports (for ex.) if they want to actually handle a handgun.
__________________________________
On days with inclement weather, we may want to head to Whistling Pines Gun Club for $10 Guest Passes (As per WPGC's Home Page).
Or if we have a lot of members who want to shoot their Mausers, Mosin Nagants, AKs, ARs, Enfield SMLEs, Arisakas, etc; and don't want to buy expensive new ammo, we can go shooting at Dragonmans. Range use is $8/person, he has a variety of paper targets for sale, and he has a fairly large selection of milsurp ammo (8mm Mauser, .303 British, 7.62x54R/7.62x39/5.45x39 Russian, .30-06, .308/7.62 NATO, 6.5mm/7.7mm Arisaka, etc).
Another reason to visit Dragonmans is that we could reserve a tour through his military history museum. Reservations are required, we can't just show up. Unfortunately, Dragonmans is kinda in the middle of nowhere, so it's a bit of a drive back into town for food.
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Any other suggestions or thoughts for making this a monthly reality?