First of all Mike (Andrea, Mikea, catmanjoea, and all of his other names) has always been opposed to JP. He is 7 minutes away from the Winimac range, who wouldn't be opposed to somewhere else?
Jedi, you have done a great job getting everyone together, spamming people, and general organization of all of this. Much of this wouldn't have happened without you.
"Now back to why Winamac? It's the only range (public) I have gone to. I have heard all sorts of "bad" stories about the other ranges in our area (JP, Willow..) about unsafe handling, overcrowded, nazi ROs, etc."
There are bad stories about any range. I personall HATE Kingsbury because I'm being babysat and Willow Slough for the same reason.
JP can get crowded. The RO at JP will not allow anyone to place anything but paper down range. Same as Winimac now I'm sure.
"and at Winamac as you can see we "owe" the range the day we go since we are so many"
What I am saying is that JP we will not "own" the range. It is large enough to have everyone there plus some. Set the grill up in the parking lot that is 20 times bigger than Winimac.
First...
Thanks buddy in case there were any mods who missed my Arshole stage.... LMAO
Second...
I am not opposed to any other ranges, for what I had originally planned Winamac was ideal. It was a few somewhat close friends getting in a day of real world practice. GOW an I have met a couple times at both Winamac and NPC ?? and both times we have sighted in and fixed other problems with firearms and blasted through some ammo.
The covered shooting positions are a blessing when trying to zero. Keep my large frame out of the hot sunlight. (for those that don't know myself and GOW together exceed the Cargo capacity of most small pickups).
It is relatively shielded from wind also making zeroing easier.
For the current group it needs to be somewhere else!!!!
The Halloween shoot from 2009 was designed more as a social gathering and a chance to waste some ammo and that is why I chose JP for that.