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22 rimfire where is the range in Polk county?
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Welcome to a Great Place.
I spent twenty years of my life in Chattanooga, and I want ot go back! There used to be a lot of public access land around the lake (Chickamagua) where you can find pleasant outdoor places to shoot. This was especially true on the north end of the lake. My gues is that it is still available.
I spent twenty years of my life in Chattanooga, and I want ot go back! There used to be a lot of public access land around the lake (Chickamagua) where you can find pleasant outdoor places to shoot. This was especially true on the north end of the lake. My gues is that it is still available.
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The range in Polk county is north of Benton, TN. If you are driving there and travelling north on US 411, you will cross the Hiwassee River. Take a right at the second road just after the river (you will be on the north side of the river). It leads through a rural residential development. Follow road and you drive into the National Forest land (it changes to gravel). Railroad track will be on your left. After a couple miles, take road over railroad track (power line is right there too) and follow. (The road continues along the Hiwassee River but is in pretty poor condition after the turn up Spring Creek.) It is a gravel road and you drive up along Spring Creek. There are camp sites along the road. Keep going past camp sites and range will be on your left. There are buildings or structures there so you will recognize it. It is a couple miles after you cross the railroad track. It is really quite a nice range. You pay the $3 fee to park just like you do if you are trout fishing around Reliance or the Apalachia powerhouse). It's the honor system; you stick the money in an envelope there. Fee is for one day. Rangers come around now and then.
Roads are shown on Delorme Atlas. You are essentially driving upstream along the Hiwassee River. Reliance is on the south side of the river and there is a bridge there if you prefer to try to double back to Spring Creek. I have never driven that way.
Benton Shooters Supply is worth the visit. They are not open on Sundays. Range is open during daylight hours.
XD Fan: Everyone is welcome. They have made wildlife refuges into some of the bigger land plots along the Tennessee River. I don't think you are allowed to just go plink there. I have not tried, so I would review the regs available on the Tennessee state website for hunting and fishing.
UKTN; you from KY? My wife is. They don't allow hillbillies at the range.
Roads are shown on Delorme Atlas. You are essentially driving upstream along the Hiwassee River. Reliance is on the south side of the river and there is a bridge there if you prefer to try to double back to Spring Creek. I have never driven that way.
Benton Shooters Supply is worth the visit. They are not open on Sundays. Range is open during daylight hours.
XD Fan: Everyone is welcome. They have made wildlife refuges into some of the bigger land plots along the Tennessee River. I don't think you are allowed to just go plink there. I have not tried, so I would review the regs available on the Tennessee state website for hunting and fishing.
UKTN; you from KY? My wife is. They don't allow hillbillies at the range.
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22 rimfire thanks for the directions will have to give it a go as i am always going from Chattanooga area to Telico Plains. Not from KY but from the UK!
The Hiwassee range is closed on Tuesday for LEO only and maintenance. Here's information and directions.
http://www.fs.fed.us/r8/cherokee/recreation/docs/SpringCreekShootingRange.pdf
Nice facility, but the usual caveats apply when dealing with the camouflaged rednecks, mall-ninjas, and "tacticool" crowd. I go during the week to avoid the "weekend warriors".
That being said, 95% of the people that use the facility are OK. AS there's no Rangers or ROs around, you'll be ultimately responsible for your own safety.
Maybe I'll see you there. I'll have the Garand, K31, and a couple of Mosin Nagants M44.
Steve
http://www.fs.fed.us/r8/cherokee/recreation/docs/SpringCreekShootingRange.pdf
Nice facility, but the usual caveats apply when dealing with the camouflaged rednecks, mall-ninjas, and "tacticool" crowd. I go during the week to avoid the "weekend warriors".
That being said, 95% of the people that use the facility are OK. AS there's no Rangers or ROs around, you'll be ultimately responsible for your own safety.
Maybe I'll see you there. I'll have the Garand, K31, and a couple of Mosin Nagants M44.
Steve
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If you are a church goer...
If you are a church-attending Christian, please come visit Wayside Presbyterian Church in Signal Mountain (www.waysidechurch.org. ) We have a lot of shooters there, and some folks like to ccw in church services. I'll never forget the night one of our elders brought his brand new Ruger p345 and handed it around in our Session meeting!
Like Somekid, I shoot at Prentice Cooper Wildlife Management Area.
If you are a church-attending Christian, please come visit Wayside Presbyterian Church in Signal Mountain (www.waysidechurch.org. ) We have a lot of shooters there, and some folks like to ccw in church services. I'll never forget the night one of our elders brought his brand new Ruger p345 and handed it around in our Session meeting!
Like Somekid, I shoot at Prentice Cooper Wildlife Management Area.
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Hi SomeKid!
Love to go to Prentice Cooper with you, but my wife has my work cut out for me already on Monday, something about painting walls!
I got one of those inexpensive Hi-Point 9mm handguns, and it shoots great! I put 100 rounds through it last week, with no bobbles. Only $139 at my favorite pawn shop. Well, I'll show it to you some other time. Have a good time shooting!
Here's a web page I made about it......
http://www.mouseguns.com/hipoint/myhpc9.htm
Love to go to Prentice Cooper with you, but my wife has my work cut out for me already on Monday, something about painting walls!
I got one of those inexpensive Hi-Point 9mm handguns, and it shoots great! I put 100 rounds through it last week, with no bobbles. Only $139 at my favorite pawn shop. Well, I'll show it to you some other time. Have a good time shooting!
Here's a web page I made about it......
http://www.mouseguns.com/hipoint/myhpc9.htm
Welcome to Chatty
I own Hero-Gear LLC which is off of I-24 Exit 134.
We are an Evil Black Rifle shop, with most of our stock dedicated to tactical and defensive firearms.
We have more quality holsters than any shop in the area (Don Hume, Galco, Gould and Goodrich, Bianchi, Safariland, etc) and are a full line dealer for;
5.11 Tactical, Pentagon Light, Tactical Assault Gear, Ridge-Thorogood-Bates boots, etc.
I own Hero-Gear LLC which is off of I-24 Exit 134.
We are an Evil Black Rifle shop, with most of our stock dedicated to tactical and defensive firearms.
We have more quality holsters than any shop in the area (Don Hume, Galco, Gould and Goodrich, Bianchi, Safariland, etc) and are a full line dealer for;
5.11 Tactical, Pentagon Light, Tactical Assault Gear, Ridge-Thorogood-Bates boots, etc.
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Well, what a nice co-inky-dink! I came in here to ask about the Chattanooga area shooting and stuff, and someone's already got a nice thread going!
I'll probably be moving to the area in March- my brother's got a growing little Web development business going, and needs some help, so we're gonna make it a true family affair.
So once I become a resident, I'll have to get TN CCW? I've got a NC permit at the moment... any idea of what hoops I'd have to jump through? Guess I'll take a gander at packing.org- I'm already familiar with the laws somewhat from visiting my bro on occasion, but never worried much about the resident stuff until now.
Sounds like there are some good places to shoot there.
EDIT: OK, according to packing.org, I'd have to take the TN educational class, and pay the renewal fee instead of the full fee. Sounds passable to me. I also see that I have six months from date of residence to get a TN permit.
I'll probably be moving to the area in March- my brother's got a growing little Web development business going, and needs some help, so we're gonna make it a true family affair.
So once I become a resident, I'll have to get TN CCW? I've got a NC permit at the moment... any idea of what hoops I'd have to jump through? Guess I'll take a gander at packing.org- I'm already familiar with the laws somewhat from visiting my bro on occasion, but never worried much about the resident stuff until now.
Sounds like there are some good places to shoot there.
EDIT: OK, according to packing.org, I'd have to take the TN educational class, and pay the renewal fee instead of the full fee. Sounds passable to me. I also see that I have six months from date of residence to get a TN permit.
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