Hi gang,
I'm new to Portland and to the board, but I'm searching for something that seems to be rather elusive around the PDX Metro area - a good, inexpensive place to shoot!
I posted on Criagslist to find some places and got only responses to The English Pit (which I've been to before), but, it's closed and doesn't sound like it's going to be opening anytime soon.
Another suggestion I got was to hit Brown's Camp. Apparently, there's a big rock quarry where you shoot. I Googled it and somehow stumbled upon an old, archived article written by a few of you boys, most notably the member, "Bang".
So, I am looking for a gun range that is not the "Johnson Club" (gotta buy their ammo? ***?) or "The Place to Shoot". All these places (including the ones around Portland) are charging ridiculous fees to shoot. It shouldn’t cost $120+ just to go through one box of rounds. I'm an occasional shooter, and have only one gun, not an avid every-weekend type of guy (nothing wrong with that, mind you).
Honestly, I'm just looking for a place outside, free (or close to it) and somewhat in the Portland area. I'm responsible and pick up all my used casings, I just don't feel it's right to shell out big bucks to shoot.
If anyone can help me out with some suggestions on places OR an accurate description of where the Brown's Camp "Dump" is, please post back. I'd be much obliged.
I'm new to Portland and to the board, but I'm searching for something that seems to be rather elusive around the PDX Metro area - a good, inexpensive place to shoot!
I posted on Criagslist to find some places and got only responses to The English Pit (which I've been to before), but, it's closed and doesn't sound like it's going to be opening anytime soon.
Another suggestion I got was to hit Brown's Camp. Apparently, there's a big rock quarry where you shoot. I Googled it and somehow stumbled upon an old, archived article written by a few of you boys, most notably the member, "Bang".
So, I am looking for a gun range that is not the "Johnson Club" (gotta buy their ammo? ***?) or "The Place to Shoot". All these places (including the ones around Portland) are charging ridiculous fees to shoot. It shouldn’t cost $120+ just to go through one box of rounds. I'm an occasional shooter, and have only one gun, not an avid every-weekend type of guy (nothing wrong with that, mind you).
Honestly, I'm just looking for a place outside, free (or close to it) and somewhat in the Portland area. I'm responsible and pick up all my used casings, I just don't feel it's right to shell out big bucks to shoot.
If anyone can help me out with some suggestions on places OR an accurate description of where the Brown's Camp "Dump" is, please post back. I'd be much obliged.
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