Well I am alive and well in Charlotte, now I need some range recommendations!

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Do you ride? The Blue Ridge Parkway makes me drool just thinking about it. And of course a trip to the Dragon is definitely in the future!
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Alas, No. Bike riding is the third leg on my 3 legged stool of vice, right behind shooting and golf.

I fully intend to enter the bike world just as soon as finances permit.

Riding the Blue Ridge during leaf season is almost a religious experience. Give it a try to spend a night in the Pisgah Inn right on the peak of the ridge. Rooms are typically booked out a year in advance but I've walked in right after a cancellation and got a magnificant view of the valley for my family for $60 per night. Do it once and you'll slobber over your luck for an entire year.
 
Cool! Went to Matthews Fun Machines today to get my wifes motorcycle inspected and what did I see just before I got there? Firepower! Turns out it is only 5 miles from my house. I'm thinking of going on Saturday. Are there any members that would be interested in going along? I'm going to have my SA M1 with me and will be glad to share. :)
 
I came down Independence on the way home from work today...the Merchandise Mart has a sign out for a show this weekend...10/2-3.
 
Where is the Merchandise Mart?? The quickest route to Independance for me is Albemarle. How close am I from where they intersect? Thanks for the heads up!!!
 
And if you're still looking for a good place to shoot.....try the Rowan County Wildlife Club. It's about 45 minutes north-east of Charlotte but worth the drive. It's a very nice place.

I'm a CRPC member and much as I like it have been seriously considering joining Rowan. CRPC has been going through some changes the last few months that have made it less easy to shoot whenever you want....which is why I joined....at least at the rifle range.

The pistol range on 74 is, however, worth the entire annual fee.
 
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Well...Looks like I ain't gonna be able to make this one. Too much on my plate this weekend. Request that anybody who keeps up with the Metrolina show schedule, please PM me when the next one comes around...
I gotta get up there and look for some USGI parts.

Ya'll have a good time!

Tuner
 
There was a great gun store in downtown Charlotte. Carolina Sporting Arms, I think. You take the lower loop past the stadium headed east, then get off at South Blvd, IIRC. About five streets south, there is a dead end right hand turn. Now that was a good store. Real nice shotguns, rifles, etc.

Hyatt is big, but we always said "HIGH AT" setting prices. Larry Hyatt is a bit pretentious, in my book, but maybe he's OK.

Belmont's Shooter's Express is OK place to shoot. They had IDPA on some nights. There is an outdoor range at the exit 17, IIRC, just north of I85 past the Waffle House you turn left. They have shotgun, rifle, handgun, etc.
 
Carolina Sporting Arms moved a couple of years ago. Now they're down South Boulevard in a stand alone building. They have a good selection of hunting gear and arms, but prices are usually pretty high there as well as Hyatts.
 
It was smaller than usual, with many vendors going to Chantilly. But I hear that show was off in attendance. I met Langenator and his wife, great people, she's a shooter and beautiful. What more could a man ask for! :D (Congrats, Captain.)
 
Tuner, you'll have to make it next time...there is one guy there who had a decent stock of 1911 parts, possibly some USGI parts.

I had a to make a run to this show, of course. It seems I have been subjected to a bit of culture shock...at least for a Westerner. The new hunting club I joined requires shotguns with buckshot, for deer:confused: I think I last fired buckshot maybe 15 years ago, so I had to stop and get some.

While walking around the show, an AR-10A4 insisted on following me home, darn it. Where's the falling block on this thing, anyway? You know, like on my Ruger #1's ??? :D
 
Oh yeah baby, love those falling blocks. I'd be hard pressed to ever sell my Ruger #1 Tropical .375 H&H. I do get the...."What do you hunt on the east coast with that thing?" ...a lot. First I usually say that with my .375 H&H, I can hunt pretty much anything I want! Then I have to explain that because I reload, I can ramp it down to .30-06 velocities with a bit more thump on the receiving end. It's really a versatile cartridge but I admit I never have to load them up to the high end of their range around here. Gotta reload it anyway in order to afford to shoot it! :rolleyes:
 
Hmmm...who woulda thunk that there's TWO .375 H&H #1's in Mooresville?:evil:

There was a sweet .218 Bee #1 at this show, as well as a 45-70, both with above average wood. I wanted the .45-70, as I love the balance and power of the #1S in that caliber, but the AR-10 kinda consumed my budget. :)
 
I was real tempted to buy one of the WASR AK clones I saw, if the price had been just a tad lower. Of course, now my wife wants one. Oh, how tough my life is. ;)
 
Parts is Parts

Tex said:

Tuner, you'll have to make it next time...there is one guy there who had a decent stock of 1911 parts, possibly some USGI parts.

Hope to see ya'll in December...truly!

This guy with the parts...Kinda heavy-set...brown hair and probably a beard, but lip-whiskers for sure? Laid-back...decent prices, and deals mainly in U.S. military stuff?

If it's the guy I'm thinkin' about, he's been at it for 20 years, and always has USGI parts for 1911s, carbines, garands, '03 Springfields and the like.
Nice guy.
 
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