In response to Archer, I'm sorry that you feel that I'm not a good match director. So that you understand the circumstances, this is a brand new city owned range. I started working on developing it from a swatch of land which had been graded to 1000 yards but contained holes big enough to swallow a D9 and no firing berms. I got on the shooting advisory board in order to develop it into a range for competition. After about $60k in grant money I have done the entire project virtually single handed. From initial design to finish dirt work putting in berms at 200, 300, 600 and 1000, to designing and erecting the target stand and selecting the target system. This has been my life for 1 1/2 years. It's getting close, but have been working on the number board mounts the past 2 days driving 40 5' and 7' tee posts single handed. Monday I hope to have the number boards up.
Some of the things which have happened at the range are beyond my control as it is city owned and I must follow city laws/rules. I cannot make decisions as to how the range is used, such as camping. The city has a no compete rule. Meaning we cannot offer services which the local businesses already offer. And since we have 2 commercial campgrounds in town, our free camping is in competition with those businesses. But I have fought for for camping at the range and got it just 2 nights ago. So if I didn't get back to you immediately, I was waiting for the board meeting to see if I could get it approved.
Now as for the program, it does state that there is a maximum of 40 shooters. No it does not tell you what hotels to stay at. No it does not tell you where to eat. No it does not tell you that we are having food catered at the match on Saturday. No it does not tell you that I pushed for a Saturday evening barbecue, lost that one. It does tell you the things which are required as listed on the NRA site.
Now, here is my background. I've been shooting FTR for 4 years. I have never run a match! The first program which I ever put together was the one for the state championship shoot. Next weekend I'll get my feet wet running a match, first time for me. I have never shot on the electronic targets at a match, so that's all new ground. I have shot at many of the ranges in the Rocky Mountain states and have taken what I have felt to be the best parts of each range and put it into mine. Will the range be perfect, probably not. Will I run the perfect match, probably not. But I'll do the best that I can. And I haven't seen you at the range helping or voicing ways in which I could improve what I'm doing. Please don't talk behind my back. Do as Joe said, call me! He gave you my number and it's on the program.
This is not a "good old boys club". This is a city owned public range which anyone can drive to, pay their daily fees and go shoot. Do I answer emails immediately, maybe not. But my life does not revolve around my email.
I hope that you decide to come and shoot with us in Rawlins. But if you still feel that I am doing a crumby job at putting the range together or running a match or answering questions then please do not show up. I welcome most shooters, those who are not welcome are those that are going to bad mouth the range before it's ever complete.
By the way, here's how I spent about 12 hours of my time during the past week. It's a video explaining what you will see on the monitor when shooting in Rawlins. (
) I wanted to educate the shooters who are coming so that they don't have to figure out how the system works during the first match.
Some of the things which have happened at the range are beyond my control as it is city owned and I must follow city laws/rules. I cannot make decisions as to how the range is used, such as camping. The city has a no compete rule. Meaning we cannot offer services which the local businesses already offer. And since we have 2 commercial campgrounds in town, our free camping is in competition with those businesses. But I have fought for for camping at the range and got it just 2 nights ago. So if I didn't get back to you immediately, I was waiting for the board meeting to see if I could get it approved.
Now as for the program, it does state that there is a maximum of 40 shooters. No it does not tell you what hotels to stay at. No it does not tell you where to eat. No it does not tell you that we are having food catered at the match on Saturday. No it does not tell you that I pushed for a Saturday evening barbecue, lost that one. It does tell you the things which are required as listed on the NRA site.
Now, here is my background. I've been shooting FTR for 4 years. I have never run a match! The first program which I ever put together was the one for the state championship shoot. Next weekend I'll get my feet wet running a match, first time for me. I have never shot on the electronic targets at a match, so that's all new ground. I have shot at many of the ranges in the Rocky Mountain states and have taken what I have felt to be the best parts of each range and put it into mine. Will the range be perfect, probably not. Will I run the perfect match, probably not. But I'll do the best that I can. And I haven't seen you at the range helping or voicing ways in which I could improve what I'm doing. Please don't talk behind my back. Do as Joe said, call me! He gave you my number and it's on the program.
This is not a "good old boys club". This is a city owned public range which anyone can drive to, pay their daily fees and go shoot. Do I answer emails immediately, maybe not. But my life does not revolve around my email.
I hope that you decide to come and shoot with us in Rawlins. But if you still feel that I am doing a crumby job at putting the range together or running a match or answering questions then please do not show up. I welcome most shooters, those who are not welcome are those that are going to bad mouth the range before it's ever complete.
By the way, here's how I spent about 12 hours of my time during the past week. It's a video explaining what you will see on the monitor when shooting in Rawlins. (
