Jennifer Potter of Shelby jumped at the chance to do some free shooting Tuesday at the grand opening in Cleveland County of North Carolina’s largest public shooting range.
Potter fired a loaner shotgun at orange clay discs whizzing toward a grassy berm at the Foothills Public Shooting Complex. As a target shooter, she liked what she saw at the complex, about 40 miles northwest of Charlotte.
Three 50-yard pistol ranges, two skeet/trap and pistol ranges, a 250-yard rifle range and a 3-D archery range.
“It gives us a place to learn how to shoot safely and efficiently,” said Potter, who came by herself to check out the complex for her family. Since she turned 41 Tuesday, it was a kind of celebration. “This is what I wanted to do on my birthday.”
Some 500 people showed up for the open house for the state’s fifth public outdoors range that, according to the National Rifle Association, is also the largest in the Southeast. The $3.5-million project is a collaboration between Cleveland County, which provided 82 acres plus office and concession facilities, and the N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission, which provided $1.9 million.
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NC high school Navy JROTC opens gun range
Members of the Navy Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps program at
North Carolina’s Smithfield-Selma High School can now practice their
marksmanship without having to leave campus.
The NJROTC built a 1,200-square-foot, six-lane, indoor shooting range
at the school over five months and began using the facility last week.
The North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission and the National
Shooting Sports Foundation donated most of the $10,000 in supplies for
the range.
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Good marksmanship is a civic duty for all tar heels. We will need it
ReplyDeleteWe got a new and much needed range last summer. Little pricey but very nice.
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Impressive. Thanks.
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