Florida Shoot 9 [Archive] - Militaryfirearm

Milsurp

06-06-2010, 05:20 PM

Next Shoot: Oct 2, 2010.

Place: Manatee Gun and Archery Club (Area 51)
Time : Starts at 9:00 am
Target : Anything not steel,glass or that is not Biodegradeable.
Weapons: Just about anything that is legal.
NO Tracer ammo allowed.
See you all there, Milsurp

automick

06-06-2010, 07:05 PM

See you there milsurp....and how bout bringing that
flame thrower for the next assmanager....lol lol
get that shoulder in tune pall....see you soon .
ATB...automick.

7.62guy

06-06-2010, 08:29 PM

marked on the calender.

drine

06-06-2010, 08:36 PM

A quick question: How much ammo do you bring? IF I get a chance to come, I don't want to bring too much or too little. Seeing as how yo have a RO, I'll assume the shooting slows a bit.

Milsurp

06-07-2010, 05:43 AM

On a regular shoot with the 1919a4 I go through about 1000 rds or so. No you can shoot a whole lot of ammo if you want. Pretty much I'm the R/O that calls time outs. Theirs is there for safety only. And the last couple have been great.

wwIIBuff

06-08-2010, 12:01 AM

looks good for me

herian67

06-08-2010, 05:09 PM

Looks good for me.

Hannibal

08-06-2010, 07:44 PM

Count us in too! We'll be fashionably late as usual and take residence out in the sun. Keeps the ammo warm! We take 600~ rds of 9mm and 300~rds of 12g and bring some back home.

RandyCOG3

08-06-2010, 07:53 PM

A quick question: How much ammo do you bring? IF I get a chance to come, I don't want to bring too much or too little. Seeing as how yo have a RO, I'll assume the shooting slows a bit.

Things, IIRC, "seem to" get rolling 9-ish, and might go on until, usually around 1-2. So, it depends how fast you shoot, and how fast you reload.:icon_biggrin:

As Milsurp indicated.... the group rented that whole back part of the range, so there's no need for the R/O to get all bossy with us. I, for one, usually shoot long and hard enough that I'm ready and sitting down, sipping a bottle of water when the range goes "cold. All-in-all, not a whole lot of needless down-time. But neither is there a huge rush to run out and deal with the targets in a big hurry, everybody cooperates and it all runs very smoothly.

Don't worry, if you bring "too much", we'll help you burn through it...

RandyCOG3

7.62guy

08-06-2010, 08:16 PM

won't be long as you think. i'm reloading a little every weekend.:icon_biggrin:

Milsurp

08-06-2010, 08:50 PM

So 7.62 when are we gonna get the reloading lessons? I want to start but don't like to learn from videos and books. Rather see it done in person.

7.62guy

08-07-2010, 06:34 AM

So 7.62 when are we gonna get the reloading lessons? I want to start but don't like to learn from videos and books. Rather see it done in person.

no big deal there. i know how, and what you shoot for the most part. the way i reload might not help you very much. all my work is done on a single stage press and is mostly done for my bolt and long range target shooting. you could pickup most of what you needed to know from that, but you would wind up needing a progressive loader to keep up with that 1919.:rockon:

Steve68

08-30-2010, 09:22 AM

Sounds good, I'm going to try and make this one. Should be about a 2 1/2 to 3 hour drive.

7.62guy

08-30-2010, 05:01 PM

glad to have you.

Steve68

08-31-2010, 08:38 AM

Besides guns & ammo what else should we bring?

7.62guy

08-31-2010, 04:50 PM

any targets and target stands you might want. they have some but they go quick.

M1 Tanker

08-31-2010, 05:45 PM

Just throwing this out there...there is a good chance that this time next year...I'll be living in Tampa :)

Milsurp

08-31-2010, 06:29 PM

Where at MacDill AFB/Central command?

7.62guy

09-01-2010, 05:46 AM

Just throwing this out there...there is a good chance that this time next year...I'll be living in Tampa :)

hope it is a place that you like and can settle down a while with mrs. tanker and the kids. then you can bring some of those amazing builds of yours to our fl.shoot.:icon_biggrin::2pistol:

SA80Dan

09-02-2010, 02:18 PM

Just throwing this out there...there is a good chance that this time next year...I'll be living in Tampa :)

I take it in some form or function at MacDill? (As Milsurp said). Centcom is what brought me here from the UK in the first place in 2002-2003.
Keep us posted!

mhp34one

09-05-2010, 12:30 AM

Can I bring a SMG? or is this semi only?

RandyCOG3

09-05-2010, 01:39 AM

Just throwing this out there...there is a good chance that this time next year...I'll be living in Tampa :)

Needless to say, I'm gonna at least buy you a beer or seven if/when you make it here.

RandyCOG3

RandyCOG3

09-05-2010, 01:51 AM

Can I bring a SMG? or is this semi only?

I specifically asked about FA; they said that was no problem.

NO steel core,NO tracer, nothing that might start a fire.

NOTHING that could start a fire...

RandyCOG3

M1 Tanker

09-05-2010, 02:16 AM

SOCOM, so yeah, Macdill :)

Milsurp

09-05-2010, 03:23 AM

Can I bring a SMG? or is this semi only?

Not a problem with FA as long as it's legal. Hope to see you there.

Milsurp

09-12-2010, 08:41 AM

Just a reminder that the shoot is a few weeks away. I've been getting ready over the weekend and will continue till shoot day. Beats the hell out of staying up till 1am the night before. Been there, done that. Hope everybody can still make it. I'll call the range next week and request that the grass be cut and that Mickey the R/O be reminded that we are coming. And Herian67 are you bringing the grill again?

7.62guy

09-12-2010, 10:59 AM

just got another box of 308 loaded up. won't be long now.

Paperpuncher

09-12-2010, 08:57 PM

just throwing this out there...there is a good chance that this time next year...i'll be living in tampa :)

cool!!!

RandyCOG3

09-13-2010, 06:38 PM

SOCOM, so yeah, Macdill :)

MacDill AFB is on a peninsula that juts out into Tampa Bay (supposedly, the motto during WWII training was "One a Day in Tampa Bay", referring to aircraft training accidents). If you draw a line 20 miles due south of MacDill AFB, zoom in with Google Earth, and, that's my house! A little ways due E of the S end of the Sunshine Skyway Bridge. If your new buds there can snag one of those black choppers, feel free to rappel on down, and I'll buy you a drink. Look out for my radio tower, though. It telescopes, so, even if the pilots have a recent sitrep, it might be right, or not. 89' max tower height; the antennas etc. on top won't make it much more than 100', and I'm sure you guys have ropes longer than that. FWIW, it nests down lower than the oak trees when fully retracted.

RandyCOG3

mhp34one

09-16-2010, 10:25 PM

Hay guys I am driving down from jax with a friend of mine. What is the distance of the range we will be on? I did notice a question about a grill. So should we bring some grill food?

7.62guy

09-17-2010, 05:39 AM

max on the range is a hundred yards. yes there is usually a grill there and folks share cooking and food.

herian67

09-17-2010, 03:44 PM

I will be bringing the grill.Even fixed the regulator.

Milsurp

09-17-2010, 04:58 PM

I will be bringing the grill.Even fixed the regulator.
Good deal. I called today and confirmed the range is ours on the 2nd and asked them to remind mickey that we are coming.

CaptMax

09-21-2010, 03:16 PM

I went to this a couple years ago as a spectator not a shooter as I was from out of state and didn't own my full auto yet. It was a very nice range, friendly staff and looked like a well run group. I took lots of pictures too. Maybe next time I come down I will try and schedule it so I can be there when this takes place again. If you do go, you won't regret it. ;)
CaptMax

mhp34one

09-23-2010, 09:22 PM

RandyCOG3

09-23-2010, 10:11 PM

I will bring some extra food, there are two of us and I will bring food for four. We have to leave after work friday and get a hotel, any ideas? Is there a real old school meat market to pick up fresh burgers in the area?:America:

Well, no, to answer your question: NO!

Well over twenty years ago, we, had to "agree" to some place.......blah blah blah blah blah.... at any rate, we got screwed out of some place local to shoot. The place we're are VERY HAPPY to have was the result of that but, NO, if YOU are within 1 MILLION miles of a lead particle, YOU WILL DIE. In an unpleasant fashion.

Looking forward to seeing you there, (well, NOT, see the certs below)

RandyCOG3
Recently certified in dealing with lead contamination...

(Woot!)

RandyCOG3

RandyCOG3

09-23-2010, 10:13 PM

Well, no, to answer your question: NO!

Well over twenty years ago, we, had to "agree" to some place.......blah blah blah blah blah.... at any rate, we got screwed out of some place local to shoot. The place we're are VERY HAPPY to have was the result of that but, NO, if YOU are within 1 MILLION miles of a lead particle, YOU WILL DIE. In an unpleasant fashion.

Looking forward to seeing you there, (well, NOT, see the certs below)

RandyCOG3
Recently certified in dealing with lead contamination...

(Woot!)

RandyCOG3

So, in conclusion....I'd say that any combo of burgers/dogs/ etc... assorted condiments, various vegetative stuff.. what ever...

RandyCOG3

Milsurp

09-24-2010, 04:51 AM

I will bring some extra food, there are two of us and I will bring food for four. We have to leave after work friday and get a hotel, any ideas? Is there a real old school meat market to pick up fresh burgers in the area?:America:
Like Randy stated we are out in the middle of nowhere. I'm sure you"ll pass a publix on the way there but the nearest store that I know is 20 miles to the west. I don't know about the east. We'll see you there and glad you can make it.

mhp34one

09-26-2010, 10:17 PM

I grew up in bradenton/ palmetto till 90, then moved to north florida. The only memory I have of myacca is a local asking me what state I was from, he had a heavy southern accent and because I was from a costal area I did not sound like him. I bet the area has changed. Hope to see you all there:America:

Milsurp

09-28-2010, 05:39 PM

Ok guys. For the last 4 days I have been with my wife at her fathers bedside as he is very close to leaving this world. I need to ask one of you fellow MF members to act as a stand by in case I won't be able to make it to the shoot. Anyone interested please PM me and I'll go over it with you. I do plan on attending if possible or maybe coming to start it off and then leaving. Just thought I'd get a backup just in case.

7.62guy

09-28-2010, 06:09 PM

if you got my pm you know my situation. i will do anything i can. and i am sorry for you your wife and father in law. went through this a few years back and understand. they need you more right now than we do. hope everything works out and our prayers go with you.

rudrules

09-28-2010, 06:14 PM

Sorry to hear about your family, My prayers are with you and Family!

Rudy

mhp34one

09-29-2010, 07:46 AM

I have prayed for God to strengthen you, your wife and the family as well as making his passing peaceful. I was there for my fathers passing and it is not easy. I will continue to keep you in my prayers. I am new to this Forum and I dont know what I can do to help but I will do what ever is asked. Mike Pope

Milsurp

09-29-2010, 01:44 PM

Thank you for your prayers guys. Things have not changed much but it could be anytime now. I have received 2 PM's about helping out and I really appreciate it. I tought about it and basically the only thing you guys would have to do would be to collect the money and pay the range. I usually take the range fee of 200.00 and a tip for the R/O about 30.00-40.00 and divide by the amount of shooters. other than that jut make sure they sign the sign in sheet. 7.62guy has stated he would take care of this for us. Mhp34one if the need arises for a back up I would be greatful to you if you would take care of it. I was going to PM you guys seperately but figured it would just be easier to post here once. I am still planning to come down to start it off and leave if I have to return home.

RandyCOG3

09-29-2010, 08:28 PM

mhp34one

09-30-2010, 07:55 AM

I will see you there

SA80Dan

09-30-2010, 09:20 AM

Just catching up with this thread - Milsurp, thoughts and wishes with you and family.

Unfortunately due to last minute family commitments myself I will also not be able to make this range day - have been really looking forward to it as well, but can't be helped. Hope you all have a great time, and pop some cans of shaving cream/soda for me! :)

Milsurp

09-30-2010, 03:26 PM

Thank you all. As of now I will be there.

7.62guy

09-30-2010, 04:48 PM

Thank you all. As of now I will be there.

good to hear that. let us know if things change.

wwIIBuff

09-30-2010, 09:38 PM

Looks like I should be able to make it, can't wait to see you guys down there.
Milsurp, sorry to hear about what is going on, I hope for the best.
Tanker, I hope you end up in Tampa, it is a great place. I look forward to buying you a drink or covering your range fee :America:

Milsurp

10-01-2010, 04:34 PM

Ok the belts,drums and mags are loaded. The guns are in their cases. We'll see everybody tomorrow.

7.62guy

10-01-2010, 04:44 PM

Ok the belts,drums and mags are loaded. The guns are in their cases. We'll see everybody tomorrow.

good to hear it. i got everything packed up. i think i'm ready.

automick

10-01-2010, 06:39 PM

Will see ALL you guys tomorow...milsurp gets a hug.!
I didnt say it was from me
atb...mick n cyndi.

RandyCOG3

10-01-2010, 08:27 PM

As usual I'll have the ketchup/mustard/pickles/salt-pepper/paper plates, plastic ware, some foil, some napkins, an onion, a tomato, plasticware...a potato chip or two..

RandyCOG3

Paperpuncher

10-01-2010, 08:37 PM

I'm planning on being there with the usual crowd. Milsurp, I'm so sorry to hear what you’re going through! I hope you can attend, but family comes first, so if we miss you on this one, I'll catch you on the next. With so much going on with you and your family, thanks for the concern and interest in ensuring that the FL shoot goes well. My wife and I send our prayers to you and your family.

Milsurp

10-02-2010, 08:04 PM

Alright another shoot in the history books. I had a great time. I would like to thank mhp34one for letting me shoot his sterling F/A it was the highlight of the day. He also gets the farthest travel to the shoot award. This was the largest attendance at a shoot so far. And mhp34one I'll bring a box of 9 to you at the next shoot if you can make it. I had Wolf today but I didn't think you would want to put that through the sterling. I want to hear from everybody as to when you all want another one. Let's make it a good one as this will be number 10. And all you members in other states are more than welcome to come on down to the Gunshine State and shoot with us.

FiremanFrank

10-02-2010, 08:20 PM

It sounds like you guys had a great time. I am sorry I couldn't make it. Do you guys do these once a year or how often do you have them?

mhp34one

10-02-2010, 08:34 PM

I think that I enjoy letting people shoot the sterling as much as I enjoy shooting it. Milsurp you are welcome to shoot it at the next shoot. As a side note I will spending thanksgiving in bradenton with my sister, so maybe we could meet friday or saturday?

Paperpuncher

10-03-2010, 07:30 PM

mhp34one it was nice meeting you...impressive shooting iron! It was great seeing everyone again, and Milsurp, thanks for putting on another great shoot!

Hannibal

10-03-2010, 09:04 PM

Thanks Milsurp from us too! We had a great time again! Got to run some ammo through the new Glocks and compare to my favorite, my Beretta Cougar 8000. It's still my favorite! We know we had fun 'cause we were beat tired when we got home and washed the plethora of lovely bugs off the Escape. Looking forward to the next shoot!

Our thoughts and prayers to you and your family from us as well.