Richmonder, looking for a small spot of land to shoot
Posted: Fri, 05 Aug 2011 16:12:36
Hello - I'm a new member living in Richmond. I have been hunting and shooting since I was a boy. Originally from the backwoods of Pittsylvania county, I've been living in the city for over 10 years now. I miss living on a lot of land where I could go out to my personal make-shift range to shoot.
First - thank you all for having a welcoming and informative forum and website here. I'm excited to be a part of it.
Second: I hope this isn't wildly inappropriate to do this here, but let me blatantly ask you all the possibility of finding a place to shoot. I like ranges just fine, but I prefer to be outdoors with friends doing different kinds of safe shooting.
IF anyone here has some land they'd be willing to lend or lease for shooting (light use, 1-2 times per month), I'd be very interested. Something within 30 minutes of Richmond. I really just want an area that works for handguns and rifles - so an area with a hill, and possibly an area for casual skeet shooting. Heck, it would even be nice to have a private place nearby to do some primitive camping when I need to get away. So maybe an acre or less. We don't want to roam around or set up hunting stands. Just an area about the size of a football field - maybe less. I have 3-4 friends (all have gun experience and have CC training & permits and/or NRA certifications) who would also be interested in finding a good place to shoot and would be willing to pay for the privilege to have their own place to go shoot.
I'm willing to have a liability waiver that absolves you of any liability, and would make any agreement as official as it needs to be to make you comfortable with the arrangement. I could even arrange to let you know the days, times and names of people coming to shoot just so you fully know when and who will be present, and let you know when we've left. I am interested only in a small slice of the outdoors for recreation that will have minimal impact on the land.
Thanks!
First - thank you all for having a welcoming and informative forum and website here. I'm excited to be a part of it.
Second: I hope this isn't wildly inappropriate to do this here, but let me blatantly ask you all the possibility of finding a place to shoot. I like ranges just fine, but I prefer to be outdoors with friends doing different kinds of safe shooting.
IF anyone here has some land they'd be willing to lend or lease for shooting (light use, 1-2 times per month), I'd be very interested. Something within 30 minutes of Richmond. I really just want an area that works for handguns and rifles - so an area with a hill, and possibly an area for casual skeet shooting. Heck, it would even be nice to have a private place nearby to do some primitive camping when I need to get away. So maybe an acre or less. We don't want to roam around or set up hunting stands. Just an area about the size of a football field - maybe less. I have 3-4 friends (all have gun experience and have CC training & permits and/or NRA certifications) who would also be interested in finding a good place to shoot and would be willing to pay for the privilege to have their own place to go shoot.
I'm willing to have a liability waiver that absolves you of any liability, and would make any agreement as official as it needs to be to make you comfortable with the arrangement. I could even arrange to let you know the days, times and names of people coming to shoot just so you fully know when and who will be present, and let you know when we've left. I am interested only in a small slice of the outdoors for recreation that will have minimal impact on the land.
Thanks!
