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Try calling BLM but by the time you drive that far east you may have preferred to have gone to an outdoor range.
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around LA? none
in South Central LA? maybe south and around the 105, between the 110 and 710. people shoot guns over there all the time. only thing is, your targets shoot back at you. lol, jk jk seriously tho, Gary is right. you're going to find yourself driving 2+ hours to get to BLM. 200 yrds? that isn't very far to exclude it to BLM. I'd recommend you go to Angeles Shooting Range off Osborne and the 210. For rifles, you can setup paper targets at 100, 200, and 300 yards. (300 yard setup only on Monday, Thursday, & Friday) and they have steel plinking targets from 100 all the way to 600 yrds there too.
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No surley Range Masters No offices, managers, yellow lines, or P.A. Systems No goons poking through your bags and equipment You can practice all the presentations with your chosen sidearm all you want, from any position, day or night. Same with rifles and shotguns. Day or night. You can shoot from within your vehicle if you choose. You can enjoy a nice campfire while you are there, without a nanny. You can practice shooting while moving, and other stuff that is either frowned upon or just plain not allowed, such as rapid fire. Want to do some fast mag-dumps in the dark using only your weapon light? No problem! Jo-Bob with the reflective glass ain't strutting over to chew you out. Yea, it takes some effort, but if you are like me, and don't want some range-nazi-nanny, the effort will be worth it. |
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Thank You! Sometimes we're in some of these areas any way ... outside of Cochella for instance. BLM was very responsive in getting back to me. :-)
Will be order those maps ... I've been at Angeles when "gang members" starting firing their shotguns across lanes and whooping it up. Yes the Range Masters put a stop to it right away ... but still a bit scary. |
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oh yes, for all the freedom - BLM is well worth the investment. By far, the preferred way to go. I just thought you simply wanted a place to shoot 200 yards, my fault. Yes, there are some unscrupulous bastards that go to Angeles, they're almost always on the right side of the range. The left side with the big boy rifles are pretty decent, from my experience. But anyway - enjoy BLM! (btw, keep an eye out for others using BLM as well. Many people take their quads out to go 4x4'ing and sometimes, they don't attach the high red safety flag to be visible. It happened to a buddy of mine. If it weren't for the glint of sunshine reflecting off the rider's helmet, my buddy would've kept on shooting in his direction. You would think the sound of gunfire is a broadcast warning, but there's always that one guy...)
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We usually spend the night just to make the trip even better. Never have had any issues with thugs, public paid or private. If you go, please clean up your trash, don't shoot glass, trees, etc. Let's keep as many of the dangerous masses at the public ranges, where the brass grabbing range nazis on bullhorns can belittle them all day. |
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I ride in BLM land all the time. Kern County to be exact. If you are almost shooting a person off roading then your back drop is not good enough. I have the advantage of riding my bike and knowing if there is a trail on the other side or sometimes it is closed off to the canyon I'm in. I've been riding and shooting in BLM land for a long time and have never had an issue, but yes please be carful and aware of your surroundings. My preferred area is in Kern County, look into and if you have a truck maybe make a weekend of scouting your perfect spot first before long rifle shooting. Hope you find a safe and good spot and always clean up.
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We had a fun but short BLM session off of Fargo Canyon Road ... off of Dillion Rd ... near Indio ... as suggested by BLM. We were in the area already visiting relatives. Checking out the area on Google Earth Pro first, I assumed we would be up against the hills, as BLM recommends. But as we approached the hills we arrived at Private Property signs. We went back a few hundred yards to where we saw three other parties shooting.
There are a couple of 100+ yard areas off of the road, on both sides, where evidence on the ground suggested years worth of shooting. In some places, lots of glass. LOTS of shotgun shells. Unfortunately one is shooting across open rock fields instead of into hill sides. But again ... this is where BLM sent us. There is another area down the next road off of Dillion, to the North, that we didn't have a chance to check out. It was VERY windy but my handicapped gal still hit all four of her water filled plastic bottles at around 40' with her 357 Ruger, shooting 38 Specials. I was NOT able to hit my 2" tumbler target at about 70' with my scoped 10/22 Target! I was getting buffeted around pretty good ... but still! It's sighted in at 50 yards ... but I tried everything?! I've ordered the BLM maps for our general area. My gal had a blast and is looking forward to going out again. |
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Gopro is a 3+ Black set at 1080P wide and 30fps? lol did some more shooting this last weekend in another part of the Desert. Cracked the lense riding hence the blur in the middle
https://youtu.be/LBPdi-K4AE8 |
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Went camping/Fishing at the Kern River this weekend and found another spot to shoot.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OQ7O-9eu_7Y |
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