Announcement" Metcalf Shooting range closed for improvements...

[Serpentine]

To All,

The Santa Clara County "Metcalf" shooting range (AKA, Field Sports Park) in South San Jose will be closed during the weekdays for improvements through 9/30/2009. The range will still be open from 8:00 AM - 4:00 PM on the weekends as usual.

If there are any question, please contact Barry Redding at bdredding@gmail.com.

Thank you,
Barry
Coyote Creek Firearms
(408) 623-0021

[Alexjr1967]

at least it's not down for a long period of time ... I like shooting here

[Blue]

Damn, the last few times I've been down there I've gone on Fridays and they were pretty dead. Kinda nice when it isn't really crowded. Oh well, hopefully it'll be sweet when they're done.

[hellraiser]

arghh...was thinkin about going on friday, well at least you saved me the ride out there!

[Dr. Peter Venkman]

Coyote Creek Firearms?

[anyracoon]

Barry is a good guy to deal with for buying new fire arms. He got me a XD - 45 tacticle when no one else could get one at a great price.

[Dr. Peter Venkman]

I've neard heard of him!

[Cru Jones]

I've neard heard of him!

Has he heard of you? Of course he has, everyone has seen Ghostbusters!

[JoeC]

I hope these improvements include more steel targets!

And I know its asking for a lot but something beyond 100 yards would be nice too. I know about the 200 yard range but it almost inaccessible to regular chums like myself.

[Dr. Peter Venkman]

I hope these improvements include more steel targets!

And I know its asking for a lot but something beyond 100 yards would be nice too. I know about the 200 yard range but it almost inaccessible to regular chums like myself.

The problem is not the number of steel targets, but the number of idiots who keep shooting the support beams.

[surfinguru]

So what are the improvements they are doing?

[JoeC]

The problem is not the number of steel targets, but the number of idiots who keep shooting the support beams.

I guess that's it right there. For the longest time I didn't even know there were steel targets.

The times I did see them there were only a couple strung up with wires. So when I say more I meant more than a couple tucked in a small little corner of the range.

[SJgunguy24]

So what are the improvements they are doing?

They go through and replace the railroad ties, lay down new base rock on the walking path, rake up the empty shells. Basiclly just police up the place.

[Cru Jones]

Seems I heard something about concrete barriers being added to make it easier to collect your brass?

[Bowser]

I hope they get better benches, like those 2 concrete ones on the very right side of the 100 yard lanes right net to the 50 yard lanes.