Tweet
May 17th and 18th 2014
This is a very large event and probably the largest machine gun shoot on the west coast. As a member of ARPC you do not have to pay an entry fee at the entrance gate. Non-members must pay $10 per person to get through the gate. Last year close to 1000 people attended this event and we are expecting a 1,700 people from Oregon, Washington, California and Hawaii this year.
If you haven’t been to one of the machine gun shoots, here is what takes place. Vendors, who own machine guns, allow members of ARPC and the general public to shoot their full auto guns simply by buying the ammunition from them. Last year there were over 100 full auto guns available to shoot ranging is sizes from .22 caliber to 20mm. This year we will have an original WWII tank at the range on Sunday and you can shoot its .50 caliber machine gun at the targets. All wooden backboards are removed from the range and a variety of active targets are installed including 3 automobiles donated by B&R Auto Wrecking. The main range is completely closed for open shooting during this event.
If you haven’t been to one of the machine gun shoots, here is what takes place. Vendors, who own machine guns, allow members of ARPC and the general public to shoot their full auto guns simply by buying the ammunition from them. Last year there were over 100 full auto guns available to shoot ranging is sizes from .22 caliber to 20mm. This year we will have an original WWII tank at the range on Sunday and you can shoot its .50 caliber machine gun at the targets. All wooden backboards are removed from the range and a variety of active targets are installed including 3 automobiles donated by B&R Auto Wrecking. The main range is completely closed for open shooting during this event.
( videos semi-randomly chosen from youtube; many more there to view )
So who else is going?
-- Michael
Comment