I am trying to locate a new place to shoot, here is my issue. I used to shoot in Fryeburg Maine, there was (and still sort of is) an excellent public shooting range that was maintained by the state, you could do whatever you liked there so long as it was safe and you didn't trash to place. Well, people did just that, got lots of complaints and now its closed till the Spring and has a much less open schedule. I used to bring a wagon full of steel targets there and have an excellent, safe time shooting. Can't do that anymore.
I then found a place in Standish Maine, almost exactly the same sort of place as Fryeburg and I shot there for about a year doing the same awesome steel target shooting I did before. Well, come the beginning of this year I was doing my thing there until the sheriff showed up and told me and my gf to leave since the place had ALSO been shut down (very politely as we did not know, he was honestly upset about the closing himself) due to public noise complaints.
Now I have no place to shoot my steel targets that I have paid a good amount of money for, and I was wondering if anyone knew of any similar type places in either ME, NH or MA. I am also open to joining a private club, but from what I have found out almost none of them allow shooters to bring and set up their own steel targets, only paper.
Once you shoot steel, shooting paper is almost a waste of money as it just isn't the same.
Would LOVE if anyone had any ideas on what I can do, where I can go, it has been a very frustrating year not being able to shoot anywhere.
Photo of one of my old setups:
I then found a place in Standish Maine, almost exactly the same sort of place as Fryeburg and I shot there for about a year doing the same awesome steel target shooting I did before. Well, come the beginning of this year I was doing my thing there until the sheriff showed up and told me and my gf to leave since the place had ALSO been shut down (very politely as we did not know, he was honestly upset about the closing himself) due to public noise complaints.
Now I have no place to shoot my steel targets that I have paid a good amount of money for, and I was wondering if anyone knew of any similar type places in either ME, NH or MA. I am also open to joining a private club, but from what I have found out almost none of them allow shooters to bring and set up their own steel targets, only paper.
Once you shoot steel, shooting paper is almost a waste of money as it just isn't the same.
Would LOVE if anyone had any ideas on what I can do, where I can go, it has been a very frustrating year not being able to shoot anywhere.
Photo of one of my old setups:
I will look into Gloucester clubs and ask around thanks, the one mentioned above in Mansfield seems pretty open to steel as well
