Luzerne County Shoot II (strip mines, Freeland): October 20th, 2007

[ReefBlue]

Definately need a truck of some sort, but 4x4 wouldn't be necessary unless it was snowing.

You are certainly in the middle of nowhere, so bring water/food/whatever, because there is nothing around for quite a distance.


This time I'm going to try to find the 400 and possibly 800 yard area.

[itstock]

I'm in. I guess that I'll have to start saving up my ammo.

Roughly how far away is this from Jim Thorpe and/or Carbon County?

[Quarterbore]

I may have to see if I can make this too... Is this invite only or do you mind if a newbie brings some toys out to shoot?

[CzaK]

Basically an open invite. Just a opportunity to meet and shoot with the people associated with this board.

itstock, do a map search for Eckley Minning Village. It is close to the shoot area. That should give you a idea how far from Jim Thorpe you are.

[cruzie27]

Originally Posted by CzaK

Basically an open invite. Just a opportunity to meet and shoot with the people associated with this board.

itstock, do a map search for Eckley Minning Village. It is close to the shoot area. That should give you a idea how far from Jim Thorpe you are.

well this is my first post here,.. i have been trying to get a few guys together for other boards to have a shoot somewhere less restrictive than most of the local gun clubs,.. the local coal pit is pretty much taken over by the hunting crowd to get ready for when the season opens,..so good day of shooting at the range is hard to come by untill rifle season is finished.

from the pictures and from what everyone is saying your place sounds perfect, and i would love to attend,. and i think there could be about a dozen or so other guys from two diffrent boards that would be interested as well.

i am not sure if i can post links to other site here (i kinda skipped reading that part) but i can email you the links to those two fourms if you would like.

So 20 OCT 07 @ 11am is definatly the next time?

ETA:,.. i just looked at a map online,.. that place IS pretty close,.. i better get my ammo in order.

[CzaK]

I would like to see a good turn out but I guess we have to keep an eye on the amount of vehicles going in. There is alot of room to park but I don't know if a whole convoy going in would raise a red flag.

[Kramer]

It's a little over a week away, anybody else?

[itstock]

Or better yet, is there an official list?

I would hate to drive up there and be the only one to do so. Wait a second, actually, I don't care either way! I'm picking up a couple thousand rounds of ammo this weekend regardless.

[ReefBlue]

I'm going. I'll wear rain gear, cold weather gear, whatever.


I luckily don't need to spend money on ammo, but I only have like 19 BMG rounds.


And if no one shows up, I have the exact path I took recorded with a GPS unit, so I'll have no problems making it to the same spot.