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Post by Hank on Jun 19, 2016 19:26:52 GMT -5
Well my good friend Kyle Pittman cam up this weekend to help work on thee range. We mowed the grass, weed eated, and sprayed for weed control. We also did some more construction that I think everyone will like....... At around 1:00 Saturday after noon a big truck and drag pulled into the range loaded with a D5 Caterpillar Dozer... The owner of the dozer (Abner) who is a Mennonite, unloaded the machine and ran it for a few hours. At quitting time, I asked him if he was working tomorrow, He said "No work on Sunday", but I'll leave the key in the dozer if you want to use it tomorrow... So I was excited to get to play with this big machine. Kyle and I cut some big Walnut trees down and drug them out.... These trees were at the 450 yard mark and I wanted to get them before they were filled with lead... I will be taking them to the saw mill where I will have them cut into gun stock blanks. I might be able to use them in about five years..... Anyway Kyle and I got a lot done and I pushed out some big hackberry trees with the dozer like they were little twigs. I am use to running my 60 horse power John Deere tractor with a loader and there would be no way I could ever get these trees out of the ground... This D5 dozer didn't even know they were there. Just ease the blade up to them and give it a little throttle...... Down went the tree and into a big pile at the 450 yard line...Needless to say I want a dozer now....LOL....... Abner is going to come back on Thursday to do the heavy pushing and finish everything off, He is good at this stuff and I was just playing with the machine. It was nice of him to just hand over the key....... Yea... It was fun....... Here is a short video of the dozer pulling out the smallest of the five trees.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 19, 2016 20:54:22 GMT -5
Wow what fun that would be....Open up Rodneys spot while you can.....
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Post by tnhunter54 on Jun 20, 2016 5:29:35 GMT -5
Very cool, does this mean we will have a 450 yard target for the fall shoot? Dang now I have to start practicing at 450.
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Post by schunter on Jun 20, 2016 8:14:15 GMT -5
Good news!
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Post by doug136 on Jun 20, 2016 9:11:56 GMT -5
Very nice ! Let me know if your gonna do more work at the range Scott and I will make the trip to help .
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Post by hillbill on Jun 20, 2016 13:22:07 GMT -5
sounds great! looking forward to some 400+ targets, will make things more interesting for sure.
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Post by Kyle on Jun 20, 2016 19:41:14 GMT -5
Very nice ! Let me know if your gonna do more work at the range Scott and I will make the trip to help . We need to do an organized work party at the range after the bulldozer man is done. 450 yards is going to be nice at the Kentucky Challenge this fall guys!! If 5 or 6 people could put in a weekend it would go a long way. The hours that Jeff has put in at the range to allow us to have a place to gather is unbelievable to say the least. I'm in. |
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Post by hillbill on Jun 20, 2016 21:26:58 GMT -5
I will do my best!
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Post by 10gaauto on Jun 22, 2016 12:38:56 GMT -5
Geez, I can't even see a deer at 450 w/o binos. However with my new "Hank" barrel I will certainly give it a try. Even have a 6-18 X 50 to help these old eyes. Building anticipation for the August shoot. 10
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Post by Richard on Jun 22, 2016 18:57:47 GMT -5
Man, I always wanted to play with a dozer or back hoe. The only thing I got to use a little was an articulated front end loader with a set of forks for moving abandoned cars around in my police impound lot. I love anything that has to do with hydraulic power. From port-a-powers in the autobody industry to building a couple of log splitters. I would be like a "kid in a candy shop" with that dozer!  |
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Post by Hank on Jun 22, 2016 19:32:05 GMT -5
Well come on down,,, the dozer man will be at the range at 9 am tomorrow and Friday... Two days of pushing and we should be in pretty good shape.......
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Post by Hank on Jun 23, 2016 18:35:54 GMT -5
Day two of bulldozing and we can see the 450 yard mark..... While pushing some stumps that were in the low spots, we found a soft spot... We had a lot of rain last night and we found where it all went... The bulldozer sank almost up to the top of the tracks... I tried to pull it out with my 60 horse power 4 wheel drive John Deere and I almost got it, but the ground was just to wet and I couldn't get enough traction....... So we called in the big tractor... A 130 horse power Kubota... It pulled the dozer out and didn't even know it was there.... So we are on our way to the 450 yard mark.........
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Post by Kyle on Jun 23, 2016 19:40:32 GMT -5
450 is going to be a loooooooong shot! It's all for fun. Thanks Jeff for taking the time and investing the money so we all can have a place to gather and shoot.
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Post by schunter on Jun 23, 2016 19:46:36 GMT -5
Now that is a tractor! Looking good Jeff. Wish we had some of that rain here!
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Post by keith on Jun 26, 2016 22:25:16 GMT -5
450 is going to be a loooooooong shot! It's all for fun. Thanks Jeff for taking the time and investing the money so we all can have a place to gather and shoot. Awesome to see y'all expanding the range but 500m isn't that far. Already put that on video with a shot, reload, and a second shot on a steel coyote. I'll take that shot for money all day, every day. |
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Post by itneverends22 on Jun 27, 2016 17:09:54 GMT -5
450 is going to be a loooooooong shot! It's all for fun. Thanks Jeff for taking the time and investing the money so we all can have a place to gather and shoot. Awesome to see y'all expanding the range but 500m isn't that far. Already put that on video with a shot, reload, and a second shot on a steel coyote. I'll take that shot for money all day, every day. yes, i seen that video, that was some awesome shooting.. |
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Post by deadeye on Jun 27, 2016 18:55:24 GMT -5
I don't think anyone is bothered by 500yds/m,i think it is a property line thing..............
hammer time sponsored I would attempt to go 1K+ mz .........................  |
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Post by Kyle on Jun 27, 2016 21:22:22 GMT -5
450 is a long shot for a muzzleloader, not at all impossible, not close range either. Let us remember that not everyone is shooting the same setup, whether it be at the Kentucky Challenge or their back yard or a farmers field. Everyone is welcome at the Kentucky Challenge to shoot whatever muzzleloader they bring. It's all for fun guys!! Plain and simple!!
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Post by keith on Jun 28, 2016 5:27:51 GMT -5
I don't think anyone is bothered by 500yds/m,i think it is a property line thing..............
hammer time sponsored I would attempt to go 1K+ mz ......................... If there was enough interest I could probably put together an SML steel safari here in NC where I RO PRS/DMM matches. We could have up to ten stations and ranges up to 1200yds. |
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Post by tnhunter54 on Jun 28, 2016 5:54:12 GMT -5
Speaking only for myself, but I'm just a deer hunter not a competition shooter and only get a shot out to 250 yards where I hunt here in Tennessee so getting to stretch it out to 450 at the Kentucky Challenge will be an experience for me. I shot the 300 and 350 in the spring so we will see what the extra 100 yards is like. Thanks Jeff for having a place for all of us to meet up a couple times a year and share some good times and Great food.
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