Manchester, TN (Arnold AFB Rifle Ranges) does have a Known Distance (KD) range out to 1,000 yards.
To do a 1,000 yard shoot we have to close a public road and set up a detour - which requires a minimum of two (2) road guards.
Our practical distance is 600 yards without closing the road. We will do three (3) Instructor only one day KD shoots this year - two already done -- one on Monday Oct. 8 yet to do, what we have done this year is an AQT at 100, 200, 300 & 400 yards. We have half the shooters in the pits and half on the line, so while we have 26 active firing points we could possibly accommodate up to 52 participants. A limiting factor is we are pretty well limited to Monday Federal Holidays as the range is already scheduled for CMP & NRA state and regional matches on Holiday weekends for 2013. One other factor is that we will have too make a one time purcahse of up to 20 - 6x6 foot target backers to support a larger event - we currently have six backers.
We have three holiday Mondays reserved for next year following standard two day Appleseed's on our 25 yard covered General Purpose Range (we have eight Appleseed's scheduled on the GP Range in 2013 - including one in April that we expect to have 50-60 Revolutionary War Reinactors setting up camp and participating in the telling of the three strikes).
We could use those Appleseed KD dates next year for instructor and riflemen qualified shooters and put a clinic fee on those events for non-instructors. I would not want to try and run a one day event with non-rifleman qualified shooters.
Claude Morse -- TNColonel
Tennessee State Coordinator
Vice President - Arnold AFB Shooters Club
CMP - Master Instructor