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Home Range Work Weekend

Started by hawkeye, September 20, 2025, 11:40:14 AM

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hawkeye

September 20, 2025, 11:40:14 AM
I want to thank everyone who helped with the 3-day range work weekend! With all the support we received, we completed many much-needed tasks. A special thank-you to Wiley Coyote, who towed his Bobcat skid steer all the way from Tennessee. Using the Bobcat, he removed the 500-yard wall, cleaned up the camping area, built new stairs leading to the huts, and covered the trenches I dug for the new electrical system for the pop-up targets. Devereux worked alongside Charles (Wiley Coyote) to build the steps, clean up the camping area, and tackle other tasks. Pewpewnicorn and her partner painted tables all weekend, and they look fantastic! Doni and Jim painted the instructor area at the 25-yard line and cleaned it up—it looks incredible. My brother Jim also helped with painting and general cleanup. The guys from the field shoot event—Randy, Lawson, Eli, and I—trenched the ditch for the electrical system and installed the wires for the target machines. Overall, the range has received a huge facelift.
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Cleveland

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September 20, 2025, 09:09:14 PM

Many thanks to all those who helped out at the Home Range work weekend.

We hope to get another work day on the calendar for 2026 in the next few weeks. Stay tuned.

In Liberty,
Cleveland
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Tar Heel

#2
September 21, 2025, 11:33:55 AM
That's awesome work, everybody! Thank you, thank you for putting in all the time and effort to make the Ramseur home range a better experience for all our shooters and instructors! I can't wait to see it in person.
"It is not in numbers, but in unity, that our great strength lies." --Thomas Paine

UpACreek

#3
September 22, 2025, 09:57:45 AM
Wow!  That's a lot of hard work in a short amount of time.  Thanks guys!  Thanks for organizing it Hawkeye and posting the pictures.
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malabar

#4
September 23, 2025, 01:59:53 PM
On behalf of the board of directors, a great big THANK YOU to Hawkeye and Wiley Coyote and all of the volunteers who made this happen. The range has not looked this good, nor been this safe, in a decade. We were up there some months ago looking at the condition of the range, and the difference is stunning.

You guys rock!

tk
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hawkeye

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September 26, 2025, 12:41:35 PM
Thank You for the support!
"Political correctness is a doctrine, fostered by a delusional, illogical minority, and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a piece of crap by the clean end." Texas A&M student

Cleveland's Minions

#6
September 28, 2025, 12:09:10 PM
We have done the impossible, and that makes us mighty.

Devereux

#7
October 14, 2025, 09:16:35 PM
Hello Troops,

     I had a blast working at Ramsuer during the clean up weekend.  I enjoyed the folks I have gotten to know over the last couple years and enjoyed meeting a few new faces.  The peaceful camp at night was super enjoyable.  I do remember in an earlier post that an adult "ticket@ to an event would be earned.  My son would like to accompany me to the Pigeon Forge event next month. Could I use this "ticket" for that ? If so how do I register him ? Thank you all for the awesome work and look forward to returning to Ramsuer in a couple weeks !!!!

                       Devereux
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Cleveland

#8
October 15, 2025, 01:05:48 PM
I'll send you a PM.

Thanks for helping out.

The highest level of mastery is simplicity. Most information is irrelevant and most effort is wasted, but only the expert knows what to ignore. James Clear

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JustKim

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October 15, 2025, 02:05:48 PM
That looks amazing!  I can't wait to see everything this coming week at the RBC!!!
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