Shotgun Patterning at AGC?

boss281 · Dec 20, 2021

Years ago before the action shooting bays went in there was a single patterning area set up near the north end where the shooting bays are. While I've shot many action matches up there for the life of me I can't remember if that patterning lane is still there. The newer overhead photo on the AGC page https://agcrange.org/about/range-rules-and-target-frame-info/#map doesn't show it anymore.

Yea or nay? Heading to AGC this week to renew and figured I'd take a Mossberg I picked up for 3-Gun to pattern if the lane was still in place.

Thanks.

mcbruzdzinski · Dec 20, 2021

Still there. Just to the right of Memorial Hall. Paper for patterning is located on the wall of Memorial Hall. Check out the newly designed archery area while you are there.

Uncle Duke · Dec 20, 2021

mcbruzdzinski said:
Still there. Just to the right of Memorial Hall. Paper for patterning is located on the wall of Memorial Hall. Check out the newly designed archery area while you are there.

Where is the archery area now? They used to have a hanging target bag, but I didn't see that the last time I was up there.

boss281 · Dec 20, 2021

mcbruzdzinski said:
Still there. Just to the right of Memorial Hall. Paper for patterning is located on the wall of Memorial Hall. Check out the newly designed archery area while you are there.

Thanks. I need to check the rules about what shot is allowed too...

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Melnic · Dec 20, 2021

Uncle Duke said:
Where is the archery area now? They used to have a hanging target bag, but I didn't see that the last time I was up there.

To the left of the Patterning area. And there are targets there at different distances up a path.

For shotgun patterning, I did not know they had paper there. I just keep a roll of that brown paper Home Depot sells for walking on during construction or moving. PLace at the bottom and roll up and clip. Cut off and repeat if you need to shoot again. There are those large paper clips at the top/bottom to clip to or you can staple to the wood.

Uncle Duke · Dec 20, 2021

Melnic said:
To the left of the Patterning area. And there are targets there at different distances up a path.

For shotgun patterning, I did not know they had paper there. I just keep a roll of that brown paper Home Depot sells for walking on during construction or moving. PLace at the bottom and roll up and clip. Cut off and repeat if you need to shoot again. There are those large paper clips at the top/bottom to clip to or you can staple to the wood.

So, closer still to Memorial Hall than the patterning area. Thanks....not sure how I missed seeing that when I last drove up there.

Uncle Duke · Dec 20, 2021

boss281 said:
Thanks. I need to check the rules about what shot is allowed too...

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For patterning area specifically:

Nothing larger than #2 lead shot.

Nothing larger than BBB steel shot.

No slugs.

Slugs and larger shot sizes would be ok on the Barnes range, just not the patterning area.

boss281 · Dec 20, 2021

Uncle Duke said:
For patterning area specifically:

Nothing larger than #2 lead shot.

Nothing larger than BBB steel shot.

No slugs.

Slugs and larger shot sizes would be ok on the Barnes range, just not the patterning area.

Perfect. I have a couple boxes of Fiocchi target loads in 7.5 shot...

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engineerbrian · Dec 20, 2021

I was actually going to stop in this week too to pattern a few shot guns. Do you need to check in with the RO prior to setting up at the pattering range?

Virgil Co.C · Dec 20, 2021

As others have said yes it’s still there . Use a lot actually. Sad part about it seems like nobody picks up their hulls . Usually pick up a lot of them from others while there. But yes it’s still there

missedthebarn · Dec 20, 2021

Uncle Duke said:
For patterning area specifically:

Nothing larger than #2 lead shot.

Nothing larger than BBB steel shot.

No slugs.

Slugs and larger shot sizes would be ok on the Barnes range, just not the patterning area.

Pretty easy to miss the sign unless you walk up closer to the patterning area. The archery area is on the hill directly behind Memorial hall.

erwos · Dec 20, 2021

Is there a reason for the shot size restrictions? I could see the ability to pattern 00 buck as being pretty handy, and the way the backstop is set up, you'd have to work at it to miss it.

Biggfoot44 · Dec 20, 2021

Because it's always been that way ?

Melnic · Dec 20, 2021

erwos said:
Is there a reason for the shot size restrictions? I could see the ability to pattern 00 buck as being pretty handy, and the way the backstop is set up, you'd have to work at it to miss it.

It may be height of the backstop and how far your shot can carry. There is a house (vacant though?) up that hill. Somewhere up there they also hunt. There is the archery area to the side there. It could also do with the shot size and danger potential considering you have people walking around technically in front of the muzzle blast to the sides of you. There are no vertical berms like the other ranges are. Buckshot and slugs and larger shot can be done at the 100 yard range.

erwos · Dec 20, 2021

Melnic said:
It may be height of the backstop and how far your shot can carry. There is a house (vacant though?) up that hill. Somewhere up there they also hunt. There is the archery area to the side there. It could also do with the shot size and danger potential considering you have people walking around technically in front of the muzzle blast to the sides of you. There are no vertical berms like the other ranges are. Buckshot and slugs and larger shot can be done at the 100 yard range.

The backstop on the current patterning range is absolutely gigantic, and no amount of spread from the max distance is going to make it up that hill. The 100 yard range is not conducive to patterning at 10yds due to a lack of easy ability to place targets closer than 25yds and how your pellets are nearly guaranteed to hit the ground before the backstop. I feel like there's a use case here for the patterning range.

Occam · Dec 20, 2021

Here's a quick shot of that patterning station from a few weeks back this fall.

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rseymorejr · Dec 20, 2021

I'm pretty sure that when the patterning area was first moved there was a steel plate to shoot at not paper.

calicojack · Dec 20, 2021

mcbruzdzinski said:
Still there. Just to the right of Memorial Hall. Paper for patterning is located on the wall of Memorial Hall. Check out the newly designed archery area while you are there.

The new archery area is much nicer.

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