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So I'm thinking of buying some land for building a small track and shooting range. The range is the biggest reason. However II'm not sure what the process is, associated fees, am I required to have insurance, and so forth.
Also cant decide how many acres I need, and how far I'm willing to drive. 2+ hours away and land gets real cheap. Like $1k an acre cheap. I have $4K to put as a down payment. Could go higher to 5 or 6 if I can buy the land outright and avoid the bank. What do yall think would be a reasonable amount of land for a 100 yard range and a small personal track? I did find 8 acres for sale about 15 minutes away. I believe it's only $18,000. Might call the realtor tomortow.
And while on the subject of spending my money. Cabelas has the Armalite and Windham AR for the same price. Windhams is the way to go correct?
Also cant decide how many acres I need, and how far I'm willing to drive. 2+ hours away and land gets real cheap. Like $1k an acre cheap. I have $4K to put as a down payment. Could go higher to 5 or 6 if I can buy the land outright and avoid the bank. What do yall think would be a reasonable amount of land for a 100 yard range and a small personal track? I did find 8 acres for sale about 15 minutes away. I believe it's only $18,000. Might call the realtor tomortow.
And while on the subject of spending my money. Cabelas has the Armalite and Windham AR for the same price. Windhams is the way to go correct?
I’m on 5 acres And have a nice backstop. But if I had 10 I could do some further out to distance. More the better in my opinion.
You plan on moving out there or always driving 2 hours ?
As for the gun, a really good barrel, trigger and optics are what you seek. Everything else is pretty much fluff. Larue always has their MBT trigger set on sale for around 90 bucks. You can often times find Geissele SSA-E triggers for under $200.00. Lots of good barrels out there for reasonable money.
The Shop
I had $1700 into my windham. still doesn’t operate like this edge I picked up. And I only paid 1032 out the door the edge. Money well spent! Windham are great rifles don’t get me wrong !
The trigger is amazing. No slop. Clean light consistent break. excellent reset. Just a phenomenal weapon. I wish the us army would contract this weapon.
Georgie does your 5 acres seem like enough for a small moto track? A football field is a little over 1 acre, so I think 5 ought to be plenty for a small track. Also I have little to no intentions of building a house on this land.
Matt seems like most of the land in rockmart and cedartown are pushing 10K an acre. Cant find much at a reasonable price around here.
I was looking into Alabama, but the cheap land is towards the middle of the state. Georgia border is pretty similar to georgia prices. I dont think I'm gonna open anything to the public, just for me/family/good friends.
Newmann I'll be building up a backstop, last thing I wanna do is kill someone because I couldn't be bothered to make sure my rounds stay on my property.
Thanks for the advice.
I think I'm gonna go check this out tomorrow. Memory said 8 acres but 5 is still good.
https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/0-Killarney-Way-Kingston-GA-30145/20…
Thats the property 15 minutes from my house, and being near a huge hunting reserve I dont forsee anyone bitching about gun noise. The dirt bike might give me headaches if the hunters think I'm scaring off the deer though. Someone needs to gift me an alta
Plenty of room to build a track. I’m gonna put a pitbike track in because I got a lot of really nice grass on my property. I don’t wanna tear it up with a moto track. back corner of the property gonna put a pitbike sx track for summer parties.
Make sure your back stop is a horseshoe. That way you set up a course. Push dirt Atleast 20 feet high dig a pond.
https://palmettostatearmory.com/daily-deals-new.html
I think the rifle was 400, the scope was a bit more.
I dropped a 250 lb pig in his tracks with it too. Evidently the ear hole is a deal maker.
Dont want a .17
5.56 NATO ammo is cheap, and ARs are cool. I got a .22 bolt action anyways
Thanks newmann for the advice. Looks like the Kingston property is a no go
Pit Row
He and his wife started clearing the land, built a road in, got utilities on the land, built a shop with a small apartment in it so they had a place to stay while working on it and then he gets sick. Can't work, used up all sick leave and three years from full retirement. May end up losing his job and retirement over this if no one can diagnose him. They are selling off a few of their properties. I'm buying a townhouse from them right now for another rental and may express some interest in the hill country property if he decides to put it on the market.
So went to cabelas and picked up the windham. The machining and coatings all look good. Feels solid. Only thing is the furniture feels cheap. The hard case they include is also REAL cheap. I dont see it surviving long. On the concerning level, the gun is supposed to to come with a dummy round in the chamber. Mine did not. Did come with a heavy barrel. All in all I like it, ergos are good and cant be upset at $600. Gonna order some sights tonight.
Went and looked at the land in Kingston. 2 miles of dirt road to get to it, all "neighbors" live in trailers, oak trees EVERYWHERE, awful georgia red clay, rolling hills. About what I expected. Going back through the zoning laws I'm not sure if they're an issue as long as I'm not out there running a business. I mean is a "motocross track" if I just happened to clear a few trees and build some small bumps to ride my dirt bike? Zoning laws say you need 10 acres for mountain bikes but I ain't ever had a problem riding around the house. Zoning laws say you cant have livestock within x number of feet of the house. But I know several folks that have cows walking right to their front door.
Might talk to a lawyer before putting down the cash just to be sure I'm not going to run into problems.
Natural elevation changes enable the quickest and cheapest way for a fun track. A flat property is going to be difficult to build anything on on because you will need to push and haul around a lot of dirt, typically dig a pond and transport to track. This will be equipment intensive.
Keep in mind in takes a lot of time, labor, and machinery to cut lanes through timber to make a track. If you come across a property that has water flowing through it you would have the ability to do some light watering with a pump.
The broadside of a tall, long tabletop also serve the far end of your range for a catch.
Those zoning regulations were under residential but they seem worded for commercial. I mean really 10 acres for bicycles? I'm thinking itll be fine, I am looking at other counties though.
I've never cut trail so I really dont even know what to do there but I'll tackle it when I get there. Chain saw and stump grinder?
I have a couple of ARs. I enjoy shooting the ARs. But they're really only fun for about 5 min at a time. You rattle off $20 of ammunition in a few seconds. That's a little rich for my blood. I've started enjoying distance shooting. I really only have my AR that is 7.62 for distance, but my next gun will be a bolt gun and nice scope. It's a lot of fun to get a gun dialed in and shooting 300 yards and out.
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