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Hill Country Update

Posted: Tue May 10, 2005 9:58 am
by Jack Burch
Construction is nearing completion on the 50 meter dirt work. Within two weeks the berm and flat deck of that range will be complete and ready for us to start the range building with completion by the end of 2005.

The pad is started for the Air Hall.

The trap bunkers will be started on 1 July with the blasting of the rock. By 1 November all five bunkers will be complete as well as the five skeet fields.

Our plan is to have a PTO in the month of November to test the shotgun equipment.

As soon as I figure out how to add pictures they will be posted here.

Posted: Tue May 10, 2005 11:26 am
by RobStubbs
Apologies for my ignorance but where is 'Hill Country' ? I guess I'm highly unlikely to visit it but you never know.

Rob.

P.S. What ranges and disciplines is the facility for ?

Posted: Tue May 10, 2005 12:43 pm
by F. Paul in Denver
Rob - I believe it's in Austin, Texas. Check out:

www.sss.org/hcppc/#HCRR

Posted: Tue May 10, 2005 1:44 pm
by Jose Rossy
RobStubbs wrote:Apologies for my ignorance but where is 'Hill Country' ? I guess I'm highly unlikely to visit it but you never know.

Rob.

P.S. What ranges and disciplines is the facility for ?
Hill Country Shooting Sports is a few miles west of Austin, the Texas State capital.

The facility has entered in an agreement with USA Shooting to serve as a major hub of ISSF sports in the US. The current plans include facilities for all ISSF rifle, pistol, and shotgun disciplines except for 300 meter rifle.

I believe that a significant portion of the equipment abandoned at the Wolf Creek Olympic shooting center in Atlanta, Georgia, has been salvaged for use at Hill Country.

Posted: Tue May 10, 2005 2:23 pm
by RobStubbs
Cheers guys for the info.

Rob.

Posted: Tue May 10, 2005 5:28 pm
by Steve Swartz
Jack:

When can we expect to see Air and Free Pistol PTOs? I'm down in Austin on a regular basis and would love to be able to bring my guns next time . . .

Steve Swartz

(Well, to shoot a MATCH, of course!)

Location

Posted: Tue May 10, 2005 11:51 pm
by Jack Burch
Hill Country Shooting Sports Center, Inc. is located 6o Miles west of San Antonio, Texas near Kerrville.

We will have a 50 meter rifle venue which will host 80 points, a 25 meter pistol venue which will host 8 bays of 5 targets each, and air hall with 80 points, 5 bunker traps and 5 skeet fields.

ASAP on the free pistol and air.

Jack