Why are there so few, if any, MG shoots in Texas?

Machineguntony · May 25, 2015, 09:42 AM

Ever since I got into NFA collecting, I've been looking for Subgun matches or MG shoots. I don't want to go out of state, except for maybe one day going to Knob Creek.

Texas is very NFA and MG friendly, so why do we not have more of such events in Texas, especially central Texas?

9x19 · May 25, 2015, 01:34 PM

Probably just needs someone willing to organize it... and folks willing to travel to attend.

precision_shooter · May 25, 2015, 06:07 PM

And the county and city will probably want some kind of liability waiver and insurance policy in place...

kilimanjaro · May 25, 2015, 08:30 PM

Needs a big parcel of rolling land, for safety, roaded access from a highway, and a decent town nearby, as well as a willing landowner and commercial permits. Might not be easy to find all of that in one place.

Machineguntony · May 25, 2015, 11:33 PM

I understand the difficulty of the situation. I guess that's why Know Creek MG shoot doesn't happen every month. But if they can have a famous MG shoot in Kentucky, why can't we have one in Texas? We're a much bigger state, and I hear that we have a more NFA registrations than most states.

CowTowner · May 26, 2015, 12:32 PM

If you haven't yet, check with the T.S.R.A. They have been holding some 2 gun events to increase membership.

Sharkbite · May 26, 2015, 12:56 PM

Tony,

Sounds like you just volunteered to get one started. 10 years from now it might be bigger then Knob Creek

Machineguntony · May 26, 2015, 01:51 PM

I've really been thinking of asking the local ranges around central Texas.

Sharkbite · May 26, 2015, 01:54 PM

Build it and they will come!!!!

Lark · May 26, 2015, 05:15 PM

1. Join a gun club.
2. Tell them you would like the club to host a silencer shoot.

A club I belong to did this from 2011-2014, great fun. This spring the county shut down the club over a use permit, so I'm hoping they re-open soon so we can have another silencer shoot.

Or you can find a remote place and invite NFA firearm owners to assemble for a few hours of fun. Clean the place up when you are done.

Txhillbilly · June 2, 2015, 08:35 PM

There are several shoots in the state,most are formed with the class 3 guy's on the Texas Gun Talk forum.

scottMO · June 13, 2015, 01:19 PM

It's even worse in Arkansas. I rarely see another FA firearm and have yet to go to an organized shoot of any kind, besides idpa stuff..

Erno86 · June 14, 2015, 01:48 PM

Our range {AGC at Marriottsville} has a machinegun club {MDTCA- Maryland Thompson Collectors Association,} who's members campaigned successfully to have machinegun shoots opened up at our range a few years ago.

Go to the Maryland Shooters Forum, then scroll down to the Industry Partners section to the AGC forum, then to the MDTCA forum --- and ask IMBLITZVIT --- as to how he campaigned to have machinegun shoots at our range opened up.

9x19 · June 14, 2015, 03:55 PM

Tony,

If I had more time, I'd offer to help organize it, but... if you do move forward with this I will volunteer to help at the event in any way I can be of use.

Good luck.

May 25, 2015, 09:42 AM	#1
Machineguntony Senior Member Join Date: June 22, 2013 Posts: 1,277	Why are there so few, if any, MG shoots in Texas? Ever since I got into NFA collecting, I've been looking for Subgun matches or MG shoots. I don't want to go out of state, except for maybe one day going to Knob Creek. Texas is very NFA and MG friendly, so why do we not have more of such events in Texas, especially central Texas? __________________ Sent from Motorola DynaTac 8000x

May 25, 2015, 01:34 PM	#2
9x19 Senior Member Join Date: October 15, 1998 Location: Sherman, TX USA Posts: 3,750	Probably just needs someone willing to organize it... and folks willing to travel to attend. __________________ Make mine lean, mean, and 9x19!

May 25, 2015, 06:07 PM	#3
precision_shooter Senior Member Join Date: September 8, 2007 Location: DFW, Texas Posts: 2,475	And the county and city will probably want some kind of liability waiver and insurance policy in place... __________________ "Laws that forbid the carrying of arms...disarm only those who are neither inclined nor determined to commit crimes...Such laws make things worse for the assaulted and better for the assailants; they serve rather to encourage than to prevent homicides, for an unarmed man may be attacked with greater confidence than an armed man." - Thomas Jefferson, 1776

May 25, 2015, 11:33 PM	#5
Machineguntony Senior Member Join Date: June 22, 2013 Posts: 1,277	I understand the difficulty of the situation. I guess that's why Know Creek MG shoot doesn't happen every month. But if they can have a famous MG shoot in Kentucky, why can't we have one in Texas? We're a much bigger state, and I hear that we have a more NFA registrations than most states. __________________ Sent from Motorola DynaTac 8000x Last edited by Machineguntony; May 26, 2015 at 08:09 AM.

May 26, 2015, 12:32 PM	#6
CowTowner Senior Member Join Date: October 17, 2007 Location: Cowtown of course! Posts: 1,747	If you haven't yet, check with the T.S.R.A. They have been holding some 2 gun events to increase membership. __________________ NRA Chief Range Safety Officer, Home Firearms Safety, Pistol and Rifle Instructor *“Today, we need a nation of Minutemen, citizens who are not only prepared to take arms, but citizens who regard the preservation of freedom as the basic purpose of their daily life......”* President John F. Kennedy

May 25, 2015, 08:30 PM	#4
kilimanjaro Senior Member Join Date: November 23, 2009 Posts: 3,963	Needs a big parcel of rolling land, for safety, roaded access from a highway, and a decent town nearby, as well as a willing landowner and commercial permits. Might not be easy to find all of that in one place.

May 26, 2015, 12:56 PM	#7
Sharkbite Senior Member Join Date: November 4, 2013 Location: Western slope of Colorado Posts: 3,679	Tony, Sounds like you just volunteered to get one started. 10 years from now it might be bigger then Knob Creek

May 26, 2015, 01:51 PM	#8
Machineguntony Senior Member Join Date: June 22, 2013 Posts: 1,277	I've really been thinking of asking the local ranges around central Texas. __________________ Sent from Motorola DynaTac 8000x

May 26, 2015, 01:54 PM	#9
Sharkbite Senior Member Join Date: November 4, 2013 Location: Western slope of Colorado Posts: 3,679	Build it and they will come!!!!

May 26, 2015, 05:15 PM	#10
Lark Senior Member Join Date: November 28, 2012 Location: Western WA Posts: 144	1. Join a gun club. 2. Tell them you would like the club to host a silencer shoot. A club I belong to did this from 2011-2014, great fun. This spring the county shut down the club over a use permit, so I'm hoping they re-open soon so we can have another silencer shoot. Or you can find a remote place and invite NFA firearm owners to assemble for a few hours of fun. Clean the place up when you are done. __________________ Lark is free!

June 2, 2015, 08:35 PM	#11
Txhillbilly Senior Member Join Date: July 5, 2008 Posts: 512	There are several shoots in the state,most are formed with the class 3 guy's on the Texas Gun Talk forum.

June 13, 2015, 01:19 PM	#12
scottMO Member Join Date: October 25, 1999 Location: Arkansas Posts: 44	It's even worse in Arkansas. I rarely see another FA firearm and have yet to go to an organized shoot of any kind, besides idpa stuff..

June 14, 2015, 01:48 PM	#13
Erno86 Senior Member Join Date: September 22, 2012 Location: Marriottsville, Maryland Posts: 1,739	Our range {AGC at Marriottsville} has a machinegun club {MDTCA- Maryland Thompson Collectors Association,} who's members campaigned successfully to have machinegun shoots opened up at our range a few years ago. Go to the Maryland Shooters Forum, then scroll down to the Industry Partners section to the AGC forum, then to the MDTCA forum --- and ask IMBLITZVIT --- as to how he campaigned to have machinegun shoots at our range opened up. __________________ That rifle hanging on the wall of the working class flat or labourer's cottage is the symbol of democracy. It is our job to see that it stays there." --- George Orwell

June 14, 2015, 03:55 PM	#14
9x19 Senior Member Join Date: October 15, 1998 Location: Sherman, TX USA Posts: 3,750	Tony, If I had more time, I'd offer to help organize it, but... if you do move forward with this I will volunteer to help at the event in any way I can be of use. Good luck. __________________ Make mine lean, mean, and 9x19!