Walnut Creek Rifle Club is NOT closing

[Champion5]

I've been out there 4 or 5 times in the last two weeks and everybody is on the rifle range. It doesn't matter what day it is as the workers are also working Saturdays and Sundays. You can't see the workers anymore, it's like they are leaving some of the hill up while they work behind it. I do not know if they will level it out flat or leave it how it is.

If you look at the picture above by ar15jules you can see only half of the earth mover. This pic is a couple weeks old. Now you cant see any of the earth movers.

[ar15jules]

It may be in tact but every time I've been there since summer you couldnt shoot. I can't get there on weekends.

The club has no control over the work being done on the bordering property. We all hope that the work will conclude in a timely manner and that we will be able to resume safe shooting soon.
Jules

[navygunner61]

Was just out there this morning, rifle range is completly closed down, it says d/t richochet possiblity.....says it should open by may 1st.....i need to renew my membership but not if im unable to use the rifle range.....theres still a lot of backstop wall left, and from what i could tell there not working near the edge right now. not sure how theres a danger of richochets but anythings possible i guess....just hope it opens soon

[ar15jules]

Was just out there this morning, rifle range is completly closed down, it says d/t richochet possiblity.....says it should open by may 1st.....i need to renew my membership but not if im unable to use the rifle range.....theres still a lot of backstop wall left, and from what i could tell there not working near the edge right now. not sure how theres a danger of richochets but anythings possible i guess....just hope it opens soon

Machinery will be brought to the club to remove OLD mounds of dirt that once served as back stops. As of now, they are a deflection hazard. The club is taking a very strict stance on safety. The range will be open once the directors deem it to be safe to do so. I hope you will renew your membership once the scheduled work is completed.
Jules

[navygunner61]

thanks for the update, im sure i will renew my membership, have been a member for the last 6yrs and have met many fine people.....plus i bought a new M1 Carbine and M1 rifle over the winter that im really itching to shoot.....hope it opens soon!

[doug]

Removing the mounds should help a lot. I hope the rifle range doesn't need to be reconfigured to shoot north instead of east. Would be a lot shorter. What a nightmare. Good luck at your meeting.

[navygunner61]

what is the latest on the range re-opening?

[ar15jules]

what is the latest on the range re-opening?

Earth is still being moved by a dedicated member who is volunteering his equipment, time and diesel. I suspect that the rifle range will be open soon.
Jules

[navygunner61]

thanks for the update....look forward to it opening

[dteed4094]

It has been closed almost a year now. Thinking about going to Gem Outdoors.