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Axle:
Just to throw this out there, I am a Small Arms Marksmanship Instructor, so if there is anyone who is gun shy, I'll be glad to help you out.  However, seeing as how most of us are navy, or prior navy (ahem, J.D.  ;) ), there probably aren't too many gun noobs.  I have a Connecticut concealed weapons permit, so if there is anyone who needs assistance with that as well, I am available.  The only gun I have with me here in Connecticut is my 1911 .45 cal Springfield Armory.  The rest are back home in Texas.

Without even doing a ton of research, I can already tell you what our options will be:

1.)  We can try as a club to get into a local gun club, perhaps for a reduced annual fee, but probably not.  These clubs don't get too many new members each year, and are mostly regulars who pay dues.

2.)  As Alex posted, there are several places in Connecticut and Mass. to go and shoot for a daily or hourly fee.  Most of these places have guns for rent, plus ammunition.  I will do more research on this, because each of them have different requirements as far as licensing goes.

3.)  The third and least expensive, but less probable, is finding someone with a sizeable amount of private property, who would let us use their land.

Finally, in case you didn't know, in the state of Connecticut, you can not transport a pistol from point (a) to point (b) without a concealed weapons permit.  Even if you already own a pistol, and keep it in your home, you are illegal if you don't have a permit.  As far as rifles and shotguns, Al would probably know more about the subject.

Rebell Bull:
I know someone with some land and loves to shoot, I will give her a call then let you know. Her dad owns a farm in N. Stonington, it is about half and hour from here. They go hunting everyyear to someplace new. They went to Austrailia this past year.

Doball:
The only gun I own is a Winchester 1400 12ga, but my Illiniois Firearms Owners ID card expired. I've got some other info I'm not going to post in the public forums (I'll just wait for Al to pipe up) I love shooting for fun. Let's go trap shooting sometime, I don't really have a good gun for it, but like Jeeps, you make due with what you have.

Kral4me:
I want a gun.

I want a permit.

I want to shoot.

PM me please?

Gastank:
I don't have a weapon in CT...obviously! but I do have a couple back in Il. That does seem like a good idea to have some sort of outing as a club, though... I can't see someone letting us use hunting land as Wheeling land though... just do to messing with the rut. you get 10 rigs back there and the smell of human is going to go through the roof... also it might chase off anything that would call that land home. Just my .02

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