Welcome to PNW. This group exists to serve as a place for people local to the Great Pacific Northwest to network for the purpose of training and gaining proficiency in the M4/AR15 platform. The group is open to everyone, and the only requirement is that you participate in the forum!
Range participation requirements are also simple-
1. Know the 4 RULES OF FIREARM SAFETY and follow them at all times
2. As part of rule No. 1, pay attention to your damn muzzle
3. Let me know if you're new to tactical shooting
4. Have a carbine/rifle and sidearm, and be familiar with your weapons' basic functioning - there's no point training for weapons you can't employ back on the street, so if you don't currently own an M4/AK/FAL/etc and full caliber sidearm, get 'em!
5. Have a sling and magazine carrying equipment, and be familiar with it
Range rules are what we call "Big Boy Rules." We follow the 4 RULES OF FIREARMS SAFETY, and nobody gets shot. We operate a "hot" range: weapons condition 1 and muzzles down when not on-target. We have/will utilize 180+ degrees of fire with 360 degrees of movement. If this bothers you, don't participate- it's not changing. We're training for real-life, and you don't clear and confirm and hang condition 4 after a firefight.
In the spirit of true networking for true training, I'd appreciate it if new and existing members would take a moment to post here in the Roster thread. Introduce yourself, state your purpose, your location in the Great Northwest, and where you train. Feel free to include any information you think might be interesting or useful. This is a small level of commitment... it doesn't obligate you to anything, but I hope it encourages you to participate. The more members the better, as far as I'm concerned. Welcome to all ages, races, sexes, political ideologies, and all levels of training.
The roster will let me know how many members we have and where, which is good to know. This thread also serves as a good announcement thread, since everybody should be subscribed to it- i encourage everyone to paste links to other threads started within the sub-forum, so that everyone subscribed to this thread will know it exists.
I'll start-
I'm Ben, I'm here to network with other gunners in the pacific northwest for the purpose of discussing training and tactics, meeting for weapons/tactics training, and, to gain some experience organizing/leading training events and matches. I'm from Saint Helens, Oregon. I do 95% of my training at Clatskanie Rifle and Pistol Club in Clatskanie (CRPC). Hopefully the new "state-of-the-art" range a couple miles north of town here will open up at some point in the near future- if anybody happens to have any inside info on that, please share. Frustrating as all hell to pass a beautiful new range on my way out to one 30 miles away. hah. I am not an "instructor," or even close- I simply lead and organize the group.
69 Members so far (that's right, we're keeping track):
bkb0000
Titleist
USAFR
Gackman
Selftest
Jeff M
Dirk Williams
GrumpyM4
wichaka
BrianS
Fountaine
Dutchy556
Dogpatch
carl20320
brigus48
rlgdestroyu@hotmail.com
readyme
tacticalmonkey
Odiesplace
RyanB
engine296
Go4broke
252actual
troyn123
sproc - even though he hasn't POSTED HERE YET!
GlockWRX
High Desert
GitmoSmoke
rogue
MookNW
wake.joe
WestleyCE
IfromSalem
Nailz
gfelber
knuckles356
VonMockenheimer
t-bone187
jklaughrey
motoservdog
RBarker
seanb
oltmann
SCTSQRL
kaltesherz
bjw182005
mbacelonia
titsonritz
pistolcouture
O'doyle
vader
Scimitar2
hid237
DHart
spamsammich
mkmckinley
Tom Swift - even ****in canucks are welcome 'round hur.
Rayd8
tradja
PieceKeeper
J8127
randyha
ex-facto
BooneGA
crusader4x
alvincullumyork
MistWolf
alt145shiver
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