Silencers are Neighborly

By Tyler Kee

When I need to do some shooting (and boy do I), I have two options. I can head forty five minutes north to Best of the West or two hours to the west to my family ranch. Best of the West is certainly nice, and for times when I have just one thing that needs testing, I’ll head that way. But I do my best thinking behind the windshield, I have a boss who is supportive of me taking a random Wednesday off, and my parents are working on trying out retirement. More often than not, a trip to the ranch seems to be winning the tossup. Long story short, I’ve been shooting a lot more over the last eight months, and a lot of that lead has been hitting a berm I didn’t have to pay an hourly rate for. But that shooting isn’t without a price . . .

The area where I shoot is just about the most perfect natural range that ever existed. I have a touch over a half mile of shooting lane, backed by a twenty foot berm, and various pieces of steel I’ve collected over the years. I can easily stretch …read more

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