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October 26, anniversary of the first shoot at What Cheer range

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MichaelNH	October 26, anniversary of the first shoot at What Cheer range	Lead	[-]
Posts: 5243 (10/25/09 20:35:38) Autocrat Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	Tags : None I was looking for info on the What Cheer range, something Coyote and I had often discussed. Since the range is no longer extant, he wondered if it would even be possible to find the location at all. Well, time and the Internet make all things searchable, and behold, from the archives of the New York Times, here is the article on the results of the first What Cheer match, 134 years ago today. http://query.nytimes.com/...34BC4E51DFB667838E669FDE Cheers, Michael Applying WalMart expectation to antique gun dealers and gunsmiths is like pouring nitro powder down a black powder rifle, and often with similar results.
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Posts: 5244 (10/25/09 20:37:52) Autocrat Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	Incidentally, from the description in the article, it is possible to get a general location of the range, seven miles south of Providence. The exact spot will be hard to locate, though. Applying WalMart expectation to antique gun dealers and gunsmiths is like pouring nitro powder down a black powder rifle, and often with similar results.
Viclav		#2	[-]
Sergeant Major Posts: 524 (10/26/09 06:51:07) Colour Sergeant Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	Michael, Many Thanks for the information. I've been wondering about this for a while. The location is a little south of my house, probably in the Greenwood section of Warwick RI, somewhere along the line of the current Amtrak route and Post Road. T.F. Green airport is also nearby. Google map "Greenwood Inn, Warwick RI" and that puts you in the neighborhood. Victor "Always carry a firearm east of Aldgate, Watson. Last Edited By: Viclav 10/26/09 07:12:02. Edited 1 times.

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