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Heads up. I got an email from manatee gun club stating that they no longer allow machienguns. Does anyone know of a machiengun friendly outdoor range in the area?

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Soo what are they going to do with Area51?

What's the reason?

Is the club run by Fudds? Is there encroaching land development that makes it risky?

Can be insurance related as well, or maybe they had some kind of an incident recently. Do they make their BoD meeting minutes available to the public or members?

If this affects you, might be worth replying to that email and asking what caused this change.

Can be insurance related as well, or maybe they had some kind of an incident recently. Do they make their BoD meeting minutes available to the public or members?

If this affects you, might be worth replying to that email and asking what caused this change.

Hernando used to allow Class 3. It might be worth a call.

I did get a little more info about the reason for the rule change at Manatee. Apparently their insurance provider does not allow full auto. I've been told by one of the board members that they want to bring full auto back if possible and are looking into other insurance options for the club. Fingers crossed it comes back. Fortunately this change is not a result of somebody passing a ban because they don't like machineguns.

Did insurance tell them to drop full auto on renewal, or mid policy term? Or did they get a new policy that had that stipulation from the get go? Usually all changes like that must have advance notice, which should have given them enough time to shop around.

Are you a member? It will take a number of vocal members and support of BoD to change it back. And even then it would probably still be banned for general public.

SoFlo wrote: ↑Thu Oct 24, 2024 4:44 pm Did insurance tell them to drop full auto on renewal, or mid policy term? Or did they get a new policy that had that stipulation from the get go? Usually all changes like that must have advance notice, which should have given them enough time to shop around.

Are you a member? It will take a number of vocal members and support of BoD to change it back. And even then it would probably still be banned for general public.

As to your first paragraph, I don't know the answer. As far as the second, I think there are some very upset people. I am a member and will definitely be attending the next meeting. We will see what happens.

Casual wrote: ↑Sat Oct 19, 2024 6:18 pm Soo what are they going to do with Area51?

AFAIK, they don't allow the public to shoot machineguns on area51 anymore. They have a very small space on the main line for full auto. It isn't much but it is something!