COLUMBIA — The sounds of bullets echo across the hills of Rocky Fork Lakes Conservation Area shooting range off U.S. 63, cracking through the air at nearly a thousand feet per second before being swallowed by nearby mounds of dirt and cardboard targets. Inside the gully is the long column of gunmen, squeezing the triggers and sending fire screaming from the muzzles in rapid flickers of light.
A hot item: Columbia gun enthusiasts stock up
Sunday, February 15, 2009 | 6:20 p.m. CST;
updated 5:11 p.m. CST, Friday, February 20, 2009
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