I think the difficulty in finding a good range is one of the biggest problems we have with getting people into shooting sports and will probably only become a bigger problem with time.
1 - It now costs $8.00 per 1/2 hour to shoot;
2 - You can no longer shoot bird shot 12 Guage ammo (If you're going to use a shot gun, you must use steel shot). This is a dumb new rule, cause they're the ones that encouraged me to get a shotgun (they ordered it for me) and encouraged me to stock up on birdshot ammo (now I can't even use the crap).
3 - Previously, you would attach your raget onto a large cardboard. Now, they've cut the cardboard down to literally 8 1/2 x 11 sheets. You can't change the new cardboard sheets until it's almost completely obliterated. The purpose is to encourage shooters to purchase large paper targets to tape to the small cardboard sheets. I shoot paper plates. They're to large and round to attach to the new cardboard sheets.
4- They've expanded the range to include a new range--this range is limited to law enforcement officials. Now, the range is even more crowded, there's a limited supply of parking spaces and truth-be-told, I don't want to be around a lot of cops.
5 - The next closest range is about an hour and a half away.
truth-be-told, I don't want to be around a lot of cops
I think the difficulty in finding a good range is one of the biggest problems we have with getting people into shooting sports and will probably only become a bigger problem with time.
Agreed, far too many ranges make it unnecessarily intimidating to go shooting, especially for the new folks. Not everyone has the luxury of private land or easy access to public land to go shooting. If shooting is not fun, new folks won't stick with it.
That's odd. I am surprised no one has asked you about this. Do any of the rest of you feel the same way?
The first time I went to a range, looking to buy my first handgun. There were a lot of cops there, I was extremely intimated and nervous. They had the left side of range blocked off, reserved for them. Which was fine, so I settled in on the right side as instructed and did my own thing.That's odd. I am surprised no one has asked you about this. Do any of the rest of you feel the same way?truth-be-told, I don't want to be around a lot of cops
Chokepoints
by Terry, 230RN
Chokepoints, chokepoints, chokepoints, the antis chant in glee.
I have a camera, you have a gun, but I demand the right to be free,
Of noisome guns and macho games, and your smelly old ATV.
And the better it will be for folks like me,
If I can make it more costly to thee.
truth-be-told, I don't want to be around a lot of cops.
I'd probably prefer an officer over a random stranger. I assume most of them are at least safe with their guns and the ones out at the range are probably the ones that enjoy shooting or take it seriously and not just the ones that shoot when forced. With a stranger I never know if I'm going to be needing to watch them for behavior that endagers me or not. Neither is an absolute rule but just my observations from range visit.That's odd. I am surprised no one has asked you about this. Do any of the rest of you feel the same way?
It's one of the reasons I've given up on trying to get newbies into the gun culture.
I've been shooting at my local range, religiously for over three years now. I'm so disgusted with the new rules that I've lost my interest in shooting. Check out some of the new rules: