Wisco
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Add me to the list of people that are just astonished at the way rod and gun clubs operate and what they cost!
I mostly shoot at home now from 0 to 100 meters after building a good backstop, but wanted to shoot longer this week, so I went to renew my range membership after skipping it last year.
The drive to the range took me AT LEAST 15 minutes. Wish there was something closer!
Memberships are for sale at the gas station a mile from the range. What a hassle! Glad I knew that ahead of time and didn’t have to backtrack!
$20 for a year and they only take cash. Ugh! I had to pull out a twenty instead of swiping a card! I had to use my credit card at the bar after shooting instead of the $20...
There’s no background check, so just anyone can go shoot. I was the only one at the range. No felons came to shoot. Lucky! We need to keep those felons in line, even if they’re now being responsible and we can’t tell they’re prohibited by their looks/behavior/mannerisms/etc.
Unsupervised range. No overbearing range safety officer. I’m lucky I could even shoot without all the unsolicited advice RSOs like to put out! Lucky I didn’t shoot my eye out!
There’s no mandatory work hours. Ugh, again! Yet the range is fairly well kept.
No mandatory meetings. Bummer! Yet the range keeps working.
Range is open daily from dawn to dusk. A little too convenient!
25 yard pistol range. 300 yard rifle with target stands at 50, 100, 150, 200, 250 and 300. There’s not a 25 yard target stand on the rifle side - so if you wanted to use a 25 for rifle zero, you’d have to walk a few feet to the pistol range! Crazy!
I hope all of you opened this thread to hear another bad experience and got my good experience instead...I’ve just heard so many not good stories lately I thought I’d share.
I mostly shoot at home now from 0 to 100 meters after building a good backstop, but wanted to shoot longer this week, so I went to renew my range membership after skipping it last year.
The drive to the range took me AT LEAST 15 minutes. Wish there was something closer!
Memberships are for sale at the gas station a mile from the range. What a hassle! Glad I knew that ahead of time and didn’t have to backtrack!
$20 for a year and they only take cash. Ugh! I had to pull out a twenty instead of swiping a card! I had to use my credit card at the bar after shooting instead of the $20...
There’s no background check, so just anyone can go shoot. I was the only one at the range. No felons came to shoot. Lucky! We need to keep those felons in line, even if they’re now being responsible and we can’t tell they’re prohibited by their looks/behavior/mannerisms/etc.
Unsupervised range. No overbearing range safety officer. I’m lucky I could even shoot without all the unsolicited advice RSOs like to put out! Lucky I didn’t shoot my eye out!
There’s no mandatory work hours. Ugh, again! Yet the range is fairly well kept.
No mandatory meetings. Bummer! Yet the range keeps working.
Range is open daily from dawn to dusk. A little too convenient!
25 yard pistol range. 300 yard rifle with target stands at 50, 100, 150, 200, 250 and 300. There’s not a 25 yard target stand on the rifle side - so if you wanted to use a 25 for rifle zero, you’d have to walk a few feet to the pistol range! Crazy!
I hope all of you opened this thread to hear another bad experience and got my good experience instead...I’ve just heard so many not good stories lately I thought I’d share.