Any good shooting ranges in the Harlingen Texas area?

Expand your search, Harlingen is a small town. Expand out to Brownsville southeast, westerly to McAllen or farther, and north a bit as well. Can't go too much farther south due to Mexico being there. Not sure about shooting ranges specifically, but Harlingen is a small town so if there is a shooting range then it might not be publically advertised. Google may not be too much help in this case.

I live in Brownsville, which is 20 miles SE of Harlingen. We've got an indoor range in town. Range time is $11.99 an hour. We shoot IDPA and bowling pins on alternating Thursdays.

I believe there are also indoor ranges in McAllen and Edinburg.

There are also a number of outdoor ranges; pistol, rifle, and shotgun. If you want more info, send me a PM and I'll give you my phone number.

I didn't notice your preference for outdoor ranges. There is a range 20 miles east of Brownsville that has a 300 yard rifle range. You can shoot all day for $10.00. If you take a CHL class from the owner, you can shoot free for a year. There is another range near Pharr that has a rifle range over 600 yards.

The one you talk about in Pharr is a little far away...

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Seriously, far takes a whole new meaning here in Texas. We measure driving distance in minutes, not miles. So 20 miles turns into 10 minutes up the road.

You'll get used to it. First time I moved to Texas it was from Japan up near Tokyo. I remember it taking FOREVER to get anywhere.

There seems to be a lot of outdoor shooting going on these days about 30 miles south of Harlingen, in Matamoros.

the pharr rifle and pistol club has a range just south of pharr. there are 0-50 yard pistol stations, 100-200 yard rifle stations. it is open 7am-7pm 7 days a week and hosts shooting matches on sundays. the dues are about $43 per year, which includes nra membership for the insurance. it can accomodate about 20-30 shooters if all are polite. i try to go on monday or saturday. it is usually not too busy, even with 700 members, except just before deer season opens. there are no full time range officers and i have never had any unsafe experiences as have been related here in other threads. they do not allow full auto and just banned .50 bmg due to the damage done to the earthen berms by that round (.50 ml and pistol are fine). rules require hearing and eye protection. i like it. to join, come to the meeting held the first tuesday of each month at the Pharr kiwanis club at 7 pm. you never have to go to another meeting if you do no want.

The Pharr club is good, but join soon!
We're thinking of limiting additional membership.

See you there.

bamacisa

I used to live in the McAllen area (Weslaco, Tx) and I was a member the range range in Pharr, Tx. This is a outstanding range and should meet all your range needs. Pharr is about a thirty minute drive from Harlingen. Pharr is right next to McAllen.

bamacisa

I used to live in the McAllen area (Weslaco, Tx) and I was a member the range range in Pharr, Tx. This is a outstanding range and should meet all your range needs. Pharr is about a thirty minute drive from Harlingen. Pharr is right next to McAllen.

There is a range 20 miles east of Brownsville that has a 300 yard rifle range.

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20 miles east? Might need a boat.

I'm going to have to bring a plinker next time I'm down that way, didn't know there were this many ranges there.

How soon. It may take a while for me to get things settled down to allow time and money to shoot.

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It came out in this month's newsletter.
If you get here within a year or so you should be fine.