Any good shooting ranges near Pensacola Florida

[Jack Package]

Just got stationed in the lovely but rather humid Pensacola Florida for MOS school and my trigger finger has been iching ever since we shot the 240s at MCT. Was wondering if any locals know of a good shooting range to go to that has some old surplus rifles to shoot (M1, M1 Carbines, SVT maybe, etc...). If anyone has any knowledge I would appreciate it.

 

[g.willikers]

The NSSF.com and Where to Shoot lists these:

Pensacola Indoor Shooting Range, Pensacola FL 32505 [2.7]
Escambia River Gun Club, Cantonment FL 32533-0333 [16.1]
Santa Rosa Shooting Center, Pace FL 32571-7640 [17.7]
Hurlburt Field Rifle & Pistol Club, Hurlburt Field FL 32544 [31.2]
Jay's Guns & Accessories III, Baker FL 32531 [44.5]
K&M Shooting Center, Baker FL 32531 [44.5]
Bushy Creek Clays, Perdido AL 36562 [48.4]

Hit & Miss Hunting Club, Pensacola FL 32502-6018 [0.5]
Pensacola Rifle and Pistol Club, Pensacola FL 32514-0751 [7.3]
Oak Ridge Gun Range Gulf Breeze, Gulf Breeze FL 32563 [13.8]
Santa Rosa Small Arms Training Center, Milton FL 32570-8637 [18.0]
Styx River Shooting Center, Robertsdale AL 36567 [26.6]
Hurlburt Field Skeet Range, Fort Walton Beach FL 32547 [35.4]
Three Brothers Arms LLC, Stapleton AL 36578 [40.6]
Shoal River Sporting Clays, Crestview FL 32539-8063 [45.6]
Rhodes Quail Farm, Bay Minette AL 36507 [45.6]
First Class Arms Training (MSC) Certified, Coden AL 36523 [56.6]
Mobile County Wildlife and Conservation, Mobile AL 36616-0063 [56.7]
Taylor Creek Shooting Preserve & Sporting Clays, Theodore AL 36582 [57.7]
Bucks Outdoorsmen Club, Saraland AL 36571-3250 [59.1]
Diamondback Muzzleloaders, Saraland AL 36571 [59.1]

 

[benEzra]

I lived in Pensacola for over a decade, and this was the outdoor range I shot at while there.

http://www.escambiarivergunclub.org/index.php

At the time, it was called Escambia River Muzzle Loaders, but since most of the members weren't blackpowder shooters, the new name makes more sense. As I recall, it had several separate ranges separated by longitudinal berms, with several covered firing points per range. Back then, it was not unusual to have a range to yourself if you didn't come at peak hours. It is a bit out in the boonies, but I thoroughly enjoyed shooting there and would highly recommend it.

There were no rental facilities (or facilities of any kind, aside from a porta-potty) there when I was a member, but that was over a decade ago so things may have changed since.

 

[Delford]

G.willikers, Is that all?
Finding rental M1s might be slightly more difficult but are probably somewhere in that list.