Best Large City For Shooting

[smoking357]

Here are the top 25 cities in the U.S.

New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-PA MSA
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, CA MSA
Chicago-Joliet-Naperville, IL-IN-WI MSA
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX MSA
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD MSA
Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, TX MSA
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, FL MSA
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, GA MSA
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV MSA
Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA-NH MSA
Detroit-Warren-Livonia, MI MSA
Phoenix-Mesa-Glendale, AZ MSA
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA MSA
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA MSA
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA MSA
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI MSA
San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, CA MSA
St. Louis, MO-IL MSA
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL MSA
Baltimore-Towson, MD MSA
Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, CO MSA
Pittsburgh, PA MSA
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA MSA
Cincinnati-Middletown, OH-KY-IN MSA
Sacramento–Arden-Arcade–Roseville, CA MSA

Upon much research and analysis, it appears that the city with the most shooting opportunities is...

Dallas. Far and away the best I've found.

From wheretoshoot.org :

# DFW Gun Club & Training Center, Dallas TX 75235 [3.8]
# Elm Fork Clay Sports, Inc., Dallas TX 75220 [6.8]
# Bass Pro Shop Num 037, Garland TX 75043 [12.6]
# Bullet Trap, Inc., Plano TX 75074 [18.2]
# Bass Pro Shop num 005, Grapevine TX 76051 [20.1]
# Winchester Gallery, Inc., Fort Worth TX 76112 [24.1]
# Dallas Gun Club, Lewisville TX 75067 [24.8]
# The Shooters Club, Inc., Fort Worth TX 76106 [32.5]
# Rock Creek Shoot Promotions, Grandview TX 76050 [42.2]

# Bob Odell Range, Dallas TX 75231 [6.7]
# T.I.G.E.R. Valley, Dallas TX 75220 [6.8]
# Rockwall Gun Club, Mesquite TX 75149 [10.8]
# Irving Bowhunters Assn., Garland TX 75042 [11.3]
# Targetmaster Indoor Shooting Center, Garland TX 75042 [11.3]
# Grand Prairie Gun Club, Grand Prairie TX 75050 [11.9]
# Texas State Rifle Association, Dallas TX 75248 [12.3]
# Bens Gun Shop & Pistol Range, Duncanville TX 75137 [12.5]
# Bullseye Range and Guns, Duncanville TX 75137 [12.5]
# Dallas Muzzle Loading Club, Richardson TX 75080 [12.5]
# Rough Creek Lodge, Glen Rose TX 75043 [12.6]
# Dallas Pistol Club, Carrollton TX 75006 [13.1]
# Garland Public Shooting Range, Garland TX 75040 [13.9]
# Gibson's Outpsot & Shooting Range, Inc., Mesquite TX 75181 [15.0]
# Texins Archery Club, Plano TX 75074 [18.2]
# U.T.A. Police Range, Arlington TX 76019 [18.7]
# Arlington Sportsmans Club Inc., Arlington TX 76013 [21.1]
# The Shooting Gallery, Fort Worth TX 76112 [24.1]
# Haltom City Rifle & Pistol, Haltom City TX 76117 [27.1]
# Have Clays Will Travel, Terrell TX 75160 [28.1]
# Terrell Rifle and Pistol Club, Terrell TX 75160 [28.1]
# Ellis County Sportsmans Club, Waxahachie TX 75165 [28.3]
# North Texas Shooters Association, Corinth TX 76210 [30.0]
# Alpine Shooting Range, Ft. Worth TX 76140 [30.0]
# Denton County Sports Assn., Argyle TX 76226 [30.5]
# Quail Creek Public Range, Argyle TX 76226 [30.5]
# DeSoto Gun Club, Wacahachie TX 75167 [32.2]
# Desoto Gun Club (of Texas), Wacahachie TX 75167 [32.2]
# Retriever Sporting Clays, Fort Worth TX 76107 [33.9]
# The Shootin Place, Burleson TX 76028 [34.8]
# Little Big Bore, Denton TX 76201 [36.0]
# Denton County Archers, Aubrey TX 76227 [36.6]
# Fort Worth R&P Club, Fort Worth TX 76121 [38.1]
# Elk Castle Shooting Sports, Fort Worth TX 76108 [41.0]
# Rock Creek Range LP, Joshua TX 76058 [41.3]
# Texas CQB, Inc., Grandview TX 76050 [42.2]
# Fort Wolters Range (KD), Azle TX 76020 [44.9]
# Fort Worth Trap and Skeet Club, Fort Worth TX 76126 [45.2]
# On Target Firearms Training Academy Inc., Fort Worth TX 76126 [45.2]
# East Texas Sporting Clays, Wills Point TX 75169 [45.8]
# Wiley & Sons, Wills Point TX 75169 [45.8]
# WIley & Sons Inc., Wills Point TX 75169 [45.8]
# Jacobs Plain Gun Club, Inc., Greenville TX 75401 [47.3]
# Big Rock Shooting Resort, Mabank TX 75147 [51.1]
# Fossil Pointe Sporting Grounds, Slidell TX 76267 [52.2]
# Upland Bird Country, Corsicana TX 75151 [53.2]
# Wolfe City Gun Club, Wolfe City TX 75496 [58.6]
# Parker County Sportsman Club, Poolville TX 76086 [59.2]

 

[Mags]

Include the top 50 by population and add Albuquerque to your number 1 spot for shooting sports. We have a city owned and operated shooting and skeet range. Only 6 bucks a person per visit or 100 dollars a year!

 

[smoking357]

Oooh, me likes the White Oak.

The missus thinks it's too brown, as in no trees. Yes, I know you have some trees out by Tramway, but NM isn't Georgia. They don't get dust on dashboards in the Southeast.

 

[Mags]

I miss trees and lakes myself, I grew up in NC.

 

[jpwilly]

The Phoenix Area, Arizona for that matter, offers some pretty good Shooting sports / opportunities; Indoor, Outdoor, State Run and of course the Desert and BLM Land etc. But like most places you just have to find out where to go and make the time.

 

[Red Tornado]

Hmmm, I would have guessed Detroit would have been the best place for a shooting.
RT

 

[whitecoyote]

Hmmm, I would have guessed Detroit would have been the best place for a shooting.
RT

+1 on Detroit.
You can go anywhere in the City, and shoot!

 

[Just One Shot]

I hear L.A. has alot of shootings.

Oh wait, you meant shooting as a sport!

Never mind.

 

[gym]

I'm moving to Texas, that settles it.

 

[Quoheleth]

Don't come to Houston. I know of only a half-dozen public ranges in the area, plus a couple of private/club ranges. There's Hot Wells on 290, one downtown on Nebraska Ave., Bayou Rifles, there's one up in Conroe, and Carter's Country (North).

Q

 

[Domineaux]

Yeah sadly Houston doesn't have much to offer for shooting ranges/clubs.
Couple not mentioned are:

Shiloh Shooting (indoor NW side)
TopGun (indoor range near Galleria)
American Shooting Center (outdoor west side)

 

[sargas23]

I guess it all depends on what type of shooting you plan on doing! As far as pistol or shotgun, the Dallas area has some great ranges. If you are a 3-position smallbore shooter, the number of ranges that allow position shooting are pretty bleak. Most ranges allow only benchrest.

 

[anjpalomino]

hey

you forgot kingman arizona just drive 1/4 mile away from any building structure or residence and have at it

 

[essayons21]

Dallas may have some great ranges, but Phoenix is hard to beat. No need for ranges when you have a vast desert at your disposal.

 

[paintballdude902]

why is new york on the list?? makes no sense to me.

 

[X-Rap]

For overall gun friendly city I would have to say Phoenix or Tucson AZ. with Albq. and SLC not far behind. This may not mean the best ranges but more of an overall acceptance and embrace to the gun culture.

 

[rmfnla]

I hear L.A. has alot of shootings.

Oh wait, you meant shooting as a sport!

Never mind.

No, L.A. is a great place for shooting; you don't even have to get out of your car!

 

[Texas Gun Person]

I know of a few mom and pop type ranges that are not even on the list.

 

[Claude Clay]

depends on the caliber but id say Washington is the best city for to shoot.

it could be months before anyone noticed it was dead

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of the top 25 list i think Tampa-St Pete is real nice. lots of clubs and long range ranges.
friends in Sarasota area and been thinking of retiring to that region.

 

[M2HB M240]

Phoenix is the 5th largest city in the country by population and it is very gun friendly. They have the Ben Avery Shooting Facility in Phoenix and it is 1640 acres of State Land that is for the Shooting sports. CMP holds the Western Games there every October. The last NRA Convention was there and the folks had a great time.

 

[SpeedAKL]

I would say the Washington D.C. area.....if Maryland's gun laws were like Virginia...and if DC's gun laws were like Virginia...and if they actually tolerated outdoor ranges....

 

[wishin]

Afraid to say that the Atlanta Metro area does not make the cut!

 

[X-Rap]

The Az. cities are the ones that make me feel the most welcome while going armed, wish I could say that of my own states big city Denver.

 

[ChronoCube]

A lot of Dallas ranges don't allow FMJ rifle ammo, which really puts a damper on things.

 

[anjpalomino]

dude that is halarious i just moved from there that is so true