Outdoor ranges in Eastern TN / Knxvl area?

[yhtomit]

Hi there!

I know of the indoor range atKnoxville's Coal Creek Armory (which has very reasonable summer rates, it turns out!), but I wonder if anyone can point out to me other options, outdoors especially, in eastern TN. (I'm east of Knoxville, but don't mind a drive for good reason.)

In Pennsylvania, there are tax-paid ranges (I forget under which agency or area they fall -- recreation? conservation? forestry?), where -- at least as of a few years ago, not sure if anything's changed -- you could show up, set up your targets, shoot and leave. (And, if you're lucky, pick up some abandoned brass as well.)

Any suggestions for good places to go plinking? (Not hunting, nor do I need a 1000 yard stretch -- for my eyes and skills, 50 yards is pushing it ) I don't know much about the rules in national forest land, though TN does have some of that, too.

Suggestions welcome -- And have a good Independence Day!

timothy

p.s. I'm pretty sure I asked this question a while back and got some decent answers -- but now I can't find it, scrolling into my old posts. Mea culpa ...

 

[Jon_L]

The range in Norris is good. I've been there once. There's no website, but if you go to the police station there, they'll give you a key (for one day it's $20 + another $20 as a deposit, for a yearly rate it's $40). I'm saving my pennies for the Oak Ridge Sportsman Association.

 

[taliv]

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[hso]

Look up the TWRA ranges here - http://www.tn.gov/twra/firingranges.html

John Sevier Hunter Education Center
Fee required. 2327 Rifle Range Road, Knoxville. Call (865) 594-6279 or send an e-mail for more information.

Pistol/rifle/archery ranges open Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday 1:00 - 6:00 p.m. and Saturdays 10:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. Shotgun ranges open Saturday and Sunday 1:00 - 6:00 p.m. and Tuesday 6:30 - 10:00 p.m.

Daily or annual fees are required to use the facility.

Adults (16 and older) - $5.50 per 2 hrs. or $101.00/year.
Youths (15 and under) - $1.50 per 2 hrs. or $26.00/year.

Target distances on the rifle/pistol bench are 15 yards, 50 yards, and 100 yards.

Chuck Swan WMA Firing Range
John Mike (865) 278-3248. Closed during big game hunts.

North Cumberland WMA Firing Range
Located on Flatwoods Road. Stan Stooksbury (423) 566-8557.

North Cherokee WMA Ranges
Fee required, daylight hours only.

* Jacobs Creek - Denton Valley Road, Sullivan Co. (423) 735-1500
* Pond Mountain - Hwy. 321, Carter Co. (423) 735-1500
* Scioto - Scioto Road, Unicoi Co. (423) 735-1500
* Bubbling Springs - Hwy. 107, Cocke Co. (423) 638-4109



ORSA in Oak Ridge, Commercial ranges/clubs near Gatlinburg, Sevierville and Wears Valley.

 

[gunsablazin]

ORSA as mentioned above in Oak Ridge is a great club. In addition to very nice facilities they host monthly IDPA-USPSA-Steel Challenge, and SASS matches. I shoot there as a guest at their IDPA matches occasionally, and there are some truly nice people to meet as a bonus. I live in Cleveland, but that's where I'd join if I lived in that area.