Quad cities ranges?

[Tim the student]

I was reading the new Rifle Shooter (I think - it may have been a different mag) and it mentioned the Quad Cities as being one of the best gun places to live, due to the amount of manufacturers in the area, as well as 20 local ranges. IIRC, it was #2, right behind Camp Perry!

So, where the snot are these local ranges? I'm not familiar with but about 1 or 2 of them. Are there any ranges in the area that have some good distance to them? I'm tired of 100-200 yards, and want to stretch my legs a bit so to speak.

For that matter, does anyone have any info on some long(er) ranges in Iowa?

 

[matty-vb]

great question. I too would appreciate an answer to it.

 

[BruceB]

PLEASE do not assume that because YOU are in the know that we ALL know.

You are speaking of a local term for your area.

WHo, what and where are the "quad cities"?

 

[Tim the student]

How do you feel about people calling Minneapolis and St. Paul the Twin Cities?

The Quad Cities is a loose name for a collection of town/cities in Illinois and Iowa. They have essentially grown into each other - except where divided by the river of course. The area has somewhere around 400k people. I believe the original four are Davenport and Bettendorf (both on the Iowa side), Moline and Rock Island (on the Illinois side).

Sorry, I'm not too worried about naming all of them - if people know the area, they know the name. Asking about ranges in the Rock Island area would probably be less productive, IMO. It isn't exactly a name only known to locals, like "the 'loo" or "Crapids" may be.

 

[Rembrandt]

Longest range in Iowa is 600 yards at Van Meter, Des Moines Rifle & Pistol Club (West of Des Moines off I-80), http://clubs.odcmp.com/cgi-bin/clubInfo.cgi?clubID=186


Here's a list of all the ranges in Iowa...
http://www.wheretoshoot.org/Find_Range/wts_subresults.asp

# Big Springs Shooting Complex, Searsboro IA 50242
# Izaak Walton League - Ames, Ames IA 50010
# Izaak Walton League - Anamosa, Anamosa IA 52205
# Izaak Walton League - Boone Valley, Webster City IA 50595
# Izaak Walton League - Des Moines, Des Moines IA 50321
# Izaak Walton League - Dragoon Trail, Elkhart IA 50073
# Izaak Walton League - Dubuque, Peosta IA 52068
# Izaak Walton League - Grundy Tama, Reinbeck IA 50669
# Izaak Walton League - Linn County, Cedar Rapids IA 52407
# Izaak Walton League - Mahaska County, Oskaloosa IA 52577
# Izaak Walton League - Maquoketa, Maquoketa IA 52060
# Izaak Walton League - Three Rivers, Waverly IA 50677
# Izaak Walton League - Waterloo, Waterloo IA 50701
# Keokuk County Ikes Range, Keota IA 52248
# Madison County Sportsmens Club, Winterset IA 50273
# West Liberty Gun Club, West Liberty IA 52776

# American Outdoors, Mt. Pleasant IA 52641
# Anamosa Bow Hunters, Anamosa IA 52205
# Archery Field & Sport, Altoona IA 50009
# Archery Park, Madrid IA 50156
# Arrowhead Hunting Club, Goose Lake IA 52750
# Bait & Archery Shack, Dubuque IA 52001
# Bancroft Gun Club Inc, Bancroft IA 50517
# Black Hawk Pistol Club, Vinton IA 52349
# Boone County Sportsman's Club, Boone IA 50036
# Buena Vista Rifle and Pistol Club, Storm Lake IA 50588
# Cedar Falls Gun Club, Cedar Falls IA 50613
# Central Range, Dubuque IA 52001
# Charles Butch Olofson Shooting Range, Polk City IA 50226
# Chase The Adventure, Decorah IA 52101
# Clarinda Rifle and Pistol, Clarinda IA 51632
# Clinton County Sportsman's Club, De Witt IA 52742
# Corning Gun Club, Corning IA 50841
# Council Bluffs Rifle & Pistol Club, Council Bluffs IA 51502
# Coyote Run Sporting Clays, Eldora IA 50627
# Daryls Gun Shop and Shootin Range, State Center IA 50247
# Davis Farm Sporting Clays, Boone IA 50036
# DLS Gun Club, McCausland IA 52758
# Docs Hunt Club, Adel IA 50003
# Double A Archery, Waterloo IA 50701
# Eldridge Sc, Eldridge IA 52748
# Farmington Rod & Gun, Farmington IA 52626
# Flood Creek Sporting Clays Ltd, Rudd IA 50471
# Flying B Limited of Iowa, Guthrie Center IA 50115
# Flying B/Guthrie Center, Guthrie IA 50115
# Fredericksburg Sportsman Club, Fredericksburg IA 50630
# Goddard Territorial Justice Committee, LLC, Colfax IA 50054
# Hanover Gun Club, Alta IA 51002
# Happy Apple Archery & Sporting, Norwalk IA 50211
# Highland Hideaway Hunting, Riverside IA 52327
# Humboldt Rifle and Pistol Club, Humboldt IA 50548
# Hunters Knob Gun Club, Saint Charles IA 50240
# Iowa River Gun Club, Marshalltown IA 50158
# Ireton Sportsmans Club, Ireton IA 51027
# Izaak Walton League - Bloomfield, BLOOMFIELD IA 52537
# Izaak Walton League - Burlington, Burlington IA 52601
# Izaak Walton League - E Davenport, Bettendorf IA 52722
# Izaak Walton League - Keokuk County, Harper IA 52231
# Izaak Walton League - Warren County, Indianola IA 50125
# Izaak Walton League - Williamsburg, Marengo IA 52301
# K-Bar-C Hunting Preserve, Davis City IA 50065
# K-Bar-C Hunting Ranch, Lineville IA 50147
# Laurens Sportsmens Club, Laurens IA 50554
# Lazy H Hunting Club, Woodbine IA 51579
# LeMars Sportsman's CLub, LeMars IA 51031
# Little Cedar Gun Club, Osage IA 50461
# M & G Gun Club, Schaller IA 51053
# Marion Co. Sportsmens Club, Knoxville IA 50138
# Marshall Gun Club, Marshalltown IA 50158
# Muscatine Archery Club, Muscatine IA 52761
# Nashua Fish & Game Club, Nashua IA 50658
# National Law-Enforcement & Security Institute (NLSI), DES MOINES IA 50309
# New Pioneer Gun Club, Waukee IA 50263
# North Kossuth Gun Club, Swea City IA 50590
# Oak Hill Gun Club, Blue Grass IA 52726
# Oakview II Hunting Club, Runnells IA 50237
# Oakwood Sporting Resort, Sigourney IA 52591
# On Target (IA), Oskaloosa IA 52577
# Otter Creek Sportsmen's Club, Cedar Rapids IA 52411
# Ottumwa Ikes Trap Range, Ottumwa IA 52501
# Palmer Conservation Club, Palmer IA 50571
# Pheasant Haven, Kanawha IA 50447
# Pleasantville Rifle and Pistol Club Inc, Pleasantville IA 50225
# Pocahontas Pistol Club, Pocahontas IA 50574
# Raccoon Valley Sportsman Club, Adel IA 50003
# River City Rifle & Pistol Club, Clear Lake IA 50428
# Rock Rapids Gun Club, Rock Rapids IA 51246
# Royal Rifle and Pistol Club, Peterson IA 51301
# Shelby County Trap & Skeet Ltd, Harlan IA 51537
# Sioux Shooting Park, Sergeant Bluff IA 51054
# Southeast Iowa Skeet Club, Fairfield IA 52556
# Sports Outfitters, Inc., Cedar Rapids IA 52404
# Stanek Brothers Gun Club, Fort Dodge IA 50501
# Steelclay Shooting Sports, Ltd., Eddyville IA 52553
# Stockdale Gun Club, Ackley IA 50601
# Sutherland Gun Club, Linn Grove IA 51033
# Targets On The Move, Ackley IA 50601
# Timber Ridge Ranch, Castana IA 51010
# Titonka Gun Club, Titonka IA 50480
# Training Specialists, Des Moines IA 50305
# Tri State Gun Club, Montrose IA 52639
# Triple H Ranch Hunting Preserve, Burlington IA 52601
# Ventura Gun Club, Ventura IA 50482
# Waltonian Archers, Toddville IA 52218
# Watters Gun & Archery, Baldwin IA 52207
# White Pigeon Trap Club, South English IA 52335