San Antonio, Texas

[volleyfire]

The job is thinking of relocationing me to San Antonio. I know it's good for all the shooting sports so hobby wise it's gold. What I need from any THR members is the best (outside of city) areas to live south/east or south/west of the city. Google has helped much. Thanks.

 

[Rio Laxas]

The area around Castroville is nice.

 

[DHJenkins]

Depends on how far out of town you want to go...

Most of the development is moving north, not south.

 

[Ala Dan]

Its been a long, long time (1966) since I was stationed at Fort Sam Houston
(91A10 U.S. Army Medical School); but I really enjoyed it~! Breckenridge
Park is a must for the family; and of course, be sure to visit the Alamo.

I would luv to go back for a visit; before I get too darn old~!

 

[TIMC]

The North/East side is the place to be. How far are you willing to drive? What do you want to spend on living accomodations? There are some very nice areas within a 30-45 minutes of downtown. Traffic is terrible early and late on most of the highways so you don't want to cross town in the morning or evening.

 

[Dominus]

How are the ranges and gun clubs in and around San Antonio?

 

[senior]

Best and fastest growing area is Northwest. as far as ranges not a lot that are not private, have an open one out Grossenbacker rd, then an indoor one on BANDERA RD. but pretty expensive (365.00 a year and their ammo). There is a couple of older but nice ones on Southside. Right now u may want to reconsider moving here, seems temp has been at or very near 100 for past 5-6 weeks and dry as a bone. Still I wouldn't trade S.A. for MANY OTHER PLACES T O LIVE!! If u do move here, know ur very welcome!!

 

[peyton]

It is a great place to live, once you get over the heat. Where will you be working, what part of the city will you be traveling to daily??? I work at Fort Sam and live on the northeast side, on Saturday it is a 30 minute drive to the office, on weekday it is a hour mininum.

 

[taprackbang]

Dietz Shooting range is a place to go.

 

[DHJenkins]

http://www.cedarridgerange.com/

It's about 25 minutes outside 1604 & 281 on 1863 (about a 30 minute total drive for me).

Open air, open to the public, and you can buy a one-year membership for $125, which includes 1 target per visit (unlimited time & guns) or it's $10 per person.

There's competitions every Saturday & Sunday - IDPA, etc... BIG turnout

Also, it's run by a retired SAPD officer who takes safety very seriously.

 

[peyton]

I live 5 miles from cedar ridge range. It happens my subdivision is just down the street, I did not know it was there when we decided to move there!!

 

[oneounceload]

For shotgun shooting, the NSSA/NSCA has their headquarters there; great for sporting clays