Weird ranges
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johnthomas
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I live near Monterey California. I am adding two links, one is the Mazda raceway at Laguna Seca, the other is the Laguna Seca Rifle and pistol range.
http://www.mazdaraceway.com/
http://www.yelp.com/biz/laguna-seca-rifle-and-pistol-range-salinas
It is part of the park system. They also have camping and have other events there.
The range master has made shooting a pleasure there. Not real cheap, but it is safe and a great range.
http://www.mazdaraceway.com/
http://www.yelp.com/biz/laguna-seca-rifle-and-pistol-range-salinas
It is part of the park system. They also have camping and have other events there.
The range master has made shooting a pleasure there. Not real cheap, but it is safe and a great range.
silicosys4
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Big Gun Fun in West Yellowstone, Montana has a small indoor range in their store, 4 lanes wide or so, that they use for full auto and handgun rentals.
Sandwiched right between a tourist trap and a diner.
Sandwiched right between a tourist trap and a diner.
Bigdog57
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When I was stationed in Norfolk, Va. in the early 80's we had a big sporting goods store with a nice gun section in town, and they had an indoor range downstairs in the basement. A buddy was buying a handgun and we got to try a couple down there. Two different Auto Ordinance M1911 clones failed catastrophically. He ended up buying the then-new Colt Peacekeeper, I think it was called - a .357Magnum double action revolver. Looked like a cheaper Trooper or Lawman type.
SwaneeSR
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I googled looking for a place to shoot up here in NW Wisconsin cabin country. It showed a range on a dirt road. I needed to go that direction yesterday. I couldn't see anything according to the satellite image. But I through my deer rifle in the truck anyway.
Turns out a really nice range with recently upgraded. Rifle out to 400 yards! Me and the .30-06 had trouble throwing our pumpkins at the 200yard marker. I have some work to do. We plan another trip next weekend.
Who knew a range was out there between the woods and fields?
Turns out a really nice range with recently upgraded. Rifle out to 400 yards! Me and the .30-06 had trouble throwing our pumpkins at the 200yard marker. I have some work to do. We plan another trip next weekend.
Who knew a range was out there between the woods and fields?
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There is a pretty weird range not far from my house in an old coal town. It's basically just an area that was mined at one time and no longer is. The coal company still owns the property but they let people shoot and ride atv's up there. People even bring full auto's there. I've never shot there but I have driven by and it is clean and well maintained for being a "public range" that isn't supervised.
Sam1911
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The club I used to belong to down in MD had a pretty unusual setup.
The rifle, skeet, and sporting clays ranges were on leased land the club didn't own. (That didn't end well...)
The pistol range, however, was pretty great. The club had at some point joined with a group of members in a business relationship that created an "arms length" agreement whereby the club and this semi-autonomous sub group went in together on a building project to create a combination range facility and event facility. The sister organization ran the large, very nice, hall as an event center and catering kitchen, hosting all sorts of large meetings, weddings, reunions, proms, etc. nearly 365 days a year. The Sportsman's club had a state-of-the-art pistol range in the basement under one side of the hall, and held all their meetings in the hall, with very nice catered dinners for all members each month.
You could be shooting downstairs while there was a wedding, or the policemen's ball, going on upstairs.
The rifle, skeet, and sporting clays ranges were on leased land the club didn't own. (That didn't end well...)
The pistol range, however, was pretty great. The club had at some point joined with a group of members in a business relationship that created an "arms length" agreement whereby the club and this semi-autonomous sub group went in together on a building project to create a combination range facility and event facility. The sister organization ran the large, very nice, hall as an event center and catering kitchen, hosting all sorts of large meetings, weddings, reunions, proms, etc. nearly 365 days a year. The Sportsman's club had a state-of-the-art pistol range in the basement under one side of the hall, and held all their meetings in the hall, with very nice catered dinners for all members each month.
You could be shooting downstairs while there was a wedding, or the policemen's ball, going on upstairs.
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My National Guard armory had a range inside behind the weapon vault. .22LR conversion kits were put inside the M4s to shoot against built up backstops like plastic, cardboard etc. The wall beyond that was steel reinforced cinderblock. Eventually they shut it down for poor ventilation.
Sam1911
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Ohhh, thought of another one.
Years ago in my college smallbore 3-position rifle competition we visited a lot of other schools' ranges. One was in Philly (I won't say which just...because) and it was on the 4th or 5th floor (top floor) of a building on their campus right in a very dense area.
That was the only rifle range I've ever been on that had a GLASS CEILING.
Years ago in my college smallbore 3-position rifle competition we visited a lot of other schools' ranges. One was in Philly (I won't say which just...because) and it was on the 4th or 5th floor (top floor) of a building on their campus right in a very dense area.
That was the only rifle range I've ever been on that had a GLASS CEILING.
threoh8
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My high school rifle range was in the gym building, in the area beneath the sloped floor of the bleachers. It was actually a good use of what could have been wasted space.
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