15-22 magazine capacity at the range?

[Derrick87]

Was just looking up the gun range rules here in NEPA and it says there is only a 3 bullet limit for a rifle and 6 for hand guns...just seeing if any of you have the same rules and if so whats the point of having a 25 round mag.

 

[Majorlk]

Was just looking up the gun range rules here in NEPA and it says there is only a 3 bullet limit for a rifle and 6 for hand guns...just seeing if any of you have the same rules and if so whats the point of having a 25 round mag.

Are you sure you are reading that correctly? Sounds more like the limits for hunting than range work.

 

[Smitty357]

Look no more.

Find urself another range.

 

[Derrick87]

Are you sure you are reading that correctly? Sounds more like the limits for hunting than range work.

yea only 3 in a mag at a time and 6 for hand guns...

 

[Derrick87]

State Game Lands

 

[RedNeck Jim]

Want something screwed up... get the government involved. Sure don't want to inconvenience anyone for 30 seconds while I empty my 25 round magazine. And yes, these .22s do a lot of damage to the range.

 

[Majorlk]

State Game Lands

Bummer. Stupid rules by non-shooters.

 

[brz]

Yep. From NEPA as well and those are the rules. They will come in and check sometimes also. Also $30 range permit to use state ranges. Which really isn't that bad for upkeep.

 

[JeffDeMello]

I looked into the state gamelands here also.. When I saw that I changed my mind..

 

[rgkitchen]

Pretty much all state run gun ranges are good for is sighting in. If you want to plink, or have any kind of fun, you will have to go somewhere else. Find a good gun club in your area. The increase in actual utility will be worth the extra expense.

A quick web search turned up the following . . . .

Harvey's Lake Rod & Gun Club
Lower Merion Rod & Gun Club
Matamoras Rod & Gun Club
Petersville Rod & Gun Club
Nuangola Rod & Gun Club
Towanda Gun Club
Silver Lake Rod & Gun Club
Beaver Run Rod & Gun Club
Chaffee Creek Gun Club
Blue Mountain Rod & Gun Club
Roseto Rod & Gun Club
Hazelton Heights Rod & Gun Club​

Not knowing where you are coming from, I centered my search on Scranton. Open this web site and select Map View . . . .

Scranton Gun Club | Gun Club in Scranton, PA - YP.com

 

[SpicyTunaRoll]

IF EVERY GUN OWNER MADE THE CONSCIENCE DECISION TO STOP SUPPORTING STATE RUN RANGES (or anything avoidable thats state run for that matter) THE STATE WOULD INSTANTLY FEEL THE PAIN AND RESPOND FAVORABLY IMMEDIATELY.

START AN ONLINE FACEBOOK: informing people to avoid state ranges, and why. Also include information why the states reasoning is flawed.

 

[Bkreutz]

There's a range that is local to me that has a 1 round limit on rifles. (this includes AR's) It's a nice enough range but having to shove each round into the chamber manually kind of takes the fun out of it. I think it was originally geared to long range bolt guns and just haven't changed. I don't go there very often (just to zero in a new scope).

 

[Derrick87]

Pretty much all state run gun ranges are good for is sighting in. If you want to plink, or have any kind of fun, you will have to go somewhere else. Find a good gun club in your area. The increase in actual utility will be worth the extra expense.

A quick web search turned up the following . . . .

Harvey's Lake Rod & Gun Club
Lower Merion Rod & Gun Club
Matamoras Rod & Gun Club
Petersville Rod & Gun Club
Nuangola Rod & Gun Club
Towanda Gun Club
Silver Lake Rod & Gun Club
Beaver Run Rod & Gun Club
Chaffee Creek Gun Club
Blue Mountain Rod & Gun Club
Roseto Rod & Gun Club
Hazelton Heights Rod & Gun Club​

Not knowing where you are coming from, I centered my search on Scranton. Open this web site and select Map View . . . .

Scranton Gun Club | Gun Club in Scranton, PA - YP.com

Yea i looked into the gun club that's the closest to me and you need a member willing to sponsor you to even get in and i don't think there gonna want a 26 year old tattooed kid with stretched ears in there little club

 

[Majorlk]

There's a range that is local to me that has a 1 round limit on rifles. (this includes AR's) It's a nice enough range but having to shove each round into the chamber manually kind of takes the fun out of it. I think it was originally geared to long range bolt guns and just haven't changed. I don't go there very often (just to zero in a new scope).

That's a range I would not spend any time at.

 

[Mcwsky09]

Users should also practice good shooting etiquette. The regulation, for example, that limits a shooter to having no more than three rounds in a rifle (six in a handgun) may not seem to make much sense.

What it does, though, is give shooters a chance to check their targets without having to wait for those who may want to shoot long strings. This same regulation prohibits people using firearms with large capacity magazines from monopolizing time on the range, and also causing inordinate damage, particularly to backstops.

How does that make sense? There is no way I am going to walk out onto the range to check my target in between someone else shots just because they only have so many rounds in their magazine.

Monopolizing the range? It would seem to me that if I have 25 rounds that I can send down range in 30 or 45 seconds that I will end up spending less time on the range overall than if I have to send 3 then reload then send 3 and reload etc.

 

[Derrick87]

yea i don't know if i ever go im gonna just load a full mag

 

[ballistictoyz]

mcwsky09 I have seen guys on a state game land range in my part of pa. walk out to check a target with the range hot and sounding like a war zone--don't ever under estimate the power of stupidity

 

[ballistictoyz]

lol if ya really wanna p-o the game warden there just bump fire your three round limit--I've had my firearm inspected more times than I care to admit but its legal and all rounds hit the target and the rules state no full auto fire sooooooooo

 

[Peak53]

Sounds like my kind of range. Shoot a few rounds, check your target, consider your options, try a different load, make some adjustments. Leisurely and sane. Perfect!

 

[rgkitchen]

Sounds like my kind of range. Shoot a few rounds, check your target, consider your options, try a different load, make some adjustments. Leisurely and sane. Perfect!

What if you want to make a couple of tin cans dance? What if you want to shoot a dueling tree with a buddy? What if you just want to let 25 rounds rip for the fun of it?

These ranges are set up for Fudds, and we aren't all Fudds. At the club I belong to they have a steel plate plinking range, and you can load up as many magazines as you want and let 'er rip, pinging one plate after another up and down the line. Since the targets are fixed and provide positive feedback there is no need to go downrange, so you won't hold anyone up while you dump a half a dozen mags. You just take turns, using the time someone else is shooting to reload the mags.

One day that I was there, someone had brought a couple of old empty 1 gallon paint cans. Normally when you hit an empty can with a .22Mag it goes right through it, but when you hit this can on the reinforced rim or where the handles are attached, it flipped up in the air like a scared cat. The backstop is sloped, so as it moves backwards it also goes uphill giving you opportunities to hit is as it rolls back down.

There's a lot more to the shooting sports than send a couple downrange and check 'em out. I don't know about you, but when I'm shooting for accuracy or sighting in, I use a spotting scope and targets with multiple hit zones so that I can shoot many rounds before having to go downrange to change targets. That way if someone in another lane just wants to pepper a target with his AR-15 or Ruger 10/22, I don't hold him up while he waits for me to leisurely walk downrange and put pasters on my last three shots.