POLL: where do you shoot?

[BAM-BAM]

No, unfortunately not. The current plan (subject to change) is to move ~40 miles west of here. Mrs. TTSH & I need more land and more house than what we have now for our retirement place. It would no longer be practical to continue shooting at the range in question.

In New England...... doesn't 40 West miles...... put you in Canada?????

I thought the plan was to get out of the PRoMass. !!!!

 

[BCDWYO]

I am a member of both an indoor range and an outdoor range and shoot at both here in Phoenix (about 70:30 indoor : outdoor). I'm jealous of those of you with outdoor home ranges....that would be my preference! When I'm "home" in Wyoming I shoot outside the back door.

 

[MrJT]

I must respectfully disagree. A Public Range is an organized facility and usually operated by the County it's in or the State.

BLM, Open Range Land, is just that, it's open wilderness, no buildings, no structures of any kind. Most shooting is done in areas where there are Box Canyons, or where there are natural, deep long ravines.

Well, it's still land open to the public that you don't own and requires no membership. So close enough for this un-scientific poll.

 

[TTSH]

In New England...... doesn't 40 West miles...... put you in Canada?????

I thought the plan was to get out of the PRoMass. !!!!

Wise Guy!

 

[Johnmuratore]

TTSH
You mean you live in Mass like me and can't just lean out the back window and let fly???

 

[TTSH]

TTSH
You mean you live in Mass like me and can't just lean out the back window and let fly???

I'm afraid not where I live right now.

But at the new place? Who knows?

 

[zeke]

Indianhead Rifle and Pistol Club - Auxiliary Range

Fireline - Shooting & Training Center - Rice Lake - Wisconsin

Have lifetime membership at IRPC ( outdoor 5 minute away), pay charter fee at fireline (indoor 30 minutes away)

Belonging to the private indoor range allows shooting even when it's -20 (f), and renting full auto.

 

[walkinghorse]

Outdoor public? range. Range is owned by the county conservation group, you have to submit an application, take a test, and get interviewed by county conservation employee.
Range is about one mile from the sheriff's office/jail, one mile from the largest city in the county, and used by both. I have seen other LEO groups there, including one time a response team doing tear gas training. The lead guy said they were done, and that I might want to wait a while before using! Luckily the wind was up that day!
First time I ever saw a female LEO with high and tight hair style. Well developed biceps, and a definite hard stare, think keith44special giving a miscreant the evil eye!

 

[johnnyflake]

Public Ranges can be a good thing!

Here in the Las Vegas/Henderson Area, which is Clark County, we have the Clark County Range. It's located about 10 miles North of Las Vegas and covers 4,000 acres of land. There is a 50 station, handgun/small rifle range that goes out 75 yards. There is a 40 station rifle range that has a 100 yd section, a 200 yd section and a 300 yd section. There is a 15 station Skeet & Trap Range, a Bow & Arrow facility, a mock Western Town & Cowboy Shooting Facility and a Club House & Restaurant.

It is a tightly controlled facility, with Range officers and control towers at all the Ranges. Everything is controlled by them. I am not sure about all the ranges but there are between 8 & 10 Range Officers on duty, all the time, at the Handgun Range. It's about the same at the Rifle Range. The best part is that it only Cost $9 to shoot, or whatever, all day, no hourly time limit.

 

[kraynky]

I haven't been to a public range since about 1981 or so. Bought my own property in the country soon afterward so I could shoot and hunt where I live. This is an older photo of my range, as I have since added a shooting tree. I can stretch out to 100 yards, but that's about it unless I cut down more trees.

A couple of gun shops I visit have indoor ranges, but there are few outdoor ranges around. Although I am about 40 miles from the infamous Knob Creek Gun Range, I've never shot there.

 

[ChattanoogaPhil]

Public Ranges can be a good thing!

Here in the Las Vegas/Henderson Area, which is Clark County, we have the Clark County Range. It's located about 10 miles North of Las Vegas and covers 4,000 acres of land. There is a 50 station, handgun/small rifle range that goes out 75 yards. There is a 40 station rifle range that has a 100 yd section, a 200 yd section and a 300 yd section. There is a 15 station Skeet & Trap Range, a Bow & Arrow facility, a mock Western Town & Cowboy Shooting Facility and a Club House & Restaurant.

It is a tightly controlled facility, with Range officers and control towers at all the Ranges. Everything is controlled by them. I am not sure about all the ranges but there are between 8 & 10 Range Officers on duty, all the time, at the Handgun Range. It's about the same at the Rifle Range. The best part is that it only Cost $9 to shoot, or whatever, all day, no hourly time limit.

$9 sounds like a good deal... But did you know that the BLM procured the land and a whopping $65 million in tax payer dollars to build it? Even with all that.... last I read the place couldn't break even with just operating costs, and the County has subsidized with millions to keep it open.

 

[johnnyflake]

$9 sounds like a good deal... But did you know that the BLM procured the land and a whopping $65 million in tax payer dollars to build it? Even with all that.... last I read the place couldn't break even with just operating costs, and the County has subsidized with millions to keep it open.

Yes, I am aware that there are some financial issues. That 65 Million, is spread over a ten year period, as I understand it. There has been talk of increasing the fees and to try and invite in and/or create shooting events, that would bring in revenue. It's an amazing facility, only two years plus old and it's going through growth and learning issues. In the end, I am hopeful that all will turn out well!

 

[Dave from Pa]

Belong to a few clubs but also own 134 acres about 40 min from our home.Spend a lot of time there in the summer and during deer season.Pistol range is 25 yards,rifle is 50,100 & 200 yards.Steel targets between 100 and 200 for rifle and on the 25 yd pistol.Changed some things since this picture was taken,feel very fortunate to have this.When we bought it in 95 it was a struggle but well worth it now.

 

[Retired Chief]

I can go to 75 yards off my back deck. For up to 200 yards, I take the ATV to the back of the farm and shoot into the 60' hill behind the creek. For longer ranges, I have to go to either a private or public range.

 

[ostlund]

the mountains!