First time at an indoor range today

[Howland937]

It's sort of like that here in Ohio. I live near 10's of thousands of acres of public hunting area, but it's illegal to just go shooting. There's a public outdoor range about half an hour away, but I can shoot outside 5 minutes from my house all I'd like.

The indoor range I went to is small, and doesn't seem to have a large customer base. Finding my empty brass was sooo much easier too. No grass, no leaves, no setting out a tarp. I'm not a convert by any stretch, but for a half hour of checking loads it has benefits for sure.

 

[swg1]

Can't police your brass forward of the firing line at the places I've been to. Lose half your semi auto brass.

 

[bangswitch]

Some folks rely on these rifles for home defense, so practicing with them at short range makes sense. It may be the only firearm they own.

A .5.56 or a .308 make a poor home defense weapon, unless you're shooting at the guy from 100 yards out. Too much penetration of walls and pretty much everything else inside a house. I know that might be their only option, but truthfully, I'd rather use a baseball bat on an intruder at close range if the rifles were the only other option.

bangswitch: about two years ago I convinced a buddy to join the very unusual private club here (many ranges plus AP, Select-Fire, Skeet etc), and quit ShootPointBlank, simply to enjoy the variety and mix of longer distances allowed (up to 600 yards).

ShootPointBlank at that time allowed us to use our imported AKMs: standard 7.62x39 (vs 5.56 or 5.45). You know the 12" barrel (+ required 4" extension) on Hungarian AMD-65s?? Just Awful - Far too loud for true enjoyment.
They seemed to also allow a Mosin Nagant in 7.62x54R (?). R = Rimmed, Not russian.

I own a 91/30 Mosin-Nagant rifle, incredibly loud even with the mile-long barrel. If you want some even louder fun shoot a M44 carbine at an inside range. The fireball alone will burn a target at 15 yards (not really, but you get my drift), and the noise....be sure to have plugs in your ears on top of a good set of muffs.

I'm glad there are indoor ranges that allow pretty much everything; haven't seen one yet that would allow .50BMG, but, who knows?

 

[Mars5l]

A .5.56 or a .308 make a poor home defense weapon, unless you're shooting at the guy from 100 yards out. Too much penetration of walls and pretty much everything else inside a house. I know that might be their only option, but truthfully, I'd rather use a baseball bat on an intruder at close range if the rifles were the only other option.

I own a 91/30 Mosin-Nagant rifle, incredibly loud even with the mile-long barrel. If you want some even louder fun shoot a M44 carbine at an inside range. The fireball alone will burn a target at 15 yards (not really, but you get my drift), and the noise....be sure to have plugs in your ears on top of a good set of muffs.

I'm glad there are indoor ranges that allow pretty much everything; haven't seen one yet that would allow .50BMG, but, who knows?

One of the super gunstore/ranges near me has an indoor rifle range, 100 yards max. They do allow .50bmg and even have a special day where they do special where they get a bunch of people and they can take a few rounds with the range's Barrett .50

 

[THEWELSHM]

When I first shot my 500 indoors with 440 grain reloads, it didn’t take much time to have the range to myself..

Thewelshm

 

[chicharrones]

Can't police your brass forward of the firing line at the places I've been to. Lose half your semi auto brass.

Yup, because the firing line is nearly always hot at an indoor range.

 

[BLACKHAWKNJ]

The biggest pain at an indoor range is getting hit with your OWN brass ! At one range a 45 ACP case wedged between my glasses and my cheek. OUCH !!!
One range I am a member of has a 45 yard range. Again, being next to someone firing a CF rifle, but it's better than no shooting.

 

[FFGColorado]

[QUOTE="pairof44sp, post: 11852671, member: 266290"

until I moved to Florida. Here we have gun rights, and no place to shoot. Driving out in the woods and shooting is actually illegal if you can believe it

[/QUOTE]
Depends on the 'woods'.
Legal here.
https://myfwc.com/hunting/safety-education/shooting-ranges/ocala/

 

[mmb617]

Can't police your brass forward of the firing line at the places I've been to. Lose half your semi auto brass.

They have that rule where I go as well but since the area under the bench is closed except for a small slot close to the floor (so you can sweep brass forward when done shooting), I lose very little of my brass. Most of it winds up at my feet where it's easy to pick up.