North Texas Ranges and Shooting Spots

[eatont9999]

Hi everyone,

It has been a year since I have been on this forum but I didn't forget about y'all. Last anyone knew, I was moving back to Texas with no job, everything I can fit into my little car and the grace of God. Well, needless to say, I have been busy.

I found a job that pays almost twice what I made before and this company is so much better to work for than the last. I have to say, moving back was the best decision I could have made.

I have been so busy with work and other life goings-on that I have been to the range once and that was to qualify for my CHL. I have looked around on the internet for some private ranges like the one I used to belong to but I haven't found anything good. I would like to find a small, relaxed private range where I can go and shoot when I have some spare time. I know how to shoot safely, so I don't need someone breathing down my neck, etc.

I'm between Dallas and Denton, so somewhere fairly close would be nice. If any fellow Texans know of any good spots, I am all ears! I might even have a few friends to bring along as well.

Tanks. Glad to be back home!

 

[TexasRifleman]

Moved to "Rallying Point" forum. There are a few threads here on shooting areas in North Texas if you will search this sub forum.

I'm south of Ft Worth so I don't know much about the area towards Denton, maybe someone else has info, but do search, I remember seeing several threads on this area.

 

[JoeMal]

How far are you willing to drive? Here's a thread I got going a while back regarding ranges...not sure if any of these will be close enough to you but it's worth a read and has a lot of good info

http://www.thehighroad.org/showthread.php?t=599488

 

[Dean1818]

Theres a good one named Magnum sports in Sanger (6 miles north of Denton that I go to)

 

[LukeTheDrifter]

First of all, welcome back to the greatest state in the union!! I'm so glad that your life is going so much better!

There are lots of places to shoot around DFW. TexasGunTalk has a page with a pretty good list of ranges. At the very least, it's a good start! Check it out, then you can look up the places listed and give them a call to confirm what the facts are. Good luck!!

http://www.texasguntalk.com/forums/...am-custom-guns/766-list-gun-ranges-texas.html

 

[whalerman]

Times must have changed. I lived in Denton twenty years ago, and there were lots of places to shoot back then. I've heard the place has grown tremendously in past years. I guess that's good. But it makes it harder to go boom here and there. Glad things are going well for you eaton. I miss the area and its people.

 

[jmorris]

http://shootntsa.com/ is a private club/range on the north side of Denton.

 

[grumpy66]

Magnum in Sanger is nice but they have odd hours of operation. No .50 cal.
Quail Creek, just north of TMS is very nice, but crowded on weekends (NO fmj)

 

[jmorris]

http://jacobsplain.com/ is an hour away in Greenville but has less restrictions on what you can shoot. After APG sold to the city it's the closest range I know of that allows fullauto.

 

[orionengnr]

try this:

http://www.wheretoshoot.org/

There will probably be a few I have never heard of.

I have been to NTSA once (as a guest). Nice place, membership is pricey (by my standards). Dallas pistol Club is handy, no idea what annual membership fee is (again, been there as a guest for Steel Plate matches).

There is a place in Copper Canyon, Denton County Sports IIRC...very small, may or may not fit your needs. I have a friend who is a member of Haltom City Range, another private club...may be a bit out of your radius. Anyway, he speaks highly of it.

I shoot mostly at Bass Pro Grapevine. Good folks, decent range, but it does get crowded...mostly because I have told so many people about it. That's my story, and I'm sticking to it....I have brought probably 30 first time shooters there in the last five years. A lot of them have bought guns and are now semi-regulars. Some of them now bring their wives, daughters, friends, etc.