What's at Your Range?

[kcofohio]

7.92x33 Kurtz and .351 Win. self-loading are the most rare I have come across.

I'd like to see some of you alls ranges.

Start a thread!

We will comply!

I'll take you up on that @1976B.L.Johns. .



Our 100M range. Back story on the NRA contribution. A neighboring property claimed that a projectile had hit one of his outbuildings. Later refuted by a ballistics expert. But cause quite the stir. Berms were heightened, and extra safety measures were put in place.



Our 300M range, well maintained.

Part of the decor for the cowboy town. The cowboy town has about 6 or 7 storefronts, each with it's own bay. This is were I find most of the brass I pick up.

There are also 50M and 500 yard ranges, plus a skeet shot area.

Well worth the $125 yearly fee.

 

[PistoleroWadcutterGANG]

Mostly undisciplined blaster tactical timmies and trash trashing the place up. A high level of awareness and 360 head panning needed. So ummmm …..

 

[1976B.L.Johns.]

The range I maintain. Not much, A 50 yard bench and one at 100 yards.

the 100 yard bench.




The target stand I built.
Got tired of re-building the wooden one(s).
Pretty tough to shoot up railroad rails!



A cheap and simple place to shoot!

I'll try to take a picture of the range on my next trip and post it here...

 

[DM~]

What's at Your Range?​

What's at MY range?

Nothing, as I pick my brass up when I'm done, as I reload it.

DM

 

[PapaG]

My range where I’ve been a member since 1980, officer since1983, and director since 2008: two regulation trap fields and one practice trap field with PAT traps and voice pullers. 100 yard rifle with covered bench. Ten station pistol, covered, with turning targets, archery range with “tree stand” tower. Clubhouse,with hvac and full kitchen.
Where I’m a member only, ten trap/skeet fields plus new five stand.
My own retreat: running deer, turkey, squirrel and rabbit, all live plus whatever range you want up to 200 yards. Wish I had bought the last one ten years earlier.
My kids and theirs will enjoy it long after I’m gone. Putting it in a trust for them.

 

[NIGHTLORD40K]

Take Aim Gunshop and Range, our best local indoor range has 13 bays, of which 3 are designated for High-Power rifle. Only 20YDs, but excellent soundproofing and HVAC. Smallish shop inside, mostly popular new models with a smattering of used and consignments, CC and other classes offered. Super friendly and knowledgeable staff.

There are a few other nearby indoor facilities of varying quality, but this one's been my fave for 25 years.

Only a couple outdoor spots within driving distance. Manatee Gun Club is a fantastic facility with lanes out to 600YDs.

Knights Trail is decent as well, but only goes out to 100YD. Because it's a public range, the RSOs are extra eagle-eyed for any shenanigans and won't hesitate to boot miscreants. They do have an awesome clays club right next door as well.

The overhead barriers are supposed to keep anyone from shooting over the berm. They are cashless only, though, which is a bit annoying.

 

[Mk-211]

Angeles Shooting Range, also has a silhouette club, dedicated shotgun range.

 

[Armored farmer]

My Ft LaMotte BP club has a basic range with 50 and 100yd berms and 3 portable covered loading stands. All shots are fired from the firing line.



My personal "range" is a field behind my farmstead. It stretches over 1000yds to the top of the rolling slope and then my farmland continues for ¾ of a mile beyond that.
I do host my annual "Cabin Fever" BP club match here under the roof of my shed porch every March. (9th annual).
We shoot fair and eat good.

I shoot pistols into a berm of ag lime that I keep for various uses.

 

[kcofohio]

I had to screen shot a video for the 500 yard range. This was back when they were waiting for insurance approval. Max 3 shooters and 3 spotters allowed on top or bottom.
I hope to be ready this next year to shoot from there.

 

[kcofohio]

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Take Aim Gunshop and Range, our best local indoor range has 13 bays, of which 3 are designated for High-Power rifle. Only 20YDs, but excellent soundproofing and HVAC. Smallish shop inside, mostly popular new models with a smattering of used and consignments, CC and other classes offered. Super friendly and knowledgeable staff.
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There are a few other nearby indoor facilities of varying quality, but this one's been my fave for 25 years.

Only a couple outdoor spots within driving distance. Manatee Gun Club is a fantastic facility with lanes out to 600YDs.

Knights Trail is decent as well, but only goes out to 100YD. Because it's a public range, the RSOs are extra eagle-eyed for any shenanigans and won't hesitate to boot miscreants. They do have an awesome clays club right next door as well.
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The overhead barriers are supposed to keep anyone from shooting over the berm. They are cashless only, though, which is a bit annoying.

I can relate to the annoyance. One range I had belonged to had someone that shot over the berm and hit a house.
Now all bays are bench only except one for pistol only that they dug out a pit that you can stand in.

 

[Chuck R.]

OP, remember you asked for it

My range is a back yard deal. Open 24-7, no range fees (other than prop taxes, spray paint, gas for mowing) and I can shoot whatever I want. I'm the RO, maintenance guy, and the grounds keeper. Sometimes I do have board meetings with myself to biatch about the state of repair or landscaping, but usually just end up going shooting. I do make it a point not to open the range before 0800 Fri-SAT and 0900 on Sunday (unless my neighbor cuts loose 1st) and I only do low-light shooting in the spring and fall when it gets dark early.

I do now charge my friends in spray paint to come out and shoot, and I've added a penalty for shooting the heads off the carriage bolts holding my swingers up on purpose because I got tired of replacing them.

Targets are around 60 pieces of AR500, several stands for IPDA cardboard, and target backers for shooting paper. In AR500 I have bowling pins, animal silhouettes, IDPA plates, lollipops etc. Most of my stands are portable; either tripod, T-Posts or wooden stands as I like to set up different courses of fire (CoFs) depending on what I'm working on. For reactive TGTs I have an IDPA swinger, a "man-powered mover" and a couple knockdown targets. I've built several barricades for defensive shooting drills and a couple NRL22 props for practice. I basically have enough props, TGTs etc to set up several IDPA CoFs and practice 3Gun. For rifle practice I have static swingers and berms out to 760yds. In addition, because I own a hill (BFB- Big F*** Backstop), I'm able to put out plates to practice from field positions from 200-600 yds.

My pistol range is a graveled in area about 30x30 yds and is also the backstop for my 50-200 yard TGTs:

Practicing with a "nightstand" gun:

My bench sits on a concrete pad large enough for position shooting. It has stands and tgts from 50yds out to 300:

For field practice I mowed a spot, added a deadfall (rest) that allows me to shoot from one hill across my pond into my other hill (BFB) at varying distances:

Some berms with TGTs:

Going Mobile of the M34 MSP (Mobile Shooting Platform) out to 760yds:

 

[AK Hunter]

My club range is not a real big range but it is the biggest in the area.
We host many shooting competitions & allow the local law enforcement and others to have a safe place to shoot.

 

[Savage30L]

The most interesting thing at our range is a lot of beautiful, and very tall, hardwood trees. The place is quite striking at the peak of fall color, and soothing at nearly any time of year. If this thread is still active next autumn, I'll try to remember to take some photographs to post here.

 

[.308 Norma]

What's at Your Range?​

What's at MY range?

Snow! Our "range" is a local county gravel pit, and we consider it closed this time of year because if we drove our truck down into it, we have to leave our truck there until spring.
Actually, there is a real public shooting range 10 or 12 miles south of us, near the small town of Downey, and the county plows the road into it once in a while this time of year. That range has sidewalks and real shooting benches, but we usually don't go there unless it's in the middle of the week - when there's seldom anyone else there.
That range has a lot of .22 rimfire brass on the ground, and a bunch of old, makeshift targets that inconsiderate people have left downrange.

Nothing, as I pick my brass up when I'm done, as I reload it.

Yeah, we reload ours too. I have to say, "guilty" about leaving rimfire brass where it lands though.

 

[doubleh]

Mine is members only and it occupies a small part of what was a WW II B 17 training base so we have pavement to all the different ranges.This is the southern tip of the Llano Estacado so it has short grass, some scrub mesquite bushes, and thin rocky soil off the pavement. Due to the army not getting the pavement level on the east side we have a small pond when it rains. We have a roof over every range so summer time shooting is more comfortable.

 

[CoalCrackerAl]

I belong to 2 clubs. One has the following.
During daylight hours, members have access to:
- Outdoor rifle range (up to 300 yds)
- Outdoor 25 and 50 yd pistol range
- Outdoor walk thru 3D archery ranges
- Outdoor archery bale sight-in range
During scheduled events, the Association has available:
- Sniper course out to 300 yards.
- Indoor 50 foot small-bore pistol/rifle range
- Indoor 20yd archery range
- Outdoor trap range.
The other one has a range out to 100 yards. A pistol and archery range too. And an indoor pistol range.

 

[irishlad]

Whatever I bring and solitude.


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[entropy]

We have two Traps, a 50 yd. Pistol/.22 range, a 200 yard rifle range with railroad tie backers at 25, 50, 100 and 200 yards, an archery range to @ 70 yards, and a walk- around archery range that surrounds the bermed ranges.

 

[kcofohio]

Whatever I bring and solitude. View attachment 1183161View attachment 1183162View attachment 1183163

Hard to beat a natural gun range.

 

[Chief TC]

We have a really nice range and the people running it right now have done a ton of improvements and upgrades. Nice covered shelters with poured concrete and concrete benches with rubber mats. Rifle range goes to 500 meters, pistol is 30 meters and we also have a primitive 50 yd range. We also have a nice archery range. We don't have much for shotgun work except at the far end of the rifle range there is a dedicated area for a clay thrower and no benches so people can use shotguns.

 

[1976B.L.Johns.]

I'll try to take a picture of the range on my next trip and post it here...

As said, this morning...

You may be able to see that an additional berm was added, digging from the original with an excavator and placing it on top.
The problem began by some idiots shooting over the berm and hitting newly built property on a hill across a river about a half+ mile away.
No problems since.

 

[Reloadron]

Nice range @ kcofohio. Wonder how far from me here in NE Ohio. I am in the Cleveland SE suburbs and for the past 25 years or more have membership at Kebly's in Lawrence, Ohio about an hours drive. Great range but stops at 200 yards.

Ron

 

[armoredman]

Free, unmonitored, (was there earlier today), open sunrise to sundown. City maintains it and cleans up, does pretty good.

 

[sparkyv]

Our club has two ranges. I most often shoot at this one.

 

[kcofohio]

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As said, this morning...

You may be able to see that an additional berm was added, digging from the original with an excavator and placing it on top.
The problem began by some idiots shooting over the berm and hitting newly built property on a hill across a river about a half+ mile away.
No problems since.

Unfortunately, a couple bad apples make it hard on the rest of the apples.

You look to be doing a swell job of upkeep.