"Weird" shooting range rules.

[JohnR]

I'd require all government officials to wear clothes with a bullseye target on them. That way they'd be scared crapless to do anything bad.

[kenemoore]

Here in SC, they use B-27's as part of the testing for your Concealed Weapon Permit (CWP) you have to score 175 out of a possible 250 (I've never seen anyone fail, but a trainer friend says it happens often), so all the ranges sell B-27's in all sorts of colors, so folks can practice. The do have a 3 second rule, but it's not enforced if they know you.

I used to get off at noon on Fridays, would run by the range around 1400, be the only one there, they would let do many things usually forbidden. Draw from concealment, rapid fire, steel cased ammo, just about anything that wasn't unsafe. Been a member since the day they opened, so know all the employees and owners too.

[jeepster09]

I'd require all government officials to wear clothes with a bullseye target on them. That way they'd be scared crapless to do anything bad.

I like it!

[kerby9mm]

I shoot indoor only because that's all that's available without driving out to the country. The name of the shop/range is Center Mass so human silhouette targets of all types are abundant. Rapid fire allowed as fast as you want to pull the trigger. I pay $10 & stay as long as I want unless they get busy.

[Bawanna]

I think our indoor range is 10 dollars and I've never been run out yet regardless.
I don't get to go very often so when I do I have a tendency to stay probably longer than I really should.
I always tell myself I'm only bringing 1 or 2 guns and focus on them but usually end up with 6 or 7 or 8.

Too many.

[dustnchips]

It is pretty good around here. The police range is available for use most of the time. The down side is that you have to go to the cop shop and fill out a form and get the key and then return the key when you are done. No cost, no rules, and usually no one there. Actually two rules. Toss your garbage in the can, and no loaded guns outside of the fence.

[OvalNut]

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I always tell myself I'm only bringing 1 or 2 guns and focus on them but usually end up with 6 or 7 or 8.

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I completely relate. I want to hone my .45 for bowling pin shooting, then my Beretta 9mm is so easy to shoot accurately that I get an ego boost. Follow that with some real testosterone fueled FUN with an AK.
Then, I like to cap it out with shooting at least the carry mag in my PM9, plus a couple range mags of Speer TMJ through it until my hands say, "Uncle".


Tim

[Ed M]

...my Beretta 9mm is so easy to shoot accurately that I get an ego boost.

COMPLETELY agree with this! I've spent so much time with an M9 that it feels like an extension of my arm. My all time favorite.....

[Tilos]

Paper or plastic?
Always paper for me as the side of a paper grocery bag is the same size as a human torso shoulder to waste, arm pit to arm pit.
2 targets per bag, easily cut along the folds with a big kitchen knife.

It's what I shoot at where "human" targets are not allowed.
You can always add a paster if you want to shoot at a 1" square or circle.
and they're free

[AIRret]

In Michigan my favorite place to shoot is a gravel pit near my Mother In Laws (near Alpena). We have always had the place to ourselves and can work on more realistic gun fighting scenarios. I really love shooting my shot gun at multiple targets. The only negative is we don't get up there as often as we would like.
Closer to home the ranges are much more restrictive.

[Semper1911]

As a CRSO, I can understand limiting the impacts on the backstop only if it is for the safety of the it. To me the situation of the 3 rounds and human type targets could be better taking care of with a better written Range Standard Operating Procedure. That being said, you will always have some members who will abuse the range, one of the big ones I have seen and still do is some ranges do not allow metal targets (do to keep the change of a ricochet leaving the range). But people still shoot at metal, they fail to realize that all metal is not created equal. If I see someone shooting at targets with "faces" on them and are imploying what I would believe "potential" active shooter type situation, my first response would be to address the people and investigate by talking with them in a causual manner. Now if I come to find out that they have "Intent", then my recommendation to the board would be to expel them from the range roster, then I would inform Law Enforcement. Many people fail to realize in this day and age, shooting at a range (especially a private one, such as was brought up), there is a lot of scrutiny in the eyes of the public. The best thing to do is be involved, attend the club meetings (which few members do), take a turn on the board. If we stand together, we can make a difference.

[Scarywoody]

Shot a range in Lake Norman, NC. They only allowed Total metal jacket. I was using full metal jacket and was told to stop. They tried to sell the TMJ but I just left. I also shoot at a range in Temple, GA where the owner likes to yell out the window at you. I was sighting in my AR pistol and he was using binoculars and yelling that I was way off. I asked to look through his Bino's and he offered to "rent" the Bino to me. In review of the actual target I was dead. I only go there when absolutely (100yards range) necessary.

[Bawanna]

Shot a range in Lake Norman, NC. They only allowed Total metal jacket. I was using full metal jacket and was told to stop. They tried to sell the TMJ but I just left. I also shoot at a range in Temple, GA where the owner likes to yell out the window at you. I was sighting in my AR pistol and he was using binoculars and yelling that I was way off. I asked to look through his Bino's and he offered to "rent" the Bino to me. In review of the actual target I was dead. I only go there when absolutely (100yards range) necessary.

The outdoor ranges I seldom visit are like that. Range officers that want to be instructors or just talk to hear their own voice.
I have one indoor range that I use the most but not nearly enough where they leave me alone.
Another I went to with my son who joined for a year and I think only went once, the RSO was forever sweeping up brass, he was a nice guy and my son told him we'd like to retrieve ours and he was fine with that. Young kid. Still lurking around the shooting lanes is distracting to me.

[CJB]

The no "huMahn" targets (as the Ferengi say) are prohibited to keep the libs at bay more easily.