Forget Santa Fe. The Outdoorsman in DeVargas Mall is small and pricey; Peterson's on Airport Road has a small, ill-equipped range and a small selection. In Albuq, the only commercial range is Calibers east of I-25 at Paseo Del Norte; nice place with pretty good selection of rental guns and events many evenings (pinshoots, Hogan's Alley, etc.). For gun stores, it depends on what you are looking for. West of I-25 off Paseo on Jefferson is Gilbert & Associates, who specialize in AR-15 type weaponry, plus some Class III, H&K, and Kimber, also Dillon reloading stuff; nice store, closed Mondays. For collector guns (SA revolvers, etc.), Ron Peterson's on Central is best by far; tag prices are high, but they will dicker if you seem to know what you are doing. Good selection of Sigs, H&K, S&W, and Glock at Guns, Gifts, & Gadgets on Menaul; they also have plenty of long guns, including high-end shotguns, and will dicker, nice store. Quartermaster Sales on San Mateo at Comanche will order anything you want for about 10% over cost + shipping, usually have it the next day; hard-core looking place, but good people. Shooter's Den on San Mateo above Menaul is good for black powder and handguns, especially Beretta and Glock. Charlie's on Menaul east of Wyoming has pretty good selection of everything, especially higher-end long guns, but pricey. If you are looking for machine guns, go to August Arms across the river in Rio Rancho; they also have a website,
www.fullautos.com. There are some others, but those are the best. Don't waste time in any pawnshops, strictly overpriced gangbanger junk. There is a gun show at the fairgrounds one weekend in March, also, don't know exactly when. Byron